Austin Kirk

**Austin Kirk** is a recurring character on the Paramount+ original supernatural drama, *Wolf Pack*. He is portrayed by Rio Mangini.

Austin is an acquaintance of Everett's who was attacked by the werewolf on the highway and has been unable to sleep since.

## Biography

### Attacked by the werewolf

Austin is on the bus when it comes to a halt due to the nearby wildfire. He reveals that they're evacuating Altadena and Eagle Rock and then demands for the bus driver to let them out, recording her should she continue to refuse. However, Blake throws his phone out the window, forcing Austin to get off the bus to retrieve his phone, at which point, he and the other students on board observe as wildlife comes running out of the fire towards the road, causing everyone to evacuate the bus. However, in the midst of all the chaos, Austin is attacked by the werewolf, though he survives the encounter and goes to the hospital.

### Questioned by the police

Austin, Cyrus, Phoebe, and Tia sneak onto a construction site and climb the scaffolding to get a better vantage point of the burning canyon. With the primary suspect being a teen, Austin makes note of Cyrus' knowledge about fires, to which Cyrus replies that his father was a firefighter. They are then brought down to the station by the police, who question them about the fire. On his way out, Austin bumps into Everett, who asks if he told them what he saw on the highway, but Austin claims he didn't see anything.

Austin reluctantly tells Investigator Ramsey what he saw on the highway, that being a 7-foot tall beast killing people, though he's doubtful she'll actually believe him, which she doesn't. In fact, she has an entire board filled with similar drawing of victims from the freeway who described the beast as well. Ramsey suspects that Austin is attempting to cope with the traumatizing incident by creating this monster. Unable to sleep, Austin goes to school and asks Everett about his anxiety medication, specifically what he takes to sleep. He agrees to help Austin, but only if he reveals what he saw on the highway. Later that day, Austin approaches Luna and asks her to sketch the werewolf he saw. She willingly does so and warns him to run should he see it again.

### Tia's kickback

Austin attends Tia's kickback, where he takes shrooms and makes fun of Luna, who calls him out for being an "asshole." However, later that evening, she joins him at the piano after hearing him play and asks why does he act the way he does. Austin claims that it's his default setting, blaming his parents. She then asks him to play something else, maybe something that makes her think he's not such an asshole, so Austin plays a gentle piece. However, they're interrupted by Phoebe, who attempts to kick Blake out of the party until Harlan embarrasses her by exposing the voice message she left on his phone aimed at Blake. Austin then takes this messages and remixes it before playing it over the speaker. Blake comes to Phoebe's defense and tosses the phone in the pool, which Austin is forced to retrieve, at which point, he comes face to face with the werewolf in the pool before fleeing into the house.

The party goes have retreated inside the house, with Austin insisting that the same monster in the pool attacked him on the freeway. Everett corroborates Austin's story to a degree, revealing that the animal on the freeway is what caused the stampede. Austin urges Everett to say what the animal is that's attacking people. However, Everett claims it's just a bear, much to Austin's upset. He proceeds to accuse Everett of being a liar and lashes out in a fit of rage, certain that he knows what he saw and that it wasn't a bear. Later that night, he watches as Phoebe's body being dragged across the glass roof.

### Targeted by the werewolf

Austin learns that he's the werewolf's next target and agrees to act as bait to lure the beast into a trap. Additionally, Austin asks if Luna actually likes him, which she admits that she does when he's not being an asshole. That night, he and Luna wait on the rooftop of the hospital, where the werewolf makes its presence known, but it does not attack initially due to Luna's presence. If it's to go after Austin, it must first see him as a threat. Luna instructs Austin to hit her, but he's reluctant to do so, even as Luna slaps him multiple times. Instead, he kisses her. However, this seems to have invoked the intended response in the werewolf, who chases after them. Fortunately, the trap goes as plan, and they lead the werewolf into the medical freezer, where the cold temperature nearly kills him, reverting Baron back to his human form, at which point, Austin stabs him with a silver knife.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* From a Spark to a Flame
* Origin Point
* Fear and Pain
* Incendiary
* After Party
* Lion's Breath
* Trophic Cascade

## References

1. ↑ Season 1, Episode 1: ***From a Spark to a Flame***
2. ↑ Season 1, Episode 3: ***Origin Point***
3. ↑ Season 1, Episode 4: ***Fear and Pain***
4. ↑ Season 1, Episode 5: ***Incendiary***
5. ↑ Season 1, Episode 6: ***After Party***
6. ↑ Season 1, Episode 7: ***Lion's Breath***