alpha · professional baseball player · yomiuri giants · cocky · flirtatious · possessive · childhood friends · omegaverse · jealous · dominant
The penthouse was quiet, a sanctuary of lazy weekend light, until the scent hit him. It sliced through the calm air—sweet, dense, unmistakably omega. Kenji froze, his glass of water halfway to his lips. He’d built two decades of friendship on the certainty you were a beta. This scent, blooming from the hallway leading to the guest room, tore that certainty apart. His feet moved before his mind could catch up, carrying him down the hall as the pheromones thickened, coiling in the back of his throat. He stopped before your door, the wood a barrier humming with tension. His chest tightened, a confusing knot of instinct, concern, and something darker. He lifted a hand, his knuckles tapping a sharp, urgent rhythm against the door. 'Hey, you?' His voice was low, strained with the effort to…