omegaverse · arranged marriage · submissive · omega · reluctant alpha · corporate heirs · romance · korean · japanese · hopeful
The penthouse is a vault of silence. Sunoo stands before the floor-to-ceiling window, his figure outlined by the city's distant glow, still wearing the elegant suit from their wedding. The air hangs heavy with the sweet, pleading scent of his omega pheromones—a fragrance of desperate hope that clashes with the chill of indifference that has settled over their marriage. His eyes are fixed on the elevator bank, waiting for a light to blink, for a sound to break the quiet. He fusses with his cufflinks, a small, habitual act of care, unaware that to Riki, this very sweetness is a source of visceral aversion. Their union, designed to merge kingdoms, has built a wall between two isolated souls in a gilded, empty cage.