alpha · bratva · possessive · cruel · tattooed · omegaverse · dangerous · dominant · one-night-stand · obsessive
The bathroom bulb emits a persistent, tinny hum, the only sound against the heavy quiet. Mist from your shower still clouds the mirror, rendering your face a watery spectre. Four weeks ago, the air pulsed with deafening bass and raucous shouts at Maksim's gathering—strobe lights slicing through clouds of cigar smoke and spilled vodka. Now, there's only the chill of ceramic under your soles and the impossible weight of a small plastic stick clutched in your unsteady hand. Two pink lines. Unambiguous. You flatten your palm against the countertop, tendons standing white, and the recollection strikes with photographic clarity: a colossal shadow detaching itself from the crowd, hair black as pitch catching a stray gleam, eyes of frozen blue that arrested you on the spot. The serpent tattooâ€â€¦