In which alpha grayson finally finds his mate.
fluff !! a little bit of angst - don’t hate me 🥺
The walk to the café was nice, sofia thought. She desperately wanted to hold graysons hand and look up at him with her famous smile, but again, the walk was nice. The sun was out, no clouds in the sky and only a light breeze was in the air. Grayson couldn’t help but look sofia’s way everytime the wind messed up her hair, she would huff and pout and then fix it up and pretend nothing happened - and then do the same thing all over again. That just made grayson want her more.
The studying session was a success in more ways than one. Sofia made a friend, grayson actually learned something, and they’re going to get some tea and coffee together. Grayson can’t believe he gets to spend the rest of his life with her (if she’d even take him) but coffee was a good start he reminded himself.
Once reaching the cafe, grayson felt more protective over sofia, his senses kicking in. He felt everyone’s eyes on her - on his mate. There was no way they were going to get away with this. Grayson practically growled when a man, their age smiled at sofia. Sofia heard the little grumble coming from grayson, it only caused a little giggle to come out of her. Grayson was cute, she decided. Very cute. “i’m paying” she insisted taking out her wallet. Of course grayson was about to say something about that, but sofia cut him off. “i asked you out, only fair i pay. you can pay next time.” she said making graysons heart pound in his chest. Next time? God, she wanted to see him again. That made the wolf in him super happy, finally getting the attention the poor pup needed.
They ordered their drinks, sofia paying and grayson finding a secluded place to sit. Mainly because he couldn’t handle anyone else looking at her. He didn’t want to seem overbearing, but he just liked her so much already, he didn’t want to mess up.
which is why grayson has been holding off on telling about telling her that they’re mates, and that he’s a mythical creature. Well, obviously not very mythical.
The soft voice pulled him out of his wild thoughts and back to reality, he blushed as sofia smiled at him. “lost you for a bit there” she giggled pushing her glasses up taking a sip from her tea. Mint was also on the side of her plate, huh, that’s where that’s from grayson thought.
grayson smiled sheepishly and nodded “Got a lot on my mind.” he replied shrugging, sofia pouted and placed a hand on his. They both felt the moment they’d both been waiting for - the fireworks. The feeling of her hand on his, made him nearly explode with happiness. Sofia couldn’t really understand the feeling, but she knew it was good. It was nice.
“um, i’m here. i know we only just met. but i feel i pull towards you.” she admitted stuttering a bit. graysons eyes widened holding onto her hand a little tighter. “really? you feel it too?” he asked and she nodded blushing.
“i think we’re going to be together for a long time grayson.” sofia smiled and grayson nodded looking up at her, the blush still evident on her cheeks. “yeah, me too sofia.”
“tell me a little bit about yourself, sofia.” grayson asked leaning back, sofia rolled her eyes sipping her tea again. she hummed and placed her cup back on the table. “i like art, and film. poetry too, all the good stuff. I’ve got two older brothers, they’ve moved away, to england for business and family.” she started placing a piece of fallen hair behind her ear, she bit her lip trying to think. “um i’ve never been to a concert before-“ she was interrupted by grayson laughing out loud.
Sofia pouted crossing her arms over her chest “my parents didn’t have the money and i was too busy reading romeo and juliet thank you very much” she said, making grayson shake his head and giggle to himself.
“your turn.” sofia teased pushing her empty cup to the side. grayson sighed, racking his brain for anything interesting. “i’m into film too. love it actually. i have a twin ethan, different major than us, but we uh like to film movies or little series with our friends during summer.” he said, sofia immediately smiling. “i’ve been to a shit ton of concerts, um, i run a little business down town too.” he said partially lying, he did run a business - just with werewolves.
“fuck that’s so cool! i presume alex and your twin work with you?”she asked and grayson nodded, he felt a little bit of anxiety building up. sofia’s smart, she’ll figure it out soon enough. you just need to tell her.
“are you free after this?.” grayson asked and sofia furrowed her eyebrows checking her phone for the time, seeing as it was only 5:30 pm, she looked back up at grayson and shrugged “no, but i have to be home but 8. got work.” she said and grayson nodded standing up and pulling her up with him.
Sofia’s heart was racing. Grayson could sense how anxious she was, but chose to ignore it for the time being. She couldn’t help but over think, did she say something wrong? Grayson switched up rather quickly, sofia thought looking back on the memory. All the way back to the library and to graysons car, she felt stupid and honestly nervous. She had ruined it hadn’t she? the first time she’d ever felt like this, and look at her, it’s blowing up right in front of her face.
soon enough they reached a parking lot, it was mostly empty, and probably very much illegal to be parking in. But Sofia didn’t care about that, she was too busy beating herself up over this stupid, gorgeous, kind, man called grayson dolan.
“sofia.” grayson started but couldn’t finish, he placed his head in his hands and mumbled out a fuck it before, placing both of his hands on her flushed cheeks and bringing her in for a kiss. His lips were warm and soft, almost inviting. Sofia never wanted to leave. She tasted of tea and peppermint, something grayson could very much get used to.
“wait.” sofia said pausing their kiss slightly out of breathe.
“there’s more isn’t there?”
smart girl, grayson thought. he sighed placing a kiss on her peppermint lips once more before looking down at his hands.
“i’m just gonna say it.” he said, worrying sofia a lot more. “i’m an alpha. werewolf. creature, fuck i don’t know.” grayson blurted our, sofia’s eyes widened and she burst out laughing.
“you’re kidding?.” she giggled placing a hand on his thigh. when she saw the serious look on his face her smile dropped. “you’re not? are you?”she replied removing her hand and placing it on her own thigh.
“i’m still the same grayson ok? nothing will change.”
“except everything will!” sofia protested still looking down at her hands. “everything will.”
“sofia, honey” grayson said and sofia looked up annoyance evident in her face. “there’s more?”
he nodded and took a deep breath.
