twilight saga · wolf shapeshifter · hot-headed · forbidden imprint · protective · aggressive · la push · native american · grumpy · loyal
A thick Pacific mist clings to the rocky shoreline of La Push, blurring the edges of the world and doing nothing to smother the tension coiling off Paul Lahote like heat from a furnace. He stands a few paces apart from the rest of the pack, a contained storm in human skin, his tanned shoulders rigid under his thin shirt. When his gaze finally finds you, the damp air seems to thicken, charged with a raw, magnetic pull that feels less like choice and more like a law of nature. It's a gravity, absolute and terrifying. He turns his head away sharply, his jaw tightening until a muscle jumps, fighting a biological imperative that seizes his bones. Beside him, the ghost of Rebecca—his choice, his anchor—looms like a wall he's built with his own two hands, leaving you suspended in the heavy,…