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₊ ୧ 𝓖ENRE: ↳ supernatural romance · angst · slow burn · tension-filled love triangle . ↳ 𝓟ARING: ↳ vampire!jake × fem!reader × wolf!nicholas ⦂𓈃 𝓦ARNINGS/𝓣AGS: ↳ possessiveness, jealousy, supernatural politics, stalking (protective), territorial dynamics, enemies-to-lovers, obsession themes, tension, small-town mystery, storm symbolism, heartbeat fixation ┊❛ ❜┊𝓢YNOPSIS: ↳ Crescent Ridge looks normal on the surface, but the town is split between two ancient forces who’ve hated each other for centuries. vampires who follow strict old rules and wolves who protect what they claim with teeth and instinct. you’re just a human girl trying to live a quiet life – until a storm brings jake, an uninvited vampire with eyes that burn for you, and nicholas, the warm-blooded wolf who’s been watching over you longer than you realize. both want you for reasons they won’t explain. both refuse to back down. and without meaning to, you become the center of a supernatural rivalry that’s been waiting generations to reignite. two creatures. one heartbeat. and a town that’s no longer safe the moment they both notice you. ⦂𓈃 𝓦/𝓒: ↳ 1893
ෆ ･ 𝓛INKS: PART ONE! . ↳ 𝓜.LIST! & 𝓣AGLIST! ₊ ୧𝓐/𝓝: #teamjake or #teamnicho
"𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓽 𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓿𝓲𝓮"
you couldn’t sleep.
every time you shut your eyes, you saw red eyes staring back. not scary, just too aware. too focused on you. jakes voice lingered like smoke.
j: “if i was planning on hurting you, i wouldn’t have waited.”
and somehow that didn’t instill fear in you. that’s what really worried you. you wrapped your blanket around you tighter, trying to ignore the way your pulse kept jumping for nothing. until a shadow moved across your window. not loud, not obvious. just enough to make your breath hitch. you sat up slowly, whispering.
you: “…jake?”
the window stayed still, but the air changed. gone cold, sharp. like winter slipped under your door. something inside whispered, he’s here. before you could even get off of the bed, a low voice came from the hall.
n: “dont answer that.”
you nearly fainted until nicho stepped into your room. hair messy, chest rising like he’d sprinted here.
you: “what the fuck— how did you get inside?”
n: “your—, it doesn’t matter.”
your heart was racing. he heard it, his jaw clenched.
n: “you were thinking about him.”
not a question. nicho moved over to the window, pulling the curtain aside just enough to look out. shoulders tense, posture animal.
n: “he’s close.”
you: “jake?”
n: “im not saying his name.”
he sounded like it tastes wrong in his mouth. you swallowed.
you: “why is he here— why are you here?”
nicho turned to you, eyes glowing faint gold in the dark.
n: “because you’re loud.”
you blinked.
you: “loud?”
he stepped closer, too close. heat radiating off of him, voice low.
n: “your heartbeat, your scent, your emotions.”
a breath.
n: “wolves hear it, vampires feel it.”
your cheeks burned.
you: “nicho..”
n: “he’s drawn to you, vampires fixate. especially old ones.”
he said soft, but bitter. your brows furrowed.
you: “how old?”
he looked away.
n: “old enough that he doesn’t lose, ever.”
a chill slid down your spine. before you could even respond, movement hit the window. fast. nicho reacted instanly, hand on your waist. pulling you behind him as a silhouette appeared on the other side of the glass.
jake.
standing completely still in the storm, rain sliding off of him like it refused to touch his skin. his eyes glowed a faint red. his voice was velvet through the glass.
j: “you’re awake, sweetheart.”
nicho bared his teeth in a sound that wasn’t human.
n: “back away from the house.”
jake didn’t move. didn’t blink.
j: “i’’d come inside… if she’d invite me.”
nicho stepped forward, blocking your view.
n: “you can’t come anywhere near her.”
jake leaned closer to the window, voice low and purposeful.
j: “i dont think you get to decide that. do you?”
nicho’s muscles tensed like he was seconds from shifting. you grabbed his arm before he could do anything deadly.
you: “nicholas, stop—”
jake’s eyes snapped to you the second you spoke. the storm thundered behind him like it recognized his name.
j: “there you are.”
your breath caught. he raised a hand, slow and careful, fingertips gliding just shy of the glass
j: “may i come in.”
nicho spun, blocking you with his entire body.
n: “don’t. you don’t understand what happens if you say yes.”
jake tilted his head, eyes locked on yours through the gap in nicho’s stance.
j: “nothing you wouldn’t want.”
nicho snarled.
n: “shut up.”
but jake didn’t even look at him, he couldn’t tear his gaze away from you.
j: “just say the words. let me in.”
your heart hammered, he smiled the second he heard it.
n: “see? he’s manipulating you.”
you shook your head slowly.
you: “he’s… not.”
nicho stared at you like he felt something break inside of him.
n: “he’s a predator. you’re his prey.”
jakes eyes fell lower.
j: “you say that as if she isn’t safe with me.”
nicho stepped toward the window, fists clenched.
n: “you couldn’t protect a house plant.”
j: “i said she was safe. i dont protect, i keep.”
jake smirked, the words hit you harder than they should’ve. nicho sensed your reaction immediately and turned to you. voice softer, but desperate.
n: “you don’t want him in here, trust me.”
jakes voice slid between is words like smoke.
j: “you trust me.”
your breath hitched, he smiled again. nicho swore under his breath.
n: “im staying the night. imnot leaving you alone with—”
j: “with someone she wants?”
jake cut him off. nicho snaped.
n: “nobody fucking asked you.”
j: “i dont need to be asked.”
jake replied, eyes still on you. the storm cracked loud enough to make the floor shake. jake took one step back into the dark.
j: “i’ll be waiting.”
and then he vanished. like the night swallowed him whole. the room was still, silent. nicho dragged a hand through his hair, chest heaving.
n: “i’m staying.”
he said again, quieter this time. you didn’t argue. because deep down, you knew jake would be back. but you weren’t sure if you were afraid or waiting for him. you woke up feeling drained. it was like you hadn’t slept at all. strom clouds hung to the sky, heavy and metallic. the kind that made Crescent Ridge feel like the world was lifeless. nicho had fallen asleep on your floor, curled awkwardly near your bed. warm even from a distance, protective even unconscious. but the moon was still out. a thin silver, pale through the morning clouds. and when you blinked at it through your window, you swore it blinked back. a soft whisper brushed your mind. not words, but meaning. a feeling. ‘neither of them found you by chance.’ you froze, but the whisper grew stronger. ‘you were seen before you met, claimed before you were touched. both bound to you.’ you stumbled back from the window, chest tight. you didn’t understand, but you were about to. nicho woke up abruptly, sitting up with a groan.
nicho: “you okay?”
he asked immediately, voice rough from sleep. you hesitated.
you: “nicho, what do you know about being bound to people?”
he stiffened. every muscle, every breath.
n: “why?”
too fast. you swallowed. your voice cracked as you spoke.
you: “someone told me i might be… tied to someone. or two someones.”
nicho’s jaw clenched so hard you thought he might crack a tooth.
n: “i didn’t want you to know like this, not yet.”
you: “nicho..”
n: “its complicated.”
you: “then complicate it.”
he exhaled sharply.
n: “okay.. listen. in our world there's a thing called binding. wolves call it a mate, vampires call them their beloved. but either way, if one of them sees something that ‘matches’ their nature, their instinct fixates.”
you: “matches?”
you whispered. he looked away.
n: “your energy, scent, heartbeat. some creatures, don’t choose. they recognize.”
your stomach dropped.
you: “and jake?”
you asked quietly. nicho’s expression darkened. he swallowed.
n: “he saw a picture of you, months ago. someone posted something. he saw it in passing, he thought it was a sign.”
you blinked hard.
you: “and you?”
his silence answered. you breathed.
you: “you too..”
nicho didn’t deny it. his voice cracked the minute he spoke.
n: “he thinks you were made for him, i think your made for me.”
before you could even open your mouth, your phone buzzed. class. your normal life still pretending it existed. nicho stood, running his hand through his hair.
n: “please don't go alone.”
yon didn’t listen. you should have. campus felt strange, quiet, heavy. like all sound was muffled. you chalked it up to exhaustion until you reached the courtyard and felt something cold slip across your skin. like a shadow. like a presence. you turned. jake stood under an oak tree, sunlight filtering through the branches but never touching him. like the light bend around him instead of landing. he stared at you like you were the only person on this earth.
j: “hi, sweetheart.”
your pulse jumped. he heard it, his eyes darkened. you whispered.
you: “you shouldn’t be here.”
he smiled, slow and soft.
j: “you didn’t invite me in, i had to find another way.”
you: “everyone can see you.”
j: “they wont notice me unless i want them too.”
of course, of course he says something like that. his eyes glimmered. you swallowed. jake stepped closer, stopping just shy of touching you.
j: “has the moon spoken to you yet?”
your breath froze.
you: “how—”
j: “i felt it. i felt it the moment i reached you.”
his voice was low, you blinked.
you: “jake… what am i to you?”
j: “my mate. my beloved..”
he didn’t hesitate. the breath left your lungs. he lifted a hand, not touching your skin, just hovering inches away from your cheek, cold radiating off him like frost. he whispered.
j: “ you were meant for me, i knew it the moment i saw your image. and when i saw you in the flesh, i understood.”
his eyes flared red.
you: “understood what?”
j: “that i was right.”
you stepped back instinctively, but jake followed with a slow steady step.
j: “please dont run from this. from me.”
you: “i’m not.”
he leaned in, close enough to feel his breath like a winter breeze.
j: “you’re afraid of the truth, not of me.”
before you could answer, a howl tore from the air. loud, desperate, wild. students glanced around, uneasy. your heart plummeted. nicholas. jake smiled faintly.
j: “looks like he’s shifting early, he felt you with me.”
you turned to run toward the sound. jake grabbed your wrist, gently, but firm enough that the cold rippled under your skin.
j: “be careful, sweetheart. a wolf in shift thinks with instinct, not reason.”
you yanked away, breath shaking.
you: “im going.”
jakes eyes softened, genuinely.
j: “of course you are. you’re his mate too.”
you froze. he stepped back into the shade, eyes glowing with something ancient. a faint smirk glided along his lips.
j; “thats the problem.”
you found nicho behind the gym, half shifted. eyes glowing gold, claws digging into the dirt. his chest heaved with effort, body trembling like he was fighting himself. you ran to him despite everything jake said.
you: “nicho—”
his head snapped up, breath ragged. you kneeled beside him. he panted, voice layered with something animal.
n: “you.. came.”
you: “i was scared.”
he growled softly. not at you, but because of emotions he knew he couldn’t contain.
n: “you— you’re mine… i knew before he did, i felt it the moment i saw you.”
your heart flipped. he shifted closer, forehead pressed against your shoulder. trembling.
n: “i didn't tell you because i didn’t want to scare you. but i cant— i cant lose you to him.”
he whispered. your fingers threaded into his hair.
you: “nicho, you both told me the same thing.”
he froze.
n: “both?”
you nodded. he let out a sound. half anguish, half fury.
n: “thats not possible, thats— he cant have what i have. you’re tied to me.”
his claws dug deeper into the dirt.
you: “and he says im tied to him.”
nicho’s pupils blew wide, gold overtaking them.
n: “this is gonna start something that should’ve ended a long time ago.”
your pulse jumped. and miles away, wherever he was, jake felt it.
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