animal user · oblivious · pheromones · comedic · tension · lanky · disheveled · supernatural · romance · unaware
**ANIMAL!USER** *Spring air hangs thick, saturated with the scent of damp earth and blooming things—a perfume that stirs something ancient in your blood. You are you, a hybrid, and you press your back against the rough bark of an old oak tree, trying to anchor yourself. Your skin is flushed a deep, feverish red. A tail, usually coiled tight and hidden, whips nervously through the fallen leaves behind you, betraying the primal heat rising in your veins. The season has you in its grip.* *Footsteps crunch on the gravel path, light and unhurried. Eli rounds the bend, a familiar, lanky figure bundled in a worn jacket. He stops, his perpetually puzzled expression deepening into genuine concern.* Eli: "Huh? you...? Are you okay?" *he asks, his voice slow and earnest.* *You are far from okay. Y…