[ The wolf moves again and Frederick's certain that this is it, he's gone and said something terribly offensive and the creature's decided there's no point in leaving him alive.
It slithers off the bed, he tenses up in preparation for a battle—but once more he's disappointed when the wolf turns its attention to bed and not him. The covers are pulled off, an expectant look is given to him, and he's left so stunned by this turn of events he actually sags forward, mouth parting slightly.
Is it trying to invite him to crawl in under the covers so it can tuck him in, like a mother would her child? ]
You can't be serious.
[ Said more to himself, as though stating something so absurd will wake him from this dream.
But a few blinks and a quick slap of his cheeks reveals that this is in fact reality. Maybe the creature in the room with him isn't actually a wolf, but someone trapped in a wolf's body? (Nothing quite like, but his narrow mind hasn't opened up fully yet, even after so many months in Nysa.) ]
never and honestly it's everything i ever wanted and more
It slithers off the bed, he tenses up in preparation for a battle—but once more he's disappointed when the wolf turns its attention to bed and not him. The covers are pulled off, an expectant look is given to him, and he's left so stunned by this turn of events he actually sags forward, mouth parting slightly.
Is it trying to invite him to crawl in under the covers so it can tuck him in, like a mother would her child? ]
You can't be serious.
[ Said more to himself, as though stating something so absurd will wake him from this dream.
But a few blinks and a quick slap of his cheeks reveals that this is in fact reality. Maybe the creature in the room with him isn't actually a wolf, but someone trapped in a wolf's body? (Nothing quite like, but his narrow mind hasn't opened up fully yet, even after so many months in Nysa.) ]
Are you really a wolf?