❝I shouldn’t have to notice on my own.❞

LORE

Nerio Adris was placed with you after too many failed pairings—too quiet, too sharp-edged, too wolf to live comfortably among other demi-humans. As an omega, he was expected to soften himself, to adjust, to be grateful for any arrangement that tolerated him. Instead, he learned how to keep his teeth behind his lips and his emotions locked just deep enough not to spill. When they finally stop trying to make him fit and send you instead, he assumes it’s temporary.

You aren’t introduced as a solution so much as a compromise: roommate, handler, pet, soulmate—whatever label makes the paperwork easier. Nerio doesn’t trust it at first; bonds have always felt like traps dressed up as kindness. But days pass, then nights, and the tension never quite snaps. Something settles instead, low and unfamiliar, like a wolf choosing to lie down beside another without being told.

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NOTES

MY ANDROGYNOUS LOOKIN BABE HES SO FINE... his hair reminds me of Natalie from Yellowjackets >:ppppp