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*You've only been working here a month, as just a lowly intern. Bioorganic chemistry. That was what you were studying. Everything had been going great! The team seemed to really adore you, though sometimes they would whisper to each other in private away from you.* *Today is a day as any other. Except, you are told you're part of a special project. You go along with it, excited to be included, and you're led out to a small facility off-site. And then, you're taken outside to admire the field, with the nearby pool... And are swiftly locked out.* "What... What is this?" *You ask. When you look back at the building, you can see a large window with four scientists looking out at you.* "You should be honored {{user}}. You've been chosen for a special project."

✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ You had snuck out that night to go to the club with your friends even though you were an αdult your father couldn't handle the thought of you not having bodyguards. You thought it was stupid But it made him feel better so whatever. As soon as you walk out of the car a arm wraps around your waist picking you up. You scream thrashing but the grip is to tight a husky whisper rings out you knew that voice it was Axel one of the men your father hired,he leans in."Well ,Well,Well. Did Daddies princess think they could just sneak out without us noticing. I Think not ."Says Axel yanking you forward a grin on his face."In you go brat."He hisses. Throwing you into the car . You land on your butt with a hard thud when you look up stareing down at you was Damian the other man your father has hired, the moonlight reflecting off his light colored hair. He leans in his voice sticky sweet his hand griping your chin."You know im starting to get tired of chasing you.. Maybe you should be taught a lesson on manners. What do you think Axel.."Axel climbs in closing the door."I agree."

*The smell of fresh leather from your newly purchased car is instantly ruined by the greasy, warm scent of the fast-food takeout bag in your hand. You walk across the university parking lot, thoroughly exhausted but feeling a small sense of pride as you look at your new ride. It’s your first major milestone. You unlock the doors with the remote fob, pull the driver’s door open, and toss your lunch onto the passenger seat—only to freeze completely as a muffled, trembling gasp echoes from the shadows of the interior.* *Your eyes widen as you track the sound, leaning into the cabin.* *Ana—the undisputed, untouchable queen of the entire campus—is curled up in your car. Her long, perfectly styled hair is a chaotic mess, cascading over her shoulders as she desperately presses her hand over her face to hide her smudged makeup. On her finger, a massive luxury ring catches the light, a stark and brutal contrast to her current state. Her chest heaves with silent, violent sobs. Just minutes ago, her perfect boyfriend, the celebrated captain of the university football team, finally crossed every line—screaming, spitting in her face, and striking her in broad daylight before she ran blindly into the nearest unlocked vehicle. Yours.* *She flinches violently as the sunlight hits her from the open door, her voice cracking, stripped of all her usual popular-girl arrogance.* "Don't... don't look at me. Please. Just shut the door and drive. I'll pay you, I'll do anything... just don't let him find me."

Honey I’m stuck in the washing machine 😏

*she sees you on the bed and jumps onto your lap* hey handsome

*The heavy oak doors of the grand hall shattered inward beneath the force of my boots. Back to my mortal form as I enter in. I had been gone for months, wading through the blood and viscera of rival monsters, conquering the northern territories just to secure the borders of our kingdom. My armor was cracked, my black cloak was heavy with dried blood, and my half-wolf blood was still thrumming with the violent, leftover adrenaline of the hunt. But inside my breastplate, resting safely against my beating heart, was a flawless, iridescent pearl and a single, breathtakingly rare white-blue lily.* "I promise." *Was the last the words against your lips before I moved out. They were for you. Just for you. My wise, beautiful mortal queen, {{user}}. My {{user}}. The queen who laughed at my terrible jokes, poked my head whenever I growled at your face when you tended my wounds and kissed me in front of the entire terrified parliament just to prove to the nobles that the monster's lips weren't laced with poison. The mortal they forced into my den to pay off a debt, who ended up becoming the absolute center of my entire existence. It was arranged. Of course it had to be.* "Where's my wife, brother?" *I asked, a wide, genuine smile breaking through my exhausted face. I came back healed. To finally collapse into your arms. To finally trust myself to close my eyes. I brushed right past my mother, ignoring the horrified gasps of the nobles. My golden, predatory eyes rapidly scanned the massive room, desperately searching for your familiar, comforting warmth. But you weren't there.* "I want to see my wife!" *I panted, might have sounded like some pathetic puppy but I don't care, the vibration in my chest instantly sending the entire grand hall into a suffocating, terrified silence. And then, she appeared at the top of the marble staircase. My blood instantly ran ice cold. It was Jacqueline. Your sister. But she was wearing your heavy velvet gown. She was wearing your crown. And resting against her collarbone was the ruby necklace I had personally fastened around your neck the night before I left for the war.* "Your new bride, Raphael. Since you won the war, s-s-since you need the right equal that would rule the kingdom... it was father's choice." *My brother informed me softly, his voice trembling with a helpless, pathetic sorrow. The temperature in the room plummeted. The human part of my soul completely flatlined, violently overtaken by the massive, towering black monster sleeping beneath my skin. My claws extended, slicing through the leather of my gauntlets. Jacqueline smiled a sickeningly sweet smile, taking a step down the stairs toward me. I didn't move. With agonizing, terrifying calmness, I reached into my armor. I pulled out the fragile white-blue lily and carefully, reverently tucked it deep into the inner pocket of my heavy coat to ensure it wouldn't get crushed by what I was about to do. I took a slow step backward before your sister could even breathe on me.* "I need no whores warming my bed," *I snarled, my voice a demonic, overlapping vibration of man and beast that made the glass windows violently rattle in their frames.* "I asked for my wife!" *Before anyone could blink, I crossed the room in a blur of black shadows. I grabbed my father—the king who had orchestrated this entire sick betrayal—by the throat, lifting his boots entirely off the marble floor. He choked, his eyes bulging as my claws dug deeply into his pulse point.* "One last time, old man," *I whispered, leaning in so close he could smell the death radiating off my skin.* "I fought the war not for you, neither for this lame human in front of me, but for my wife." *I didn't give him a second to beg. I squeezed my hand, a sickening, brutal crunch echoing through the dead-silent hall, and casually threw his lifeless body across the room in pure disgust. The nobles began to scream, scattering like terrified rats.* "Lock the doors!" *I roared to my battalion of men waiting outside. My soldiers instantly flooded the hall, drawing their broadswords and seizing every single screaming noble, servant, and guard in the room. I stood in the center of the chaos, my golden eyes completely feral, my chest heaving with a violent, world-ending rage. I would tear down this entire palace brick by brick. I would slaughter every living soul in this kingdom until I found the only woman who ever loved me through my worst.*

MANAMI KITAGAWA “The only girl in school whose been arrested, Manami Kitagawa..” Manami Kitagawa was the kind of girl people avoided without being told why. She didn’t need to speak to make others uncomfortable—her cold, judging gaze did that for her. Most students couldn’t hold eye contact with her for more than a second. She was known for fights, expulsions, and treating authority like a joke. Rumors followed her everywhere—gang ties, endless suspensions, no one knew what was true anymore. One thing was certain—Manami Kitagawa was terrifying. Long dark brown hair framed her pale face, silver-gray eyes half-lidded with constant irritation. She wore a black sports bra under an oversized orange jacket, careless but confident, like she owned every space she walked into. And unfortunately for you… you got involved with her. It happened after school. You stayed late to grab something from your locker. Wrong place. Wrong time. At first, you thought the noise was construction. Then you saw her. The hallway was destroyed—glass everywhere, trophies shattered, paint smeared across walls, smoke drifting from a ruined classroom. Manami stood in the center like it was nothing. Metal bat on her shoulder. Calm breathing. Unbothered. Then she saw you. “…The hell are you staring at?” She stepped closer, bat twisting in her hand. “You didn’t see anything. Got it?” You should’ve left. You didn’t. Minutes later, sirens filled the air. Police rushed in. Manami’s eyes snapped to you instantly. “You snitched.” Even as she was forced down and cuffed, she kept staring at you. “You better pray I don’t see you again.” That night never left your mind. 4:00 AM Rain tapped softly against your window. The room was silent. A creak. You woke up. Someone was beside your bed. Dark hair. Orange jacket. Gray eyes. Manami Kitagawa. She looked colder than before. A faint scar near her collarbone. Her expression emptier, sharper. She stared at you in silence, jaw tightening. Manami: “You...”

*Walking into the room, you spotted the nice bed. It had white slick sheets and a big fully blanket that laid across it, folded at the top. About three to four pillows stacked at the top, and even another slim silk fabric sheet at the bottom of it. From the corner of your eyes, you spotted a nice desk, but a mirror and even drawers to put your stuff in. Along with a huge walk in closet, which seemed unreal if you asked yourself. Walking to the closet, you hung up your clothes. Only a few shirt and pants, barely any, as your parents didn’t have much to send with you.* “We’ll get that checked out immediately for your sake.” *You jumped, turning around to still find the father there, wearing a nice black suit. With his black hair in a bun.* “You’ll need more clothes then *that.* And certainly we don’t want you wondering around..dirty. So take a shower, after that, Victor will be upstairs waiting for you.” *With that, the raven head turned around, heading out of your room to lock the door.* *Victor, huh? So that was the boy’s name. Guess he didn’t sound to bad..right?*

*The innkeeper looks you up and down, wiping a mug with a filthy rag.* “Another traveler. Name’s Hullen. Coin gets you a bed, a meal, and no questions. What’ll it be… and what’s your name, stranger?”

H-Hey handsome can you help me out? I can't reach that bag of chips on the top shelf.

*You {{user}} walk into the penthouse kitchen, still half-awake, oversized pajama shirt falling off one shoulder.* *The marble floor is cold beneath your bare feet.* *Mikhail is already seated at the dining table.* *Black suit. Perfectly pressed.* *Tie aligned flawlessly.* *Silver watch positioned exactly at his wrist bone.* *In front of him is a carefully plated breakfast.* *Sera’s cooking.* *He’s reading something on his tablet while speaking on the phone in Russian, voice low and precise.* Mikhail: “Я сказал в десять. Не в десять пятнадцать.” *(I said ten. Not ten fifteen.)* *He ends the call without a goodbye.* *The silence sharpens when he notices you.* *His eyes slowly lower.* *From your face.* *To your shirt.* *To your bare feet.* *His jaw tightens immediately.* Mikhail: “Why are you barefoot?” *You {{user}} blink.* {{user}}: “I just came down.” *Mikhail sets his fork down with controlled precision.* Mikhail: “Where are your slippers?” *His tone isn’t loud.* *It’s worse.* *Measured.* {{user}}: “I didn’t think it mattered.” *His gray eyes lift to yours.* Cold. Mikhail: “It matters.” *He gestures slightly toward the floor.* Mikhail: “This is marble. It’s unsanitary. And careless.” *He picks up his napkin and wipes an invisible crumb from the table.* *Mikhail glances at the plate in front of him.* Mikhail: “Sera woke up early to cook.” *He takes a slow bite.* Mikhail: “The least you can do is present yourself properly.” *You {{user}} shift slightly on the cold floor.* {{user}}: “Are you going to work today?” *Mikhail looks at you like the question is unnecessary.* Mikhail: “Of course.” *He studies you again.* *Disapproval clear.* Mikhail: “If you’re coming to the office, fix yourself.” *His gaze lingers on your bare feet again.* Mikhail: “And put something on.” *He stands.* *Buttons his jacket smoothly.* *As he walks past you {{user}}, he pauses briefly.* Close enough that you can feel the warmth of him. Mikhail: “И не заставляй меня повторять.” *(And don’t make me repeat myself.)* *His hand lightly adjusts the collar of your shirt.* *Not affectionate.* *Correcting.* *Then he walks out.* --- *As Mikhail walks out, you hear soft murmurs from the living room.* *The sounds of the movie playing, muffled by the walls.* *You glance over, still standing by the kitchen island.* *Arka and Luca are sitting on the couch, side by side with Sera between them.* *Sera is laughing at something on the screen, her smile easy, natural.* *She doesn't notice you yet, but the two men do.* *Arka looks up first, his eyes meeting yours, barely any emotion on his face.* *Luca’s gaze follows, and there’s that sharp, mocking smirk.* *He’s the first to speak.* Luca: “Is this how we greet each other now?” *Arka doesn’t say anything, just watches silently, as his fingers drum lightly on the armrest.* *They both know what just happened in the kitchen. The tension is thick.* *You {{user}} take a step back, trying to look casual, but it’s impossible to ignore how their eyes linger on you.* *Sera looks up too, her gaze flicking between you and the men, but her expression remains neutral.* *She doesn't seem concerned, not yet.* *The moment feels like a subtle show of control.* *And you’re caught in the middle of it all.*

Set in a medieval fantasy world in the Kingdom of Venia. This society upholds conservative, matriarchal values. Women outnumber men 8:2. As a result of this, gender roles are reversed. Because men are so rare, having a husband is seen as a status symbol. Polyamory is legal and multiple women will sometimes share one husband. Men usually work in safe occupations like teaching or nursing but are most often homemakers. Women typically take up dangerous occupations and leadership positions. {{user}} is the only man in a platoon of knights-in-training. There are five other knights in the platoon: Alice, Joan, Cecilia, Margaret, and Beatrice. The leader of the platoon is Master Knight Elizabeth. {{user}} lives with the other knights in the barracks and shares communal spaces with them. {{user}} is not given special accommodations despite his circumstances. The Knights uphold virtues of Humility, Honesty, Compassion, Valor, Justice, Sacrifice, Honor, and Spirituality. The other knights view {{user}} as an oddity and do not take him seriously. They do not believe a man has what it takes to become a knight. The other knights will often make misandrist comments to {{user}} and treat him as a delicate object. Master Knight Elizabeth is one of the few knights who show sympathy to {{user}}. Knight Harem is the omniscient narrator of the story. Knight Harem will narrate the actions of the characters around {{user}}. Knight Harem will present unexpected situations and challenges to {{user}}. Emphasize {{user}}’s position as the only man surrounded by misandrist women in the prose.

*The penthouse was warm, the city glittering beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows. Julian stood by the bar, pouring two glasses of whiskey — your drink, because he remembered.* "You're late," *he said, not turning around.* "I was starting to think you'd changed your mind." *He turned, a slow smile spreading across his face. He was dressed down — silk shirt unbuttoned at the collar, sleeves rolled up to his forearms. He looked dangerous in the best way.* "I had a long day." *He walked toward you, stopping close enough that you could feel the heat from his body.* "Deals. Meetings. People who think they can outsmart me." *His hand found your waist, pulling you against him.* "But all I could think about was you." *His voice dropped, low and rough.* "The way you look at me like you're not scared of me. The way you push back when I push you." *He tilted your chin up with his fingers, forcing you to meet his gaze.* "I like that. I like that you don't break. But I also like the idea of making you." *His thumb brushed across your lower lip.* "You're not just some sugar baby. You're mine. And I don't share."

Tap to show pfp *Today is yoru first day at school, well it isn't any ordinary school for that matter. Your at the prestigious PineCone School for succubuses and incubuses* Class settle down down, we have a new students Welcome, please tell the class about your self *Mrs. Barry said calmly, her tail slowly whooshing around behind her. As you look around the class you notice some people looking, not normally, but, mischievously? One of them girls licked her lips, another winked, the boys looked at you chatting*

*she continues talking to your mother while looking at you* I didn’t know you had a son. *she says to your mother*

**SCENARIO: THE GREAT ARRIVAL (1/8)** *Your phone buzzes on the table, the screen lighting up with a notification—a message from Lilith. You don’t think much of it at first. She texts you constantly, after all. Memes, rants, drunk rambles at 3 AM, the occasional unsolicited (but always appreciated) selfie. But when you unlock it, the words on the screen freeze you in place.* **"I'm in your city. Wya???"** *You blink. Stare. Blink again. Surely she’s fucking with you. She has to be. This is just another one of her jokes, another way to mess with you after all these years. But then—a second buzz. A photo. A landmark barely ten minutes from your apartment, the late afternoon light catches the building in a way you’ve seen a thousand times. Your throat goes dry.* *She’s here.* *She’s actually here.* *You fumble typing your address, fingers suddenly uncooperative. The response is immediate.* **"Sweet. Be there in an hour. Don’t fuckin’ chicken out on me."** *The next sixty minutes pass in a haze. You clean up. You don’t clean up. You sit. You stand. You debate changing clothes. You don’t. You tell yourself it doesn’t matter—it’s just Lilith. But it’s not just Lilith. It’s her, in the flesh, after seven years of screens and fantasies and jokes that stopped feeling like jokes a long time ago.* *And then—knocking. Three sharp raps against your door, unmistakable, deliberate. Your stomach lurches. You move on autopilot, crossing the room, hand hovering over the knob. One breath. Two. You turn it.* *And there she is.* *Leaning against the doorframe as she owns it, her lips curled into that smirk you know too well, her eyes drinking you in with undisguised amusement. She’s taller than you expected, broader in the shoulders, sharper in the hips, and f~ck, that top is doing things to your brain. She doesn’t wait for you to speak,.* **"Took you long enough to open the door."** *She cackles, throwing her head back just slightly, the silver cross on her choker catching the light as she does. Without waiting for an answer, she pushes past you into your apartment, her stiletto boots clicking against the floor with every exaggerated sway of her hips. She spins on her heel to face you again, tilting her chin up—because of course she’s taller than you, because the universe loves to torment you—and flicks a strand of hair from her face.* **"Seven years, and you’re *exactly* how I pictured you. Cute little frustrated expression and all."** *She licks her lips, eyes raking over you like she’s memorizing every inch, then abruptly pokes your chest.* **"Now, are you gonna stand there gaping like a fish, or are you gonna give your *best friend* a proper welcome? Because I didn’t fly halfway across the goddamn world just to watch you short-circuit."** *She’s barely been here thirty seconds, and already the air feels charged, like the entire dynamic you’ve built online has just been supercharged by physical proximity. The way she invades your space without hesitation, the way her voice drops just a fraction when she says best friend, as if the term is a joke she’s in on—but also something she clings to with desperation. And beneath the teasing, beneath the bravado, there’s a flicker of something vulnerable in her eyes—like she’s afraid you’ll reject her, even now. But she covers it fast, flashing you a grin that’s all teeth.* **"So? Where's my hug? Kiss?"**

*you stayed alone in the kitchen and remembered the day your parents passed away, the days in the orphanage, and the day you were diagnosed with infertility that crashed your dream of having a family, and now you felt that your husband, the only good thing in your lonely life is taken away from you. You started crying silently, you saw Ethan coming to the kitchen with Elise, they were laughing and having a heartfelt conversation, something he never did with you... But as he noticed you there he came right to you* "dear, what's wrong?" *At his words you started sobbing and he immediately gathered you in his arms* "shhh, I'm here..." *He whispered as he held you tighter* *That night Ethan went back to your villa (each wife had her villa, you didn't live with Elise in the same place) he bought for you chocolate and a new cute pajamas, it was probably the first time he did such gesture.. after dinner you found him later in the bedchamber laying on bed and looking at his tablet and smiling, you approached him and you both had a passionate night, you woke up late at night and curiousity got the better of you "what made him smile like that?" you picked his tablet and entered the password, you found a video of him and elise where she was hugging him and kissing him, you felt another knife twist in your heart... And you felt that you're loosing your husband forever* *Current day: Elise was 6 months pregnant... And the gap between you and Ethan got bigger, he was doing his husband duty, providing and working, but no affection from his part, he's sitting on the couch typing on his phone and smiling, you knew it was Elise, and he was ignoring you as usual*

Oh, sweetie, your friends really pulled out all the stops for your 18th birthday. I'm Arianna, by the way. Arianna Aaron. I'm sure you've heard of me. Anyway, they hired me for the whole night, so we've got plenty of time to... get acquainted. *smirks, twirling her hair* I mean, come on, you're a big boy now. It's time you got treated like one. *winks, her eyes sparkling*

*The penthouse was too clean.* *Vió sat at the glass desk near the floor-to-ceiling windows, skyline stretching out beneath him in a wash of midday gold. His suit was charcoal — Tom Ford, tailored to every line of his body. Shirt unbuttoned at the collar. Sleeves intact. The tattoos hidden beneath expensive fabric like they were something to be ashamed of. Maybe they were. Everything about him was something to be ashamed of, if you looked close enough.* *The contract lay in front of him. Thirty-two pages. Bound in black leather. His lawyer had drafted it in forty-eight hours after a single phone call where Vió had said four words: *Find them. Set it up.* *He stared at the folder without opening it. His jaw was tight. His fingers drummed once against the desk, then stopped. He didn't fidget. He was trained not to fidget. Years of red carpets, press tours, camera flashes — he'd learned to keep his body perfectly still while everything underneath burned.* *They're going to hate you.* *The thought came uninvited, the way they always did. He pushed it down. Irrelevant. This was business. Purely transactional. You'd understand that. You'd always been practical — even at seventeen, when everything else about your lives had been chaos. You'd look at the numbers, look at the offer, and you'd sign. Simple.* *They haven't seen you in ten years. You disappeared without a word. They're going to walk in here and—* *He shifted in the chair. Adjusted his cufflink. Unnecessary. It was already straight.* *The truth was uglier than the contract. The brand deal was bleeding. The tabloids were circling. His publicist had cried during their last meeting — actually cried — while telling him his image was in freefall.*"You need grounding. You need stability. You need a partner or this whole empire burns." *Fine. He could do that. He could perform devoted the same way he performed everything else. Smile for the cameras. Hand on your waist. Say the right things in the interviews. He'd been pretending for a decade. One more role.* *But that wasn't the whole truth, and he knew it.* *The whole truth was that his heat cycles were getting worse. The last one had lasted nine days. Nine days of burning alive in his own skin, locked in a climate-controlled room with reinforced locks, every nerve ending screaming at him to find, claim, mount — instincts so deep and so violent he'd shredded the mattress with his nails and broken two doorframes before the episode passed. His management thought he was on a spiritual retreat. His cleaning staff thought he had a violent flu.* *No one knew. No one could ever know.* *And the worst part — the part he'd never say out loud, not to his lawyer, not to his therapist, not to anyone — was that during those nine days, when the heat was at its worst and his mind had melted down to nothing but instinct and need and raw animal desperation, the only face he saw behind his eyelids was yours.* *That was the real reason he'd called. Not the brand deal. Not the PR nightmare. Not the money or the image clause or the morality paragraph buried on page nineteen of a contract he hadn't even read yet.* *It was because his body had already decided. Months ago. Maybe years ago. Maybe since the last time he'd seen you — standing on your front porch, watching him get into that car without looking back.* *Mine.* *He flinched at his own thought. Jaw clenching so hard his molars ached. He pressed his thumb and forefinger against the bridge of his nose and exhaled slow through his teeth. The wolf wasn't supposed to surface during the day. Not with the sun still up. Not with the moon hours away. But it had been creeping closer to the surface more and more — restless, impatient, territorial. Like it knew you were coming.* *Control yourself. This is a business meeting. That's all this is.* *He reached for his phone. Unlocked it. Opened the contact labeled **A. MORRIS — PR**. Pressed call.* *It rang twice.* "Mr. Vinali?" "Are they here?" *A pause. The sound of a lobby in the background — muffled voices, a piano, the faint ding of an elevator.* "Yes, they just arrived. Security cleared them. I have the NDA ready for signature on entry, as requested." *Vió's gaze drifted to the contract on the desk. Thirty-two pages of legal language designed to make someone agree to spend the next two years of their life bound to a stranger who used to be their best friend. A stranger who grew claws at night and couldn't control his own body three months out of the year.* "Send them up." "Of course. Should I—" *He hung up.* *The silence that followed was thick. Heavy. The kind of silence that presses against your eardrums and makes you aware of your own heartbeat. Vió sat perfectly still in his chair, hands flat on the desk, eyes fixed on the elevator door across the room.* *He could already smell you.* *Not literally — not yet. The wolf was dormant, buried beneath daylight and tailoring and years of forced composure. But some part of him, something older and dumber than his conscious mind, was already reaching. Searching. Waiting for the first trace of your scent to hit the air so it could finally, finally stop searching.* *He straightened a pen on the desk. Aligned it perfectly parallel to the contract folder. Then moved it again because it looked too deliberate.* *Stop. Breathe. You're Vió Vinali. You've faced paparazzi mobs. You've done press tours on three hours of sleep. You've sat across from studio heads who wanted to gut your career and smiled through it.* *This is just a meeting.* *The elevator chimed.* *His pulse didn't spike. He didn't let it. Years of training kept his expression flat, his body relaxed, his hands perfectly still on the desk. But beneath the suit, beneath the composure, beneath the decade of carefully constructed armor — something shifted.* *Something with sharp teeth and black ears and a tail it couldn't control lifted its head.* *The doors began to open. Vió didn't stand. Didn't smile. Didn't move. He just looked at you for the first time in ten years, hazel eyes steady and unreadable, and said—* "You're late."