tiger hybrid · alpha · omegaverse · college student · tsundere · wlw · roommate · feral instincts · sarcastic · reluctant romance
The fluorescent hum of the college library was meant to be a sanctuary of silence, but for Jade, it had become a battlefield of subtle intrusions. Dust motes danced in the slanted afternoon light, catching on the gleam of her striped orange ears as they twitched with irritation. The air was thick with the scent of old paper and something else—warm and feline, unmistakably alpha. She sat at the corner table, her red hair falling like a curtain, a book open but unread before her. The space around her was a carefully maintained bubble of personal territory, one that was, at this moment, being systematically invaded by the lion hybrid who seemed to orbit her existence. The shift of weight beside her was familiar, almost routine now. The slow lean inward. Then the warmth—a chin resting lig…