Fire Alarms & Love Hearts
Pairing: Fem!Reader/Thomas
Description: Thomas might be the reason why you and your neighbours are getting annoyed. And he might also be the one who asks you for a date.
Words: 10.1k
Warnings: Smut, it’s silly - I’m well aware of that
A/N: About 1 ½ years ago i received this lovely prompt and guess who finally wrote it @l0standn0tf0und
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._____.
It's the beginning of November even for Rome the night air is chilling, and you would like to be in bed instead of staying outside in the cold. In your pyjamas. Your neighbours are all outside with you, the fire alarm went off the second night this week. The second night you're staring at your neighbour, you think you overheard someone call him Thomas a few nights ago. He's standing there only in his briefs and while you're still asking yourself how he isn't cold you see him shiver.
"I probably should have grabbed my bathrobe on the way out," he says. You know you should say something but you're busy looking at him, he's tall, fascinating eyes, cute smile and your sleep deprived brain can’t handle anything at this moment. “But then no one’s really dressed for the occasion, are they?”
You realise he's talking to you, and you blush. "Sorry?"
He giggles.
"I’m cold, my ass is going to freeze and fall off and then it's going to get lost somewhere around here and the city is going to be sued because of a naked butt running around and..." He trails off.
Now you are the one laughing.
“I’m sure that’s not what you said before but we can’t have your butt get lost, good thing it looks like they’re letting us inside again."
You're right. A few minutes later you're back in your apartment, ready to fall asleep again. Snuggled in your blankets, thinking about Thomas winking at you before you parted ways again.
When you leave the next day you can see a little note on your door.
“Hello neighbour,
I would like to ask you out for dinner.
If you're interested just let me know, if not please burn this note and never mention it to anyone! And just pretend you don’t know who I am the next time you see me.
P.S. My ass is still in place, no suing yet ;)
P.P.S. You should ask out the cute guy from the floor above you.
Thom"
You're laughing as you fold the note and put it into the pocket of your coat, not knowing how you should respond. Bold you think, but somehow charming. And now you also know who lives in the flat over you, the wind sometimes carrying lovely guitar tunes to your window from his.
It takes you three days to have the courage until you're knocking on Thomas' door. He opens the door in his pyjamas, messy hair and his mouth open in surprise.
"Hi, I'm your neighbour from downstairs, the one you asked out for dinner" you say, a big grin on your face.
He laughs, and you are glad that you didn't just leave a message and go to your flat again.
"Yes, yes, I did," he says, opening the door for you, "but right now I'm making pancakes.”
“Is that what’s smelling like it’s burning?”
His eyes go wide.
"Shit!"
He turns around and runs to the kitchen. You take the time to look at his flat, there are a few books. Guitars. Magazines. A stray sock on the floor. Photos.
He comes back out a few minutes later, smiling sheepishly.
"Okay, so, it's not burnt. It's just... not exactly the way I had planned."
You knit your eyebrows together thinking about the fire alarms again but shake your head at yourself and smile at him instead.
“I would share them but …. I was kind of planning to eat them straight from the pan and my cooking isn’t exactly made to be shared, or even fit for human consumption.“
You laugh.
"I would like to share them anyway," you say and wink at him, "and I'm sure they're delicious."
He smiles back.
"Well then, sit down and let me be your host," he says. “But if you get food poisoning that’s on you, I warned you.”
“You can say if now is a bad time instead of trying to poison me if you want to, that would be perfectly okay, maybe I should have just written a reply to the note. So sorry if I'm interrupting anything. Or anyone."
"You're not. I'm not... I mean... I'm single. I'm sorry." He blushes. "I didn't mean to say that. Fuck. I mean..."
You start laughing.
"Okay. Calm down. Breathe. It's fine, I promise.”
“I’m only in my pyjamas. I wasn't really expecting anyone. Let alone the person I tried to ask out."
You smile at him.
"Well, I didn't expect you to still be in pyjamas in the middle of the day either." It's 4 o'clock in the afternoon, you really didn't think he would be in his pyjamas.
He looks at you sheepishly: "Good point. You can have my pancakes but only if you're getting in your pyjamas as well."
It's something you can agree on and ten minutes later you're sitting in his living room, in your pyjamas. He smiles and laughs and you have a nice fuzzy feeling when he looks at you. You talk about music, about travelling, about everything and nothing. When it's dark outside and you're full of pancakes, that are only half as bad as he thought and said but somehow still burned at the edges and the inside that should be fluffy sometimes not quite cooked. You're glad you took the chance. He's fun to be around and you talk more, about concerts, memories and favourite places. It's easy to talk to him, and it's even easier to laugh with him. When the conversation dies down a little bit and your eyes are getting heavy, he looks at you and grins.
"We should do that again."
You look at him, he's beautiful, he's sweet, you nod.
"Yes. Definitely."
"Maybe not in pyjamas next time."
*_____*
Thomas doesn't really think he can call it a date, it's not a real one, but it's a great evening and definitely a beginning of something. He likes you, he would love to take you out, and he feels like a fool for having given you a note and not asked you out directly. It's not his usual behaviour. When he's walking you to the door, he thinks about kissing you. But you're just getting to know each other, so he hugs you, and kisses you on the cheek instead. You're grinning and wave at him, he watches you walk to the door and down the hall to his front door.
"See you around?" He asks, a little hope in his voice.
"Of course. I think that's an offer I can't refuse."
"Good, next time I'll take you out for dinner." He says, you lean in and for a second he thinks you're going to kiss him, but you just give him a quick kiss on the nose.
"That would be wonderful," you say and then you're gone.
He goes back inside, closing the door and leaning against it.
"Fuck," he says to himself. "I've got it so bad."
*_____*
Two weeks later you're going out for dinner with Thomas. He's a little late and when he walks into the restaurant he's already apologising from afar.
"I'm so sorry, the traffic is hell," he says, his eyes wide. "And my phone battery died and I couldn't call you. But I'm here, finally."
You smile.
"It's fine," you say and you take a deep breath, he's so cute, you already knew that but seeing him makes you nervous and happy and giddy. A feeling you haven't had in a while. He sits down opposite you. "And I have to say it's nice to see you in something different than your pyjamas or only in underwear."
He blushes.
"You liked the sight then," he says with a smirk and winks at you.
You look at him, raising an eyebrow and grin.
"I didn't say that."
He chuckles and starts looking through the menu. You watch him, trying to figure him out, but it's not as easy as you first had thought.
"Do you want some wine?" He asks, looking at you.
"That sounds great," you say.
He looks at you, you think he's waiting for a question, but you're not sure what.
"I have another idea," you say, hoping it's a good one.
"What would that be?"
"A bet."
He raises an eyebrow.
"What would this bet involve?"
"We have to make the other one blush, the first one to lose the game has to pay for dinner."
He laughs.
"So we're both going to be in trouble tonight."
"Maybe, maybe not."
He looks at you and smiles, "okay, we can do that, but I should warn you I've got a few tricks up my sleeve."
"We'll see," you say.
And with that the game begins. You're looking at each other, smiling, flirting, and you're having fun.
The waiter comes over and asks for your order, Thomas gets Carbonara, and you're getting ravioli.
"Can I try yours?" You ask.
"Yes, if I can try yours."
You're nodding and when the food arrives a few minutes later, you take turns feeding each other.
"This is amazing," you say.
"Yours is too, do you think we should switch?"
You're smiling, shaking your head.
"No, it's good."
"Do you think the pasta is as good as me?"
"Don't make me answer that."
He chuckles.
"I would say we can just not decide who has to pay and just split it."
"You would say that, and I can't tell if it's because you're afraid of losing or because you're trying to be a gentleman."
"I'm always a gentleman." He laughs.
He smiles at you and for a second he looks at his hands, before looking up at you.
"I'm not afraid," he says. He takes your hand, and you know you should prepare yourself for something, "your lips look lonely, would they like to meet mine?"
He looks at you expectantly, his eyes wide, a little shy. It's endearing. And it's really adorable. You try to stay serious, to not laugh. But when his face changes from hopeful to worried and then he's trying to pull his hand away, you can't help yourself.
"That was the worst line ever," you say, laughing.
"I don't know if I should be offended? Are you laughing at me?"
"No," you say, still laughing, "actually it's kinda cute just... it's cute, and I can't believe you actually said that. I thought you're going to make me blush with something dirty but you're just being adorable."
"Hey," he says, pretending to be offended. "I'm not adorable, I'm handsome and I'm..."
"Adorable."
"Not."
You're shaking your head.
"Definitely."
He pretends to pout, which makes you laugh even more. And you can see the blush creep into his cheeks.
"I can't believe I'm the loser of this bet," he says, sighing.
"You might be, but you're right, my lips are a little bit lonely. Mind to help out?"
"I can try, not making any promises though," he says, he leans closer, putting his lips on yours, and kissing you softly. You're smiling, and so is he. It's a short kiss, and it's not really enough, but it's still perfect.
When he pulls away, he's looking at you, his eyes full of wonder, his mouth slightly open.
"What?" You ask.
"I just want to savour the moment, I haven't kissed many people lately, and it feels a little strange to have my first real kiss in a while after a bad pick-up line."
You chuckle.
"You can have another one if you like."
He nods and kisses you again.
*_____*
When dinner is over, Thomas walks you home. He takes your hand, interlacing his fingers with yours. He doesn't want the night to end, he likes being with you, and he has a feeling that you might like him too.
He brings you right to your apartment door and kisses you goodbye. It's soft and sweet and you're smiling, leaning into him. He can feel your smile against his lips, and he wants more.
He kisses you a little harder, his tongue flicking out to touch your bottom lip, and then your upper lip. A surprised moan escapes him when you open your mouth, granting him entrance, his tongue sliding over yours. Your arms wrap around him, holding him close, his body pressed against yours, and he can feel you against him. Your soft curves, your breasts pressing against his chest, your warmth and the smell of your skin, it's all intoxicating.
When the kiss ends, his lips are tingling. He looks at you, his mouth open and his breathing a little faster.
"You're good," you say, a smile on your lips.
He blushes.
"Thanks," he whispers.
He's leaning in again, kissing your cheek, and then the side of your neck, nuzzling your skin.
"Thomas," you whisper, his name coming out as a sigh.
He likes the sound of it, he wants to hear it again.
"Hmm," he hums, pressing a kiss right under your ear, sucking gently on your skin, his hands stroking your back. And then he pulls back. "I should say goodnight before I do something stupid."
You look at him, and for a moment he's afraid you'll disagree.
"Yeah," you say, sighing. "You're right."
He's glad that you understand, and a little disappointed that you're agreeing to let things progress slowly.
"Thank you for the lovely evening," he says.
"Thank you."
"I hope we can do that again, soon."
"Me too."
You give him a quick peck on the lips, then you're gone, closing the door behind you.
He stands in front of your door for a moment, his hand on the door, smiling.
"Fuck yes," he says to himself, a spring in his step when he gets up the steps to his own flat.
*_____*
After your third date with Thomas he's away for some time but he texts you. The first night he's back, is the night before your holidays and the first night another fire alarm goes off again, it's the beginning of January. You're annoyed, it's freezing cold outside, your flight is early and not even Thomas who's standing there in only his briefs again, with a bowl of pasta, can't make you smile.
"Hi neighbour," he says.
"Hi," you grumble.
He puts the bowl down, walking towards you and taking your hand.
"What's wrong?"
"I've got an early flight tomorrow, and now the stupid fire alarm went off, and..."
Thomas looks at you with guilt in his eyes, he wraps his arms around you, pulling you into a tight hug.
"I'm sorry," he whispers, "I'm sure the fire department is going to be quick."
"They better be," you say.
You turn around and see the firefighter that you already saw talking to Thomas the last few times. Thomas tries to sneak away, you look at his pasta that all of a sudden looks suspiciously burnt.
"Is this your doing?"
He smiles sheepishly, "maybe."
"Maybe," the firefighter says. "I have a feeling, it might be your boyfriend who's a little bit clueless in the kitchen."
"That's not true, my pancakes are delicious." He says and looks at you for help.
You look at them both.
"Not my boyfriend, not really, and your pancakes were for human consumption but also ... burnt a bit," you say, and the firefighter looks at him, raising an eyebrow.
"Okay, they were horrible, but I didn't burn anything in a while. Just today."
The firefighter sighs.
"This is the sixth time in not even as many months, please order pizza or go to a cooking class, please, for your neighbours sake," he says and you look at him.
"You're really getting a cooking class," you say to Thomas, "this is not negotiable, you can't cook, and everyone's getting fed up with being woken up by the fire alarm. You need a teacher, or someone, just... something. Please."
Thomas sighs, but he agrees.
"Fine."
"Good," you say.
It's not much longer until the building is empty again and the fire alarm is shut off. You walk to your apartment, and Thomas follows you.
"Sorry about the pancakes, and the pasta, and the fire alarm. And the other fire alarms," he says, sighing.
You shrug.
"It's okay, and now that the fire department knows that the fire alarm is set off by an incompetent cook, they hopefully know for future incidents. Now I should sleep, I'm getting up way too early tomorrow."
"Good night," he says.
"Night."
He hugs you, and kisses you, and you're glad to be inside again.
*_____*
The first time you sleep with Thomas is after you're back, the two of you are spending more and more time together, and there is no way you would ever describe it as 'just friends'. You've been flirting with him, and he with you.
Thomas is kissing you passionately. His hands are under your shirt. You're kissing back, trying to keep up with his kisses and his movements. You're in his bed and while you are both still wearing shirts and underwear you feel a little too warm all of a sudden. He is on top of you, kissing down your neck and biting softly, you let out a soft moan.
"Fuck," he whispers.
"What is it?"
"This is embarrassing, but... I might not last long," he whispers, burying his face in the crook of your neck.
"Don't worry about that, I won't be offended," you say, stroking his hair, and kissing his temple. “Feels like a compliment to me.”
"Still."
"It's fine."
He lifts his head, looking at you, smiling, his eyes full of hope and lust. He kisses you again, and starts rubbing against you. The thin layer of fabric is the only thing separating the two of you. You're grinding back, moving together, and it's not long until you're both gasping, and you're holding on to him. His hands are moving, slipping under the waistband of your panties, pushing them down, and then his hands are between your legs. You can feel his fingers on your folds, stroking gently.
"Shit," you breathe, your eyes falling shut.
He's moving, getting between your legs and kneeling on the floor. You prop yourself up on your elbows, and look down at him, watching him, he's licking his lips, and looking at you, his pupils wide. You watch him and he leans in, his breath hot against your skin, his lips kissing the inside of your thigh.
He kisses upwards, getting closer and closer, and when his mouth finally touches you, your head falls back, and a moan leaves your mouth. He's sucking and licking, his tongue teasing your clit, his fingers thrusting into you. Your breathing is ragged and fast, your heart is racing, it doesn't take long until the wave of pleasure is crashing down on you.
"God, fuck, Thomas," you gasp, as the orgasm washes over you.
He keeps going, drawing out the pleasure - making you tremble and writhe. When he's finished, you're lying on the bed, breathing hard. He gets up, and gets rid of his underwear, and his shirt, and when he climbs back on the bed, he's naked. He leans down, kissing you.”
"Can I?" He asks, looking at you.
"Yes, please."
He lines himself up and slowly pushes into you, you can feel him stretching you, filling you, and you wrap your legs around his waist.
"Shit," he breathes.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, it's just..." he trails off, not finishing his sentence, and he starts to move, his thrusts are slow and gentle.
You can see the expression on his face, his mouth is hanging open, his eyes are closed, and he's moaning, and whispering. His name is on your lips, and you're holding onto him, your fingers digging into his shoulders.
His thrusts become faster and harder, his breathing is getting ragged. He's moaning, his hips stuttering. He's groaning and grunting, his body tensing, and his muscles straining, and when he comes, his whole body shakes. He collapses on top of you, his weight resting on you, and his head resting on your chest.
You stroke his hair, and kiss the top of his head, and he's breathing heavily, his eyes closed.
"Sorry," he whispers, after a few moments.
"It's fine."
"It's been a while."
"You can't control these things."
He rolls off of you, and turns his head, his eyes opening.
"I'll make it up to you," he says.
"There's nothing to make up, really. It was wonderful."
"Still," he says.
*_____*
Thomas' birthday is coming up and even though by now he has told his friends and the band about you, he's still nervous asking you to join them for the evening. In the end he doesn't know what he was so worried about, you're excited and happy about the invitation.
Thomas is in the middle of his party, surrounded by friends and family, and you're sitting next to him, with a beer and a slice of cake, and he's happy. You're holding his hand, and occasionally lean over to kiss him.
Victoria is pulling you away from him to dance with you, and he's smiling and laughing as he watches the two of you.
"Good job," she whispers into his ear after she's sick of dancing.
"Thank you!" He has to grin, and then she's gone, and you're back by his side.
"How's the birthday boy doing?"
"Great, now that my girlfriend is back," he says.
You raise an eyebrow.
"Girlfriend?"
"Yes," he says, looking at you, a hopeful smile on his face.
"Okay, boyfriend," you say.
He blushes, and smiles, his eyes are wide but his smile is almost shy. He pulls you in, kissing you softly, and wrapping his arm around you.
"I like that," he says.
"Me too."
*_____*
He drags you into the bedroom as soon as most of the people have left and you can't stop smiling and laughing. Thomas closes the door and turns around to look at you. You're standing there, your hair is a little messy, your shirt is crumpled, and your cheeks are flushed. He can't stop looking at you, and when he doesn't say anything, you take a step forward.
"Are you alright?"
"Yes," he says, and closes the distance between the two of you, kissing you, and holding you close.
He starts unbuttoning your shirt, and kisses the skin that's revealed, then pushes the shirt off your shoulders, it lands on the floor, and then his hands are on your breasts, squeezing gently.
You pull his shirt off, and your fingers trail down his sides, making him shudder. His skin is warm, his stomach soft. You push him down onto the bed, he lies back, looking up at you, his pupils blown, his breathing ragged, and his cock hard.
"I've got a surprise for you, birthday boy.”
"Oh yes," he says, his voice hoarse.
"Close your eyes."
He does, and you take some lube from the nightstand, and get out of your skirt and your underwear, and kneel next to him, straddling his thigh. You squeeze some lube into the palm of your hand, warming it up between your fingers.
"Can I look now?" He asks, impatiently.
"Almost," you say, and then your hands are on his cock, stroking him, your thumb brushing over the tip, his hips bucking into your touch.
"Fuck," he whispers, and he bites his lip, trying to stay quiet, his eyes still closed.
You start moving, your hand stroking his cock, and he's groaning, his hands are grasping the sheets, and he's arching his back, and thrusting into your hand.
"Fuck, please," he gasps, and you stop.
He opens his eyes and looks at you, his mouth hangs open, and his tongue darts out to lick his lips.
"That was mean," he says, but the smile on his lips is telling you that he liked it. “Is my surprise only sex or is there more? Like is it edible underwear or something, a costume … oh," he cuts himself off, when he sees the look on your face.
You raise an eyebrow.
"A costume. You'd like me in a costume, wouldn't you?"
He's blushing, and his cock twitches, he doesn't answer, he doesn't has to.
"Wouldn't you?"
"Yeah," he admits.
You laugh.
"Well, I don't have one now, but if I find one, I might surprise you," you say, “I have something different for you, I want to eat you out and when you’re a whimpering mess, I want to ride you."
"Fuck, yes," he breathes.
"Lie back and relax."
"I can do that," he says.
You lean down and start kissing his chest, nipping and licking his skin. You can feel his heartbeat, his breathing shallow. You're working your way down, kissing his stomach. You take his cock in your hand, and stroke him, and he moans. You kiss further down, getting between his legs, and licking his balls, and then his cock. He's moaning, his hips jerking.
"Oh god, please," he gasps.
You continue, sucking his balls into your mouth, and then moving back. He spreads his legs a little further apart, and lifts his hips, you kiss his thighs, and stroke his cock, your other hand moves between his cheeks, and when your finger brushes over his hole, his hips jerk violently.
"Fuck," he gasps.
"Can I?" You ask.
"Please," he begs.
You're spreading his legs a little more, and kissing the inside of his thighs, and then you're licking his hole, your tongue teasing the tight ring of muscle. He's panting and gasping, his eyes closed, his mouth hanging open. He's writhing on the bed, his hips moving, and when you push your tongue into him, he's swearing, his hands gripping the sheets.
“Oh god, please don’t stop. Shit, please. Fuck, this is amazing, shit, please, fuck, I want- I need- please, please, please, please," he's babbling, and when you reach between his legs, and wrap your fingers around his cock, his body is shaking, and he's swearing. "Fuck, oh god, please, please, I need you. If you keep fucking me this good," he gasps. “I might just have to marry you.”
Your mouth is still on him but you smile, and you're licking and sucking, your hand is stroking his cock.
For Thomas it feels like minutes, for you, it must have been less than a minute. He's writhing and swearing, and moaning, his breathing is ragged, and his hips are stuttering, his cock throbbing and leaking pre-come. He's a mess, his back arched, fingers entangled in your hair.
“You enjoy that?”
"Fuck, yes. Yes. God, yes, please, please, I need you, please," he pants, and his eyes are wide open, looking at you.
"You ready for me, birthday boy?"
"Yes, yes, please," he whispers.
You kneel over him, straddling his waist, guiding him to your entrance. He's holding on to your hips, his eyes squeezed shut. You lower yourself, and when the head of his cock slips into you, the both of you moan. You're moving, taking him in inch by inch, and when he's completely inside you, you're sitting in his lap. You move your hips, riding him, and he's thrusting up into you, his cock rubbing against your walls, hitting all the right places. He's groaning, and his fingers dig into your skin.
“That was so good, no one ever did that for me before, I didn't think I'd like it, but fuck, this was amazing," he's talking, and it sounds almost like he's drunk. Drunk on lust and emotions.
You start riding him, your hips moving, and he's thrusting up into you, his moans fill the room, and the sounds of your bodies moving together. The slap of skin against skin is the only sound, apart from his voice.
"Please, don't stop," he's begging, and his words are slurring, his movements becoming erratic. His back arches, his muscles tense, and his body starts to shake, his grip on your hips tightens, and his mouth falls open. "Oh god, fuck, fuck, please, oh god, please, please, please, please, oh god," his voice is hoarse, and then his hips are jerking, and his cock is throbbing and his eyes are squeezed shut, his body is shaking, his nails digging into your skin. He's gasping, and his cock pulses inside of you.
He's panting, his eyes are open, and he looks at you, his gaze unfocused. You lift your hips, and he slips out of you, his hands are resting on your hips, his grip still tight, and his breathing is laboured.
You roll off of him, and lie down next to him. When he reaches for you, you hold him. His body is trembling, and his heart is beating fast. He's breathing hard, and his eyes are closed.
"Wow, that was amazing," he mumbles.
"It was," you say, kissing his temple.
"I need to clean up, give me a second," he says, and he's trying to get up.
"Stay, I'll do it."
"You sure?"
"Yes."
He's smiling, eyes still closed, his head resting on the pillow, and his breathing is getting steadier again. You get up, and walk into the bathroom, and return with a washcloth.
"This was the best birthday present," he says, looking at you. “No candy underwear but you can’t have everything.”
"It was a pleasure."
"What about you?”
“Oh, don’t worry about me, I came long before you.”
"You did?"
"Yes."
He smiles, and closes his eyes. You're cleaning him up, wiping away the sweat, and his come, and his eyelids flutter. You put the washcloth into the laundry basket, and crawl back into bed.
"I'll do something for you, just let me catch my breath," he says, his words are slurred, and his breathing is deep.
"There's no need," you whisper.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
He nods, and he's snuggling closer to you before he drifts off to sleep.
"Happy birthday," you whisper, and press a soft kiss to his forehead, and he sighs contently.
*_____*
A couple of weeks later, you're sitting in the dressing room with Victoria after a show. He's sitting on a couch, his legs spread wide, and he's talking to someone. You can't hear what they're saying, but you're watching him. His smile, and the way his eyes light up, the way he talks. The way he moves his hands.
Victoria is next to you, she's watching you, and a smile is playing on her lips.
"You're staring," she says.
"Yes," you answer.
She's grinning.
"Do you need help?" She asks.
"No."
"I know a lot about him."
"I don't doubt it."
"I mean, if you wanted to surprise him," she says, and winks.
“Actually I would need your help,” you smile, “Valentine’s is coming up and I would like to do something. Something a bit romantic, and something a bit, you know, … sexy.”
She's grinning, and her eyes light up.
"Oh yes, I would love to help you with that."
"As long as it doesn’t involve edible underwear,” you laugh.
She looks at you confused.
"No, but why would you think that?"
"Thomas mentioned it. He was curious about it."
"Oh," she grins, "c’mon it would make him laugh. You’re both silly like that. Just do it as an extra little thing, a candy bra and some really nice lace panties.”
“You’re right, if nothing else it would make him laugh, and he would love it. Thank you, Vic, for all the help you gave me and I would be honoured to have your advice and assistance with this."
"So, what do you have planned so far?"
"I'll tell you, but first I need to ask Thomas if he has any plans for the day, because if he does, we have to plan around them."
"Sounds like a good idea," she agrees. “He’s a romantic, so I don’t think he has other than plans he might have come up with already, but I can interrogate him a little bit. So what’s the plan?”
“I want to cook with him at home. You know how he set off the fire alarms a few times when he tried cooking and I figured that we can try it together, and maybe I can help him, make sure that we won't have a repeat performance of those days. Maybe we can do it together, so he will actually learn something, or maybe we'll fail spectacularly together. Light some candles, maybe get a bit wine drunk. And then after dinner, maybe have a bath and then go to bed, have sex, cuddle. Just the two of us, and a nice relaxed evening. No stress, no worries, just us. What do you think?"
"It sounds great," Victoria smiles. "So, what are you going to cook?"
"We never really cooked together before, but I did some research and I found a recipe for a lasagne, that sounds really good. We should be able to manage that. Worst case scenario we’re ending up with take-out.”
“Great, I’ll let you know when I find something out.”
._____.
Later that day, you're in bed, you're naked, and his face is buried between your thighs, his tongue is lapping at your wetness. His fingers are inside of you, and he's working his tongue on your clit. You're arching your back, almost grinding against his mouth. He's humming, you can feel the vibrations, and his teeth graze your clit.
His tongue is flat moving down, licking the length of your folds, and he's nipping at the sensitive skin. His fingers are curling and rubbing against the sweet spot inside of you, and when his other hand moves from your hip, and his finger brushes over your entrance, your breath hitches.
"Fuck," you gasp.
"That's the plan," he says, his voice muffled.
"Fuck," you say again.
He chuckles and his finger slides into you, his tongue is teasing your clit. His lips wrap around your clit, and he's sucking gently. Your hands are on his head, your fingers running through his hair, and your hips are moving. He's fucking you, his fingers are curling and pressing, and his tongue is stroking and licking, and your body is tensing.
"Thomas, please," you beg.
He doesn't stop, and his finger pushes in and out of you, his lips wrapped around your clit, his tongue licking, and his fingers are hitting all the right places. You're arching, and your hips are moving, and you can feel the orgasm building up. Your muscles are clenching, your breath hitches, and your toes are curling. You're close, so close, and you're grinding against his mouth, and his finger is still moving inside you.
"Fuck, Thomas," you gasp, and you're coming.
Your body is tensing, and your eyes are squeezing shut, your back is arching. Your muscles clench, and your walls are gripping his finger, and he's still fucking you, and his lips are wrapped around your clit, his tongue licking and sucking. Your hips jerk, and you're shaking, and he just doesn't stop.
He's lapping and licking, and you're squirming, and your hips are bucking, and you're whimpering. His finger is pressing and pushing, and his tongue is lapping and stroking, and your back is arching. He's humming, and your breathing is ragged.
You're tugging at his hair, and you're whimpering.
"Thomas, please, I need a moment, please," you're panting.
He stops, and looks at you, his chin is glistening, and his eyes are dark, and there's a small smirk playing on his lips.
"Are you tired already?"
"Yes, very much, I need a break," you say.
"You'll get one," he says.
He gets up, and moves over you, and your bodies are touching, his weight on top of you, and his cock is hard and twitching against your thigh, and you reach between your bodies, and wrap your fingers around his shaft, and start stroking him. He's groaning, and his head falls forward, and he's burying his face in your neck. His breath is hot against your skin, and he's rocking his hips, his cock sliding through your fingers.
He's panting and gasping, and you can feel him throb, his precum is smearing across your stomach. He's thrusting his hips, and his breath is hitching like yours before. He's moving, his hips jerking, and he's pushing his cock into your hand, his body is shaking, and his fingers dig into the mattress.
"Please, I want to come inside you," he moans.
"Do it," you say, and his cock twitches, and you spread your legs a little wider, and guide him between your folds, and he's entering you slowly.
"Fuck," he moans, and his body is trembling.
"You're so wet," he gasps, and his eyes are closed.
You lift your legs, and wrap them around his waist, and he's completely inside you, and he's still for a moment. He's panting, his cock is pulsing, and his muscles are tensing, and he starts moving, his thrusts are shallow, and his eyes are closed, and his lips are slightly parted, and his hair is hanging in his face. His hands are on either side of your head, and his body is shaking.
"Thomas, look at me," you say.
He looks at you, his eyes are glassy, and his pupils are blown.
"I'm not made of glass, please fuck me."
"You're sure?"
"Yes, please," you beg, and you move, and wrap your legs around his waist, pulling him closer. He starts moving, his movements slow and deliberate, and his breathing is ragged, and his muscles are tense, he's gritting his teeth.
"Harder, please," you moan, and your hips are bucking - matching his thrusts. Your back is arching, and his eyes fall shut, and he's pushing into you, his thrusts are hard.
"Shit, oh fuck," he groans.
“God, so good, Thom, please," you gasp, and his body is trembling.
He's gasping and moaning, and he's leaning down, and kisses you, his mouth is on yours, and he's thrusting into you, his movements erratic, and his fingers are gripping the sheets.
"You're so beautiful," he pants, and his voice is raspy.
He's moving faster, and his cock is sliding in and out of you, his lips on yours, and his tongue is moving against yours. Your legs are shaking, and you can feel the pressure inside of you building again. The tension coils in your belly, you're getting closer, and your fingers dig into his shoulders. You're gasping, his name a breathy moan.
"Please, Thomas, please," you beg.
"Please, what?"
"I want to come, I'm close," you moan.
"I know, love, so am I, please, come for me," he gasps. “Come again, please.”
He's moving his hips, his thrusts are fast and hard, and you're gasping and moaning, and his movements become more erratic.
"Shit, I'm close," he moans.
Your muscles clench, and the tension in your belly is too much, you can't hold it any longer. You're coming, your body is shaking, you're crying out, your body is arching, and you're clinging to him. His cock is throbbing and twitching, and his hips are jerking, and he's coming. You're trembling, and his cock is still pulsing, and his body is shuddering, and his face is buried in your neck.
"Fuck," he groans.
"Yes, indeed," you breathe.
*_____*
“What are you doing on Valentine’s Day?” Vic asks him some days later just after they had dinner together.
“Yes, so I was thinking of taking her to Verona for a day or two. Or maybe go to the planetarium and have a nice dinner afterwards. What do you think?”
“It’s great, Thom. But maybe you should do Verona another time, take her to the planetarium and maybe don’t worry about dinner. Romantic night in, you know.”
“You know something I don’t know, don’t you? Okay, planetarium and romantic night in. Understood.”
She grins and gives him a kiss on the cheek.
._____.
It's Valentine's day and you're sitting on the couch together for breakfast. You made pancakes, edible and not burned. After you finish eating he's kissing you, and his arms are around your waist, his body is warm against yours. His lips are soft, and his breath is hot, and then he's pulling away from the kiss.
"I have a present for you," he says.
"So do I," you smile.
"Me first," he says, and his cheeks are red.
He's taking a little box from the cupboard, and gives it to you, and you open it, and there's a bracelet. A thin, golden bracelet with three charms. A tiny rose, a guitar, and a heart.
"Oh Thomas," you whisper. "Thank you, I love it."
"Really?"
"Yes."
You take the bracelet and put it on.
"It's so beautiful, thank you."
He's smiling, and there's a pink blush on his cheeks.
"And now your turn," he says.
You're going to your room and take a bigger, gift wrapped box, and give it to him, and he sits on the couch next to you opening it. In it is a knitted sweater, he takes it and he smiles. The sweater is pale blue, and has a white pattern of musical notes and stars on it.
"Oh, this is so beautiful," he whispers. “I can’t believe you knitted for me.”
"I'm glad you like it."
"I love it." He gives you a kiss, “and I thought we could go to the planetarium and I was told to have a romantic night in.”
“Yes, the night is my part of the plan.” You smile.
._____.
When you arrive at the planetarium it's almost empty. There's only a group of school children, a couple and a few people that seem to be there just to have a look around, but there's no guided tour and no lectures, so you're wandering around, looking at the exhibits, and watching the different shows while holding hands.
At some point, when the children have left and you're alone in the room, there's a show about the northern lights, and Thomas is staring at the ceiling. His eyes are sparkling, he smiles at you.
"One day I want to see them with you," he says.
"Someday, maybe."
"Yes, someday," he sighs, and smiles.
The lights dim, the show ends, and you're leaving the room. You're wandering through the hall, looking at the displays, and the pictures of the different constellations and galaxies, and stars. You're standing in front of the big picture of the milky way. Thomas is behind you, his arms are around your waist, nuzzling your neck.
“What’s your favourite,” he asks.
"You're my favourite," you whisper back.
"Your favourite galaxy, silly.”
"That would be still you," you say, and he kisses your neck.
"I’m also quite fond of you," he chuckles.
"So, which one is yours?"
"That would be the Orion nebula."
"Why that one?"
"Because of the colours and the beauty, and the fact that it's made from gas, dust and stardust, and the fact that it's a birthplace for stars, that makes it special to me."
You look at him.
“Maybe Ethan talked a lot about space lately and I think it might not be a galaxy, but it is still something related to the universe, so we’ll pretend that it still counts."
He's laughing and kisses you.
._____.
When you are back home and there's music playing, the lights are dim - the candles are flickering.
“I thought we could make lasagne together, have some wine, have a bath and later move to bed, have some more wine and then sleep or do other things."
He laughs.
"That sounds wonderful."
You start cooking together. Chopping, sizzling and at some point there's tomato sauce spilled, and tomato on the wall, and on the kitchen counter.
"Oops, sorry," he laughs.
"It's okay, I'll clean it up," you laugh.
You're cleaning up the mess, and then there's tomato on his face, and on his shirt, and you're still laughing. He's taking the bowl, puts it on the kitchen counter, and moves closer to you. He's leaning in, his lips touching yours, his hands are on your waist. His tongue is pushing against your lips and he's deepening the kiss.
“We should cook first, at least have the ragu sauce cooking,” you say between kisses.
"Yes, that's right," he whispers.
He's smiling and kisses your nose.
"Later," he says and winks, which makes you giggle.
You're making the ragu sauce, he's holding you from behind, his chin is on your shoulder, and his lips are against your neck.
"Do you need a hand?" He asks.
"No, the sauce is fine," you say, and his hands are roaming over your body, his mouth is on your neck, and he's nipping and kissing. His lips are brushing against your ear.
"Thomas, stop, or I won't be able to focus," you laugh.
"That's exactly what I'm hoping for," he chuckles. “Also don’t deny it but I saw that earlier. You checked out my ass when I bent down to take out the wine glasses and the bottle."
You smile and giggle.
"Yes, and I'm not even sorry, it's a really cute butt."
"Thanks, it's a gift from God, and I'm not even kidding."
You laugh and turn your head, your lips brush against his.
"Yes, it is."
He's laughing, and his fingers are digging into your waist.
"I love you," he says, his voice is low. His breath is warm against your skin. And his heart is beating against your back.
"I love you too."
He smiles and kisses you. Thomas’ hands are cupping your face and he's leaning his forehead against yours.
“Can we make out while the things in the pots are cooking and boiling, please, and maybe a bit later?"
You're giggling.
"Yes, I would like that," you say.
His lips are soft. His tongue is licking and sliding against yours, his hands are sliding over your body. Thomas’ touch is gentle. He's lifting you up on the kitchen counter and you're wrapping your legs around his waist.
“Can I touch your cute godsend butt," you ask, and his body is shaking with laughter.
"Yes, yes you can, and I would be offended if you didn't."
You're running your hands over his shoulders, down his back, right to his ass. Thomas’ hands are in your hair, his hips pressed against yours. His lips are sliding along your jaw, down your neck, and he's sucking at the spot just under your ear. His hardening cock is pressing against your core.
"Thom, the sauce will burn," you gasp.
"Right," he whispers, “but it’s not burning yet, let me kiss you some more."
"Okay," and with that he's deepening the kiss again.
His fingers are slipping under your skirt, his thumbs are brushing against the lace of your panties. His hand is sliding between your legs, he's slowly pushing the fabric aside, and his fingers are tracing along your folds, he's circling your entrance. And then his fingers are entering you, his thumb stroking over your clit.
"God, you're so wet," he moans.
"Thomas," you gasp.
"Mhm?"
"The sauce, it's burning."
"Shit," he curses. Then his hand is gone, he steps back and turns off the heat.
"Sorry." He gives you an apologetic little smile.
“Is this how you triggered the fire alarm before, cooking, and getting distracted?"
"Yeah, I tried to make dinner once, and I forgot to stir the sauce, and the next thing I knew the alarm was blaring."
“Making out? Or just distracted.”
“Just distracted, I wasn’t making out with anyone, I was alone in the flat, and had no idea why the alarm was going off, I was a little confused. It took a few seconds to figure out it was the food on the stove. Once or twice or maybe … more.”
"I'm not even surprised, and I can relate," you smile, and he grins.
"Sorry," he chuckles, and gives you a kiss, and his lips are lingering, and his tongue is licking against yours, and his teeth are scraping against your bottom lip, and his hands are sliding over your back.
"The sauce is safe now," he whispers, his nose is brushing against yours and his hands are in your hair.
"Let’s put together the lasagne and put it in the oven, then we can make out some more," you suggest.
"That sounds like a good plan," he says.
"Yes, very good plan, I know," you chuckle, his body is warm against yours..
You're finishing the lasagne, putting it in the oven and Thomas is setting the timer.
“Now I want more kisses," he looks at you.
He's kissing and sucking at your neck, his hands are pushing your skirt up, his fingers are pulling down your panties.
"Thom, we should wait until the lasagne is done," you whisper and he groans.
"Just a few minutes, please," he pleads, his other hand is gripping your thigh, his fingers digging into your flesh.
"Okay," you moan, his thumb is circling your clit not leaving you room to think.
"Thank you," he breathes. “Bedroom, we have a timer anyways. We will hear it, and can continue."
You nod, his hand is gone, and you're stumbling towards the bedroom. Kissing on your way and his hands are sliding under your shirt.
“Oh, is this …” he laughs, “finally what I wished for? Candy hearts in your bra?"
"Maybe," you laugh.
"I love it," he says.
"I thought, since it's valentine's day, and the edible underwear was a bit out of my comfort zone, maybe that’s close enough for you? Or too much? It's weird isn't it, I'm sorry," you say, and he shakes his head.
"No, not weird, I love it, and I'm so glad you did that for me," he says, and pulls away from the kiss. "You know what else I wanted?"
"Tell me," you say.
"This," he says, and sneaks his hand in your bra, and takes one of the candy hearts, and his hand is moving up, and the little heart is touching your lips.
"Open," he says, and you open your mouth, and his hand is moving up, and the heart is in your mouth.
"Now, can I take off the bra?" He asks.
"Yes, go ahead, you can eat the rest of the candy," you laugh, and he's pulling the cup down, and taking a candy heart with his tongue and he's biting it, and then his mouth is on yours.
"Delicious," he chuckles, and his eyes are sparkling.
"Yes, very," you smile.
"You're delicious," he says, and his mouth is on yours, and the taste of the candy and the wine is still on his lips, and his tongue is licking against yours.
His lips are moving along your jaw, and to your neck, and his mouth is sucking and kissing at the crook of your neck.
He's lying down, and you're straddling him, and he's reaching for your bra, and pulls it off. His hands are cupping your breasts, and his mouth is on the valley of your breasts, and his tongue is licking along your sternum, and his teeth are grazing against your nipple.
He's sucking, and his teeth are pinching and his tongue is flicking over the sensitive bud, and you're gasping and moaning.
His mouth is moving to the other breast, and his lips are closing around your nipple, and his mouth is warm and his breath is hot against your skin. He's sucking and his teeth are grazing against your hardening nipple, and his hands are on your back, and they're sliding over your hips.
“I think some of the hearts fell out of the bra," he chuckles.
"I can look for them later," you laugh, and he laughs, and kisses you.
"Yes, we'll find them later, now, can I lick the rest off of your body?"
"Yes, please, and feel free to use your teeth too," you whisper, and his tongue is licking along your neck, and over your collarbones, and his tongue is moving over the swell of your breasts. His teeth are grazing against your nipples, and his lips are brushing against the underside of your breasts, and his hand is cupping the other, and his thumb is rubbing over your nipple, and his tongue is moving lower, and his teeth are biting and sucking.
“Found one,” he says and nibbles it off your stomach.
He's licking lower, and his tongue is sliding along the edge of your panties. His mouth is on the lace, and his tongue is licking along the damp material, and his teeth pulling back the waistband with his teeth.
“I think you missed one.” You pull his head back to your bellybutton.
"Oh, yes," he breathes, and his tongue is swirling, and he's sucking and his teeth are nipping, and the candy is gone.
His hand is cupping your pussy, and his thumb is stroking over your folds through the damp fabric.
"Can I have a taste?" He asks, and his breath is hot against the damp lace, and you're nodding.
"Yes, please."
His hands are pushing the panties aside, and his fingers are brushing along your slit, and he's pushing two fingers inside, and curling them.
He's spreading your legs, and his tongue is flicking over your clit, and he's pushing his fingers deeper, and curling them, and stroking against your g spot.
"You taste so good," he moans. “Better than the candy."
"Yes," you gasp.
"And you're so wet, and hot, and soft."
"Thom," you moan, and his tongue is lapping over your clit, and his teeth are grazing against the sensitive bundle of nerves.
"Come on my face, please," he moans, and his fingers are rubbing against your g spot, and his tongue is flicking against your clit, and his thumb is pressing down on the swollen bud.
"I'm almost there, don't stop," you moan.
"Good, come on my tongue," he growls, and his fingers are moving faster, and his tongue is licking over your clit. “Let me taste you."
"Yes, yes," you whimper.
"Yes, let me lick your sweet juices, come on," he moans, and his fingers are fucking you, and his tongue is stroking over your clit, and his eyes are fluttering open, and when he looks up at you, you’re tumbling over the edge, and your pussy is clenching around his fingers, and the wave of pleasure is crashing through you.
"Yes, that's it," he breathes. "I love it when you're coming on my face."
"I love it when you're licking me clean," you breathe.
He's laughing, and his mouth is sucking, and his tongue is licking, and he's swallowing your juices, and his tongue is licking into you.
“But now I would love to return the favour,” you’re pulling at his hair, “and taste you too."
He's groaning, and his eyes are shining, and his lips are curving into a smile.
"Yes, please, I would love that."
You're pushing him on his back, and he's lifting his hips, and pulling down his boxer briefs.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Touch me," he says.
"I am, but where do you want me to touch you," you say.
"Anywhere," he moans.
"What about here?" You run a finger over his hipbone.
"Yes," he whimpers.
"And here?" You lick his abs.
"God, yes," he moans.
"What about here?" You circle his cock.
"Yes, please."
"Here?" Your lips are wrapping around his cock, and your tongue is stroking over the crown.
"Fuck, yes," he groans.
"Where else, should I touch you?"
"On my thighs," he breathes.
"Okay," you say, and your fingers are stroking over his inner thigh, and your nails are dragging over the soft skin.
"There, please," he pants.
Your mouth is sinking down on his cock, and your tongue is swirling over the head.
"Yes, there, God, your mouth feels so good," he moans, and his fingers are in your hair.
Your fingers are stroking over his balls, and over his perineum, and his cock is pulsing in your mouth.
"There too," he whimpers.
You're circling his opening, and his hand is fisting your hair.
"Yes, there," he moans.
Your fingertip is circling his opening, and he's gasping and panting.
"Can I?"
"Yes, God yes," he says, and your finger is pressing into him, and your lips are sucking his cock, and his hips are pushing up.
"Fuck," he curses, and his hand is pulling you back down by your hair and his legs are shaking.
"Are you close?"
"Yes, keep going, I'm so close," he moans, and your finger is pumping into him, and your mouth is sinking down on his cock, and your tongue is flicking over the head, and his body is trembling.
"Faster, please," he begs, and your finger is curling, and his cock is pulsing, and his hips are thrusting, and his ass is clenching around your finger, and his cock is twitching and his cum is spilling over his belly, and his hand is tugging your hair.
"So good," he whispers.
"Good," you whisper, and his fingers are tracing along your cheek, and you're kissing his belly.
"We should get cleaned up," you say, and he's smiling and his hand is pulling you down for a kiss. “Shit, does it smell burnt in here? Shit, Thom, the lasagne."
"Shit, fuck," he says, and sits up, and gets off the bed, and pulls on his boxer briefs.
He's sprinting to the kitchen, and you're following him, and when he's opening the oven, there's a cloud of smoke coming out. And somehow a little baking paper inferno has formed, and you're not sure what happened, and it's smoking, and Thom is staring at it, and you're turning off the oven.
"I'm sorry, I think I left the baking tray I made pizza on yesterday in the oven, with the baking paper.”
“It’s fine, just open the window before the smoke alarm goes off and the fire brigade is your guest again.”
He opens the window, you put out the tiny flames, and the oven is full of black crumbs. But your lasagne is salvageable.
"It tastes amazing," you say, after the first bite.
"Yes, the sauce is so good," he says, and grins, and his foot is caressing your leg under the table. “Let’s sleep in tomorrow and just cuddle. Maybe we should start our own little tradition.”
“Okay,” you say looking curious.
“How about we make that day of the first fire alarm, when we talked to each other first, our day? Eat pancakes, talk, cuddle, almost burn down the house.
"That sounds perfect," you smile, and he smiles and kisses you.
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Chapter 6: Guardian Angel
Alpha!Damiano x Omega!fem y/n
Word Count: 6.9k
The prospect of waiting another six days to be alone together sounded fucking ludicris. When Monday sucked, you knew that this shit mood would hang out all week without the proper satiation. Mostly you just felt under the weather, but burst out into tears at the smallest inconvenience on three separate occasions. You knew the mood swings were due to hormonal fluctuation as your biology became more in tune with your alpha. Damiano wanted to wait to knot, to mate, so you would wait until he was ready. There wasn’t even an alternative in your mind. He needed you to wait, so you’d wait. Meanwhile, your body was screaming what the fuck are you doing at full volume.
It was’t just on the brink of orgasam that you craved a knot. It was whenever you masturabated. Saturday night, you desperately tried to relieve the gnawing lust that burned in your cunt. By Monday, you thought about a knot whenever you thought about getting off. This morphed into the fixation on the idea that you shouldn’t shake. The idea of Damiano pining you to the mattress and snapping his hips to meet yours was so distracting that you walked into a door frame. You didn’t want a choice or for him to ask. Rather, Damiano would grip you tight enough to bruise and take, take, take until you couldn’t stand. Instead of stopping he’d just find a flat surface to rest you on and treat you like a cum depository. You’d be forced to contain it all by a knot so big it created an inescapable ache. Crying, screaming, scratching, he’d half to pause because the pleas for him to continue were nearly identical to the cries that might beg him to stop.
Needless to say, you locked your door when you arrived home and spent an hour searching for some other side of this feeling. There was no satiation to be found. Your hands couldn’t simulate the knot your cunt begged for, a knot that you weren’t getting any time soon. However, your fucking immune system recognized Damiano’s pheramones and made you crave him subconsciously. Your body had chosen Dami’s, and his yours, in a way that had nothing to do with conscious attraction.
One sexual fixation abated, only for another one to take its place. Early Wednesday morning, before dawn, you woke from a dream the color of Dami’s olive skin where warm sheets slipped between your bodies and through your hands. It was both abstract and deeply personal and found yourself thinking about the scent of Damiano’s cum. You didn’t like the scent of cum, you were ambivalent towards it. However, you began obsessing about it with such intensity that your reproductive organs ached from emptiness.
You couldn’t remember another time when you fantasized about cum or a knot, or these specific aspects of mating. A primal part of you was wide awake and fighting for control. All it had taken was falling asleep on Damiano’s chest for your entire sexuality to shift.
The David’s were protective of your rest. Especially Dami, who decided to let you nap and waited to eat lunch.
“Well, it’d be cruel to wake her up now,” Isabella sighs. “Her body can calm down from a state of hypervigilance because you’re here. She knows she’s protected so she can actually get deep sleep.” They’d decided to use a sleep tracker and wake you up after one cycle when it’d be the least abrasive. It was horrifying to know that so much attention had been allotted to this, but that hour and a half on Dami’s bare chest was more rejuvenating than a night by yourself. It also felt more intimate than sexual encounters you’d had with other partners.
You woke to Damiano forcefully rubbing your back and saying your name. His hand was under your tank top, against your skin. It was confusing because you hadn’t realized you’d fallen asleep. Of course he soothed by stroking your hair and cooing in your ear softly.
“Hey baby, you took a nap while I watched T.V. It’s okay.” Even though you’d startled initially, it was the nicest wakeup in recent memory. The waking up part wasn’t that hard. What was difficult was disentangling yourself from Damiano and being greeted with cold air. It felt like peeling your first layer of skin off. Immediately all you wanted to do was duck back under his sweatshirt and snuggle, face next to his scent glands. Everything felt too harsh: the lights, sound, necessity of fine motor skills. Dami was also visibly upset by the separation, but for you it was a moment of agony.
“You know it costs zero ration points to not be a bitch.” That's what Cleo said to you while you fought over the diner dishes on Wednesday evening. It wasn’t an entirely unfair assessment either. You’d rather curl up in bed then try to function without Damiano. It felt like life was moving at a slightly faster speed than you were. All the lessons were paced quicker than you could comprehend. Your note taking was a little too slow. You spend 20 minutes on a single question, reading it over and over, but unable to come up with an answer. Your physics teacher looked genuinely concerned and offered you a chance to retake it next week.
Instead of ranting to Xiema and Gia during break, you lay your head on your crossed arms, not even bothering to get lunch. Four days of this hell was unsustainable. The only choice was to disengage temporarily. The line, the food, the tedium of eating was too overwhelming. So you just closed your eyes, not even raising your head when they sat beside you.
“Are you alive?”
“Unfortunately.” Gia and Xiema seem to get up earlier than usual. Then again, your sense of time leaves something to be desired at the moment. The alert for your next lesson hasn’t sounded, so you decide to just look like a creepy lonier sleeping at lunch. However, by the time they’re a few paces away, someone else sits beside you. Damiano.
You look down and see his black pants straddling the bench. Then you start to think about something else in that vicinity and press your eyes closed. It's too late, the idea had already taken root. You could drag him into a bathroom and fall to your knees. Dami hadn’t had a proper blow job in months so he’d probably be really vocal, yanking you around by your hair while you drooled on the tiled floor.
“Hey, are you okay?” he asks softly. Yes is dishonest. No makes for questions you can’t stand to answer. Please fuck me isn’t situationally apropriate. So you settle for a shrug, and a groan. Damiano’s hand traces its way up the back of your neck and onto your scalp. It's heavenly. Fucking fuck. His over hand comes to rest on your inner thigh. For a moment your brain short circuits and your head slips off your arms and audibly hits the table.
“Woah, hey.” He shifts to rubbing up and down your back, scooting close enough he’s pressed against your elbow. It's so sweet it aches.
“Ow,” you squeak. Damiano still checked on you regularly. Instead of assuming you stayed up too late watching T.V. last night, he was skipping class to stroke your hair and make sure you were okay. You wanted to cry and not just because you slammed your forehead on a wooden table.
“Will you look at me?” He tries to coax you into lifting your head, but you’re still trying to wrangle the tears. From the time you woke up you’d felt fragile today, rubbed raw.
“Mm mm. I’m not this omega,” you sniff, trying to make your voice steady.
“This is my fault.”
“You’re doing your best. I’ll survive.” More careful hands trying to comfort you.
“Have you eaten lunch?” You shake your head and he sighs, rubbing between your shoulder blades.
“You can go back to class Dami. I’ll call you tonight” He pets your head and kisses it, resting his chin on your shoulder. He’s stalling.
“Convince me that just leaving you here is the right thing.” You try to come up with an honest answer that isn’t I’m fine because he’ll call bullshit in a second.
“If something was really wrong I’d tell you. This is just making people stare at me unnecessarily.” He lets out a long sigh, kisses your head, and stands up.
“Call me after school, or I will.” As soon as Damiano walks off you wish that he’d insisted you needed to leave and skipped class to spend the day with you. Of course this wasn’t feasible, but it was a nice fantasy.
You got home from and ended up standing in your bedroom, in a state of half dissociation. It’s lonely and you wish he was here to hold you. The room is so silent that your phone’s ringer makes you jump.
“Why didn’t you call me, baby?”
“I – I just…I don’t know.” It's an honest answer and you’re holding back tears because crying will just make your heart hurt worse.
“Meet me at the amphitheater after practice tomorrow. You can have dinner with my family and stay the night. Use me as a pillow.” This sounded like a tremendous idea, which is how you found yourself walking down the main hall in the underbelly of the sporting amphitheater. Romero Soccor’s coach looked at you wearily as you walked by. He was having a hushed conversation on the phone, which you immediately gathered was serious.
“Due to issues of personal conduct we have decided Julio will no longer be a remember of Romero’s soccer team.” Immediately you winced. A couple younger alphas losing their tempers and tearing into each other was a regular occurrence. They accepted it as a part of life, but to betas and omegas it was gory. Damiano would have an interesting story tonight. After pushing past the doors, you scanned the field for him. Aside from one assistant coach standing awkwardly in the entryway to the locker room, everyone was on the other side of the turf.
You make your way over then realize you might be intruding on something that isn’t your business. Maybe you should wait by Damiano’s car and text him. Deciding that seems like the thing to do, you turn around and walk back.
“Dam’s girlfriend!” someone announces. You turn around to see possibly the youngest team member pointing at you. You’re about to ask what barn he was raised in, but Star beats you to it, smacking him upside the head. A couple more people turn around and which reveals what's inside the circle. The person you assume to be Julio or his assailant is crouched on the ground with blood profusely flowing from his nose.
Star beckons you over with a nervous expression and you search for Damiano. As you walk toward him, he jogs over to you. Out of some morbid fascination you can’t take your eyes off of the wounded player. The bridge of his nose is curved harshly to the right.
“Is that broken?” you whisper.
“Uh, probably,” Star huffs, shifting around with nervous energy.
“I guess Dami is getting ice somewhere, then. Should I go wait by the car? I don’t want to intrude.” Star is breathless and it can’t just be from that short jog over here. Maybe it's anxiety, maybe he broke up the fight. Which probably means your boyfriend did as well.
“No, no, it's good you're here. So, uh – shit, okay um…”
“Just fuckin’ tell her,” someone goads and suddenly you feel very observed. Star winces and Lars jogs up behind him.
“What the hell is going on? Where’s Dami?” Your chest tightens suddenly with the instinctual sensation that something is not as it should be. Despite scouring the field all around you, the only players are gathered here, and Damiano isn’t one of them.
“This kid threw a shit fit over some call coach made. It’s just how we get sometimes. Dam tried to help him calm down, but the little asshole shoved him to the ground and ran away. Dam was just trying to help, put his hand on the kid's shoulder to make sure he was okay and got punched,” Lars explains. So your boyfriend was somewhere, injured.
“Where is he? What the fucked happened?” you demand.
“Damiano David happened,” calls out the same voice that had heckled earlier. So your boyfriend had punched Julio because he’d been attacked. You try to process this information without staring at Julio’s crooked nose.
“Why don’t you shut the fuck up, Nikolai?” responds Star.
“Hey!” warns an assistant coach, sitting on the grass beside the injured player.
“It’s not like we haven’t heard the stories. My mom doesn’t think he should be allowed on the team at all.” Although you desperately wanted to know what this dickwad was referencing, you couldn’t listen to him talk this way about Damiano.
“Yeah, well opinions are like assholes, everyones got one.” The half second of total silence was deeply gratifying. Nikolai had never had an omega speak to him like that.
“Where is Damiano?” you repeat. Lars points to the furthest door in the amphitheater. You march past the team, only to hear Nickolai pipe up again.
“This is what happens when you don’t breed your bitch –”
“Nikolai, I will put you on probation,” warns the assistant coach.
“And this is what happens when some mediocre alpha thinks the world revolves around him,” you bite back. Apparently your self preservation instincts have taken a vacation.
“It's a shame we’re not allowed to use corporal –”
“You can’t just say that about Dam’s omega,” someone hisses.
“Nikolai, off the field!” You’re so angry that you can’t think of a response harsh enough so you turn around and spit on his cleats. Half the team makes encouraging sounds, but you barely register it as you run across the field. Alphas advocating for corporal punishment to dicipline omegas was something you’d endured as long as you could perceive it. If it wasn’t so unoriginal it might affect you.
Upon reaching the far door, you look inside and realize it's not made for inhabitants. The space is unfurnished, all cement walls and harsh fluorescent lighting. It’s used for storage, which means there's no signage. The smell of all the equipment is making it hard to locate your boyfriend.
“Dami? Baby?” When he doesn’t answer, you have to take a deep breath and imagine his predicament. Where would you go if you were injured and persecuted by assholes on your team? Probably not out in the open, so you begin ducking inside rooms. The first open door with some space behind it houses hundreds of pounds of salt for the slow plow. Had the place not been so echoey, you might have missed Damiano curled up between stacks of bags.
“Not now,” he croaks. He can’t smell anything with a bloody nose, doesn’t know it's you. So you try not to startle him, approaching slowly.
“Baby, it’s, y/n. Dami, it’s me.” When Damiano looks up, you startle, and you actually watch that break his heart in real time. It’s not that he’s in headspace, which you weren’t expecting, it's that the bottom half of his face is covered in blood. The stuff is even in his hair.
“You’re gonna be okay now. I’m here.” Truthfully, you didn’t know if you could make whatever this was better, but you knew that Damiano needed to hear it, to see a light at the end of the tunnel. You drop your bag beside him and smooth his hair back. The blood hasn’t begun to dry yet which means the whole debacle must have been very recent. It also must have been what triggered his alpha headspace. Using a hair tie, you secure the tangled strands out of his face, then dig through your bag.
You had a water bottle and a container of juice Gia had asked you to hold and forgotten about. Calories would be a good idea.
“Damiano, drink this. Let’s get you some glucose.” He stays with his head to his knees, arms around his shins. “I spit on Nikolai’s shoes like two minutes ago.” This makes him look up and this time you’re ready. “I don’t think you realize how much blood is on your face right now, that's what spooked me.” Damiano nods, and starts tugging at you, with his lips pouted, never meeting your eyes. He grabs your arms, waist, until you swing a leg over to straddle and find yourself squashed. Dami pulls you against his chest and wraps you in his arms, even bends his knees to keep you close.
You never thought you could feel suffocated by Dami, that there would ever be too close. But this, this was too close. In the moment, Damiano’s world had shrunken so small that you were his only comfort in it. He needed you so desperately that you had to regulate your own emotions not to get overwhelmed.
“I don’t know what's going through your head, but this does not negatively affect our relationship. We are fine. You’re going to be fine. We’re gonna go home, cuddle in the same sweatshirt, and watch a funny movie. You’re going to get a good sleep and tomorrow this will be a sucky memory.” Damiano takes a couple shaky deep breaths and loosens his grip from absolute terror survival mode. You lean over and pull the juice out of your bag, handing it to him. While Damiano downs it you rummage around in the bottom of the backpack for some spare towelette packets and rip one of those open. The packaging is crumpled and dirty but the seal hasn’t been broken so they’re usable.
It's challenging to figure out where the blood is coming from, mouth or nose, until you realize it's coming from both. Which would mean he was punched multiple times.
“That was self-defense, Damiano.”
“I don’t get to practice self defense unless my life is in danger.”
“What the fuck!? Says whom?” You decide to try the tampon trick, since the blood flow has lessened from everywhere except his right nostril.
“I’m too strong. Did you see what I did to that kid? I broke his nose without trying!” That explains why he’s so upset. He really injured someone and despite his biology, Dami didn’t enjoy violence. He’s choking up again. You hope the hilarity of having a tampon shoved in his nostril would help, but it doesn’t. What's worrying you more than his injuries is how long he’s been in headspace. Damiano allowed himself to shift in and out when you were alone together, but it never occurred to you that he’d, at himes, have no control. He could get stuck.
There was no threat here, just his girlfriend sitting on his lap. He shouldn’t be in alpha mode. There was nothing to fight, no where to direct that primal energy. You grab the water and watch his face as he drinks. He’d stopped crying, which was good, but he was still periodically tenseing. Not tensing, wincing, like he was in pain.
“Baby, where else is hurt? Is it the way I’m sitting?” You start shifting around, but Damiano stills you. He scrunches his eyes closed and takes a deep breath. You try to breathe with him, but he falls out of sync.
“Are you hurt?” He nods before speaking, a single tear falling down his face.
“Being like this, your blood pressure goes up. So my head is fucking killing me,” he whimpers. Damiano must have an excruciating, pounding headache right now. You didn’t have the type of medication needed to treat this, but after your rogue reaction to your HSIUD, you had learned about pressure points. Thalia had a previous special interest in holistic medicine and rattled off facts until you (lovingly) told her to shut up.
So you found his temples with your index fingers, and massage in slow circles. Dami’s skin is slick with beads of sweat. Perspiration not from athleticism, but from pain. The cuts on his nose and upper lip were the most superficial of his injuries. Damiano’s hands released and came to rest on the floor. His head lulled forward, resting against your own and only then did you realize how much blood was going to be on your clothes. That didn’t matter. Damiano was finally able to relax his muscles under your careful touch. You switched to gripping the hollows at the base of his skull between your forefinger and thumb. Damiano lets out a moan, and you know its not at all sexual, just from pain releif. Yet, the sound still throbs between your legs.
“This helping?”
“Mhm, hmm,” he confirms, head sliding onto your shoulder. In order to stop the both of you from tipping over, you guide Damiano upright, chin supported in one hand. The pressure point right above his tear ducts makes him wince. It’s the best one for this, but a little pain predates the relief. The sensation is invasive.
“Breath through it,” you coach, and can feel him relax under your fingers. His tendons and veins are no longer straining. Giving Damiano a break, you massage a straight line from between his eyebrows, up his forehead. On the way back down you notice his canines are no longer resting on his plush lip. That's good, because you’re out of ideas. Dami opens his eyes slowly then blinks hard, like the light is too bright. That beautiful hazel is back.
“No more Vampiriano,” you chirp, as if this was an easy fix. Someone blows a whistle outside and it reminds you that you’re in public. Both friends and assholes are ever so aware of your absences and no doubt gossiping. There was also the greater issue of getting Damiano home or to the doctor’s.
“Okay baby, do you think you can stand up?” He shakes his head. “Okay, well um…okay.” You stroke his undercut, the short hair making it easier to feel your touch. Damiano couldn’t drive, you didn’t have a license, so how are you going to shuttle him from one place to the other? Star and Lars were sympathetic and they probably had licenses. You start searching your pockets for your phone.
“Do you have Star’s number memorized?”
“Stop talking about that,” Damiano groans in excuiation. Pain, desperation, overwhelm. It’s a reality check that Damiano’s stress tolerance is at absolute zero. He bends over clutching his face, but you can see the tendons quiver in his forearms. Were the boundaries of the change really so feeble that he could slip back? Having your body force you into hypervigilance sounded not entirely dissimilar from a panic attack.
A moment ago your touch had solved it, so you returned to the pressure points. He lets out a cry of frustration, and there's nothing calibrated about it. It might be the most honest sound you’ve heard from him, stuck in a moment of anguish. Unable to bear his pain, you scent him as a last ditch effort. It's hard to pull it forth unprompted, you don’t have a lot of practice. Still, you try to drown out Damiano’s sensory input with your pheromones. The intensity of his discomfort only lasts a couple seconds more, then Damiano takes a tear soaked gasping breath and relaxes against you. Operating on autopilot, you wrack your brain for stories about alpha’s experiencing headspace this way, and come up empty.
While you think, you pull up his jersey and begin stroking his back. If you were alone, you’d probably strip naked and get in bed. Not to have sex, but to hold him. Let your body tell his body that everything is okay, that there aren’t any threats to face. You needed a steady plan: adults, not teenagers. Speaking of, weren’t the staff supposed to manage players' injuries? Coach had been talking to Julio’s parents when you walked in which means he’d called Damiano’s parents right before or right after. They might be panicked and have no idea where you were.
“Damiano I’m gonna make sure a non-high schooler knows where we are, okay? I’ll be right back.” Dami is grabbing you in that panicky way again.
“No! ‘Cause I might – I don’t want…” to lose control without you here. Damiano stops before saying the words, but you can infer from the way he’s avoiding your eyes. He’d allowed himself to need you, just a little bit. A person doesn’t cultivate themselves so completely unless there's something they’re trying to cover up, over power. Suddenly, you’re very aware that this is exactly what he hid under that sheek exterior.
“What helps right now?” you whisper, stroking his head.
“I just – I just need a sec.”
“Do you want me to scent you again?” He takes a deep breath, and you can feel his ribcage shutter on the exhale. At the same time you also hear the echo of footsteps.
“Are those cleats?” you whisper.
“Damiano!? Damiano!?” The shrill sound of maternal panic is recognizable anywhere. It even makes a bystander’s hair raise.
“Take a left at the salt,” you call. Straddling Dami is not how you want his parents to find you, but he was so fragile that your social preferences didn’t matter. You pull his jersey back down and softly kiss his forehead, then stuff anything bloody under your bag. Your back is mostly to the entryway, but Dami must see them around the corner. He ducks his head against your neck, unable to face an audience. Very purposefully, you put on a calm, assured face with a closed lipped smile, hugging him casually.
Isabella, Matteo, and the coach rush into the room. It's better that Damiano doesn’t see his mother's expression. Matteo is holding a black, water proof case. He drops to the hard floor and opens it up to reveal the most elaborate first aid kit you’ve seen in your life. It's not just band-aids. There’s supplies to care for wounds, to stop major bleeding, even an ice chest for preserving fingers so they could be reattached. Isabella and Matteo worked in food engineering. They weren’t physicians or soldiers or harm reductionists or anything that would require this kit.
Wide eyed, you watched Matteo open a pouch at the edge of the bag full of prescription bottles. He twisted the cap off of one, then another, then another while Isabella wrenched open a water bottle.
“Damiano sit up,” she said, voice totally clinical. Her son might as well have been a stranger. It struck you as a bit harsh considering everything he’d gone through. Sure, she was the alpha of the pair, but shouldn’t that establish empathy? You felt movement under your hand and realized you’d been clutching the back of Dami’s head where he pressed his face against your neck in hiding. As he sat up, that same hand slipped to his jaw, always keeping contact and reassurance. For a moment, his parents froze. Your head immediately turned to see if anything had changed, but Damiano looked the same.
“He’s…he’s okay now.” You felt the need to defend Damiano. Maybe they’re staring because he has tampon sticking out of his nose
“This is just because I don’t have a first aid kit,” you explain, pointing at it.
“Inventive as always,” Isabella compliments, giving you a soft smile while handing Dami water. It seems odd, her warmth towards you, but not her injured child. Matteo dropped two red pills back into the bottle, but still placed three in Dami's hand. Two were round, one blue and the other white. There was also an oblong capsule that looked like Cleo’s morning vitamin. Damiano threw them all back at once and winced. You could feel his swallow hard which brought your awareness back to the fact you were sitting on his lap.
“I – I should um…” Awkwardly, you shift around, unwrapping your legs from Damiano’s waist. His free hand clutches your thigh. I should stay right here.
“Sokoro, thank you for your discretion and understanding.” Matteo nods at Romero’s coach.
“Julio, has been removed from the team and of course there'll still have to be a review, but I’ll make sure Damiano isn’t penalized for defending himself,” he announces.
“Thank you so much,” Dami finally speaks, voice broken.
“Of course, it's only fair,” the coah assures, taking his leave from the tense situation.
“But really, thank you, Coach Koro.” The amount of emotion in Dami’s eyes was so moving it made you tear up, so you could only imagine the effect on the person it was directed to. Seeing any alpha, especially one held in such high regard, humble himself was powerful.
“And uh, y/n,” he clears his throat self-consciously, hovering on the edge of the doorway. “You’ll be happy to know that Nikolai has been put on probation, so he won’t be at the next game.” You’d completely forgotten about that shit stain, but were filled with so much pride by the way your boyfriend had conducted himself. From being in too much pain to think, to then be communicative in just a few minutes was incredible.
“You did so good!” Daminao was bashful as you squeezed his arms in excitement, but his expression was conflicted.
“What did Nikoilai say to you?” Both his parents tensed and you knew better than to undo all of Dami’s progress.
“He complimented my dress. His favorite flowers are sunflowers and I think he’d be hurt that you didn’t know that.” Dami rolled his eyes, but dropped it.
“You were lucky. Maybe we can let her go now, hm?” At first you don’t realize Isabella was talking about your position on Damiano’s lap. Immediately you’re embarrassed.
“Oh sorry, sorry,” you grimace, disentangling yourself from Damiano. “I was just um…sorry.” Panic sparks in his eyes so you lace your fingers together and sit so close you might as well be on his lap still. “I won’t leave until you tell me to go,” you whisper in his ear. Damiano squeezes your hand in response, shaking from adrenaline.
“That could have gone a lot worse. Do you have any other injuries? How are your knuckles?”
“No, I’m fine.” Matteo starts cleaning him up properly.
“You got it under control by yourself this time, that was good.” His father is cautiously encouraging. “Scenting helped, I take it?” You stare at the floor, blushing so hard you could hear your heart rushing in your ears. Of course his parents could smell that you’d scented him. The fact that it would be perceptible to others hadn’t occurred to you in the moment.
“Y/n, cleaning the blood off, calming him down, you probably saved his place on the team,” Isabella says, emphatically. You scoff without thinking.
“Coach Sokoro obviously loves him!”
“That's because when he came in here, he saw Damiano. If he’d walked into something else…” She trails off, helping Matteo secure a butterfly bandage over Damiano’s split lip then dabbing on anti-edema gel. “Appearances are everything. Damiano being calm and collected, cuddling his doting girlfriend, no bloodied tissues on the floor. It really mattered that he saw that.” You don’t realize she’s complimenting you until you meet her eyes. For a moment, it's like looking into Isabella’s soul. She’s had to fight battles for Damiano that you would never understand. That's why she’s hardened.
“It must have been intimidating,” Matteo prompts.
“What, coach Sokoro? No way,” you brush off, smiling because you’re happy to give an easy answer.
“No, coming in here. I’d have been frightened.” Looking around it does start to feel like a concrete coffin.
“I guess it's kinda creepy, but I wasn’t really thinking about it.” You’d been too focused on Damiano to notice those details. Matteo opens his mouth to speak then closes it and sighs. You were missing something.
“Seeing Damiano must have been…startling.” Isabella looks at you meainfully. Admittedly seeing Dami’s teeth covered in blood like the reenactment of one of Thalia’s TB documentaries was gross.
“Honestly, I’ve never seen that much blood in person. We don’t have an alpha at my house, but I’m sure it’s normal with two alpha sons.” Matteo stops packing up the kit and tilts his head, literally looking at you sideways. “I mean not ‘normal!’ Obviously it’s not normal, I just meant that uh, like more common. It could be a more common thing,” you try. Damiano squeezes your hand so you turn to him.
“They mean did I scare you.” His soulful hazel eyes are so beautiful. Touches of green and gold shone even in the harsh, synthetic light. People probably thought he had black eye lashes, but actually they were really dark brown, like the roots of his hair where the sun hadn’t lightened. He squeezes your hand again, reminding you that an answer was expected.
“Why would I be scared of you?” you reply, dumbly. Damiano’s face lights up with so much affection. He smiles for the first time and if you don’t look hard, his teeth don’t appear to be stained with blood. The hand not clasped in yours caresses your knee. It was too easy to forget you weren’t the only people in the room, or universe.
“I told you she wasn’t scared of me,” he turns to his parents, saying the words with so much pride. Isabella purses her lips, like she had a lot of opinions to hold back.
“Oh you mean Vampiriano!” It finally clicks and you feel like a dumb-ass. “Yeah, I’m defective and not scared when I’m supposed to be.”
“Vampiriano?” Matteo repeats, incredulous.
“Yeah! You know ‘cause –” you bring your hands up to your mouth and turn your pointer fingers into fangs. Bearing your teeth, you give your best angry vampire hiss. Damiano does that thing you love, where he laughs so hard he topples over and puts his head in your lap. Based on the way her eyebrows are raised you seem to have even thrown Isabella off.
“You never thought he looks like a vampire? With his canines and black eyes and the – the super strength?” She blinks hard a couple times, struggling to process the comparison. “I really need to learn when to stop talking.”
“No, you’re perfect,” Damiano cackles.
“No, no, don't worry about that, darling. It’s just – when people are scared of something they don’t uh, describe it as you have. Like a um…”
“Comic book character,” supplies Matteo.
“Yes, exactly! I’ve just never heard an omega, not to generalize of course, but I’ve never heard an omega who wasn’t offput of the alpha transformation.”
“Well it’s only Vampiriano, that doesn’t scare me,” you clarify. “Ugh,” you make a noise of disgust as your hand runs through a lock of hair crusty with dried blood, wiping it on your dress.
“I can try to get the stains out of your clothes,” Matteo offers. “Any other biohazardous material?” You hand over all the stuff hidden under your backpack. Based on Damiano’s expression he hadn’t realized you’d purposefully concealed it.
“It's okay! This is a hand-me-down from Thalia.” It's actually your favorite dress, which is why you’d worn it, for Damiano.
“You love this dress,” Damiano counters, sitting up. Not as much as I love you. What.
“I’ll do my best then,” Matteo assures. He zips up the kit and stands, both parents ready. Damiano begins to stand and you pick yourself up off the floor. Walking out of the amphitheater into the parking lot, your brain starts to process the past however long. You had no idea that Daminano had a medical condition that required treatment. Why did he keep it from you? Did he not trust you? Immediately you chastise yourself for making this about yourself. Dami’s visceral reaction made it obvious that he was nothing less than completely terrified.
This is why he’d had to switch schools. Something had happened and the gossip between nosy parents had reached Nikolai. You think back to the man that rubbed your back when you felt exhausted at lunch yesterday and wondered what he was capable of. How much harm did a person have to cause for the event to be classified and warrant switching schools? His parents had a full battlefield triage kit in their car at all times to treat the wounds that resulted from Damiano losing control. Had he crippled someone? Had he accidentally killed someone?
You’d become so distracted that you tripped on a parking curb and almost ate shit. Dami caught you by your collar before your knees hit the ground, pulling you upright.
“Woah, let me carry your backpack, baby.” He slipped it off your shoulders and slung it over his left side. This wrenched you from your hypothesizing. Maybe if he was young and it wasn’t actually his fault and he’d undergone preventative medical treatment you could live with it. You bargained with your morals until you found yourself seated inside the David’s family car with everyone looking at you.
“So, we need to have a talk,” Isabella announced. Dami’s hand was twitching like it wanted to reach out for yours, but he stopped himself.
“What did you do at your other school?” you blurt. Both his parents look at Damiano and you realize his hand is shaking, not twitching. He’s terrified to talk about this. No, he’s terrified to tell you.
“People act like some big thing happened, like I had some testosterone fueled psychotic break and tore some innocent person apart, but that's not how it was.”
“Okay,” you let out a relieved sigh and folded your hands together. You slide onto the middle seat, bringing yourself closer.
“What's important is that these episodes have only ever been triggered by other alphas,” Matteo explains.
“I know he won’t hurt me. I’m not worried about that.” Damiano whimpers then brings his free hand up to cover his mouth and suppress the sound. Almost like he’s about to be sick. Dami must have been terrified that you would leave him, every day for almost three months. No wonder he couldn’t relax.
“Alright, let's take you home then.”
“Can I – I wanted to stay for dinner, but I guess now…”
“I’m sure that your presence will be very, very welcome if you feel up for it,” Matteo assured, starting the car. Isabella elaborated upon Damiano’s confession during the drive.
“It started with these rage attacks at 11. Lots of alphas have anger issues so we took him to a specialist and found out it's a hormonal dysregulation. Usually they grow out of it, but around 13 alphas start being a risk to themselves and others. Treatment options have been…a journey,” she sighs.
“So that World War 3 med kit you have?”
“Standard issue with his diagnosis.”
“Right, okay.” There were a thousand questions you wanted to ask, but you wanted answers from Damiano, not from his mother while he sat right next to you. However, your boyfriend was the most drained you’d ever seen him, and you’d never seen him drained of energy at all. Even after a two hour grueling work out he was still bouncy and smiley.
“Maybe we should take this up again later.” Isabella nods slowly, visibly processing your words.
“That sounds like a very wise choice.” Damiano’s parents speak back and forth in low tones. Not so you’re unable to hear, but so you’re not distrubed. They plan dinner, future meetings with Romero’s collegiate sports board, reporting the incident to a small team of doctors.
“You could have told me, Dami. I would have understood,” you whisper. His lower lip and chin tremble and he swallows hard.
“I know,” he says, barely audible. “I just can’t imagine what the fuck I’d do without you and its barely been – I just, I didn’t want to…to I don’t know.” You kiss his head and taste iron.
“Mine.”
“Yours,” he responds, voice breaking. It's important for Damiano to know, even covered in blood, even after keeping secrets, that you claim him. There isn’t anything else to be said right now, so you tune into what his parents are discussing. Isabella has pulled a checklist out of the glove box and they’re going over what needs to be replaced in the first-aid kit. This gives you an idea.
“Maybe I should carry a dose of the medication! I could get a mini first-aid kit. So if something like today happens again when Damiano’s away from his stuff, but I have my bag on me.
“Sure, I’ll make that up for you tonight,” Matteo agrees, warmly. Isabella turns around to pat your knee. She doesn’t meet your eyes, but you can see her swallow hard. When you arrive at the house, her hand returns to your knee, signaling you not to get out as Damiano and Matteo do.
“Y/n, this is incredibly intense and you’d already done a massive amount of emotional labor. So if you want me to take you home, everyone would more than understand.” You shook your head immediately.
“I want to be here for Dami.”
“And if that ever gets overwhelming come find me at any time, no matter what. Just because you can help someone, doesn’t mean you should expend all your inner resources doing so.” This felt like a conversation with your mother, except your mom had never had this talk with you. You nod to show understanding.
“Can we go inside now?”
Notes: You might be asking why this chapter is little shorter than usual. It's because this was the only natural place I could cut it it between here and 13k. This chapter took two weeks because I couldn't condense it down far enough so chapter #7 will be here very soon. Enjoy!
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