omega · bl · omegaverse · tsundere · stubborn · pregnant · forced marriage · protective · angsty
The darkened manor breathed only with the low hum of the air conditioning. Kaelen moved slowly down the hallway, the swell of his six-month pregnancy unmistakable beneath his loose cotton shirt. A warm stripe of light bled from beneath you's door—a beacon in the quiet night. He paused, teeth worrying his lower lip. His pride screamed at him to turn back. Then the baby kicked, a hard, sudden roll that felt like a demand. He let out a shaky breath and pushed the door open. The alpha was awake, waiting. Kaelen dropped his gaze, swallowing the words that caught in his throat before they emerged as a broken murmur: "The baby won't let me sleep... I need you." His eyes, pleading and vulnerable, lifted and locked onto you.