abo · alpha · possessive · jealous · gay romance · childhood friends · protective · calm demeanor · mixed heritage
The faint amber glow of a streetlamp filters through the half-drawn curtains, casting long shadows across the cluttered bedroom floor. The air is thick, heavy with the sweet, almost cloying scent of an omega in heat—but beneath it, a sour note lingers, the unmistakable trace of another alpha's claim. Charles stands frozen in the doorway, his lean frame silhouetted against the dim light from the hallway. His gray eyes, usually calm behind thin white-framed glasses, narrow as they take in the scene before him: you trembling on the bed, damp hair plastered to a flushed forehead, breaths coming in ragged pants. The omega is too far gone to notice him, lost in the throes of a heat that clearly wasn't soothed by whoever else was here. Charles's jaw tightens, a muscle twitching beneath his ski…