☽✩ the werewolf pack (au) romance meme ✩☾
There are many supernatural beings that congregate in groups for survival or protection or just for companionship, not unlike humans. Witches have covens. Vampires have nests. But none of those have connections that can compare to the bond of a werewolf pack.
You should know. You're part of one, either born a werewolf or turned. For humans, blood is thicker than water; for wolves, the pack is to the bone. Of course, with humans, romantic relationships can complicate closeness of other sorts. That's not the case with werewolf pairings, as they tend to grow out of natural pack dynamics and are viewed as just another facet of life. The only difference is that werewolves tend to treat relationships, even potential would-be-mates, with extreme seriousness.
After all, you'll fight for your pack, so you'll fight for your mate, won't you?
✩ how to play ✩
☾ Comment with your character, preference, and information!
☽ Reply to others.
☾ RNG. Also, please note that while the words "alpha" et al. are used, this isn't a meme for that AU.
✩ prompts ✩
☽ Born: Your parents were werewolves. Any children you have will be wolves, too.
☾ The Turning Process: Like any transformation, the after effects of the bite are painful. Luckily
☽ With Who Turned You: You're romantically or sexually linked to your "creator," so to speak, probably because you have nowhere else to go. They seem to treasure you, though, no matter how much they hide it.
☾ Alphas: Both of you are top of the pack.
☽ Alpha and Beta: It's a classic case of the leader and the second in command: a perfect team up.
☾ Omegas: You two find solace in each other even when you're
☽ Closer Than Family: The romantic and platonic lines are blurred. You honestly can't
☾ Outside Threat: Your pack and your loved one is threatened. What won't you do?
☽ Reluctant: You don't want to be with anyone, but it's expected and they're the closest in the pack to you...
☾ All I've Ever Known: All you've ever known is the werewolf existence, the pack, and them. Of course you would never want to lose that.
☽ Can't be Together: You two should not be considering a potential pairing, either due to your status difference or because your alpha has proclaimed there will be no inter-pack mingling.
☾ Everyone Else Was Taken: You had no other option; everyone else was paired.
☽ Protector: Every pack has an instinctive protector or nurturer. You've lucked out and ended up with them.
☾ A Natural Closeness: It doesn't matter to you what you're defined as. You've always been close and you'll stay that way.
☽ Affection: Werewolves show their love in different ways that humans. Nuzzling and licking aren't considered odd at all.
☾ Fall into Step: The two of you have your pack positions and proclivities and they're the same in your relationship.
☽ Reverse: The submissive in the pack becomes a dominant in the relationship and vice versa.
☾ Two-Man Pack: The rest of your pack is gone, and you two have to stick it out.
☽ Rogue: You were once a lone wolf, but a special person brought you into the fold. Understandably, you're attached to them.
☾ Kin but Not: "Family" doesn't mean exactly the same thing in werewolf society as it does in human. There are fewer taboos between "siblings."
☽ Disciplined: You're a rule breaker, and your partner has to reel you in.
☾ Living Straight: Neither of you wants to hurt humans...yet there's always that urge.
☽ Bad Duo: Killing people and raising hell are your specialties. You're a real supernatural Bonnie and Clyde.
☾ Unrequited: Even werewolves can have feelings that aren't returned. However, it's an even more fragile scenario, given that you must still be pack after this.
☽ Got Your Back: Together, you hunt and fight. Always together.
☾ Love Outside the Pack: You've found love outside the pack, which is the ultimate sin. Everyone who isn't pack should be your enemy! The other person in this thread can be a human, vampire, etc.
☽ Life Mates: Wolves mate for life. Needless to say, this is not something you should go into lightly.
☾ Heat: The obligatory smut option.
☽ Fight for the One: Someone wants to challenge you for your mate. There's no question as to whether or not you'll fight for them - but will you kill?
☾ Leave: One of you wants to leave the pack. Will the other come along, or are ties too strong?
☽ A Brutal End: The life of a werewolf, especially those who let sentiment cloud their judgement, can be painfully brief.
☾ WILDCARD |
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bakerstreet2015-09-25 07:30 am
Lydia Martin | Teen Wolf
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Okay, no. That's exactly how it started. Lydia was always a really good lab partner and Joey was always excited when they got paired together on lab days, because it meant that they could get the lab done in half the class period and then they could both work on the homework they had in other classes. It didn't hurt that Lydia was one of the most popular girls in school and Joey was...invisible. Well, invisible except when she was working with Lydia. Then people noticed her and Joey liked that probably a little too much. So yes, that was how it started; Lydia had been more distracted and on her phone a lot more that lab day and Joey might have — had — been trying to see what was so freaking important. What she saw made no sense, and while she'd been trying to figure out what the hell it meant, Lydia caught her, which led to an invite to hang out at her house after school. Even though it was probably a high school equivalent to hush money, Joey couldn't say no to hanging out with Lydia Martin. So she went.
The rest, well. That's a longer story for another day.
Joey's curled in the corner of the sofa in Lydia's — their, she keeps having to remind herself — living room, fidgeting a little with nerves and trying to concentrate on Macbeth like she's supposed to be, but she can't help sensing a disturbance in the air. It hasn't been a terribly long time since the turn; she still struggles on the full moon. A lot. But her newness makes it too difficult to decipher what the scent is, but it's something. It's Lydia, but it's also something. She finally looks up and across the room at her Alpha and when she speaks, it comes out quietly and nervously, because she still is that quiet, invisible girl on the inside. At least, around Lydia, she is. )
...Lydia? Are you okay...?
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The thing was, Joey was her first turn. The rest of her pack had been turned by others or were born wolves, but Joey was the first turn that Lydia took on herself, and for a reason Lydia couldn't put her finger on, that made her special. So special, in fact, that Lydia had gone out of her way to take Joey completely under her wing, and perhaps she was starting to get a little too attached. But that was how things were supposed to be, no? She was supposed to adore her first turn, her first real beta, so there was nothing wrong with wanting to keep her close under a watchful eye. It was starting to become a little overwhelming though, and Lydia has started to resort to physical distance just so she could concentrate on other things; like now, how she was sitting across the room, curled up in an arm chair and trying to study while half watching Joey from over her book.
So when Joey spoke to her Lydia looked up, and she took it as an opportunity to close the annoying distance between them so she could be closer. She just wanted to be closer.]
I'm fine.
[There was a small pause before Lydia set her book aside and stood to walk over to Joey, sitting beside her. She took the beta's book from her hands and closed it as well, turning toward her and gently brushing her long dark hair behind her ear. Lydia tilted her head to the side, studying her.]
We've been studying all day, I think I just need a break. This report isn't due until Monday anyway. [A look of concern crosses her features.] You're nervous. Why?
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I'm so over this book...a break sounds good.
( Lydia's concern and the point prompts Joey to suck in a quick breath, widened hazel eyes looking back at the Alpha, still finding it a little startling, even now, when Lydia can sense things like that. She's adjusting, but she's not there just yet. )
Oh, I... ( She pauses. Is it rude to point out that a person smelled different? Because Lydia did; that was the problem. ) I caught a different scent. Not...another person or anything, I don't know. I just worried that something was wrong, I guess...
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Me too, I'm over it.
[The admission, however, was what caught Lydia off guard. Joey was still new to everything, and catching an off scent was impressive, even if she couldn't decipher exactly what it was. That would come later. For now, Lydia had to think up an excuse because what that scent was was something that Joey probably didn't want to know about. Lydia shrugged and shifted, folding a leg beneath her on the couch to sit on it before resuming the leisurely way she ran her fingers through Joey's hair.]
Nothing is wrong. I'm just a little... restless. [She frowns.] We don't get to spend time together. We're always training. Or studying. [Her eyes move to study Joey's expression, trying to see exactly what reaction she can squeeze out of her without taking too much of a jump.]
I feel like I don't get enough time to be close to you.
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Joey wrinkles her nose a little and smiles, agreeing. )
We do train and study a lot. ...a lot.
( If Lydia's trying to push a boundary, Joey's still oblivious to it. No one's ever bothered to try before, so it's just as new a territory as the smell Joey can sense but not place.
She narrows her eyes slightly in thought, shifting a little on the couch to mirror Lydia's movement almost reflexively. )
Well, what do you want to do? ( Her head tilts just slightly and looks back at Lydia with doe-eyed curiosity. ) Do you wanna do my hair again? ...it's just, you're playing with it. I like it when you do my hair; you can always make it look so much better than I can.
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Maybe later. I'll teach you how to make a crown braid, it would look cute on you. [Her eyes move to Joey's face once more, this time searching for something.] But I was thinking something else.
[She moves slowly, because she knew that Joey would definitely jump back if she moved any faster, but Lydia moved again to get closer than before, the hand moving through Joey's hair alternating it's route to instead move against the back of her neck. When she leans in she doesn't stop, barely giving Joey enough time to pull away if she wanted to, and her eyes close slowly right before she pulls Joey into a soft but firm kiss. It was taking things faster than what she would have hoped but if she gave Joey the time to think about it she might end up panicking herself; it was best to act and see how she liked it. Hopefully she did.]
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...and Joey freezes, because even though she totally counts that time Bobby Roe kissed her on the playground during recess in third grade, she's pretty sure nobody else would count it, which makes this her first real one and that's just as exciting as it is terrifying.
She hates that she can feel her heart pounding so hard in her chest that it feels like it might just explode right out of her, because she knows that means that Lydia can hear that. Joey's eyes flutter shut when Lydia's close enough that Joey can feel her warm breath dancing over her skin.
It doesn't feel any different than she imagined it would, just because Lydia's a girl. And that kind of surprises Joey, if she's honest with herself. But it's nice; Lydia's lips are soft and the sweet, powdery scent of Lydia's makeup hits Joey at the same time and it's...kind of soothing, really.
Joey's eyes are still closed when Lydia pulls back. Her lips are parted just slightly when they finally open slowly to look back at Lydia. )
...or we could do that instead...
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That's what I was thinking, yeah.
[She resorts to playing with Joey's hair again, because for some reason it was just as much of a comfort to Lydia as it was to Joey, and she shyly looks at her beta through her lashes before giving a little shrug.]
I've wanted to do it for a while. ...You really are my favorite, Joey. [She pauses.] It's okay, right?
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Her eyes keep flickering back and forth from Lydia's lips to her eyes because she doesn't mean to be looking at the other girl's mouth, and she knows she probably shouldn't, but now she can't help it. At least, she thinks, she's catching herself before looking becomes staring.
Joey looks surprised at the admissions, both that Lydia's wanted to do that and that she's Lydia's favorite. She's not sure she's been anybody's favorite anything when there were other options. She's the favorite daughter and niece, but she's also the only daughter and niece. This is different. She's not the only beta. She's definitely not the only girl in Beacon Hills High. )
Yeah, no...yeah, it's okay. ( She sounds a little breathless with that surprise as she's nodding, pressing her lips together before wetting them and focusing her eyes on Lydia's for a long moment. ) Yeah, it's okay. ...I liked it.
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She was assuming that Joey wasn't exactly 'experienced'. Despite the fact that the girl was definitely pretty, she seemed shy, and Lydia wouldn't have been surprised o learn that she had shied away from possible experiences in the past without even knowing what she as shying away from. She wasn't going anywhere now, though, and Lydia planned on using that to her advantage.]
Good.
[She gives a smile that she hopes is comforting, but her own impatience is growing now that she knew that Joey was willing. Her hand moves to the beta's shoulder to hold her steady, and this time when she kisses her she does it with more certainty, her other arm wrapping around Joey's middle to pull her a little closer. In the back of her head Lydia knew that she shouldn't be doing what she was doing, but there was something about Joey that she was drawn to. The innate need to protect her had grown into something more intimate, and the only thing that had been holding her back was the fear that she was abusing her status. Werewolf or not, though, she still had needs, and Joey awakened them in a way that they hadn't been awakened in a long time.
Lydia starts to lean forward, guiding Joey with her until she had her lying on the couch, and when she finally pulled away she was breathing just a bit heavier than before.]
Have you done this before?
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Lydia tastes sweet and she's gentle in a way that makes Joey wonder if it's because she's a girl, or because she's Lydia; whether it's an inherently female thing or whether it's a Lydia trait that Joey just happens to also share.
Her breath hitches when Lydia pulls away a little and Joey shakes her head. She hasn't and it makes her nervous, but she's anxiously excited, too, so when she realizes that her silence could potentially be perceived as reluctance, she forces herself to respond verbally. )
No. ...I might be bad at this...
( Her face warms at the confession and Joey at least has the grace to look apologetic. Lydia's probably plenty experienced, is all that Joey can think. She must be. )