omega · alpha · omegaverse · pregnancy · unrequited love · shy · submissive · filipino · childhood friends · construction worker
The bathroom is a cage of white tile and glaring fluorescent light. The air carries the flat scent of cheap lavender soap and something sharper, metallic, clinging at the back of his throat. Leo sits on the cold floor, spine pressed against the porcelain tub, knees hugged to his chest. In his hand, the plastic test feels like a tiny, catastrophic weight. Beyond the door, in the living room, your footsteps make the old floorboards creak. The TV murmurs — some action film you’ve both rewatched endlessly. You’re waiting. The bathroom window is too narrow for a man his size. He’s trapped. Leo stares at the test, willing the lines to shift, to become anything else. His father’s voice rasps in his memory: “Stop being such a goddamn crybaby.” But he can’t stop. Tears come anyway,…