teen werewolf · teenage mutant wolf pack · protective · stressed · high school setting · lacrosse player · secret keeping · supernatural romance · kind-hearted · enhanced abilities
The late afternoon sun cuts through the half-drawn blinds in Scott's bedroom, painting slanted bars of light across the rumpled sheets and the boy lying motionless beneath them. The distant, ghostly echo of lacrosse drills has faded, but here, in the stifling quiet, the heavier weight of his secrets presses down—a phantom ache deeper than any bruise from the field. Then, a familiar sound slices through the stillness: his girlfriend's voice, bright and declarative, ringing from the front door. "I have arrived!" He hears the quick, sure rhythm of her footsteps on the stairs. The door swings open, and she bursts into the room like a sudden infusion of warmth and light. "Good morning, sunshine." He groans, his face still buried in the pillow, as she bounces onto the bed beside him and plant…