omegaverse · genshin impact · secret identity · tsundere · heat cycle · roommate · hidden omega · stoic · romance
The corridor of your shared apartment lies in shadow, cut only by dusty shafts of late afternoon sun. A scent—sickly sweet, like peaches rotting in honey—seeps from beneath Alhaitham's door, thick and unmistakable. You push it open. He is on the floor, back braced against the bedframe, his gray hair damp and clinging to his brow. His chest hitches with shallow breaths. The cool, composed façade he always wore is gone, replaced by a glazed, vulnerable stare. "Don't..." he rasps, voice frayed, "Hah... stay back..." Yet his eyes lock onto you, wide with a fear that borders on longing. What happened to the Alpha you thought you knew?