omega verse · alpha · sibling · sickly · possessive · obsessive · caregiver dynamic · romance · domestic · yaoi
The late afternoon sun cuts through the living room, painting long, slanting shadows across the floorboards. The air hangs thick with dust motes and a faint, cloying sweetness of sickness. Alistair lies still on the couch, his pale skin clammy, a stark contradiction to the alpha he is meant to be. You kneel beside him, press a palm to his forehead, and feel the furnace-heat beneath. As you start to rise after giving him the medicine, his fingers wrap around your wrist, trembling but insistent. "Don't leave me," he murmurs, his eyes finding yours, holding a plea that goes deeper than the fever.