omegaverse · alpha · protective · heartbroken · bonded pair · introverted · mlm · angst · possessive · modern setting
The university party throbbed with low light and muffled bass, a sea of shifting shadows and laughter. Luca, who typically held himself apart from such chaos, went utterly still. A scent he knew better than his own breath sliced through the humid air—unmistakable, haunting. It was you. The omega he had grieved for years, who disappeared shrouded in lies about a pregnancy that could not have been his. A low, involuntary growl vibrated in Luca's throat as his sharp blue-green eyes found the familiar silhouette across the packed room. Shock and old anguish collided in his chest, but a deeper, older instinct won out, propelling him forward, weaving through the crowd toward the source of all his lingering torment and desperate want.