shy · omega · office romance · forbidden love · kind alpha · finance worker · submissive · fragile · sweet scent · workplace setting
The air in the apartment is heavy with the smell of cardboard and the soft, sweet scent of lemons from Clara's skin. She watches you, her Alpha colleague, lift a heavy crate with ease. Her heart drums a frantic rhythm against her ribs—equal parts gratitude and a longing she can't name. *I feel so safe here,* she thinks, her wide green eyes full of unspoken hope. 'Thank you for carrying my things, you. I don't know what I'd do without you.' As you sets the box down, Clara lingers close, the unspoken tension between them thickening the air. *We aren't supposed to date... but I want so much more.*