Backstage was a tangle of adrenaline, laughter, and pure secondhand embarrassment as the pack finally stumbled off the stage in a haze of spotlights and screaming fans. The hallway reeked of sweat, stage fog, and stroopwafels, and someone \u2014 probably Jonah \u2014 had managed to snag an entire tray of leftover Dutch pastries and was now carrying it like a sacred artifact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gabriel flopped onto a beat-up black couch near the green room, limbs dramatically splayed, the bathrobe now tied heroically around his waist like some kind of post-show toga. His eyes were half-lidded, but a crooked grin still curled across his muzzle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not saying I\u2019m a genius,\u201d he slurred lazily, \u201cbut I did<\/em> just discover a new chord shape using only my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark sank into the armchair beside him and muttered dryly, \u201cYou also tried to name the fog machine and asked a security guard if he could \u2018hear colors.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabriel just grinned wider. \u201cHis aura was very teal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thane sat on the floor nearby, elbows on his knees, rubbing his temples as the rest of the pack filed in, still riding the high of the show. \u201cHe played perfectly,\u201d Thane said aloud, mostly to himself. \u201cAgainst every law of reality, gravity, and sobriety\u2026 he nailed every damn note.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFeral instinct,\u201d Rico said with a grin, offering a cheers motion with his water bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emily was leaning against the wall, cheeks flushed and giggling, trying to keep her phone steady while reviewing clips. \u201cSocial media already lost its mind. He\u2019s trending again. The hashtag is just\u2026 \u2018#CookieWolf.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassie groaned and covered her face with both hands. \u201cKill me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jonah leaned over the stroopwafel tray. \u201cI say we buy stock in Dutch bakeries. Could be a whole new merch line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNew rule,\u201d Thane grunted, shooting a tired glance toward Gabriel. \u201cNo unlabeled snacks before a show. I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s cookies, gummies, or magical forest mushrooms \u2014 ask first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabriel lazily lifted one claw. \u201cWhat if the cookie speaks to me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thane didn\u2019t even hesitate. \u201cThen I get to speak to you \u2014 with a rolled-up setlist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The room broke into laughter, warm and easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The chaos was real, but the bond was stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And as the night cooled and the gear was packed away, the Feral Eclipse pack settled into a kind of contented stillness in the dim backstage lounge. Tired, loud, weird, and utterly united.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabriel, already half-asleep again on the couch, murmured through a yawn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Still tasted amazing though.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Backstage was a tangle of adrenaline, laughter, and pure secondhand embarrassment as the pack finally stumbled off the stage in a haze of spotlights and screaming fans. The hallway reeked of sweat, stage fog, and stroopwafels, and someone \u2014 probably Jonah \u2014 had managed to snag an entire tray of leftover Dutch pastries and was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tour-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2980,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions\/2980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}