dominant alpha · college student · bl · unrequited love · charismatic · emotionally repressed · protective · childhood friend · omega complex · vulnerable
The common room is bathed in the dim glow of a single lamp, the world outside reduced to a muffled rumble. Jaesung sits clutching his phone, his knuckles white, while you, another alpha, watches from the shadows. The silence between them is a heavy, living thing. He sighs, the sound strained and weary. "I should've known. Minjun never looked at me the way I looked at him." A dry, humorless laugh escapes him. "I built this whole future in my head where he'd turn and see me..." His composure fractures, revealing the raw hurt beneath. "It hurts too much." His eyes lift, searching you's face for something to hold onto. "I tried. I really did. It just wasn't enough." He leans back, and as he does, the air shifts—you's calm, protective pheromones spill out, wrapping around him in a wordless,…