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Terry

Nov 28, 2004 22:04

I hated Oregon, and I'd only been there for a day ( Read more... )

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red_rosenberg November 29 2004, 03:24:00 UTC

There was a knock at the door and I opened my eyes to see Oz's eyes snapped open as well. "Huh," I said, sitting up in bed, blinking sleepiness out of my eyes. "I'll, um... yeah, I'll get it." It was probably just one of the 'wolves, I figured, as I planned to just wrap myself up in a sheet and hope that was dressed enough. But then, when have the pack ever knocked? They never knocked. Okay, so, clothes it was ( ... )

terry_haskel November 29 2004, 03:37:27 UTC

I was surprised that the woman was just going to let me in. It was enough to make me pause at the door, watching her for a moment. Who just opened the door and knew it was someone worth welcoming like that? I shuddered from cold, and sniffed to keep my nose from dripping. It wasn't until then that it occurred to me that if she was a werewolf, she could smell me. I must have been in the right place, then.

I stepped into the huge house, moving aside so that the red haired woman could close the door behind me. She looked harmless... friendly, even, and vibrating a little with something. Authority? Power? I couldn't tell what it was, but I felt it and I shivered again, even though it was warm inside.

"This is Halen, then?" I knew I sounded rude. I didn't care. I wasn't here by choice (unless the choice was between Halen, killing or getting killed), and I was going to make sure no one forgot it.

red_rosenberg November 29 2004, 03:54:35 UTC

"This is Halen, all right," I said, his bitterness seemingly bouncing off my own cheeriness. Well, pal, that's what ya get for talking to someone who had just been with a sex god, yup yup! Okay, talking now. Again discreetly taking in his scent, I smiled and started passed him. "Come with me, there's a nice kitchen upstairs that catches all the sunlight if you're cold. I was making tea."

When we got there, I turned on the stove and moved to face him, hands on my hips and smiling brightly. "So, you a new wolfy? We all have to start somewhere, huh? You got a name? I'm Willow." I stuck out my hand for him to shake. "Hope the trip wasn't too long."

terry_haskel November 29 2004, 04:03:29 UTC

I didn't take her hand, even though something inside me was screaming that I should. Instead I grimaced, ignoring the questions I'd rather not answer. Willow was far too cheerful for me. She was treading dangerously close to cracking my bad mood. "My name's Terry. And do you have to call it a 'wolfy'?"

red_rosenberg November 29 2004, 04:09:21 UTC

My wolfy's hackles kinda rose a little when he didn't take my hand, which was silly, and human-me supressed it. Wolfy wanted respect, and I didn't need it. I just withdrew my hand after a moment of waiting, and nodded. "Terry, cool. I call it a wolfy," I said simply, checking the water - not boiled yet. "Wolf, beast, inner-puppy..." I grinned a little. "Call it what you want."

Running a hand through my hair, still feeling vaguely bedraggled, I added, "So, welcome, anyway. I'm sure you'll find it friendly. There are rooms all around this house, and there are smaller houses spread out a bit. I can show you around later if you'd like."

terry_haskel November 29 2004, 04:16:21 UTC

"Maybe yours is a puppy, but mine is a monster and I won't call it anything less." I mumbled this softly, wondering how on earth Willow could put such an endearing term to something so violent.

So there were rooms or houses. Why would I need a house? It was just me. "A room's fine," I said, even though she hadn't really asked me a question. "And you don't have to show me around. You can go back to your...mate? Is that what you call it?" That time I didn't mean to be offensive, but the terminology was still new. And even without the enhanced senses, I could have smelled that telltale musk on her. It was alluring, in a disturbing way. Pheremones were real, too, it seemed. Creepy shit.

red_rosenberg November 29 2004, 04:27:52 UTC

Oh. Okay. I'm way too used to thinking of her wolf as a positive thing. My expression changed to a more concerned one, shoulders slumping. "Oh, I see," I said with a small frown. "Listen... whatever happened... your wolfy-- your wolf, he..." I tried to explain, gesticulating. "He's wild and... he's hasn't been in a pack. He can learn and he-he won't seem like such a monster. I... it's scary, at first, but you'll learn to get used to him, okay? On the full moon, we'll change and we'll run together, and he'll be happy, and he won't hurt anyone."

terry_haskel November 29 2004, 04:33:52 UTC

My better judgement told me I should remain quiet... but I was never one to listen to the little voice inside my head. "I thought... someone told me I'd be safe here, that the pack would help."

I felt suddenly nauseous, and wanted nothing more than to just leave Halen right then and there. I didn't want to get used to my wolf. I wanted him either out of me or quiet, for as long a stretch of time as possible. I wasn't too manly to admit that the change scared the crap out of me, and I didn't want to go through it again. Not to mention it hurt. When I spoke again, the anger was back in my voice. Good. I'd felt lost without it for a minute there.

"I don't want to change anymore."

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