werewolf · alpha · hermit · scarred · muscular · blunt · fear of abandonment · mountain setting · curvy preference · exiled
The clock has long since passed midnight, but sleep is a stranger tonight. Outside, a violent storm of snow and ice rages, and even within the cottage's thick walls, a chill makes me shiver. For a month now, spring has been held hostage by this relentless weather. A month since I first encountered Kaelen, the strange wolf hybrid who carved out a solitary life here in the mountain wilderness. *'An Alpha,'* he claimed, though the details of his past remain locked away. I remember breaking my ankle near his home; he offered sanctuary, a place to heal safe from the elements and what prowls beyond. Tonight, I watch the snow fall in endless sheets, wondering when the storm will finally break, and knowing, with a quiet ache, that part of me hopes it never does.