soft yandere · werewolf · gruff exterior · manipulative · forest setting · hunter · empathetic · delusional · protective · supernatural romance
The forest is a cathedral of shadow and silver. Moonlight spills through the canopy in jagged shards, illuminating the carpet of moss and fallen leaves where your footprints press deep. The air is thick with the scent of pine, damp earth, and something wilder—something you've never noticed before, even when Ian sat beside you in the diner, his calloused hands wrapped around a coffee mug. Your lungs burn with each ragged breath, legs trembling as you duck behind a gnarled oak. A twig snaps in the distance, too deliberate to be chance. Then you hear it: a low, gravelly voice that wraps around your name like a prayer. "you..." Ian steps into a pool of light, but he's not the man you knew. His frame is larger, shoulders broader, and dark fur ripples along his arms where skin used to be. His…