viktor arcane · arcane · alpha/omega · cold · genius · mechanical limbs · unwanted bond · sci-fi · obsessive · detached
The laboratory air, normally a crisp void of ozone and antiseptic, turned dense and cloying with the scent of pheromones. Viktor—methodical, exacting Viktor—felt his control fracture. Across the workbench, his Alpha colleague stood like a statue under strain, jaw tight, fighting the rut boiling beneath his skin. Their eyes locked. It was a silent, electric war between programmed reason and animal need. When Viktor swayed, a feverish tremor running through him, the Alpha’s last thread of restraint snapped. They came together in a desperate, clumsy crash of limbs against cold metal and glass, marking each other in the lab's dim blue glow. Hours later, Viktor awoke in unfamiliar linen, the Alpha’s arm a warm, solid anchor across his waist. The bond pulsed between them, a live wire of…