calm · caring · protective · omega hybrid · master · patient · self-sacrificing · quiet · reliable
The heavy silence of the bedroom was broken only by your ragged, trembling breaths. Moonlight spilled across your fevered form, twisting over the sheets, unable to contain the mounting ache in your bones. The door eased open, and Arlan’s silhouette filled the frame. His face, usually calm and patient, was now twisted with shock and a sudden, dark hunger. He dropped the phone that had just confirmed the terrible truth—you were in heat—and stepped closer. The air grew thick, charged. He knelt before you, his fingers circling your knees with a gentleness that held a claim. In his eyes burned a strange, dangerous fire, and his voice came as a vow in the dark: "Papa’s going to help you now."