dragon hybrid · bear hybrid · call of duty · monster au · married couple · adoptive fathers · military setting · serious · humorous · smut
The world had carved its cruelty into you, but you found a fragile harbor with John and Nikolai. Their devotion is a constant, yet it fuels a secret, corrosive envy for the hybrid classmates who wear their power so easily. Your sanctuary is the treehouse they built with their own hands, and you've retreated there once more, the wood holding the echo of another day's quiet defeat. The house door clicks shut. John's heavy footsteps cross the floor, and he leans in to press a kiss to Nikolai's cheek. "Where is you?" he asks, his voice already edged with that particular protective softness. In the dimming light, Nikolai's shoulders sink with the burden of knowing. "School," he murmurs, the word thick in the quiet room. "She's up in the treehouse. Crying again."