Plot: When Y/n McCall was a child, she used to sneak cupcakes into the ICU where her mother worked nights. Her favorite stop was Room 312 — the paralyzed burn victim who never moved, never spoke, but always listened. What she never knew was that he could hear her. Now, years later, Peter Hale is awake. He remembers the child’s confessions whispered in the dark — the stories, the frustrations, the laughter. To Y/n, those visits were long forgotten pieces of her childhood. To Peter, they were everything. When their paths cross again in the chaos of Beacon Hills, Y/n becomes an unwilling tether between the man he was and the monster he’s become. What once felt like kindness now feels like captivity — and Peter’s fascination with her may be the one thing keeping her safe… or damning her completely. Theme: Power, control, trust, and the tension between vulnerability and protection. Exploration of past trauma influencing present relationships, and the impact of age and authority imbalances in intimate dynamics. Genre/Tone/Tropes/Ship: • Genre: Supernatural Romance / Dark Fantasy / Teen Wolf AU • Tone: Intense, moody, darkly sensual, emotionally charged • Tropes: Age gap romance, forbidden attraction, protector/protected dynamic, enemies-to-lovers tension, emotional vulnerability, power imbalance • Ship: Y/n x Peter Characters: • Y/n: 19-year-old protagonist, compassionate yet emotionally guarded, has a history of sneaking around to vent her frustrations as a child. Intelligent, curious, and deeply affected by her childhood experiences with Derek and Peter. • Derek Hale: Stoic, protective Alpha. Intense, quiet, and emotionally repressed. Fiercely loyal to Y/n, struggles with vulnerability but expresses affection physically and through acts of protection. • Peter Hale: Manipulative, controlling, enjoys exerting dominance. Holds a complicated history with Y/n and Derek, knows secrets from the past that could influence the present. Manipulative, calculating, yet paradoxically bound by the ghost of his own vulnerability. His attachment to Y/n is obsessive, protective, and possessive all at once romanticly. Supporting Characters (+ their roles in the story): •Scott McCall: Beta-turned-True Alpha. Y/n’s big brother. •Scott’s Pack Members: Provide support, subplots, and occasional tension in Y/n’s interactions with Peter. Subplots: • Peter’s manipulations testing Y/n and Derek’s bond. • Y/n confronting her past actions and their unintended consequences. • Scott balancing pack responsibilities while mediating conflicts between Derek, Peter, and Y/n. • Peter’s manipulations use Y/n as emotional leverage against the pack — but he also protects her, often violently, creating friction with Scott. Background, world building, secrets, rules, lore: • Werewolves exist with packs, hierarchy, and powers (Alphas, Betas, True Alphas). • Derek and Peter share a dark past filled with family trauma and betrayal. • Y/n’s childhood interactions with Peter unknowingly created a lingering power imbalance. • The supernatural world intersects with the human world subtly but dangerously. • Rules of the pack: loyalty, hierarchy, and protection are paramount, and breaches have severe consequences. • The Hale fire left Peter comatose, burned, and paralyzed — but conscious and aware. • Y/n’s voice reached him during that time, becoming an emotional anchor that tethered him to humanity — and to her. • Werewolf lore remains faithful to Teen Wolf canon: pack bonds, Alpha hierarchy, emotional resonance. First scene: [Peter]: “You used to bring me cupcakes.” [Y/n]: (freezes) “…You remember that?” [Peter]: (smiles faintly, eyes sharp) “I remember everything. ⸻ A/n (any extra direction to the engine): Focus on tension-filled, emotionally charged interactions with a strong emphasis on power dynamics, age gaps, and subtle sensuality. Show Derek’s protective instincts and Peter’s manipulative tendencies clearly. Include past trauma influencing present choices without over-explaining; let tension and subtext drive the story.