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Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Rape/Non-Con, Underage Category: Multi, Other Fandom: Rise_of_the_Guardians_(2012), Guardians_of_Childhood_-_William_Joyce, Guardians_of_Childhood_&_Related_Fandoms Relationship: Jack_Frost/Pitch_Black, E._Aster_Bunnymund_&_Jack_Frost Character: Jack_Frost, Kozmotis_Pitchiner, Pitch, Pitch_Black_(Guardians_of Childhood), E._Aster_Bunnymund, Toothiana_(Guardians_of_Childhood), Sanderson_Mansnoozie Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega_Dynamics, Omega_Verse, Alpha/Omega, Omega_Jack, Omega Jack_Frost_(Guardians_of_Childhood), Jealous_Pitch_Black_(Guardians_of Childhood), Alpha_Pitch, Pitch_Black_-_Freeform, Human_E._Aster Bunnymund, Human_Toothiana_(Guardians_of_Childhood), Protective_Pitch Black_(Guardians_of_Childhood), Katherine_guardians_of_childhood, Virgin Jack_Frost_(Guardians_of_Childhood), Knotting, References_to_Knotting, Suicide, Child_Abuse, Alcohol_Abuse/Alcoholism, Past_Abuse, Past_Child Abuse, Physical_Abuse, Mild_Blood, Domestic_Violence, anal_penetration, Anal_Fingering, Anal, Smut, Alpha_Kozmotis_Pitchiner, Underage_Drinking, Underage_Drug_Use, Making_Out, Dubious_Consent, Angst_and_Hurt/Comfort, Scenting, Breeding, Scent_Marking, Other_Additional_Tags_to_Be_Added Stats: Published: 2017-06-24 Updated: 2018-01-30 Chapters: 7/? Words: 39679 ****** It Just Never Lets Up ****** by Beebum01 Summary Two of Mr. Pitchiner's best friends pass away and now he's inherited a lot more than he bargained for. The Company and money was great, but now he's the guardian of his best friends' only son 'Jack' and what's more than unsettling is he presents as an Omega and being an Alpha himself, he doesn't want to break his promise to protect the boy. ***** Hollow ***** Chapter Notes Just thought I'd give this story a shot when it popped into my head while working on something else. I'll hopefully be updating this soon, cause I want to get to good stuff with a territorial Pitch and a Jealous Aster. ;) It was under sad circumstances that Jack ended up in his care and he knew that the boy was adamant about not talking about it. The parents of the boy had passed, two of Mr. Pitchiner’s closest friends had only gone out for their anniversary with a tragic movie like ending – with no other living relatives and their son only about 13 at the time. Needless to say, when he received a call from a lawyer making him the inheritor of a slightly larger fortune than his own and appointing him the guardian of Mr. and Mrs. Frost’s only son, ‘Jack’, it was a feeling of loss and confusion on so many levels that he was almost in a daze going through it. In less than a night he had a child to care for and was missing two of the best people he had known and that had accepted him regardless of his past. The cold man didn’t have a lot going for him other than being a partner to Mr. Frost in a major leading company for technology ‘Overland Inc.’, so it was a new and unexpected situation that inheriting a small family was something he never thought he would experience. Being that Jack’s father and Pitch had grown up together made everything else that much worse under the pretenses; let’s just say it was hard to separate his personal life and his work when he couldn’t make any distinguishing barriers between what was work and what was home. Mr. Pitchiner or ‘Pitch’ -was what most people close to him called him for short (a nickname from his childhood courtesy of Mr. Frost), wasn’t the most inviting and most people had wondered how both Alphas became so close being polar opposites. Mr. Frost was a kind yet stern man and was beloved by everyone that met him, while most people were afraid to just make eye contact with Pitch. Pitch was the deal driver in the company and some would say most of the brains behind it, but he didn’t mind not being the face when it began – just knowing that he wasn’t the most approachable. Four years later, he looked at himself in his bathroom mirror after washing his face. He hadn’t aged very much, features still just as sharp and not softening for the life of him. His dark curly hair that he tried to keep slicked back for appearances was hanging messily in front of his amber tinted eyes. Most said he was handsome, just very off putting with a heightened air about him that demanded superiority. A typical ‘Alpha’. He didn’t mind the title very much, but it became an issue when the boy presented at fifteen as an Omega. He was at a loss when the white-haired teen had fallen to the floor with the most amazing scent that could send anyone, even an Alpha, into hyperdrive. It took everything in him not to over step his boundaries and break any trust with the boy. Not that society would hold it against him. There were rumors about the rarer sex, that they were actually sirens, descended upon humanity to test the endurance of man in abstaining and not succumbing to worldly pleasures. He wasn’t a man to believe in weird ideologies, but after that first heat, one might think him a prophet of some sort. He remembered it as clear as day, two years prior, the boy was in the kitchen making them breakfast. He was in his room adjusting his tie, when he heard a crash and suddenly the aroma of wintergreen mint and warm vanilla had filled the area. It was as if something in his brain had turned on and he needed to find where it was coming from. He had never come into contact with an Omega prior, at least not that he was aware of, and the fact that the boy was one was all the more puzzling, being that both of his parents were Alpha and Beta. As he followed the scent, he remembered it being the strongest in the kitchen and as he saw the boy struggling to get up off the floor, sweating and whimpering -as if he was calling a mate – it made Pitch sick. Not sick in the sense that he was repulsed by the boy himself, but sick in the fact that he couldn’t control himself, not even to look away. He remembered himself trembling as he was fighting his primitive instincts to fuck him and knowing that this child was in his care by the parents – his late best friends. Had they known the boy was a ‘breeder’, were they aware of the struggles that he would face? And if so, why did they think Pitch was good enough for the job? “P-Pitch…?” He heard it call his name. He could feel the blood pulsating through his forehead as his name fell sweetly from the boy’s lips. “I’m… s- scared…” The boy’s pleas had almost fallen on deaf ears as time seemed to be Pitch’s keeper. It wasn’t until the timer on his watch had gone off, that he realized they were going to be late. “It’s going… to be… fine…” Pitch commanded to himself through gritted teeth as he managed to turn his head away from Jack, tears now at the corners of both of their eyes. He could hear him sniffling from behind him as he called his secretary Katherine, who happened to be a Beta. He told her about the boy’s condition and that she needed to take him to the doctor immediately. He’d given her specific instructions to leave Pitch a detailed synopsis of what went on, the diagnosis as well as the list of things that boy would need. It wasn't something Pitch needed to explain when he also asked her to hold off his meeting and appointments for the rest of the day as he would be taking a personal one. He needed to find a hotel for the week. *** Jack also remembered that day very vividly. It was the day that everything in his life became clear that he was never meant for happiness. It wasn’t an extraordinary day for anything, but he could recall cramping and periods of feeling warm only a week before it happened. He had just chocked it off to possibly getting sick or catching whatever was going around at school; after all it was spring time, so colds and allergies weren’t out of the question. He had gotten up as normal, grabbed a quick shower and was in the kitchen making toast and eggs for his guardian and himself. It was the routine and he knew that the man would be busy all day and so rarely had time to eat. He was thankful for Pitch, despite never really being close to the man, he knew that his father had trusted him with his life. Whenever someone had spoken negatively of Pitch, despite his demeanor, Mr. Frost always corrected them with his perception of the man he openly trusted and called his best friend. The living circumstances weren’t all that bad either. Pitch was now singularly the CEO of Overland Inc. and so was always busy, leaving Jack to himself most of the time. It made things easier as Jack preferred his solitude to the company of most. He did have his friend Aster as well as Toothiana (whose parents she always educated were dentists after providing her name), that he spent most of his time with, if not alone. Pitch graciously hadn’t forced Jack to leave his friends and instead had purchased a decent sized mansion on a mountain side that happened to be somewhat close to his school. It was relatively bigger than what Jack had been used to, as Mr. Frost liked to appear normal regardless of the amount of money he had at his fingertips. With the three stories of glass and grey stone, it was very modern, but blended well with its surroundings of large pine trees and the green shrubbery on the land. Pitch wasn’t much of a gardener and so preferred a low maintenance back yard. They did however have a balcony that over looked a lake a few miles away, that Jack would sit on and draw when he wanted space from everything. He imagined Pitch picked it, because the house was so remote and Pitch also liked to be alone. That day though. The day it had him doubling over on the kitchen floor, with cramps so bad that it had him on all fours begging for relief. The heat that filled his veins and swelled at the core of his stomach, then staring up at the man and wanting something from him. They weren’t close -the deepest conversation he could remember them having was when he was thirteen. They were driving in Pitch’s car and the man had clarified that despite them never formally being introduced, he loved his father like a brother and he was going to take care of Jack. But it was weird. He suddenly could feel Mr. Pitchener in the room, he could smell him. A rich oak and cologne musk that made him feel comforted. He needed something from the man, but his ears and neck flushed red, when he realized where he felt he needed something the most. His body couldn’t possibly have an erection for a man he likened to family and why were his pants suddenly wet? They weren’t blood related by any means, but he never once looked at the man that way. Or did he? He recalled Pitch’s scent always being transparent to him even when he was on the opposite side of the house, and knowing the older man was present. That was normal, right? Or being able to smell Katherine on his tie, when he knew that the secretary was always adjusting it before his meetings. That was also a normal thing, wasn’t it? His vision was hazy as Mr. Pitchiner focused on him, and he called out. “P-Pitch?” The boy’s voice cracked as he looked at the dark-haired man staring intently on him, obviously startled and struggling with something. There was sweat on the man’s brow and he looked as though someone had punched him in the gut. “I’m… s-scared…” Jack managed to sputter as he tried to stay sitting up, instead of being forced by his own state on his chest and forearms. He could hear the man saying that everything was going to be fine under his breath, and then watched him turn away to get on his phone. In a weird way, the boy felt abandoned staring up at the man’s broad back in a well pressed black suit. It was a cold and isolating feeling that turned his stomach as he could feel tears running down his cheeks. He just wanted to be touched. He just needed to be held and told everything was going to be alright. That’s when he realized he missed his mom. She would’ve known what to do. He had suppressed so much of his sadness and in that moment, he no longer had any restraint or control. He started sobbing while thinking of his mother and wanting her warmth. It felt like only moments later when he smelt Katherine. A warm and kind scent, like cinnamon and berries (it always reminded him of tea), was helping him off the floor while covering her face with a scarf. “It’s going to be okay honey,” she said sweetly, her words slightly muffled by the cloth. He latched onto her, wrapping his arms around her neck, trying to bury his face into the comforting smell being emitted from her scent gland. She let him, realizing he no longer had any parents and couldn’t imagine Pitch’s presence was all that heartwarming. She sat down with him on the floor as he was becoming a dead weight in not being able to control his legs. She remembered him whimpering in her arms as she grabbed the medicine from her bag that she luckily still had on her person. She watched him eye what was she was doing, face still close to her neck as she pulled the cap off to a reveal a syringe and a needle. He hid his face in her neck without so much as a sniffle. “Jack honey? Do you trust me?” She asked as she could feel him trembling on her side. He nodded into her neck with a small croon, and it felt like coddling a small child not a boy of fifteen. Then again, she herself had never dealt with an Omega. She remembered having a distant relative that was rumored to be one, but it wasn’t something commonly talked about. Luckily, in her earlier years of college, she had taken some medical classes and had an idea of how to administer medicine with a needle. He winced and she could feel the tears on her neck, realizing that due to the thickness of the medicine, it probably hurt as it was taking a few minutes to be injected into his thigh. He was quietly sobbing on her as she quickly removed the needle and held him for a moment. He was clearly exhausted from just the oncoming symptoms of his first heat taking their toll and was still amazed that Pitch had managed to get out of the house before succumbing to the scent. *** She realized immediately approaching the front door to the house and letting herself in with the key that was given to her by Mr. Pitchener, that something was off. Finding the boy in that groveling state, body desperately presenting itself to be claimed and immediately her heart softened as the boy was a mess of his own tears. Even during their trip to the doctors, she could see depression tint the boy’s pale eyes as he took in the news. She knew it was hard being told in so many words that his body was going to be his worst enemy every three or so months and that it was preparing him for something he couldn’t even muster at such an early age in his youth. Also being responsible for almost tempting the man that was his care taker, was also embarrassing. The doctor was a sweeter middle-aged lady with blonde hair and rosy cheeks, but even the sweetness in her tone couldn’t soften the harsh reality that he was a ‘breeder’, and that everyone was going to know, as it was a legal requirement his school be notified regarding his fragile condition, for his absences were now going to be much more frequent. *** She took him home, and things were content. He had all the medicines and instructions on how to take them that he would need along with her and the doctor office’s phone number in case of emergencies. He was now on birth control, something the doctor advised to make sure his heat cycles were regular, and something he was obviously off put by, but couldn’t say ‘no’ to. “Do you think… he’s mad at me?” Jack asked quietly as Katherine was tucking him into bed and making sure everything was set up before she left. Her red hair fell over her shoulder, as she sat on the end of the bed, Jack looking towards the window. Her green eyes were kind as she knitted her eyebrows and crooned to him attentively. “No sweetie, I can’t imagine why he would be. None of this is your fault.” Katherine put her hand on his knee over the blanket. “It’s just a little hard, especially when people like you are so unique and your hormones demand attention in a different way.” He let a few tears slide down his cheek before he wiped them away. “Th-thank you Katie.” Jack said ever so gently as he lay on his side. She had been his go-to for the last couple years, also being present when Jack’s father was still alive and so she knew his family a little more intimately then just being a secretary. Especially always overseeing the families’ personal affairs and appointments. It comforted Jack with her around, knowing that he didn’t lose everything and even looking back at what had happened, he loved Katherine dearly. ***** Sweet Things ***** Chapter Summary Pitch's feelings are growing for the boy after so many years of care- willing to give the boy everything he could desire, but at what price? School has started and Aster's come home from summer vacation in Australia; and things are getting hot and heavy. Chapter Notes Another chapter - Thanks so much for reading! See the end of the chapter for more notes Jack was now seventeen and right on track for graduation. His senior year of high school had begun and his school being notified wasn’t all that bad. As a matter of fact, they actually put in some effort to accommodate his ‘condition’, as they weren’t used to Omegas attending their school and were pleased to have one (even if it was to diversify their demographics). The overall acceptance may also have been helped by the fact that Jack’s father had been a huge sponsor towards ‘North Star’ -the very reputable private academy his son was already attending beforehand; and for appearance sake, Mr. Pitchener hadn’t stopped any of their connections with the headmaster. The routine hadn’t changed much either; despite the traumatic event. Jack still got up and made breakfast for himself and his guardian every day since. Pitch figured with everything that had happened, recalling the boy’s first heat, that Jack was well aware he had to take precautions in safeguarding himself during those times.   “How’re your grades?” Pitch asked over breakfast. They usually sat at the smaller dining table most days as it was a lot more personal. They had a formal dining room, well furnished with a gaudy twelve seat hand-carved wooden dining table, but it was rarely ever used as both of them didn’t have nearly enough friends. Truthfully, Pitch only ever used it for dinners with the company clients he was forced to impress and to work out deals. “They’re good, but the year just started…” Jack stated unconcerned as he poked around his plate, chasing a blueberry that had fallen to the side of his pancake. He was a relatively good kid, with excellent grades, the only issue was that he had a mouth on him when he felt strongly about things and it sometimes got him into trouble. “That’s good. Have you thought of what colleges you would like to attend?” Pitch was just trying to be the best caretaker in the best way he knew how. He didn’t want to seem too overbearing, but having been rearing the kid for the last four years, he honestly just wanted the best for him. “Am I allowed… to attend?” Jack looked at the stern man, jaw clenched and knitting his eyebrows in question. Pitch nodded and looked at the pale beauty knowing why he was asking. Despite the rarity of the situation, the few times an Omega was brought up, they were only acknowledged as excellent domestic baby and home makers. It wasn’t uncommon for them to settle down early with a partner without pursuing a formal career, but he knew Jack didn’t want that, and hell he had the money to send Jack anywhere he wanted to go. “Well if you keep your GPA in top shape, I see no reason why not.” Pitch declared as he finished his coffee. Jack’s face lit up and looked as if he wanted to cry. It pained the man to see any discomfort stir within the pup, but knew that the boy had found some relief with the answer that was given to him. Pitch didn’t know if he was becoming more susceptible to the boy’s mood because his Alpha was aware of the Omega, or if it was some sort of paternal instinct, but he knew he couldn’t ignore it. “T-thank you.” Jack said earnestly as he grabbed both of their plates and took them to the sink. Pitch looked at his watch and quickly got up. “Would you like me to drop you off at school?” The suave man asked, putting on a black P-coat and grabbing his keys. The boy nodded, grabbing his bag and followed him out.   ***   Pitch reclined in his black leather executive chair as far back as he could, with his feet propped on his desk. He had been neck deep in work, face buried in documents for the last couple hours, and he needed to take a moment for himself. He observed the small black cuff-links the boy had helped him put on earlier -a hint of wintergreen mint and vanilla still faintly lingering – and felt a warmth in his chest. The man couldn’t recall when he had become so fond of the Omega. It had just dawned on him how much Jack had matured. He wasn’t sure if the hormones inherent to the boy’s gender had any effect, but he was coming into his own as a very smart and beautiful individual. Pale, soft skin (slightly freckled) … translucent eyes hooded by lengthy dark lashes… height; not too tall, but also not too short… long legs… personality; gentle and considerate – sometimes stubborn. The admiration for Jack conceptually wasn’t brand new, but he was suddenly becoming more aware of how much he truly enjoyed the youth’s company. He guessed that he began to acknowledge the small infatuation when ‘somehow’ it had leaked due to one of Pitch’s employees – whose child also attended ‘North Star’ – that Pitch’s ward from his late partner presented as an ‘Omega’. He knew it wasn’t a secret that could be kept forever, but he wanted to prolong the boy’s privacy for as long as possible, before society started expecting things from him. Unfortunately, as it stood then, being the common rumor almost made common knowledge - Pitch was going to keep the Omega for himself having raised him. At first, the thought alone felt like he was robbing the boy of something. Perhaps any freedoms or aspirations the boy might have for the future? But what bothered him the most was that nobody else seemed to have any qualms with it. He knew the vast majority of people hadn’t dealt with Omegas themselves, and so just assumed whatever stereotypes that were spoon fed to them by the media as reality; but it was becoming a probable thought as time went by and he watched Jack grow, that he was able to do whatever he wanted with him.   He sighed in a day dream. Thinking of the boy walking around the house barefoot with his bond mark ever so present on his nape; ‘expecting’. Coming home from a long hectic day at the office and feeling the pleasantry in seeing another fat baby crying on the boy’s hip as he prepared dinner – his black hair and Jack’s pale eyes on the babe. The pup was already taking care of Pitch when it came to meals and cleaning anyway, so was it so inconceivable to add a few more personal ambitions to the picture? The idea of dating had never been an interest of Pitch’s, although he never had an issue in that department and did have a few reoccurring dates from time to time; but nothing of fruition. Being as busy as he was with the company, the upkeep on someone else who required attention was more demanding than he cared for and so it never worked out - except for the boy. It was if mother nature herself had blessed him under dark circumstances with a partner potentially tailored for him. Jack just didn’t make any situation harder than it needed to be and it soothed Pitch’s Alpha to be near such a warm-hearted caretaker. Was it now so far-fetched to just add a bond and take care of his ward for the rest of his life? The fantasy was fulfilling in an intrinsic sort of way for the Alpha. He wasn’t sure if he had the right to look at Jack with those intentions, but his thoughts were his own and so he let them run wild for a bit.   ***   Being at school was a relief for Jack. He didn’t like attention much, but most who knew ‘who and what’ he was, tried to be understanding. It wasn’t that he hated being home either, but school was just a place he got the interaction he needed to sate him. Even if there were a few vulgar comments thrown at him by the few unwarranted Alphas in the halls from time-to-time. It was something he had conditioned himself early on not to pay them any mind, so that he could see the people that truly mattered to him. He was actually excited as he neared his locker, remembering that Aster was due back from his family trip to Australia that week and couldn’t wait to see his friend. It was just the summer that he was gone for, but it felt like forever. They had been close since elementary and his friend had been there for him through it all. Aster didn’t even mind that he was an Omega. Not that most did, but he didn’t even make a big deal about it and they continued hanging out the same way they always had -Toothiana always showing up whenever she wasn’t excelling at sports or doing extracurricular activities.   “Hey Snowflake!” Jack could already feel the other boy nearing with a hint of Pine and a distinct cinnamon musk. He turned around to see the ashy brown- haired boy grimace at him as he approached, a glimmer of pride to his step. “Aster!” Jack beamed as he hugged his friend and then stepped back to get a good look at him as he somehow managed to fill out quite a bit over the summer. He had grown to a whopping 6'2 and was a lot more muscular than Jack could recall. “How was seeing the fam?” Jack asked his light eyes locked with green, still trying to contain his happiness. Aster smiled, his thicker lips pulling back to reveal a row of perfectly white teeth. “They’re good! Just hung out with some of my uncles and did a lot of surfing!” The now larger scruffy boy of seventeen was dawning very tanned skin as he leaned on the lockers in a black t-shirt, a beige cardigan (accentuating the lean muscles in his arms and back) and a pair of taught tan jeans. “Also, I’m not broken like everyone thought I was.” Jack’s brows raised at his statement. Then he remembered that Aster hadn’t presented, not even as a Beta and being so late in his teens, it was very odd. “Oh yeah?” Jack inquired as he pulled himself away from his friend’s gaze momentarily, opened his locker and put some books away. “Yeah… actually turns out I’m an A-Alpha….” Aster said shyly as he scratched his head, knowing that Jack would have wanted to know any news about his friends regardless. Then the Omega in Jack recalled the distinct musk that he could smell on Alphas and it was clear to him when his friend approached what he was. “That’s good. I bet your father’s proud knowing that you’ll be taking after him?” Jack smiled encouragingly as he knew that it was a somewhat touchy comment coming from an Omega, but that his friend wasn’t going to read into it at all. “Y-yeah, I hope this won’t change things?” Aster stated rhetorically and obviously concerned as his now towering height of 6’2 loomed over Jack’s measly 5’8. In most cases, one might feel overwhelmed by the obviously larger Alpha, but Jack knew he was worried that he might be afraid of him. Even still, Aster had presented as the gender at the pinnacle of society and was acting like it was the same as Jack. It almost made the Omega cry at the consideration his friend was giving him in that situation, realizing the impact it could potentially have on him. “Of course not!” Jack snapped, trying to make it obvious that he was annoyed his best friend would think so shallow of him. “You stuck it out with me when I presented, so why would you think I wouldn’t be inclined to do the same?” Aster seemed somewhat startled, but his face lit up shortly after. He hugged his friend again, almost crushing Jack with the new strength in his arms that puberty had so generously bestowed upon him. “A-Aster…?” Jack coughed. “I’m so glad I can always count on you!” Aster exclaimed releasing Jack for air and taking in how much he missed the white-haired boy as well. “I’ve honestly missed you so much…” Aster sighed just as the bell rang. “I missed you too!” Jack smiled, his lovely lips parting as he bit his bottom one out of a nervous habit. “Do you want to put your stuff in my locker for now?” Aster had completely forgotten to look his for his locker and so accepted graciously and headed to class.   ***   Being back was nice. Not that vacationing ‘down under’ wasn’t always the best thing since Aster discovered Nutella and strawberries, but he did miss his friends; Jack especially. They had gone through elementary all the way up to the now; their final year in high school and so he couldn’t imagine graduating and taking the next steps in his life any other way. He remembered when Jack’s parents had died and it had shaken his own world. His father had a partner company to Mr. Frost’s and he was scared he was going to lose his best friend. Both thirteen, and he remembered not being able to do very much, except sit with Jack while he cried on his shoulder, asking Aster why his mom and dad would leave him so alone.   Even at the time, he knew Jack was some sort of ‘delicate’. Not that they hadn’t wrestled things out when their sizes were more equal over kid stuff, but even too much sun hurt Jack. He remembered the pale-eyed boy explaining his odd complexion as a form of Albinism and so he couldn’t go outside very much. At first it was rough, because Aster loved being free outside and playing in the mud as a child, but he learned not to flaunt it, as Jack was always forced to stay inside due to his condition. It just didn’t seem all that fair to Aster either when Jack presented as an ‘Omega’. He wasn’t too surprised given Jack’s history, but it was surprising none the less as Omegas were just rare to begin with. He knew that it would put Jack in a state of helplessness if he let it, and so when his best friend confessed what he was, he tried to make it seem as normal as possible and didn’t bring it up if it wasn’t necessary. The only times, he was forced to acknowledge Jack’s condition, was when his ‘heats’ happened. It was always few days before, that Jack would look like he was coming down with a fever, but would begin smelling strongly like wintergreen mint and warm vanilla. Then his friend would be absent for about a week (a long lonely week for Aster) and always came back looking spent. He knew that it wasn’t doing leisurely activities, but never pressed for info on what he did over his breaks.   Now things were more content in the fluidity of their interactions. Up until this point, Aster just summed it up to a flurry-fuck of shit things happening to his friend as sequentially as the sun rising and setting. He just wanted to make him happy and after presenting as an ‘Alpha’ himself, he didn’t know what to expect, but he knew he felt more drawn to his friend than before. He was even more aware of his attraction as the day went on. They had a few classes together and he remembered specifically in their English class watching Jack bite his lip in a daze while writing. He was so lost in analyzing his friend’s mouth – noticing how perfect his cupid’s bow was, shadowed by a precise soft, yet sharp nose and then stopping at his eyes; he was so entranced he literally forgot where he was. Jack’s eyes were focused and he felt his heart flutter when the Omega’s dark eyelashes did. That was when the teacher openly called him out on it -Asking if he would rather watch Jack then do his work and if so, he was excused from class. Everyone laughed and Aster couldn’t believe how embarrassed he was when Jack flushed at being informed of his obvious crush. Small things like that kept reoccurring for the next few weeks. Even at his acceptance speech of being voted the president of their class. He remembered standing on stage and looking out into the dark auditorium; but he somehow could still feel Jack. He quickly located him before his speech in one of the front rows to the left drawing, waiting for the assembly to begin. He remembered the pale eyes finally looking up at him and then the principal coughing behind him, urging him to start. He smiled and began.   Although he was a student body officer for his school, his father still expected him to also do a sport and so he picked soccer. Most said he looked like he would be better suited for football, but he was lean and fast enough for soccer, so that was what he decided on. It was fun for him, especially when Jack would come to his games and would sometimes sit in the front row of the bleachers. It was something that his Alpha was becoming accustomed to as it pleased him to have Jack always near. It was actually somewhat odd to him, how much he was aware of the Omega at any point they were in the same vicinity, and it was also something that felt fulfilling but made him uneasy, as he wasn’t sure if it was a reciprocated attraction.   ***   “Hey thanks for coming to see my game the other night!” Aster smiled as they sat in his room working on a project for English. Jack was seated, legs folded at the end of Aster’s king-sized bed, with the Alpha propped on his forearms beside him, both on their laptops. “No problem!” Jack said, slightly absorbed in what he was doing. “You’re actually really good, I’m not surprised though.” He chuckled as Aster was clearly making a face of playful discontent. “Well aren’t all Alphas excellent at everything? I mean my dad was and Mr. Pitchener is doing great at single- handedly running the company.” He looked down at the man coaxing a response, watching as Aster’s eyes flickered with playfulness. “Hey!” Aster interjected, “I didn’t tell you so you could make fun of me.” He nudged Jack and looked up at him pouting. “I know being an Alpha is supposed to have some weirdly high expectations, but I’m still the same guy you grew up with.” Jack nodded as he finished whatever he was doing and closed his laptop. He set it to the side and lay back on the bed next to Aster’s legs, exhausted. Aster quickly closed his laptop and sat up looking down at the fair beauty – no his friend – laying aloof on the bed. “I know, but it’s weird, isn’t it?” Jack exhaled, side-eyeing the larger male. Aster knitted his brows slightly at a loss and waiting for an explanation. “Genders and what-not?” Jack rubbed his eyes as he could feel a slight sting of tears beginning to form in the corners and didn’t really want to make things weird. “I guess, but I believe everything happens for a reason.” The Alpha suddenly felt a shift in the atmosphere. His brain was suddenly hyper aware of the wintergreen mint and warm vanilla again. His pupils dilated as he looked down to see Jack’s face flushed in a weird disconnected state of mind.   Likewise, Jack looked up at his longtime friend and was already aware of Aster. He couldn’t help himself, but he was attracted to the maturing Alpha and had always felt a weird tug at his heart when thinking of him. Aster was undoubtedly a handsome young man and Jack knew it. He’d watch all the girls and even some guys fawn over how personable and attractive he was. He also came from a well-to-do background and so just seemed to have it all – even as a late bloomer.   Now he was looking up at him. His friend’s gaze locked on him and it sent chills up Jack’s spine as a tingling sensation. All of the heats he’d spent alone, masturbating and fingering himself to try and curb the ache in his stomach and to soothe the longing his body begged for, were suddenly at the edge of his mind and Aster’s scent was on his lips. A rich pine and cinnamon musk enveloped his senses and he wanted to wrap his self in the comfort it was offering. “J-Jack?” His name being called, suddenly brought him back to the what was happening. He looked at his friend with glazed eyes and he knew his expression looked needy. “I-I don’t want to fuck anything up… b-but can I kiss you?” The question threw him off guard and after nodding ever so slightly, he felt Aster’s mouth press gently against his. He could sense that Aster was nervous as he felt the Alpha’s tongue slowly parting his lips and nervously working in some tongue action. Aster was leaning over him on the bed propped on one arm, making it hard for Jack to tell whether his body temperature was rising due to its own accord or because his friend was so close in proximity. It wasn’t long before something had come over both of them. Aster got on all fours over Jack and without any sense of morale, was fully making out with him and caressing the boy’s thighs beneath him. He had enveloped the smaller body with his own as he fondled the lovely Omega hips and legs as gently as his own consciousness would allow. There was the conflict in not succumbing to his Alpha’s nature, but also having never experienced it in full, he wasn’t sure of anything of himself. Likewise, Pitch always left the home during his heats and so he’d never been close to an Alpha with the intent in mind he now knew as lust. “Jack are you… okay?” Aster breathed out as he pulled away, panting but still inhaling the sweet scent now in full glory that was being emitted from the Omega. Jack’s face was flushed, looking over Aster’s smitten expression through his lashes in the most agonizingly lust driven state and Aster knew what their biology wanted from them. He kissed Jack attentively once more, pulled the smaller boy’s navy sweater off of him and looked at the unmarred skin. There was only the pink buds on his chest and a freckle here and there to add to its intangible perfection. Jack ran his fingers through the back of Aster’s hair as the man carnally began kissing his chest and lay claim to his untouched body. “Hhh… A-Aster…” Jack writhed under the heat and his friend’s scent that was now fully enveloping his senses. The moment his name dripped from the boy’s lips – it was like honey to Aster’s being and his Alpha tasted freedom. Aster felt a switch turn on inside of his mind and suddenly all he felt were his loins along with his brain, chanting ‘take what’s yours’ like a mantra. He sucked and bit the boy’s chest as much as his instincts would allow; to mark and dominate no longer his ‘friend’, but his feral instinct knew it as ‘mate’. Jack was submissive, whimpering and moaning all the while his body was monopolized. He had never been handled sexually nor that roughly before. He hadn’t even had his first kiss, let alone this much exploration of his body. So, it became even more confusing, as his body seemed to welcome it and even slickened itself in preparation for the Alpha. Then Aster flipped the boy on all fours – not realizing it was not only archaic, but an instinctual position of an Omega presenting – and propping himself behind on his knees. The Alpha leaned down and rutted against him, also biting and kissing the muted soft back possessively. Their pants being the only thing to separate Aster’s obvious erection and Jack’s inviting hole. “I-I’m scared…” Jack mewled, it broke the frenzy for a moment with his face pressed in to the bed and tears welling in his eyes. It took a moment for Aster to come to his senses, he fought his own urges with a low growl bubbling in his chest in desperation to control himself. It was rough in his stubborn state of mind to acknowledge what was at hand, but seeing Jack tremble beneath him at the mercy of his carnal urges, his mind cleared up quickly. Sure, it appeased his inner growing Alpha to dominate and lead a sub, but this was Jack; Not an object or an animal to be claimed or won. Chapter End Notes I may revise chapters as I go along to make sure everything flows. :) ***** Warm ***** Chapter Summary Aster and Jack come to a realization in terms of their relationship and take a few steps forward in it; but there are some things about Aster that aren't copacetic. Also, Pitch has reflected on not seeing Jack as much and was unsettled by the fact that he started smelling like another Alpha. There are some things that Pitch isn't willing to let slide. Chapter Notes Thank you so much for reading! I appreciate all the supportive comments and hope to keep updating this fic. <3<3<3 Please enjoy! <3 “I’m so sorry… I-I don’t kn- Jack?” Aster leaned forward and gently turned the smaller boy onto his back by his shoulder, trying to be as sensitive to the situation as he possibly could. Jack looked away from the man as he wiped his eyes and huffed. There was an elongated silence, but was broken with a weary voice. “I-It’s okay… I’ve just n-never done this kind of thing… with anyone…” Jack put his hand on the Alpha’s chest reassuringly as his friend looked ashamed. The small bit of physical contact after ignited a sense of self-loathing in Aster, as the larger male put his hand over Jack’s on his chest very self-aware. “No – I shouldn’t have assumed and kept going. I mean –“ Aster looked over the boy’s now bruising and marked body and couldn’t believe what his Alpha was capable of. He was reflecting in response to Jack not blaming him for it, and wondered how blindly forgiving his friend was; and also, how much advantage he had taken of the situation. Jack bit his lip nervously and knitted his eyebrows as he locked eyes; pale gazing into green. Acknowledging that his best mate through all these years, so capable and so great, was making the biggest effort to apologize and actually meant it. Jack didn’t know if Alphas typically did that with Omegas, but he was glad there was some sort of civility left in the world from one human to the next. “It’s okay, really…” Jack sat up, his lithe body now trembling from its partial nakedness instead of fear. He looked at Aster assuring and crooned to his friend, his Omega trying to convey to the Alpha that he wasn’t hurting or afraid anymore. It took a few moments, but Aster accepted his friend’s answer (even though he still felt like shit about it). The Alpha leaned his forehead on Jack’s chest, taking in the soothing Wintergreen minty scent and heaved a sigh of relief. “I just don’t want to ever hurt you… “ The larger boy said sweetly into his chest and emitted a protective aroma that washed over Jack with a sense of belonging. It was hard to place, but Jack could somehow feel what Aster was feeling. He wasn’t completely sure of the strange ability that grew within him once he presented, but there were times when a mood that wasn’t his own, suddenly was apparent to him, and he knew it had to be the other person in the room. “I know.” Jack confirmed. He took Aster’s face with both of his hands, and made the big lug look at him. The Alpha looked like a kicked pup (very handsome with his chiseled features, but still a kicked pup) as he almost attempted to evade the grant of reprieve from his best friend. “You’re hard-headed, but I don’t think – I mean I know you would never hurt me on purpose.” Jack smiled playfully at him with glint of challenge in his eyes – a challenge to question Jack’s view on Aster’s intention. Aster gave him a toothy smile as he nuzzled Jack’s chest and neck, not realizing he was scenting him. “You’re honestly the best, and… I-I have a confession…” Aster sat back and folded his legs, while Jack looked at him curiously. The Alpha fidgeted as he cleared his throat and scratched the back of his head, trying to gather himself. “Well?” Jack called him out, not able to take any more of the suspense. Aster, for the most part, appeared confident and well thought out, but Jack liked knowing that he got to see the nervous side of the all-star. It made things more real for him and it reminded them of when they were kids. “I-I like you, and-“ Aster started, but it wasn’t like Jack didn’t already know that. The pale Omega rolled his eyes as he chuckled and urged his friend to continue. “And I was wondering… if you... liked me?” That was what he was waiting for and the Omega knew it was coming; it was almost immediately that Jack’s face flushed as he could feel the butterflies in his stomach go berserk. He could tell his friend couldn’t wait for his answer as he eyed the large ashy-haired boy still fidgeting, almost speechless with nerves. Jack swallowed and leaned back against the large intricate headboard as he grabbed a pillow and put it over his chest. Stalling maybe? He couldn’t tell if it was because he was also shy or if he just didn’t know what to say. “Of course, I do…” Jack coughed out, obviously trying to be inconspicuous with his answer. It almost took a moment to register with Aster, but once it finally set in that his best friend shared the same feelings, he almost couldn’t contain himself. He blushed profusely and put his fist up to his mouth trying to hide his smitten smile. Jack slowly slid the pillow up to his face as he realized what he had just said, and how his friend was taking it. He never thought that someone would be so happy just to hear a few words, but it was written all over Aster’s face how over the moon he was with the answer. “What? Jack asked, still being playful. “I know it might be t-too soon… but, I really want to… kiss you again…” Aster looked inquisitively, eyeing the boy for consent. Then jack nodded without eye contact as he played with the pillow. “Go ahead.” The Omega beckoned as he smiled coyly. Jack’s dark lashes fluttering as he looked towards the Alpha. Aster couldn’t contain himself looking at the half-naked beauty in his bed. He lunged forward, switched places with Jack, so that his back was rested against the headboard and positioned themselves so that the smaller boy was straddling his waist. Jack looked startled, but seemed amiable through it all as he was again handled physically without any objections. It wasn’t something Aster particularly enjoyed as a person (Jack’s behavior in terms of the obedient side of his gender), but his Alpha was pleased with the submission. The bigger boy pulled Jack in for another kiss by his neck. One that was gentle but drawn out as Aster took his time in comforting the boy. He knew he didn’t want a repeat of what had happened less than an hour prior, so decided to ease the situation slowly. The payout for his efforts was nice as Jack lay relaxed on his chest with their lips still locked and he could get a whiff of the sweet Omegan scent. He wrapped his arms around Jack, trying to pull him in as close as he could get and it seemed to soothe his friend. “I think maybe we should take it slow.” Aster breathed against Jack’s lips. The omega chuckled still within the close proximity. “Unless I say otherwise.” Jack smirked before he kissed him back passionately, as they were now on the same page and both of them had each other to look forward to everyday.   ****************************************************************************   They did take it slow, but didn’t hold back on their newly acknowledged connection, as they spent large copious amounts of time together over the following weeks. When school requirements weren’t a thing, they would either hang out at Aster’s house (his parents were never home anyway), or they would go out and find something to do together; but ultimately, they just enjoyed one another’s presence and wanted the freedom to be together when they could. It had become somewhat of a routine for their days to consist largely of each other when given the chance, and both Jack and Aster liked that it felt so natural. It was like their friendship had always been, but also so much better as they were sharing a bond that seemed exclusively for their pair only. They knew it wasn’t something they could keep hidden for long, but the moment their good but ‘big mouthed’ friend, had spilled the beans about their relationship, it had become some pretty hot gossip. Tooth always had good intentions, but she was rarely ever in control of her emotions when it came to exciting events or things she deemed ‘too cute to ignore’. Unfortunately, Jack and Aster fell under both of those categories. At first it was nerve racking, because Jack was used to not existing to others in public situations, but it was a nice change for them to be congratulated by their peers for being one of the hottest couples at school. It had somehow became the butt of their inside jokes as they both laughed at knowing the gross sides of each other, but – well, they didn’t really care to correct their audience.   There was just one instance that Jack could recall seeing a side to Aster that he didn’t know if it was good or bad after they began their relationship. It was just like any other day at school; Jack was sitting outside by a tree during his lunch drawing. Slightly remote in terms of the crowds at school, but a spot he frequented when he wanted to be secluded. He didn’t really have a lot of alone time now that Aster had made it clear that he was courting him, and so he understood when the Alpha said he was going to be a little late due to finishing up a lab in Biology and needed it for a grade. The weather was good. There was an overcast, but it was still somewhat warm and it didn’t call for anything more than one of Aster’s large blue hoodies to keep him warm (it was one the Alpha had insisted Jack take, and didn’t really see any point in objecting to it). But also, the Omega just really liked having his friend’s scent around him as the cinnamon and pine musk had now become an aroma that soothed his nerves and he welcomed it.   He was in a bit of a daydream as he focused on a depiction of the night sky he was drawing, when he heard someone approaching. The scent wasn’t one he recognized to well, a lemony and a lavender-like musk, and it almost startled him, as he couldn’t look up fast enough – just seeing a pair black and white Vans first, then he knew who it was. “Aye Frost, what ya drawin?” It was Sanderson or ‘Sandy’, a good friend of Tooth’s and someone Jack happened to actually really like. Not in a dating way, but Sandy was just a good guy that just happened to be pretty friendly and everyone knew that. “Uh – the night…” Jack nervously chuckled as the other boy sat beside him. Sandy was a blonde well-rounded nerd. He was an academic (as most were that attended ‘North Star’, also an Alpha), but Jack guessed that his father also wanted him to play a sport as the blond was on Aster’s soccer team and wasn’t the best, but still pretty good. He was definitely attractive in a different way from Aster, not quite as large, but still very athletic and liked to dress more like an Indie scholar; flannel shirts, cardigans and pricey kicks. “Can I see?” Sandy smiled. He had a child-like innocence about him that Jack appreciated – especially with his toothy grin that always seemed to grow when he was trying to lighten the atmosphere. Jack nodded affirmatively and handed his sketchbook to the boy. “I really like this…” The blonde said observantly, rubbing his chin and appeared to really be analyzing the sketch. “Are you gonna put a face on the moon?” The boy smiled big again – Jack knowing that he was teasing him, he reached for his sketchbook, the other boy trying to dodge it and in a clumsy fit of laughter landed on Sandy’s chest. “Sure, why not?” The Omega laughed as he pulled himself off and sat back against the tree, closing the sketch pad. All the while, not realizing Aster approaching.   The other Alpha couldn’t get there quicker. Jack only had enough time to turn his head before Aster was already looming over both him and Sandy on the ground. Jack could sense something was off as he looked up. His best friend seemed to be calculating something, arms folded and without a readable expression. “Hey dude!” Sandy greeted him, obviously trying to break the weird tension as he stood up and reached his hand out to fist pound his teammate. Aster quickly cooled his attitude momentarily and obliged in their kinship as soccer buds to not break appearances. “Sup! What’re you guys up to?” Aster asked relaxing a bit, but still seemed to be searching for a fault with what he just witnessed. Jack remained on the floor as he looked up at both of them trying to read the situation. “Oh, Jack was just showing me some of his artwork, and I have to say – it’s pretty awesome.” Sandy said lightly as he was always one to be cool headed, even though Jack’s Omega was slowly feeling a weird possessive pheromone being emitted from both Alphas and it was making him tense. “Well, he’s always been good at art.” Aster grinned raising an eyebrow. Jack could feel Aster’s pheromone the strongest, as he knew Sandy wasn’t one to act out aggressively and could tell that the blonde boy knew that that was his queue. “Yeah, you’ll have to show me more sometime!” Sandy smiled down at Jack and then looked at Aster. “I’ll see you on the field?” Aster nodded and they bro hugged it out, before Sandy waived at both of them and left.   Jack didn’t know what to think seeing Aster get possessive. It was like something weird had come over a typically playful and sweet man; and he didn’t care for it. “What was that?” Jack inquired sternly as Aster sat beside him. The Alpha looked miffed, but also guilty of what happened not looking at Jack. The Omega could sense that his friend’s demeanor was shaken and wanted to know why he was acting out. “I don’t know…”Aster scoffed as he started picking at the grass by his feet. It was hurting Jack to see his friend so upset and he felt like it was at him, so he needed to fix it. Jack put his hand on the Alpha’s thigh and tried to make eye contact. At first the chiseled lug avoided it with all his might, but as Jack left a small peck on his cheek, Aster couldn’t help but look at him a little surprised. It comforted the Alpha to have the Omega come to him in that way, and as much as Jack disliked stereotypes, his submissive nature wasn’t something he felt ashamed of; with Aster, at least. “Well, I can’t make it better unless you tell me what’s wrong?” Jack leaned his head on the large shoulder beside him and sighed. “Was it me?” The Alpha didn’t say anything. Jack knew that the larger male was pouting, but he also wanted to be sensitive to his feelings. “Was it Sandy?” “It’s like – I know he didn’t mean anything by it, but-“ Aster just started with a low growl and Jack knew that it was hard for him to open up, but he honestly wanted to hear it. “But?” Jack knitted his brows as his pale eyes resonated with the Alpha in an attempt to soothe the angered male. “But, it’s hard for me sometimes, to see you with other… men…” Aster sighed and looked away ashamed as Jack pulled back. “It’s like – I want you to be your own person and to be yourself, but I don’t want others to see it and I definitely won’t be able to control myself if someone takes advantage of you.” Jack could hear the struggle in Aster’s voice. Between the caring boy he grew up with trying to reason with his Alpha’s instincts, he could sense it was becoming a constant struggle. “I know…” Jack said patiently. He brought his knees up to his chest and laid his head on them gazing over at Aster. “And I appreciate it, but there’s a time and place for everything, and Sandy? Well he’s just a friendly guy…” Aster nodded and leaned on Jack. The bell rang and they knew they had to get back quick. “Are you going to be okay?” Jack reached for Aster’s hand and he let the smaller boy grab it. The difference in just the size of their hands made Jack feel secure, as Aster’s almost completely covered his when they interlaced their fingers. “Yeah, I think so. Thanks for being the best.” Aster finally cracked a defeated smile as he realized that most of the situation was built up in his head and that he truly believed in Jack. Likewise, Jack knew that his Alpha just cared a little too much, and was having a hard time controlling it.   **************************************************************************   Meanwhile, it had just dawned on Pitch, one fine afternoon in the office, that he hadn’t been seeing Jack as much of late. He had thought it was mostly due to extracurricular activities, but when he started smelling like another Alpha, it peaked the CEO’s interest in a disconcerted fashion. Katherine had just brought him his coffee, when he started recalling how many breakfasts he’d missed with the boy due them both being so busy and he knew he wanted to see Jack. Business was good, he’d just sealed another contract with a multimillion-dollar partner company and was feeling good. Maybe, he’d pick up the boy a gift? A new laptop? The boy’s phone was always thrashed due to him being inherently clumsy. Clothes?... A car? No, he didn’t need to drive, that was dangerous. He’d have to pick something up the boy would love and not just toss to the side without a second thought like a knick-knack. He called Katherine back in. The red-headed middle-aged woman walked back in with a small notebook and a smile. “Yes Mr. Pitchener?” She was always the sweetest and somehow in tune with whatever was happening; always a step ahead of even the boss. Pitch felt proud at having hired her himself all those years ago, and knew he did a good job when she would pick up the slack where he needed it. “Umm… I was wondering if you knew what teenage boys like?” Mr. Pitchener reclined once more in his chair as he threaded his fingers beneath his chin and eyed the woman. “Well my nephew likes gaming consoles, but I think you had someone else in mind?” The woman was so smart. Pitch chuckled and nodded. Katherine had watched Jack grow as well, and so whom better than her to ask about the boy’s interests. “Well, from what I know, I think perhaps a personalized sketch book or something small like a bracelet?” “Please sort out something and have both of those delivered to my home addressed to Jack. Nothing tacky though, I want them neatly packaged and set about where he can easily find them.” Pitch smiled contently to himself as he patted himself figuratively on the back for his efforts. “Very good sir. Will that be all?” Pitch waived her away in a whimsical manner. “No, thank you Katherine. Except, also pick yourself up something nice courtesy of the company.” The woman nodded with a gentle smile and left, closing the door behind her. It only took a moment for Pitch to be left alone with his thoughts for it draw him back to the scent that had been all over Jack. Another Alpha had not only gotten close to his ward, but had scented him. An act of intimacy, that would only require the fondest of touches. He knew it wasn’t fully his business, but he also didn’t know why it was suddenly making his blood boil. He would find out what was going on and he would keep Jack tucked away from the jowls of any outsiders (specifically other Alphas) by any means necessary, if he had to. ***** Night*Mare ***** Chapter Summary Things get a little hot and heavy for Aster and Jack. But why the sudden cold shoulder? Aster can't understand why the sudden change in his friend towards him. Chapter Notes It took a minute, but I've gotten around to updating. :) Thank you for reading! Just a note: Things do get pretty heated in this one and is mainly from Aster's POV in this one. <3 Everything had seemingly been going fine between Aster and Jack after the little jealous mishap over the Sandy situation. At least the Alpha thought that he had it right in thinking that Jack wasn’t holding anything against him. There hadn’t been any situations like that after – or that he could recall? They had even started going out on dates, real ones, where Aster would pick Jack up, things like reservations were made for dinner and they would spend the evening genuinely having a good time. There was even one time, where they had gone to a carnival instead of something fancy, and Jack let Aster hold his hand the whole time. Aster figured it seemed like such a small ordeal to others, but Jack wasn’t the most affectionate in public settings and so it felt really nice to be able to scent one another in that manner. Aster knew that Jack would get shy, but onlookers seemed genuinely accepting towards the fact that they were an Alpha/ Omega couple, and Aster was proud at the fact that he was able to be seen with his best friend that way. In addition to the confidence towards the building blocks of their relationship, things were getting better in the ‘love’ department. Intrinsically when alone, there was obviously a lot of sexual tension as they would make out for extended periods of times, doing everything but ‘the do’. One time, Jack had even let Aster eat him out. At first it embarrassed the Omega, but after a few swigs of the Bacardi that they snuck from Aster’s parents’ liquor cabinet, all cards were off the table, literally on the basement floor where they ended up fooling around on all the game tables, and ended their sessions typically on the pool table. The Alpha was even getting good at finding Jack’s weak spots. He was always looking for new places that would send the Omega to new heights of pleasure, so much so that it would have Jack gasping for air by the time he was finished. There was one spot in particular that the Alpha loved most and could never get enough of when Jack would let him. It was well-known to most where the mating mark to bond two lovers was supposed to go and so the scent gland on the nape would have been expected; but surprisingly Jack was a little more sensitive elsewhere. Kissing and nibbling at the small of the youth’s pale back where his dimples were, always made him arch and become extremely aroused – slick ridden even – every time. Jack would always stop him when he felt he was presenting, because it was a very intimate position for an Omega and he wasn’t ready to be knotted just yet. Jack explained to Aster why he wasn’t ready, and that he read from other Omega forums that if the body isn’t relaxed enough it can hurt pretty bad, but is a form of a very amorous submission if done right. Aster never pressed further despite wanting nothing more than to be one with Jack, but wanted it to be something Jack instigated from his side first.   The last interaction Aster could remember before things went somewhere into left field, was actually a pretty great one. Jack had come over and they spent a lot of their night doing relatively nothing; it was a Friday, but they were just happy the week was over. Jack was excited to show him that he learned how to make Lasagna from a YouTube video, and so he made them both dinner, and they watched a movie. The movie was something about a bad ass horse that was trying to be free – Spirit or something or other. Jack was nestled under his arm as they sat on one of the love-seats in the home theater in Aster’s parents’ basement. The place looked like a smaller version of the cinemas, with a couple rows of red fluffy reclining seats, and the love- seats on an elevated step in the back. He could feel that the Omega was content, after being fed and was now forcing him to watch a kid movie, as they relaxed together. The Alpha didn’t have to admit that he couldn’t be happier. “Jack?” Aster’s voice resonated warmly through his chest, as the sprite like beauty looked up at him. The room was dimly lit while the movie played and it just illuminated Jack’s unique features in a spectral sort of way. Aster could only admit to himself at that point, the boy – his best friend – had always had a pull on his heart and he was elated that he was willing to be with him. “Yeah?” Jack’s lovely lips pulled back to a pearly white toothy grin as his eyes rested on Aster’s smitten expression inquisitively. “You probably don’t know… h-how happy you make me.” The Alpha smiled adoringly as he locked eyes with the muted blue. Jack knitted his eyebrows with a nervous smile and pulled up slightly to nuzzle and scent his neck as he was clearly reciprocating the affection in his own way. The wintergreen and warm vanilla was mixing with Aster’s cinnamon and pine ever so harmoniously, and Aster could feel the heat pull in his lower abdomen. Something, he now knew was instinctive when his selected mate was exchanging passion. The Alpha could sense Jack’s arousal as well, just before the ethereal boy climbed on top of him to straddle his waist. He liked seeing Jack somewhat aggressive for his natural care-giving behavior and relished at locking lips on his Omega’s terms. Jack wrapped his arms around Aster’s neck as his Alpha peppered kisses down the Omega’s clavicle and then slowly pulled the grey sweater he was wearing up and off of him. Jack curled into Aster’s kisses on his chest as he entangled his fingers in the ashy brown locks and started panting. Aster’s green eyes, hooded by dark lashes fluttered as they looked up at Jack. He could see a small bit of gloss from the saliva that had laced the Omega’s pink bottom lip and pressed his gently against them. He watched Jack close his eyes devotedly and he knew he was in love. From what the young Alpha could recall, there wasn’t anything he could remember doing that would have pushed his lover away. He may have come on to strong with confessing his happiness, but he felt like he had said and done a lot more than that before and it was never an issue. He just couldn’t put his finger on it as he had dropped his friend back off at home, and then was left with his love stricken brain.  * * *  He hadn’t seen Jack in almost two weeks and it was putting the Alpha on edge. Even the texts that he was getting from his long-time very opinionated friend were very vague and unengaged. He didn’t know what to think. There was a void growing inside of himself and he needed to figure out what was happening. He had reflected on everything up until that point, and Jack definitely would have said something if he was uncomfortable or – wanted to take a break? He moped around school, being as charismatic as his aching heart would allow. It wouldn’t have been too obvious to bystanders, but his closer friends could feel and see that something was off. Not only that, but they were also starting to become concerned with Jack’s whereabouts by the second week. They knew he was an Omega, but he’d never missed more than a week for his heats, and that was when they were bad. But now, whenever they got a text back from him – it was always something along the lines of "feeling a little under the weather" and “I’m fine, thanks for asking”. Most by the end of it, were just chocking it up to being the flu, but Aster and even Tooth knew better.  * * * “Have you tried calling him?” Tooth put her hand on Aster’s as they sat at one of the tables in the school library just after second period. She pushed back a strand of her mid-length chocolate brown hair and smiled earnestly as she tried to console the other Alpha. They were studying when she realized that her friend was doing a lot of staring at his phone without any notifications and knowingly assumed why. “Yeah… a few times actually…” Aster looked up hurt as he realized that one of his longtime friends could see through any of his facades of masculine detachment without a fight. She was a different kind of Alpha, the head of the home kind of Alpha, the bring home the bacon and cook it kind of Alpha – Tooth truly had it all; and he knew that she typically had good things to say. “Maybe if you went by and checked on him?” Her blue eyes (with small purple flecks) looked up at him concerned as she tried to console him. He nodded with his lips pressed as he opened another one of his books for his Lit class. He was glad he had Tooth. She had also been alongside him and Jack since elementary, but hadn’t been directly involved in a lot of the shenanigans due to her overly tight schedule and her need for productivity; she always pushing for excellence. “I think I might after school either today or tomorrow…” Aster complied as he wanted to see Jack, but also didn’t want to be too nosy. She smiled attentively and then they got back to studying, trying not to focus too hard on their mutual concern for the situation.   He didn’t get the chance to check on him that day, as he remembered a last- minute essay that he needed to finish by the end of the night and figured he could go the next day as it was Friday and he had the weekend to work on things that he needed to. He had sent a text message saying that he was ‘sorry if he made things weird’ and to please just let him know that he was okay and then moments later, got somewhat of an answer stating – ‘I’m fine, thanks. I’ll see you tomorrow’.  Why did it hurt? It’s not like Jack had done anything directly, but why the sudden cold-shoulder? And why wasn’t he willing to come forward and at least provide a reason?  * * * Aster arrived at school, to find Jack at his locker in the morning putting his books away. He strode across the hall and hugged the boy, pulling back nervously to find Jack non-responsive to the physical contact. The Alpha took in a good view of the boy’s appearance and nothing seemed to be off other than his attitude towards seeing him. -Although he did note to himself that it was weird for Jack to be wearing a turtleneck sweater after complaining that they felt too constricting in the past, but it was Fall and there was an undeniable chill in the air, so didn’t care to address it. “Where have you been? I’ve literally been worried sick about you?” Aster commanded an answer, as he was having a hard time controlling his Alpha’s tone, watching Jack tense up and begin to look fearful – the smaller male averting his gaze. He’d never thought to use a primitive tactic such as the vocal command over the opposite gender, but he was quite upset with the situation and it was instinctive to his Alpha’s nature to assume control. Jack held one of his sketchbooks close to his chest as he struggled to make eye contact with Aster after such an imperious display. It looked as if Jack was going to cry, seeing the threat of tears at the corner of the boy’s eyes and his bottom lip trembling ever so subtly. Aster quickly reflected on his actions, not budging though, despite the obvious discomfort in his counterpart. He just thought that he had the right to know why he was being treated so coldly? “I was… s-sick…” Jack stammered as he looked cautiously over the Alpha’s expression and adhered to the innate submission to his dom. The answer just didn’t seem all that plausible with Jack’s obviously newly found reserved behavior around him. “Yeah?” Aster interrogated raising an eyebrow as it just wasn’t settling right. He could already smell something was off about his lover, but wanted to hear it from him. It was slowly registering that there was another scent on the Omega. A very heavy oak like musk with the aromatic hint of cologne and was realizing that it had to be another Alpha – but who? No one at school had that much of a presence in terms of their status other than himself. Even Tooth’s was a lighter more sensual musk. Jack nodded looking down the hall, obviously hinting that he wanted to go. It made the blood in Aster’s veins run cold and he almost couldn’t control himself from pinning Jack to the lockers and locking lips with him right there. He just wanted to rekindle the warmth that he felt robbed of and bring it back. All he was feeling from the Omega was an emptiness and a need for distance. “C-can we scent at least?” Aster asked looking somewhat broken, “I’m sorry for m-my tone… I’ve just missed you so.” The big lug leaned down towards Jack’s neck for consolation and oddly enough was welcomed. Aster was happy at that point being near the comforting scent, the boy’s gentle hands stroking his head, and also that Jack’s locker was in a less frequented part of the school. Not that anyone was going to say anything to the all-star/ president of their class when he was clearly with his Omega; unless, maybe it was a teacher. “H-how about during lunch?” Jack inquired sensitively, and the bigger boy complied with a defeated nod.  * * * They met at lunch, just like Jack had said. Aster didn’t know what to make of that morning, but it wasn’t going away. They were by the lonely tree that Jack loved and the Alpha was seeking comfort from his long-time friend’s lap. Even though Aster could sense something different about Jack, with the other Alpha’s scent still very potent where it clung (the stink brazen to his senses), he just wanted to be near him. “Is everything okay?” Aster’s voice was deep and Jack could feel the subtle vibrato as it resonated through the Alpha’s chest. It wasn’t quite an Alpha’s command, but it was very stubbornly inquisitive and Jack could tell that he was concerned. Aster looked up at his lovely subdued friend and crooned; the ashy-haired boy’s head in the lissome boy’s folded legs. He was trying to reach out to the emptiness he had felt earlier and was feeling it progressively grow worse; almost to the point of an ache. Maybe he could fix it? He watched the boy that was now looking down at him, tense, and appeared somewhat exhausted. “Was it… a bad heat?” Aster tried to be empathetic as he asked gently, knowing it wasn’t ever something the Omega liked to discuss. Jack’s heats were – what Aster reasoned with himself (strictly because he’d never had one), private. But Jack shrugged his shoulders with a small confirming hum and congealed to the Alpha’s question. “Y-yeah… It was pretty rough this time…” Jack gave a small crooked smile as he pressed his lips together in thought and leaned his head against the tree, looking up into its branches. “… you know Aster?...” The Alpha was still taking in how perfect the Omega was from every angle, even looking up at his neck and lithe jaw line; and – his mother’s necklace? “… that I care about you… like a lot, right?” There was a small pause as Aster decided to ask about the necklace later, then sat up and looked into his lover’s distant, yet pining expression. He couldn’t help himself as he pressed his lips against the very soft and supple ones before him, watching his Omega become pliant – relaxing into the passionate gesture. He pulled back momentarily. “Jack, I love you. I always have.” Aster let the words fall from his lips without any regrets. He saw his counterpart flush red and start huffing with silent tears streaking his cheeks. Aster meant it, after reflecting on all that had happened, he wouldn’t be anything without Jack and he hoped his friend felt the same.  * * * Aster was relatively content for the rest of the day, despite Jack’s low key reserved behavior. He knew Jack said he would be busy that weekend catching up on all the school work he’d missed (as it stood after most of his heats), but it wasn’t the first time that Aster had snuck up the tree to bug Jack on his second-floor bedroom. Typically, he’d been welcomed in the past, because it offered a brief distraction for his friend from responsibility as they’d go take walks through the untamed forest beside the house, or just sit on one of the smaller remote balconies connected to Jack’s room, chatting for most of the night. He knew things were kind of weird between them at the moment, but they were always able to talk it out and so he thought it might be better if they could discuss it alone.   The sneaky teen did what he normally would. He parked his car on the road outside of the entrance to their circle drive way. He never walked down it all the way after doing it the first time and Pitch’s security cams catching him, only to find the stoic black-haired man leaning against the front door in a black silken robe over his pj’s, old man slippers, arms folded, waiting to greet him. He didn’t get into too much trouble, but Pitch requested that he bother Jack at a more timely hour and not at 3 am; the sad fifteen year old was forced to leave feeling disappointed. He’d figured out how to get around that little obstacle over time, and had even perfected getting around the one security guy that was hired to scope around the place every so often to make sure things were in order. It wasn’t hard as the older officer barely left his car and would park in the driveway for a few minutes and then take off somewhere into the night after not finding anything.   He’d gotten to the tree easily. An ancient twisted thing that guarded Jack’s room from the sun in the day, but also provided an excellent tool to get around his keeper at night. The nerves were slowly setting in as he started hoisting himself up like he did all those times before and felt like he was going to vomit at the thought of not knowing what he was going to say. He thanked his father in that moment, realizing that his involuntary athleticism was helping him scale the tree a lot quicker than he remembered being able to do, and was hoping that Jack was awake. Then, just as he got to the level of Jack’s room he almost lost his footing trying to grasp the scene at hand. His stomach dropped and he could feel his heart beat quickening. To the left, visible from the tree, a few rooms over was the formal dining room. Glass walls weren’t private and with the lights on at night, they were obviously very transparent. The first floor wasn’t see-through, but he assumed the home designers thought that the second and third floors were going to be harder to peer into; and so as the night would envelope the house, all lights became visible through the once tinted glass on the upper floors for anyone who wanted to see. It was Jack – but not just Jack. Mr. Pitchener was there with him. He was- was pinning Jack against the vast wooden table. At first Aster tried to reason what was seeing out, but it was hard to find any plausible excuses for what was on full display ready to rip his heart out. No shirt, pants down around the boy’s nimble bare legs. The obviously much larger man to the boy, had him bent over the dining table and was… fucking him. It looked rough as he could see the boy struggling to hold on to the man’s hand that had pinned his right one to the table and could see the contest in the boy’s posture responding to the violent thrusting trying to cope. The other Alpha didn’t want to see, but also couldn’t pull away. His carnal instincts breaching his conscious level programmed to protect what was his – his mate. Aster saw red. He almost couldn’t process what he was feeling while watching his lover get taken before him. Clearly, the older man was taking advantage of having an Omega in the household, but he’d never done it before – or at least, there had never been anything said or signs of it prior. He wondered if he had been ignorant all along or if something had happened recently to cause it. Aster watched the whole thing. He watched as the man took the ethereal beauty and flipped him onto his back, pulling the boy’s legs up over his shoulders so that he could get better access. He watched Jack tremble as he reached for his aggressor’s neck to try and gain some relief from the position and then they – kissed. The maturing Alpha felt like dying. In the midst of his brain jumbling everything up, he finally remembered to exhale as he could feel the tears pooling at the corners of his own eyes and he didn’t know what to do. If he wasn’t sick before, he was going to hurl now, but he held out. The end happened where Jack was clearly exhausted. Aster watched angrily as the man pulled him off of the dining table and onto the floor. The larger, cold man, pinned Jack down by his neck and forced him to present for him. Aster’s stomach was rolling as he felt his own instincts respond. Sex was in the air and it was being emitted from his own pheromones of wanting it, despite what he knew what it had to be – ‘rape’. He felt gross. The man leaned down and he could tell he was whispering something into Jack’s ear as the boy finally settled and actually positioned his ass higher so that the older Alpha could get a better angle at entering him. Finally, after god only knew how long, the man had clearly knotted him, again watching his friend tremble, prostrate beneath the man that had heaved forward on all fours over the Omega’s back, clearly spent as well while he finished unloading himself into the kept prince.   The last thing he saw in the thick of him trying to get down from the tree, was Mr. Pitchiner holding the spectral boy bridal style and carrying him back to his room as the light flicked on. He had gained enough control of himself to leave. Aster tried to be as inconspicuous tearing through the brush as he did when he first got there, but it was rough. He felt empty. He couldn’t breathe and was sweating from his begrudging hard-on and just needed to get away. He’d finally made it to his car – a black 69 charger – and sat there for a moment. He had to calm himself down before driving as everything within him down to his bone marrow was ready to slaughter to claim what was his. No not his… he knew his heart – no… he belonged to Jack. -Why was life so relentless to his best friend? ***** Forbidden Fruit ***** Chapter Summary All Pitch's POV. What happened the night things changed. Pitch recollects past events and things get heavy with Jack. Chapter Notes I revised this chapter just a bit because I needed a better flow. <3 Please enjoy. :) “Stop! P-please!” He heard his mother cry out as she tried to console his irate and incoherent inebriated father. He recalled the dishes on the table shaking when the spat began. He remembered the sheer terror on his mother’s lovely face as his father struck her repeatedly where she sat just before she fell out of her chair then to the floor. She looked up at the man with Pitch’s same amber tinted eyes in desperation, tears streaking her rouged cheeks and a bruise threatening her jaw. He was about eleven then, and had grown to hate his father due to the trepidity he inflicted on both his mother and him almost daily… well when he wasn’t so drunk that he’d pass out after work in his study. The ‘Pitcheners’ were a well-known family in the community, not that he’d grown up as wealthy as he would amass only a little under a decade later, but they were reputable in the fact that they were a ‘perfect upper middle-class family’ living in suburbia. An Alpha father (an attorney) and son with a Beta stay-at- home wife – who’d also come from a so-called ‘normal’ family. Who would have thought things would get so out of hand? “Stupid bitch!” BAM – BAM “What the fuck is your problem-can’t you do anything right you stupid cunt?!” She’d forgot to put his beer in the fridge after coming home from the grocery store earlier that day, so they were a little warm. He remembered as a child seeing the 6-pack of beverages on the counter before going outside to play, but didn’t think anything of it at that moment. Things quickly escalated when she offered him a glass of ice at dinner to make up for it. “P-please h-hone-“ SLAM! His mother curled into herself on the floor next to the leg of the kitchen table as the tyrant approached, teeth bared and fists clenched. There was no humanity in his dilated pupils as he loomed over her tiny body. The young Kozmotis Pitchiner attempted to step in between his father and mother – no gallant act rewarded by a man three times his size that seemed to resent everything he’d built his life around and made a daily goal to remind them of his discontent. Even as a young child, he learned the burn of hatred’s venom early on. The details of most of the day beforehand were fuzzy to him, always regretting recollecting the memory, but how could he forget the searing pain to the left of his head from being kicked in the temple; the doctors said just a few centimeters over and it would have killed him. Then in a daze he ran to his parent’s room and found the pistol that the bastard kept at the back of the walk-in closet for ‘safety reasons’. It was only moments when his bloodied mother had been backed against a wall clambering for air – his father pinning her by her throat, toes barely touching the tiles – that his stomach clenched at the same time he pulled the trigger. He watched his father’s eyes blown wide as the aggressor started spitting up blood – everything going in slow motion – ears ringing – and then the assailant collapsed to the floor; his mother screaming in the back ground as his hands shook and he dropped the gun that seemed too big for his hands.   The rest was a blur. The police. The move from the U.K. to the U.S. - and his mother… she never forgave him.   From that point on, anything that went wrong was somehow correlated with Pitch. The boy remembered up until the day she took her own life – he was nineteen, that no matter how many accomplishments he made, it was never enough. Not even when he made friends with Alexander Frost at the Technical Institute; a place he’d worked so hard to get accepted into. His new friend and himself had made a breakthrough with a few of their experiments and their innovative business ideas to start a company. At eighteen he’d accrued over a few million dollars, putting him and Frost in all the business magazines as new up and coming geniuses of their generation. Which was just the beginning of the world renowned ‘Overland Inc.’. – a name chosen because of the ring to it as it signified all their triumphs in the face of life obstacles; courtesy of his belated Alex.   Pitch swirled his brandy thinking of his mother and the last words she said to him.   “You think your better than your father, but he was twice the man you’ll ever be and I hope you regret the day you took his life.” Part of the daily berating he received before he left for a meeting. He arrived home later that day to find her blead out in the bath tub from slitting both wrists. Makeup done. The last thing Mr. Pitchiner Sr. had purchased her – a lovely white summer dress and a carousel music box that used to be in his room. It played a very somber melody that use to put him to sleep as a child while he watched the little horses spin. Something nostalgic he found quite unsettling as an adult.   She was better off dead. Probably happier that way. At least he hoped that she was with the bastard somewhere.   He leaned back in his office chair while he relaxed in his home study. Work and business never slept and it was always a good distraction when his past would randomly start bubbling up; bringing him back to the present. It was about two in the morning and he enjoyed drinking alone when he had the opportunity as it was always somewhat mind numbing. He reclined with his fingers clasped around his glass of brandy propped on his chest, his eyes resting closed, when a hint of the wintergreen mint and a very warm vanilla pricked his senses. Jack was home. It was a soothing aroma, but he could tell that something was different about the scent – an outlandish hint of pine. The boy had come home from that notorious young Alpha’s house that kept weaseling his way into the boy’s life. Pitch was off put, but didn’t bother moving, as he knew that he was more than capable of doing something that he had reasoned with himself wasn’t currently an option. The boy is off limits. He’s not yours and is free to pursue himself in whatever manner he seeks. The stubborn man had almost buried his dark thoughts with his dulled senses already permeated in liquor, when suddenly the tantalizing scent was right under his nose. He’d been dealing with an ongoing rut recently, due to the boy always coming home aroused - his omega pheromones going about every which way in the house; but he had to admit it was very different up close. He opened his eyes to find the sprite like beauty in the doorway to his office looking at him with a glazed expression. Pale eyes mooning at him lustfully with a slight fever to his cheeks. It was quite the display. The only thing that broke the fantastical scene was Jack had a hoodie saturated in the other Alpha’s scent on. It flared a sense of claim within Pitch as he could feel the blood in his veins pulsate with a primal sentiment to claim his mate.   It felt like forever being lost in one another's pheromones, neither one daring to make the first move. It wasn't until Pitch finally relinquished his thoughts from his hard-on that he came to the realization- The boy was in heat? But it wasn’t due for another week or two... Perhaps all that time he was spending with a potential mate – unbonded – induced it prematurely?   “Y-you need… to leave boy…” Pitch struggled through gritted teeth, only being reminded of the first time he’d seen Jack that way. The youth on the floor, overcome by his carnal needs and begging for help. After the first incident in the kitchen, he made it a point to avoid the young Omega when he knew it was coming; knowing that as time went on, his ‘heats’ would only get stronger the longer the boy remained unbound. Despite all his efforts in maintaining his resistance, Jack wasn’t listening – probably couldn't care less at such a lewd display in the obviously incoherent state that he'd been reduced to by his own body’s natural course to look for what it needed; an Alpha. Jack whimpered as his knees buckled and he held to the door frame, looking longingly over at Pitch. Then it also came to the Alpha's knowledge that Jack had never been at the peak of a heat with him in the house and was wondering if this could have been avoidable - or, if it was… fate? “P-Pitch?” A meek voice cracked the atmosphere. The unearthly boy slowly made his way to the desk and stopped to lean on it for support, directly opposite from the older man. With the ethereal entity so close, it completely threw off Pitch’s sense of stability. The sweet pheromones being emitted from the little seducer was slowly crumbling all the self-control he built within himself towards this type of situation. “Please?…” Jack swayed a bit looking up the man through his dark eyelashes as he rested on his forearms, beginning to position himself submissively - reminding the Alpha that the desk was the only thing between them. Pitch downed the rest of the alcoholic contents and put his empty glass on the desk. He backed away in his chair slowly, still eyeing the Omega carefully. His body was fighting his brain. This is Jack. You’re his guardian. He’s your ward. Protect him. Then a thought crossed Pitch’s mind. One thought that had periodically visited him in the throes of his self-reflecting bouts. Protect him. Protect him from the harsh realities that the outside world would condemn an Omega to. The Alpha’s strength was quickly fading as the boy slowly made his way around the desk, moving like silk. The dominant’s nature to hone in on its prey coming easily to the older man. “Jack, y-you have to go…” Pitch broke the stride as he was now looking up at his ward's face. Perfection. Jack was so mesmerizing with his translucent complexion, white hair, and muted eyes. Different from his own darker features and olive skin tone; shared with him by his beautifully half Lebanese mother. He would protect him. The boy was the closest thing he had to family since Mr. Frost had passed away and the CEO would make sure that nothing would take it from him.   The Omega listlessly uncrossed the Alpha’s leg with his knee just before he knelt before him, and enclosed the distance between them. Pitch knew his usually stern face didn’t show it, but he was surprised by Jack’s sudden forwardness. Clearly the boy was overcome by the sudden flurry of heat that had enraptured all of his sensibility. Pitch couldn’t – didn’t stop him when he pulled his navy sweat pants down enough so that the Alpha’s throbbing member had sprung free and was exposed. Jack’s eyes looked entranced. “P-Please?” Jack’s voice was nothing short of a seductive whisper as he looked up him submissive and desperate. Pitch nodded willingly and relaxed as the boy started sucking him off. The warmth of his soft mouth engulfed the man, as the boy moved rhythmically with Pitch’s subtle thrusts. So this was an Omega’s heat. Jack smelt so fucking good. So, enticing. Like a pastry fresh out of the oven and he wanted to taste it… to devour him.   Pitch was relieved to see that the boy wasn't quite accustomed to it, watching him cough a little when he took it too deep - testing his own limits. Not that the Alpha minded the warmth that the Omega's throat was so generous with, but it was refreshing to see such innocence in the thralls of passion. He didn’t know how long it took to finally cum, but when he released into the Omega’s mouth, the boy managed to drink most of it, with just a drop of seed sliding down his supple chin. Pitch wiped it away with his thumb as he lead the boy to straddle his lap. Jack leaned into Pitch’s neck exposing his own gland as they scented one another. He could almost get lost in its euphoria, except – the outsider’s scent on his mate infuriated the older Alpha. Jack whimpered as the larger male took hold of him roughly, just before he ripped the hoodie down the back with all his might, exposing that the boy wasn’t wearing anything beneath, and then tossed it out of sight. Pitch didn’t hold back as he ardently lifted the boy up by his slender thighs and lay him on his desk; knocking everything he was working on out of the way. Pens and documents crashing to the floor as he passionately locked lips and started fondling the boy’s chest. He’d now realized that he’d wanted the boy for so long and didn’t know if life was making a mockery of him or if he’d suffered enough to equate a gift from her. The lithe beauty became pliant while he wrapped his legs around the Alpha’s muscular waist and felt the weight press down on him; Pitch bathed the Omega in his redolence of oak cologne musk; establishing that his scent claim would be undeniably present to any others that dared get close to the boy. The older man rutted against the small frame and was awakening an innate pleasure within the youth that lacked any apprehension of shame. As the Omega moaned into his mouth, it sent his Alpha into a feral state before he tore the sprite’s pants off, leaving the Omega bare - all for him to see. Pitch pulled back a bit to process what was actually happening. He looked below and realized the entire inside of the boy’s thighs were wet with slick and it had dampened his own clothes from when he was sitting on him. The pheromones rising and it continued soothing his Alpha. It didn’t take long before the man’s fingers were thrusting into Jack’s needy entrance with the smaller body beneath him writhing in pleasure. Soft and sweet moans echoed in his head as the heat was overwhelming and he felt more drunk than two glasses of brandy should have ever been able to make him. The boy had wrapped his arms around his neck for comfort and was peppering kisses on his slightly exposed clavicle from his V-necked T, as the man’s fingers moved fervently locating his prostate. “Ah… hh… I-I need you…” The natural tempter’s voice cracked in ecstasy, soft lips lightly grazed Pitch's ear. Every sound and word that left the Omega’s mouth only fueled the ever-burning desire within, and he wanted it all. He'd come to the conclusion that basking in his young prince's presence forever might not be so bad.  Just then he flipped the yielding body over. The boy was bent submissively over his desk for him to take – and ‘take’ is what he did. He’s yours now. He’s-... The Alpha slid in almost effortlessly. If not for already knowing of the boy’s virginity, the tightness of the unpenetrated entrance would have revealed all amidst the boy crying out. He figured Jack would’ve made the other young Alpha wait, as the boy was pretty level headed outside of these conditions. The heat had already devoured both of them, and there was no denying it at that point. His thrusts were fierce as he drove his member into Jack, availed of lust. His Alpha only being satiated upon the slick powered moans that were forced out of the Omega beneath him with each thrust of his dick against Jack's prostate. He’d gone so long without feeling the heat of another so intimately. He’d have one night stands here and there after dates, but nothing worth lamenting over and he definitely had never spent a heat with an Omega. It was truly intoxicating how just the scent of arousal on the boy could drive an Alpha mad. The Alpha took his time indulging in the heat that surrounded his throbbing cock and the slick that made the movement so much more invigorating. Jack had gripped the desk through the peak of their mating, his knuckles turning white - undulating beneath the larger male. It was just then that the Alpha’s brain turned on and instinctively leaned down to bond them – but before he could, his teeth grazing the pale nape– a subtle whine in the distance of his mind broke his focus. “P-please don’t… claim m-me…” The boy mewled as the aggressor slowed his pace down to halt, still within the boy, but enough to hear him. “… p-please... don't...” The boy was begging him despite his exhaustion, as it was coming out more in tiny huffs. “I will not.” Pitch affirmed as he picked up the pace with both hands on the boy’s now bruising hips from being handled with any strength at all. “Not until you are ready. But, I am going to knot you.” He could see Jack squeeze his beautiful eyes closed with a quick nod and a tear sliding down his burning cheek. He leaned down attentively crooning to the vulnerable creature and licked it off - just before he gently pressed his lips to the boy’s swollen pair, while still thrusting.   As he neared his end, he’d never knotted an Omega before, let alone a virgin one; but he heard that they were the reason people cheated and countries went to war; which was an idea he now completely endorsed. He held fastidiously to the boy’s hips and grinded into him as his knot started swelling and he felt Jack's channel tightening around him. There was a cold sweat creeping on both of them as two opposing reasons were borne from it. The boy trembled while he silently sobbed into his hands as he took the full swell for the first time - his greedy Omega finding a small relief through the pain being stretched to the brink; the older man knew it hurt. Pitch was already a larger Alpha with a knot that did not leave anything for want and Jack didn’t dare move while it was inflated in all its glory. Pitch’s whole body constricted as the most toe-curling, body-vibrating orgasm spasmed throughout his entire form while he emptied his warm seed into the boy. A thousand thoughts rushing through his mind. But the one he kept coming back to being the most prominent. He’s yours. Always has been. Impregnate him. Family. It took quite a few minutes in that position, with him curled over the Omega's back, for his knot to go down to a reasonable size. He subtly gyrated his hips as the swell decreased and then he wanted to take care of the boy. He’d already cum twice and although the boy’s member had been dripping with precum the whole time, he wanted to make sure he got off as well. He carefully lifted the boy off the desk, he didn’t want to hurt him with his knot still large enough to keep them locked. The sprite’s sweat literally smelt like fucking sunshine. He sat them both back in his office chair with the boy on his lap – back to chest. Jack’s legs were spread wide as he took the youth’s hard member and started pumping it, noting how soft his skin was. What better way to pass the time his knot was taking to deflate then to Jerk the boy off, besides he'd once read that anal stimulation while jacking off was great, he’d yet to try it himself, but could only imagine what it was like to an Omega in heat. In the build of the orgasm, Jack’s back arched and he was panting heavily. The man could smell the arousal strengthening as he breathed the boy's scent in deeply, taking part in a little mindless self indulgence. He played with Jack’s left nipple for a bit, gingerly twisting and pulling, with the boy’s hands on his own for support through the foreplay. Then just as the boy released, he took hold of one of the boy's hand and locked fingers while he kissed him from the side. It was thrilling observing the rise and fall of the youth's climax as he was usually more composed. Jack was spent, but they were both aware that the heat was only curbed momentarily.   Once his knot fully deflated, he pulled Jack off himself and carried the beauty back to his own room that was connected by double doors. They were fashioned after giant black lead slates that slid to the side if he wanted quicker access to his work in the morning from his room; but were also designed to be accessible in terms of business and did not break professionalism when closed off. They spent a night, for what seemed to Pitch like a dream having sex and it only served to coerce out of the cold business man a sensitivity to the boy that he was growing fonder of by the hour. * * * In the morning, he awoke to Jack curled into himself with his back facing Pitch so that the man couldn’t see his expression. The man could see him trembling with the heat not yet consuming him, as the youth was still drowsy and not quite awake; but it had thrown Pitch somewhat off, realizing that the boy was… crying?   Does he not remember? Heats really were that bad…   He leaned over and proactively grabbed the glass of water off the nightstand that he’d gotten for Jack at some point in the night and touched his shoulder. “Jack?” Pitch crooned attentively, adhering to the situation being somewhat sensitive. The boy sniffled and looked back at him a little startled, as he realized the man was holding water. Fuck, the little Omega was even perfect in the goddamn morning. How he'd come to inherit a little thing so pure was definitely above him. He was a genius in his own right, but Pitch knew not to question a gift when sent... or at least, not until it forced him to... The Alpha figured from all the moaning and screaming, the boy’s throat must have been sore at that point. Jack looked at the glass and then back at him. “Drink it.” The man’s voice came out a lot more stern than he had intended, realizing after seeing the surprise in Jack's face, that it probably sounded more like a command than a consolation. Feebly the Omega sat up a bit, grabbed the glass, his fingers lightly touching the Alpha’s before he sipped it. The boy looked exhausted as he gazed over at the windowed walls and surveyed the morning light across the trees. They both knew it had to be pretty early, and Pitch couldn't help but notice the youth's eyes were red, but figured it was due to crying. “W-we had sex… didn’t we...?” The boy repined as he knitted his brows, taking in the scene of them both being naked in the Alpha’s bed, and looked up at him feebly from the side – it was if the boy almost hoped Pitch would have some other story to tell him. The Alpha felt a sting in his heart looking at the somewhat broken boy. It had dawned on him, that it couldn’t be great having lost his virginity in the throes of a heat, and not being able to remember it. Not to mention, the Omega’s body was pretty battered after all that handling. “I told you to leave.” Pitch started reflectively, “I knew it was a heat and I- “ “It’s not your fault…” The boy's voice cracked as he cut him off. He pulled his bruised legs up to his chest, half wrapped in the sheets and curled into them, not wanting to hear anymore. Pitch sighed and also looked out the window, knowing that it was only going to be a short while before Jack’s heat would be raging again, and he knew deep down he didn't have any self control left to not take the boy. “I’ve read that people do crazy things… when they’re in heat… and most Alpha’s are p-programmed to respond…” His words hurt. They were calling Pitch out for being something he’d been fighting – an animal. Something that succumbed to instinct mindlessly and although it dented his pride he knew that the boy just didn’t understand how in control he truly was. That his words were just giving him an out to be the coward that he accepted under the right circumstances to be true. That if he really wanted to, like the first time Jack went into heat, he could’ve stopped himself. The boy’s heats were for self-sustaining purposes and Pitch was aware that because his own reactions were merely in response, that the boy just couldn’t comprehend that their experiences in the situation were vastly different. He knew being the Omega’s body was going through it first-hand and that the symptoms affects were all consuming to the body going through its cycle. Hence, it being a situation where Jack could barely remember the night before. * * * Then it began again. Jack started cramping and Pitch watched as it slowly and yet also quickly consumed the boy’s mind and the Omega became hyper aware of the Alpha sitting by him. The boy crawled out of the sheets and was on all fours towards the man, completely nude. The sweet smell of slick permeating the air. Pitch tilted his head calmly to the side inhaling the aroma that first shook his core and knew that mother nature was gifting him. The cold man melted the moment the boy leaned in and gently pressed his lips against his, taking in how much he needed him. There would be almost a week straight of him indulging himself in the boy and he didn’t regret it. Not a moment passed after that where he didn’t feel as though Jack wasn’t rightfully his. His Omega. His mate. – And he would wait patiently to claim him and erase all those that stood between him and his long-awaited happiness. ***** Soft ***** Chapter Summary Pitch begins asserting himself as the Alpha to Jack's Omega and is getting more comfortable with courting and taking advantage of his rights as an Alpha - physically. Unfortunately, with the lack of experience in life and the world, Jack isn't sure of his own rights with the older man and whether or not his voice will be heard. Chapter Notes Also - just a heads up, Pitch doesn't get better and will continue to get worse - for those looking for a 'good Pitch' story. He isn't in mine and comments are appreciated, but please be nice. Jack lay in bed, curled up on his king-sized memory foam four-post wonderland, beneath a large duvet with a bundle of plush throws and down pillows surrounding him; safe in his well-constructed Omega nest. They were a soft calming blue and white, some of the throws having snowflakes and stars on them to match the color scheme in the youth’s room. It was evening time the Friday of his second week back to school and he was glad that it was the weekend, having dealt with a string of stressful events after returning. Everything had been so draining, especially after the weird episode between him and Aster. It resulted in a long two weeks of Aster awkwardly distancing himself and Jack feeling even more painfully secluded; not even having his best friend at school to confide in. Luckily Tooth hadn’t really changed. She was more concerned with his well-being than usual, but she was still interactive; which at least made the last two weeks bearable. He rolled over onto his side and hugged one of the pillows as he looked at his mother’s necklace. It was a small golden crescent moon – no bigger than a dime; ‘Nightlight’ was engraved on the side. Jack remembered his mother saying it was a keepsake from his father as a reminder of Jack being their little light in the dark. It was a piece he was now never without, always wanting to keep his mother close to his heart and was elated that Pitch had kept it safe for him so that he could have it when he was more responsible. He sighed, with a slight shiver. The autumn weather was settling in with a small bite to the air, even inside the house. He knew that the cleaning people never touched the thermostat and with Pitch always being at work and Jack always forgetting to adjust it – there just a perpetual chill throughout the large mountain estate. It was obvious where the best place in the house was. His nest was pretty noteworthy, being warm and awesome with all the variations of blankets and pillows that kept him cozy. In fact, it was so good that he didn’t want to move; and being there were no obligations outside of snoozing, Jack didn’t push himself to do any more than that. Besides, with there still so much he didn’t want to deal with going on – like ‘what was going on between Pitch, Aster and himself’? – there was literally no incentive to get out and do more than the bare minimum.   On the subject of Mr. Kozmotis Pitchiner – Jack didn’t deny that he felt responsible for coaxing his caregiver Alpha into having sex with him. In the beginning haze of his heat the afternoon he came home from Aster’s, he could sense he made a huge mistake in sending out the wrong message to his guardian; but the pain and need of his heat had forced his body into submission. It definitely wasn’t an encounter that anyone would blame Pitch for, being that Omegas were considered the most alluring sex and had the biological cycles to prove it. The government almost completely turned a blind eye in the event of an Alpha accompanying an Omega through their estrus no matter the situation (unless of course it was incestual; being one of the only ways any government action would be taken, but having to be proven first). As far as Jack and Pitch’s relationship went – Pitch just being a family friend, Jack was more than fair game for the elite and eligible Alpha to pursue. It had caused another complete shift in his world knowing he caused Mr. Pitchiner to have affection for him that way. It had become quite apparent in the last few weeks with all the extra stuff he’d been doing, that his feelings were more than just a fatherly regard. Of course, in the state of being completely unaware of the older Alpha’s prepossessed desire, it seemed to only serve in proving Jack’s self-accusation – particularly when Pitch had initiated the coupling outside of Jack’s heat the first time in the kitchen the weekend after it all happened. He was making dinner for them both, something like grilled cheese and soup, expecting his guardian home from the office late as usual. When the man had suddenly approached him passionately from behind, only giving a few moments for Jack to turn around as he was pinned against the counter and Pitch’s hands began roaming his body. The Alpha had taken full liberty in expressing just how much he wanted the boy by whispering huskily into his ear ‘how beautiful he was and how he’d been thinking about him all day at the office’ with the man’s erection tenting his tailored slacks as it pressed into Jack’s pelvis. Jack shifted in bed remembering how little time there was to even digest the come-on before it was already happening, and his guardian had the Omega’s underwear and inner-thighs drenched in slick and seed. Then, it felt like only seconds following, before Pitch was rutting inside of him over the large dining table. He didn’t know how to feel about it or if he even wanted it, but his body clearly didn’t care what his mind or heart felt, it was just greedy for the Alpha that had half imprinted on him during his heat.   Even as he lay in bed, he could still feel Pitch’s lips on his neck as they trailed lower to his more sensitive and regarded places. It had been so overwhelming that there wasn’t even a moment left for him to think about how Aster would feel about it. About how much it was like cheating, even though the youth wasn’t sure if he had the right to say ‘no’ to his Guardian or not, being in his care and the one who started it. Aster and Jack never made anything official, but it was apparent they were an item of some sort with all the dating and fooling around they’d done. Throwing Pitch into the mix had messed everything up - it made Jack reluctant to tell Aster, being afraid of his hot-headed friend’s reaction. The young Alpha had gotten upset just watching another Alpha (Sandy) have a friendly conversation with him – Jack having sex with another Alpha was going to kill him. Being a master at avoiding things he didn’t like, Jack put that little thought to the back of his mind knowing that he would have to deal with it later. The guilt he was harboring for it was already breaking his heart and to keep an ounce of his sanity, he would clear his mind and try to talk with his friend later. ~ Pitch had just returned from the office. He hung his coat up and could sense a small amount of distress. It didn’t take a genius to know where it was coming from and his nose lead him right to the little Omega nest. He was glad that their home was in a more remote location on the mountain, sensing that the sweet concentration of Omegan pheromones would be far too tempting to any passerby. It was the same reason that the only people he hired to work near his estate were Betas with clean records. He approached the room just down the hall off the kitchen and to his content, found a bundle of blankets and pillows on Jack’s bed. He leaned on the door frame and watched them shift a bit before a mess of white bed head emerged from beneath them after scenting the Alpha in the room. Jack’s own scent was intoxicating – it was like the crispness of a morning chill twisted with his natural wintergreen mint – undertones of warm vanilla and ripe fertility. The Alpha couldn’t help but smirk at the clearly very coddled youth, as there was no urgency for anything other than lazing about all day. “You seem busy.” Pitch teased with a chuckle. The boy rubbed his face gazing over with puffy tired eyes. He was so lost in the spectacular display that Pitch had almost forgotten the brown bag that he was carrying.  “Always.” Jack scoffed with a slight smile and pulled the blankets up over his shoulders. “How was work?” “Same as usual,” Pitch approached the bed in a naturally suave pursuit “– except today, I did end up striking a deal with another large retail site and fired a few imbeciles in the process.” The last part of that was said through slightly gritted teeth. Recalling a small team of morons that had almost leaked security information embedded in another program, just before the security team got word and were able to retain and save the files from being released. A fiasco that had given Pitch just enough of a headache in the morning that signing a contract with one of the largest retail websites in the world in the afternoon almost wasn’t enough to put him in a good mood. What did in fact lift the CEO’s spirits, was remembering that he had a little Omega at home that had probably slept all day and would be emitting sweet candle like scents throughout the house. The boy had been newly mated and the on-call doctor, who happened to be a lovely female Beta with a Ph.D. in Omegan health and medicine, completely supported the idea of Jack conceiving. She delightedly informed that with everything that happened and the lighter suppressants Jack had been switched to (something Pitch had requested without the boy’s knowledge in hopes of weening him off birth control for reproductive purposes), it would effectively induce the young breeder to discharge aroused pheromones around the Alpha who knotted him first in need for Pitch to sow his seed. The doctor even explained that the attraction should happen without the bonding bite; something Pitch was going to wait for despite the lack in his own self-control, and may eventually fill the boy in on the whole birth control thing. “Oh, on my way home I noticed a small stationary store that I think just opened and stopped in. They had all kinds of fantastic little paper trinkets, but I was most intrigued by this-“ The tall, dark, and handsome Alpha extended his arm out to the disheveled youth, holding a medium sized brown bag. Jack looked at him with a small glint of concern in his eye and then eyed the bag hesitantly before he accepted it. “You didn’t have to do that.” Jack’s cheeks flushed when he pulled out what was clearly another very expensive sketchbook. A leather-bound gem with a golden embroidered moon and stars on the front. In the lower right corner, it had ‘J.F.’ for ‘Jack Frost’ monogrammed also in golden threading. At the bottom of the bag was a tin stamped with moons and stars all over the front that contained four different sized black fountain pens. “You already gave me a gift a few weeks ago.” Jack declared as he held his mother’s necklace in his hand and recalled the beautiful snow-white Sketchbook that had come in its own satin sleeve. “I know darling, but you can never have too many. You go through at least one a month.” Pitch stated unabashedly. Money definitely wasn’t the problem, but Jack was more concerned with the fact that Pitch had gone out of his way to pick something out himself, instead of the other item that was clearly selected by Katherine. There was something different about the formality in how Pitch treated the Omega prior to Jack’s last heat and how the older Alpha was currently acting towards him after their accidental coupling. It was very similar in the way Aster had been doing nice things for him without any prompt to try and gain some affection, and so it went without saying that there was some sort of courting going on. “Th-thank you.” Jack sputtered as he looked over the gift in his lap and then up at Pitch. Although he did really love the new sketchbook, it felt... heavy. “There’s no need to thank me.” The older man sat on the edge of the bed, intentionally putting a very small distance between them. It made Jack restless as a tension filled the air, picking up on there being more to the man’s visit. “Wai-“   It was happening again, where there was so few minutes to process what was going on. It felt like only seconds going by that Jack had caught a feral glint of lust in the Alpha’s eye before lips aggressively pressed against his, tasting mint from the gum he must have been chewing earlier. Then he was eagerly pushed back on the bed, the sketchbook falling to the floor, the man had taken his shoes off and was looming hungrily over him. The young Omega couldn’t help his body responding, especially as the man’s hand trailed between both of their bodies and started fondling the treasured spots between Jack’s thighs over his navy-blue sweats; purposely provoking a reaction.   It served its purpose. Pitch growled deep in his throat pleased as he could smell the fresh slick begin to spill and Jack could feel it dampening his underwear uncomfortably. Jack mewled beneath him as his body was being overwhelmed with a flurry of different sensations and uncertainty began to cloud his mind. The older man was a little more than double Jack’s size and held a completely different conduct as an Alpha than Aster. For a reason unknown to the pup, the chemistry between himself and Pitch brought out the most sensitive parts of the youth’s personality, exposing all the vulnerabilities that an Omega could show to an Alpha.   Six genders (Fα/Mα, Fβ/Mβ, FΩ/MΩ) existed; but in the variating pool of biology Betas were almost moot as far as differences went between F vs M in society (other than boy Betas couldn’t get pregnant). If there was scale measuring the gender’s characteristics, β ‘s would be almost smack dab in the middle. Very few proved to be exceptional in a world with α‘s and vice versa – many proved to be far more productive than Ω‘s who lacked the stamina to provide the consistency to be seen as a normal member of a working class society. Then, where only Alphas and Omegas were concerned – they had their own exclusive hierarchies unique to their genders. For instance, if there were two Alphas in a single workspace – both would naturally fight for the head position, one would always come out on top as pack Alpha; forcing the other to either submit or look for their own roost elsewhere. Although, some were born as pack leaders with just their presence demanding the role as a leader; few to none who submitted contested their abilities and any challenge of that maleα/femaleα could be critical for the naysayer.   The ‘king of the rock’ instinct also played a big part in claiming mates – some would say most forced their counterparts into submission because of how significant their differences in physical strength and overall presence was. Omegas were less rigid in their ladders of placement where multiple were in the same vicinity. They typically worked well together – a single Omega as the neck of the household making all of the decisions inside of it and the more docile of the bunch following suit to their wishes. Of course, if an Omega felt threatened in any way (family, nest, home… etc. being attacked), they had the fire to protect at least that.   Pitch was clearly a pack Alpha, some sort of ‘King amongst men’. It wasn’t clear if he was born that way or if he fought for it, but he had become a force to reckon with alongside his best friend. Jack wasn’t sure if Aster tried to challenge Pitch, how successful he would be and feared the outcome if it were to come to pass. The young Alpha was strong and smart, but he was no ‘Kozmotis Pitchiner’ or ‘Alexander Frost’. “You are so lovely,” the Alpha said very breathy into the boy’s ear, no louder than a whisper, “I am truly in awe whenever I have you.” Every word spoken Pitch knew to be true. In his thirty-eight years of life, no Alpha, Beta, nor Omega had ever captivated his senses the way that Jack did. Pitch knew if the boy were more aware, there were other methods of persuasion only available to few that could tear down an Alpha that sat at the top. Jack was his Pandora’s box.  He licked a strip up the youth’s neck and watched him tremble - a response to the stimulation he presumed. There was a hint of reluctance lining the boy’s pheromone, but being in the Omega nest, it helped soften the edge on that tantalizing scent and stimulate the Alpha’s carnal instinct to continue dominating. “I need you-“ the man took the boy’s hand down between their bodies and forced him to feel his own throbbing erection through his pressed slacks. “This is what you do to me.” Jack blushed innocently only having had sex once outside of his heat – with a small gasp and tried to pull his hand away, but the man held it there to make his point, “I want you.” Pitch reflected justly on how Jack was still so pure and naïve. Although the boy was no longer a virgin, the Alpha could still faintly smell the freshness of a flowering Omega. The budding scent that would of course sadly fade to pure arousal now that he’d had his cherry popped with his first knot. The thought filled Pitch’s chest with a pleasurable warmth as he was glad that it was something he alone had taken. The built man sat back on his heels between the youth’s sweetly spread thighs in the deep blue sweats and watched his small chest rise and fall under another one of the oversized band T's the pup was so fond of; the keenness for the unknown in his beautifully half lidded pale-moon eyes. The boy pulled on one of the pillows by the bottom of its case to try and hide behind. It piqued Pitch’s awareness in response to the youth’s reserved behavior in being with him and just couldn’t get enough of his little Omega sweet. *** He remembered it only a few days after the boy’s heat had ended. Jack was recovering from a good long week of his first taste of being with an Alpha. It was slightly depressing when Jack started bleeding after, signaling that he was still without child. It was a biological response that happens after an Omega’s heat if they weren’t fertilized properly; they experienced the shedding of the uterus lining (like female betas), and so Jack was in a delicate condition. Regretfully Pitch had to go back to the office – resuming the usual schedule of meetings and maintaining his empire. Something he wished he could have put off a little longer to spend more time with his sweet. He was back in his office, sitting at his large corporate desk in his very expensive leather chair, with the best view that overlooked the city; and although his presence had been high in demand, he really wanted nothing more than to be back waiting on Jack. With the knowledge of the boy having given something so precious to an Omega as their first time, he knew that there would be some sensitivity to the Alpha who did it not being there, even if the boy wasn’t completely aware of it Pitch had successfully distracted himself by immediately burying himself in all the emails and messages that he’d missed during his week off, when there was a little knock at the door and he realized one of the last people he wanted to see was standing in the doorway to his office – Katherine impatiently beside the man. “Ahem…” Katherine had finally gotten his attention, her green eyes staring intently at him when Pitch signaled for both of them to come closer. Katherine looked to be in a hurry, but was as ceremonial as possible – even with how uncomfortable she looked standing beside – “Sir, Henry has dropped by to talk to you. He stated that it was private.” Pitch sat back in his chair, lacing his fingers beneath his chin, placing his elbows on the arm rests. He looked up with a snarky glint and saw a man that most of the population who weren’t Alphas wanted to avoid at all costs. “Pitch, is this the greeting an old friend gets?” Henry helped himself to one of the procured leather chairs directly in front of the CEO – Katherine excused herself as she got back to her daily tasks, shutting the door behind her. In any other normal circumstance, it might rouse some sort of inquiry on Pitch’s part from Katherine’s behavior, but Henry was a different story. He owned one of the largest marketing firms in the country and although a natural scumbag, he was not to be taken lightly. It wasn’t that he was an eyesore for his age. As a matter of fact, just looking at him and one might think of him as a very handsome silver fox being in his early fifties with the deveiner of a well-aged Alpha; but in fact, he liked to prey on the weak making him terrible. As an Alpha, his instincts were to dominate everything, even if it was against its will and he functioned along those lines quite literally; which was how he ended up climbing to the top and became the huge success far before Pitch and Alexander had even met. “Well, without an invitation or prior notice, it’s hard to foretell an unexpected guest.” Pitch smirked as he tilted his head to the side. The older Alpha smirked back and also placed both of his arms on the rests in a spread- out position in the chair – his large and pricey rings on full display. Both of the men had a sense of class, but took their own twists on it. Pitch typically flaunted it in sleek, designer, and well-manicured black suits (the most lowkey expensive a multi-billionaire could get without looking cheap); whereas Henry didn’t mind the gaudy arrivals, his shoes alone demanding respect before his lighter taste (sometimes pin-striped) in suits being acknowledged; as he made his appearances across the world doing whatever he wanted. “I hear the Frost boy… is an Omega?” The unwarranted Alpha apprehensively placed a lot of emphasis on the last part. Pitch had anticipated the word getting back to the pig of a man, and knew if there was anyone who would’ve had more experience taking advantage of the sweet creatures, it would’ve been Henry. “I hear you keep him selfishly locked away in a small community on the mountainside?” Pitch didn’t move at the statement, only narrowed his gaze on the man before him. “And what’s it to you what I do with my Omega?” The younger Alpha crossed one leg over the other, putting on a very deliberated response. Pitch was no stranger to twisted deals and expensive trades, but there had been a line drawn around his ward. The boy was off-limits. “Well, it’s very greedy of you to keep such a trophy all to yourself. Rumor has it, you’re actually going to bond him?” The older man stroked his peppered well-groomed beard smugly as he interrogated the young CEO. ”You know he would be so much more profitable if you sold his hand? Or simply allowed... temporary access... ” It was clearly a honey pot that the licentious older man wanted to stick his hands in, but Pitch would have none of that. Jack had already gone through so much hardship losing his parents and then presenting as an object to the world. That was enough to be morbid, but also potentially being forced to marry or have physical relations with a stranger over money and status – especially when there wasn’t any demand for it from Pitch’s end. “He’s not for sale.” Pitch had to speak to the other man in the only language he understood – business.  “Besides, to answer your question – I’ve just newly mated him during his heat, meaning I’ve imprinted on him, with every intention to finish the job.” The older CEO rose to what he perceived as a bull-headed statement. “You’re a fool Kozmotis, Omegas are just knot-whores and you have a gem that’s only been with you. He’s what – a sixteen or seventeen-year-old breeder that’s only been fucked by one Alpha and isn’t bonded? Do you understand how rare that is?” Henry almost salivated at his last statement, wiping the corners of his mouth and trying to really settle with the great Mr. Pitchiner what a prize Jack was. “If you had any sense about you, you would hold a private auction for the highest bidder and through it, build stronger connections and possibly win other very expensive contracts.” Pitch’s expression and demeanor never faltered as he stood his ground with the situation and long-time business partner, already having decided that selling Jack was out of the question; and besides, he felt he’d let the man carry on long enough. Although Henry was mostly full of shit, Pitch had purposefully dismissed what inheriting Jack truly meant from a business standpoint for as long as he could. Acknowledging that there would be people willing to purchase a marriage with him and possibly make other high value exchanges; it meant that he would potentially lose another piece of himself. “Don’t be a simpleton Pitch - you know there’s a reason that you don’t see very many Omegas roaming about – either they’ve resigned themselves to prostitution, they’ve already been claimed, or they’re being hidden away like you’re doing with the Frosts’ boy. But don’t you see? The ball is in your court – he’s definitely a trump card if ever you needed to play one.” Henry really seemed to be trying to drill his point in. “Besides, I have my own connections. Now, they’re no‘innocent – Frost – Omega’, but I can get you some of the best Omega pussy from around the world, if that's what you need. I know my own tastes as an Alpha tend to be more indulgent with the little sluts, but I wouldn't mind sharing.”   There was an aura of disdain in the air for the topic of conversation, and the younger Alpha didn’t mind the old tycoon so much, as long as he never opened his mouth. But he had always understood what it meant when partners and other companies had been requesting audiences with his little ward. Pitch had been denying them all along, also not relaying the information to his sweetto stave for as normal life as long as his pockets fabrication would allow; but he now accepted that they were wanting a courtship – and it would mean if Pitch conceded that he would be willing to open up for a partnership to Overland Inc. again. “It’s enough.” The Alpha gestured with his hand. “His value far exceeds a mediocre contract or connection to me. He was the son of my late partner and friend. Someone I consider very much family.” The smooth Alpha uncrossed his legs and leaned forward on his desk. “I fully intend to make him mine – my knot-whore – Omega cunt and all.” The last part the young Alpha stated with a devious grin. “So, there will be no more talk of his hand being bartered off to someone else.” Pitch leaned back further this time, putting his shoes on the desk as a deliberate statement of ‘no fucks’ being given and his boredom with the topic at hand. “Maybe if you came around more often, I might have him brought around so you can better understand why he’s not on the carte du jour.” Henry was pensive on that statement, but liked the sound of that. He wasn’t quite on board with not possibly having ‘a go’ in obtaining the Omega pup that seemed to be on anyone who was anyone's radar, but there were so few who had even seen him. The community that he was a part of was very tight-knit and so just laying eyes on the boy was a great starter. Henry was a smart man himself and considered himself to be no more than a humble opportunist who never took 'no' for an answer. “Very well then,” the older Alpha stroked his peppered beard once more very calculated, “we will have to set up a time, so I can meet the nymph that bewitched your icy heart.” Henry stood up and adjusted himself before leaning over the desk to shake Pitch’s hand. Pitch obliged with a firm shake and a nod, then the man excused himself. A few minutes alone with his thoughts again and Pitch’s mind was immediately drawn back to his little dove that was currently confined to their nest because of the rough week of coupling. His natural tendencies of protection and possessiveness as an Alpha had kicked in and he couldn’t wait to see his Omega. *** Fast-forwarding to the current situation, recollecting that little discussion he’d had only a week prior in the office with Henry, Pitch knew better than what the media painted the little breeders as, having raised one through puberty. He knew there was more to them wanting to have sex versus their bodies’ needing them to have it. To also make better sense of it all, Pitch had Jack’s doctor explain the Omega’s predisposition for intimacy fully and the reason for the ‘Omega Safety Act’. The heats ultimately rendered the little breeders helpless and their pheromones put them in various compromising positions as their bodies went through the natural process of attracting and searching for a mate. Thus, making it better that they stay under the most capable Alpha’s (or if there isn’t one in the home – Beta’s) care, for their heats were sometimes unpredictable (normally occurring once every 2-3 months); and unlike female Betas – whom during their menstrual cycles could still perform their daily tasks with little to no issue – Omegas’ estrus left them immobile for the duration of it. The law wasn’t full proof. Some even saw it as sexist – but it ensured that they would be safe as they were viewed almost as helpless as children by the government. Nevertheless, ‘apparently’ it was also known to most that a virginal one that lasted unto seventeen was virtually unheard of, as most lost it the moment they presented – by choice or not, the statistics didn’t say. Henry was a typical middle-aged, wealthy, self-entitled, baseless Alpha and so Pitch knew that he’d probably got it in with his fair share of little Omegas; and was self-satisfied to find the error in his words having his little Jack as proof of purity always waiting for him at home.   Pitch grabbed both of the boy’s lithe wrists and pinned them above his head as he stuck his face in the Omega’s silky white hair. He began scenting him heavily. He then pressed a soft kiss to his forehead, brushed his lips down the bridge of Jack’s nose till he came to a soft pink pair, stopping there for a moment to taste the boy; almost turning into jelly himself at the warmth and honey-like docility the boy was so generous with. Omega’s just didn’t seem human and so Pitch grasped why he’d rarely met or seen any as frequently as he thought he should have; There were likely more than what was reported, but being under the most capable Alpha’s care (per the Omega Safety Act) in their home – they were probably rarely ever allowed to leave. The great Alpha knew it wasn’t fair, but what was the better evil? Keeping the fascinating creatures locked away and safe or letting them go out and without fail raped and abused by the monsters in society (like that bastard Henry). The latter of the two definitely wasn’t even close to being an option for Pitch. Admittedly, he didn’t mind that the media had depicted his Jack as a sweet and pampered prince-ling when he presented, but the downside was that it had also caused an influx of eligible bachelors to request for his hand; even just at the ripe age of fifteen. It had actually become the sole reason Pitch had gone to great lengths for the following years to keep him out of the public’s eye; the boy already not being able to get away from the deaths of both of his parents plastered all over the tabloids, being courted by every Alpha Nick, Nancy or Joe was going to be a headache.  * Jack looked up at the older Alpha and subconsciously admired his caretaker. The man had a mocha complexion that flattered his piercing amber eyes with dark eyelashes that outlined them. He didn’t have the most approachable demeanor, but he was very handsome. He was one of the most desirable bachelors worth billions on the market and most said that if he had been the least bit friendly, he would have been more popular as his appearance was quite chic. Being tall and built, with the same lean physique of an athlete, he definitely stood out in a crowd. The Alpha also smelt really good. The young Omega always thought the scent was like cologne, but realized that it was more of a sandalwood scent and it made him feel safe (even though 'lately' the man wanted more from him than the youth was ready to give). His coal black unruly curly hair (which Jack knew he fought with every morning to keep gelled back), always slightly unkempt with a few ringlets falling messily in front of his chiseled face made his sharp appearance all that more enticing. Pitch smirked, his thick lips pulling back to reveal a row of beautiful white teeth, and a pair of very sharp canines on the top that Jack had noted when he was a little younger made the man look all the fiercer. Jack had no clue that he had been one of the only people to witness a very intimate side of what the world had described as a very unsympathetic and cold deal driver. He had been completely unaware of the magnitude of Pitch’s affection for him; and unfortunately, completely unaware that the mating would have happened regardless of Jack approaching him or not. Jack’s heat in that moment had just expedited a preconceived intention and made things easier for the Alpha.   “Darling,” Pitch started as let go of the small wrists then put his hand under the arch of the boy’s back and lifted him, adjusting the smaller body lower on the bed, “I must explain something to you.” The boy looked confused at the Alpha having picked that moment to go over something (from what his tone implied), seemed more business related. “It’s no surprise that as an Alpha and your caretaker, who’s now mated you during a heat – our relationship has changed.” The man knitted his brows as he finished in a deliberated manner, “and so going forward, I'm going to keep you as my Omega. Not as my ward, but as my mate…” In that moment, an image of Aster flashed in Jack’s mind being reminded through Pitch’s words the confession his best friend had made at school and that Aster had said he was in love with him. Jack knitted his eyebrows looking to the side woefully while remaining silent. The scent of the dominant Alpha was heady, and it left little to no room for Jack’s sweet Omega to think clearly about what was said. He could already feel the heat of anxiety in his cheeks, knowing that what the Alpha was saying, required more processing on his part as the man confessed to being more than ready to accept him without any reservations in changing both their lives forever. “I’m tired…” Jack languished as that was all he could force himself to respond with, not ready to acknowledge or give any answers that impacting. He glanced from the side over at the man, whose face was nearly inches from his own, trying to turn away from the Alpha.   He felt guilty to begin with, but his indecisive non-response did little for him in averting the larger male’s train-of-thought and even as the youth lay on his side curled up beneath the looming man, Pitch leaned down and very intimately nuzzled the back of the pup's neck. It was close enough to the mating gland that it had startled Jack with a hitch in his breath and made the small Omega whimper in disapproval. “You are perfect.” The Alpha’s low and somber tone resonated, making the hair on the back of Jack’s neck stand up. “And you will make an excellent mother-” Pitch slid his hand up the front of the pup’s t-shirt and fondled his chest. First, brushing over the tiny buds with a palm and after getting a small reaction, gingerly twisting and tugging on them to get more. Jack moaned slightly into the pillows beside his head as he tried to muffle his voice. He wasn’t sure what to do and his body wasn’t cooperating. In all truth, the boy didn’t feel like having sex. He really just wanted to laze about and although he didn’t mind his guardian in his nest so much, sex was something he was still getting used to - especially with Pitch. He didn’t know how to articulate it in a way where he didn’t feel like the older Alpha was going to dismiss it as something irrelevant, but he didn’t know of any other way to convey himself other than ‘maybe his guardian would get the hint’ if he curled up. It didn’t seem to read that Pitch was even following the reluctance in Jack’s timidity as the Alpha seemed to only be responding to the arousal the boy’s body was physiologically programmed to respond to a mate with. The Alpha continued on as he caressed down the boy’s ribs, over his waist until he made it to his pants and tugged on the top of Jack’s sweats. He slid his hand just beneath the band, and moved along its circumference until he reached the youth’s lower back; all while the pup tried to stay emotionally distant. Jack whimpered as Pitch’s hand slid lower and he felt a cold finger breach his entrance. The man started out with just one rough digit being thrust in an out, but when it brushed against the little bundle of nerves, his little Omega cunt spasmed and produced another gush of slick. Pitch then took his time stretching the boy out with the ease of the self-lubrication by adding a second finger, scissoring his digits and upon breathing in the arousal and hearing it in his soft moans, added a third.   Pitch was well aware of his endowment and didn’t want to hurt his little ethereal lover. He didn’t take his time the last time in his kitchen, resulting in the boy being sore for a few days after and he preferred him panting in ecstasy on his cock as he bred him than crying; but then again Jack was very beautiful when he was sad and Pitch knew the twisted side of himself. “N-no more…” Jack whimpered futilely trying to push the invasive hand away from his body. It was blatant to the Alpha how aroused the pup was, the view of his sweet little Omega tits perked up just beneath the thin white material of his band T from the side made blood rush immediately to his dick. The Alpha couldn’t control himself as he buried his face in the boy’s neck again and pressed his larger Alpha physique from behind. “I’m tired…” The boy whined trying to waive the man away. Pitch inhaled the sweet vanilla pheromones and thought how sinfully easy it was to do what he wanted with his Omega allowing his Alpha brain to take over. There was a small struggle, but the way the inexperienced youth fought was almost ‘coy’ and made it terribly punishing not to push for more. “I need you…” Pitch made it known once again after concluding that having lost everything else he would not have a future without the boy in it. He wanted to protect him, but having learned what a commodity Jack was to other high-ranking Alpha’s, the only plausible way to protect him from becoming another trophy to another Alpha, was to keep him for himself. Jack’s well-being was Pitch’s absolute responsibility. Even society sanctified the Alpha’s claim on him, deeming it security – the boy would soon learn it was for his benefit and overall safety.   As Jack felt the fingers leave his body, there was a moment of distressing emptiness, and then the man rolled him onto his back. He watched as the Alpha stripped him of his sweats then underwear with Jack trying to hide his face once again behind his folded arms, embarrassed by the exposure. “It’s truly sinful-” Pitch couldn’t help himself as he leaned down and kissed up the inner part of the pup’s ivory thigh, “-that something so glorious exists.” It was a habit of Pitch’s to express how much the Omega meant to him and there was only so many times Jack could avoid the older man’s intimations; especially knowing how much Pitch had already done for him as a friend to his father. Pitch spread the creamy thighs wide and situated himself between them once more, only this time they were oh-so delightfully bare. The Alpha took pleasure in the wonton display of Jack, noting the small and smooth Omega member that lay half hard against his stomach, a few beads of precum dribbling out and his glistening slick-weeping entrance just below. The boy’s belly was soft and flat, nothing in there yet, but it wasn’t hard for Pitch’s Alpha to imagine it heavy with his very own pup; a family. He then lifted the T-shirt just above the Omega’s small tits and imagined them swollen just enough to be a small handful with plump red buds leaking sweet Omega milk down his silky chest. Jack’s pale skin speckled like cherry blossoms as he shyly tried to pull his shirt back down to ban access from Pitch seeing them. The Alpha didn’t let him get too far before he leaned down and started suckling on one of them. The youth mewled in desire as he writhed beneath the sensation of having his nipples sucked. The man’s soft and warm mouth left a weird tingly feeling as popped off of one nipple to go to the other and did it repeatedly playing with his chest thoroughly. The pup hadn’t even realized he’d started rutting his own smaller pelvis up against the larger male with his translucent fingers stark to the inky curls he entangled his fingers in as he ran them through Pitch’s hair.   The Alpha was at his limit in foreplay and was fooling himself if he thought that he could resist sinking into the rut-inducing pleasure that the smaller youth’s frame offered. Both of Jack’s hands pressed against the larger male’s broad chest while their tongues entangled. As they kissed the larger man reached down between them once again, but this time opened the front of his black slacks and unsheathed his larger erection. Jack didn’t get any chance to see it in all of its engorged glory for him, before the man had taken some of the boy’s honey slick, coated his length in it, then slowly speared the boy’s entrance open. It was an unhurried process as the boy’s whimpers were a red flag for not being quite ready to take the full length and girth so quickly. It was the tip first, slightly fucking the head in to get the tight little Omega cunt to open up for him. Then he was up to half of his roughly 9’5” inch Alpha cock, leisurely familiarizing the boy to it once again. “Nhh…” There were tears pooling at the corner of the sweet ethereal creature’s eyes as the Alpha forced more of his cock into him, the pull of skin tantalizing to both of them. Jack turned his head to the side as the Alpha kissed his cheek and left a few more on his soft jawline, holding tight to the front of the man’s tailored white button up. It had slightly come undone from the top two buttons expelling a more potent redolence of the aroused Alpha musk from the uncovered scent gland. The pheromones were quickly absorbed by the boy’s Omega, causing more slick to be produced, before there was an overwhelming feeling of fullness – almost painful – with the older Alpha currently balls deep. Jack couldn’t help his body as it writhed in discomfort trying to process the over-stimulation and not being able to get away from it as Pitch locked him in with both of his arms cradled around the boy’s head. The older man crooned and wiped away the tears that were silently streaking the boy’s spectral face all while the small Omega strained against him and he took what he wanted.  * Jack wondered how he could forget the sensation of having Pitch inside of him. Of course, being it was only the second time their bodies connected outside of his estrus – despite the pain, it still felt right. He was almost completely unaware of the fact that Pitch had staked a claim on him, even without the bite and his body would always be more aware of what it wanted than his mind. “P-please don’t knot m-me…” The boy whimpered as teary muted blue eyes suddenly connected in a plea with the Amber. The Alpha hadn’t moved quite yet after situating himself deeply allowing the boy’s body to stretch properly to his size. “Hmm...?” The handsome Alpha followed the sweet youth’s tear streaked face, still wiping some the tears off the boy’s beautiful face, as Jack tried to avoid looking him directly in the eye again.   There was a lot that Jack knew he didn’t understand about an Alpha wanting him, but he did know that he didn’t want to get pregnant and although he was on very expensive birth control, knotting raised the possibility of getting pregnant by a lot (especially with birth control not being a 100% guarantee and Pitch not wearing a condom). - Another thing that Jack wasn’t sure if he had the right to ask the Alpha to do, or if it would even matter if he did. “I-I don’t want… a baby…” the pale Omega pouted with tiny huffs as he could feel the Alpha start to move. The friction of the large member inside of him hit all the right places and Jack let out a few sweet moans as Pitch slowly rutted into him and took his time leisurely fucking his ward. “Ever, my sweet?” The Alpha slightly grunted as he rocked his hips, pumping in and out of the tight little ring of muscles. The drag of skin on skin toe curling. The boy’s grip had tensed on his shirt, but his lower half had become pliant and although it was tight, the slick had made the movement smoother, making a wet spot on the sheets beneath his bum.    As the strength of the Alpha’s thrusts burrowed to the deepest places in the boy, it was sating the most primitive need to his gender and although he didn’t want a baby, his body was clearly working against him and thirsted for the man’s knot. In the peak of the large Alpha taking full advantage of the more docile counterpart, Jack had little sense left and kept getting swept along. “No…” Jack wept as he could feel it nearing while clinging to his guardian. The Alpha was clearly too deep in his own pleasure to notice the boy’s tears, taking to having closed his eyes and burying his face in the boy’s neck once more by his mating gland - where the boy's pheromones were the strongest. Pitch’s knot was swelling, and Jack could feel the tug of it every time it brushed against the bundle of nerves – the pressure growing in his channel pushing him over the edge. Before the man could pop his knot inside the boy, the Omega’s sweet spot being stimulated had sent an overwhelming orgasm up his spine. Which in turn, caused his sweet little Omega cunt to milk the man’s erection, then forcing the knot to expand quickly and lock them together as they shared a very concentrated euphoric entanglement.   The man in the height of his own orgasm had instinctively bit just below Jack’s bonding place and for a split-second Jack thought that his life was over. More tears were expelled at the realization of feeling helpless in the whole ordeal and possibly having his dreams of pursuing art torn away him. It became clear that with the way his body betrayed him, he would always be forced to depend on someone else and was at the mercy of the Alpha holding him.  Ultimately, the pleasure the youth took in all of it was appalling to himself, and as he descended from the height he’d been taken to – sweaty, hair sticking to his forehead, out of breath and oddly content, he couldn’t help but also feel very upset. It didn’t help that the full swell of Pitch’s knot hurt to his newly mated channel and the last time it happened, his body was just beginning to understand its needs. “Did you m-mark me?” Jack asked watery as he rubbed the tears away from his eyes. He was still spread wide beneath the Alpha’s weight. The Alpha was still coming down from his own high, when he caught sight of the beautiful creature beneath him, swollen lips from kissing and red eyes from crying making the blue all the more exquisite. He then took the liberty of carefully rolling them over so that Jack’s beautiful physique was spread out on top of him. His knot still locked deep inside of his straddling Omega, pumping, coating and claiming his inner walls with his seed. “Not where you think.” Pitch confirmed indifferently as he rested his head against the headboard with a sigh and looked down at the trembling pup. The large t-shirt exposed the teeth marks he’d pressed just below his mating gland, not quite having broken the skin. “Don’t worry darling, you cannot be bonded outside of your heat.” The Omega curled up impossibly small on the man’s shallowly heaving chest and huffed his own sigh of weary relief. He was exhausted and didn’t really want to think of anything else, especially not losing all his sense of self. Jack had read on some Omega forums he was subscribed to online, that once an Omega was bonded they solely lived to please the Alpha responsible for the marking and the last thing Jack wanted was to become a mindless slave. He was still his own person for now (even if it was just in his thought process with the world only seeing him as incapable of doing anything on his own). Pitch pulled the duvet over them both as Jack rested and waited for the Alpha’s knot to deflate. He was still nervous about getting pregnant, but he didn’t know how much longer he could contest the urging from the older Alpha’s end in not hesitating to knot him. He just hoped that it wouldn’t come to that and he could explain everything to his dearest friend before things were resolute.   “T-thank you…” Jack said softly with a hitch in his breath, before inhaling the deep possessive scent of the dominant Alpha. The man began gently stroking the boy’s back as they both wound down and he followed his own thoughts on everything that had happened with the boy thus far. Pitch wanted a more natural progression to be the course his and Jack’s relationship took, but didn’t know if he would have to ace that plan at some point (due to an interference on the account of the Bunnymund’s son) and steer its direction manually. Jack was his ward and he was generally okay to wait in bonding him, so long as there wasn’t an immediate issue with letting the boy be. The last thing the Alpha wanted were his worst fears confirmed after what Henry had said, with Jack copulated to another or carrying someone else’s pup because of his predisposition in needing to conceive for his body to feel whole, Pitch could simply not risk it. “I have not bonded you yet, but that is what I want.” Pitch articulated, his voice was smooth and resolute as his confidence didn’t falter. “I want to make pups with you sooner... rather than later.” He was still rubbing the youth’s back pacifyingly while explaining his plans for Jack, completely discounting the fact that the boy had not been included in any of the decision making and maybe had other ambitions in mind. He looked down at the messy head of white hair, the smell of sex clinging to his ward. The man didn’t really know what response to expect. Then the boy sniffled, still with the knot locking him to the guardian and the warmth of the Alpha seed being sown as he said it. The man wanted to see his sweet lover’s face more than anything in that moment and forced him to prop himself up on his chest and look at the Alpha. What Pitch saw was compelling in a conflicting sort of way. The boy’s face was tear stained, flush cheeks and a pair of sad muted eyes - an absolutely breathtaking expression. “Darling, if you cry like that it will also make me sad.” “I-I don’t want… to be pregnant…” The boy professed with a choked back whimper, his face still in the Alpha’s hand, bleary gaze shifted down, and eyelashes wet with tears. He knew that was what expected of him regardless of the partner he ended up with... but it wasn’t fair. Pitch took his time (almost smugly), admiring the boy’s fantastic features. He truly never got enough of the sheer perfection in the Gods’ work - long dark eyelashes shading twin ocean blue eyes (the blue that’s usually around the reefs) and also marveled at the supple bone structure. An elegantly straight nose that ended at the most perfect cupid’s bow. His lips were medium in thickness and opened up to the most beautiful childlike smile that had ever graced Pitch’s eyes. The pronounced apples of his cheeks when he laughed lightly dusted with faint freckles. Yes, the boy was perfect and so would Jack’s pups. Pitch could feel the inner desire to see his Omega carrying and couldn’t contain that it was actually inspiring a dream for a large family. “It is not something for you to decide, I am your Alpha-“ something that felt odd but so ‘right’ coming out of his own mouth, Pitch thought, and liked that he was affirming his new role in the boy’s life so gingerly (especially while tied together by his knot) “-and my say is the final say.” Jack looked like he had been hit in the stomach. He averted his gaze sorrowfully and then curled back up on the older Alpha’s chest. The pup didn’t have anyone else, and with such an iron-handed affirmation, he wasn’t sure what else he could do. He wanted so much to push the man away and to hide, but of course ‘couldn’t’, due to the vexing circumstance. Pitch had never been so brazen and controlling over him, but things had evidently changed after sharing his heat with the Alpha. It was beginning to sink in what actually being an Alpha’s Omega meant when their natural recourse in claiming their mate involved complete domination and making sure that everyone knew they’d taken a broodmare. He would have to do whatever the man said, no matter what, and especially because the government would condone it if he went through with bonding him. “Please wait…” Jack looked up at him with a pleading gaze once more in an attempt of desperation, “I want to go to college, like… you promised...” The Alpha’s sharp eyes narrowed in on the boy; the Omega not backing down. “My grades are g-good…” The boy nervously fidgeted with the man’s button up, “… please?” Pitch’s Alpha responded positively to such a submissive approach and indulged Jack’s Omega in not being able to fight his Alpha. He knew that their roles initially being ‘ward and guardian’ only served as the spine to their relationship in that Jack processed most of what Pitch said in an authoritative respect, but with the attitude of his age; he knew he would still try to get what he wanted somehow. “You’ll graduate from North Star and with the turn of events, I’ll have to consider whether or not sending you to college would be beneficial.” Jack was not happy about the uncertainty and didn’t like not knowing if he could. Pitch’s knot had since gone down, relieving his sore channel and Jack was getting antsy with how full he felt, his stomach slightly distended again with the Alpha's seed. He was uncomfortable, being given no options on his future, and wanted to be left alone. Jack attempted to pull himself off the man and then pull the Alpha’s now soft member out of him, but in the midst of his movement, Pitch could scent the displeasure and derisively held the boy in place – forcing the Omega to stay with him. Jack pouted and with a gritted jaw, but almost immediately stopped struggling as he glared while keeping his gaze down. “I want to go…” The boy said with a watery sigh. He was sulking as he continued to fiddle with the buttons on the Alpha’s disheveled button up and stubbornly refused to make eye contact. Pitch had a good idea as to what was wrong – he knew that there were plans the boy had for his future and that he wanted to go to an art school after he graduated; but they were just impractical with his condition as an Omega. Jack had no idea what the real world was like and how the only reason he hadn’t been treated like a mere object was due to Pitch’s effort in maintaining some sort of normalcy for him. The man tilted Jack’s face up with his hand and then pressed his lips to the boy’s in an almost forced fashion. If it weren’t for the boy’s naturally submissive response, Pitch was having a hard time controlling his Alpha and was contemplating on fucking him again. But before he allowed himself to get carried away with the blood rushing back down to his dick, in a series of locking lips and invading the boy’s mouth with his tongue, Jack mewled as the Alpha pulled out of him. There was some seed that spilled out, with Pitch still not allowing the boy to completely get off him. Having cum everywhere wasn’t ideal, but not having his cock buried deep inside the Omega did seem to relieve some of the tension just a bit. “When was the last time you hung out with your friends?” Pitch was trying to cater to the boy’s small need for the select few people that had been there since the beginning. Jack didn’t really feel like chatting in the after-math of what had just happened and the news that was given. “I don’t know.” That was a lie. Jack knew because at this point he only had one friend that he was still talking to and the last time he talked with Tooth was earlier that day at school. She’d invited him to a party that was happening at one of the soccer player’s house the upcoming Saturday and told him to let her know if he wanted to go. “Why?” “Well, I work quite a bit and I think you should hang out with your friends instead of staying cooped up in here all weekend – of course, be safe, but I think it would do you some good.” Jack didn’t understand why he’d let him have some freedoms and other things he wanted more than anything, just didn’t seem to take any precedence. “Please stop frowning, or else your face will stay like that forever.” Pitch teased light-hearted. Jack scrunched his nose in disapproval. He knew Pitch had his reasons, but it was throwing the youth off, having the man be so unpredictably hot and cold. “Then I guess I’ll just have to be ugly forever,” Jack retorted with his tongue in his cheek. Pitch found it amusing knowing that Jack was easily one of the most beautiful people he’d ever come across and couldn’t be ugly even if he tried. “I guess I’ll text Tooth and see if she has plans tomorrow.” The older man nodded agreeably. “Also, I think you should build your nest in my room for the night seeing as yours is dirty and I’ll have the cleaning people come and take care of it in the morning.” Jack blushed as the man’s stern expression showed no signs of backing down and was embarrassed by also thinking about the cleaners seeing their mess. Pitch relaxed a little further as he rested his hands on the small of the pup’s back “Besides, I do enjoy your scent.” – And Pitch absolutely did not mind if his room smelt like it. “O-okay…” Jack conceded submissively as the CEO insisted and he was much too tired at that point to protest his Alpha. ~   The youth was having a hard time walking after being knotted and so Pitch took his time caring for his Omega. He carried the boy to his room and then ran a bath in the ensuite and made sure he was comfortable back in his bed, before he was called back to the office around 8 pm by Katherine to finish signing some documents. Pitch had a good night when he got back. He didn’t touch his ward sexually, but it was satisfying to his Alpha coming home to the spectral boy curled up while holding one of his tailored button ups so close. It was also nice having the Omega’s tenderness in his space again after having experienced it with his heat and to his delight, the room was heavily scented with the warmth of vanilla and the crispness of Wintergreen fertility. ***** Stars ***** Chapter Summary Jack was happy to be getting out of the house with some of his friends - being Tooth and Sandy. He's having fun at a party, not really thinking that Pitch needed to know about that part, when he meets another Omega. She's lively and care-free, but it's the Alpha that she's brought with her that shakes things up. Hopefully things work out. Chapter Notes Again, thanks for the read! - Comments are appreciated, but please be nice. ~ The following day, there wasn’t too much going on. Jack had awoken around noon, still in Pitch’s bed and later found his room being tidied by the cleaners as promised – light fluffy sheets were reset and the cover to his comforter washed so that he could remake his nest when he wanted to. It also brought his Omega relief having little to no extra homework left after his last heat, so he’d have one less thing to worry about that night. Tooth responded very promptly to him confirming that he wanted to hang out, and was going to pick him up later that night around 7 or 8. It pleased Pitch after Jack told him the plan, being that the Alpha was going to be working late, even if it was at home. Although, Jack didn’t really think that providing details on it being a party was important and so left that little bit out. Mr. Pitchiner was busy working on his laptop in the central living room on the main floor that sat on the opposite side of the double-sided fireplace vertical to the kitchen (one out of three in the house). The setup of the room was elegantly dark. The entire wall for the fireplace was made out of stacked black stone sleight that rose up to the to the top of the vaulted ceilings. The room was large and there was a dark leather couch that spanned the length of the room in an L shape. A few vintage lamps dimly lit, giving off the aesthetic of a first-class Alpha cave. The CEO sat where the L bend was, closest to the back of the room with the current documents, files and computer for the night spread out on the large cherry wood coffee table for easy access, along with a mug of coffee and a glass of scotch. It wasn’t frequent that the pup bothered his guardian while he was working, but Jack had been feeling lonelier than usual as of late, and regardless of what occurred the night before between them, the Omega knew Pitch would be preoccupied like he usually was when he worked. So, in needing the security of being near an Alpha, Jack took his chances and sat in the same room on the sofa, only a seat apart. It wasn’t a problem at all for Pitch having the boy close, with warm vanilla pheromones having such a positive effect in soothing the older man while he worked. Admittedly, he rather enjoyed the Omega so close in proximity; but he did have a lot of work to do, so couldn’t really focus on him. The supple white-haired pup was reclined back, wrapped with one of his star covered throws and off in his own world. He was alternating between playing on his phone and doodling in his sketch book (the one he knew Katherine picked out for him; not really wanting to touch the other sketchbook Pitch had brought. It just left a knot in his stomach thinking about the implications), while he killed time before Tooth picked him up. Between both distractions, he’d periodically glanced up at the polished Alpha, who was hunched over working diligently. The room was placid as he almost didn’t seem to acknowledge that Jack was even in there. Jack at some point really found himself focusing on his guardian and realized the Alpha was intriguing in an unapproachable sort of way. He had everything anyone could want in the world and yet… he wanted Jack? The boy just couldn’t wrap his brain around what could be so valuable in keeping him. Aside from Pitch’s affiliation with his family, Jack knew his gender was high-maintenance and couldn’t really fathom someone choosing to keep an Omega unless they absolutely had to;which ultimately was the case before his heat. The pup didn’t want to be annoying, but he did want to see if Pitch would get upset with him – just for the hell of it. He slowly lifted his foot and extended his shapely leg to put it on the man’s hip, testing whether or not it would break his focus; and as he did, he kept the blanket held up to his face as a defense, while waiting for the man’s response.   Pitch felt a nudge at his side and finished his email before glancing over at the little sprite beside him. When he peered over, a pair of the most beautiful baby blue eyes gazed back at him over the blanket and he could tell that they were gauging his reaction. Pitch waited a moment and pretended to look at something on the screen, treating the playful gesture as if he wasn’t going to entertain it. Just then, he teasingly pulled the boy by his ankle, startling the young Omega and then kept the pup’s leg on his lap; noting the endearing galaxy ankle socks the youth had on as he lightly caressed his ankle while returning back to his work. Jack sat patiently while watching the man continue to work, letting Jack’s foot stay on his lap. The man didn’t seem at all troubled by it, and didn’t give the action more than a couple of seconds of his attention, so the youth concluded that he probably wasn’t upset. “What was my father like… when he was my age?” Jack asked softly, breaking the silence as he pulled the blanket away from his face. The stern Alpha didn’t seem at all deterred from the current task he was working on by the question. It was obvious to the youth, that the man probably wanted to be left alone to finish his work, but he was always working, and the pup had things he’d been longing to ask and didn’t know when there was a good or bad time – so he just did it. The dark Alpha exhaled as he raised an eyebrow and looked back over at the boy. It was an unavoidable topic he knew was bound to be brought up at some point given the circumstances. He had already somewhat prepared himself emotionally, but still, he wasn’t really sure exactly what to say. “Alex?” Pitch put his fist up to his mouth as he cleared his throat, then sat back for a moment in thought with a smirk. Reminiscing was hard, but there were too many good things about ‘Alexander Frost’ – to forget. “Your father was well-liked for sure… by anyone and everyone that met him.” He looked at the youth who was now listening intently. The stark blue eyes locked on him with the most innocent and endearing expression. The Alpha continued on- “He was smart, funny, caring – my best friend.” “Am I… l-like him at all?” Jack knitted his brows as he sat up properly, his gaze still locked on Pitch. The older man could see that Jack was looking to piece back any memory of the parent that he was just beginning to comprehend was no longer around and would never have the opportunity to get to know. It made Pitch complacent thinking of the loss of the future relationship. Pitch smiled honestly, as he pushed back another inky curl that had freed itself. The best memories he had were of his time with Alex and Sophie. They were such a huge part of his life and had become almost like a real family to him before the tragedy. “Very much so, in your playfulness and that quick-witted tongue.” The Alpha assured as he adjusted his dark gray sweats from riding up on his knees. “But you know who you’re more like?” Jack’s sad smile was captivating as he urged the man with an inquisitive head-tilt. Pitch leaned one arm on the back of the sofa, turning his torso towards Jack, “… your mother.” “Really?” Jack blurted out. Pitch nodded affirmatively as the boy seemed to be getting closer with excitement in hearing about his parents. “Did my father love my mom?” “Undoubtedly, since the moment they met.” Pitch rubbed his chin, feeling a slight prickle of the day’s growth, recalling the first time Alex had ran back to their dorm – at the time they were only eighteen and had just been accepted to the Technical Institute – Jack and Alex shared the same shade of blue in their eyes and had the same big smiles. “She was a few years older, being a freshman at the local university and her sorority house was close to our dorm,” Pitch chuckled at the memory, “he ran into our room, sweaty and out of breath. I wasn’t sure if he was panicking or what had happened, but he jumped on my bed, messing up everything I was working on and shouted that he’d just met the most beautiful woman in the world at the coffee shop and that I had to meet her.” Jack chuckled at the idea of his dad getting twitter-pated over his mom. Then suddenly the reality of never getting to see them again moseyed its way into the atmosphere. “… I miss them...” The boy said nostalgically with a sigh as he started playing with some of the threading on the back cushions to the sofa. Pitch could suddenly smell the distress in the air fluttering off the boy. There was a minty bite as the Omega was getting sad and Pitch didn’t think the topic of conversation was the best before hanging out with his friends. “I know,” Pitch crooned taking the small Omega by the hand and pulling him till the pup was straddling his waist. There was little affection the Alpha was good at, but his instinct in soothing the pup came easy allowing his Alpha’s edges to soften towards his selected mate’s expression of sadness. He desired nothing more than to be close to the boy, even if it was just physically to start. Jack noted he’d never been on close enough terms to speak with the Alpha so open prior and just wanted to finish picking the man’s memories of his parents, being there wasn’t anyone who knew them better. He just hadn’t realized how painful it was to even hear about them. He’d almost blocked out the entire first year of their absence in his life – it was all like a bad dream that he was never going to wake up from. The pup followed suit as he didn’t know what to expect, but could feel the kind and protective scent Pitch was emitting especially for him and curled into the man’s chest, allowing his guardian to console him; besides there wasn’t anyone else who shared his pain. It even slipped his mind, when he bared his neck in submission, allowing full access to his mating gland. It was exposed by another large band-T slung off his shoulder (different from the night before), Sophie's necklace and the lovely bite Pitch left just below. The mark was enough to fill the Alpha with complete pride as he held the boy close to him. -What did he ever do to deserve an Omega like Jack.   Just then his phone started buzzing and Pitch leaned over and grabbed it off the couch for the boy. “Here – it’s ‘Sparkles’?” “Oh, that’s Tooth!” Jack sat back and quickly grabbed his phone to answer. It was a quick conversation of her telling him that they were waiting in the car (‘they’ being Sandy included, as he decided to tag along) and Jack letting them know he would be out in a minute before hanging up. “Are you going to be okay?” Pitch took the pup by his chin and looked over his spectral face. Jack’s expression was reflective, but seemed to be trying to suppress the feelings that had just bubbled up. The Omega decided he would just move on for the night – he’d visit those feelings again some other time when he couldn’t deny them anymore. “Yeah, I’ll be fine. Thank you for telling me about my parents.” Jack wrapped his arms around his guardian’s neck sincerely and then rushed to go put his shoes on. It didn’t show on the Alpha’s stoic face, but the innocent embrace, really moved him and he found himself feeling butterflies. It took almost four whole years before a real conversation had been had between them and the man couldn’t contain his enthusiasm; even if his face had a hard time articulating what he was feeling on the inside. The order of operations in which his and Jack’s relationship was progressing was all sorts of unconventional, but the fact that they’d already had intercourse and were just beginning to conversate was odd to say the least. -Even so, Jack was meant to be his.   “If you need anything, you can contact Katherine. I have quite a few documents I need to go through tonight and so if you can’t get a hold of her, then you may call me.” Pitch informed Jack as he sat on the steps that lead down to the door while he tied his black Nikes. “Kay!” Jack affirmed as he struggled getting into his hoodie shortly after. “And be safe.” Jack grunted what sounded like another ‘kay’ as he finally got his hoodie on and Pitch delved back into his work after Jack closed the door behind him.   ***   “Dude you take forever!” Tooth teased as Jack climbed into the back seat of her beat up red Jeep. He chuckled light-heartedly as he took a piece of mint gum that Sandy already reached back to offer him. “Thanks Sandy and I was putting my shoes on,” Jack thwarted as he buckled his seatbelt and put the gum in his mouth. “Well we’re glad you could make it out tonight!” Tooth exclaimed as she turned the engine on and he could see her smile big through the rearview mirror. “We’re gonna go by Wendy’s for fries before the party, is that cool?” “For sure,” Jack replied. The ride was therapeutic. They just bullshitted about nothing and talked about hot songs and celebrities for most of the drive. It was a relief that nothing about what was currently going on at home was brought up or asked about. It only got a little weird when Sandy started talking about how his dad was on his back about deciding between Duke or Yale. None of Jack’s friends had been informed that he wasn’t allowed to attend college yet, and so when the conversation died on that topic, Jack took the opportunity to ask whether either of them were going to Winter formal (a dance that happened at the end of Dec, so was a little far out). There school was a little extra when it came to events and so, as it was one of the larger dances and with the extensive budget that came with an elite private school, a large hall would be rented and only the Juniors and Seniors would be allowed to attend. They all laughed about the whole ‘asking’ and ‘being asked’ to dances awkwardness and then finally they arrived.   It was one of Aster and Sandy’s soccer teammates party’s and was being held at the parents’ large home. It was as massive as Jack’s and Aster’s homes – Jared’s father was a realtor for the wealthy and had stock in the larger companies (like Overland Inc. and a few other website companies), so was doing pretty well for himself. It was also remote like Jack’s house on the mountainside, but the closer you got, the louder the music got. It was definitely not like Jack’s house in that the built-in colored lights that lined the gaudy terrace and roof of the flashy three-story modernly white estate were like beacons to the youth who wanted to have a good time – very different from the chic black stones and subtle marble that Pitch had picked out to blend in with the mountain’s natural materials. They parked down the lengthy driveway that extended about half a mile out (luckily, they didn’t have to park that far away as someone closer to the house was leaving as they were arriving). They got out and adjusted themselves, making sure they were presentable. Sandy had a bright yellow hoodie on, that said Nike on the corner, with some tan jeans and a pair of black and white Adidas sneakers; his golden hair methodically styled like those hipsters with the fades and the long hair at the top. Tooth had just gotten her rich chocolate locks cut into a lob, she was wearing a crop sweater, a black pair of high-waisted jeans and a pair of Versace booties – definitely a sight for sore eyes. Jack… well, he had a pair of dark jeans and a hoodie on, with his Nike high-tops. He never was flashy about his appearance, and sought out comfort more than anything. “How do I look?” Tooth asked doing a twirl for Jack and Sandy. Both smirked knowing she was easily one of the prettiest Alphas in the school and could make a burlap sack attractive. “Y-you look great..” Jack assured as Sandy nodded in agreement, both with flushed cheeks. “As usual,” the golden Alpha chimed in scratching the back of his head. “Good! You guys don’t look so bad yourself!” She grinned walking between them and putting her arms on both of their shoulders as they approached. There were people everywhere. Everyone who was anyone was there – even kids that didn’t go to their school, along with large groups of college kids mixed in; the epitome of a ‘rager’. “Jack, there is one thing-“ Tooth pulled both of them in close so that it was just between the three of them. Jack looked at her intently as she spoke, Sandy making himself alert, “- I don’t want to come off insensitive, but it would probably be good if you stayed near me or Sandy, just because we’re going to be around strange Alphas and as an Omega, they may not understand personal boundaries unless they think you have escorts.” Jack knew she wasn’t trying to be sexist, but not everyone was as nice as the people from their little community. “It’s okay, I understand.” Jack said with bright eyes and a reassuring smile. “-well, you already smell like another Alpha anyway, so they’ll probably steer clear anyway.” Sandy said trying to be supportive as Jack suddenly became self- conscious, not realizing that Pitch must have scented him when he was comforting him on the couch. “Oh, do I?” Jack said grabbing his hoodie and trying to smell himself. Tooth just laughed and shook her head as they walked up and people from their school began greeting them. It was pretty fun to say the least. Most of the people were very nice as Sandy and Tooth were well-liked and most had never seen Jack outside of school. There were a few other Omegas there, which greeted Jack warmly as well, but like Tooth and Sandy, their Alphas were keeping them close. The trio went to the back where one of the bars was on the terrace near the swimming pool and hot tub, that already had some drunkards playing in them. They started out with shots and three large glasses of Sangria. Tooth and Sandy were used to parties in between their unparalleled scholastic reputations, but Jack wasn’t and was definitely feeling it more than both of them. His face was already getting warm and knew that he probably shouldn’t drink more, but when one of the soccer players started passing out shots of Tequila, his reasoning was hazy and took it along with everyone cheering their latest victory. At some point in the night, they were playing beer pong at one of the eight tables in the twelve-car-garage, when Jack realized that he had to use the restroom. He forgot to tell Sandy, and at some point, Tooth had met up with the Mathletes group and was chatting with them about them taking nationals that year; he didn’t really think there would be a problem if he left for a few minutes. The house was still packed around midnight, all three floors with the wasted youth losing themselves to liquor and blaring club music being played through massive speakers on the main floor by a hired DJ. Which Jack shortly found out was the time after his phone started buzzing with a message from both Tooth and Sandy asking where he went. His messaging skills were slow, but he still managed to let them know he was just headed to the bathroom and would be back in a minute. On his way to the second floor, after finding out the hard way that all four and half bathrooms on the first floor were occupied – he finally found one that had a short line of three people before him, so stayed put. He leaned back against the wall as there was couple behind him making out and he prayed for the strength to not pee his pants waiting for the others in front to move quickly. It wasn’t until the girl before him turned around and started smelling him, that he was somewhat made alert and got distracted for a moment. “Y-you’re an Omega, aren’t you?” Jack looked at her surprised, they were about the same height, but she was one of the most beautiful people he’d ever lay eyes on. She had long curly jet-black hair about down to her waist, emerald eyes and the face of an angel; she had a skin tight black mini dress that fell just off her shoulders which made her all the more alluring, and a pair of chic sporty sneakers to complete the look. “Y-yes… am I -I mean, I am…” Jack stumbled over his words as he was just wrapping his brain around being behind her for the last 5-10 minutes and not realizing it. “Me too!” She exclaimed as her face lit up and she seemed to be getting closer. “I could tell, you’re ‘Jack Frost’?” Jack was getting self-conscious again as he tried to figure out how easy it was to tell – completely forgetting in the moment that he happened to be one of the few people with snow-white hair and crystal blue eyes naturally. “My name is Victoria.” The other lovely Omega held her hand out for a handshake, her assortment of bangles jingling and cherry red nails eye-catching as she did so. Jack smiled as she was the least bit threatening and he’d never really interacted with another Omega before; at least, without another Alpha present. There just weren’t very many in the community he was brought up in and they always had escorts. “It’s nice to meet you,” Jack said as he obliged the handshake and then raised an eyebrow, “b-but how did you know I was an Omega?” She shrugged with a chuckle. “Omegas have the sweetest scents, even when masked with an Alpha’s pheromone,” she said pretty aloof as she turned around to see there was one other person before her in line. “Can’t you smell me?” Jack knitted his eyebrows as he nervously leaned forward and when she noticed, she playfully pulled him closer to her neck by his hoodie. Jack looked startled and nodded. “You smell like, lavender… and…” Jack stopped for a minute to decipher what the other scent was as there was also an Alpha’s pine musk on her, probably her escort’s or boyfriend’s, “… hot cocoa.” Her thick lips curled into the most playful of smiles as she nodded. “See, and yours is a bit crisper, like mint and vanilla.” Jack couldn’t feel his lips as he smiled back, he was very drunk. “Here come in with me!” They were finally next in line and sensing Jack’s disorientated state, she pulled him in with her. “W-what!” Jack couldn’t fight her before he was already in the bathroom with the new estranged Omega. “It’s okay we’re both Omegas anyway!” She said locking the door and then heading over to the toilet to do her business. Jack wasn’t sure what he was supposed to do and had never had such comradery with anyone before. He blushed and covered his eyes as she pulled down her underwear. “A-are you sure?” Jack stuttered. He heard her laugh and just couldn’t wrap his brain around her confidence. She was very different then the people he’d known, everything she seemed to do radiated sex appeal and couldn’t help being dragged along. “You’re so cute!” She said as she finished up and flushed the toilet, “your turn!” She washed her hands and Jack shyly made his way to do his business. “Have you never been around other Omegas?” She questioned a little boisterously as she fixed her makeup and he also finished up. Jack was just thankful she had something to do while he did his own personal business. “Not really…” Jack stammered as he flushed the toilet and then maneuvered around her to get to the sink to wash up. She smiled as she sat on the granite sink top and looked at him. He looked over at her nervously. “I just live alone with my guardian, who’s an Alpha…” “Ooh the elite ‘Mr. Pitchiner’, that explains the full-bodied Alpha musk on you,” she chuckled. Jack noted that she had a very enticing laugh. “He’s a really powerful pack Alpha. Do you guys really have that kind of relationship?” Jack was drunk, but that was a sobering statement hitting too close to home and he felt like he was going to vomit from the sudden tension and liquor in his belly. She could tell ‘immediately’ the question was a little too personal, her eyes went wide, and she put her hand on his back. “It’s okay, you don’t have to answer. I won’t tell anyone, it’s just another Omega intuition thing, not all Omegas can smell it, but there’s certain underlying scents when an Omega’s been recently mated by an Alpha. My mom’s the only Omega from his side, but there’s four of us children – three being Omegas and one Alpha – well, she’s kind of a bitch.” It took a few seconds, but jack wiped his face as he looked at her sparkling green eyes and her calming lavender scent. She looked genuinely concerned as she searched his face for a response. “It’s okay… most don’t know…” Jack confided as his drunk self was telling him to trust her, “please-don’t tell anyone…” She nodded seriously, looking at the plea in his eyes. “I pinky-swear!” She held up her pinky and a determination to her expression as her perfectly groomed dark eyebrows knitted, and she made a stance. Jack looked at her pinky and then at her – he was so drunk, and she was so sweet. Just then there was knock on the door and a deep Alpha’s voice calling for Victoria. She yelled back telling the Alpha that she’d be out in a minute. Then before another second could pass by, she locked pinkies with Jack and then spit into the sink beside her. Jack couldn’t lie, it was kind of gross, but very sweet. He laughed a little, which seemed to lighten the air. “Now you spit!” “-what?” Jack looked perturbed. “Go on!” She gestured with her free hand to the sink that she’d just done it in. Jack shrugged his shoulders in defeat as he also spit in the sink. “Perfect! Now if I ever tell another soul without your permission, you get to break my pinky!” She smiled really big and Jack laughed at the childish contract, but appreciated it. “Now come on, your phone’s been buzzing for the last five minutes so I’m pretty sure our Alpha’s are looking for us.” Jack nodded and let himself be lead by her again.   Immediately after getting out of the bathroom, Victoria’s Alpha grabbed her by the hand and twirled her. “What do we have here?” She giggled as the new Alpha was clearly very into her and then also grabbed Jack by the hand and twirled him. “A very drunk flower and a lightly intoxicated snowflake?” He was a large, ashy brown-haired Alpha; about 6’3 and built like a rugby player, but dressed like a young casual professional in a flannel button up tucked into a pair of beige jeans and a sleek pair of Gucci loafers. “Hadrian, you’re drunk don’t handle him so roughly, that’s you-know-who’s Omega?” She pointed out as the large male wrapped his arm around both of them, and pulled them against both of his sides by their waists. Jack had never been so openly manhandled by an estranged Alpha and being inebriated on top of it, he couldn’t help how warm it was making him feel. “Whose?” The Alpha’s voice reverberated in his chest and Jack could feel it being so close. “That’s Jack Frost!” She exclaimed as he looked down at the white-haired beauty. Jack was still in the process of finding his bearings, but being with another Omega made him drop his guard and become pliant towards the new Alpha’s forwardness. “Oh shit!” Hadrian also exclaimed. The unsuspecting Omega was quite the celebrity, and it was all too enticing for just a regular Alpha not to be a little interested. The new Alpha was still one of the rich and entitled, but it couldn’t really touch the fame that Jack had amassed after the Frost’s accomplishments and tragedy. “Yea! So, don’t be mean to him!” She demanded as she punched the broad Alpha in the chest, not really doing anything to him. “I know who this is-” The Alpha commented smoothly; really getting a good look at the unsuspecting pale commodity on his arm. Jack suddenly regaled the familiar pine scent as his zoning brain was still listening to their conversation, but had become fixated with a bracelet on his new friendly Omega’s arm. He stopped paying attention for a minute letting the Alpha do all the work in keeping Jack standing and when he finally came to, he heard Victoria yell something about ‘Aster’s best friend’, and that someone knew Aster and Jack were on the outs at the moment. “Y-you’re…” Jack put his hand on Hadrian’s chest as he looked up at him. Jack’s crystal blue eyes locked on the oddly familiar Alpha’s face as he started breaking down his bone structure and the similarities it had to someone he knew. “What?” Both Victoria and Hadrian questioned him. “Y-you’re Aster’s cousin, aren’t you?” Jack’s discoordinated expression was intoxicating. It almost mimicked an Omega’s disarray during their heat, which aroused excitement in the young drunk Alpha as he inhaled all of the new breeder’s pheromones deeply. “Yes, and how stupid my cousin is, for leaving you alone and letting you go about without a proper escort.” Hadrian pulled the Omega in so that he could properly scent him, Jack baring his neck submissively for the Alpha, not really understanding why he felt the need to do so. In a quick but liquor influenced thought (having only met Jack in the last hour, but understanding his lack of experience with others), Victoria grabbed Hadrian by his chiseled jaw and despite the low rumble in his chest as a demonstration of dominance and possession, she managed to pull him anyway. “Hey, you big idiot!” He looked at her, his focus broken from Jack for the time being while he scanned her almost equally beautiful face, only bested by the striking discoloration, or lack thereof, that Jack had. “Will you get me another beer, babe?” She caringly pushed a few strands of his short brown hair away from the Alpha’s dilated green eyes as he conceded. Then as Hadrian turned around, one of his buddies noticed that he had two Omegas, one in each arm and quickly approached. “Hey dude!” He was another attractive stocky Alpha, with a douchier faded hair- cut, but was in some expensive branded hoodie, a pair of Rag&Bone sweats, and another street branded boots. “You’re such an O’s A dude, I’m kind of jealous!” Hadrian chuckled as Victoria glared at the Alpha approaching. “Go away Thomas!” Victoria put her hand up. She seemed to have the entire group down pat. “Come on, Victoria? It was just a kiss! You know I’m sorry about that time in Vienna!” The Alpha joked with her as he raised both hands in defeat. “I don’t care, you’re an asshole and you know it.” He got down on one knee in front of her and her Alpha jokingly, in hopes to appease her haughty temper; she’d been likened time and again to the fictional Omega icon ‘Tinkerbell’ and really measured up to the title. “Just be lucky I’m a classier Omega.” She declared as she leaned down and squished the other Alpha’s face with her hand in a cheeky gesture, “Or else I might have to ruin that pretty Alpha face of yours for kissing Hadrian”. The Alphas laughed along with some of the other party goers that had been a part of a bet that both Thomas and Hadrian had lost. “I understand, Goddess of the world, but your big shot boyfriend also lost the bet.” “Because you’re an idiot, you stupid ass-hole!” “You’re right! But why can’t we let bygones be bygones?” Thomas was making a show out of his groveling on purpose, grabbing the bottom of her and Hadrian’s shirts. She sighed with as smirk and put her hand on the pleading Alpha’s forehead. “Your pleas have not fallen on deaf ears!” She declared playing along, “you have been forgiven!” Everyone laughed, some cheering in the background and Jack couldn’t help but openly admire her confidence as well as poise in a crowd. He’d never been around other Omegas and most of what he read or seen, put them in a quiet and domesticated bubble; Jack had been under the impression that he was the only one that didn’t fit the mold when it came to ‘how an Omega should act’. “It’s okay Jack, you can hang out with me for the night!” Victoria reached around Hadrian’s front to grab her fellow Omega’s hand. Jack agreed with a smile, completely forgetting that Tooth and Sandy were probably still trying to get a hold of him.   A few hours later and a lot of people had left.  There was still a decent amount of people going hard at two in the morning, some still arriving, but at least a fourth had gone home or to other parties. Jack found himself sitting in a large room where Victoria had lead them, then decided to partake in the crowd passing around some weed; but Jack didn’t really know how to ‘hit it’ right, so didn’t smoke anything. Everyone was still very drunk while they lazily resorted to playing spin the bottle, and so far, everyone had kissed someone except for Jack. He had just recently gotten coerced into playing with them and was a little nervous. “It’ll be okay.” Victoria said as she took his hand reassuringly again. The frequently open and innocent touches were new to Jack, not really getting affection without the other person wanting something from him, but it was nice. There was at least sixteen people in the large secluded T.V. room on one of the lower floors. Alphas and tons of Beta kids of the wealthy lounging on bean-bags and floor pillows, all of which seemed to know one another somehow – some being couples, others were just school friends or knew someone there. It was her turn and the anticipation was killing everyone. The beautiful stranger glanced over at Jack playfully batting her eyelashes and then she spun it. The emptied-out wine bottle spun for only seconds, but for what seemed like an eternity, then started slowing down and passed both Thomas and Hadrian a few times, then finally coming to a long-anticipated stop on ‘Jack’. He blushed immediately as he looked over at her and she smiled whimsically at him, the intoxication fully displayed through the tiring gaze to her eyes, but no one paying any mind as they were all on the same level or higher. “Omega on Omega action is hot!” Someone yelled, but Jack couldn’t pin-point from who, he was lost in watching her perfectly pink lips and the rosied olive complexion of her cheeks as she chuckled; She looked magical with the white fairy lights lining the large windowed walls behind her. Likewise, she couldn’t deny that Jack was the prettiest Omega she’d ever met. His silky white hair, snow-white skin, eyes like glass being illuminated by the same lights and his plush lips, she couldn’t refute she was beginning to form a little crush on him. “Come on Jack, it’s not like we’re middle schoolers.” Her voice was smooth like butter in the irony of her statement in the type of game they chose to play. He relaxed as she leaned in and her tongue invaded his mouth. He closed his eyes while losing himself in the warmth, her mouth’s softness and the sweet taste from the orange juice she’d been drinking with her vodka. He never really thought about potential feelings of attraction for another Omega, as most considered it a queer taboo, but Victoria was just so nice. The group in the room was going wild as they really got into it, Thomas ‘whooing’ loudly as Hadrian sat beside him soaking in the scene. She had her hands around his waist as he played with a few of her low hanging necklaces nervously. Once they finished and both pulled back to sweetly look at one another with warm cheeks and shy glances, she leaned in and whispered into his ear. “You’re seriously, one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever met.” He smiled and exhaustedly leaned into her neck thinking of Aster, scenting her sweetly with vanilla, as it turned into a hug and then there was the slightest hint of arousal. “Hey babe, are you okay?” She said holding Jack close and caressing the hair on the back of his head. “Play the game without us!” She directed as she pulled Jack’s body up and off the floor with her, some of the other kids asking them where they were going, Jack found his footing and she marched him out of the room ignoring most of their questions.   They were headed down another more vacant hall in the large estate, when she turned towards him, and then sternly pushed her fellow Omega against the wall. She scanned his dazed expression, flushed cheeks with a pining gleam to his eyes, then kissed his neck where his mating gland was, causing him to whimper. “We need to find who you came with, it’s dangerous for you to be here right now the way you are.” She had picked up on some of the excited pheromones he’d started emitting subconsciously, but after the not-so-innocent kiss they shared, she noticed some of the other Alphas’ senses being peaked and could smell the arousal that Jack couldn’t distinguish alone in his current inebriated state; it would have been an eating frenzy if Jack were left there. “Okay,” Jack conceded softly as she took him by the waist and lead him to one of the rooms made vacant, after she kicked a few people out of it. She lay him on one of the grand four-post beds, and went into the connected ensuite to get a glass of water.   He lay there on the plush floral bedding staring up the ceiling. Jack couldn’t remember the last time he’d been quite this drunk, only recalling the night he’d spent with Aster at his parents before everything changed. He’d fallen into a sort of trance watching the room spin and being numb, when suddenly the realization of his phone buzzing made itself known. He sluggishly grabbed it and was surprised to see that his notifications said that there eleven missed calls, but for some reason he couldn’t bring himself to feel any sense of urgency. He pressed answer without looking at the caller I.D. and held it to his ear. “Jack-hun?! Where are you?! We’ve been trying to find you for the past two hours, but we kept getting sidetracked-” It was Tooth’s sweet voice, but he could still tell she was worried. “Are y-you… still here?” Jack asked softly. She said ‘yes’ and then asked where he was, but before he could answer, he heard the door click open. Immediately, the pungent scent of pine and leather saturated in arousal filled Jack’s nose as Hadrian entered the room then shut the door behind him. Tooth kept asking if he was there as Jack watched the Alpha approach through half-lidded eyes.   In that same moment, Victoria walked back in with a glass of water and was startled to see the lust blown pupils on her drunken partner’s carved face. He appeared almost menacing in just his sheer size as he stalked over to the vulnerable Omega presented on a platter for him. “Hadrian?” Victoria had never seen him look so feral, outside of them sharing her heat. He didn’t once glance at her, only cleared the distance between himself and Jack, like a hunter closing in on its prey. Once there, he took the phone from the lissome creature’s hand on the bed and spoke into it. “Don’t worry, Jack will be taken care of.” He then hung up and tossed the phone to the side before climbing onto the bed. Jack whimpered as the Alpha crawled on all fours over him, then aggressively put his face into his neck to start scenting him; a brazen act of declaring territory. Something most Alphas preferred to do before they had their way with a mate – it could be endearing with the right person, or just devastating with an unwanted lover. “Hadrian, leave him alone!” Victoria knew that her Alpha was an asshole, but she never would have thought him cheating on her believable – at least not right in front of her. She quickly put the glass of water down on a side table, then ran up to him and tried to pull him away by his arm and shoulder, but when he didn’t budge, she climbed on the bed and tried to put herself between Hadrian and the other poor Omega the best she could. There was a low rumble in the Alpha’s chest as he glared coldly at the small distraction trying to put a knife in the thing his Alpha desired most. Having found out that one of the most sought-after Omegas in the world was in his grasp, it lit something in his Alpha’s core as something his carnal self simply could not pass up. Every Alpha intended to keep their Omega safely enclosed from the world after being bonded, but before this little breeder was officially locked away from the world for good – only to be on display by his Alpha’s conquests with a swollen belly baring the fate’s contract on his neck – Hadrian wanted to sample it. Victoria tried to hold her ground as she covered Jack’s trembling curled up form with her own, comical to the Alpha in size against such a large aggressor. “Move. Victoria.” Hadrian used his Alpha’s voice, his sharp canines bared (meant for marking their Omegas or for intimidation purposes), as just the tone turned her’s and Jack’s blood cold. Both Omegas’ scents were beginning to sour with fear, a pheromone that only the sickest and twisted of Alphas could take pleasure in. There was nothing more the female Omega could do as instinct would have it, she complied with her head down, tears in her glistening green eyes. She moved to the edge of the bed watching her Alpha go after another like the pig-headed heartless sack of trash she’d been denying for so long. She started crying as she watched Jack whimper under the beast she was slowly having to disconnect herself from. He was nothing but a heartless monster.   Hadrian saturated Jack in his leather and pine musk as he started pulling the supple Omega’s hoodie off. Underneath was just another plain oversized band-T, that slightly hung off one of the lithe pale youth’s shoulders, displaying a bit of Pitch’s handiwork with the bite below his mating gland still red and a golden necklace. He began kissing around the mark with an animalistic growl in the depths of his chest, while gliding his lips over his clavicle, up his neck and then lightly nipped at the soft spot underneath the youth’s jaw. “P-please don’t…” Jack tried to feebly push the Alpha’s face away from him. “Why a-are you doing this?” Jack asked weakly as he covered Hadrian’s mouth while his aggressor continued to try and kiss his jaw. The large Alpha wasn’t deterred and started planting kisses against the beautiful creature’s soft palms instead. “How could I not?” The determination in the Alpha’s gaze was daunting and Jack was sure he wasn’t used to actually losing on his own merits. “It’s a breath of fresh air to see the glory of the Gods work in you,” the large Alpha crawled over and sat against the headboard. “When I was traveling abroad in Europe for a year after I graduated, there were many works by famous Alpha artists… great Alphas that were used by the churches, and oddly enough – the subjects were more often than not depicting the beauty and fragility in Omegas. Creatures victimized by their own sexuality.” In the process, he positioned Jack, so that the inebriated Omega was kneeling submissively on the floral duvet between his legs. “Please s-stop-what about Victoria?” The pale Omega plead as the Alpha took him by both hands, put both of Jack’s arms around his neck, then put his face in the supple youth’s chest and inhaled the rich Omegan pheromones deeply. “Victoria?” The Alpha glanced over at the other Omega who was glaring at him behind Jack, with a beautifully tear streaked face. “She’s a sweet little whore, but I’ve never…” the Alpha paused for just a moment to take Jack’s reluctant face by his hand and then pressed a kiss to the boy’s soft mouth fervently, “-met an Omega as vanilla as you.” He tried to get Jack to look at him, but Jack shook his hand off and tried to look over at Victoria instead. “I’m so s-sorry…” Jack managed to get out with a choked back sob, in attempt to let Victoria know he didn’t want to hurt her. He was startled to feel the Alpha’s hands suddenly slide down his body and go for the button on the front of his jeans. The Omega tried to stop Hadrian in a panic, but before he could the Alpha tutted while he shook his index finger in front of the Omega’s face. “Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. This is what you’re made for, and I’ve been waiting all night to get you alone…” The words were slimy as they fell from the Alpha’s lips. Jack winced as the man made direct eye contact while unzipping his jeans and couldn’t help resenting the sex he’d been born with. Jack couldn’t understand why his only appraisal was based on his gender and hated the feeling of being objectified because of it. “P-please d-don’t…” Jack buried his face in the Alpha’s shoulder with tears spilling over. The present Alpha resembled Aster so much physically, but the pine of his current aggressor was different combined with the very distinguishing burnt leather Alpha musk that he’d covered Jack in, making him nauseous. It made him sicker, feeling the intrusive hand reach down the front of his jeans, slip inside his underwear, glide beneath his silky small Omega member and penetrate his recently used entrance dryly with a single digit; Pitch’s work still lingering in its sore and puffiness. “Nhh… no-“ Jack strained against him, hissing in pain as he tried to pull away. He was stopped abruptly when Hadrian pinched the back of his nape and despite his resistance, Jack wilted against the man, curling into the Alpha, shocked by the lack of control over his own body; it was common knowledge to most Alphas that pressure anywhere near an Omega’s mating gland made them extremely compliant. The boy trembled as the finger worked him open hostilely. There wasn’t any time saved, before there was a little slick produced so Hadrian shoved three fingers in and had Jack sobbing in pain at the burn of being stretched too far before he was ready (male Omegas’ inner walls were thick like that of females’ – being they were also made to give birth in addition to having their own internal lubricating and cleaning system, but they did need to get adjusted to stretching before being entered, or else also run the risk of bleeding). The only thing that broke the Alpha’s focus was the door slamming after Victoria left. Jack felt only guilt in feeling abandoned as he couldn’t say that he wasn’t reacting to his fellow Omega’s Alpha’s physical advances; even as much as he didn’t want them. Somehow, he felt responsible for the Alpha’s actions towards him and didn’t know what he did to cause it. “Finally,” Hadrian scoffed at the other Omega’s dramatic exit, while he reveled in Jack’s reactions, “She was pissing me off.” The Omega was still desperately trying to hold back his voice and tears as the Alpha’s sole attention was now focused on him and his intently working fingers. “Now, baby boy,” Hadrian explained in the most patronizing and demeaning tone, as Jack prayed for help, “I want you to ride me just like your Alpha taught you, and then I’m going to knot your sweet Omega pussy, okay?” Jack was mortified and shivered at the deplorable request, but as much as the Omega didn’t want the advances towards him, it was hard to believe that anyone was going to help. The Omega shook his head and attempted to pull away, but being exhausted from the night, it was hard not to resign himself to his fate as the Alpha pulled him back in. The brute then lifted Jack’s shirt and started suckling on his nipple while groping his ass with his free hand, still working Jack entrance with his other digits. Jack couldn’t help but let him as he wiped his tears away and whined at the abuse, wishing it was all just a bad dream.   “Hadrian, get away from him!” The other Alpha’s voice was familiar and before he knew it Aster was approaching the bed in a pair of grey sweats and a hoodie (clearly not there for the party, but still quite attractive), Tooth, Sandy and Victoria trailing behind. Jack whimpered at the embarrassment of his best friends and lover (of whom, he also couldn’t believe was coming to his defense), seeing him in such a pitiful state as he shied away from their prying and concerned gazes. “Stop.” The sleazy Alpha demanded in his Alpha’s tone. Hadrian hadn’t quite removed his fingers and held his free hand up before the other Alpha could get to him. “If you force me to, I’ll hurt him.” Victoria had taken Jack’s phone (thank the gods he never saw a reason to put any special locks on it), making it possible for her to contact Aster, Tooth and Sandy. “Do you really expect me to let such a fine piece of ass go?” Sandy and Tooth couldn’t believe what was happening, but stood on stand-by as they realized that there was a family feud going on. “Fuck you Hadrian, your girlfriend’s right here and you’re moving in on your blood’s potential mate?!” Aster called him out on his twisted decision making; all Alphas noting the unsurmountable potency of Omegan distress in the air. “How fucked can you get?” Aster looked at his cousin’s wayward grin, who clearly still had his fingers buried deep in Jack, relentlessly tormenting him, trying to make the Omega whine on purpose. Jack trembled in humiliation as he tried to curl into his aggressor’s chest to hide away from all the worried stares; not to mention he was cold. “Your potential mate?” Hadrian chuckled and shook his head sardonically, “Why should you be the only one that gets to sample the great ‘Kozmotis Pitchiner’s’ future bond-to-be?” “Please… stop…” Jack tried again softly whispering into the determined Alpha’s ear. His broken tone only causing Hadrian’s Alpha to grow wilder with possession as the Wintergreen stimulated his carnal instinct. Then before the greedy Alpha could think about his next step, Aster’s fist landed fiercely in his face; he was sure that he either broke or fractured Hadrian’s nose. The comment the arrogant Alpha made was like pouring salt into one of Aster’s open wounds after having seen Pitch fucking Jack senseless on the dining table only a few weeks prior. The Alpha lay stunned for a moment seeing stars, with his free hand covering his now bloody nose and forced into submission with the other Alpha’s overbearing pheromone of hostility pushing him into a corner. In that short amount of time, Aster made the best of his cousin’s misfortune to yank Jack’s pants down far enough so that he could gently extract his cousin’s fingers from his raw entrance. “P-please… d-don’t look…” Jack whined as he grasped the larger arm for support, while the gentle handling on Aster’s part continued. There was slick and a little bit of blood as Jack whimpered and then clung to the tender Alpha who was saving him. The disoriented Omega was in disbelief that Aster was there to help him after the few weeks of being ignored, but couldn’t have been more grateful to see him in that moment. “Come here snowflake.” Aster crooned to his best friend who was in a docile childlike state from the liquor, before he saw Jack’s hoodie on the bed and then tentatively put it back on him. There were so many thoughts going through the young Alpha’s mind as he also swiftly did Jack’s pants up and delicately lifted him bridle style. But before leaving the room, Aster looked over his shoulder and gave his demented cousin a proper farewell, “If you ever touch him again… I’ll kill you.” Out of the corner of their party’s eyes, they could see Hadrian giving them the middle finger as he had taken a wad of tissues off the night stand and was trying to stop his bloody nose; even Victoria leaving alongside Aster, Sandy and Tooth.   Once out of that messy situation, most bystanders at the party just assumed that Jack had gotten too drunk, so his escorts were taking him home. They all said some quick goodbyes on their way out, with Jack resting in the warmth and safety of his childhood friend’s arms, breathing in the comforting cinnamon scent Jack knew was on purpose; Tooth had also been helpful in having grabbed and helped put his shoes back on also on their way out, Jack didn’t really remember when they’d gotten taken off. Back at their cars, Aster had been called first by Victoria as she was familiar with the Bunnymund’s family and knew he’d be sober as he’d not gone to the party. He was finishing up on an admissions essay for a few select universities and a few other large assignments for school. It was imperative as the class president he couldn’t afford to fall short anywhere (especially if he wanted to take his father’s company to whole new level when he inherited). “Thank you so much again for coming Aster, you’ve always been a better Alpha than Hadrian.” Victoria smiled as she wiped the tears away from her cheeks with the sleeve of her coat. Jack was sitting on the hood of Aster’s Charger, tucked beneath the big lug’s arm as they talked in a circle; Sandy and Tooth joining in after putting some of their stuff away in the car. “And I’m sorry Jack, I know we just met so it might not mean anything, but I really do think you’re great and wish that Hadrian wasn’t such a prick.” “You deserve better than that Victoria,” Aster said earnestly. He rubbed Jack’s back soothingly, while the distressed Omega still tried to process what happened, there was a dull ache between his legs and a discomforting feeling of drying slick. “Hadrian’s always been a prick.” Victoria nodded as she pulled out her phone and looked at a few missed calls and texts from the devil himself; which she ignored. “Yeah, it’s just – I know I’m an idiot and so damn blind when it comes to his stupid lies.” She shivered as the Fall chill began to sober most of them up. Jack looked at her sweet tear-stained face and knew that he couldn’t be mad, recollecting her trying to physically get between Hadrian and him. “He always claims he’s going to be better…-“ “Thank you… for helping me…” Jack said as she looked at him with a teary smile. He knew that they were having a good time before Hadrian decided to show up and didn’t blame her for his actions and had he not shown up, she would have helped him get back to Tooth and Sandy. “Oh-Here!” Victoria remembered that she still had his phone and handed it to him. Jack took it and then thoughtfully held it back out. “D-do you want to exchange phone numbers?” She looked at him in disbelief after everything that had just happened and nodded. “That would be great,” she grabbed his phone with a smile and then looked up at Aster biting her lip, her expression looking for his approval. “Don’t look at me, I’m not his keeper! Plus, you guys seemed to have gotten close enough,” Aster said with a shrug and a caring smile. The young Alpha definitely didn’t want to give himself any unnecessary powers over a relationship that wasn’t his business. “I know, but he is your best friend and I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes,” she said while putting her phone number in. “You can text me any time, especially if you want to hang out. I know there’s probably few Omegas you get to interact with up here so just holler if you ever need someone to vent to.” “For sure,” Jack smiled with a glint of hope in his eyes, as he took his phone back and stuck it in the front pocket of his hoodie. “I know this is weird, but can I hug you?” The beautiful dark-haired Omega stammered. Jack hadn’t ever been asked before and nodded with flushed cheeks as he held his arms out. She quickly wrapped her arms around him in an innocent bonding gesture, releasing a very soothing lavender scent. Jack liked the warmth she brought without it meaning anything and definitely wanted to see her again. “Well,” She stepped back and looked at both Jack and Aster, “I gotta go, but I’ll see you guys around?” “Of course,” Aster said pulling her in for a quick hug. They’d known each other distantly for quite some time through his cousin and he’d always loved Victoria platonically, even though there was two-year difference with her being nineteen. She was a senior attending a different private school with his cousin, when Aster was a sophomore, but Hadrian wanted her and made it his high school pursuit. After Aster let go, she looked over at Tooth and Sandy, who’d been having a small conversation to the side and smiled. “Also, you guys are both awesome!” She chuckled, “I can tell that Jack is in good hands.” They both smiled. “It was nice to meet you.” They both let her know as she walked back towards the house where the party was still going.   After she was gone, Tooth walked up to Jack and started inspecting him, like a mother or a big sister might. Jack didn’t really think about it, having known Tooth’s personality for so long. “Are you okay?” She looked at him concerned, and with a lot of control, monitored her own Alpha’s tone with him, “did he hurt you?” Jack pressed his lips together into a line as he looked up at her penitently through his dark lashes. The pain from the invasive fingers sobering as it was still too fresh in the rawness of his opening. “I’m fine now…” Jack said with a hitch in his voice, “I’m f-feeling better, but I’m sorry for missing your… calls…” The Omegas eyebrows knitted as his lovely blue eyes began to glisten. She could feel the sincerity in his tone and didn’t want to make him cry more than he already did that night. “Oh Jack,” her tone soothing, releasing a comforting scent, “it’s not your fault. Sandy and I just wanted to make sure that you were okay.” She also hugged him and when she pulled back, Jack could see a soft expression on the golden-haired Alpha standing a few feet behind her. “We knew you were drunk and around strange people, so… we just didn’t want anything… bad to happen.” Jack nodded reticently, and couldn’t help but feel guilty for being the reason the night was coming to such a shitty end and especially making them worry. He knew that his friends really cared about him, but if felt like everything around him was doomed for misery. If he had just stayed by Tooth or Sandy, the whole situation could have been avoided. He’d never dealt with an Alpha like Hadrian. He’d read articles, and there were occasional taunts at school, but he hated admitting that he may need Alpha escorts with Jerks like Aster’s cousin in the world. “We’re just glad that we found you, before – well, before anything more happened.” Sandy said from behind Tooth, with Aster and Tooth agreeing. “Are you tired?” Tooth crooned, wanting to take care of her stressed familial Omega, while pushing one of her chocolate locks behind her ear. “If you’re hungry, we were gonna stop by somewhere on the way back. “I really appreciate that… but I was kind of wondering…” Jack looked up Aster, his chiseled friend meeting his gaze, “if it was okay if I went with you?” Aster was a little thrown off, but he did actually want to talk to Jack; the thoughts surrounding their relationship had also been weighing on his mind over the last few weeks and he had a few things he’d been wanting to get off of his chest. Tooth raised her eyebrows inquisitively. She had had a small inclination of the tension between Jack and Aster in the weeks prior being a part of their trio, with Aster always confiding in her in that half-assed emotionally gestured way he always did. “Yeah, I can take him home.” Aster confirmed to their small group and then looked at Tooth, “-are you guys okay to drive?”  “Yeah, Sandy only had a beer or two a few hours ago and has been drinking water since, we’ll be fine.” Tooth looked back at Sandy who gave them two thumbs up. “Well then, I guess we’ll see you guys at school on Monday, and let me know when you’re safe at home, okay?” She said giving Jack’s hand a quick squeeze before beginning to walk back. Jack nodded with a smile as they waved goodbye and went back to her jeep. He really did appreciate them, and although it was nerve-racking, he was glad to finally be able to be alone with Aster again to sort somethings out.  Please drop_by_the_archive_and_comment to let the author know if you enjoyed their work!