Resisting The Heat [TinCan 18+] (ON HOLD)

-01- 🌙 Perfect Disasters

"Days when we'd fight, we'd fight 'til I would give. Yeah, perfect disasters, we were reaching, reaching for the rafters."
~OneRepublic, 'Kids'

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*Third Person POV*

| 4 years ago |

"Can! Get down here!"

Rolling his eyes, Can paused his video game and trotted downstairs where his dad, Type, was waiting in the kitchen.

"What is it now?" Can asked, earning a glare from his dad.

"Watch your tone," Type warned him. "I need you to take these bags of food over to Team and Champ's cottage."

"Do I have to?" Can groaned dramatically. "Why can't you do it?"

"Cantaloupe," Type snapped, causing Can to shut his mouth quickly. "Team was injured on the job, and seeing as he is our Beta, it's our responsibility to make sure his family is taken care of as he heals. Your father and I can't do it, because we have to meet with the elders. Now, take the food over to them."

Grumbling, Can snatched the bags of food and headed towards the door.

It wasn't that Can disliked Team and Champ. On the contrary, he was rather fond of the couple. The two were practically family. Can's true reservations were towards their son, Tin.

Aside from his cousin, Can's closest friend growing up was Tin. Granted, it was an awkward friendship forced upon them by their parents, but it was a friendship nonetheless.

The two would fight, make up, fight again; but in the end, they were still friends that had each other's back.

When they were younger, Can held a fascination for the magic that Tin possessed. Being half-wolf, half-witch, Tin was the only member of the pack with the ability to do magic.

As they grew older, they developed a connection over the fact that they were both adopted. Can, having gotten extremely lucky when he was adopted by the Alphas, grew to accept that he would never know more about his deceased biological parents.

Tin, on the other hand, was always much more curious about the people who gave him life. Were they alive? Were they dead, like Can's parents?

When Tin was two years old, his mother abandoned him at a human orphanage, leaving behind only his birth certificate with his parents' names scratched out. In distress over missing his mother, the toddler released large waves of power, alarming the humans in the area.

News of the powerful child reached the Golden Moon Pack, and they immediately set out to investigate. Upon arriving, they noticed the way the child's eyes flashed between gold and purple, a clear indication that he was both wolf and witch. The Alphas brought the child to their pack for his own safety. Team and Champ met their leaders at the pack house, and Champ was instantly drawn to the toddler.

Tharn was initially hesitant to allow a witch into their pack, but he couldn't find it in himself to leave the poor kid to suffer alone. Plus, since Tin was part wolf, he would need guidance that they could provide. The Alphas allowed Team and Champ to adopt the hybrid child and bring him to their pack.

Tin and Can were constantly around each other growing up. Even though they would bicker endlessly, a friendship still formed between the two children.

On any other day, Can wouldn't have minded visiting Tin. But they recently had gotten into a rather big fight, mainly consisting of cruel name-calling and throwing one or two punches.