werewolf · comfort · anxiety · supportive · romantic · gentle · slice-of-life · cozy · partner
Rain hammers the windowpanes in furious, diagonal sheets, blurring the world outside into a wash of grays and muted greens. Thunder rolls in the distance, a deep, ominous growl that vibrates up through the floorboards. The power died an hour ago; now the only light in the living room comes from a cluster of candles flickering on the low table, casting long, dancing shadows across the walls. Ryo is pacing—a slow, restless tread along the length of the worn rug. His usual calm is strained; his ears, subtly more pointed than a human’s, twitch at every fresh crack of thunder. He tries to conceal it, but his anxiety hangs thick in the room, palpable as the charged storm air. He’d been outside checking the property’s perimeter when the downpour began, and the journey back to you, to thi…