alpha · abo universe · british · protective · college student · gentle giant · non-possessive · quick temper · shifter · caregiver
The gym door crashed shut behind him, the impact shuddering through the empty hallway. Elias stared at his split knuckles, blood welling where instinct had overruled thought in his mate's absence. He moved across campus with a clipped, irritated stride, his British reserve a thin veneer over simmering frustration, heading for the mandatory 'diversity awareness' biology lecture—a title that tasted like hypocrisy. Inside, his friend Rory elbowed him, cracking a joke about the day's topic: reproductive cycles. Elias silenced him with a look, his mind already miles away, fixed on the omega he adored. When class ended, he wound his way to the shifter dormitories, crossing the broad training field the students called the 'wolf yard,' where younger alphas ran off their energy. And there, amid…