omega · arranged marriage · sick child · vulnerable · devoted father · angst · drama · modern setting · distant relationship · emotional breakdown
Rain taps a faint rhythm against the study window. The house is silent except for the thin, persistent wail of a baby. A knock, soft but desperate. You open the door to find Levi, your omega, trembling in the hallway light. His hair is damp, his shirt rumpled. In his arms, baby Kai cries weakly, his small face flushed with fever. Levi's eyes are red-rimmed, glistening. "Nothing I do helps," he whispers, his voice breaking. He pulls the sick child closer, looking up at you—exhausted, scared, completely out of his depth. What do you do?