hi hi this is my first time making an ask sorry if I’m awkward but could you make a werewolf Telemachus and vampire reader fic…
A/n: Oh gosh! This is literally months ago I'm so sorry 😭😭😭 I hope I made it up to you after this!
The first thing Telemachus notices about you is that you don't smell alive.
Every creature in Ithaca has a scent. Wolves know this instinctively. Humans smell warm and sunlit. Salt from the sea clings to fishermen. Olive oil lingers on merchants. Woodsmoke follows shepherds.
You smell like moonlight on water.
The scent catches his attention immediately.
Unfortunately, once something catches Telemachus' attention, it tends to stay there.
The second thing he notices is your eyes.
Not because they're red—despite what stories claim, vampires don't walk around announcing themselves to the world.
Yet sometimes he'll catch you staring at something ordinary—a tree, a building, the ocean—and there will be a brief moment where your expression changes.
Like you're remembering a version of it that's been gone for centuries.
Telemachus notices those moments.
He notices everything about you.
You meet properly when he trips over a tree root.
It's not a particularly heroic introduction.
One moment you're sitting beneath an oak tree reading. The next there's a loud yelp, a crash, and a blur of limbs tumbling down a small slope.
A young werewolf stares back at you from where he's landed face-first in the grass.
His ears immediately flatten.
He looks genuinely mortified.
"Oh gods, that was embarrassing."
His tail twitches miserably behind him.
For some reason, you laugh.
The sound surprises both of you.
His ears perk up instantly.
And just like that, everything changes.
Most people assume werewolves are intimidating.
Telemachus is proof that this is false.
The first few times you speak, he's shy. Polite. Careful with every word.
Then he gets comfortable.
That turns out to be a mistake.
Because once Telemachus feels safe around someone, he becomes incapable of shutting up.
One afternoon you make the mistake of asking how wolf packs function.
Three hours later, he is still talking.
"And technically, packs aren't actually organized the way most people think they are because—"
You glance up from your book.
"You've been explaining this for an hour."
"Do you want me to stop?"
His entire face brightens.
And suddenly you're trapped for another hour.
The problem with vampires is that people fear them.
The problem with Telemachus is that he doesn't.
The first time he sees your fangs, you expect him to react badly.
You've spent centuries watching humans recoil.
Even supernatural creatures can be wary.
You don't bother hiding them around him anymore. It gets tiring.
One evening you're sitting together near the cliffs when you smile at something ridiculous he's said.
Your fangs catch the moonlight.
Instead, he tilts his head.
"They're kind of pretty."
You nearly choke. "What?"
"The fangs." He shrugs. "I think they're nice."
The words are delivered with complete sincerity.
You don't know what to do with that.
As the months pass, you find yourself spending more time together.
You tell yourself it's accidental.
Telemachus starts seeking you out whenever he can.
Sometimes you'll sit together for hours without speaking.
Other times he'll talk enough for both of you.
You pretend his rambling annoys you.
You've lived a very long time.
Most conversations become predictable after a century or two.
Telemachus is one of the few people you've met who consistently surprises you.
His thoughts jump unpredictably from subject to subject.
His excitement is infectious.
His curiosity seems limitless.
Being around him feels like standing in sunlight.
One evening you're walking through the forest together when a branch snaps somewhere nearby.
Immediately, Telemachus steps in front of you.
The movement is so automatic he doesn't even seem aware of it.
The sound turns out to be nothing more threatening than a deer.
The tension leaves his body instantly.
"You stood in front of me."
Like the answer is obvious.
"Because something might've been dangerous."
"You do realize I'm a vampire."
"I can throw a grown man across a room."
"I've survived longer than your entire family line has existed."
"Then why were you trying to protect me?"
Telemachus looks genuinely confused.
The answer comes naturally.
"Because I care about you."
The forest suddenly feels very quiet.
Because now he realizes what he said.
His tail wraps around his leg.
You learn something important about werewolves shortly afterward.
Their tails are traitors.
Telemachus cannot hide a single emotion.
When he's happy, the tail wags.
When he's embarrassed, it twitches.
When he's nervous, it curls around him.
When he's excited, it becomes a weapon of mass destruction.
The thing never stops moving.
Which brings you to your current problem.
You shouldn't be thinking about the ears.
You certainly shouldn't be staring at them.
And unfortunately, your curiosity eventually wins.
The words leave your mouth before you can stop them.
For a full three seconds, the entire world seems to stop.
Then he makes a choking noise.
His face immediately turns red.
Because werewolves are not supposed to look cute when flustered.
Several minutes later, after what appears to be the internal battle of a lifetime, Telemachus carefully sits beside you.
Close enough that your shoulders nearly touch.
The fur is softer than expected.
Warm. Your fingers brush one ear. Telemachus immediately makes a sound. Not quite a whine. Not quite a sigh.
Something distinctly wolf-shaped.
His face disappears into his hands.
The ear twitches beneath your fingers. The tail starts wagging.
You laugh harder, and suddenly Telemachus is laughing too.
Bright and warm and completely helpless. The sound echoes across the cliffs. For a moment, neither vampire nor werewolf matters.
Not the centuries behind you.
Not the instincts inside him.
Not the things that make you different.
His shoulder pressed lightly against yours.
Your hand buried in impossibly soft fur.
And the realization that after centuries of loneliness, you think you may have finally found someone who makes eternity feel a little less long.
And if Telemachus spends the rest of the evening pretending he isn't leaning into your touch every chance he gets, well.
You're kind enough not to mention it.