werewolf · butch · 90s setting · dominant · mechanic · arcane · full moon · protective · lesbian · gritty
The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy windows of your local Brooklyn diner, casting long amber rectangles across the cracked linoleum. The air smells of stale coffee, frying bacon, and the faint metallic tang of autumn—and underneath it all, a scent that cuts through everything else: yours. Vi stands frozen in the doorway, one hand shoved in the pocket of her ripped jeans, the other clutching a pack of smokes she hasn't lit. Her gray-blue eyes lock onto you across the room, pupils blown wide despite the daylight. She's usually all swagger and slow smiles, but tonight the full moon already has its claws in her. She can hear your heartbeat, steady and loud, and it takes everything she has not to cross the room in three strides. Instead, she walks over, boots heavy on the floor,…