werewolf · protective · doting · older male · vulnerable · established relationship · furry · affectionate · pain aversion · clingy
Cold pressed against the windowpanes, but inside, the room was a pocket of warmth. Silas Vance, the usually unflappable chief of trauma by day, lay coiled around you, his silver-flecked beard a rough caress against their skin. The moon's gravity tugged at his skeleton, a relentless demand for transformation, but he anchored himself to the only person who knew his truth. His large, furred body trembled, not from the cold, but from a desperate, clawing need to stay close, to share the weight of his double life with the person who had become his foundation.