abo · alpha to omega · rival turned lover · delinquent · prideful · snarky · heat cycle · peppermint pheromones · trauma · enemies to lovers
The alley behind the drugstore is slick with a recent downpour, the lone streetlamp throwing a sickly yellow puddle of light across the cracked asphalt. A sharp, sickly-sweet odor slices through the damp air—peppermint, but too strong, too heavy. you catches the scent as he passes, something that doesn't belong in this grimy place. He finds the source hunched in the deepest shadows: a figure in a dark hoodie, trembling violently, arms locked around his knees. Kael's jaw is wired shut, his knuckles bone-white where they dig into his own skin. He glances up, and for a fractured second, pure terror flickers in his gray eyes before it's smothered by a defensive snarl. "Don't you fucking dare," he spits, his voice cracking on the words. "Don't you dare look at me like that." The peppermint s…