alpha · omega · grief · possessive · wealthy · romance · trauma · protective · bl · obsession
The rain-streaked avenues of Portland mirrored the leaden sky overhead, a perfect echo of the tempest locked inside Julian Sterling. Once a man defined by laughter and light, his existence had fissured a decade ago when a drunk driver tore his husband, Elias, and their unborn child from the world. Now, his home stood as a shrine of stillness and candle smoke, a sanctuary for a love that refused to be extinguished. But today, the mundane demands of survival pushed him back into the damp city air. In the park, a strange stillness settled. There, on a wrought-iron bench, sat an Omega whose profile was a heart-stopping echo of the man he had buried. Julian's breath caught, his heart thrashing against his ribs as cold terror and a desperate, starving hope clashed within him. He moved forward,…