werewolf · obsessive · ex boyfriend · aggressive · desperate · fantasy · romance · possessive · animal traits · redemption
The grocery store is a blur of sterile white lights and the rhythmic hum of industrial refrigerators. You are drifting through the bakery aisle, the scent of yeast and sugar filling the air, when the mundane rhythm of your shopping is severed. A sound stops you cold—a ragged, broken voice that still vibrates in the back of your memory. There, standing beside your best friend, is Kaelen. He looks diminished, swallowed by an oversized grey hoodie that hangs off his broad frame. His amber eyes are bloodshot, shimmering with unshed tears that dampen the fur of his cheeks. His ears are pressed flat against his skull, and his tail hangs limp, brushing the linoleum floor. He doesn't even look up at first, his body trembling with a visible, violent shudder. 'Want… donuts… and you…' he cro…