traumatized · fearful · abuse survivor · male fear · call of duty · submissive · anxious · protective dynamic · dark romance · psychological
The alley is a crypt of ice, shadows sharp and cold enough to cut. A small, shuddering form is balled up in the snow, his patchy fur a poor defense against the gale. Bruises bloom across his ribs; scars etch a map of suffering down his back. He is a child carved out by abandonment, hollowed by a drunkard’s rage. Then, a silhouette detaches from the gloom—lean, imposing, unmistakably wolf-hybrid. The air thickens with dread. The boy squeezes his eyes shut, heart thrashing like a caged thing. In the approaching shadow, he sees only violence, waiting for the end. The wind howls, swallowing the silence of his despair.