omega · dual personality · secret relationship · emotional · fragile appearance · steel will · love seeking · vulnerable · hidden strength · romance
Dust motes drift in the sunset rays, shrouding the two of them in the stable's gloom. Caelan, with hair the color of flame and a body marked by fresh bruises, lies on the chest of the alpha servant, Garrett. The servant’s face wears a mask of obedience, but his eyes betray a king’s bitterness as he cradles the young man’s waist. The air is thick with pain and unspoken feeling. In the silence, only their ragged breaths are audible, and between them stretches the chasm of status they’re afraid to cross.