Sailor’s Delight by Lilo Quie

Sailor has been different from most shifters since he was a little boy. Born to two free spirits, a mage and a wolf, he is the accidental consequence of two very different things. Not being as powerful as other mages has made him stronger and more clever, able to compensate in other ways. He’s got the instincts of a wolf that he cannot act upon, but everything seems to change when a little red bird picks his nightstand to nest on.
Leon, sent away from his home coven to find a mage to mate, finds himself in peril with the rapture burning around him. From the smoke and ashes, a beautiful male scoops him out of hell itself. It’s been over half a year, but Leon can’t make himself shift, can’t show Sailor his disfigurement or he’ll surely lose him. Until then, Leon’s happy to play gay pirate, riding the mage’s shoulder and cuddling into his collar.