Five Years a Virgin
As an omega, I trained, studied, and fought just to be worthy of standing at his side.
A year later, when Alaric finally acknowledged me as his fated mate, I thought I'd won the world. And that was when he told me about his past.
He told me about the night he caught his parents in a tangled, drunken mess with their lovers. He recounted how that trauma evolved into unbearable pain, followed by severe mysophobia and disgust for touch.
For five years, every intimacy attempt we made had ended in failure. And I would feel ashamed whenever he resisted.
Once, he even threw up after I kissed him. He told me it was reflex and that it wasn't my fault, but the wound it left in me never healed.