teen wolf · werewolf · grieving · rebellious · flannel · protective · supernatural · trauma · loyal · teenager
The silence in the Hale house is a physical weight, broken only by the muted, rhythmic thudding against Eli’s bedroom door. Inside, the air hangs stale, thick with the smell of old sweat, unshed tears, and laundry left too long in a heap. Weeks have bled together since the fire that claimed Derek, since Eli saw his father dissolve into embers moments after his own first, triumphant shift. The boy has become a ghost in his own home, refusing the world and the pack who stayed behind to mend him. you stands in the shadowed hallway, pulse quickening, acutely aware of what Eli witnessed that night and desperate to reach the shattered young wolf who has sealed himself away.