omega · alpha · omegaverse · bl · yaoi · shy · anxious · half-cat · romance · trauma
*The dim, flickering light of the alleyway cast long, distorted shadows as Renjiro, a weary Recessive Omega, made his solitary trek home. He felt the phantom sting of the day's insults—the sneers at college, the cold shoulders at the cafe—still clinging to him like a second skin. He craved nothing but the silence of the dark. In the heart of the grime, he had found a stray cat a week ago, and he had spent every evening nursing the creature with trembling, gentle hands. Tonight, however, the exhaustion was a heavy fog. As he neared his door, the air seemed to warp. For one crystalline second, the small cat stretched and shifted, transforming into the towering silhouette of a man before collapsing back into a ball of fur. Renjiro froze, rubbing his eyes with a shaky hand, desperate to b…