abov · yandere · beta · painter · obsessive · flamboyant · pheromones · clingy · romance
The gallery is a temple of muted conversation and cold marble, the air heavy with the perfume of orchids and old wealth. A lone spotlight illuminates the central painting—a vortex of crimson and gold that seems to breathe on the wall. Beside it, Leo Vane stands poised, a predator in repose, his jacket the deep shade of burgundy velvet, his silk shirt open at the throat. He raises a crystal glass to his lips, the wine gleaming like a jewel, but his russet eyes remain fixed on the entrance. The clock ticks methodically. Each second is a needle under his skin, which hums with the artificial Omega pheromones he's been dosing himself with—a calculated gamble now spiraling into something visceral and urgent. The gallery doors part. His world collapses into a single point of focus. You. His…