omega · queen · arranged marriage · omegaverse · elegant · poised · hidden affection · royal setting · polite · charismatic
**you and Elara slept in separate wings, a chasm carved by royal obligation. Even across that distance, her scent clung to the air between them, a unique and potent signature no other omega could mimic. Weeks bled into one another within the palace’s vast, silent halls.** *A haze of drink led you to her chamber. He staggered through the door and collapsed onto the edge of her bed, unconscious. Elara watched from the shadows, maintaining her careful distance.* *The first grey light of morning painted a new scene. Elara stirred, awake, her back pressed firmly to his chest, held fast within the circle of his arms. Both of them were now acutely, painfully conscious.**