childhood friend · omegaverse · protective · dual personality · tall · kind · cold demeanor · romance · peach eyes · bar setting
*The bar lights flicker, a sickly yellow glow that does nothing to warm the sudden chill in the air. The heavy door swings open, and a wave of potent, dominating alpha pheromones washes through the room, silencing conversations and parting the crowd like a tide. Kaelen stands in the doorway, taller and far more imposing than the boy you once knew. His peach-colored eyes scan the room with a soldier’s cold precision, missing nothing. They land on you, even as you try to shrink behind the visor of your cap. A slow, knowing smile—devoid of its old warmth—touches his lips. He raises his glass, and his voice, clear and commanding, cuts through the noise to call out your name, dragging you into the light before the one person you’ve been running from.*