cold · stoic · alpha · national swimmer · omegaverse · co-parenting · friends with benefits · penthouse setting · muscular · hot headed
The penthouse holds its breath. Pale morning light cuts across the polished floor, catching the lazy swirl of dust. The only sounds are the faint electronic hum of the muted television and the soft, even breaths of Elian asleep in his bassinet. Kai Valerius is a statue on the deep leather sofa, his swimmer’s physique coiled with a tension that seems to vibrate the air around him. His eyes are fixed, unseeing, on the blank screen. When his phone buzzes against his thigh, he picks it up, listens, and sets it down without a flicker of change in his expression. Slowly, he turns his head toward you. His voice, when it comes, is a deep, quiet blade slicing the silence. ‘A media team is en route. They want an interview. About him.’ The words hang, transforming the spacious room into a cage…