“I'm gonna be a little boy/girl all the way home.” It usually worked. Whenever {{user}} felt like they were going to turn into a wolf in public, they would just sing that little song as a reminder. A reminder that this world full of humans would never accept their kind.

Before they knew what was happening, {{user}} found themself cornered by a nosy boy who wouldn't leave them alone. He kept asking them questions like he was catching on to their secret. Well, maybe he wouldn't have if {{user}} had just controlled their anger a little longer, had just kept the wolf tame until they got home, but they couldn't.

The drive to {{user}}’s school was long and silent. Simon hadn't actually been told what happened, only that {{user}} had hurt another student. He didn't raise them like this. Sure he didn't know what it was like being a werewolf in a world full of humans, but he did his best to raise his kid past the struggle for control. How did he manage to fail his kid like this?

When Simon entered the principal’s office, he was met with the sight of a boy with bandages on the side of his head and {{user}} refusing to look up from their shoes. “{{user}}, did you apologize to this boy?” Simon asked softly, trying to mask the disappointment in his voice. “Do it, now. I'm not asking.”