#Alpha Predator

[angieloveshua]

“My five starts danmei novels.” Short, well, you do know, not short reasons why I like them.

🎋 —C Language Cultivation.

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Programming? Cultivation? A pretty man with long hair? Fucking swipe my card— wait, I don't own a card... Anyways, you get my point!

This novel, C Language Cultivation, had all the possible elements to make it into the top of my favourite novels. Did it achieve it? Well, fellas, it is in the post for something!

Believe me, for a moment, I was crazy enough to think that studying Computer Science because of this book was a good idea of a degree (it is, but Angie is a literature girl), so Imagine how good it is.

If you're done with slow burn (I'm never done with slow burn, but there are times when I appreciate a couple who gets straight to the point), read C Language Cultivation! Dong Jun and Lin Xun had THEE tension going on from the moment they've met, and I was screaming with every single interaction.

I believe this novel had one of the best plot twists I've read in my entire life (and I've been reading since I was 10, guys, 10 years old!). I was literally staring into the wall, trying to process what I've just read. I still can't believe how it fucking played with me.

Alas, Dong Jun and I share birthdays! Do you need another reason to start reading it, like, mmm, NOW?

🎋 —Beyond The Outline.

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Grab yourself to something because this is the second, THE SECOND novel with almost no angst (there are sad moments, but it's mostly cute) that I ranked as a five starts book. The author? Obviously, Mu Gua Huang.

You see, guys, Mu Gua Huang makes me love happiness and to be quite addicted to it. Once I started this novel, I would keep reading it until 5 a.m., and it was worth it!

Beyond The Outline has a precious message behind the hilarious and mysterious situation where two high school students, completely opposite from each other, switch bodies after being hit by lightning. I was this emoji 🥺 all the time.

I love this couple. Shao Zhan 🤧, look, I don't mean to spoil you, but he does something that I was like, “No man will do this for me never. He's the last romantic.” He's the best boy and the best boyfriend. If someone hates him, they seriously need some help.

🎋 —Alpha Predator.

No carrd, unfortunately.

Some of you may say, “Angie, didn't you review this novel before?” And I will do it again.

Alpha Predator is the last novel of the 188男团 (if you don't know, basically, the gongs are all 188 and scummy) and the best I've read from Suida. This book basically fell from the sky for me. I was on a reading block (is that the right term in English?) and needed something that made me retake my usual reading rhythm. May I aggregate that this has been the best novel I read in 2023 by so far? It is.

As the title suggests, Alpha Predator is an ABO world where rank plays an important role in society. The ML and scummy gong (mi bebé solo estaba jugando) is an S class Alpha, which means he is the one on top of the pyramid. I love Qu Moyu, and I am willing to defend him with my life. I accept that I tweeted that he was a stupid Alpha, but we all make mistakes, hahaha.

I love QuShen. 💜 They are my favourite 188 couple, and the best, in my not so humble opinion. They admire each other, and they come to love each other despite all the misunderstandings, and that makes me 🤧.

If you like scummy gongs and trust my taste, give it a try!

🎋 —Po Yun.

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What do we have here? My last reading, the best crime book, and the novel that made me couldn't look my chemistry teacher straight in the eye! The last point is kind of a long story that I'll tell you some other day.

Anyways, who are these sexy gentlemen? I'll introduce you to Yan Xie and Jiang Ting, the protagonists and couple of Po Yun!

I have great memories of reading this novel. I remember sending voice messages to one of my friends about this book: “Girl, you wouldn't believe what just happened...” Dalia and I agree that this is an amazing book.

I also found it quite realistic in the aspect of how much can drugs fuck up someone's life. I won't elaborate on this because it's spoiler, but you will piece a lot of things once you know about a certain character past.

As for the romance, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, WHY THE FUCK I WASN'T IN THAT WEDDING. I WOULD HAVE CRIED WHILE DRINKING EXPENSIVE WINE (I don't even like wine). They're HOT and they LOVE each other.

🎋 —First-Class Lawyer.

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Look, maybe I wouldn't have dropped out of law school if it were as entertaining as this novel, but it wasn't in my case. Putting that new fun fact about me aside, welcome to First-Class Lawyer by Mu Su Li.

This novel is set in a futuristic environment, so Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan are not just lawyers but interstellar lawyers. Amazing, isn't it? The mystery involves the other planets, so you'll see them space-travelling to find out the truth. And if that didn't sell you, Yan Suizhi is “dead.” Yup, our main character was awakened from death and put in another body in the first chapter. As the critics (me) say, “You know the book is good when the author kills the protagonist in the first page.”

The couple, aw. Imagine having someone you could tell anything, it doesn't matter how insignificant it is, and that they listen to you and that they love you so much —that's Gu Yan and Yan Suizhi. They're also teacher × student, from those who like that kind of dynamic!

As I told you in the beginning, this is written by Mu Su Li, author of QQGK, which means it is freaking good!

Some of you may be wondering, “Where the fuck is BAB?” I'M WAITING FOR OFFICIAL ART. 😭 HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO ART BAIT YOU IF THERE IS NO OFFICIAL ART???? /cries in it's my favourite book and it doesn't have art even though it was signed to a lot of publications

[coughs] I hope you like this pt. 4 of Angie recs! I don't know when I'll post the next, but this is my humble effort of making you read these amazing novels!

[sharkie-243]

He fell but I swear he's okay

[bubbletecito]

᯽— Alpha Predator.

Sin carrd

Autor : Shui Qian Cheng

Capítulos : 132 capítulos + 1 extra

Género : Romance, BL, drama, omegaverse.

Mi calificación : ★★★★★

Son dos corazones que han pasado por muchas dificultades pero que siguen palpitando por el otro. Son dos cuerpos que una vez estuvieron conectados por una marca. Cuanto más se reprimen sus deseos mutuos, más fuertes se vuelven.

Mi primera novela omegaverse, y este es un mundo que suelo disfrutar mucho en el manga, por lo que no soy ajeno a los A/B/O y todo lo que tiene que ver, en particular adoro el concepto de las marcas, el celo y los nidos, siempre es grato ver cómo cada autor adapta estos universos a su manera y Shui Qian Cheng lo logró de forma genial.

Nos presenta al protagonista que es Shen Dai, un Omega de clasificación muy baja con feromonas bastante débiles, lo que hace que sea visto como Beta fácilmente. Destacando en su área de trabajo gracias a sus propios logros y esfuerzo, es un personaje con el que fácilmente te encariñas, no solo por su humor sino que además por su forma de pensar y desenvolverse, no se deja menospreciar con facilidad y pese a que pasa por muchas dificultades, continúa avanzando y enfrentándose a la vida. Pero su único secreto, es su enamoramiento por Qu Moyu.

Qu Moyu, un Alfa supremo con familia poderosa, nacido en cuna de oro y bastante respetado. Una vez, ayudó a Shen Dai cuando tuvo un celo inducido en su trabajo, dándole una marca temporal y dejando una profunda huella en el corazón de Shen Dai. Pero para Qu Moyu, luego de tres años tras ese suceso, no significaba nada, ni si quiera se hablaban.

Dos mundos totalmente opuestos, sin posibilidad de toparse.

Sin embargo, debido a los problemas económicos, Shen Dai acepta el trato de casarse con cierto Alfa debido a que su medio hermano que era el prometido de dicho Alfa, consiguió una marca de otro. Solo deben casarse para facilitar temas de negocios y recibiría una buena suma de dinero.

Lo que Shen Dai no imaginó es que se trataría de Qu Moyu.

Shen Dai firma un contrato, no puede embarazarse del hijo de Qu Moyu, tampoco contar los secretos de la familia ni tratar de conseguir su marca oficial.

Todos los Omegas desean la marca del Alfa clase S, consiguiendo prestigio, fama, dinero y prácticamente el mundo entero.

Pero Shen Dai solo desearía poder conseguir su corazón.

La historia nos va mostrando el desarrollo de su relación y las complicaciones de este mundo, cuando digo que hay sufrimiento es mucho y el amor no es para nada sencillo, lo más probable es que llegues a odiar a Qu Moyu y a varios del círculo que los rodea. Algo que me gusta mucho es la forma en que Qu Moyu fue escrito, él no es una mala persona, simplemente nunca fue criado en una familia donde exista el "amor", lo único que sabe es "ganar", pero créanme cuando les digo que el desarrollo que tiene es maravilloso.

Esta novela tiene muchos altos y bajos emocionales, pero lo que más destaco es la forma en que los protagonistas van evolucionando y se van enfrentando a todos los conflictos, es doloroso y sstisfactorio a la vez, ¡por favor no te dejes manipular por los comentarios que puedas ver de los lectores a lo largo de la historia! Tampoco endemonices a Qu Moyu, si estás dentro del mundo omegaverse como yo verás que de hecho es un buen alfa, e incluso si en un inicio lo odias, terminarás cayendo ante sus encantos igual.

El desarrollo de Shen Dai es de esos que se sienten como si te arrancaran el corazón que aún así sigue luchando por continuar latiendo, la fortaleza y reciliencia de él es admirable, su actitud y la forma en que nunca se deja pisotear, aunque debe aprender lecciones de forma muy cruel, termina superando cada prueba.

Y no creas que es amor del sencillo, hay toda una etapa de duelo, separación, desamor y enamoramiento nuevamente. Incluso puedes pensar "¿Pero cómo va a ser posible?", yo me lo preguntaba a medida y tenía miedo de que se sintiera forzado, ¡pero no! La forma en que se desenreda el nudo es amargo pero empalagosamente dulce a la vez.

Esta novela mezcla la amargura y la dulzura por igual, generándote múltiples emociones.

Espero odies tanto como yo al padre de Shen Dai y a la familia de Qu Moyu (a excepción de su madre).

Y no puedo no hablar de las escenas eróticas entre ellos, es de esas que te emocionan y hacen suspirar, las descripciones te dejan llenito y satisfecho (especialmente en un momento donde lo alimentan por arriba y por abajo al mismo tiempo, u know what I mean). 🤭

La lectura nunca se siente pesada aunque puede que en momentos quieras tomarte un tiempecito para tomar aire. La madurez de los personajes es maravilloso y terminarás enamorándote tanto de Qu Moyu como de Shen Dai. Si los odias, yo te odio a ti.

Por favor denle una oportunidad, les juro que lo disfrutarán y terminarán con una satisfacción muy grata. Esta novela se llevó mis cinco estrellas, la construcción de mundo, los personajes, el desarrollo de la historia, incluso si en un inicio sientes que es lo típico en el omegaverse, después te darás cuenta de la capacidad de escritura de este autor y cómo un concepto muy usado puede trabajarse de manera tan prolija.

[yuexuan]

[Review]顶级掠食者

Title: 顶级掠食者 (Alpha Predator)

Author: 水千丞

Length: 132 chapters + 1 extra

Tag: a/b/o, dogblood, complex family drama

Summary [taken from novel updates]:

The true top predator, plundering the best survival resources and hunting the top prey.

Novel [translated]

Comments **Contain spoilers**

Hooboy.

I have read Shui Qianchen’s novel <寒武再临> before, I have also read a handful of 爽文 with similar dog blood tropes before, but I think this is the first novel that made me dislike the MC and ML so strongly.

But lemme try rephrase things in a way that would hopefully reach its target audience lol. 

First, a quick summary. Shen Dai was the bastard son of a wealthy businessman, a B-grade omega with weak pheromones. He worked at a research facility under the (in)famous S-grade alpha Qu Moyu. Overall, Shen Dai lived a humble life with his grandmother. 

One day, out of the blue, Shen Dai was approached by his estranged father, who had abandoned him long ago. Apparently, the rightful heir of his father’s company, his half-brother by another mother, had been marked by the younger alpha son of the Qu family. As such, his half-brother's arranged marriage with Qu Moyu had been broken off and there was a chance that his father You Lihai won’t get the needed funding to support his failing company. In order to secure the funding, You Lihai turned to his bastard son, using Shen Dai as a tool in a loveless political marriage. 

Shen Dai was soon pulled into the turmoil of the social elite, from scheming brothers, to disapproving in-laws, to his scamming ‘mother’. But the thing that hurts him most was his supposed husband - Qu Moyu - who had little interest in him besides using him as a bed warmer. So, after he was accidentally impregnated (as a result of a conspiracy to ruin Qu Moyu), Shen Dai decided to run away with his child. 

Turns out that Qu Moyu did in fact fall in love with Shen Dai, a feeling he only realized after Shen Dai left. The Qu family also regretted their decision once they realized that Shen Dai was capable of giving them what they wanted: an S-class alpha son. 

Look. If you like dog blood tropes + all the known family drama that comes with the wealthy elite + smattering of smut + a scumbag gong + a spineless shou - by all means, this would probably be something you enjoy. I heard that many people like Shui Qianchengs 188 guy group of scum gongs, so I'm sure every novel has its own targeted audience.

Personally, I had read my fair share of 爽文 and don’t mind a scum gong, because ultimately there will be the delightful arc of him chasing back the love of his life. But in this novel, the MC is so spineless and caves in so quickly that there is little value in this whole wife-chasing arc. Even till the end, Shen Dai continually gives in to the ridiculous demands of the Qu and You families. It also didn’t help that the narrative kept on trying to paint him as this smart, independent omega, who resembles a beta more than an omega (a characteristic that supposedly attracted Qu Moyu), but the plot just doesn’t support it at all. You’ll literally have Shen Dai making a decision to finally stand his ground, only to be shattered within the next 2-3 paragraphs because someone changed his views with an unsubstantiated claim.

Also, in my opinion, Qu Moyu should just be thrown into the Scumbag Gong Reconditioning System from the danmei novel “Don’t pick up boyfriends from trashbin” lol. He barely regrets his decisions and continues to bully Shen Dai till the latter parts of the novel. =/

[frank-o-meter]

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[predalien]

(I didn’t mean to vote max 1000) but I’m pretty certain they can live for well over 1000 years. There’s one yautja, Kalakta/Alpha Predator, that lived up to 7000 years, and canonically, I think he’s still alive and kicking lol

This is a very important question, how many years Yautja actually live? We know they are practically adults at 50 ~ 60 years, who are the equivalent of 18 somethings in human terms, they are also supposed to live near 1000 years? but counting numbers some things are a bit off

Yes i know they are fictional species but i'm a maniac okay? okay thanks, kisses

I'm asking here the community help to know what y'all think about that

[necroswag]

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[msgexymunson]

One Slow Blink Part 2

Second part right here due to Tumblr restrictions

Description: As a nurse, you want to help people, as many as you can. But, with the insane things that have been going on in Hawkins, and the crazed look in Dustin's eyes when he stumbles into the ER covered in blood with an impossible tale to tell, it makes you wonder; how much are you prepared to give? 

Warnings: NSFW, Minors DNI, *Here there be monsters! Honestly, there's straight up monster fucking in this so if you're not into that do not read*, AFAB sub nurse reader x dom monster Eddie, kinda Alpha/Omega without them knowing it, injury descriptions, S4 does happen and Eddie lives but he be a monster, hand job, fem oral receiving, male oral receiving, consensual predator/prey dynamic, fingering, very rough sex, biting/marking, unprotected p in v, knotting.

A/N: This has come from yet another deranged dream of mine. I imagine Eddie looking kinda like a mix between the Beast from the original Beauty and the Beast, and the dog/kangaroo guys from Tank Girl, but with a longer snout. If you don't know, that's a dirty mix between a lion, a bear, a wolf and maybe a little of Venom's tongue (because I am a whore.)

22k words for both parts, I know, mental, but it's worth it ;)

Masterlist Part 1

You must have fallen asleep like that, as once your eyes open it looks to be almost night, the sun dipping past the horizon. The light slipping past your makeshift curtain is a deep red. You ache all over, especially your shoulder, but it doesn't stop you from smiling. 

At some point he must have pulled you on top of him, both arms circling you possessively, holding you to his chest like a child's doll. His member has slipped out of you; you can feel the stickiness of his release coating the sensitive flesh of your inner thighs. 

Breathing changes as he stirs beneath you, opening his eyes in a squint. 

“Hey you.” 

He murmurs a soft sound from his chest, licking your cheek with his long tongue. 

“Ew! Eddie, you've got dog breath.” 

“Charrrming.” 

You laugh, hitting his chest playfully, shifting above him so you're straddling him.

“We better get cleaned up, I've got to get to the hospital in a few hours.” 

Eddie whines, grabbing your hips as you try to stand, pushing your wet heat against his twitching bulge. 

“Eddie…”

You breathe out in a warning, but it sounds too needy. He's not listening, rubbing you back and forth over his swelling length. 

“Eddie I don't think I can take another round, you were- oh fuck-” 

The sentence falters as he catches your clit, setting a thousand butterflies loose in your tummy. 

“I’ll… be gentle.” 

You hiccup a little laugh, staring down at him with a raised brow. 

“I don't think you can.” 

“Forrr you… I can.” 

You reach out to stroke his fuzzy cheek and he nuzzles into the touch. The affection he shows from that simple gesture has you relenting, guiding his member into you, slipping in easily, his previous sticky release helping its journey. 

Sitting back and allowing yourself to revel in the beautiful stretch, you experience that familiar wash of relief, a calm caressing your very soul. Eddie seems to feel it too, letting out a long breath as his shoulders lose tension. 

“This feels right,” you confess, hand running down his chest, “like, like-” 

His gravelly purr interrupts your spill words, reverberating through your ribcage. 

“Like you… werrre made forrr me, sweet-hearrrt.” 

It's much slower this time, more of a languid grinding as you both move against each other, that undercurrent of need more of a smouldering heat, rather than the unquenchable fire from earlier. Eddie pants as he watches you, tongue hanging from the side of his mouth as you reach your precipice, your eyebrows knotting and body shuddering around him. 

Falling against his form, entirely spent, skin glowing with sweat, you hold onto him as he chases his own release. True to his word, he's much more gentle, gripping your hips and moving you to meet his shallow thrusts. You see his snout scrunch when he's on the brink, just before he pulls you off of him and holds you to his torso. You can feel his cock pumping out his orgasm against your stomach, glueing the pair of you together. 

“Eddie, you didn't need to-” 

“Last time we werrre… stuck togetherrr, for half hourrr.” 

You giggle, astonished at his words. 

“Really? Damn, I must have fell asleep.” 

“You did. Couldn't move. Was… nice.” 

Reaching up to play with the fur on his cheek, you think about what he just said. 

“You know, I think that's knotting. You know, like d-”

“If you say… dogs…” He warns, winding a finger in your hair and tugging gently. 

“Fine. Canines.” 

He grabs you, holding you in place as he slathers your face with his tongue, drooling all over you. 

“Eddie! Yuck, stop, stop!” 

“Thought I was… dog. This is what dogs do… rrrright?” 

You squeal loudly trying to extricate yourself from his hold. 

“OK, OK! You're not a dog! Stop!” 

He finally relents and you get up, unpeeling from the sticky skin and matted fur of his stomach. 

“Right, I'm gonna have a shower before you start humping my leg.” 

He snaps his teeth at you playfully as you leave. When you're standing in front of the bathroom mirror, you see why your shoulder hurts so much. There's teeth marks in it; pinpricks of broken skin tinged with blood. They aren't deep, but the redness around them looks like it's going to leave a hell of a bruise. For some reason, you're not mad. The opposite in fact. It feels like a claim. You are his, and this is so the world can see. 

Once you're clean and relatively dry, you go into the living area to find some food, throwing on one of Eddie's new t-shirts. It may as well be a dress, the hem kissing your mid thigh. 

Something doesn't feel right though. Suddenly there's a rolling in the pit of your stomach, a sense of impending doom. The light streaming through the partially boarded windows is still an ominous red. Risking a look, you peer out of the slats and see the sky. 

It's flashing red and blue, as if there's an enormous thunderstorm boiling the heavens, but there's no sound. It looks unnatural, colouring the landscape around in the same foreboding hues. You feel hot, and sick. 

Eddie barrels into the room with a towel still around his waist, tackling you to the ground. 

“Eddie, whats-” 

“Stay low… some-thing coming… smells wrrrong.” 

You whisper as quietly as you can.

“What can you smell?” 

He takes a moment, snuffling at the air with his eyes closed. 

“Outside… woods, dirrrt. Frrriends, coming. And… can't ex-plain in worrrds. Sticky… chem-i-cal… pulsing… grrey blue. Wrrrong.” 

You suppose that's what you get for asking a question about something you can't possibly understand, what with the stark differences in your senses. You try a different tact.

“Have you… smelled it before?” 

“Differrrent… but, similarrrr… to up-side-down.” 

There's the shoe that you were waiting to drop. Now the feeling in your gut made sense. 

“Eddie, you said… friends were coming?” 

“Harrrrrington… and Henderrrrson forrr surrre… smell the damn hairrsprrray.” 

In spite of the situation, you giggle. He flashes his teeth, dropping his guard for just an instant. 

There's a powerful knock at the door that makes you jump. Eddie leaps up and flings it open with such force that it slams into the wooden wall sending dust flying. 

You just about make out the figure of a girl with a shaved head and a bloody nose who thrusts an outstretched hand toward Eddie. Dustin's voice rings out behind her. 

“Elle no!” 

There's a strange force, like a gust of wind with no air that buffets around Eddie's snarling form. You feel it pulling you, ripping you backwards as you roll across the floorboards. Eddie seems unaffected, not moving from his spot. 

“Eleven, stop! You think monsters wear pink towels??”  

The girl looks baffled and turns to where Dustin is running forward, waving his arms wildly. Steve is following quickly behind. They both look battered and bruised. As Steve comes into focus you see his entire front is covered in blood. 

Instincts kicking in, you shoulder past Eddie and run toward him. 

“Steve, what happened!” 

“It's alright it's not my blood. Eleven, this is Eddie.” 

Ah, Eleven. It makes more sense now. The powers, the shaved head. 

“Who- is she?” 

Eleven stares at you with a confused expression. You introduce yourself, and explain what you think you are. 

“...I'm, er, Eddie's girlfriend.”

Eleven's eyes widen but she doesn't say anything. Dustin, however, can't possibly stop the words spilling from his mouth. 

“Girlfriend?? Seriously? But-” 

“Henderson, focus! That's not important right now!” 

“I was just asking, Steve!” 

“Well don't we have other stuff we need to-” 

“Hey!” 

Shocked, you realise the shout came from you. 

“Everyone, just calm down and get inside so we can talk, OK?” 

Your words seem to cut through all arguments as everybody makes it inside, standing and looking at you for direction. Attempting to keep the authoritative air you've managed to concoct, you order them to sit down whilst you and Eddie get dressed. 

When you're no longer feeling so exposed, you come back into the living room holding Eddie's hand. 

“Right now, Steve, you first. What the fucks going on?” 

He weirdly looks at Eleven first, who gives a curt nod. 

“Right, right, so, it's a little-” 

Dustin cuts in. 

“-Vecna's back from the Upside Down with his Demogorgons and bats and stuff and they're taking over Hawkins and we need Eddie Dog to help defeat him!” 

Stumbling back a little stunned, your wide eyes search his vainly for the sign of some prank. There is none. 

“So… you're saying there's monsters in Hawkins??”

Steve responds calmly, juxtaposing Dustin’s trembling form.

“ ‘fraid so. Nance and Hopper and everyone else are holed up in the library. Everyone left in the town’s there. Well, everyone who's not dead or ran away.” 

“Wait, so Hopper’s alive??” 

“Yes! He was captured by evil Russians but Mrs Byers got him back and-” 

“Alright, alright,” you hold your palms up to Dustin, “what does Eddie have to do with this?” 

“Listen, Henderson's got this theory that Eddie's… powers… came out so he can stop Vecna.” 

“But that's absurd, he was bitten!” You turn to Eddie but he looks just as shocked as you. 

“Yeah but, we've seen a lot of people today who've been bitten by something. No one else changed.” 

“Exactly,” Dustin says, grinning, “Eddie's got super strength now, he's all healed, I bet he's got other powers.” 

Eleven starts talking unexpectedly. 

“I tried to throw him. He did not move.” 

“See!? He's a superhero.” 

“So, wait, Eleven can't throw him,” you begin, “but that doesn't mean she can't throw stuff at him. What's to stop Vecna throwing a car or something?” 

Everyone looks at Eleven.

Wordlessly, she focuses on a lamp that sits on a side table. To your astonishment, it begins to float in the air, then hurls itself at Eddie with remarkable force. Then the strangest thing happens. It hovers a few inches from Eddie as if stopped by an invisible barrier, then falls to the floor uselessly. 

Silence. You break it, voice splitting as it goes high pitched with worry. 

“Right, but that doesn't mean Vecna can't hurt him, just because Eleven can't, right? Right??” 

Eddie's the one to respond, holding your hands in one bearish paw. 

“Sweet-hearrrt, they'rrre rrright… I can help… I should help… need to prrotect the Shirrre… prrrotect you.” 

“But-but-” Tears well in your eyes as you stare back at him. 

“I need to… otherrrrwise… I am… this… is all a waste.” 

You nod, but pull your hands from his and walk into the bedroom, shutting the door behind you. The pain is too much to bear. It does make sense, if you were being rational, but right now you aren't rational. Nothing about this is rational. You've just found the love of your life and you might lose him to this stupid fight. 

Fuck. You love him.

It's finally clear. The feeling in your stomach, the draw you have toward him, the fire in your veins, in your heart. You barely know him, but you love him. 

And now that might get ripped away because of some damn fight that shouldn't have had anything to do with him in the first place. 

You perch on the bed, head in your hands as tears leak down your cheeks. There's no fight in you to stop them, grieving for something that hasn't happened yet but seems inevitable. There's whispering in the other room, plans being made, but it all sounds like it's underwater, drowned by the power of your tears. 

After a while, Eddie opens the door and shuffles in the room, sitting down on the bed next to you. He slowly starts to explain the plan to you, how Will can sense when Vecna or the monsters are near, how Elle will help clear a path, how he has the strength to defeat him, since Vecna's powers are all he has. He doesn't have the speed or strength that Eddie does. 

There's a loaded quiet when he's finished. You're angry, wiping away stray tears fiercely from your face, but you're not angry at him. You're angry at the situation, at Vecna, at the Upside Down. Angry at the powers that seem to be pulling you apart. 

“Fine. But I'm coming with you.” 

“No,” he snarls, pulling his arm around you, “they need… heal-ers. You… can help.” 

“But what if- what if you get hurt?” 

“Won't.” 

“Promise?” 

Staring up whilst you are brimming with tears, he cups your face, looking back at you with soulful eyes. 

“I'll do… everrry-thing I can.”

“No!” You shout, tears falling once again as your face heats up, “you can't say that, they say that in the hospital and people die!”

Wringing your hands, flipping them over and over each other in your lap, you barely notice Eddie falling to the floor in front of you. 

Then his burly arms are circling you, his maw pushed into your abdomen, inhaling you deeply, sweetly. It stops your incessant fidgeting, fingers resting in his long locks. They wind into his hair, twisting through to massage his scalp as he purrs into the flesh of your stomach. 

“Eddie, if you love me you'll come back to me. Do-do you love me, Eddie?”

He looks up at you, deep chestnut eyes searching your face. 

One slow blink. 

There's a soft knock at the door and Dustin opens it. 

“We have to go soon. Are you ready Eddie Dog?” 

Eddie growls low in his throat, swivelling to face him on all fours, hackles raised. Dustin immediately attempts to backtrack, arm raised to try and protect his face. 

“I mean, I didn't mean- it's from the demogorgon, you know, demodogs, Eddie Dog, I did think DemoEddie but Dog-”

Eddie pounces, pinning Dustin to the ground. Dustin's eyes scrunch shut as he screams, voice breaking in terror. 

“Shit shit shiiiiiiiiiit!!!” 

You giggle inanely as Eddie licks Dustin's face wetly. He bounds off him and shoots a wink at you, before lending Dustin a hand and dragging him to his feet. 

“I am not… a dog.” 

Dustin is laughing in relief, nerves racking through it. 

“No you're not, I'm sorry I'm sorry-” 

Steve appears in the doorway. 

“Guys, get in here.”

All mockery forgotten, you make your way into the living space in silence. 

“Steve, what's going on?” 

“That's just it. Listen.” 

You all stop, ears working in overdrive as you all try to hear what he hears. Breaking the quiet spell that had drifted over everyone, you speak. 

“I can't hear anything.”

“Exactly. Don't you get it? All over town, all through the woods, there's been these things. Demogorgons, bats, horrible things. But here, there's nothing.” 

“Eddie, you smell anything?” 

Eddie closes his eyes, snout wiggling in effort as he opens his preternatural senses. His voice rumbles out in its usual gravelly purr.

“That scent… it's herrre, it's on them… up-side-down smell… therrres nothing close by… except a few deerrr.” 

Steve holds a hand up, stage whispering to you.

“He can smell that?” 

“Yes… and hearrr acrrross rrrooms.” 

“Sorry big guy, I just- that's awesome.” 

Dustin is beaming, staring at Eddie like he's a superhero. Steve continues, making sure he's looking at Eddie, you notice, keeping him in the conversation. 

“So, if those things aren't nearby… maybe, maybe they're afraid of him? Hate to say it but I'm starting to agree with Dustin. Maybe you're supposed to be like this Munson.” 

Sighing in acceptance, you turn to Eddie. 

“Fine. If you think you can help you should go. Don't let me stop you. But you have to come back to me.” 

He gives you a slow blink, and you nod, accepting fate. Then you move into action, grabbing the partially used trauma kit, along with anything else you think might be helpful. Everyone else is doing the same, as if they were waiting for your approval. 

Pretty soon you're being bundled into what appears to be a stolen pick up truck with Eddie sitting in the back, as you race back into town. 

If you could call it town anymore. 

Your mind rolls to every post apocalyptic movie you've ever seen, but none of them compare to it happening in front of your eyes. Crumbling buildings that you recognise send spears of hurt through your heart. Over there, the gas station where you bought your first underage beers, now a smoking wreckage. On your left, the drug store where you used to pick up your mom's prescription, cracked and half buried in rubble. 

A cloud of chattering sound passes quickly overhead; you hear Eddie growling low as batlike creatures wing their way to another destination, seemingly unbothered by your presence. It's either that, or they don't want to tangle with your boyfriend. You pray that it's the latter.

Steve takes a sharp left turn and you fling to the side in your seat. 

“I thought we were heading to the library, isn't it that way?” 

“Yep, if you wanna cross a gorge. The roads opened so wide that nothing can get through.” 

The enormity of the situation is sinking into you, winding around your spine, fear clasping you in its unwanted clutches. 

Ignore it. Don't recognise it. Turn your back on it. There's people that need your help. 

Steve pulls up a few yards away from the library, and you clench your jaw, telling your tears to fuck right off. Now is not the time for tears. 

You and Dustin jump out of the truck, and he rushes to the library to bring everyone who needs to be part of this final stand. A final stand that doesn't involve you. A final stand that has the love of your life sitting front and centre. 

Running around to the back of the truck you grab Eddie's head firmly in both your hands. 

“You- you remember what I said? You need to come back to me, you hear me? ‘Cause if you don't I'll kill you myself. Get it Eddie? You do this and you come back to me!!” 

Eddie holds your hands in his enormous paws, enveloping your soft flesh instantly. Nuzzling his snout against your cheek, he breathes in your ear. 

“I'll come back… to what's mmine.” 

You press fierce hot kisses to the soft fur of his face, over and over, until he pulls you from him, holding your hands away. 

“You love me Eddie. I know you do.” 

One slow blink. 

In an instant, he's gone, quieter than snow. Falling to the floor, you hold your head in your hands, crushed by the barbarity of the situation. 

You didn't say it. You didn't tell him you love him too. Saying it out loud would make it more real. Saying it out loud would make the pain worse if you lose him. 

Soft fingers pry at you, leading you onward, inside. In a daze you follow, feet on autopilot as you clutch the trauma bag in front of you like a shield. 

Inside is a bustle of activity, a hive of ants that all have a purpose and none of them involve you. You're guided gently down onto a seat and the insects run about, fetching food, water, bandages. It all seems to be happening outside of you, following a rhythm that you can't hear. 

“Hey, hey!” One of the swarm seems to be addressing you. Tilting your head, you look towards them. It's an older woman; half her face is concealed by a makeshift eyepatch. 

“You're a doctor, right? We need someone over here now!” 

Instincts take over. Legs rising of their own accord, they march over to a camp bed that's been set up. Another woman lays there, breaths shallow and humanising. There's an enormous gash in her side. 

“OK OK, I can help, just don't move too much, I'll try and stop the bleeding.” 

Then the next person. And then, the next person. 

Mind floating into a subconscious haze, your memories take over. That situation before at the hospital, the textbook you once studied, a hypothetical conversation with a doctor. You take it, all at once, power beyond what should be possible, but you do it. 

You do it for him. 

Minutes pass into hours unseen as you tear through every available useful item, every strip of gauze from your bag, until it happens. 

A pain so profound that grips your shoulder and your heart hard enough for you to look around for the shotgun. It emanates out of the bitemark, pulsing into your veins with alarming force. 

“He's hurt.”

Collapsing to the side, you hold a firm hand to your own heart, as if you could will it to slow. Legs give out from under you, your rear landing on the hard surface behind. For a minute you sit, unable to move, unable to think, wondering why everyone around seems so controlled. Don't they realise your entire universe is shattering into splinters before their very eyes? 

There's a hand shaking you by the arm, someone asking if you're OK. They lift you, place you in a seat, and keep asking, and asking. Your tongue feels heavy, unable to form words to explain the hurt you're feeling. This deep hurt is rooted into your bone marrow; heavy, hard and cold. 

There's a familiar face in front of you, a round childish face with curling boyish locks and a worried expression. Dustin. 

“Hey, you there? Can ya hear me?” 

Nodding wordlessly, you point to your chest, directly over your heart, eyes wincing in pain. 

“Did you get hurt?” 

You shake your head, and manage one word. 

“Eddie.” 

Before Dustin can respond, Nancy runs in, face covered in grime and dark blood, panting for breath. 

“They… did it… Hoppers here with Eleven. The gates are closed. But, Eddie-” 

Hearing his name you rush back into your body. 

“Where is he?” 

“Steve and Jonathan are taking him back to the cabin. He's unconscious. He’s… in a bad way, but he's alive.”

He's alive. 

“I need to get to him. Dustin, grab any bandages you can find. Nancy, you got a car?” 

She nods and leads you outside. The sky has quietened, no longer flashing in supernatural colours. Looking upward, you  can almost believe this is a normal night in Hawkins. Taking in the streets, the truth is far from it. 

Three monstrous things lay on the sidewalk, covered in some slimy substance and splattered in unnatural blood. Their skin has a blue grey sheen to it, and their limbs are twisted awkwardly. Their heads seem to have been split open, but then you realise it's just one gigantic mouth, unfurling like a gristly lily. The fleshy petals are lined with dozens of tiny sharp teeth. 

You press a toe to one of them nervously. Its head lulls to one side, utterly lifeless. 

“Hey I got the band- Holy shit!!” 

Dustin's voice cracks mid sentence, then he sighs in relief when he realises the monsters are dead. Nancy calls at you both to hurry and you bundle into the car as she races through the cracked, ruined streets of Hawkins. 

The gas station, the shops, town hall, it's all unimportant. What matters is getting to Eddie. You need to save him. 

Suddenly a heavy feeling in your chest lifts, but not in comfort. It's as if someone's tugged a weighted blanket off of you, exposing your vulnerability for the world to see. Eddie's presence, once a firm hold coddling your heart, is reduced to a whisper of a thought. Gossamer threads tie you instead of lead ropes that you hadn't even realised were there until they were nearly gone. 

“Nancy, we need to hurry, he's almost gone!” 

She doesn't question how you know, just presses her foot to the accelerator and bombs through Hawkins and onto the familiar country road. She gets as near as the woods will allow, until you're yanking the door open and continuing on shaky legs, feet pounding at the bracken and tears streaming from the corners of your eyes. 

A singular thought races through your mind with each footfall. Save him. Save him. Like a heartbeat. 

The cabin starts to appear out of the darkness, the lights inside a beacon of hope. As you reach the front door it flies open, Steve standing in the frame. 

His hair is sticking out in every direction; part of it is plastered to his forehead with blood. A bat with nails in it is hanging limply at his side and his clothes are torn. There's gashes in his front, as if gigantic claws had swiped at him. Previously you would have stopped, gaping at his wounds in horror and done anything you could to help, but after everything you've seen tonight they seem almost trivial. 

“Is he here?” 

Steve takes a deep breath in, swinging the bat at his side as if on instinct. 

“He's here, I guess. He was awesome, then- he wasn't him, in the end. He's not said a word after Vecna, then when Mrs- well, he passed out. Just, be careful.” 

You nod and shoulder your way through, past a long haired guy with the intense expression who you assume is Jonathan, and into the bedroom.

It's a familiar scene, so much so that it borders on comfort. He's strapped down to the bed, a belt wrapped around his feral maw. His breaths are shallow and wet sounding. A snarling whistle of a snore escapes on each exhale. 

His wounds are deep, much deeper than before. There's blood pooling at his side from a gaping wound, it looks like one of those bastard monsters took a bite out of him. That seems the worst damage, that and a bite on his shoulder that almost mirrors your own. You'd laugh at the irony if you weren't so upset. On top of that, there are so many scrapes and claw marks and bruises that it makes your heart ache. 

“One of you, come in here and help me.” 

Steve appears in the door frame, bat held high as if Eddie were about to pounce. 

“Steve, put the bat down. I need your help cleaning these wounds.” 

He lowers his arm and moves nearer to you, but doesn't let the bat go. 

“I don't think you get it. When Vecna- when he realised he couldn't hurt him, those demogorgons got him. He fought three of them at once and then he… well, he tore Vecna in half. Since then he's not… he was a beast. Tried to attack me and Hopper, until Mrs Byers whacked him over the head, knocked him out cold. I'm not sure he's Eddie, anymore.”

There's a tug at your heart, a spindly web like thread that pulls you to your love. 

“He's weak, but he's there. I know it. Help me clean these wounds and bind them before he bleeds out.” 

The two of you work in silence, Steve flinching when Eddie stirs, but he doesn't wake up. When the hole in his side is padded with gauze and tightly bound with bandages, you work on the rest. There's just so many injuries, it's a wonder he's still alive and hasn't bled out yet. 

When it's done, with Eddie patched and bandaged as well as you know how, you collapse onto the floor, hands on your knees. All you can do is wait for him to wake up. That's if he wakes up. If he wakes up as him, and not some mindless beast. 

“Listen, you've done what you can. You're awesome, really.” 

Steve's hand grasps yours on top of your knee. 

“If he's gonna come back for anyone, he'll come back for you.” 

The smile he flashes melts your heart as he gets up to leave. A second later, he returns with a musty blanket and a worn cushion. You take them gratefully and get comfortable on the floor, hoping against hope that your love wakes up. 

********************

A roaring growl shatters through your nerves and startles you awake, rocketing through your senses before you have a chance to think. Hot breath blows across your face, messing your hair and making you blink in its turbulence. 

Eddie's on all fours on top of you, crouched low and teeth bared, bindings in tatters all about you. The belt is gone from his jaw; you can only assume he managed to break it with sheer force. A dribble of slobber hangs from his maw; for some reason it's all you can focus on. It wobbles in your vision, as you scramble for some way to get through to him.

He barks roughly, snapping his teeth barely an inch from your face. 

“N-now, you listen to me, Eddie!” 

Your voice squeaks, belying the stern demeanour you're attempting to convey. He growls low, crouching even further over you, giving you an undeniable urge to flee. You can't, not with Eddie on top of you. Not just that, you know deep within your bones that if you attempt to escape, you're dead. 

It suddenly dawns on you that it doesn't matter. You could just throw yourself out there and be eaten. Sure, it'd be painful, but since he's hovering right over your jugular it'd probably be quick. Living without him seems far worse. Or, you might just succeed, and live. 

There's no time for hesitation and pleasantries. So, you grasp the fur around his maw and clutch it desperately, fingers winding into his pelt. His eyes widen, jaw closing slightly, and you take the opportunity to pull his head closer. Your forehead sits flush with his, searching his eyes for any sign of the Eddie you know. 

“Eddie Munson, you listen to me! You know who I am! Can't you smell it? My smell, your smell? You're mine, and I'm yours. You promised you'd come back to me! So do it, come the fuck back to me or I swear I'll kill you myself!” 

Releasing one hand, you pull your t-shirt over your shoulder and show him the mark he left you. 

“You see this? You know what this is? Remember, Eddie!” 

There's a flicker in his hard gaze, a flash of something that just might be your Eddie. Pressing his snout to the mark, he inhales deeply. Then, he's pressing his jaw to yours, nuzzling your neck with his nose. Moving your head to meet his affection, you rub your faces against each other. The tension in the room dissipates as you finally start to see the human behind the beast.

As he pulls his face away, you stare deep in his eyes. 

‘I love you Eddie Munson. I knew you'd come back. You had to, because you love me too. Right?” 

One slow blink. 

Then, he's falling to the floor on his side, seemingly exhausted with the strain. There's no way you'll be able to get him back into the bed, so you throw your blanket around you both and snuggle into his warm pelt before you fall asleep in his arms. 

When you finally wake up, he's still asleep breathing heavily through his nose. The breaths sound much better than before, a stark difference from the heavy, wet sound he was making previously. 

Every joint hurts from sleeping on the wooden floor. You stretch in place, click your elbows, and glance back down at Eddie. 

Even a few hours seems to have helped Eddie with his recovery. The small grazes you didn't bother to cover up are completely healed; just tiny fine lines of scars are all that's left, like the inking of a delicate pen. 

You try to stand up but Eddie's heavy paw is resting on your hip, keeping your back flush to his torso. 

“Eddie,” you whisper, half ashamed to disturb him, “I need to move, my back hurts.” 

One chestnut eye blinks roughly at you then opens, shrivelling from the light pouring through your ad hoc curtains. He's not said a word yet, a fact that is eating your insides up with worry, but you don't mention it. 

He pushes himself off of the floor, managing to stand shakily before flopping to the bed. Even this small movement has him exhausted beyond what should be possible. 

“Eddie, do you want me to get you something to eat? You know, to help the healing?” 

Those soulful deep eyes bore into you, stretching time for just a moment. Then he blinks deliberately at you, twice. 

“No? So, what can I do?” 

Wordlessly, he holds his arms out. You crawl into his embrace as he clutches you to his chest tightly, as if he's scared you'll run away. You couldn't though. Not now, not ever. 

********************

After a few hours, he's breathing deeply, and you risk moving to the living space. Once you enter you see Steve and Jonathan there. Nancy climbs out of an armchair and makes her way towards the group, diplomatically standing exactly between them. 

“We didn't want to disturb. How's he doing?” 

Nancy's soft voice breaks the quiet and you allow her a small smile. 

“Great. I mean, he's healing like crazy, seems to be something he can do, and he remembers me for sure. He's not spoken yet, but give him time.” 

She beams at you, then flashes a thousand watt smile at Steve. Shaking her head slightly, apparently at her own actions, she grabs Jonathan's hand and gives it a squeeze. You don't miss the slight frown that flickers on Steve's face, or the little wanton appraising look he gives Jonathan. It's funny, viewing something from an outsider's perspective. They're the perfect little threesone and they don't seem to even know it. 

There's a stirring noise from the bedroom and you run immediately toward it. Eddie's sitting up in bed; it looks like he's trying to inspect the hole in his side with clumsy fingers. 

“Hey, it's OK Eddie, don't touch it. I'm gonna look after you, alright?” 

A flicker of relief passes across his face and he settles down into the mattress, placated. 

You inspect the wound; his recovery is remarkable but there's still a way to go before it's healed. By rights he shouldn't be breathing at all. 

“It looks good, it'll take a while to heal completely but I think you're gonna be alright.” 

A large hand reaches tentatively to your face and cups it, shaking slightly with the effort. His face scrunches, an internal pain crossing it that seems too much to bear. Then, words emerge. 

“...love… you.” 

Instantly welling with tears, you cup his hand in your own. 

“I love you too Eddie. Now sleep, you need to rest. I'll bring you some water, and some food in a while to get your strength back up.” 

He blinks slowly at you, then settles his head back into the mattress, palm dropping from your cheek almost instantly as he falls asleep. You take the cushion from the floor and anchor his head up, slipping it underneath so he doesn't strain his neck. 

Staring at him for a moment looking so peaceful makes your eyes well. Wiping furiously at your face, you disperse the tears and turn towards the doorway. 

“You alright?” 

Steve's standing there, thankfully no longer holding a bat. You nod and walk out of the room with him, after a final glance at Eddie's sleeping form. 

********************

Now the danger has passed, the rest of them leave to go get some much needed sleep. The snippets you've been told about the battle for Hawkins sounded bloody and taxing, they all need to recuperate. 

When Eddie starts eating you breathe another sigh of relief. It's a good sign. He seems to be having trouble again with picking things up and using words but it's getting better by the hour. 

Collecting a bucket from outside, you fill it with warm water and grab some soap and a washcloth from the bathroom, then take it to the bedroom. Eddie's sitting up in bed, having just finished a whole chicken. He's licking juices from his furred fingers when you walk in. 

“Hey, that good? Want any more?” 

“Good… forrr now.” 

You smile at him and waddle over with the heavy bucket. Placing it on the ground with a heavy thud, you soak the cloth and add some soap to it. 

“What… doing?” 

“Oh, well you've got too many bandages on for me to clean you in the tub, so I thought I'd wash you in here, if that's alright.” 

Flashing his teeth in the epitome of a wolfish grin, he purrs out a response as he whips off the blanket covering him. 

“Hot nurrrse…. Giving me… sponge bath? Yess please!” 

You roll your eyes but you're smiling as you do it, and help him wriggle out of his sweatpants. He's naked, cock already kicking up with your proximity. 

“This isn't about that, Eddie!” 

“-Orry.” 

“And don't just drop your s'es to be cute, I know you can say them!” 

He gently grasps your hand in his and you melt just a little. 

You start cleaning him as best as you can, tenderly mopping in between the bandages, taking care to remove as much of the crusted blood and grime as possible. 

As you work, you feel his furred finger curl under your chin, guiding you to look at him. 

“Eddie?” 

“You… rrreally carrrre about… mme, don't you?” 

Trying to move out of his grip shyly, he holds your chin firmly waiting for your reply.

“I mean, yes, of course. I told you Eddie, I love you.” 

Damp fingers twine in his thick burly hand. His eyes are on you but seeing through you, deep in thought. You squeeze his fingers in encouragement. 

“What's on your mind, Eddie?” 

He huffs a laugh, shaking his head. 

“It's stu-pid… I just thought… when it all ended… when gate closed… I'd go back… be norrrmal.” 

Emotion floods those brandy hued eyes, you force a lump in your throat to go away. 

“Eddie, you've never been normal,” you say, smiling at him, whilst he growls a little chuckle in his throat, “but that's not a bad thing. You're different Eddie. You've always been different. You're odd, and funny, and intense. I love you, and not in spite of those things. Because of them. Because you're you.” 

Eddie roughly rubs a hand over his eyes to disguise the tears. 

“Love you… what the fuck… did I do… to deserrrve you.” 

“Don't know, but it must have been pretty awesome.” 

You smile as you finish cleaning him, drying him off as best as you can, and let him get more rest. It seems each time he naps his healing quickens exponentially, so you encouraged as many as you could. 

It was late evening by the time you saw him again. You had fallen asleep on the couch in front of the TV, curled up wearing Eddie's black t-shirt and nothing else, with a cushion between your knees for comfort. 

There was warm pressure just on the inside of your thigh, a heaviness that for some reason made you feel safe. 

Cracking one eye open, you see Eddie is sitting on the floor facing you, his furred cheek resting on your leg. His snout is just breaching the hem of the t-shirt, dangerously close to your heat. 

“Eddie, what are you doing?” 

He takes a deep breath in and your cheeks flood with embarrassment. 

“I miss-ed you… miss-ed this.” 

“We can't, like, do anything Eddie, not until you're healed.” 

Lifting his head up, he points wordlessly to his side. The bandage has been removed. Amazingly, it's knotted scar tissue; a few tufts of fur are growing on it already. In a few days you'd be surprised if you could even tell the near life threatening blow had even happened. 

“Wow, thats- fuck, that's incredible. You're amazing!” 

He makes a little satisfied noise at the praise and sits up, towering over you on the sofa. 

“So… arrre we good? Forrr… a little game?” 

Tilting your head, you mockingly appraise him, looking him up and down and checking each knot of scars. 

“Well… seems I can give you the all clear. What did you have in mind?” 

Opening his maw, he flicks his tongue over his teeth, and stares at you hungrily. 

“I've got… an i-dea.” 

He stands up and pulls you to your feet, reminding you again of the sheer size of him, and wordlessly leads you to the back door. 

When you're outside, the lack of noise really strikes you. There's not a sound in the woods. An eerie quiet washes over you, making each breath, each heartbeat all the louder. The air is crisp, but not freezing. It nips at your bare legs, trailing goosebumps up your thighs. You look up at the sky; a beautiful array of shining stars fill it, and the moon provides a little light so you can make out the dark shadow of trees about you. It's ethereal and beautiful. 

“It's really pretty Eddie, but what's this got to do with a game?” 

He stands just behind you, firmly grabbing you by your hips as he bends to speak in your ear. 

“We'rrre tied… in ourrr little chases… thought we could…” 

“Out here? In the dark? Eddie what if theres-” 

“Nothings herrre… animals fled frrrom the monsterrrs… can smell. It's just you… and mme.” 

The thought sends a little shiver down your spine, pins and needles rushing from the base of your neck. 

“You like the… i-dea. Can tell.” 

You curse your own body for betraying you, but he's absolutely right. You're already wet just thinking about it and it's starting to dampen your thighs. A heat floods through you, making you forget about the cold. 

“OK… say I'm interested, what are the rules?”

“Two minutes head starrrt… then, when I catch you…” He playfully licks the shell of your ear, “I can do… whateverrr I want.” 

“Within reason?” You say, voice already shaking. 

“Within… rrreason.” 

“Five minutes.” 

“Thrrrree.” 

“Done.” 

Immediately you tear away from his grasp and run, giving him no time to think about it. The forest floor is surprisingly soft under your bare feet, a carpet of pine needles allowing you to run comfortably, unhindered. 

Your ears are occupied by the sound of your own beating heart. It's pumping wildly in your chest, pure adrenaline coursing through your veins, making each decision. You zig zag, double back a little, and turn in a circle, to try and throw him off the scent. A part of you wishes there was a river nearby to help confuse the trail further. Then again, most of you is glad there isn't. It's not like you don't want to be caught. 

A fallen branch makes you trip and you sprawl unseen in the dark. The rush is still there, but you try to be more careful and take a little time looking for anything on the ground that could harm you. Squinting in the dark, you make out a huge stone in front of you which could have seriously injured you. Skirting around it, there's a copse of close together trees to one side. Then, there's an alrighty roar. 

He sounds so close, you must have made less progress than you thought. Dashing for the trees, you enter a little circle of pines and press your back against one panting for breath. You can hear him now. It sounds like he's galloping through the forest on all fours, crashing through branches and twigs like a hot knife through butter. 

You daren’t move, you daren’t breathe. This close there's no chance he won't hear you. Thighs clenching so hard you're in danger of losing blood flow, you feel your slick covering them, nearly slipping apart because of it. It's uncanny; you don't know why your body seems to have this visceral reaction to his presence, but really you don't need to know. All you know is that this feels so right, so natural for you, that it's accepted without hesitation. 

The absence of noise is what makes you jump. One minute there's crashing and breaking branches; the next, silence. You grip onto the rough bark, fingers white knuckling in fervent anticipation. 

You hear him then, soft footfalls crunching and sniffing noises. Keeping your back pressed firmly against the tree trunk, you try to breathe as quietly as you can. Each second that goes by feels like it stretches on for an eternity, as you hear him get closer and closer… and then walk past behind you. Breath leaving you in a gasp, you relax your muscles slightly. 

Until he's directly in front of you, completely naked, the sheer weight of him pressed up against you as he pins both your arms by your sides. His cock is throbbing against your stomach, huge and painfully hard. Bending his head to your level, his snout nudges your ear. 

“I win… you’rrre mmine.” 

He nips at your neck, his sharp teeth breaking the skin. Pain blossoms out from the mark, but it's followed by a wave of pleasure that sends another wash of wetness out of you. 

Eddie growls so deeply that you shiver, and suddenly your world is shooting upward as he grasps you firmly by the ass and lifts you up, your t-shirt riding up to your chest. The hard bark of the tree is pressing into your naked skin as he holds you there like a play thing, claws digging in your flesh. His tongue laps through your folds, tasting you with such ferocity that it makes you moan wantonly, your nails scraping into his scalp, hanging on for dear life. 

Cloying heat is surrounding you, suffocating you. You pull the shirt over your head and toss it in a vain attempt to get some relief but it's no use. Eddie's tongue is buried inside your tight cunt, a dizzying tornado that's making your head spin, but you need more. 

“Fuck- please Eddie, I-I need- oh God- I need you inside me.” 

He lifts your back off of the tree, then slams your spine against the rough wood, expelling all breath from your lungs. He's shaking his head back and forth, long snout rubbing over your clit. A hard no, but it's setting fireworks off inside you all the same. He lets up for a moment, just one, rumbling out words so close to your pussy you feel the warm air of his breath and the vibration of it on your clit. 

“You want me… so bad… then fuckin’ cum. Now.” 

His thumb breaching your weeping sex is a complete surprise. It's just so thick; moving inside you with such animalistic intensity that you're clenching and coming with an obscene scream directed at the heavens. You crumble to ash and dust within his very clutches, the smouldering fire flaming bright and burning all of you, inside and out. 

There's no time to recover, to breathe. He slides you down the tree trunk and onto his waiting member, forcing it inside with barely any warning. Tears spring from the corners of your eyes as he forcibly lifts you by your hips and slams you back down, over and over, his powerful thrusts pulling whimpers out of you. You're just so full, his swollen length pulsing inside, throbbing you to ecstasy. 

The strings tighten inside you, firming the pressure in your belly, which suddenly snaps, dissolving into an intense wave of pleasure that gushes from your hole and threatens to push him out due to its violence. He shudders with you, holding you close and grinding into you, helping you ride it out with almost gentle movements that bely the ferality he displayed only moments ago. Your foreheads touch softly, breaths in tandem. 

For a second you think he's finished. You couldn't be further from the truth. His voice is strained, as if he's trying to keep it under control. 

“You… do that… again.” 

Before you can blink his knuckles are dragging harshly over your clit, back and forth, sending a shiver through your spine on each rough pass. 

“Eddie- oh holy- oh fuuuck!” 

You're barely able to speak, to think. Sentences fail to form, in fact your bordering on drooling at the way he's fucking you dumb. In moments you're clenching around him, walls fluttering uncontrollably as you sob out another release, muscles contracting involuntarily and quivering all over your body. After a while, you realise you're weeping, tears streaming with no barriers to stop them. 

It still doesn't stop Eddie and his violent conquest over your form. He seems intent on owning you, ruining you, taking every last ounce of pleasure out of you to leave you a shattered blubbering mess. It's as if he needs to get his pain and anguish out; it's pouring from him and into each movement of his hips.

“Again.” 

Sobs are bubbling out of your mouth, wet and round, spit gathering at the corners. 

“Eddie, I- I can't-” 

“Again!” 

Then he's pinching your clit hard between thumb and forefinger, as his teeth nip at your breast. The overbearing pain and the zealous pleasure are too much. Shamefully, you release yet again, slick running down your legs and onto the forest floor in a sticky web. 

It's only then that he holds you close, hard arms snaking around your back as your legs shake wildly either side of his hips. His bearish hands grasp you tightly as he throbs his own messy climax deep inside you, roaring loudly, pulsing and pulsing until you've milked him dry. Even then he remains, hard and swollen, locked in and unable to separate. 

His touch is far more gentle now, lifting you by the hips as if you are to be cherished and placing your back softly to the pine needle covered ground. He hovers over you, almost in fear of breaking you, one rough hand stroking at the delicate skin of your cheek. Staring into his eyes, you see the shame harbouring within them.

Before he can speak, you're grasping his furred cheeks and holding his gaze. 

“Eddie, it's OK, honestly. I mean, it was a little rough… but fuck me… that was amazing. You're amazing.” 

He nuzzles into you, deeply breathing in your smell as he cuddles you in the softest embrace. 

“-Orry.” 

“You trying to be cute with me again, Eddie Munson?” 

Your stern words just earn you another squeeze, a slightly tighter hold from his firm arms. For a while you lay there, feeling the other's heartbeat and listening to nothing but the wind between the trees. 

It takes a bit, but the knot finally subsides and you are able to extricate yourselves from its hold. As soon as Eddie's comforting arms are no longer around you, you start to shiver massively. 

“Need.. get you home… climb on.” 

He's on all fours, crouching low in front of you like a tamed lion. 

“You've got to be fucking kidding me.” 

There's a soft rumble in his throat that almost sounds like laughter. 

“Get on… beforrrre you frrreeze.” 

You can't really argue with that. 

Hesitating with your knee up high, you're trying to work out where you need to be. You've never ridden a… a wolf? A lion? A monster? Briefly, you think you've never ridden an Eddie, but you blush profusely when you remember that's simply not true.

Finally deciding on swinging your leg over near his waist at the thinnest part of him, you settle into the soft fur. He swings a paw up and grasps your hand, leading it toward the longer hair down his spine. 

“Might want… to hold on… sweet-hearrrt.” 

You twine your fingers delicately into the thicker part of his pelt. That is, until he starts running on all fours through the trees. You grip tightly when you feel the sudden rush of speed, fingers losing blood as you hold on in fear of crashing to the floor. 

Once the initial shock is over, it's electrifying; a thrilling, hedonistic mix of riding a horse and a motorcycle at once. The wind whips through your hair and stings your uncovered skin, making you feel oh so alive. The constant push and pull of powerful muscles beneath you make you realise just how strong Eddie is. It suddenly dawns on you that no matter how rough he's been with you, he's holding back. If he showed you half his power you doubt you'd live to tell the tale. That stark realisation has you falling for him all over again. 

It's that power that seems to flow up from him and through you. You feel like some sort of heathen queen, riding through the forest on your monstrous steed, naked as the day you were born. Wild, savage, and formidable.

Too soon, your impromptu ride is over as he lopes toward the lights of the cabin, eventually coming to a stop. Sliding off of his mighty form, you land on both feet practically buzzing with excitement, caring not a jot for the fact that you were still naked. 

“Eddie, that was incredible! We need to do that again, like, every night. Fuck, I'm shaking!” 

You beam at him, glowing inside and out. 

“If anyone else… said that… I'd bite them. But… it's you. I'll be you’rrre… steed.” 

“You just want me to ride you again.” 

In the short time you've been together, you've gotten used to the subtle signs in his face, in the looks in his eyes, enough to be able to read him. You don't need any of those though, not when his usual whiskey eyes are blackened with desire. 

“You… not done?” 

Grinning profusely, you open the back door and beckon him with your finger. 

“Nope.” 

“You… animal.” 

You laugh; a messy, loud, belly laugh at the pure irony of the situation. 

Walking into the bedroom, you watch him follow you in. There's pine needles stuck in his fur, and mud crusted into his hands and feet. The very air surrounding him is of forests; of damp and bark and moonlight. 

All it's doing is stirring up your insides further. Right now, this heathen queen needs her monster king. 

“Lay down.” 

He huffs lowly, towering over your tiny form. 

“You… telling mme… what to do?” 

“Yes. I am. You got a problem?” 

You push lightly at his chest, making him collapse mockingly onto the bed, face twisted in taunting pain, as if you had caused him serious harm. 

“Don't… hurrrrt mme, prrrincess.” 

“I wasn't going to… hurt you, exactly.” 

You straddle his body, backwards, mouth hovering near his already firm length as your ass swings tantalisingly just out of reach of his drooling maw. 

“Now…. Sweet-hearrrrt, fuuuck… so unfairrr…” 

You can feel the breath expelling from his mouth, the way the sweep of his tongue creates air that is failing to make it between your folds. It makes your cunt throb from the lack of attention, still puffy and drooling from your encounter in the woods. 

You lick a firm stripe from his heavy balls to the tip of his engorged purple member, watching it shiver with the affection. There's a salty, brutish taste to him, mixed with the sweet, feminine tang of you, that makes you want to lick him over and over. Rolling the tip of his weighty length into your mouth, you roll it around with your tongue, licking any trace of you and him together away, to be stored in your memories forever. 

“Sweet-hearrrt… please!” 

He's panting, each short breath firing bursts of air at your cunt. You don't let up, not yet, suckling at his tip, pressing firm kisses to the slit on the tip. He's growling and whining, muscles twitching all over. 

There's no way you can take more than a third of his threatening member into your mouth, but you do what you can, stroking firmly with both hands what you cannot take. Spit dribbles out of your mouth and down to your fisted palms, wetting the rest of his length with soaked, messy need. 

He roars, lion-like behind you, fingers pressing further bruises into your soft flesh. You don't let up, you can't. You need to make him tremble beneath you; to feel those controlling muscles fold under the feel of your mouth. 

The thrust up into your wet lips has you gagging around his length, gargling and spluttering around his thick head. You can't chide him for it, not since the movement sets your insides ablaze with need. 

He curls as hard as his spine will allow; the tip of his tongue ghosting over your slick heat. Quivering, you let up on your assault with your mouth, and twist so you can face him. Whines and whimpers expel from his throat as his thick fingers wind around your waist. Before they can contort into growls and snarls, you sink down onto his slippery cock, all the way to the hilt, as if he were the perfect sword to your tight sheath. 

“Lay back and relax… There's a good boy.”  

Instead of taking control, he gives it to you. A whine, high pitched and needy, rolls out of his mouth. 

Bending down, with him still flush inside you, you press your pretty lips against his slathered maw. Open mouthed kisses are pressed onto his jaw, tongue sneaking in and feeling his pointed fangs delicately. He licks purposely into your mouth, dancing against your tensed muscle. 

Grinding hard into him, his solid weapon presses harshly against your g spot, stars forming in the corners of your eyes. He sits up so he can lace his thick arms around you, as if he needed to be even closer somehow. Responding in kind, you position your legs around him, holding tight as he thrusts up into you. 

Sweat is glistening, dripping down your spine at the proximity of his boiling hot body. Your fingers wind into the thicker fur on his spine as he rocks into you, feeling him in your very core. 

Suddenly he's grasping your hips, about to pull you off him. Whining, you shake your head, forcing yourself back down. 

“I'mm gonna-” 

“I know, please, I need to feel it, fill me up, please!” 

Those words are all it takes for Eddie, pushing him over that precipice, free falling into ecstasy. You join him, plummeting into your own release as the feel of his knot consumes you. 

For a while you hold each other, the only clue that time had failed to stop being your panting breaths. Your head is snuggled into the soft coat of his neck, his chin resting on the top of your head. As his hardness finally begins to subside you still remain, the sanctitude of the moment ongoing. It feels as if it will be an ongoing memory to play on a loop in the back of your mind, forever. 

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The following two weeks flew by in a hum buzz of activity. You're pulling shift after shift at the hospital and helping out at the emergency shelter when you can. The town is pulling together, trying to heal and coming to terms with what will forever be a little bit broken. 

Eddie's mood has been in a shifting, unstable state since the night he defeated Vecna. The nightmares were the worst part of it; on more than one occasion you've had to physically hit him to get him to wake up and stop thrashing in panic on the bed. You try to soothe with words, soft touches and kindness. It's helping, but you know he's got a long way to go. 

Being busy has helped. He and Hopper have come to form an odd friendship. To his credit, Hopper never treated Eddie any different despite his appearance. In fact, he said he's one of ‘Hawkins’ finest upstanding citizens’, since he can't go out and cause trouble. It's not like he can be the town's weed supplier, after all. 

Eddie needed something to do. Hopper understood that deeply, he explained, from his own past traumas and grief. So, he started towing cars to the cabin, getting Eddie to fix them up and send them back as an impromptu mechanic. Fixing things and earning a little money have certainly improved his mood. When he wasn't doing that he was working on the cabin which was starting to feel like home. 

You're on your way there right now. After the conversation you had with Hopper this morning, a huge smile is glued to your face. 

Approaching your home, you see Eddie outside working on a car. When he sees you he bounds over, grabbing the two enormous suitcases you've been struggling with and lifting them with ease. 

“What's all… this?” 

“Take them inside, I've got some news.” 

He does as you ask, depositing them on the floor before he holds you close, snout breathing in your scent at the crook of your neck. 

“Eddie, I spoke with Hopper. He's agreed to give us the cabin for nothing. I just gave away my apartment, so I can stay here with you.” 

Eddie barks with delight, picking you up and spinning you around. You giggle, holding onto his shoulders. He presses his maw to your tummy, breathing you in. 

When he puts you down on the floor, there's a queer look in his eye. 

“Eddie, something wrong?” 

Shaking his head, he falls to his knees so he can look you in the eyes as he holds both your hands in one enormous paw. 

“Not wrrrong… differrrrent. We'll need the cabin, forrr all of us.” 

You tilt your head, confused. 

“What do you mean? There's only me and you.” 

Staring at you as if to gauge your reaction, he presses one bearish hand to your stomach reverently. The hint isn't lost on you, eyes widening in disbelief. 

“Eddie, are you saying that you think I'm… pregnant?” 

One slow blink. 

Legs wobbling, you sit on the floor in front of him. 

“I'm on birth control, I mean, surely I can't be… are you sure?” 

Eddie taps his nose. 

“I'm sure. Is it… a prrroblemm?”

Searching your thoughts you realise it isn't. It really isn't. There's nothing you want more than to spend your life with him, to have a family, no matter what that looks like.

“No, not at all. It's a little… fast, but I want this.” 

Holding your cheek with his rough hand, he makes sure you keep your eyes trained on him. 

“Are you surrre? What… if it's…” 

He gestures to himself, in all his monstrous glory. Cupping his hand on your face, you shake your head.

“I don't care if we have a baby, or a-a cub, or a pup, as long as it's yours and mine.” 

He holds you then, softly and close as you twine your fingers into his thick pelt. 

A life lies before you, one that you couldn't have possibly predicted. A fairytale life; one where the monster gets the girl, and gets the happily ever after. 

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The predator grounds (old man Logan)

Old man!Alpha! Logan x reader

Warnings: prey/predator, forced heats and ruts, sexual, smut, angst, age gap, claiming, swearing, nicknames, logan lets his feral side out, chubby reader, Logan’s a strong man babes he can throw you around 🫶🏻

I need help xD

It’s too hot when you wake up. The old smelting plant shed is usually cold and unable to hold heat during the cooler days. You also notice your bed is rather uncomfortable and there are sticks or stones digging in your back. You shoot up, eyes wide as you look around the forest. You’re not in your bed, you’re not at the smelting plant with Logan, Caliban or Charles. Where the fuck are you?!

You try not to panic, but it fails. Your heart rate picks up sweat rolls down your temples. It’s so hot out here. You gulp softly standing up on shaky legs and that’s when you feel it, the embarrassing wetness sliding between your thighs. You go bright red pressing your thighs together more to stop the slick going down your thigh. You figure this is some sick joke or maybe Charles finally lost it and his powers are going haywire. This feels all too real and why the hell would the old telepath make you in heat? You jolt looking to the left then right, you’re not alone. There’s heavy breathing nearby and your flight or fright senses are in freeze mode before you hear an angered cry and the slice of blades. You know that noise to well and relief floods you as you head over to the noise. Logan’s kneeling over the man’s corpse panting heavily claws still in the man’s chest. You approach carefully but freeze when you smell it, he’s in rut. He was an old alpha so you figured you wouldn’t have to deal with that anymore but fucking hell he smells so good. It’s old, woodsy, cigar smoke, leather and that whiskey he drinks all the time. It’s not something you usually like but on him, it smells like fucking sex and heaven. You’re afraid to make yourself known, he’s your sworn protector swore to your father that’d he’d never let anything happen to you and nothing has happened till now. You knew him since you were a younger teen, growing up around during those awkward years wasn’t exactly fun till you hit twenty’s and calmed down a bit till your father died and you lived with him. His alpha scent was always uniquely him, despite being dull from age you still caught it every time you went past him.

“Logan” you call softly and he growls turning back teeth bared like an animal as he stares at you for a moment before recognition kicks in. His claws retract his hands blooded as he stands off the corpse and goes to approach. He stops though his nose flaring eyes pinned on you, boots rooted to the forest floor under him.

“Somethings- something happened I don’t know I woke up a few moments ago” you explain but you’re finding it increasingly hard to focus. He smells too good it makes you want to submit, neck bared and presenting to him so he can fuck you, give you what you need. You glance down regretting it when you see the hard outline in his jeans and gulp. He doesn’t speak and you start to worry, you’ve known Logan to be more animalistic during his attack mode. You jolt though hearing a noise and smelling another alpha in rut nearby. Logan growls fucking growls loudly at whoever’s approaching and suddenly he’s at your back strong arm around your waist. He’s panting heavily and he’s so warm against you. He makes sure not to press his lower half into you and it makes you want to whine and press your ass back just to feel it. You see another man, another alpha in heat with a crazed look in his eyes before he sees Logan and backs away. You figured Logan would be seen as a powerful alpha, not one to trifle with but watching it happen makes you even more wet. Logan pulls away abruptly though like you’ve burnt him or something and you frown turning back to him.

“What is this?” You ask as he looks around with a clenched jaw.

“One happened years ago, when I was at the school, all the alphas and omegas of legal age were forced into rut and heat. Woke up in the forest, like some sort of fucking mating grounds for humans” he growls and you freeze he’s been here before?

“You’ve been here before?” You ask and he looks grimly.

“No, but I killed the son of a bitch who started it. Saved the few mutants and humans” he shrugs tensely.

“Ok, so-“ you trail body shuddering as you feel a wave of want go over you.

“Fuck” you mutter moving to the closest tree and putting your hand on it to steady yourself. You haven’t had a heat in a few years, due to living with Logan.

“What’s wrong?” He says gravely but doesn’t make a move to go over.

“The fuck you think is wrong!” You growl at him before apologising and turning so your backs facing him. You need to get a grip, your legs are shaking and you desperately, desperately feel the urge to jump the older alphas bones.

“We need to get out of the open” He states and you nod idly.

“Ok” you say simply and he grunts before he starts walking apparently having better self control than you ever will.

You follow him for a while your vision dances on clear and blurry, your whole body shakes with need and you’re thinking about just lying on the forest floor curling in a ball and hoping the earth will swallow you. You feel so desperate to touch yourself, bring yourself an orgasm so you feel some form of release. Then your mind wanders, Logan’s hand over you, his beard scratching you deliciously his cock-

“Here” you frown focusing as you see him head inside a cave. How the hell did he even find that? He heads inside, grunts, waves you in and you go inside collapsing against the cool rock and groaning. Your legs hurt, your whole body hurts, you feel overly needy.

“Fuckers” he growls and you frown seeing him going through a crate. He pulls out water and rations and you glare at them, fuckers indeed.

“Here” he walks over holds the bottle to you and you breathe him in as you take the bottle your fingers brushing his. It sends a jolt through your body and his eyes stare at you a haze going over them before he shakes his head and stalks away.

“I think, I officially wanna die” you say jokingly, sort of, after some silence sipping on the water occasionally. Logan growls lowly in a warning tone that you’ve never heard and look to him.

“Don’t say that” he snaps and you frown at him. He’s tense, tenser than normal, his eyes are staring at the entrance and he’s got a layer of sweat covering him. You wanna go over there let your omega scent flood his senses so he calms down and clings to you, his nose buried in your neck. You whine at the thought not realising you whined out loud till Logan’s head snaps to look at you and you feel yourself turn ten shades redder and hold your breath.

“Cramp” you lie and he nods stiffly and looks away. You let out your breath with a small huff and press yourself against the cold rock some more.

“What do we do?” You ask not bothering to look at him. He doesn’t answer though and you look at him seeing his grim face as he studies the ground, he doesn’t know, he hasn’t got a clue and neither do you.

next part ->

[yeonie]

DARK VERSE - RUNYX (incorrect quotes)

morana: truth or dare?

zephyr: dare!

morana: i dare you to kiss the most pretty person in the room.

zephyr: alpha?

alpha: *extremely satisfied* yes?

zephyr: can you move? im trynna get to amara.

[mzradyer]

warrior queen x emperor

amara rossi and dante maroni from the emperor (dark verse #3) by runyx

[dynaxbunny]

[𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒔]

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𝑫𝒆𝒌𝒖𝒃𝒂𝒌𝒖 𝑯𝒚𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒙 𝑶𝒎𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆

𝑾𝒐𝒍𝒇 𝑩𝒂𝒌𝒖𝒈𝒐 𝑿 𝑩𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝑫𝒆𝒌𝒖

𝑪𝒘:𝑺𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆,𝑶𝒐𝒄,𝑶𝒎𝒆𝒈𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒌𝒖𝒈𝒐, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒍𝒑𝒉𝒂 𝑫𝒆𝒌𝒖.

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At first glance, Katsuki looks to be an alpha having the build and height of one and even strength!.

Though in reality, It's because he's a predator, A wolf to be exact.

Despite his role in the world. He's always on the go because omegas don't often take the role as predator and that could be used against him. Though day, Katsuki gets into a scuffle leaving him injured in the woods until a small kind rabbit comes across him and takes him into his home despite the danger and the village's opinions about the wolf.

As the two get closer, It gets harder to keep their instincts at bay making the two wonder.

Can Predator and prey truly become mates?.

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𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒏𝒆

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The sun had just risen in a quiet village while most were fast asleep in their homes. There was one curly haired rabbit who was getting ready for the day and to venture out while the town was still asleep so he could get something taken care of before the beast would come out.

“Please be safe!” a Brunette yelled as she watched her fellow rabbit friend leave the village even though this wasn't the first time seeing him go off. Urarauka couldn't help but worry for him as the forest wasn't the safest place to be in.

Izuku held a basket close as he would turn to look at his friend to wave away at his friend in his village. This wasn't anything new as she always wished him to be safe before heading out into the forest though he didn't blame her because of the predators that lurked outside of the little village of prey.

“I will, Uraraka!” He reassured her with a little smile.

While most people never really went alone or even in the forest. Izuku usually did as most only went into the forest if they had a good reason though midoriya often ventured out here and thankfully with no trouble.

Izuku had been doing this for most of his life and he had a good reason to be out here and that was to gather berries and other fresh ingredients for the little bakery that he owned in the village of mostly rabbits.

He hummed softly as he swung the basket back and forth in one hand as his ear twitched as he listened to the little sounds around him from the birds chirping and small critters chatter. It was quite peaceful today.

His mother was the one who taught him everything he knew and would take him out to the forest since he was little. Even though she wasn't around anymore the rabbit wanted to continue on what she did and even take it a step further and use the skills she taught him to help those around him and he did.

From gathering herbs for those in the village to sewing a child's stuffed animal back together while small actions seeing the look on the people's face made it all worth it.

He'd soon find himself kneeled down in front of the berry bush. He was in his usual part of the forest. It wasn't too far from home so he could always hurry back but he didn't plan on going deeper in the forest by himself but one day if his friends had the time then he'd gladly go deeper if they went with him as he didn't know what lays in the deep forest but for now midoriya was happy with this as almost everything he needed was in this area.

He quietly counted each berry as he would collect them. “Ten.. twelve.. thirteen..” He would mumble to himself. “Fift-” He paused at the sound of a sudden crunch making his ears perk up in high alert.

His eyes were wide and darted back and forth but nothing was on either side of him while his nose twitched, picking up a strange sweet smell.

Cinnamon and ash..? It was faint but he managed to pick up the smell. He never smelt a scent like this before despite it throwing him for a loop. Izuku would remind himself that he needed to stay alert.

The rabbit would suck in a breath and grip his basket in preparation to run but his curiosity always got the best of him as he couldn't help but look over at where he thought the sound came from just wanting to get a quick peek and he'd be off.

The rabbit looked over his shoulder to where the sound came from and found himself frozen stuff at he sight before him.

The rabbit felt like his heart was going to bust out of his chest as all color left his face. Everything in him told him to get up and run but his legs wouldn't work as he found himself only able to stare with wide eyes.

Not too far from him stood a predator.

Midoriya opened his mouth to say something, anything really but nothing could come out so he was now on his knees with his mouth open like a gaping fish as the predator stepped from its hiding place which seemed to be behind a tree.

It was a wolf.

A creature nitrous for being known as the most aggressive species and the reason why no one in his village dared venture out alone.

This wolf seemed to be proof of why you shouldn't go out because around his lips was a smear of something red which only Izuku could assume was blood..?.

The wolf didn't say anything as his eyes narrowed down at the rabbit who was too frightened to move as this was his first encounter with a predator outside of the occasional visit of a traveler who was a predator bringing goods to trade or sell even then it still wasn't the most peaceful transaction as the predator wasn't the most nicest..

The wolf was dressed strangely with the only thing on him to keep him warm were his pants along with the most beautiful yet strangest necklaces that he had ever seen.

Though what stood out to him most beside his oddly sweet scent which smelt somewhat like cinnamon and ash were his eyes.

A beautiful ruby red that held something that the rabbit couldn't put his finger on but when the predator took another step toward. Izuku hopped up and when he did he finally took notice of something in the grass.

Blood stains on the grass.

His eyes left the ground quickly to look up at the wolf who still hadn't gotten too close to him but was now leaning against a tree, clutching his side as he closed his eyes.

“Y-you're hurt” The rabbit said, stating the obvious to the predator.

Izuku seemed to have a change of heart now knowing that he was injured…this meant he wasn't a threat right? He was hurt and well the rabbit couldn't help but take pity on him despite this being a whole predator.

He took a cautious step forward causing the wolf's ears to twitch and eyes to shoot open. The beast let out growl in response, making him freeze out of instinct before he huffed softly. “I just want to help” He knew that he should leave the other alone but Izuku didn't have the heart to do so despite him making it clear that he wanted to be left alone but after taking a step only to be met with another growl it caused Izuku to step back and sigh.

Maybe he should just leave... He thought to himself but just as midoriya had given in and decided to head back home before he noticed something in the corner of his eye, the wolf falling onto his knees, unable to keep himself up as he breathed heavily though he didn't reach the ground. Instead he was in the arms of the rabbit who somehow managed to get to him in time and hold him up on top of that.

Izuku just couldn't leave him behind. After all what if no one came to his aid? He'd be alone in the forest, hurt something he just couldn't leave on his conscience. “Let me help you,” the rabbit suddenly insisted, though the wolf couldn't even deny his help as he would soon lose consciousness in his arms with the last thing he'd seen was a look of worry across the rabbit's face.

When Katsuki finally awoke, His eyes took a moment to adjust to his new surroundings, He was no longer outside back in the forest instead in an unfamiliar room and in a quite comfortable bed on top of that.

The wolf lifted the carrot themed blanket that had been covering his body and looked down at his stomach to see his wound was now patched up which brought him some relief though Katsuki still felt a little on edge even with the noticeable smell of sweets filling the air.

He took a moment to look around the room and nothing seemed to be really out of sort ug was quite tidy besides the stack of books on the bedside table and papers scattered on the dresser for whatever reason but he still felt a little on edge in this unfamiliar room as he could smell a Forest like scent which most likely belonged to whoever stayed in this room and judging from the scent it was most likely an alpha though any relaxed feeling that he had would go away when the door knob twisted and slowly opened.

He immediately stared head on at the door as his lips pulled back to bare his fangs as ear twitched as the bedroom door opened and stepped in was the rabbit from before this time with a tray and a bowl of soup sitting on top of it but what threw him off was the forest like scent meaning this little fucker was an alpha..?!.

The wolf really had a hard time believing that especially after taking another look at him.

He was small compared to Katsuki and he would have thought he was an omega with him standing at about 5’5 though Katsuki's species was usually bigger than any prey as he stood at 6ft despite his secondary gender but finding out this little rabbit was a alpha was definitely a shock to say the least as he expected that scent to belong to someone else.

The rabbit looked a little nervous from the wolf's staring but would just clear his throat and speak up. “I'm glad, you're finally awake. You were out for a while there” He told him as he went over to the wolf with the tray of food and set it down on his lap before stepping back to give him space.

Katsuki looked down at the bowl of soup which looked to be potato soup then at the rabbit. “Why the hell are you doing this?” He asked. “I didn't want your damn help!” He growled.

Izuku rubbed the back of his neck. “Well, I couldn't leave you there” The rabbit watched the wolf stare at him like he was a potential threat, while Midoriya was strong in his own way as he was able to carry him back. He doubted that he could take this wolf in a fight and didn't want to find out as this predator looked quite strong. “You were hurt and needed help. I couldn't just leave you there, now please eat so you can build your strength back up” He added, hoping that the wolf would just eat already.

Katsuki looked down at his bowl before giving the rabbit one last glance before he started to eat. Katsuki normally ate meat. It was usually what he desired though it wasn't something required in his diet but gave him the real strength that he needed but he would be fine for now.

“Do you like it?” Midoriya asked, causing Katsuki to stop eating for a moment. He didn't even realize he was still there until he spoke.

“It's fine..” He gruffed. The wolf wasn't lying, it wasn't bad though the taste left him with mixed feelings as he never really tasted anything like this before but he was telling the truth, it wasn't bad. The wolf didn't even realize how hungry he was until he found himself scarfing it down but he had been on his feet for a while and was soon finished with his bowl but was using his spoon to scrape at what was left on the bottom of the bowl.

The rabbit knew that he should leave but he couldn't take his eyes off him. It was his first time coming across a predator and one in his home at that! He had so many questions for him but that would soon be put to the side when he soon  noticed he was scraping at an empty bowl now.

It looked like he liked it more than he thought.

“Would you like more?” Izuku asked softly with a sweet little smile on his face which didn't match the look the wolf gave him who stared at him for a moment before looking down at his bowl and handing it over to him without a word though the look he was giving him made the rabbit a bit uneasy, The wolf was looking at him like he was going to be the next meal if he didn't hurry up.

Despite his feelings deep down, the rabbit took the bowl with the same smile on his face. “I'll be right back with more” He told him before he headed over to the door only to stop in his tracks when the wolf suddenly spoke.

“You know you're not getting any fucking thing out of this, Helping me?”

The rabbit looked over at him and nodded. “I know and that's all okay with me!” He said with an even brighter smile before heading out of the bedroom.

Izuku headed down the stairs with a bowl in his hand. “He really was hungry” Izuku chuckled as he looked down at the empty bowl that didn't even have a single morsel left.

Izuku had a lot of questions for his new guest and planned to ask him once he was done eating though one thing he noticed was something about this wolf was odd to him, He noticed a faint cinnamon and ash like scent and there was also that blood smeared around his mouth which he made sure to wipe off after he took care of his  injury.

Just as he made it to the last step, The door opened and the light green bell attached to the door rang as it swung open signaling there was a customer or someone entering the bakery.

“Uraraka” The rabbit greeted with a little smile as she approached him with a bouquet of flowers. “Another admirer” she sighed as she sat the flowers on the counter. “This is like the third one this week, You're just getting more and more popular,” she teased.

“You think they'd stop by now” He mummered. “I haven't even accepted anyone's gifts” He sighed.

The rabbit was an alpha, something that wasn't common with most rabbits and because of that. He had a lot of omegas and even betas attempt to court him but none never really clicked with him but that didn't stop the gifts coming in but he supposed he couldn't complain much since uraraka and his business had been getting a lot more attention because of this.

“Well I guess it's not so bad since I get to come see you since I'm delivering all these flowers” the rabbit chuckled and glanced at the bowl in Izuku's hands. “Oh? Am I interrupting your lunch” The rabbit asked in which Izuku shook his head. “No no! It's fine” he reassured before heading over to the stove to get Katsuki a second helping.

“So” the rabbit began, “who were you carrying into the village” she asked as she leaned against the counter and took a moment to smell the flowers.

Izuku stiffened for a moment and he couldn't help but look towards the stairs. He hoped Katsuki wouldn't think about coming down.

“oh? It's nothing! Well nobody!” He answered awkwardly, making his friend’s brows knit together. “Really? You're making it a bigger deal than it is” the rabbit knew something was off about her friend and she had a feeling that he was lying.

“Izuku..?” she said when he was met with silence.

Midoriya remained quiet or so he thought as he found himself muttering to himself without realizing.

“It's.. just a wolf..” he muttered, ochacko was one of the few people that he couldn't keep a secret around and she was his childhood best friend after all and no matter what she'd always keep his secrets so surely she'd keep this one, right?.

“Oh?” The rabbit hummed before her eyes widened in realization. “Oh.” She repeated, The omega whipped her head in the alpha's direction though Izuku didn't face her as she practically stared holes into his back.

Her ears dropped along with her jaw,“You brought a wolf home?” She asked in disbelief.

He finally looked over at her as his ears lowered. “It's just for a few days, no one will know!” Izuku reassured as he waved his hands back and forth. “Once he's healed then he can go and everything will be back to normal but no one saw me bring him in right?”

She shook her head. “I think I may have been the only one thankfully but I don't think anyone noticed him since the guards were at a meeting and no one was up yet since it was still early but how are you going to hide him?”

“I'll figure that out..” He reassured.

“Right.” Though the brunette rabbit couldn't help but look quite concerned at her friend as she stepped towards him and whispered. “You're not being forced to do this right? Where is he anyway”

Izuku shook his head and placed a hand on her shoulder and gave her a reassuring smile. “It'll be okay, He's not that bad so far. He's not going to be here for long anyway”

“I know and are you sure that's a good idea. I mean he's dangerous”

But urarauka was right For all Izuku knew this wolf could be wanted or known for some type of trouble but Izuku decided to think positive for his own sake.

“Im sure. He hasn't done anything wrong so far besides I'll be fine so don't worry” He said with a smile on his face to try and reassure his friend who looked concerned but would give in as she sighed softly and clasped her hands together.

“Okay then. I'll trust you on this but just please be careful. I'll come by again soon but I gotta go make more deliveries” she said as she looked towards the door then back at him. “Just be careful” was the last thing she said to him before leaving the bakery.

“I will..” he mummered before deciding to take a quick look at the flowers to see who sent them.

It read:

To: Izuku Midoriya

From: Your secret admirer”

The rabbit shook his head and put the flowers in a spare vase in front of the window, not wanting to let it go to waste.

Izuku then headed back up the stairs with the bowl in his hand. He couldn't help but wonder why the wolf hadn't tried to attack him by now. After all most predators usually caused trouble and were violent but so far this one was okay.

“I'm back!” The rabbit said as he stepped inside his bedroom and stepped towards the bed and before he could even hand it over it was quickly snatched from him as the wolf was back to digging into his food.

Izuku took a moment to even register what had happened as he stared at the wolf until he stopped eating only to glare at him.

“The fuck are you looking at?”

“Huh?” He blinked before shaking his head. “Sorry! It's just I never seen a predator this close before” He explained well there was the merchant but this was different. His eyes held so much wonder and curiosity, the rabbit's eyes couldn't help but wonder as he looked at his hands taking notice of his claw like nails that looked like they could cut right through him then there his body which showed off his amazing build and his chest..it looked so-

“Oi! Are you going to keep fucking staring at me all damn day” He growled bringing Izuku back to reality. “Sorry” he repeated twice with flushed cheeks out of embarrassment from being caught staring down the blonde in which he would just click his tongue in response and take another spoonful of his meal.

“If you got something to say then fucking say it.” He grumbled.

“What happened to you back there”

The wolf dropped his spoon in the bowl and sighed. “Why does it matter?” He asked as his lip twitched a little, showing off his fangs which may have been a warning for Izuku but he didn't even notice.

“Well. I want to know since I'm keeping you here and you couldn't even walk back there” The rabbit said as he crossed his arms. “I also wanna know what was on your face”

It seemed the rabbit had some courage to speak his mind; that wasn't something he really expected as most rabbits he came across were quite fearful of well almost everything though this one was proving to be stubborn in his own way. All Katsuki had to do was show his fangs and they'd shut up or be running for the hills but here Izuku was waiting for an answer and not backing off.

Midoriya knew that he should probably be careful since he didn't know what this wolf was capable of but then again Izuku couldn't help but speak his mind on the matter.

Katsuki didn't answer him at first, instead ate more before looking down at his bowl.

“Berries.”

Izuku should have known as the color resembled it. “Berries?” The rabbit repeated back,tilting his head to the side. The wolf nodded, “that was what was all over my face. It was the only thing I could find to eat after getting lost back there” after his explanation the wolf went back to eating his food.

“I see..” He muttered and found himself letting out a sigh of relief. It's just berries, thank goodness but izuku noticed that he hadn't answered his other question but the rabbit wasn't stupid and already came up with a theory.

You're an omega right? That was why they attacked you wasn't it." This sudden theory made him choke slightly on what he was eating and turned his head away to cough before he let out a soft huff. “So what if I am? I can still kick your ass!” He yelled baring his fangs at the rabbit making his ears drop but that was all he got out of the rabbit besides him raising his hands up in defense before Katsuki grumbled, “The only fucking reason you can smell my damn scent is because I'm out of scent patches..”

“I-i believe you could!” He said quickly. “But It's just..I never came across someone like you! I have so many questions and-”

“I don't fucking care” The wolf sneered as he set the now empty bowl on the bedside table and pulled the covers off him before he got out of bed only to hiss in pain. “Fucking hell!” He growled as the rabbit rushed over to his side of the bed incase he fell again.

“You really shouldn't be moving. You were injured pretty badly” The rabbit reminded him as he reached a hand out to try and push him back into bed only for the wolf to grab hold of his wrist, gripping it as he stared down the rabbit.

“Why the hell are you doing this shit? I didn't need your help and I'll be just fucking fine” He snapped. “This isn't the first time I've been injured.”

Izuku knew that he should feel threatened and well he most definitely was as his heart was practically pounding out of his chest but he couldn't help but take a moment to take in the predator’s features again.. His claw-like nails that could easily cut through his skin to his fangs that looked so sharp.. Everything about his appearance screamed danger to anyone who was prey, even those ruby red eyes that stared him down but Izuku couldn't help but feel something else..

Amazement!.

That was exactly it! He had never seen a predator this close before and despite the situation he was in. He wanted to just write it all down so he couldn't forget a single detail about this.

“I know” Izuku's voice came out as a whisper.

The wolf quirked a brow in response before Izuku would continue. “You look quite strong and I'm sure you are capable of taking care of yourself but right now.” He pushed his wolf back into his bed with a huff. “You need to rest! You won't get better if you don't rest” He demanded.

The wolf fell back into the bed only letting a low growl in protest much to Izuku's surprise. He stayed in bed without any other issues though that didn't stop him grumbling. “Im only doing this because I can't fucking stand on my feet long.” Though that was obviously a lie. He was just making up an excuse to hide the fact that his body got in bed on its own.

Izuku was relieved that he listened to him without any more trouble though he only reason he was listening really was because the rabbit had used his alpha voice without realizing it and even his forest scent had grown stronger making the wolf feel strange which only pissed him off as he pulled the covers over his head to make it a clear indication that he wanted to be alone which Izuku thankfully caught onto.

“I'll let you rest” He smiled and then quietly made his leave out of the room finally leaving his new found guest alone.

Katsuki's ear twitched before he poked his head out from the covers and growled softly in frustration as the rabbit's scent was still lingering and stronger. Katsuki never had an alpha affect him like that so for a damn rabbit to do so really pissed him off but now that he was alone there was something he wanted to check on. He slipped his hand into his pocket and carefully pulled out a small coin purse except it didn't hold any coin instead something that resembled blueberries except they were pink though these weren't the ones that he ate earlier obviously as these were suppressants to prevent his heat.

The omega sat up as he counted how many were left only to click his tongue seeing there were only two left just his luck.

He needed to get more and soon but he was sure that he'd be fine since he would be gone soon. Katsuki couldn't stay in one place too long or else those bastards would have a better chance of finding him or he would have a situation like before back in that forest.

He put the purse back into his pocket for now since it was the only safe place for it to be since he had no reason to trust this rabbit despite his annoying hospitality that didn't change the fact this was an alpha.

He just needed to keep his distance from this rabbit and he'd be fine.

Katsuki would only be here for a few days so he just needed to focus on healing and then take his leave. The wolf looked towards the door then over at the window that was across the bed it looked like the sun was setting already.

Maybe it was because of how soft the blanket was on top of him or hell the pillows but he couldn't help but relax into the bed and close his eyes. Katsuki could just rest his eyes for a moment right? Then he'd go and his suppressants sorted and-

He had drifted off back to sleep maybe he really did need to rest.

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[shallyne]

Not to get hot and heavy on main but I need a bat boy, a hawk boy, a fallen angel, a demon prince, a demon king, a dragon, a demon, a wingleader, a mafia guy with a motorcycle, a mafia heir, a mafia guy with one eye, a dude with death powers and/or the High Lady of the Night Court to fuck the depression out of me

And a talking sword to give me a pep talk

[readerramble]

The only scene I am living for, which can rival Tristan and Luna’s reunion, is one where Tristan and Dainn have the talk.

Lives will change. My squeal would be heard for miles. Every bookmark and tab in history will find its place in the book to mark the epic showdown.

I don’t want Tristan to be understanding. I don’t want Dainn to be anything but The Shadowman in that aftermath. As corny as it may sound I want The predator to speak with The shadowman and not Tristan and Dainn, at least for the most.

I want the hostility, the I-dont-like-you-but-cant-kill-you-because-it-would-hurt-lyla rage and the hilarity of it. And I want Dante to be the drama queen that fans the flames. It may not fit the plans Runyx has but a girl can dream.

[vanona-camp]

Spoilers from here on out for those who haven't read or haven't finished reading The Syndicater by Runyx

Well, I finished The Syndicater and found it lacking but at the same time I can understand the author because she wrote it like that, after two years of downtime it's normal to lose the hype of the previous five books.

First of all, I expected a longer book so as to occupy fight scenes, investigations, plot twists that make you scream for mercy and space for each character to be their own protagonist rather than just supports for a chosen couple.

In The Syndicater it feels like a continuation of the story between Shadow Man and Lyla. Everything revolves only around them.

Secondly, everything seems to happen too quickly, as if the author couldn't wait to wash her hands of it. I would have liked more first-person storytelling of the bond between Tristan, Morana and Xander because so far we have always seen them from the point of view of other characters. I would have liked a turning point for Zephyr and Alpha. Instead of the lone Shadow Man fighting the Syndicater, there should be more Amara and Dante as well as a true union of all the characters.

But, as I already said, given the two years of inactivity, it's normal that it's different and even though I expected something else, it was still nice.

[androsolipsist]

Alphas are predators and faggots are prey