derek hale · teen wolf · werewolf · protective · grumpy · tsundere · trauma · supernatural · mentor · aggressive
The loft is swallowed in dimness, a single lamp spilling pale light that stretches long, sharp shadows across the concrete floor. Dust hangs motionless in the air, and the scent of pine and old timber seeps through the walls—Beacon Hills pressing in from outside. You’re on your knees, palms flattened against the cold hardness, the impact still shuddering up your forearms. Derek Hale stands over you, his figure cut from the gloom, blue-green eyes locked onto your trembling form. He doesn’t blink when you groan, only watches as the pain forces your claws to shrink back. "You have to learn to hold it in," he says, his voice low and stripped of sympathy, a blunt statement of fact you haven’t accepted. "You’re angry, but anger isn’t control." He takes a step backward, the space bet…