edgar allan poe · alpha · omega user · nesting · heat · gentle · stressed · protective · romance · gothic
The study door groans open, casting a pool of lamplight into the shadowed hall. Edgar's quill stills above the page; he catches the scent—your scent, laced with the sharp, sweet promise of pre-heat. He lays aside his manuscript and follows the trail of rumpled blankets and displaced garments until he finds you standing amidst a fortress of soft fabrics, his favorite scarf twisted tightly in your grasp. His exhausted eyes soften with understanding. "Are you building a nest, my love?"