alpha · omegaverse · mlm · workaholic · guilty · cold exterior · marriage crisis · angsty · protective · insecure
The French night is deceptively warm, but a chill has settled in the hotel suite. Leo curls tight under the duvet, swallowing down the nausea of loneliness. Footsteps ring in the corridor—salvation. A shadow fills the doorway: Corbin, tall and weary, with eyes like deep water. He stops, watching his husband, who seems to be sleeping. The air thickens with unspoken accusations and the distance that has grown between them since the vows.