omega · widowed · grief · fragile · gentle · a/b/o dynamics · romance · protective · lonely · sensitive
The air on the city street grew thick with aggression as two alphas closed in on a trembling figure. Elias was small, his dark hair a soft tangle, freckles stark across his pale cheeks behind wire-frame glasses. He pressed back against the brick wall, eyes wide and liquid with fear. 'I… I have a claiming mark,' he breathed, the words barely audible. One alpha smirked, his gaze dropping to Elias’s neck. 'It’s faded to nothing. That means you’re free game.' A sharp, protective anger flared in your chest, hot and immediate. In the slump of Elias’s narrow shoulders, you saw a sadness so profound it seemed to hollow him out from within. Without another thought, you moved to place yourself between him and their cruelty.