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Mike nosed at Levi's neck with a soft grumble and a quiet sniff. "Levi," he murmured, his grip tightening on Levi's hip, "Your heat…"
"I know, but hush, it just started. I'm fine."
Hell, he'd just gotten the cramps that morning and, wisely, had slipped into a turtleneck. The fabric wouldn't do much later but for the first day of pre-heat it was perfect. Not that it had stopped Mike with his perfect Alphan sense of smell. Mike, who grew anxious every time his scent took on those pheromones. It was irritating, the way he would hover and have to bite back growls at any Alpha he deemed to be too close, but it was instinct, one no Alpha could ever hope to restrain. Especially not with their unbonded mate.
That's my doing, so it's not his fault. There'd been discussions, ones he'd immediately cut off at first. The scar he'd gotten in that first heat had faded - they had a knack for doing that when no responding bite was made, when the place wasn't rebitten for years - and enough that it was barely visible, even when Mike had first met him. And he'd never noticed until Levi had cocked his neck just right, the light catching on scars so pale that they could've passed for an odd spattering of freckles. And the thought of a mouth there again made him anxious - even after over two years, nearly three now of being with Mike, after six months of heats.
But I want to. And I should. The thought of having Mike's bites adorning him and vice versa filled him with the kind of warmth that couldn't possibly be rivaled, couldn't even be explained. It didn't help that as of late he'd been unconsciously tracing his glands, the ones on his neck anyway. The most intimate place, the only place with mating glands, though the scent glands on the wrists were bitten too to more freely smear their scents and meld them together.
I want to. I want him to bite me. I wanna bite him. I wanna bond. He'd said as much the night before, voice so hushed that he'd thought Mike would miss it. And then his Alpha had paused the movie and waited until Levi met his eyes. We could bond in this heat. We could bond next week.
Levi shivered and clamped down on the thoughts as he nudged Mike. "Can you make me some tea?"
"Sure thing." Mike pressed a kiss to his forehead and after a lingering touch to his elbow he slipped upstairs, every movement graceful, enrapturing.
The Omega smiled as he glanced back at the mostly empty shop, the majority of the lunch rush having departed with bags laden with purchases and grins. His hand drifted from his chin to his neck to thumb the gland that had never been marred. A familiar ache throbbed through him, a painful longing for the bond. You love him, don't you? Then show it. Tell him you want it, right now. Later anyway. Just-
The shop bells jangled and Levi glanced up, a greeting on his tongue when it froze. He froze. Whiskey. Cigarettes, the really noxious kind that had made him want to retch when he was little. It wasn't him, wasn't even close to Kenny or one of his goons. But the Alpha pheromones were predatory, deadly, and it slammed everything back as Levi froze, that "Customer's Only" smile frozen on his face.
Levi bit the inside of his cheek and wrangled with his scent frantically, begging it to stay confined and not fill the shop as the Alpha zeroed in on him and stalked forward, an oily smile fixed on Levi. Rough hands dragging across his sides, biting in and making him scream in agony, in terror as-
"Hey there," the Alpha purred as he set an arm on the counter and leaned close, dark eyes glittering poisonously.
Call out. Scream for Mike. Tell him to go. But the words refused to even form as he stared, speechless with horror and memories as the Alpha smirked. "Like what you see? Sure hope so since you're parading your sweet ass around here with that heat scent. That Alpha dude you got, he's a fuckin' idiot to not have bonded you. You not let him? Is it because he's not a good fuck? Can't give you what you need? God, you Omegas are whores, but I wouldn't mind getting to stick my dick up your ass. Bet it would be all hot and drip-"
"Get out," Levi snarled as he lurched up, the stool clattering to the floor as his stomach twisted and churned, as he bit his cheek and fought back a scream. No, no, no, no. His legs threatened to buckle, the sudden swamp of memories too much to handle with the Alpha there.
The Alpha's face darkened, that sick smile suddenly murderous as he glowered at Levi. "Aw, what's the matter? Does the slut not want a good fuck? Doesn't matter who you Omegas have, you'll spread your legs so wide that your cunt is there for the fucking world to see. And if there's no one good enough you'll just fuck yourself on your fingers because that's what you Omegas do. And you unbonded bitches - fucking worst. Always looking for an extra-"
He'd barely registered the high keen that had burst out of him at some point, his instincts locking him in place, demanding he stay still as he let out a pathetic Omegan sound. He couldn't fight it - he was weak, stupid, an Omega, and they were destined to cower, to shrink away in fear. He'd barely registered his own wail, but he saw it trickle by, the way the door flew open and Mike flew out, face twisted with rage as he tugged Levi behind him and snarled, teeth snapping together with a harsh click.
Another snarl met his and the Alpha laughed. "What, you think you have a right to a bitch you haven't claimed? One you leave alone? Fuck off, Blondie. I can make him beg more for my-"
The pressure on Levi's hip from Mike's hand tightened and disappeared as he lunged at the Alpha with a roar and wrestled him into a headlock before he dragged him out of the shop, down into the street. Somehow Levi managed to move on legs frozen stiff, a lump in his throat as cars screeched to a halt and noise stopped and the air filled with the snarls and roars of Alphas and their dominating pheromones. He couldn't watch, couldn't look away. Because back then, back before modern times, the winner had always been the one to walk away with the Omega. And there was no doubt that that thing would do the same.
Levi's hands curled on the glass panes of the door as Mike flipped over and pressed the bastard onto the ground and snarled before he drove his fist into his face. Blood spurted from his nose and splattered on the pavement. A hand swiped up and caught Mike's shoulder, sending him rolling and Levi's throat constricting. Mike!
Onlookers shifted around them and jerked out of the way when Mike and the Alpha slammed into the wall of the building across the street before they lurched off, back to the street. Legs lashed out, fists caught faces and stomachs, teeth flashed. Levi's knees threatened to buckle beneath the flood of pheromones and dominance, even through the door. But he forced himself to stay upright as he clutched at the wood on the door. Mike slammed the Alpha's head into the ground once, twice, three times before he staggered up, teeth bared in a vicious snarl. He jerked his head - spat - and grinned, smile a little bloody, when the Alpha bared his neck in submission.
Mike glanced at the people surrounding them and growled before he snapped around and stormed towards the shop. Levi scrambled back a few steps, legs weak with relief and nearly sobbing as Mike slammed the door shut, locked it, and whipped around, body still puffed up with rage as he looked at Levi, blood on his lips and staining his collar.
Levi met him with open arms, a soft whimper lodged in his throat as he clung to his Alpha. Solid arms wound around him, pressed him close as he choked on rough sobs, impossible to bite back. An arm curled beneath his legs and hitched him up. Levi rewound his arms around Mike's neck and burrowed in, a quiet moan working it's way through his throat as he clung tighter to Mike. A door opened, closed, locked, then another. Their scents swamped him as he fisted Mike's hair, nosed his gland, whimpered again.
Croons broke through the daze of panic as a hand cupped his neck, rubbed into his glands until his body sagged against Mike's solid chest, until his tears slowed and his fingers spasmed on Mike's scalp. The scent of blood, the scent of dominance, of rage filled his nose and he jerked back eyes wide. Crimson stained Mike's shoulder but he didn't seem to have registered it as he pressed Levi closer as he remained in the middle of their living room, cradling Levi and crooning so loud the sound resounded through Levi.
"Mike," he croaked as he reached up, fingers fluttering. They slipped over Mike's shoulder, caught his collar, pulled it away to reveal three gashes just below his collarbone, each several centimeters long. Blood sluggishly pumped out and glinted wetly in the light. "You're hurt."
"It's fine," Mike murmured as he brushed Levi's hair back and bumped his nose to Levi's temple. "It doesn't hurt. You're more important. Are you okay? So help me God, if he touched you-"
A growl broke off his words and Levi shivered, a strange delight stealing over him. This is what I want. It was what he'd always wanted - and something he'd always denied. His hands slid down and caught Mike's cheeks as he tugged him further down, mouth hungry, frantic. Mike met him without a second thought, cocking his head so their mouths could fit together easier as he dug into Levi's glands until the Omega whined and squirmed, ecstasy making his lips loose and hands weak.
He wanted an Alpha to protect him when he couldn't do it himself. He wanted a set of strong arms to hold him together when he was falling apart. He wanted Mike. Levi eased back, gasps for breath as he pressed their foreheads together and grinned, fingers tight into silky blond hair. "Bond me. Make me yours!"
Mike shuddered at the weight of his words, a rumble rolling through his chest as he nodded, pressed another kiss to Levi's mouth before he nosed at his neck as he slowly walked forward, turned, sank down, and eased Levi to the floor. Gentle hands worked beneath his shirt and pushed it up over his head, Levi willingly arching at every little touch as heat, excitement pounded through him and set nerves alight. Mike's shirt joined his a second later and his Alpha settled over him with a soft smile, the scent of dominance and love pouring from his glands.
Blood painted his neck but the bites had scabbard over, already closing and leaving nothing but dry scarlet smears. He thumbed them with idle fascination before he cupped Mike's cheek, tugged him down. "Mike…"
"Levi." Soft lips roamed his neck, nuzzled in, and Mike pressed their bodies closer as he caught one of Levi's hands. "I love you," he breathed against Levi's gland and the Omega shivered, pleasant chills racing down his spine as he dropped his head back and exposed more of his neck with a whine. Lips pulled back. A tongue slid across his gland. Teeth settled over it - sank in.
The bite ripped his breath away, leaving him driving his nails into Mike's hand and scalp as his body thrashed, ecstasy slamming through him, instincts on overdrive. He lunged up, Mike's teeth tugging in his flesh as blood oozed out, and he sank into Mike's gland with a moan. His Alpha shuddered and grunted, biting down harder as his own sounds rose up, barely muffled by Levi's shoulder. Something coiled through Levi, starting in the pit of his stomach as blood painted his tongue, slipped down his throat, and it expanded, lunged up and up his spine, spreading something utterly intoxicating like nothing else had ever been.
And his instincts just purred with delight as they pulled apart, gasping and shuddering with blood staining their mouths before they dove back in for the gland on the other side. Their teeth were brutal, gentle as they pressed tight and drank in something more than blood from each other - much more than blood. He could feel Mike pulsing through him, could feel the way euphoria ingrained itself into every fiber of his being too; he could feel the love - raw, pure, undiluted, so overwhelming and impossible that it Levi him reeling even when they broke apart again, breathing hard and eyes dazed.
Levi's mind was foggy, barely functioning past the relentless surge, but he pressed his wrist to Mike's mouth anyway and smiled when the Alpha cradled it like some holy relic before he bit the gland there too, then the one on his other wrist.
Mike's wrist glands were presented to him, his thick scent pumping out and filling his mouth as he drank it and more blood in. Their hands fell away as Levi sank back to the floor, chest, arms, and mouth sticky with sweet blood and pheromones. Mike looked just the same, an expression of pure rapture and wonder. Totally blissed out and dazed. A thumb dyed red swept across Levi's cheek, smearing more red as he let out a shuddering breath. "Levi… I can feel you."
He nodded, mute. He could feel the buzz at the edge of his mind, the faint tang of Mike in his mind, his very existence. This. This is bonding. It was trust, love, life itself that threaded through them and coiled them together until they were inseparable. Their foreheads pressed together and Levi managed a weak laugh as he rubbed their noses together. "You're heavy."
Mike huffed but his hands curled around Levi and he rolled over. Levi sprawled on his chest, limp and loose as he licked his lips, Mike's blood still fresh. The sight visibly made those brilliant blue eyes beneath him darken as Mike slid a hand through his hair and squeezed Levi's hand with the other like he'd never let go. His hand fell to Levi's neck, thumbed the raw skin, and Levi leaned into the touch with a quiet sigh. "You look so beautiful with those marks…"
Levi leaned close, a dangerous smile on his lips as he mouthed at the corner of Mike's lips. "Then show me."
Curls of heat spun through his stomach, igniting him as he ducked in and peppered Mike's cheeks with scarlet kisses - there was no doubt the bonding had spurned it on. His words were met with a soft laugh, a grin. Warm fingers fell to his back and dragged down biting in as he squirmed and the scent of slick started to fill the air, sweet and thick. A soft whine escaped him and he arched into the touch, toes curling a little.
"Pills. Get your pills."
"Get them for me?"
Mike rolled his eyes but sat up and settled Levi on the couch. "Send a text to Izzy. I'll let Rico know." His Alpha pulled away with a kiss and ducked away, though not with a fair amount of reluctance on his part, especially when Levi whined after him, instincts begging for his touch. Levi sent the texts and sank back, lips parted a little as he thumbed his neck, dug in, shivered and panted and threw his limbs wide as he dug his fingers in.
His scent was thick in the air, precum smeared across his stomach by the time Mike returned, brightly colored pills cradled in his palm. He swallowed them with the water Mike pressed into his hand after the pills. No time was wasted after that.
Mike helped wrangle his pants off, his own joining a second later before Levi dragged him down onto the couch, flipped them so he straddled Mike's lap with their cocks pressed tight together and his legs spread as wide as they could go, all too willing to present himself. His Alpha rumbled his delight and ran his hands along Levi's back, gripped his hips, palmed his ass until Levi moaned and rocked down against Mike, breath hitching as soft sighs and groans spilled out at the fiery touch. It was possessive, demanding, perfect. And if it hadn't been he would have demanded it, his instincts still too traumatized to want anything but.
Their mouths were heavy against each other, lapping away each other's blood there, then at their glands. A sweet taste, one like no other, and Levi drowned himself in his mate's flavor as Mike spread his ass cheeks wide, lewd in a way that made Levi's blood boil hotter and he bit harsher into Mike's neck, coaxing out more blood and a deep moan from Mike. When his Alpha moved too slow he slid a hand down and circled Mike's cock, smearing more of the slick across the thick flesh before he lined it up and sank down, eyes heavily lidded and reservations damned.
Mike's cock throbbed when it settled inside him, filling him up so much that it was all he could do to keep his mouth shut as his head lolled back, relief flooding through him from the incessant fire that stirred his gut. Their movements were slow, an agonizing torture as they rocked together, Levi's trembling thighs pushing him up as his hands curled on Mike's chest, the blood coming off in dark streaks as sweat slipped down. Mike's warm hands cradled his face, reeled him in and pressed their foreheads together as he mouthed at the corners of Levi's mouth, his neck, his glands.
Levi whimpered, the unbearable heat and pleasure pounding through him as they filled the room with the heavy slaps of skin, breathless moans, needy whines. Levi jerked back and came with a tremor and froze on Mike's lap, dissolved into a shivering wreck as he tightened around Mike and let loose a wail, the syllables of Mike's name tangled tight on his tongue.
Mike grunted and smiled against his cheek as he gave another slow thrust up, another, and then thick ropes of hot cum filled him and Mike's knot swelled, split him wide and he gasped again, eyes rolling back a little as he sank into it until it settled deep inside and he smiled, that overpowering euphoria weighing him down, throwing him up in the air, weightless. Levi sagged forward, ushered in by Mike's gentle hands as his Alpha pressed a gentle kiss to his cheeks, his mouth, and then eased his forehead onto his strong, solid shoulder. "I love you so much, Levi."
"Love you too," he whispered as Mike nuzzled his cheek, his neck. The Omega hummed, content, and let his eyes flutter shut as he nestled closer, Mike's name on his lips as he slipped into sleep with gentle fingers brushing through his hair and along his spine. Everything… it's perfect.