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Anon: With your asks being opened, could I believe request more Twilight? Specifically Twilight with an s/o who is a werewolf? Like he's the only person who can be around them while they're wolfed out during a full moon. Or some type of animal shifter? And they can have conversations while in Animal Form? I will let you run with that, I just love your work and I love the way that you write for Twilight!
Beyond that, I hope you have a fantastic month and you find an old jacket tucked in the back of your closet that has like $30 in it
Me: Yay, first ask!
Let’s say maybe Twilight met them either during his hero journey or after it. His s/o is a bartender at Telma’s Bar, and Twilight goes there frequently for information that the Resistance has gathered, to deliver a batch of Ordon Pumpkins and Ordon Goat Cheese, to visit Telma, and to eat there occasionally. He usually saw his s/o help with giving customers food and drinks. They were his frequent server as well. Them and him would make small talk; and overtime, they became good friends.
Twilight felt like a normal person around them because they didn’t treat him like an idol just because he was the hero. They liked him for how kind and friendly he was, and it felt like he never judged them on anything. But they both shared a secret they didn’t want to share to random strangers; they both have wolfish transformations that they knew would frighten people if found out.
Twilight noticed that they always faintly smelled like a dog, even underneath the perfume/cologne they had. Maybe they’re the owner of the dogs that are wandering the streets of Hyrule Caste Town? How wrong Twilight was…
Overtime, they fell in love. His s/o decided to move into Ordon Village and lived in his house with him. They needed a break from all of the hustle and bustle of Hyrule Castle Town, but they still worked at Telma’s Bar. They still wanted to earn rupees, and so they went to work a shift there twice a week. More often than not, Twilight and his s/o slept together, cuddling on a bed that he had made for them two to sleep on.
On one full moon night, Twilight woke up in the middle of the night to discover that his s/o wasn’t in bed with him. How strange… usually his s/o wakes him up if they were going somewhere. He lit his lantern and looked around his house, but he didn’t see them anywhere in his house! He left his house and patrolled around Ordon Village, but still no sign of them. Guess it’s time to look for them as Wolfie… He blew out the flames of his lantern, hid behind a tree, and then gripped the Twili Crystal that was on a necklace wrapped around his neck. With a blur of Twili magic and hunching down, he was now in his wolf form. Sniffing around, he quickly caught his s/o’s scent.
He hurried past Ordon Spring, across the bridge, and went into Faron Woods. The scent of his s/o was getting stronger now that he was in Faron Woods. He heard grunts and growls of Bokoblins in the distance. He became concerned that his s/o was in danger, he knew that they weren’t a fighter like he was. He got closer to where the noises were coming from and heard new noises. Snarling and chuffing of some sort of beast. He got to a clearing and saw an odd, but frightening sight.
Prowling towards a pair of unaware Bokoblins, was a beast Twilight had only seen in a book he had at home. Around 8 feet tall, a body covered in wolfish fur, a still vaguely humanoid figure, long claws on the hands and feet, wolfish ears twitching, and a fanged maw salivating at the sight of prey. A werewolf. Oddly, it smelled just like his s/o… He really hoped that they weren’t already a victim of this beast.
The werewolf pounced on the unsuspecting pair of Bokoblins and savaged them. The monsters stood no chance; and Twilight almost felt pity for them. After eating them, the werewolf snuffled around for more prey. Twilight hoped that he wouldn’t get noticed, but Hylia didn’t grant him luck tonight. As he backed away, he accidentally stepped on a branch and it snapped with a loud crack. The werewolf whirled around and snarled toward his direction. Then it did something unexpected when it started sniffing towards him.
“Who or what’s there? Prey for me?” the werewolf spoke with a gravely voice.
It spoke! It sounded like his s/o a bit. Wait… is this werewolf them?! He cautiously approached the werewolf; still smelt like his s/o. The werewolf loomed over his wolf form and leaned down to sniff closer. Twilight would be sweating bullets if he were in his Hylian form right now.
“Hmm, you smell like Link… He didn’t tell me he owned a wolf…” his s/o mumbled. “Wait… those eyes, those markings, those earrings… Link?”
His s/o knew it was him?! He knew he could speak to animals as Wolfie, hopefully that ability works for werewolves too…
“Y-yeah, that’s me! I-is that you, darlin’?” he nervously questioned.
“Yes. Hmnh, didn’t know you were a wolf shifter. I guess we both had wolfish secrets…” his s/o rumbled.
Then they told each other how they got their abilities. His s/o unfortunately became a werewolf when they were bitten by one as a very young child. They told him they usually didn’t have control over their actions while being a werewolf. They’d kill prey and bite humans/Hylians to pass on the infection without a second thought. But something about Twilight made them be passive and have control over their werewolf instincts.
From then on, Twilight would follow them in wolf form when they went out to deal with their transformation. Maybe Twilight finds a cure for them or at least some medicine to help them be calm if he happens to not be around during the night they transform each full moon.