- PROTECTION [BXB] -

- 15: "Beast" -

Wesley's POV:

You know: a few weeks ago, I used to be afraid of a guy named Cortez Garcia-Martinez. It'd be my personal goal to stay out of his path; not because he was a bad person, it was because of his intimidation overall. Not only that, his 'friends' didn't help. But, because of one day, we actually got to speak a few words to each other. Slowly, we had a weird.. bond? It seemed like he didn't like how easy it was for me to be pushed around and he seemed like he wanted me to stand up for myself, or he would do it himself at times. As weirdly as it sounds in a day, that's what happened.

Fast forward a few days, and suddenly I had to move dorms. Supposedly to not waste space since I was the only one in the room.. Coincidentally, I had to move in with Cortez. From what I could tell, he had to problems with me moving in, and he encouraged me to feel confident with this. I slowly started to as I had to get used to his living style, which wasn't difficult at all. It felt oddly normal, but he didn't mind it as it went on. He did a lot of little stuff to make sure I felt secure. He made sure I was eating properly, he made sure I was getting sleep, he always checked up on me, all of the things he doesn't have to do at all.

Well, it wasn't until a few weeks ago that I had a situation: I was attacked, and so was Nox. I still wonder about that moment and about that strange wolf that attacked me. But even more, I thought about the bigger wolf that.. saved.. me? It's still a very weird feeling, it felt like a dream..? I was so close to death, who knows what would've happened if I wasn't saved. But something did come out of it soon after, besides me still having my life: Cortez asked me to be his boyfriend! Me, of all people! I didn't know what pushed him at the time to ask me, I was surprised. I thought it was a joke at first, but I knew he was serious after he voiced his thoughts about me. Maybe he developed feelings throughout the time we moved in together? I never took him for a guy who was attracted to other guys; but then again, from what I've learned, it seems like he didn't care what gender he was going to date.

It certainly didn't seem like he cared about what other people thought either. He was never against showing me affection whenever he could, he even encouraged me to not be afraid to publically show that he was mines as well. Throughout this, I realized that he incresingly became more protective than usual. If someone looked at me a certain way, he would be there right behind me. He'd make it a point to be close to me, making any chance a chance to have his body touching me. Like whenever we sit down together, he either puts me on his lap or he wraps his arm around the back of my neck. I've even started sleeping in his bed now with his suggestion.

One thought always, always, came across my mind: why? As someone I perceived as stone-faced and borderline emotionless, he's progressively shown me a lot of his caring side ever since we've moved in together. I just never knew why, I wasn't doing really anything to warrant it from him. In fact, I was really trying to avoid his path as a whole at first. He was seriously intimidating.

But I think I have my answer as to why this all seemed faster than usual. Which brings us to now, sorry for that little backtrack there. I slowly felt myself waking up. My little attempt at pleasing Cortez last night really took away a lot of my energy. Besides the fact that it was my first sexual experience with another huma- well. Not really human I guess..?

Okay, well, we didn't do what you think we might've did.. I didn't wanna move onto something big yet since I'm still getting used to all this but, he mostly led me through it however he could. If this gives you any hint: he is big. It's impressive, but also very intimidating. One thing led to another and.. now I have a print of his han. As well as some bitemarks, but not major marks. Which I don't mind at all, his touch felt great in the moment.

Now I have a uh.. salty taste in my mouth.

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I cannot believe my first time was with a werewolf.