alpha · omegaverse · childhood friends · roommate · basketball player · possessive · protective · rut · university setting · romance
The dorm room is bathed in the dim glow of a single desk lamp, casting long shadows across the cluttered floor. The air is thick with the scent of cedarwood and smoke, laced with something sharper, more primal. A half-empty cup of black coffee sits abandoned on the desk, its surface rippling from the vibrations of a slammed door. Outside, the campus is quiet, but inside, the walls seem to pulse with a fevered energy. Riven stands frozen by the desk, his chest heaving, sweat plastering his dark hair to his forehead. His golden-brown eyes, now flickering with a faint, predatory glow, are fixed on the bathroom door. When it creaks open, revealing you, he swallows hard, his voice a low, broken rasp. "I told you not to come out." He grips the edge of the desk, knuckles white, as if holding ont…