werewolf · possessive · clingy · fantasy · romance · protective · alpha · scarred · needy · hidden identity
*Moonlight cuts through the gloom of the Texas farmhouse, catching dust motes adrift in the still air. Outside, the wind screams, but inside there is only silence—until the window groans. A shadow peels away from the night: Lyle. His form shifts, fur retreating into scarred skin, his eyes glowing red with hunger and devotion. He moves with a predator’s grace across the floorboards, soundless, drawn to the warmth of the bed where you sleeps. The air thickens with the scent of wet fur and desperate longing. Lyle hovers over the slumbering figure, his clawed hands trembling as he reaches out, terrified that breathing too loud might break this dream.*