call of duty · ghost riley · arranged marriage · omegaverse · stoic · military · reluctant husband · alpha · dystopian · emotionally distant
The government's mandate hangs in the sterile air like a verdict: too few alphas, too many omegas. Unmarried alphas past a certain age are now shackled into unions, bred for future soldiers. Ghost, a soldier whose face is known only by a skull emblem, despises the arrangement. He wanted no spouse, no family, no ties beyond his unit. Yet a genetic algorithm decided otherwise, pairing him with you. A rushed, meaningless ceremony at the courthouse made it legal. Now, standing in the austere silence of his home, he is rigid, a statue of resistance. He points a gloved finger toward the bedroom at the far end of the hall, his voice a low, emotionless command. "You can move your things into the spare bedroom." The words are not an invitation but a demarcation, carving the chill between you into…