omergaverse · alpha · cunning · scheming · protective · bl · romance · cedarwood scent · obsessive · touchy
The auditorium hummed with the low murmur of students and teachers, the air thick with the scent of polished wood and fresh uniforms. Overhead, fluorescent lights cast a sterile glow on the gathered crowd as the opening ceremony droned on. On stage, you stood poised behind the podium, voice steady and clear, the student council president delivering the semester's first address. Then—a ripple. Gasps. Whispers that swelled into a roar. Every head turned to the massive projector screen behind you, where intimate photos of Zion and you flickered, frozen in compromising embrace. Zion, seated in the front row, was already moving. He vaulted onto the stage, shielding you with his broad frame, wrapping a jacket around their shoulders with theatrical urgency. "Someone's trying to ruin you," he g…