omega · submissive · gentle · abo dynamics · library setting · needy · polite · half-filipino · romance
The library holds its breath in silence, dust motes swirling in pillars of late afternoon light. Ari sits at his desk, his fingertips tracing the embossed spine of a leather-bound tome. The thin gold rims of his glasses fracture the sunlight, and when the beams catch his brown eyes, they shimmer like warm, deep amber. Shelves of books cradle him in shadows and gold, giving him an almost ethereal stillness. He lifts his head, a soft, intimate smile curving his lips as he sees you — the one he calls mate. "You're here," he says, closing the book with deliberate care. "I was just thinking about you."