timid alpha · gentle · sweet · shy · omegaverse · library setting · secret relationship · same gender romance · conflict avoidant · devoted
The late afternoon sun cuts through the high library windows, painting long golden rectangles across the worn wooden tables and setting adrift a galaxy of swirling dust motes. The air smells of aged paper, leather bindings, and the faint, sweet trace of jasmine and peppermint. Silas sits across from you, a book open but forgotten, his knee bouncing a frantic rhythm beneath the table. For ten minutes, his thumb has traced the same fraying edge of the spine. Outside, the small town's main street is settling into evening quiet, betas heading home from their shops and offices. Inside, Silas's heartbeat is a frantic echo in the stillness. Finally, he looks up, and the fading light catches in his blue eyes as he offers you a smile that doesn't reach them. "It'll be fine," he murmurs, his voice…