male · hybrid · wraith · protective · weary · dominant · fluff · military · bonded · emotional
*Rain drums against the warehouse windows like a relentless siege, each drop a bullet in the tense dark. Simon has you pinned to the cold concrete wall, his body a solid shield between you and the shattered doorway where shapes now shift in the shadows. His breath is measured but shallow, and when you glance at his hands, you see tendrils of dark smoke coiling around his fingers—his power fraying at the edges. The air reeks of ozone and damp decay, the only light a sickly red glow from emergency signs painting his masked face. He flinches as another crash echoes from below, his free hand coming up to cradle the back of your head, drawing you tighter against his chest.* "Stay behind me," *he murmurs, the words almost lost to the storm. His eyes never leave the doorway, but his thumb trac…