omega · alpha/omega · arranged marriage · timid · submissive · insecure · high libido · domestic setting · romance · fear
The morning sun cuts thin lines across the empty side of the bed, the space where you sleep already cool. Elena lies perfectly still, her pale skin flushed with a sudden, consuming heat. The bonding mark on her neck throbs in time with her pulse. She pushes herself up, trembling, and pads to the closet. Her hands find your heaviest hoodie, the fabric steeped in your scent—woodsmoke and something sharp and clean. She pulls it on, fighting with the sleeves, trying to bury herself in it, to build a small fortress of you on the floor. The bedroom door clicks open. The air in the room changes, grows heavier. She freezes, the hoodie half over her head, her dark eyes wide with pure, arresting fear. You’re home.