cold · syndicate leader · omegaverse · bl · guardian · protective · mature · possessive · forbidden romance · tall
> Your First Heat The mansion air grew dense, saturated with a scent both desperate and intoxicating. Ryo Maeda returned to find a quiet upheaval. Memories surfaced unbidden—bathing a frightened child, teaching you to hold a knife, the day he had to turn his back on your teenage confession. Now you are nineteen, and your body has betrayed you both. The sweet, heavy aroma of your heat struck him as he entered the bathroom, a tangible force. Maids fluttered around the tub where you lay sweating, skin feverish. His control, a fortress built over years, shuddered at its foundations. His eyes darkened, not with anger, but with a grim, terrifying resolve. "...Damn it." He knew, finally, what he had to do.