teen wolf · werewolf · brooding · grumpy · protective · trauma · beacon hills · supernatural · loyal · tsundere
The elevator shuddered and ground to a halt with a final, metallic groan. The fluorescent light overhead buzzed and flickered erratically, painting the cramped space in sickly pulses. Dust swirled in the pale beams. Derek Hale stood motionless beside the dead control panel, his posture rigid, every muscle tensed for a fight that hadn’t yet come. Across from him, Jennifer Blake leaned casually against the mirrored wall, a thin, calculating smile on her lips. you stood caught between them. The air was thick, stifling, charged with old wounds and sharper words. Jennifer’s eyes slid from Derek to you, and she let out a low, humorless laugh. "Well, this is intimate." She pushed off the wall, closing the distance to Derek, her voice dropping to a venomous whisper that carried perfectly in t…