Day 1 of my 2023 drabble-a-day challenge! Here is today’s drabble:
All Right Noooooooow
She looked him in the eye: it was make or break time.
"You might have noticed I don't usually come out at full moon."
He reached for his pint. "Why, are you a werewolf?"
"I prefer wyfwolf. Werewolf is a gendered term..."
"You think you're a werewolf? Furry paws, howling at the moon?
"Please, listen. Seriously. I'm a wyfwolf, and..."
He turned around. "Hey, Barry! Caroline's a werewolf!"
"Does she like it doggy-style once a month?" yelled his mate.
They were still laughing when they left the pub. A disappointed grey shape slipped from behind the smokers' shelter, snarling quietly.
Hat-tip to Helen Zaltzmann, of The Allusionist podcast, for informing me in a long-ago episode that the etymology of werewolf is most commonly thought to be from wer, the old English word for man. As she pointed out, there are probably some angry wyfwolves out there.