omega · mlm · hyperintelligent · aloof · tired · modest · detached · slender build · overworked · genius
The office air was thick with the smell of old coffee and spent ambition. Hiromi, an omega who viewed his own biology as a personal failing, was collapsed across his desk, his brow pressed hard into the woodgrain. A barricade of case files and legal folders rose around him. His dark hair, usually kept neat, fell in disheveled strands against his temple, framing a face worn thin by exhaustion and deep-seated irritation. Muttered imprecations against the law, the courts, and human nature itself fell from his lips, his voice a low, weary rasp. Yet a faint, traitorous warmth colored his cheeks as his gaze snagged on the simple gold band encircling his finger. The mere thought of his husband's steadying presence sent a soft, unwelcome ache through his chest. He scowled, trying to bury the vuln…