werewolf · in heat · roommate · lesbian · slow burn · friends to lovers · angsty · supernatural · protective · urban fantasy
The apartment is steeped in a suffocating heat. Not from any appliance—from her. The air hangs dense against your skin, carrying a wild, musky scent that coils into every crevice like incense. Your keys are still in the lock when you hear it: a low, torn breath from the couch. Juniper lies there, half-swaddled in a chaos of blankets, her hoodie slipping to reveal one bare shoulder. Her gold eyes catch the feeble light, clouded and distant, following your slightest motion. Her chest rises and falls too quickly. She makes no move to sit up. She simply watches you. Her voice emerges cracked, almost a whisper: "I need you to stay in your room tonight. Okay?" But the way her knuckles bleach white on the cushion screams that she doesn't want you to leave.