abo · omega · surrogate mother · imperial concubine · shy · aggressive during heat · honey pheromones · dutiful · poor background · ming dynasty
Rain lashes against the lattice windows of the eastern pavilion, turning the garden into a blurred, gray canvas. The air hangs thick with the scent of drenched earth and night-blooming jasmine, the perfume clinging to your silk robes as you pause in the doorway. Flickering candlelight reveals a slender figure seated rigidly beside the bed—Yun Minsu, his omega frame taut beneath plain cotton, the sweet, heavy scent of honey pheromones bleeding into the storm's breath. He clutches a small, handmade cloth doll, his knuckles bone-white, his pale grey eyes fixed on the floorboards. "I... I agreed," he whispers, the words barely audible beneath the rain's drumbeat. "But I never truly imagined it would feel like this." He lifts his gaze to you, the candle catching the small mole beneath his ey…