#warewolf au

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Cloud grew up on a Chocobo ranch in the country as a child, helping his mother tend to the birds they would raise for shows and races as a form of income, as well as care for Chocobos owned by others while they were away. It was a good way to make income after Cloud's father passed, and he and his mother lived comfortably that way. One night when Cloud was checking the pens, he heard a noise coming from the woods behind their 3 acre ranch. With flashlight in hand and curiosity fueling his brain, he decided to investigate. There, in the woods, he found what looked to be a large dog with its leg caught in a bear trap, whining and howling for help. He opens the trap and frees the dog. The dog looks at him for a long time with such lively blue eyes, as if they knew more than an average dog should, before it finally limps away.

Every night when Cloud goes to round up the birds, he'll see a pair of glowing blue eyes staring out at him from the edge of the woods. He knows it's the dog he saved. He sees those eyes every night for days, months, years, and even when he's full grown he'll still see those watchful eyes. Makes him wonder how old that dog even is. When Cloud's mother passes, he inherits the ranch entirely. It's a lot of work, looking after those birds without her around, especially since the ranch had grown since he was a child, and now the work is double. Desperate, for help or at least a little break, he decides to hire on some additional hands, posting a 'help wanted apply inside' sign at the front of his porch.

No more than a night's sleep later, there's a knock at his front door, and when Cloud answers, finds himself staring into the fair face of a man he's never seen here before. (After all it is a small town, everyone practically knows everyone.) But the man's blue eyes remind him of the same blue eyes of that dog that would watch him corral the Chocobos away every night. Cloud accepts the extra help, learning the fair man's name is Zack, and also finding out just how cheerful, spry, and hard-working he is first hand. His only stipulation is he can't work nights, but Cloud doesn't mind that. In fact shortly after Zack leaves, maybe no more than an hour later, he'll see those blue eyes staring out from the woods again. Over the days and weeks and months Zack helps out, Cloud forms a deep friendship with him, an inkling of romance budding in his heart. They'll talk more about what do to with the birds and more about themselves, though there are somethings Zack refuses to open up about. And when Cloud offers him dinner after a hard day's work, Zack will always decline and says he has to be leaving before dark. Funny thing is shortly after he leaves, not long after he'll see those blue eyes from the dog at the edge of the woods watching over the ranch again. Cloud is suspicious, but never presses.

Something's going around. Something savage and cold. It's breaking into Cloud's Chocobo pen every night and dragging off one of the birds. He always finds them strewn all over the field the following morning. Maybe a Nibel wolf is doing it, some kind of beast or monster. That's not the only odd thing happening. Every day when Zack comes in, he'll be sporting some kind of new bandage or brace somewhere. Cloud pries, but Zack is always good and swift about brushing it off, or how he's just clumsy. But Cloud knows better; Zack is strong, has sharp-reflexes and senses, and has an innate sixth-sense, he's anything but clumsy. Something's going on. Something with his birds, and his helper. He's worried about them both terribly. Cloud knows Zack (for some reason), can't stay past sunset, but with what's been happening around the ranch and with all of these new wounds appearing on his friend, he pleads with him to stay for at least one night. Zack doesn't want to, but when Cloud finds himself almost begging with tears in his eyes, he caves.

The something after the birds, it breaks into Cloud's home this time. He awakens in the night to the sound of glass shattering, furniture being tipped over, something scraping, savage growling, snarling and snapping. Grabbing a small pistol Cloud charges downstairs and into the living room, but stops and freezes instantly at what he sees. A large, wolf-like beast fighting with another large, wolf-like beast. They're clawing, biting, tearing, gouging at the other, varying shades of black fur and dark blood flying. One beast has eyes of blood red, anger and hatred. But the other beast... those are the same blue eyes that watch over him from the woods every night; those blues he's known for years. Those same blues that look just like Zack's too. When realization dawns over Cloud, the red-eyed beast lunges, tackling him to the ground and knocking the pistol from his hand, large claws leaving a wicked gash across his face in the process. The blue-eyed beast quickly takes control of the scuffle, wounding the red-eyed beast severely enough to send it scurrying away as fast as it can with only three legs and one ear.

The blue-eyed beast morphs into a form Cloud has known for a while, has grown to love over the seasons; Zack. And Zack tells Cloud everything as he tends to the gashes on his face; He tells him his secret, of his warewolf descent. How all those years ago Cloud freed him from that bear trap that night, and how he never forgot that act of kindness to a beast such as he. How he watched over him from the forest every night after in gratitude for what he did. To protect him, his birds, and his mother, as those woods were full of his kind, but much, much more savage. How he jumped at the chance to help him directly when he posted his help wanted sign, knowing he could keep an eye on him during the day as well as the night, could protect him better from his angered kin. How his kin grew angry with him for siding with a human, for loving a human. So they started to attack Zack, then the ranch in retaliation for his humanly love.

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Synopsis:

Kyungsoo didn't move halfway across the country to have a casual one-night stand with Kim Jongin, a beloved frat brother of Alpha Sigma Phi who just so happens to be an Alpha himself.

But, with Kyungsoo's luck, that's exactly what happens.

What was supposed to be a meaningless fling turns out to be quite the bonding experience neither of the two signed up for.

Kyungsoo really needs to focus on cell-biology but it's pretty hard to do that when fate and his own biology is against him, and it doesn't help when one of the most sought-after Alpha's on-campus is on the hunt to put a claim on you.

Someone get Kyungsoo a heat suppressant, stat!

Pairings:

Kaisoo, Baekyeol, Sesoo

Rated:

M

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