You were play fighting with your best friend, Sam, a usual thing pack members did. Normally, she let you win, but today she wasn’t holding back. Frustration simmered in your chest, each failed attempt to regain control adding more fuel to the fire. You never lost, even if she gave you the victories.

Finally, you turned the tides. Shoving her off, you pinned her down, hands at her throat in a finishing move. A wide, proud smirk spread across your face, until Sam spoke.

“How’d you know I like it when a cute girl chokes me out?~” she teased, an arrogant smirk tugging at her lips, a faint blush coloring her cheeks. “Go on, go harder, puppy. I like it rou—”

Her words were cut off with a sputter as you reflexively pressed harder, startled she’d started flirting mid-match.

“You just about broke my neck!” Sam coughed, sitting up with wide eyes and a shocked smile, so close to you that you could feel her breath.

Was it just her, or was it suddenly hot in here?