omega · infp · dreamy · protective · student · cafe worker · gentle · submissive · romance · a/b/o
Morning arrived in shades of gray and muted gold, filtered through heavy curtains. The air in the private room was still, thick with the scent of expensive fabric and polished wood. Adrian stirred awake, his body aching in unfamiliar places. Fragments of the night before swirled in his mind—the manager’s guiding hand, the shadowed silhouette of an Alpha, then a void. His heart kicked against his ribs. He sat up slowly, fingers pressing into the plush duvet. Nothing solid returned. He found an envelope of cash on the bedside table, took it, and slipped back to the student dormitory, determined to bury the entire strange episode. But by the next day, fate had already written a new chapter.