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Ghost: I cut my finger Y/N: I can kiss it so it'll get better Ghost: That works? Y/N: Yeah my mum used to do it when I was little *later* Ghost: I need you to punch me in the mouth Roach: Fucking finally
Genuinely love this series, and can't wait for more when it comes!! Gaz is so under appreciated in the fantom sometimes it makes me sad but the way you write him just makes me wanna squish him in a hug . Sweet baby finally got a turn :)))
Also I literally screamed when I seen this on my dashboard, I'm obsessed!!
Cherry Red, Crimson Blood
Chapter 16: Big Brown Eyes
Summary: Things have returned to normal, or at least they seem to have. Nothing can ever go your way, though, can it?
Pairing: Poly 141 x reader
Word Count: 7925 words
Warnings: NSFW, 18+, smut, unprotected sex, p in v sex, oral sex, face sitting, grinding, spanking (it's like once and not even on the ass), Kyle is definitely a munch, Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics, Alternate Universe, a/b/o typical classism and sexism, reader is a little shit, angst, PTSD, nightmares, trauma, mommy issues, family issues, language, the author's bias showing just a tad.
A/N: Have you ever cried while writing smut? I have. Had two mental breakdowns during the course of this chapter, the worst of the two during the smut scene. Sobbing while writing the reader getting her back blown out? That's a new one for me. But, I did it. I finished Chapter 16 this week. I'm feeling significantly better than I was, at least physically. Giving it to you a day early because I feel bad about not posting last week. The events of this chapter pick up pretty much where the previous one left off. Timeline wise, this chapter is spread over roughly a week-ish. And special thanks to the battle rattle anon for inspiring part of this chapter đ«¶
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(This is my all time favorite gif of him I swear I stare at it way too much)

Youâre clawing at the door frame, desperately clinging to the last thing you can hold on to, the last shred of your life as you know it. You fight the hands pulling at your arms, threatening to pull you away from the comfort, the warmth, the safety of your home, of your pack.Â
Your mothers grief-stricken sobs reach your ears, her cries of desperation as they rip you from her, your fatherâs hate filled gaze directed at you over her shoulder as he holds her back. She loves all her children, but you were always her favorite. The bond between you two was always the strongest.Â
Now you know why.Â
The arms rip you from the doorframe seconds before the door slams closed. Itâs like a gavel strike declaring your fate, cutting you off from everything you knew. Youâre pulled back from the door, from the house that had become your safe space, from the pack inside.Â
Theyâre not your pack anymore. The thought is like a sharp knife, severing the lifelong bond in your mind. Youâre not a part of them anymore. Youâre alone in this world, cut off from what you knew, and itâs all your fault.Â
If only you could have presented as an alpha, like you were supposed to.Â

Youâre sobbing, breaths coming in choking gasps. Your chest feels tight, your body tense and aching as you fight against the constricting hold around you.Â
âEasy, easy.â A deep voice murmurs in your ear, your senses beginning to return. âYer alright, kitten.âÂ
Your breaths continue to come in shaky gasps as you start to recognize your surroundings. Youâre in Johnnyâs room still. His arms are wrapped tight around you, your own pinned against your chest. You had fallen asleep before you even realized it, exhausted after your night with Johnny.Â
âYe were havinâ a nightmare.â He says, projecting his natural beta scent in an attempt to get you to relax.Â
You squeeze your eyes shut, letting the scent start to numb your brain. The tears continue to slide down your cheeks, but slowly your breathing begins to normalize. Johnny begins to loosen his hold around you, not letting you go, but enough that you donât feel like youâre being constricted anymore.Â
âSi gets them too.â Johnny continues, speaking quietly. His breath is warm as it fans your ear, reminding you that youâre awake now, and your nightmare is behind you. âWoken up tae elbows and fists in my face many times.âÂ
You keep your eyes closed, taking in deep breaths as Johnny lays with you in silence, his fingers gently stroking your arms. You hadnât meant to fall asleep. You hadnât meant to have a nightmare. Not in front of them. You knew it would happen eventually, but you had hoped you could avoid it as long as possible.Â
You donât want to reveal your weakness, your pain, your inner struggle to them. They have enough of their own, they donât need to know how broken you are too.Â
You lay there, slowly calming your breaths and the slight tremble in your limbs as you wait for Johnny to begin questioning you. Heâll want to know, heâll want to hear what it is thatâs plaguing your mind. Youâll have to tell him, youâll have to explain everything and then heâll want to know more. Heâll want to unearth the brokenness and the pain that youâve buried so deeply like an archaeologist looking for the secrets of an ancient civilization.Â
You donât want to reveal it, you want to bury it again, lock it back in the recesses of your mind where it canât hurt you. You want to compress it back down until you feel safe again without the threat of the past hanging over your head.Â
Johnny continues to relax his hold around you as you begin to calm down again, the tears finally slowing to a stop. You take deep breaths, trying to match Johnnyâs even breathing behind you. You wait for it, the inevitable question, the prodding, the digging. Heâll want answers, heâll want to know what plagues your mind, how much itâs been happening, why you havenât said anything.Â
Youâre not sure how much time passes as you lay there, counting breaths. Itâs silent in the room, in the barracks. Even outside itâs quiet, as if the world is holding its breath, waiting patiently for the shoe to drop, for the truth to get revealed.Â
You can't wait any longer. The tension is too thick, the thought of waiting for the question to break the silence is too much. You'll rip the bandaid before he can try and force it from you. âI don't-â
âYe don't have tae tell me.â He cuts you off before you can even start, the words slicing through yours, stopping you from spilling your darkest, innermost thoughts. âWe all have them sometimes. No shame in that.â He tightens his grip on you for a moment, pulling you closer against his chest. âSimon doesn't even tell me all of his. Thinks he might scare me off, or somethin'. I'm noâ gonnae force ye to tell me anythinâ if ye donâ want to.âÂ
You're taken aback by his words. You suppose they all have to be plagued by nightmares of their own, with the kinds of things they have to see when they're in the field. Ghost had told you a bit about the nightmares that haunt him, and that had only been one tragedy, one mission. You suddenly feel silly. The kinds of things youâre afraid of, the nightmares that terrify your mind suddenly seem inconsequential to the things they must dream about at night.Â
You wiggle in Johnnyâs arms until youâre facing him, his eyes half closed as he stares down at you. You shift forward, pressing your face against his bare chest. His head tucks so his chin rests against the top of your head as he holds you, his breathing slowing just slightly as he drifts back to sleep. You donât sleep, laying there awake as you listen to the slow, rhythmic beating of Johnnyâs heart.Â
Heâs snoring quietly, breath fanning across your hair as he sleeps peacefully. You let your fingers trail over his skin as you wait for his early alarm that will signal the end of your quiet moments of bliss, snapping you both back into your realities. You trace the scars lining his skin, all of them with their own stories, just like Johnâs.Â
He makes a garbled, snorting noise as your fingers brush over his ribs, his entire body twitching. His hand moves, his fingers wrapping around your wrist. âTickles.â He murmurs, lifting your arm so itâs draped around his neck. He's asleep almost immediately, as if he hadn't woken at all from your tickling.Â
You continue to lay there as he sleeps, your mind drifting between sleep and your racing thoughts until Johnnyâs alarm goes off. He groans, reaching across you to turn it off. He lays still, breath still fanning over the top of your head. For a moment youâre worried heâs fallen asleep again, but eventually he moves, rolling on top of you.Â
He presses his face against your neck, letting out a quiet groan. Heâs heavy, but a solid weight above you. Itâs comforting, the weight of him like a blanket keeping you safe. He presses gentle kisses against your neck, his fingers trailing across your shoulder before brushing over your mark. You let out a whine, arching against him.Â
âScreaminâ Jesus.â He curses, getting hard against your thigh.Â
âDonât you have to go work out?â You ask as he begins to grind against you.Â
âWould rather stay here with you.â He growls against your throat.Â
âWonât you get in trouble?â You gasp, bucking up against him.Â
âWorth it.â He grunts, kicking the sheets off the end of the bed.Â

âSomeone missed the morning workout.â Kyle says as you and Johnny sit down at the table for breakfast. Youâre the last ones there, despite Johnny skipping his early morning workout.Â
You take your normal spot between Kyle and John, sitting gingerly on the hard bench. Thereâs still a distinct ache between your thighs from Johnnyâs enthusiasm and intense stamina last night and this morning. Â
âAye, donât worry. I still got a good workout in.â Johnny says cheekily, winking across the table at you.Â
Youâre afraid you may combust as the other three pairs of eyes at the table look at you. Itâs no secret what you were doing last night, or this morning. Johnny, as in most aspects of his life, is loud in bed. Kyle had known you were going to, and so had Simon, but you find your gaze turning to John as your face warms.Â
Youâre not quite sure what youâre expecting as you look at him. Itâs not like he had forbidden you from pursuing relationships with the others, or even shown any distaste at the idea. You were open to love the other members of the pack, just as they did one another, just as he did.Â
His face is stoic as he stares at you, before it begins to lighten, a gleam shining in his eyes. âDid he take good care of you?â He asks, the corner of his lips twitching.Â
You swallow thickly, your face getting warmer as you nod. âYeah.âÂ
âGood.â John grins. â Then I suppose I can forgive him for sleeping in this morning, so long as it doesnât become a habit.â He casts his glance across the table.Â
âIâm a bad influence.â You say, spooning porridge into your mouth.Â
âCertainly worth the trouble, though.â Johnny says, wiggling his eyebrows at you. âEspecially when you do that thing with your tongue-â
Johnnyâs words are cut off with a pained yelp as Ghost kicks him under the table. âDonât go spilling all her tricks.â He grumbles, eyeing the tables around you.Â
You think your face might be permanently warm at the thought of anyone nearby hearing the topic of your conversation. Of course they know, but hearing about it was something entirely different.Â
Kyle walks you back to the barracks after breakfast, your hand in his, fingers laced together. His thumb rubs the back of your hand absentmindedly, shoulders brushing as you walk. Neither of you say anything, but you donât have to. Unlike Johnny, Kyle is happy to exist in silence. Theyâre so very different, despite both being betas.Â
Your brothers had often joked about betas being boring, and how glad they were that neither of your parents were betas. Youâd disagree now, after spending some time around betas. Theyâre just as complex as alphas and omegas, in their own ways.Â
Boring was the last thing youâd describe Johnny as last night.Â
Kyle holds the door for you as you enter the barracks, following you down the hall. You stop in front of your door, your hand pausing on the knob as Kyle leans in close to you.Â
His chest presses against your back, breath fanning your ear as he speaks. âCanât wait to find out about this trick you do with your tongue.âÂ
Your face warms again, your heart thudding in your chest as you turn to look up at him, tongue darting out to wet your lips. âYou could find out right now.âÂ
Kyleâs lips lift in a smirk as he leans in closer, trapping you against the door. âIâd love to, but I donât think the Captain would be quite so forgiving if I skipped out on this training.âÂ
You stare up at him, lost in his big brown eyes. âSoon?âÂ
He smirks, leaning down to kiss you. âOf course. Just say the word.âÂ
He leaves you there with your heart thudding in your chest, your stomach churning in excitement. Youâd be more than willing to go that extra step with Kyle right at this very moment, but the subtle ache between your thighs thanks to Johnny is a good reminder why you should wait. You want to enjoy your time with Kyle.
You know it will be worth the wait.Â

âHow have you been?âÂ
You shrug, sinking back into the plush chair. Itâs warm in the office, a stark contrast to the cold downpour outside. âFine.â You answer, running your hands over your jeans. âTired.âÂ
âOh?â Dr. Keller raises an eyebrow at you. âHave you not been sleeping well?âÂ
âIâm...having a hard time falling asleep.â You say. Itâs not entirely a lie, but itâs not the whole truth.Â
âWhy do you think that is?â She asks, writing something down.Â
Your palms begin to sweat. You hadnât planned on going into too much detail about this with her, but you knew sheâd likely notice and remark on your tired appearance. âBeen thinking too much.âÂ
âAbout what?â She probes, staring at you.Â
You know you donât have to tell her anything. What you share is up to you. Yet, you can feel the words bubbling up, threatening to spill over before you can stop them. âMy family.â You say, releasing some steam from the boiling pot inside you. Tears burn your eyes, threatening to fall as you continue. âEspecially my mom. I miss her a lot sometimes.âÂ
âYou had a close bond with her.â Dr. Keller says. Itâs not a question.Â
You nod. âThe closest out of all of my siblings.â You snuffle, wiping the tear trailing down your cheek. âMakes sense why.âÂ
âSometimes we have traits or behaviors that show before we present that hint at our possible status. Having a stronger bond with one parent over another, especially in mixed status packs, can signal what one might present as.â Dr. Keller says. âWere you the first omega to present in your pack?âÂ
You nod. âYeah. My older brothers were alphas, and I donât know about my younger siblings.âÂ
âThat could all contribute to a strong bond with your mother.â Dr. Keller leans back in her seat. âIâm assuming you havenât had any contact with them since the institute.âÂ
âNot since I was taken from home. The institute didnât support keeping those connections with previous packs and...I donât think they would have reached out anyway.â You say, picking at the fabric of your pants.Â
âWhat makes you say that?â Dr. Keller asks.Â
You pause, not sure you want to open that bag of worms. If anyone is safe enough to do it with, you know itâs going to be Dr. Keller. She wonât judge you, she wonât think you weak or silly for having such thoughts, such fears. She doesnât care how broken you are. Youâre not part of her pack. Sheâs an outsider, a doctor above all.Â
âWell, they did send me to the institute, didnât they?â You finally say.Â
Dr. Keller hums, staring at you for a moment before she drops her gaze to her notebook, writing something down. âI suppose you have a point there. Hypothetically, if you were given the chance to, would you want to talk to them again? Itâs not uncommon for omegas to seek out their previous packs and families after they leave the institute.âÂ
Your stomach twists at her question. Even if it is only hypothetical, you had existed for years in the institute thinking youâd never get to see or hear from your family again. They were behind you, lost to you. They wouldnât accept your attempts to reach out to them, even if you knew where they were. Even after leaving the institute, you knew the chances of seeing them again or even just hearing from them was almost none. You have a new pack now, your old one doesnât matter.Â
Thatâs just the life of an omega.Â
Would you want to? In this hypothetical world where this question exists as a potential option, would they even answer if you called? Would they accept an invitation to see you again, if they were given the chance? Could your father feel regret after all of these years for what he did to you?Â
âI...â You frown, tears pricking your eyes again. âI donât know.âÂ
âThatâs okay.â Dr. Keller says. âItâs a complex situation. If you ever wanted to, though, Iâm sure they could make it happen.âÂ
Your gaze snaps to hers, the shock at her words clearly written on your face. Of course they probably could. It was their job to hunt down hard to find people, and with the CIA at their backs, youâre certain they could track down your family easily. Would they do it for you, if you asked? Would they allow you to have that connection with your old pack while still being part of theirs?Â
âMost people keep some form of contact with their family, even after they move on to their own pack.â Dr. Keller says. âItâs not unusual, even among omegas. Just something to think about.âÂ
âDo you still talk to your family?â You ask her, partly out of curiosity.Â
âI do.â She smiles. âI talk to my parents pretty regularly, and my older brother occasionally. Heâs involved in this world too. He was in the Army originally, but now he does whatever it is he does.âÂ
Youâre surprised by her answer. Not so much that she still talks to her family, but that sheâs familiar with this world. It makes sense, how easily she existed in it, beyond just being a professional. âDo you think it had something to do with you being chosen for this position?â You ask.Â
âMost likely.â She grins. âLaswell probably wanted someone who is at least a little familiar with this world, but also someone she knew would work well with you.âÂ
âI think she made the right choice.â You say. Itâs the truth. You like Dr. Keller. You trust her. Youâve grown comfortable in her presence and you look forward to your appointments with her. It almost makes you feel bad for withholding the truth from her.Â
âGood. I think so too.â She says. âSo, did anything exciting happen this week?âÂ
You chew on your lip nervously, your hands disappearing into your sleeves as your face warms a bit. âJohnny and I...had our first time together.âÂ
âOh?â Her eyebrows raise. âAnd thatâs something you wanted?âÂ
You nod. âYeah. Iâd like to get close to all of them, well, as close as Ghost will let me get.â You bite your lip again. âGhost...gave me some pointers on how to handle Johnny. It worked. He...let me take control. I liked it.âÂ
âNothing wrong with that.â Dr. Keller says. âI think itâs great that youâve discovered this about yourself. I know omegas are so used to being controlled in society. I think itâs great that youâve found a place where perhaps you can take a little control back.âÂ
Sheâs not wrong. Your entire life has been dictated for you, controlled by someone else. The baton of control was just continually passed from your father, to the institute, to the CIA, and now to John. Though John has granted you the most freedom of everyone thatâs held control over you, thereâs still requirements for obedience and submission to him. Youâll never be your own person. Thatâs just the way society works, and youâve come to accept that.Â
Yet, youâve never felt quite so powerful as you did in bed with Johnny, when youâd gripped him by the mohawk like Ghost had instructed you to. When you saw the change in his eyes as you took over, controlling him, telling him what to do. You liked it, exerting control over someone else for a change. He just let you do it. It still sends a thrill down your spine at the thought of the possibilities, the things you can do now that youâve discovered this part of yourself. Youâd never show it in public, but behind closed doors...
The book was right. Perhaps omegas can be powerful.Â

âWhat are we doing?â You ask, staring up at John as he straps a tactical vest onto your body.Â
âWeâre doing an exercise, and youâre going to help us.â He answers, double checking the vest before putting a helmet on your head. âThink of it as hide and seek mixed with tag.â He finishes strapping the helmet to your head, taking a step back. âHow does it feel?âÂ
âHeavy.â You feel weighed down with the vest and the helmet.
âYouâll get used to it.â He says with a smile, guiding you towards the door of the warehouse.Â
Itâs dark inside, nearly pitch black except for the light coming in from the open door. Thereâs fake walls set up in front of you, with space just in the middle like a sort of hallway that disappears into the darkness.Â
âYour job is to get from this side of the warehouse, to the other without getting caught.â John says. âNo weapons, just you trying to evade us and get to the other side while we try and catch you,â John lowers the goggles on the top of the helmet, the world coming alive in shades of green around you. âAnd night vision goggles. Be smart about it. Understood?âÂ
You nod, looking around with the goggles, trying to adapt to using them. âYes, sir.âÂ
âGood. You have a thirty second head start. Use it wisely.âÂ
He leaves the warehouse, closing the door behind him. Youâre left in complete darkness, with no sound but a fan running somewhere, probably to dampen any sounds that might echo. You stand there for a moment, trying not to breathe too heavily, as it might echo in the warehouse. You stare at the door behind you for a second before you begin to move forward, the adrenaline starting to pump. You have to get to the other side of the warehouse before they catch you. Are they working together or individually? What kind of strategy will they use? What strategy will you use?Â
You begin to pick up speed, running until you reach the end of the first hallway. It splits off in both directions, and you hesitate for a moment. Be smart about it. You donât have many advantages in this situation. Theyâve done this before, both in training and probably in the field as well. Theyâre highly skilled soldiers, trained to hunt down people in all sorts of environments, sometimes with nothing more than their scent.Â
Scent.Â
Of course.Â
You take off down the right hallway, following it as it twists and turns like a maze. A giant maze. Thereâs so many hallways, so many places to run, but not many to hide. Thatâs not the point, though. You have to get to the other side of the warehouse before they do. You have to track your way through this maze without getting caught by four special operations soldiers.Â
Simple enough.Â
You pause at a corner, undoing your vest so you can slip your sweatshirt off. Youâre just putting your vest back on when the door opens, bathing the ceiling with light for a moment. Itâs started. Theyâre inside. You canât hear anything over the hum of the fan, and thatâs almost more terrifying to you than if you had been able to hear them. The adrenaline is pumping now as you toss your sweatshirt in the corner before quickly backtracking and heading a different direction.
You try to keep your breathing quiet as you weave through the maze, doubling back and touching the walls every so often to try and leave your scent behind and confuse them. You take deep breaths through your nose as you go, trying to catch any whiff of them, any sign that you might have crossed their path or be getting close to them. Theyâll reach the same area of the maze as youâre in eventually, sooner rather than later. You need to start pressing forward. Youâre not just evading them, you have to reach the other side before they catch you.Â
You slip around a corner, pressing up against the wall as something moves behind you. You hold your breath, quiet footsteps passing by your position. Your hands are shaking from the adrenaline, the instinctual fear of being hunted rising in you. You take a couple of quiet deep breaths, slipping your shoes off to grab your socks before slipping them back on. You peek around the corner, finding nothing.Â
You toss one of your socks in the corner before doubling back, pausing as you cross one of their scents. Johnny. You recognize the citrusy tang in the air. Christ, youâve never heard him be that quiet before. You continue on, your heart racing in your chest as you carefully weave around corners, slipping through hallways. Theyâre close to you now. They could be around any corner.Â
You pause as you cross the scent of leather and musk, something prickling in the back of your mind. Itâs a fresh scent. You pause for a moment, looking in the direction he went before slipping around the corner. You still have your other sock clutched in your hand, knuckles white as you grip it tightly.Â
You should be nearing the end. The warehouse isnât that big, even with all the doubling back and dodging youâve been doing. You toss your other sock in a corner haphazardly as you decide to stop doubling back and go for the exit. You have to try and get ahead of them, as well as find your way through the maze to the exit door.Â
Simple enough.Â
Except, you have no idea which direction the exit is, or which direction youâre heading. You could be going backwards for all you know. You weave through the halls, around the corners, focusing on finding the end of the maze.Â
In your concentration you fail to notice the scent, weaving through the halls mindlessly as you attempt to reach the end of the maze. You pay for it as the sound of boots on the concrete floor rushes up behind you. You let out a startled shriek of surprise as your feet leave the floor, your body ragdolling over someoneâs shoulder.Â
âGot her!â He yells out, weaving around a couple corners before light floods the warehouse, making you wince.Â
Your squint as your feet hit the ground again, the night vision goggles lifted from your face. Your nose crinkles as you stare up at Kyleâs smug face, his lips pulled up in a smirk.Â
âNo fair.â You pout. âI was so close!âÂ
âYou were, but you got sloppy at the end there.â He says, undoing the strap of your helmet to help you take it off. Youâre sweaty underneath it, hair sticking to your forehead. Youâre glad you ditched your sweatshirt now.Â
âNot bad.â John says, exiting the warehouse, Ghost and Johnny following. âNice strategy.â He says, tossing your sweatshirt to you.Â
You shrug, hugging it to your chest. âHad to think fast with what I had on hand.âÂ
âRunning around with no socks on too.â Ghost says, holding up your socks.Â
âLeft you a little present. You can keep them if you want.â You smirk.Â
âDonât want your nasty socks.â He grumbles, tossing them to you.Â
âThat was fun.â You say, grinning up at them. âLike being hunted.â You donât miss the quiet rumble in Johnâs chest at your words, his eyes darkening just a bit. âCan someone help me out of this now though,â You say, reaching for the velcro straps on the vest. âItâs squishing my boobs.âÂ

The TV is playing some show, but you're not really paying attention. You haven't been, not for a while now. Your adrenaline had still been pumping a bit after your participation in the exercise earlier, putting you on edge the rest of the day. It had been a bit thrilling, the idea of being hunted like that. You can understand now how omegas enjoy being hunted, beyond just the inevitable end.Â
The thought of that being how the exercise ended, all four of them at once, out where anyone could see you...your skin begins to prickle as heat blossoms in your veins. Kyle would get to take you first because he won, he caught you so easily. Would John go second, or would he allow the other members of his pack to go first? Ghost would be rough, taking you from behind, hands bruising on your hips. Your teeth sink into your lip as you imagine him over you, a position you often found yourself in during your training with him. He's just so big, so strong. They all are.Â
You won't be able to control yourself during training if you keep going down that thought path.Â
John would be gentle, piecing you back together after the others have had their way with you. He'd take care of you, like a good alpha, dragging one more orgasm out of you after you think you can't anymore.Â
You let out a shaky breath, trying to calm your scent. You're stinking up the rec room with your fantasies. You turn your head to look at the TV, trying to focus on what's happening on the screen in an effort to distract yourself.Â
It doesn't work, the subtle dampness between your thighs ever present on your mind. You have half a mind to get up and seek out Kyle, but like a miracle he appears in the doorway of the rec room. You see his nostrils flare, the lift of his shoulders as he inhales. He can smell your arousal, the spike in the sweetness of your scent. You have no doubt about that. He doesn't say anything, though, instead he approaches the couch silently, kneeling at the end.Â
He settles himself on top of you, resting his head on your chest. He lets out a breath as he settles, keeping some of his weight off of you, but he's still pressed against you like a weighted blanket. You fight the urge to shift beneath him, to press your hips up against him, to seek any ounce of relief for the warmth between your thighs.Â
You're not sure he's watching the TV either as he lays there, relaxed over you. Your fingers trail patterns across his back, gliding over his soft shirt. He's in blue today, one of your favorite colors on him. He looks good in anything, the perks of being pretty, but blue is one of your favorite colors on him.Â
It's silent between you for a while, Kyle relaxed above you while you fight to relax beneath him. If heâs affected at all by your scent, he hides it well. You have half a mind to ask him to take pity on you, to slip his hand beneath your sweatpants and ease the ache between your thighs. He had said whenever you wanted it. All you have to do is ask.Â
You shift slightly beneath him, lifting your hand to his head. âKyle?â You ask, gently trailing your fingers over his scalp. He'd gotten his hair buzzed recently, the curly strands shorter than normal.Â
He hums in response, the sound rumbling through your body from where his head rests on your chest. When you don't reply right away he lifts his head, blinking up at you with those big brown eyes.Â
âKiss me?â You ask.Â
Your heart starts to race as he pulls himself closer to you, his body dragging against yours. His eyes dart to your lips before they look back into yours for a moment. He leans down, slipping his arms underneath your back as he closes the gap between you. His lips are soft against yours, his kisses gentle and controlled as he holds you like you might break in his grasp.Â
âKyle?â You murmur against his lips, your arms wrapping around his neck.Â
He hums again in response, pulling away just slightly to stare down at you.Â
ââM not gonna break.â You say, dragging your nails over his scalp again. âKiss me like you mean it.âÂ
His lips twitch in a smirk before he leans down, pressing his lips hard against yours. Itâs a searing kiss that nearly steals your breath away. His tongue prods at your lips, and you part them to allow him in. He tastes like the tea he had been drinking after dinner, rich and earthy with a hint of sweetness from the sugar he added. You moan softly into his mouth as his tongue flicks against your own, your thighs squeezing around his waist at the thought of that tongue between your legs.Â
He smirks against your lips as if he knows exactly what youâre thinking, his body shifting over yours so he can press one of his thighs between your legs. You move instinctively, your hips grinding against his thigh. Finally you're getting some friction, some relief from the ache.Â
âFuck.â He breathes, pulling you tighter against his chest. âThatâs it.â He groans, pressing his thigh harder against your grinding hips. âGonna cum on my thigh, just like that?â He nips at your jaw, trailing kisses down the line towards your neck. âHavenât even touched you yet.âÂ
You try to muffle your moans as you continue to grind against his thigh, the friction on your clit pushing you closer and closer to the edge. âKyle?â You gasp out, gripping the back of his shirt. âGonna fuck me on the rec room couch?âÂ
He lifts his head from your neck, staring down at you for a moment. âFuck, youâre right. Your room or mine?âÂ
âYours.â You say, hanging on for dear life as he scoops you up off the couch, wrapping your legs around his waist.Â
He walks you to his room, carrying you the entire way. He kicks the door shut, beelining for his bed. He drops you down on the mattress, your body bouncing as he hastily peels his shirt off, revealing an expanse of smooth skin marked here and there by scars. You immediately reach out, trailing your fingers over his skin. Itâs just as soft as it looks, your fingers trailing the lines of his muscles.Â
His hand flattens over yours as it reaches his chest, pressing it into his warm skin as he leans down, kissing you again. His hands slip under your thighs, lifting you and switching your positions so heâs seated on the bed, and youâre in his lap.Â
âAnyone ever tell you how beautiful you are?â He says, looking up at you.Â
âI think itâs been mentioned before.â You say with a shrug, smiling down at him.Â
âItâs the truth.â He says, slipping his hands under your shirt. âDeserve to hear it all the time.âÂ
âBunch of handsome men complimenting me constantly?â You say, lifting your arms over your head so he can remove your shirt. âCanât complain about that.âÂ
âLuckiest men in the world.â He says, smoothing his hands across your back as he presses his face into your throat. âPretty little omega.âÂ
You shiver as his teeth nip at your skin, his thumbs brushing the undersides of your breasts. You arch against his chest, pressing yourself closer. Thereâs a bulge in his pants, a shiver of pride running through you at the thought that you did that to him. You elicited such a reaction from him.Â
âI never properly thanked you.â You say, wrapping your arms around his neck.Â
âFor what?â He asks, staring up at you curiously.Â
âFor taking such good care of me during my heat. Couldnât have been easy, seeing me like that, knowing you couldnât even touch me.â You grind your hips against his, his teeth sinking into his lip as you grind against his bulge. âTell me, how many times did you touch yourself while thinking about me?âÂ
âToo many to count, love.â He groans, leaning his forehead against yours. âSounded so sweet, getting ruined by our alpha.âÂ
âBeen so patient, waiting for this.â You gasp, still rocking in his lap, the wetness between your thighs intensifying from the friction. âTell me how you want me.âÂ
âSit on my face.â He growls, pushing you off his lap so he can lay down on the bed.Â
You shove your pants and underwear down your legs, fighting the urge to be bashful. Kyle has already seen you at your most vulnerable, been up close and personal with your most private parts. Yet, it feels different like this. More intimate, and less of a necessity.Â
You take his hand as he offers it, letting him guide you to kneel over his face. You grip the headboard as you hover over him, his hands settling on your hips.Â
âWait-â You say, before he can pull you down onto his face. âWhat if I suffocate you?âÂ
âThen Iâll die a happy man.â He says, tugging you down onto his mouth.Â
You let out a gasp as his tongue drags through your folds, already soaked from his teasing. His tongue flicks across your clit, eliciting a quiet moan from your lips. Your hips jerk when his mouth closes around your clit, suckling at it with a lewd smack of his lips.Â
âFuck!â You gasp, grinding your hips against his face as he continues to tease your clit, drawing patterns on it with his tongue.Â
Youâre close already, your legs trembling around his head. He holds you steady, keeping you still above him as he wraps his lips around your clit, sucking on it harshly. Your knees attempt to squeeze around his head as you cum, soaking his face with a cry. He continues to lap at your folds, licking up every last bit of your release before he finally lets you move off his face.
You drop to the side, staring down at him as you try to catch your breath. He licks his lips, his face shiny with your juices. He reaches a hand over, tangling his fingers in your hair as he pulls your face down to his, kissing you. You moan at the taste of yourself on his tongue and lips, already starting to get wet again.Â
Kyle wraps his arms around you, flipping you onto your back under him. He hovers over you, the bulge in his pants very visible, even from this position.Â
âSweet little omega.â He says, nipping at your lips. âSo fucking perfect.âÂ
âKyle,â You gasp, pulling him down into a kiss. âNeed you.âÂ
âI got you.â He soothes you, pressing another kiss to your lips before he sits back on his knees between your legs, staring down at you. He drags his fingers through your folds, still just as slick as they had been before your orgasm. âSo fucking wet.â He groans, hastily undoing his belt and pants, kicking them off the end of the bed.Â
You stare at him in awe, his cock just as beautiful as he is. Long and thick, curved just slightly. You canât help but ogle him as he wraps a hand around the base, squeezing it. Heâs hard, raging hard, the tip leaking precum already. He really has been so patient, waiting for this. You almost feel bad making him wait so long, but he had agreed to be patient, if only to keep Johnny from making everyoneâs lives miserable with his pouting if he didnât get to go first.Â
Itâs only fair that you let Johnny go first too, considering Kyle will likely be the one you spend the most time with. Itâs only natural, thanks to your bond with John. Kyleâs your beta, just as much as John is your alpha. Youâd like Johnny to be your beta too, but you know without that bond with Ghost, itâll never feel quite the same as it does with Kyle. Regardless, youâll continue to treat Johnny as if he was your beta.Â
âWhatâs going on in that head of yours?â Kyle asks, watching you as you get lost in thought.
You truly do it at the worst possible times.
You lift your gaze to his, staring into those big brown eyes. âJust waiting on you to hurry up and fuck me.âÂ
You let out a yelp as Kyleâs hand smacks your inner thigh, the sound cracking through the room.Â
âDonât get cheeky now.â He warns, rubbing the spot on your skin thatâs quickly turning warm from his smack. âJust making sure youâre alright.âÂ
âFine.â You say, spreading your legs further for him. âBe better if you finally fucked me.âÂ
Your laugh is broken by a moan as he drags his head through your folds, his hand falling to grip your waist.Â
âThat needy for me, huh?â He asks, teasingly pressing the tip of his cock into you before pulling back.Â
âJust worried you might not make it since youâve waited so long.â You gasp, trying to move your hips to take him deeper into you, but he pins you with the hand on your hip.Â
âCareful what you wish for.â He says, the warning clear in his tone. You handled Johnny just fine, you can certainly handle Kyle.Â
You hope.Â
He finally takes pity on you, sinking his cock deeper into you. You moan at the stretch, flopping back on the bed as you try to relax around him. He rolls his hips in short thrusts, sinking deeper and deeper as you open up to him. You reach for him as he sinks even further into you, his body folding over yours. You wrap your arms around his neck, staring up at him as he seats himself completely inside you, hips pressed flush against yours.Â
âHi.â You breathe, getting lost in his soft gaze.Â
âHi, love.â He grins down at you, fingers brushing your cheeks as he leans on his elbows above you. âDoing alright?âÂ
You nod, squeezing around him. âYeah. Feels good.âÂ
âGood.â He says, leaning down to kiss you. âBeen waiting so long for this. Feels better than I imagined.âÂ
You let out a quiet whine, clenching around him again. The thought of him imagining this, trying to picture what youâd look like, what youâd feel like while he waited patiently for his turn has your body burning hot. You shift your hips below him, causing him to move inside you.Â
âKyle?â You breathe, shifting again. âPlease move.âÂ
âI got you, love.â He smiles down at you, pulling his hips back before slowly pressing forward again.Â
Your head falls back as he moves, keeping his pace slow and languid. Heat burns through your veins, your very nerve endings alive as he slowly rolls his hips into you. Something thrums in the back of your mind, the mark on your shoulder almost tingling as you stare up at him, your fingers trailing over the mark on his shoulder, a mirror of the one on your own. A shudder runs through him as your fingers brush the scar, his lips parting in a low groan. You clench around him at the sight of such unbridled pleasure on his face, pulling him closer against your body.
He drags your pleasure out as he makes love to you, slow and passionate and deliberate with every movement. You know you wonât last much longer, the sensations beginning to overwhelm you.Â
âIâm close.â You breathe into Kyleâs ear, pressing kisses across his neck. âDonât stop.âÂ
âGonna cum for me?â He groans, keeping his thrusts steady. âGonna let me see that beautiful face as you come undone for me?âÂ
Your back arches as you cum, pushed over the edge by his words. Your nails bite into his shoulders, but he offers no complaint as he continues to roll his hips into yours, working you through your orgasm as he chases his own. His pace picks up slightly as he gets closer and closer to the edge, your eyes on his face, wanting to watch him now.Â
âYour turn.â You breathe, still trying to catch your breath from your orgasm as you clench around him.Â
His head tilts back, lips parted in a deep moan as his hips jerk. His cock twitches inside you, his thrusts getting sloppy as he cums. You trail your hands over his back, sinking your teeth into your lip as you watch his face morph into complete bliss. Youâve never seen anything quite so beautiful.Â
He collapses on top of you, just managing to keep his weight off of you thanks to his elbows planted on the bed beside your head. You continue to rub his back, fingers tracing the smooth, sweat slicked skin, only pausing to trace the scars that you find. Kyle presses soft kisses to your face, slowly trailing lower across your jaw and neck. He presses a kiss to your mark, a shudder running through you. He lets out a groan as you clench around him, shifting so heâs face to face with you again.Â
âGive me a minute.â He says, slipping out of you as he presses a kiss to your lips.Â
âTired already?â You ask cheekily.Â
âNo,â He says, kissing you again before slowly sliding down your body. âJust need a minute to catch my breath. Besides,â He settles between your thighs, pressing them open so heâs face to face with your pussy. âIâve got a mess to clean up.âÂ

You stand outside the door of Johnâs office, brows pulled into a frown. You have a feeling you already know what heâs going to say, yet your mind keeps reeling, coming up with the most fantastical ideas as to why you were summoned to his office in the middle of the day. Itâs weird that heâs in his office in the middle of the day. Usually theyâd be off training, but heâd pulled them all into a meeting this morning after breakfast, one that had gone into your usual lunch time, and then they hadnât gone to train after you finally got to eat.Â
âCome in.âÂ
Your hand pauses on the handle as you hesitate, almost as if you could prevent whatâs going to happen by just not going in. Itâs a ridiculous thought. Avoiding this will only likely get you into trouble.Â
You step into the office, the air inside different from any of the other times youâve been in his office. Johnâs face looks grim and focused behind his desk, and itâs not hard to tell youâre not facing John right now, youâre facing Captain Price.Â
You take the seat across from him at his desk when he motions to it, trying to fight the tears threatening to brim in your eyes as you stare at him. You wonât cry. You knew this was going to happen eventually. You knew going in what was going to inevitably happen. You had been well prepared for this part of your new reality, yet you donât want to acknowledge it now that youâre staring it in the face.Â
âI know youâve likely already figured out whatâs going on.â He says, his voice gruff and deeper than normal.Â
You can see it in his face. Heâs fighting his own battle with having to tell you. You hadnât expected it, to see him struggle with it. He knew it as well as you did. He knew it better than you did, and yet, you can see the turmoil behind that focused gaze.Â
He lets out a sigh as he continues, hands closing into fists on his desk, his tone almost apologetic. The words sting despite the fact you had known they were coming, despite the fact you had expected them when you walked into the office. âThis morning we had a debrief for a new assignment. Weâll be leaving tonight. All four of us.â Â

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Cherry Red, Crimson Blood
Chapter 32: The Tragedy
Summary: Don't trust anyone. That's the advice you were left with. How much should you follow that advice? How much will you have to follow it?
Pairings: Poly 141 x reader
Word Count: 8,058 words
Warnings: ANGST, heavy emotional turmoil, very detailed descriptions of depression, ANGST, panic attacks, lots of thoughts of death and crisis, distrust, anxiety, ANGST, Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics, Alternate Universe, a/b/o typical classism and sexism, language, ANGST, betrayal, weapons, guns, blood (barely), brief violence at the end, drugging (more sedation than anything), ANGST, hurt/no comfort, incorrect medical stuff again, oh and ANGST
A/N: Sorry
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The world is painted in grey as you stare at the wall. Your eyes trace over the pencil lines on the paper as if it might bring you some sort of comfort, as if it might bring them back to you.Â
Johnny put the drawings up after your heat, ones he'd done while watching over you as you slept the days away. Strawberries, rolling hills, you asleep in a field of flowers. Visages of the outside world, a place that seems almost foreign to you.Â
Despite their absence you're still a prisoner, still locked in your tower. Dr. Keller is your guard now, dutifully watching over you as she had promised Simon and Johnny she would. Sheâs done it successfully before, or at least she was as successful as you allowed her to be, as you had kept her in the dark just as much as your pack. Obviously they trusted that she hadnât known, otherwise they wouldnât have left you here with her.Â
Itâs not like they had much of a choice.Â
She's moved into the spare room temporarily so you're not alone. Your pack's barracks are far more spacious than her own room in the barracks with the rest of the medical staff. You almost wish you'd gone to stay with her. Anything would be better than your grey prison.Â
You get to leave now, only long enough to walk to the mess and back, and occasionally to the med center. You donât get to eat in the mess, staying just long enough to grab food before youâre ushered back to your grey prison. You've gone to Dr. Keller's office twice, but even then it had been a short stop so she could grab some paperwork before you returned to the barracks.
The grey and white of your home has never affected you in such a way before. You've been able to look past the sterile halls and prison grey walls of the rooms until now, until youâve become a bit stir-crazy. Youâre afraid you might actually go crazy, driven to insanity in your isolation.Â
There's been no word on when your pack might return. There's been no word at all from them.
For all you know, theyâre dead.Â
You've gone numb to that thought, the tears not even stinging at your eyes at the idea. You're empty, the only thing you're capable of feeling is the steady churning of your stomach. It's been two months since you revealed the cameras and you're still sick, still in pain.Â
What if they don't come back because they hate you? What if they've abandoned you here?Â
You're not sure you could even react to that if it does happen. You canât even react to the thought of it happening. Thereâs no drive to, no instinct to be upset by the idea of being abandoned. For all you know itâs already happened.Â
You turn over onto your other side, facing the room. Itâs Johnnyâs room youâre in, the most welcome place in the barracks. Itâs the place you spent the most time before they left, isolated just to Johnnyâs arms by Simonâs anger at your betrayal. Heâd only cared for you out of necessity, the progress you made with him all wiped out because of your own stupidity.Â
Those thoughts donât even bring a tear to your eye anymore. He never wanted you, he wouldnât have chosen you.Â
So why did it hurt so much?Â
Dr. Keller is worried, but it's her job to be worried. You've shut down, shut out everything. You're not capable of much more than laying around numb and depressed. The scents are fading, quickly disappearing and being replaced by the bitter scent of your depression.Â
Depression. That's what Dr. Keller said. Not surprising given the circumstances. You're not surprised either. Then again, you can't feel much of anything anymore. Thereâs no hope left, the memories of them fading as fast as their scents. Theyâve moved on, or theyâve died. Regardless, theyâre not coming back.Â
Youâre alone again, abandoned by those you loved, those supposed to take care of you.Â

You can only count leaves on the plant hanging from the ceiling of Dr. Kellerâs office so many times. Youâve given up sitting, instead curled up in a ball as you stare at the plant, counting leaves up and down the vines. Dr. Keller is at her desk, writing and shuffling papers, doing what she normally does during the day. Doing what she had last time you had been left alone.Â
She had the idea that leaving the barracks might be good for you. A change of scenery, a more comfortable and warm setting, might help your depression. Escaping the oppressive grey walls of your prison for some fresh air might aid in her efforts to help you wallow less in your misery. Being free of the suffocating walls of the barracks might help free you from the constant memories of what was, what might have been, whatâs left you behind.Â
Your stomach still hurts. The ache had intensified as soon as they told you they were leaving too, that John and Kyle were so desperate for backup they had to call everyone in. It had made you uneasy, the idea of being alone so soon after everything, the idea that things might be going so badly that they need help. The memory of what had transpired while you were alone the first time makes you nervous.Â
What if it happens again?
What if something worse happens?Â
You wonât be stupid this time, you told yourself. If anything is off, youâll notify Dr. Keller immediately. Youâre not making that mistake again. If you did make that mistake, the consequences wouldnât just be dealt out by whoever is so desperate to get to you, to watch you. Your pack will leave you, will mark you as untrustworthy and give you up, or worse, throw you in a cell until you can be sent back home, back to the institute. Maybe they would be merciful and send you back to the CIA. What would the CIA do though? They couldnât send you to another pack, not in the initiative, not with you already having been claimed. They wouldnât take that risk when the severing of those bonds would destroy you and everything that you are.Â
Maybe if youâre lucky, itâll kill you. Save you from the pain and mental anguish after the severing of a bond.Â
âHungry?â Dr. Keller asks. Itâs close to lunch, you think. Time is meaningless, the only routine you have left the necessary mealtimes Dr. Keller insists on keeping. Even then, if it wasnât for her, you wouldnât know when those were supposed to be.Â
âNo.â You murmur, still staring at the plant. The leaves have begun to blur, blending together as your eyes unfocus.Â
âYou should eat.â She says.Â
âNot hungry.â You say. âStomach hurts.âÂ
She sighs softly, pushing her chair back before walking over to you. She drops to a knee in front of the couch, staring at you. âHow long has it been hurting?âÂ
âWeeks.â You say, still not looking at her.Â
âWeeks?â She sounds surprised. âYou didnât say anything. Nausea? Any headaches?â She asks.Â
âUh huh.â You nod.
âAny fever, body aches, congestion, dizziness?â She asks.Â
âBody aches.â You say, finally looking up at her.Â
She hums, staring at you for a moment. Her face is the usual clinical mask she wears when sheâs in doctor mode, but you can make out the slight furrow of her brow as she thinks. She puts a hand on your forehead, your skin cold instead of the warmth it would usually have. Even youâve noticed it in your numb state, your fingers and toes aching constantly from how cold they are.Â
She removes her hand, letting out a quiet breath. âWell, my dear.â She says, staring down at you. âIâm diagnosing you with stress.â She says, resting her arms on her knee. âItâs been a long few weeks, and then with your alpha leaving on top of it, Iâm not surprised by your symptoms. I know you may not feel like it, but eating will help. Youâll be no good to your pack when they return if youâre wasting away.âÂ
âIf they return.â You say, not even able to sound worried like you did last time. Thereâs no tears, no panic, not even a hint of worry.Â
âThey will.â She says, pushing herself up to stand. âThey know what theyâre doing and all we can do is trust their skills.âÂ
âYeah, yeah.â You murmur, taking her offered hand to get yourself up off the couch. Youâve heard it a thousand times. âI know.âÂ
âCome on,â She says, giving you a smile. âLetâs get some lunch and then we can eat in the barracks again. Watch some dumb daytime TV show for a while.âÂ
âYeah.â You say, trying to sound excited as you follow her out the door. Itâs been your routine for weeks. Youâre growing sick of it, but what else is there to do? Read? Sleep? Lay numbly in bed staring at the ceiling until it blurs together or until you inevitably pass out from exhaustion?Â
Your life has become sad and pathetic, and itâs all your fault.Â

The days continue to drag on, every one without a single word of your pack driving you deeper and deeper into the hole youâve already sunk into. Youâre not drowning anymore, not clawing desperately to the surface, praying you can cling to hope long enough to drag yourself out of the depression. Now youâre just sinking, letting the weight of your numbness drag you down until the pressure becomes too much and you implode.Â
You miss them so badly it hurts.Â
Do they miss you? Do they think about you? Have they even thought about you? Did John and Kyle ask about you when Johnny and Simon arrived? What did they ask about? What did they say?Â
Or perhaps they just mutually agreed this was the opportunity to leave you, the chance to move on and make the job 100% of their lives again. No more worry, no more stress, no more distraction, no more needy omega clinging to them every minute of every day.Â
Maybe you should have been less needy, less reliant. Maybe you shouldnât have gotten so close. It would at least have been easier on you. The job comes first. Why couldnât you have kept yourself under that rule, distanced yourself to make this pain less severe?Â
Why didnât you just tell them right away?Â
âHow are you doing over there?â Dr. Kellerâs voice breaks through the endless haze of thoughts.Â
Youâre in the rec room with her, your most frequented place over the last few weeks. You might as well have moved in there. It would almost be better than the four places that only serve as constant reminders of what is gone. You could sleep in your room, but itâs been tainted, ruined. Itâs not safe anymore. Even with your pack you hadnât felt comfortable to be in there longer than it took to grab clothes.Â
âThey left me.â You say quietly, voice muffled by the pillow your face is pressed into. Youâre on your stomach on the couch, a blanket thrown over your back.Â
âNot by any choice of theirs.â She says. Sheâs sitting in the chair, Simonâs chair, but you canât bring yourself to tell her. Heâs gone. Itâs not his place anymore.Â
âTheyâre not coming back.â You say, fingers digging into the front of your sweatshirt where theyâre tucked under you.Â
âYou donât know that.â Dr. Keller says, closing her book. âThose men would fight from the brink of death to make it back to you.âÂ
âThey hate me.â You say, nails digging into your palms from how tightly youâre gripping the fabric.Â
âThey donât hate you.â She says softly. âThey may have been a bit upset, but theyâd never hate you.âÂ
âSimon does.âÂ
She lets out a quiet laugh. âLieutenant Riley is his own beast.â She pushes herself up to stand, taking a seat on the edge of the couch next to you. âHeâs in his head just as much as you are. In my professional opinion, he could use some therapy as well. Some extensive therapy.â Her hand comes to rest on your back, rubbing it gently.
Youâre thrown back to the times you were sick when your mother would rub your back, almost as if she was trying to ease the sickness away. You are sick. Sick in your own grief and disappointment and anger with yourself. The depression is its own sickness eating away at you. Youâre not even sure your packâs return could cure it now. You might be too far gone, your brain too convinced that theyâre not coming back that you wonât believe it when they do. They wonât return for you, they wonât be happy to see you. They wonât be real.Â
Dr. Keller lets out a quiet sigh. âI donât think any of them are capable of hating you. Even Lieutenant Riley. They love you too much to abandon you like that. I donât think theyâre capable of abandoning you at all. Iâm sure theyâre just as worried, just as eager to get back here.âÂ
She pats your back before holding her hand still. Itâs warm through the fabric of your sweatshirt. Itâs almost comforting, almost seeping through the chill thatâs taken over you despite the warm summer air outside.Â
âIâm sorry you have to go through this.â She continues, her voice soft and laced with emotion. âIâm sorry this is happening to you. You donât deserve it. Itâs not good for you mentally or physically. Itâs downright cruel. I thought maybe at first that youâd be taken care of, that youâd be taken into consideration as much as they are.â She scoffs. âI was stupid to think theyâd ever give an omega the decency of being considered a human being.âÂ
Her voice is determined, almost angry. Sheâs not angry at you, sheâs angry at the program, at the initiative, at those above you making the decision, pulling the strings, controlling every part of your pack. You can almost feel it, the passion, the compassion for omegas that she carries. She knows firsthand what itâs like. Even before she became a specialist she knew. She could have presented as an omega herself. Instead she was blessed with presenting as a beta, able to be seen as a human being, able to have rights and make decisions for herself.Â
âIâm not going to give up on you.â She pats your back gently. âOnce your pack returns, I think we need to have a long discussion about the future of this initiative.âÂ
âAre they going to take me away?â You ask.Â
âNo.â Dr. Keller says. âYour pack will fight for you. I will fight for you. But this isnât good for you. Itâs making you sick. Iâm worried about what might happen if it continues.âÂ
You slide your arms up, wrapping them around your pillow. âTheyâre not going to give it up, their jobs. They wonât. I hate it.â The words come tumbling out before you can stop them. âI hate that they donât put me first. I hate that they have to hide things from me, keep things from me. Why is it fair that they can keep things that might put me in danger hidden, but I canât do it without them getting mad at me? I hate that they have to leave, that they can just leave so easily. I hate their job, I hate what they do when theyâre away. I hate them sometimes because they donât even think twice about hurting me.â The nausea churns in your stomach, threatening to rise again. âIt hurts a-and tâs not fair!âÂ
Dr. Keller shushes you gently as you press your face down into the pillow, tears pricking at your eyes for the first time in almost two weeks. âI know. The CIA should have had an omega expert in on this from the start. There should have been someone that could advocate for the omegas they want to throw into these positions. I hate this too, what they do to you, what they put you through,â Her voice goes quiet, so quiet you almost canât hear it. âWhat they will put you through.â She runs a hand over the back of your head, trying to soothe you. âAll we can do is cling to the hope that word will come in soon that your pack is on their way home.âÂ
You want to believe her. You want to believe sheâs telling the truth, that they will be coming home. You want to have that hope, but hope has long faded from your mind. You donât have hope anymore, as much as she tries to instill it in you.Â

The days continue to drag on. Thereâs been no word on their status, no calls, not even a text. Dr. Keller has tried to get ahold of Kate, but sheâs been unsuccessful. It hurts. You feel abandoned, even by those that were supposed to be available, those that were supposed to help you. It all feels wrong. Thereâs something happening. You can feel it.Â
Something is changing, something is ticking at the back of your neck. It could just be the paranoia, the fear, the unease brought on by the isolation and the separation from your pack. Itâs not normal. Johnny and Simon promised theyâd do everything in their power to get a hold of you when they can.Â
Unless they canât.Â
What if theyâve been trying but no messages are getting through? What if thereâs something along the line blocking them? What if thereâs someone purposefully keeping those messages from coming through? Purposefully isolating you from your pack.Â
The thought has a chill running down your spine. Thereâs things happening behind the scenes you canât even fathom. Things beyond you, things beyond Dr. Keller and even John. Someone had those cameras put up. Someone was watching you, even after you found them and hid them. Someone wanted to see you, wanted to watch you with your pack.Â
Why?Â
It all seems too coincidental. John and Kyle being called away and then Johnny and Simon weeks later, isolating you from your pack. No word has been coming through, possibly no word from anyone getting to them. They wonât know what state youâre in, they wonât know something is wrong. If anything happened to you, they wouldnât know. Theyâd have no idea until it was possibly too late.Â
Youâve been isolated on purpose.Â
All five of you.Â
What if itâs Kate?Â
You donât want to believe it. You donât want to even think about it. Who has contact with them during their missions, though? Who has been in control of relaying messages back and forth to everyone? Would she do it? Was she capable of such betrayal? John trusts her more than anyone besides the members of your pack. Theyâve known each other for a long time, why would she betray them like this?Â
You canât trust anyone.Â
The nausea churns in your stomach, threatening to choke you for a different reason this time. Youâre beginning to panic, and while itâs nice to finally feel something, this is almost worse. Youâd prefer the numbing depression, the emptiness, the inability to think. This is worse. Itâs so much worse.Â
So many thoughts are flying around in your head, your stomach aching as you begin to panic. Youâre not safe. Youâre not safe here alone, not even with Dr. Keller. Thereâs too many chances. Youâre too open and exposed.Â
You canât trust anyone.Â
What if your pack is in on it? What if they were responsible for all of this? What if they knew Shepherd was coming and hid it from you on purpose? What if they had the cameras put up to watch what you do when theyâre away? What if theyâve been surveying you to report to the higher ups about your progress and the initiative?Â
What if they pretended they didnât know to see how long youâd hide it, how youâd take it if they were upset at you, how far they could push you before youâd crumble?Â
What if they left on purpose to make you crumble?
You canât verify it. You canât even know if those orders were real, if they ever came in. Youâll never know because you canât because they have to keep you safe. What if Kate doesnât even know theyâre gone? What if theyâre sitting in a pub in Hereford watching you fall apart at the seams? You want to leave, you want to run there, comb every inch of town just to find them and scream at them. What if theyâre too cowardly to force you out themselves? What if they want you to leave, and theyâre pushing you to the point you want to?
âHey,â Dr. Keller kneels in front of you, her hands on your shoulders. âI need you to breathe for me.âÂ
You stare at her face, the furrow of her brow, the worry in her kind eyes. You feel sick, your stomach churning. You want to vomit, you want to puke up all the worry and the depression and the stress. You want it all to be over with, you want it all to end.Â
âCome on.â She says, squeezing your shoulders tighter. âIn and out, nice and slow.âÂ
You canât. You canât breathe. The world is falling apart around you and thereâs nothing you can do about it. Your breaths catch in your throat, stuttering as your lungs spasm. Youâre beginning to tense, your joints locking into place. Itâs not all that different from a few weeks ago in the rec room with Simon as you panicked.Â
Only thereâs no alpha to help you this time.Â
âCome on.â Dr. Keller says, hauling you to your feet. Itâs like trying to move a mannequin, your joints locked into place, dead weight as she half drags you down the hall and into one of the exam rooms. She manages it, stronger than you thought as she moves you easily into the private room. Itâs the one you spent your heat in, still set up just like it had been then.
She gets you into a chair, wheeling over the oxygen. Itâs cold as it hits your face, a clammy sweat covering your skin. Your hands close around the arms of the chair, fingers clenching until they pop and ache, shaking from the force but you canât let go. You cling to the chair like itâs the last thing keeping you sane, keeping you in place, keeping you from floating away.Â
Maybe then theyâll come back. Maybe then theyâll feel guilty for doing this to you.Â
Dr. Keller approaches with a syringe, wheeling the tray closer before setting it on top. You stare at it, tears slipping around the mask before dripping onto your chest. âItâs a sedative.â She says, putting a damp paper towel on the back of your neck. Itâs cold, still dripping water. âIf you go into distress, our only option is to put you under and hope it calms your brain fast enough that youâre not going to lose yourself to your omega.âÂ
You almost wish sheâd let you. It would be an easier end than finding out your pack was involved in all of this. Youâd fade away, let your omega take over until the toll was too great on your body and you died before you even knew what happened.Â
It almost sounds blissful right now.Â
âEasy.â Dr. Keller says, cupping your face. âDonât think too much. Thatâs just going to send you spiraling even more.âÂ
If only it was that easy.
She gently peels your fingers from the arms of the chair, crossing your arms over your chest. Your hands close around your arms, squeezing until it hurts, until youâre sure youâre going to have bruises. Itâs a comforting position though, even without anything pressed against your chest.Â
You miss your bear. You miss having John wrapped around you, offering you comfort only he can. You want him back, you want to be in his arms again. You want your safe space back, your nest, your pillows and stuffed animals. You want your alpha no matter what. Even if he is behind this or not, if heâs involved, you donât care. You need your alpha again.Â
The air in your lungs rattles as Dr. Keller replaces the paper towel on your neck. It drips down your back, sliding down your spine. Goosebumps rise on your skin but it begins to calm you, shocking your system out of the edges of distress it had been rapidly falling towards. It makes you miss being numb. Numbness was at least better than the dangerously high panic of distress.Â
You canât even be stressed without being in danger of your own body.Â
The churning in your stomach intensifies and you rip the oxygen mask off, bending forward as you take deep breaths. You donât want to vomit, especially not on Dr. Kellerâs nice shoes. Your hands grip the arms of the chair again, eyes squeezing closed as you breathe.Â
âGood.â She says, rubbing your back. âKeep breathing like that.âÂ
She steps away for a moment to grab another wet paper towel as you continue to focus on your breathing, in and out. You pretend John is there, breathing with you slow and even. You can hear it in his chest, feel the rise and fall as he inhales and exhales with you. The steadiness of his heartbeat that never seems to raise, even when heâs stressed, thumps under your ear. Heâs always so calm, always so aware, always so capable of acting even in the most stressful situation.Â
A strength he possesses thanks to his job.Â
âI miss my alpha.â You whimper as your joints begin to unlock, muscles relaxing.Â
âI know.â She says, replacing the cold paper towel. She squeezes the back of your neck gently for a moment, sending a cascade of cold water that soaks into your shirt before she releases you. Something prickles in the back of your mind as she moves her hand, the back of your neck tingling and not from the cold.Â
You continue to breathe deeply, the hitch in your lungs slowly lessening until it's gone, the air flowing in and out evenly. The air in the room is cold, only made worse by the sweat on your skin. Youâre trembling, the effects of the almost distress coming down, leaving you a mess. More of a mess than you had just been.Â
âI just want him back.â You croak out, the tears still falling.Â
âI know.â She repeats, easing you back so youâre reclined back in the chair. She stares at you for a moment, chewing on her lip before she nods. âIâm going to make a few calls.âÂ

The days continue to go by in a haze. Youâre not sure what to think anymore, the numbness and stress battling in your brain for control. The near distress you went into has left you exhausted and burnt out, yet your thoughts wonât let you relax. You just want your alpha, the need sinking deep into your bones, nearly consuming you now.Â
Itâs getting colder, Fall making its rapid approach. A couple short months and itâll mark a year since your arrival, a year since this entire thing started, since you joined your new pack. To think it might not even last a year. That was the point, though, to test if it would work and how long it would work.Â
Less than a year. Hope youâre happy with those results.Â
Itâs windy today, blowing hard enough you can hear it inside the barracks. The whooshing as the air hits the side of the building, being forced over the top of the immovable object in its path. Itâs grey outside too, the sky cloudy. It might rain, though itâs hard to tell. Itâs been grey for the last couple days, the weather always seeming to be in tune with your emotions.Â
Youâre seated on Johnnyâs bed, knees pulled up to your chest. Itâs been so long since youâve seen your packmates, since youâve seen your alpha. They almost feel like a distant memory, thoughts of them floating around the empty barracks like a ghost, haunting your mind. All of them seem like ghosts now. Youâre scared youâll forget what they look like, what they smell like, what they sound like. Your brain is being clouded by your own roiling emotions, slamming up against the sides of your brain like the wind outside.Â
Itâs confusing, the violent rocking of your mind between numbness and stress in the storm thatâs raging in your amygdala. It would be nice if it could pick one, choose a direction and send you head on into the storm or the doldrums. You want the numbness back, the clouding of your thoughts, the slowing of your body to a crawl. It would be a relief over the alternative point where you risk distress every minute.Â
Thereâs no help for you.Â
âReady?â Dr. Kellerâs voice sounds through the door as she knocks quietly. Itâs lunch, the usual time the two of you go. Early enough the mess isnât as crowded. The last thing you need is a confrontation, or for you to panic like you did the day you revealed the cameras to Simon.Â
Dr. Keller could help you, would know how to help you through that, but youâre not sure you could handle that stress, that embarrassment of falling apart in front of the soldiers that already send judgemental looks your way. Falling apart again.Â
Not when you canât trust anyone.Â
The words still float through your mind, one of the last things John had said to you before he left. Before he abandoned you.Â
Donât trust anyone.Â
Anyone could be a threat.Â
Dr. Keller knocks again, calling out your name softly.Â
You force yourself off of Johnnyâs bed, your joints cracking as you stand. Youâve been in that position far too long. Your body has stiffened, losing the flexibility you once had in the weeks since John left. Youâre not even sure you could run as fast as you used to. Thereâs no space to do it in the barracks, and with how numb youâve been, you have no drive to even reach down and touch your toes anymore. For all you know youâll fall forward onto your face and break your nose if you try.Â
You open the door with a sigh, looking up at Dr. Keller. Youâre sure you look like death...you have probably looked like death for a while. The constant rocking between stress and numbness has made you feel that way, and has likely made it worse. Itâs been a long time since youâve looked at yourself in the mirror, youâre not even sure you remember what you look like.Â
You donât care anymore.Â
Thereâs no one to impress here.Â
The less alive, the less enticing you look, the more likely it is to keep audacious alphas away.Â
âReady?â Dr. Keller asks, her brows furrowed slightly as she looks down at you.Â
You nod, knowing you have no choice. âYeah.âÂ
She nods. âOkay, I-â Sheâs cut off as her phone begins to ring, the loud ringtone slicing through the air. She keeps it on at all hours in case someone calls about your pack.Â
For just a moment you feel hope, something coming back to life inside of you as her phone rings. Could it be Kate? Could it be someone with word of the status of your pack? Maybe it is your pack, calling just to let you hear their voice.Â
Maybe for the last time.Â
That hope fades as Dr. Keller frowns. âOne second.â She steps down the hallway to answer, leaving just enough space between you, you canât hear whatâs being said on the other end.Â
You donât really care to hear, leaning against the wall as you wait. Itâs not about your pack, obviously. The thought stings. Still thereâs been no word, not even a text. The drop of excitement is almost worse than the numbness, the acceptance that youâre not getting any word, that had begun to form in your mind.Â
Dr. Keller walks back up to you, the frown on her face deeper than it had been. It had been a short call, most of the talking done by the person on the other side, you assume. Her answers had been short and simple. Whoever it was...it must not have been good judging by her face.Â
âI have to run to my office.â She says. âI need you to stay here.âÂ
Your heart rate picks up at her words. Sheâs leaving you alone? Youâve gone back and forth with her so many times, why does she have to go alone now? Maybe whoever had called wanted to continue the conversation without the risk of anyone listening in.Â
Who called her, and what did they say to get her to break her promises to your pack?Â
âIâll be right back.â She says, sounding anxious to get to her office. âYouâll be okay here? I wonât be gone long.âÂ
You nod. Youâre not sure you have much of a choice but to agree, but youâre also not about to argue. Itâll be the first time youâve been alone since the day you confessed to your pack. Youâre itching for it now, just a second to be truly alone. Just a second to breathe.
âDonât leave the barracks.â She says pointedly. âJohn will have my hide if he finds out.
You shrug. âDonât know where Iâd go anyway.âÂ
She nods, accepting your answer. It is the truth. You wouldnât have left anyway. âYou call me immediately if anything happens. Iâll be just a couple minutes.âÂ
You nod in understanding. âIâll be here.âÂ
âGood.â She seems satisfied by your answer as she turns to jog down the hallway.Â
Good thing sheâs wearing comfortable shoes compared to the ones she normally does.
You let out a quiet sigh of relief as soon as the door closes. You stand there in the silence of the barracks for a moment. Youâre finally alone, the oppressive feeling of being watched, of being held prisoner lifting just a bit. Sure you canât leave, but you couldnât do that before anyway. You head for the rec room, walking as silently as you can, almost as if one of your pack members will jump out from around the corner and reprimand you for being alone. Itâs not your fault. Dr. Keller was the one who left you.Â
You try not to think about what that phone call had been about as you grab a snack, tiding yourself over before Dr. Keller returns. She said sheâd only be a minute, but youâre not sure how long it really will take. Youâre silently glad for the break, silently glad for the ability to rest in silence, even if it is only for a couple of minutes.Â
Youâre not sure what to do with your newfound freedom. Itâs not like you didnât have freedom before, but at least now you feel like you normally do, free to wander around and go to the bathroom by yourself.Â
Youâre going to do just that.Â
Itâs instinctual that you choose Simonâs room. Youâve been using his shower still, comforted by the routine you picked up during the time he and Johnny were still with you. Itâs comforting, so much so youâve made sure you hang your towel where itâs supposed to go, and put your soap and shampoo back in place with his. Heâd be angry if he came back to find his room a mess, the order he exists in disrupted.Â
More angry than he already is with you.Â
You let out a sigh as you leave the bathroom, eyeing the books on his dresser. Youâve read all of yours already, and thereâs nothing new in the rec room. You havenât felt like reading much, and youâve already read all of yours. Now, though, as life begins to fill you again, you feel the urge to do something.Â
The spines of the books are slightly dusty as you run your fingers across them. Youâll need to clean again soon. Youâd forced yourself to do all of their laundry once their shirts lost their scent. It was beginning to stink and after being gone so long, you doubt theyâll want to come back to stinky dirty clothes.Â
Maybe you should clean their rooms too. Dr. Keller has been saying it might be helpful to do something productive.Â
And this way it might help in case they do return. Omegas are supposed to keep house. Itâs what youâve been taught to do. The last thing you want is for them to be upset with you for not doing your duties.Â
You grab one of the books randomly before slipping back out of the room, closing the door behind you. Your steps are still instinctively quiet as you make your way down the hallway. Until you freeze mid-step. Thereâs a sound ahead near the rec room, the wind outside getting louder for a moment before it quiets again.Â
Someone opened the door. Someone is inside.Â
Your breathing hitches as you take a step back, then another moving backwards down the hallway. Dr. Keller did say sheâd be back soon, but why would she go through that door? She knows your pack always uses the door at the front, the door behind you to enter. That door only gets used when the guys smoke outside, or when Simon and Johnny have to leave during your heats.Â
Whoever entered wouldnât know that.Â
Dr. Keller doesnât smoke.Â
You stumble back to the nearest door, fumbling with the handle for a second before slipping inside. You close the door quietly, clicking the lock before pushing the dresser in front of the door. Itâs your room youâve taken refuge in. Thereâs dust coating everything, floating around you as you disturb the stale air. You hold your breath, fighting the urge to cough as you wait, hoping the air filters hide your scent before they make it down the hallway.Â
Your hands are shaking, gripping the book tightly in your hand. If nothing else, you can use it as a weapon. Simon would be proud of that, improvising a weapon to protect yourself. The panic is rising in you as you wait, the silence of the barracks the only thing allowing you to hear the quiet footsteps making their way down the hall. Thereâs a nervous fluttering in your chest as you wait, trying to keep your breathing under control. If itâs Dr. Keller sheâll knock, sheâll say something to let you know itâs her. She wouldnât sneak around the barracks. She knows how much stress youâve been under. She wouldnât try to scare you like this.Â
A scream dies in your throat as the door handle starts to jiggle, forced back by your own panic. Whoever it is on the other side is trying to get in. You're thrown back into the terror of your first time alone, when someone tried to enter your room in the middle of the night.Â
Youâre not going to be stupid this time. Youâre not going to face this alone. Your fingers fumble around your phone, barely able to unlock it as the jiggling of the handle gets more aggressive. Whoever it is, theyâre determined to get in.Â
You press Dr. Kellerâs number, your breaths coming in ragged gasps as you lift it to your ear. It rings in your ear, the sound echoing outside the door. Your stomach drops, following your phone as it slips out of your hand, still calling Dr. Keller. The ringtone echoes in the empty hallway, quickly drowned out by the blood rushing in your ears.Â
The sudden phone call, leaving you alone for the first time in weeks to run to her office, entering through the wrong door...
No...it canât be.Â
The door shudders as something rams against it. You have to hide, you have to get out. You canât hide in the closet or under the bed. Even the bathroom wouldnât be smart. Itâll leave you too vulnerable. If whoever it is can break through your door, theyâll get through the bathroom easily. You turn to look at the window. You have to get out. You have to get help.Â
There could be others out there, waiting for you to try.Â
You have no other choice. Better to try and fight than to stand there and let it happen. Thatâs what Simon always says.Â
You can defend yourself. You can fight until you get a chance to run. You can run. Youâre an omega. Running is what you do.Â
You barely remember to pick up your phone before you climb onto your desk, not caring as you knock things off. You have to move fast. Whoever it is on the other side of the door probably heard that, probably has figured out youâre going for the window. You have to get out. You have to run. The window slides open slowly, the adrenaline pumping through you, giving you strength you didnât know you were capable of. Youâre not sure youâve ever opened the window in the time youâve been here. You squeeze through the opening just big enough to fit you through. You donât waste time looking back as you take off running, heading in the direction of the trees.Â
Youâre alone, kicking up gravel as you run to the road. You have to find someone to help you before whoever it was catches up to you. Would they be that brave to attack you in the middle of the base? Would they try something with witnesses around?
You canât trust anyone.
Would they even believe you if you did try? Or would they take advantage of your state, tricking you into believing them before dragging you into a dark corner? Even if you try to go to the higher ups on base, who would you tell? How would you even find them?Â
You canât trust anyone.Â
Instead you choose the trees, racing down the road you had followed Price down not long after your arrival. You thank the CIA for making you run, you thank the guys for letting you run laps to keep your strength and stamina as you tear down the road, getting glances as you go. You havenât lost much of your ability, not even in the weeks youâve been almost completely sedentary. Itâs partially the adrenaline, partially your own fear, partially your instincts to escape from danger helping you sprint down the road.Â
Itâs lunch time, most of the soldiers probably in the mess by now. Maybe you should have run there. Someone would help you. Someone would help you.Â
Youâve passed a few on your way down the road, only getting passing glances. If they really cared, they would have followed you, tried to intercept you to ask what was going on.Â
None of them stop you as you reach the trailhead, breaking through the brush. Donât follow the trail. Weave through the trees and double back. Confuse them so they canât follow. Priceâs advice rings loud in your ears as you rush through the forest. Confuse them, and then make for the tower. You can hide there, call Laswell, get help. Youâre not sure how much help she can provide from across the ocean, but if nothing else, sheâll at least know.Â
If she answers.Â
If sheâs not behind all of this.Â
She might rat you out.Â
Maybe going for the tower is a bad idea. Maybe you should double back and head for base again. If you can make it to the gate maybe you can convince one of them to help you, or if nothing else you can force your way through and get off of base. You recognize landmarks well enough you can hike to Hereford, find the police, find anyone that might help you.Â
You canât trust anyone.Â
Your chest hurts as you run, tears burning in your eyes, making the trees around you blur. You canât cry now. You canât let the ache of betrayal settle in yet. You really canât trust anyone. John had been wrong. But why now? Why wait this long?Â
Something has happened to your pack.Â
The whole thing has been organized.Â
You trusted her.Â
You dart across the trail, a sharp pain biting through your calf before you can reach the other side. You yelp as you fall into the dirt, your leg giving out from under you. You push yourself up to look, a roughly half inch wide hole cutting through your jeans. Blood is starting to seep into the fabric, darkening it around the edges of the hole.Â
Youâve been shot.Â
âYouâre a quick little thing.â A voice says, stepping out from the brush next to the trail. âThough, I suppose with all the running they made you do, you would be.âÂ
Tears burn your eyes as you stare at the gun pointed right at you. Will it go off again? Will it rip through your chest, giving you a slow painful death out here where no one will find you until itâs too late? Or will it go through your head, giving you a quick death before you even know itâs happened?Â
âWhy?â You choke out, your heart pounding in fear. You can feel it, the edges of your vision darkening as you begin to panic. Youâre going to distress, youâre going to die no matter what happens next.Â
âMoney.â The gun shifts with the accompanying shrug. âSure the pay in these positions is decent, but itâs never quite enough. And, you know, Iâm all for helping with experiments.âÂ
The gun lowers, but that does little to ease the panic flooding through you. You turn your upper body, trying to claw through the dirt away from your assailant, trying to escape the shoes getting closer and closer. Theyâre tennis shoes, practical and easy for running if need be. Your mouth has gone dry as you gasp for breath, your heart thudding in your ears. Itâs getting dangerously high, the dark edges in your vision continuing to get bigger and bigger. Your muscles are tensing, ready to tighten painfully, joints locking into place. Itâll be too late to do anything, but then again, itâs too late now to do anything.Â
You canât run. If you try, youâll get shot again, and maybe this time it will be fatal.Â
One of the shoes lifts, stepping down on your leg. You scream as pain ripples all the way up to your hip, stopping your movements. Tears slide down your face, dripping down your nose and onto the dirt.Â
A hand reaches out, gripping your chin and forcing you to look straight again. Fingers dig into your jaw, making you whimper with pain. âI always hate when omegas cry.â The hand releases you as their right hand rears back.Â
Pain erupts across your cheek, your body being thrown to the side. You fall into the dirt, your ears ringing as the entire left side of your face throbs. You can taste blood, the coppery tang making you want to gag.Â
âThat was for fucking up the cameras and making me do more work.âÂ
Youâre forced onto your stomach in the dirt, a knee digging into your back painfully.Â
âYouâre going to go to sleep now.â You can barely make out the words over the ringing in your ears. âWhen you wake up, youâre going to wish you had never been picked for this initiative in the first place.âÂ
A stinging pain bites into the skin of your neck, but itâs nothing compared to the throbbing in your cheek and the burning ache in your leg. Tears continue to slide down your cheeks as you lay there, your vision going blurry as the sedative kicks in. Thereâs no help coming.Â
No one even knows youâre out here.Â

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Thinking about this cod fanfic and I need help finding it đđ
I think it was either soap or ghost?? Maybe even Konig??? Or price??? And like, they have a wife reader who takes care of 1-2 kids. And like, the fathers at the school thinks she's a single mom and always flirt with her. Because they never see Soap/Ghost/Konig around. And mom/wife reader is friendly cause she's like,"it's the right thing to do right??"
And so once Soap/Ghost/Konig are home for a bit, the kids tell them and attends the kids/school event going on dressed in their military gear or smth. And like, the dads are shocked and the moms flirt over him n stuff.
Idk it's been on my mind đđ por favor I need that fic found LMAO
Okay I got some headcanons of Soap and Civilian Reader in the wips đđ and i plan to finish tonight or tmr ???
Praying someone can help me find this cod Drabble fic thing jdjdjd
It was about Gaz going into likeâa school to talk about stranger danger nâ the reader is the classroom teacher đâ€ïž it has been in my head for a hot minute whew
NAVIGATION
ABOUT ME
ETC
Hey hey first things first ! On here I would like to be referred to a Beau! Iâm a fanfic writer for a few fandoms in which you can find on my masterlist as well!
Down Below the cut is my MasterList to the things I write! So far thereâs only COD stuff cause majority of my friends enjoy that đ
I do want to put a trigger warning on here! And I will also put trigger warnings on the writing themselves! I tend to write a lot of angst and smut because Iâm very bad at coming up with full fledged out plots sometimes but aha! Oh wellâ
MasterList
Call of Duty
- John Price
LOVERS CREEK ; click here !
- Simon Ghost Riley
- Kyle Gaz Garrick
- Johnny Soap MacTavish
MORE TO COME..
Ask box is open!
So random, but any Gaz lovers out there??? I need a beta reader for something Iâm writing smut wise đšâđŠŻđšâđŠŻ
I have two beta readers but they usually beta read for smth else jdjjd soâif anyone wants to be a beta reader in general it would be greatly appreciated LMAOOO đ§đ§đ§feel free to message if youâre interested
Along with having moots,,,Iâm new to this if u couldnât tell đ§
A FEAST
Kyle âGazâ Garrick x Reader // has female parts !
A/N; okay so! This is a small Drabble so itâs likeâcut short a bit? Along with this is a Drabble and uses female parts! Short word count! Also Iâm still getting used to writing so I apologize if this is messy (âłââł) I will edit when I see fit for myself aha!
NSFW under the cut!

Gaz doesnât know how he found himself in this position. His head full of lust, his tongue sucking up your lower lips. Your plush thighs on the side of his head, caging him in. And your soft mewls of pleasure make him twitch in his pants. He just came back from deploymentâunlocking the doors of the shred house just to find you dressed in beautiful lingerie. And he couldnât help himself. You were wrapped up like a present, from him to unwrap over and over again. And he loved it. His mind is fuzzy as he finds himself kneeled, while youâre laid on your back on the edge of the bed.
He eats you out like a starved man. Your plush thighs over his shoulder, while his hands rest under your upper thighs. His hands knead your flesh while his mouth slobbers against your wet slicked folds. He hums in delight as your taste fills his mouth. Your whimpered moans make him hard, but your lower lips make him harder. Heâs still clothed in his shorts, yet he has no shirt. Your body lays naked on the bed. Sweat trickling down your forehead.
âFuck love..â he whispers as his licks over your clit. The sounds of wet slurping noises follow after, sending waves of pleasure up and down your spine. He doesnât speak to youâhe speaks to your pussy. âSo wet for me. So so fucking delicious.â He mutters, downright pussydrunk as his lips smack, covered in your juices.
His tongue is buried in your hole but peaks out to lick and feast more. Every time you try and squirm away his hold on you locks down. Forcing your body to push back up against his mouth, his nose, his face. His nose brushes up on your clit, officially making the majority of the bottom of his face wet with your slick.
His eyes close for a split second as he groans in pleasure. Inhaling your sex scent like itâs a new perfume. Slurping down your juices like a forbidden drink thatâs supposed to be out of reach.
âGaz!âKyle.! Oh!â Your voice is hoarse as it calls out his Call Sign then his real name in pathetic mewls of pleasure.
One of your hands finds his head of hair, gripping it and making him grunt out. Your other hand trying to muffle your moans, yet proving unsuccessful as Gaz purposely trails up and down your wet folds and nips at your clit teasingly. Your body twitches in delight, his movements are so overwhelming. You can feel the knot in your lower belly. The way his tongue moves and explores your lower wet cavern. The way he doesnât stop as he can feel you clench down on his tongue, only making him continue on more. He can taste you. He can feel you as you get more wetter under only his tongue and soft peppered kisses on your wetness.
Dripping, he thinks. Youâre absolutely dripping. Soppy and wet and you coat his face so nice. His eyes peek open to look up. Your eyes are shut in pleasure and your mouth open as it produces those beautiful noises. His mouth leaves your soppy and quivering cunt for a moment, peppering wet kisses up your thighs. He can smell your scented body washâinhaling it so nicely. But he cut himself short as his wet lips found your clit, his tongue teasing so nicely.
My new phase. UwU
Cherry Red, Crimson Blood Masterlist
Summary: Task Force 141 operates successfully without an omega, at least thatâs what Price has been saying since its formation. Two alphas and two betas balance the pack just fine, and they have the numbers to prove it.
It works for a while, until the Omega Initiative is born and the 141 find themselves having to adjust to the sudden addition of an omega to their pack. Fresh out of an institute, youâre hardly fit for their secretive, dangerous world, or so Price thinks.Â
As each member of the team gets closer to you, things begin to come to light, not only about you but about the decision to force you into their lives.
Maybe, just maybe, Price was wrong and the 141 does need an omega after all.Â
Pairings: Poly 141 x reader, Price x Gaz, Ghost x Soap
Warnings: Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics, NSFW content, explicit smut, fingering, oral (m and f receiving), knotting, biting, claiming, mating cycles, Alternate Universe, a/b/o typical classism and sexism, age differences, military inaccuracies, canon typical violence, blood, weapons, language, no use of Y/N, brief torture, hurt/comfort, let's be real this is so unrealistic but it's a/b/o you're not here for accuracy.
Chapters containing smut are marked with a *
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Part 1 - The Omega
Chapter 1 - The Introduction Chapter 2 - Adjustments Chapter 3 - Speak Their Language Chapter 4 - You Can Be Useful Chapter 5 - What I Want *
Part 2 - The Bond
Chapter 6 - One Step Closer * Chapter 7 - Sweet Strawberry Chapter 8 - The Thing About Ghost Chapter 9 - Save Me Chapter 10 - Treat Me Gently*
Part 3 - The First Heat
Chapter 11 - It's Coming Chapter 12 - Fire In My Veins* Chapter 13 - Piece Me Back Together* Chapter 14 - The Aftermath*
Part 4 - The New Normal
Chapter 15: Bonnie* Chapter 16: Big Brown Eyes *
This is my actual dream written down. Hehe. đ
their reaction to you wearing a flavoured lipstick
task force 141 x reader headcanons
synopsis: headcanons of how would they react when the reader wears a flavoured lipstick/lip gloss/lip balm
notes: can you tell who is my favourite?
comments and reblogs are always appreciatedđ
warnings: mentions of smoking, occasional swearing, tooth-rotting fluff
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Captain 'John' Price - chocolate and red velvet

He may be slightly old-fashioned and love it when you wear red lipstick as he considers it a classy, but bold choice of colour
He is aware that you own more than one red lipstick, yet he secretly cannot differentiate one shade from another. Not that he'll ever let you know
That is until one day you visit him at work. He won't let it show, but he becomes jealous the second you walk in the base, your lips painted in a rich, velvety crimson. He cannot take his eyes off you, hypnotized by the captivating movement of your lips as you speak to him, telling him about your day and what you thought you should have for dinner.
John does not miss the hungry looks that are thrown across your way. He is quick to snake his hand around your waist and usher you to his office, where he could be the only one relishing in the allure the red lipstick cast over you-
"John, you're not really listening, are you?" your playful tone snaps him out of his reverie, a sheepish look plastered on his face.
"Love, did I ever tell you how much red lipstick suits you?"
"Only twice per day and more than ten times per nightâŠ" you roll your eyes at his antics, cupping his cheeks in your hands and planting a kiss at the corner of his lips, letting out a small giggle as his stubble tickled your lips.
"Well, I am headed home to get started on that dinner you didn't pay attention to!" you keep teasing him, amused by his dazzled expression. Little did you know, you had him wrapped around your finger.
"AâŠAlright, drive safe! I'll be there as soon as I finish this paperwork!"
Only he spends the next hour daydreaming about your red lips and the tender way they made contact with his skin, the phantom touch still lingering on the corner of his lips. Unconsciously, he traces his tongue over the place, freezing when he feels a mild flavour of chocolate.
He checks it once again, partially ashamed of the childish gesture. If any of his teammates caught him at that moment, they wouldn't let him live it down. But the subtle taste is there, sweet yet distant, almost as if it was teasing him.
The paperwork's long forgotten before he realizes it must be your lipstick. You might have told him that you found a new flavoured collection, but he had been too busy staring at your giddy figure to pay attention.
So he becomes a man with a plan and does not delay heading home anymore. The drive there seems endless, but it's all worth it the moment he opens the door and sees you standing by the kitchen counter, wearing the apron he gave you for Christmas
One second he's by the door, the next he's smashing his lips against yours, a small sigh of pleasure leaving him as he relishes in the now-intense aroma of chocolate.
"Warn an old man next time, will ya?"
From that day on, he starts calling you "chocolate". The pet name raises a few eyebrows here and there, but none of you are bothered by it. Not when you could tease him about his newly-found sweet tooth and he could lose himself in your delicate kisses.
Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley - strawberries and cigarettes

There are times when he becomes a heavy smoker, sitting on the balcony of your shared apartment and burning through a pack in one day while his mind is mulling over the previous or the next mission
In times like those, he has nothing against your presence, secretly enjoying when you lay his head atop his shoulder and hug him from behind, but he always refuses to kiss you afterwards, arguing that the acrid taste of cigarettes would gross you out
It definitely doesn't- it is an integral part of him that you'd come to accept and love- and now you couldn't live without it
Until one evening, you opt to sit across him, leaning your hands on the balcony railing, while your eyes wander over the city lights. Over the course of your relationship with Simon, you had grown used to his long bouts of silence, becoming accustomed to all of his telltale signs: his left eyebrow would twitch when he doesn't like something, his right foot would continuously tap against the ground when he is distressed.
Three cigarettes in, and his foot is reenacting Radetzky's March. He is utterly unaware of the amused glances you steal at him
"Something the matter, love?" you ask him in a sweet tone, trying to pull off your most innocent face.
"'s nothing", he begins hesitantly, his voice rough from not using it. "âŠjust a little cold, I guess"
You have to turn your head away from him and back to the city, a satisfied smirk spreading on your face. Simon might have been the deadliest operator the Special Forces have had in a long time, but deep down he was also a touch-starved man who found solace and peace in your arms
When the foot tapping does not stop, you struggle to school your face into a neutral expression and turn towards him, your eyes melting at the sight of his dishevelled blonde hair and furrowed brow. He sheepishly looks up in your direction, a silent plea dancing in his chocolate eyes.
You stand and approach him slowly, stopping only when your faces are inches apart. His half-burnt cigarette is forgotten in the ashtray, the remnants of smoke in his breath fanning over your face.
His eyes hold a hundred unanswered questions: did he do something to upset you, did you grow sick of him, can he do anything to get you back; but they are all silenced when you lean in further, placing a gentle and intimate kiss on his lips
The unexpected gesture sends shivers of pleasure down his spine and he has to take a moment before cupping your cheeks in his hands and kissing you back, the way you deserve to be kissed
You chuckle in his mouth before pecking both his eyes and forehead and returning to your original position, your head resting in the crook of his neck as your arms engulf him in a warm hug
He opens his mouth to scold you for kissing him when he is smoking. In his mind, it is almost like he is tainting your presence with the stale smell of smoked cigarettes. But as the words form on his lips, he hesitates, his mind struggling to acknowledge the foreign taste on his tongue
He turns to look at you with a confused look on his face. It was October so there could be no strawberries at the market and the freezer was empty as you had eaten all ice cream when you were on your period-
So why did he taste strawberries on your kiss?
"I may have found a lip gloss from high school", you eventually break the silence, blowing a huff of strawberry-scented air in his direction. "One I bought and swore to keep untouched until I found someone worth using it for!"
His thunderous laugh has you opening your mouth in shock. You could count on your fingers the number of times he'd laugh openly and without reserves
"Bloody hell, darling. You'll get me killed before smoking does! That thing must have been expired for years now!"
You shake your head in disbelief, faintly blushing at his words. You know he is teasing you, but that does not stop you from taking revenge as you start to plant messy pecks and kisses on his neck and cheeks. You eventually stop when your lips are once again inches apart from his, your breaths slowly mingling into a shared one
"Then I guess we are going down together"
Sergeant John "Soap" MacTavish - cherries and chapped lips

It all begins one cold morning when he leans in to kiss you goodbye before leaving for work
"Hold on! Johnny, you've got to do something about your chapped lips! You know what, let me get you a lip balm!"
He is quick to place a hand on your shoulder to stop you. His eyebrows are raised in disbelief and he has to do a double-take before words tumble out of his mouth
"Ain't no way I'm using such a thing, bonnie! Lip balms and such are made for wee lasses like you, not for demolition experts like me!"
You roll your eyes at his badly constructed argument and give him an unimpressed look when an idea pops into your mind.
"You stay right here, I'll be back in a jiffy!"
"What even is a jiffy?"
But you don't bother to answer as you head towards the bedroom, looking for the cherry-flavoured lip balm you bought specifically for the cold season. With precise movements, you apply a thick layer on your lips, smacking your lips to check if the cherry flavour is strong enough to linger. It fortunately is.
So you hurry into the hallway where Soap's waiting for you, hands on his hips as he angles his head in your direction. If he notices that your lips have just got shinier, he doesn't mention it
Instead, he leans in to properly kiss you goodbye this time, eyes comically widening when you deepen the kiss and make it last longer than usually
A small chuckle leaves his lips as you cup his cheeks in your hand and place a small kiss on the top of his nose
"How about we continue this when I come home?", he smiles at the ticklish sensation of your lips against his skin, the constant stinging of his own being forgotten for the moment
"Is that a promise, Sergeant?"
He has a hard time leaving home that day, the drive to the base being plagued by thoughts of you and how much you care for him. His lips have been chapped ever since spending the last two weeks on a mission that required him to be on constant watches in freezing temperatures. He eventually got used to it, the cracks and fissures becoming familiar from the countless times he dragged his tongue over lips, in a hopeless attempt to soothe the pain radiating from them
He does not realise that he is currently doing the same thing, his brain temporarily freezing as it detects a new, yet familiar aroma
Why do his lips taste like cherries?
He remains in the car, long after he's parked, his mind deep in thought as he runs his tongue over his lips once more, partially scared that he'll make the mysterious taste go away if he's too insistent. He does not see Ghost approaching his car from the back and actually flinches when he hears someone pounding on the window.
"D'you lock yourself in here, Johnny? The briefing's about to start in five and you haven't even geared up yet!"
"Bloody hell, you should really do something about your lips- they look like cracked desert earth or somethingâŠ"
"Did not take you for a poet, L.T."
"Never said I was."
He is in the middle of the briefing when he figures out the source of the mystery taste. It all starts to make sense - the quick detour you had to take, the passionate kiss. He has to give it to you - you could do anything you put your mind to.
Because, besides the compelling taste, the chapstick you must have used started to have a soothing effect on his lips, the stinging becoming more bearable with every passing moment
He spends the rest of the day struggling to make the cherry flavour last longer, but it eventually fades out after he's forced to drink water. A small pout etches itself into his face and he starts to regret not listening to you.
The moment he comes home, he's in the bedroom, unscrewing the cap of every lip balm and smelling it before trying to place it back exactly as it was
You silently linger in the doorway, an amused smile creeping across your face as your fingers shift with the cherry-flavoured lip balm. Soap is so distracted by his covert operations task that he does not hear you trying to contain your chuckles.
"I believe you are looking for this?"
He is quick to snatch the small tube from your hands before bringing it closer to his nose and drawing a deep breath in. You shake your head in exasperation, a loud laugh escaping your lips as he clumsily tries to rub the chapstick across his lips.
"Love, you're doing it wrong! You might break it if you apply that much pressure!"
"Here, let me help you!"
Ends up insisting you order a batch just for him.
In just days, his lips go from cracked and fissured to soft and plump, perfect for the customary morning kiss
Sergeant Kyle "Gaz" Garrick - vanilla and stained teeth

Combat training is fun and games until you are paired up with someone like Ghost, Soap, or Gaz and get your ass handed to you
Lucky you, today Gaz is the person who slams your back on the hard mattress and pins your hands above your head, interlocking your feet with his
Your mind replays the steamy events of last night and you can't help but give him a suggestive smirk which is quickly followed by a toothy grin upon seeing the blush that spreads on his face
He shakes his head in disbelief, not letting go of your arms or feet. Instead, he leans forward, cocks his head and openly stares at you
"Darling, you've got lipstick on your teeth!"
You comically widen your eyes and try to bring your hands to your mouth, struggling to escape his firm grip, but to no avail.
"'m n't s'ppos'd to we'r lipstick 't w'rk", you try to mumble with your mouth closed while your tongue is running over your teeth, looking for any traces of lipstick.
"Ok, has it gone now?", you open your mouth and practically bar your teeth at him, frowning at his unreadable expression. "Gaz- you're scaring m-"
Before you finish your sentence, he smashes his lips against yours and it takes all you have not to whimper when you feel his tongue repeatedly swiping over your teeth
Once he breaks up the kiss, he makes a show of checking you up, his thumb slowly tracing the outline of your lips
"Yeah, I think I got it allâŠ"
You roll your eyes at the shit-eating grin he's sporting as he runs his tongue over his lips and freezes, his jaw going slack
"Why am I tasting vanilla? Are you tasting vanilla?"
You try to give him an answer, but before being able to say a word, his lips are back on yours and he is kissing you hard and long, his hold remaining as firm as before
"Alright, lovebirds - go get a room before I cite you for public indecency!"
Upon hearing Captain Price, your combat instincts kick back in and you manage to push Gaz off of you, switching position, so that you are atop him, pinning him to the ground
"Sorry, Captain! We'll go back to training!", you call out to him, offering him an apologetic smile which he accepts with a subtle nod.
"Next time you wear that lipstick, let a man know!"
"It screams you need someone to kiss it better"
Ghosts & Banshees (Simon 'Ghost' Riley x Reader) - Part 1

Author's Note: I welcome you all to my blog. It has been ages since I wrote fanfiction on here but I thought I should get back in it. I used to have a fanfiction blog back in 2016 where I wrote for multiple fandoms but ended up deleting my blog in 2021. I got obsessed with Call of Duty (I never played it but Ghost and König set a wild fire in me) so I thought I'd give it a shot. Naturally, I'm not an expert when it comes to the games or anything related to the military so mainly it's from research I did. Enjoy this piece (might write additional parts in the future if it does well). - Minerva đŠââŹ
Summary: An old friend of John Price joins the 141 team, by his recommendation.
Warnings: Mild language, alcohol ingestion, inaccuracies when it comes to military.
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Monday morning. Bright and early, the men of Task Force 141 woke up at the crack of dawn. Their body's internal clock had gotten used to them waking up at 5am but the booze they indulged themselves in the previous night had taken a bit of a roll on the aforementioned "internal clock".
Nonetheless, with their bodies soaked in sleep and taking heavy steps, they made their way down to the base's mess hall, trying to eat away the hangover they manifested the night before. Johnny and Kyle were wiping their foreheads, trying to soothe the aching boom in the heads while walking languidly behind them was Ghost who seemed to be sober than them.
"Liver of steel you got there Johnny." Ghost teased the Scot, his British accent thick in sleep as he watched his friend fighting to keep his breakfast down. Gaz wasn't much help to Johnny either as he also chewed his food slowly. Too weak to reply and with little energy, Johnny shot a cold and annoyed gaze at his friend.
Ghost watched the men in front of him as he washed his breakfast down with a cup of black tea. Nothing soothed his soul like a nice cuppa in the morning (or any time of the day).
Minutes had gone by and they exited the mess hall, laughing about the moments they shared the previous night from Price's arm wrestling to Kyle's poor flirting techniques to Johnny's drunk dancing on tables. Ghost always considered himself as he is. A ghost. Watching from the corner silently, occasionally beating Price's unbeaten streak of arm wrestling to pulling Kyle in a chair after embarrassing himself in front of the ladies to pulling down Johnny off the tables and shoving glasses of water in front of him to sober up, convincing him it's a type of vodka (which Johnny took enthusiastically).
They reached Price's office who jumped off his chair when he watched his men enter, trying to compose himself with a big smile on his face. "Good morning gentlemen." He coughed as he settled with them around the table.

The men adjusted comfortably in their seats, waiting for the meeting to start. "Alright lads, I know last night was tough and thankfully today we don't really have a lot of work to do but we do have a mission coming up in the next few months that would need your undivided attention." He looked over to Johnny who was slowly dosing off in his chair. Ghost, "ever-so-gently", took the initiative to smack his friend in the back of his head, surprising Johnny.
"This should wake you all up." In Price's hand was a manila folder which he planned on the table. "Since this mission is sensitive to say the least, we need a pair of extra hands to help us complete it successfully. Hence why I asked an old friend of mine to assist us in the upcoming mission which she kindly and gladly accepted. She is one of the best snipers and combat fighters I've ever worked with...no offence gents."
"Did he just say 'she'?" Johnny whispered loudly.

"Ah so I do have your attention then Soap!" Price chuckled. "Now you all better keep it in your pants. She is also a medic and I'm sure she'll find a way to castrate you in your sleep if you try something funny. Come in Sergeant Y/N."
And there she was. Standing at 5"4 feet tall in black jeans and a dark blue t-shirt that hugged her body nicely. Her soft dark brown hair danced behind her as her brown eyes scanned the room.
"That's not a very nice way to sell me Captain." She chuckled as she made her way over to him. Jaws dropped.
"She has my undivided attention." Johnny whispered to the two men seated next to him. From his cold state, Ghost felt something inside him jolt, like a bullet just fired in his chest. A warm sheet of sweat covered his body, pupils dilated as he watched you and Price hug as he greeted you. No one ever took Price for the "huggy type" person but all formalities flew out the window when he patted her back gently afterwards.
"Welcome Y/N to Task Force 141. We are glad to have you with us. She will also be doing training with the new recruits," Price announced. "Just in case you get bored." He whispered in your ear, chuckling.
Y/N observed the men in front of her when her eyes fell on the only masked man in the room. But before she could introduce herself properly, Johnny bounced from his seat, finding his newly hidden energy.
"I'm Johnny but you can call me Soap." He shook her hand gently and beamed a smile. Kyle was up next.
"I'm Kyle but you can call me "yours"." He said with a small smirk on his face. She swore she felt Price's eyes roll to the back of his head as did the masked man's.

"It's too fuckin' early Gaz." Price scoffed.
"It's Gaz." He said when he received a silent response from the men. A heavy hand landed on Gaz's shoulder and was pulled back. And there he stood at 6"4 feet, dressed in tight fitting black clothes and a balaclava with a painted ghost mask on it with black shadows around his eyes. His fluffy blonde lashes never once fluttered as his eyes were stuck on her, like he's never seen a woman before.
Intrigued by the new member, Ghost approached silently, taking his hand out to introduce himself. Standing tall, towering over her tiny self, he shook her hand.

"Ghost." He said. Short and sweet.
"But you can call him-"
"That's enough Johnny!" Ghost barked.
Once they let go of the handshake, Price stepped in. Placing a hand on her shoulder, he gave her a tour of the base as well as showing her her sleeping quarters. Her place wasn't big but it was comfortable enough for at least 2 people to live in. A kitchenette, a bathroom, a double bed and a living room with a comfortable couch, TV and a balcony that led to the outside. All she had to do was spice it up with her taste in decorations.
"If you need any help or have questions, we don't bite we're literally next door." Soap offered as he placed her bags in her apartment followed by Gaz. Ghost stood at the frame of the door leaning as he scanned her apartment.
"Thank you gents. I appreciate the warm welcome." She beamed at them.
"If you want, tonight we're heading for a couple of drinks if you want to join us. It's a good opportunity to get to know you a bit more." Gaz said, hoping she'll say yes, to which she did.
***
That evening Task Force 141 gathered around the bar table, downing a pint of Guinness each, laughing along each other's jokes.
"So bonnie," Soap licked the froth from his lips. "What's your code name?"
Y/N raised her eyebrow. "You didn't read my Manila file? I'm impressed at your restraint Soap."
"I'm more of an upfront guy you know. Like to look people in the eyes when I talk to them. He smirked like.
"Do you want to take a guess?" Her lips landed back on her pint of Guinness as she looked around, her eyes landing on Ghost. He is thankful yet again for his balaclava that hid his blush.
"It's Banshee. Price actually suggested it years ago." She chuckled. Price patted himself on the back for this one. "Ay, you're fuckin lethal Y/N." He said sipping on his drink.
"Why do they call you 'Soap' Johnny?" Y/N asked, spinning the subject to the man next to her.
"Let's say I clean up well." He winked at Y/N. "I'm fast, efficient, accurate." While Soap continued praising his agility and the speed he can clean a room and his urban warfare tactics (as Gaz called it "jerking himself off with his own compliments"), Y/N's eyes get again landed on Ghost. His legs splayed open covered in dark jeans and a shirt that was two sizes smaller than his actual size. The way his muscles were ready to rip the sleeves of his shirt, his dark tattoos littering his arms and if her eyes served right, they landed on his crotch where a small bulge could be seen. Immediately averting her eyes when she noticed Ghost's hot gaze on her.
He must hate me. She thought to herself as she diverted her attention back to the rest of the team.
And nothing short could be said about Ghost couldn't take his eyes off her. The way she threw her head back in sweet laughter or the way she punched Soap's arm when he teased her. Or the way her lips gently closed around the rim of the glass and swallowed her beer.
Ghost knew something was about to change.
Ghost knew he was fucked.
absolutely beautiful writing, truly

Task Force 141 ; Call Me Mr Sandman
It grates at him, the way you slink out of bed at ungodly hours of the night to sit up alone in the living room so as not to disturb him. Little do you know that the cold sheets and vacancy of your side of the bed will always wake him. A plan is in order and he is eager to execute it and have you back in his arms to walk you hand in hand to the land of dreams.
{ flufff ; gn reader }

john price worries, and deeply so. insomnia is no stranger to him, heâs been around that very block a good number of times but in his line of work, sleep deprivation walks you straight into the coffin. he had to twart it and quickly and fucking hell, if he could just recall how. if he could just hand you the antidote and tuck you into the fold of his arm beneath the covers, it would be the Hail Mary. but he canât and he doesnât and so he takes up his mindâs attempt at the next best thing.
the white noise machine is obnoxious at first and you try to tell him what a waste of money it is considering you could just find the damn noise on YouTube and play it from the tv but he shushes you softly and asks you to just give it a try, little love, please? and you canât deny him, it hurts to do so anyways when heâs doing so for your sake. for the dark rings surrounding your eyes. for the headache that has your head feeling hollowed out. for the snappish irritation that coats you like an oily bubble from days of exhaustion.
so you lay there, facing john and trying very hard to not mind the machine humming on your bedside table as you two talk softly with one another. itâs mindless chatter, talk of your earlier day and recounts of your days apart when heâs deployed and then just the silliness that wriggles beneath your skin as the hours dwindles on and you start to feel like a school child staying up way past their bedtime.
itâs inevitable. johnâs eyes growing heavy as his words become more spaced out until his mumblings are entirely nonsensical and replaced by his snoring, head falling further on his pillow in your direction and you cannot help but smile. the poor man tries so desperately to fight his body clock in order to see you through to sleep but he cannot be blamed. you shuffle quietly closer and kiss at the corner of his mouth with a whisper good night before youâre turning over, already swinging your leg out to get out of bed. but that damned machine is immediately in your eyesight and the guilt sprouts from a seed in the pit of your stomach until itâs the size of a watermelon.
the poor man is trying, trying so hard to keep you in bed when you should be and here you are, ready to annul those efforts by simply reverting back to your usual habits. so you let out a sigh and retract your leg back under the covers and you glare at the machine for but a second before youâre turning over and nestling into john. your heart all but splinters at the way even unconsciously, his body responds to your warmth and touch, opening up his chest for you to crawl into and nestle there.
itâs not antidotal to your insomnia but it settles that restless energy in your head that speaks of you being a bother to him and his sleep. thereâs a new set of eyes, opening up to the word, within you, head tilted back to look up at your significant other. you realise then that you are master of self implosion, unnecessary punishment to a cause beyond your control. and this very man, this man snoring away with his fingers splayed across your back, has been trying to steer you to that reflection in the mirror for a good while now. so you snuggle as close to him as possible and close your eyes. sleep may escape you but this love a breath away from you certainly wonât.
kyle garrick pads out of your shared bedroom in sock clad feet, two jumpers thrown across his forearm and sleep tucking itself away at the edges of his lashes. itâs the droopy look he gives you as he blinks slowly that causes the network of fissures spreading across the warmth of your body. a quick glance at the clock mounted above the kitchenâs arch tells you that itâs nearing 4am and everything within you sags. kyle comes to stand beside your head at the backrest of the couch, bending at the waist to kiss your temple and he murmurs in a soft voice, âletâs go for a drive.â
you protest adamantly, getting up to steer him back to bed with bracketing apologies to each of your protests, hands on his shoulders meant to shove him lovingly back. of course, kyle does not miss the opportunity to point out the irony, something about it just about bordering hypocrisy and you scowl up at him. youâre so utterly mistaken to think youâd win this argument, with kyle pulling you a step closer, laying imploring kisses to your lips and before you know it, heâs slipping the jumper over your head. itâs too tender, the cracks within have seeped out enough heat but the strong hands with slender fingers that tug the sleeves down and fix the collar of his jumper are molding molten gold into those very cracks.
he leads you down to the basement parking with your hand in his, thumb stroking at your skin in a slow and gentle movement that mimics the flow of a cradle rocking. you begin to ache as he opens the car door for you, only closing it after he kisses your cheek. you have bare seconds to yourself in the car as he crosses in front of it and your eyes track him as he does and your heart is stuck in a prayer of his name that doesnât dull out even as he slips into the leather of the driverâs seat and starts the engine.
itâs quiet, the world. so much so that you almost flinch at the rumble of the engine and the shift of gears as your boyfriend pulls away, the nose of the car breaching reality in its amble to dawn. youâre tense for a good 9 minutes, back too straight and muscles tight as you take in the roads kyle leads the car down. you donât even notice how on edge you are until his warm palm leaves the center console to find its perch on your thigh, fingers massaging at the muscle there. you hear the movements for the words they press into your skin. iâve got you, itâs okay.
the tears slip down the side of your face silently and you are torn between brushing them away and calling kyleâs attention to the movement or leaning back and closing your eyes to their existence. you opt for the latter, a sigh breaks through your parted jaw and you let your head cradle into the headrest. you feels his eyes on you briefly, but the fight has left your body and you keep them closed. âstop trying to deal with it alone.â his reprimand is stern and still manages to feel like the stroke to your hair when he hugs you to his chest. so you turn your head in his direction and peer at him through wet lashes. there is a lot to say but you manage the most important of it,
âi love you.â he looks at you for as long as he deems safe before he turns back to the road ahead, the hand on your thigh flips over in a request. your own palm meets his and you curl your fingers with the last of your strength into him as you close your eyes again. the radio is off and you much prefer it, the quiet and warm atmosphere along with the drone of the vehicle is enough to settle your bones into the leather. the echo of your words finds you in the voice you prefer it in and smile softly at the insistence in it, the cadence meant to embed the meaning of the words into you viscerally.
itâs a little less than an hour of sleep that you manage, but youâre so thankful for it. you wake up in a neighboring town, so much green breaking in the bleary light of dawn it snatches at the breath halfway up your throat. you scramble up in your seat and peer around at the narrow road kyle is driving down between a number of hills. he smiles at you from the corner of his eye, says something about the sunrise and you feel that prayer in your heart become so fervent, that you swear you can hear it in the speakers of the car. it sings of your love, it sings of a fate you will twist the fabric of thread yourself to tie the two of you together if it came down to it.
john mactavish acts with sundown. there are candles lit around the bedroom, the curtains are drawn and the bed itself looks like your linen closet may have thrown up on it. âall to set the mood, honâ, he tells you with his hands on your shoulders as he steers you into the room after your shower. goodness, the man had even gone as far as picking out your favorite pair of pjs, fresh out of the dryer to make it that little mile more comfier. your heart is in knots of adoration and anticipation and youâd hate to tell him that your heart rate might act against his plans to have you at complete and utter ease. so you say nothing, falling into the cloud of blankets and pillows.
youâre watching him with wide eyes, smile excited as he shuffles through the three soft covers in his hand. thereâs a furrow to his brows as he reads the titles to himself, repeating each of them as if they will whisper the secrets of their content to him if he calls on them long enough. youâre torn. between staying snuggled away in your personalized cloud and throwing yourself at your boyfriend to litter his face with the kisses that burn at your lips. you settle for a third option; waiting for him to choose his challenger and tuck himself against you so you can smother him in the love that bubbles from you like a shaken bottle of champagne.
johnny had been pouting at you all week, sitting across the breakfast table from you with sad puppy eyes that took two measly attempts from you the morning prior to get him to talk before he was whining at you. expressing the absolute heartache of walking up alone, your side of the bed, so unbearably cold and untouched. it was enough that you had gotten up from your chair to sit astride his lap, pulling his head to your chest as you cooed your apologies into his ear, kissing at his neck. the two of you had a good talk then, you finally explaining your fears of being a disturbance to his sleep if you stayed in bed and him smack at your buttocks in indignation.
johnny had come to a clear conviction that morning, and no one could say that the man had issues in execution. he had spent a good portion of the day putting his money where his mouth is, maneuvering by you with fast and determined steps, murmuring little excuse meâs and leaving quick kisses to your cheek with his arms full. there had been a better part of two hours where the bedroom door had been closed and you had been barred from entry. your boyfriend then returned to you as you sat on the couch with a shitty reality show to entertain you, standing at your feet and smiling down at you.
âwhereâye keep those books of yours, baby?â that had been an adventure on its own, walking johnny through your trove, breaking down the genres and tropes and plot lines as he nodded and assessed the covers with a level of scrutiny that betrayed his line of thinking. you pushed to the balls of your feet and laid a kiss to his lips before you left him to his dissection. and from that, you spy three titles johnny had managed to narrow it down to.
he taps one against the flat of his palm twice and sets the other two aside before his eyes flick up at you and theyâre bright and brilliant in that blue of them as they speak of his pride in all that he has arranged for this and having finally come to the crux of it as he crawls into bed beside you. johnny wriggles this way and that before those large arms are pulling you flush against his chest and he cracks open the book in his right hand while his left is laid against your stomach. he asks you softly if youâre comfortable and upon your nod, he announces the title and author.
the deep, gruff of his voice reads the story to you, and itâs not only in your ears, but against your cheek and hand, echoing into the marrow of your bones and fucking hell, this man could have chosen to read the terms and conditions youâre prone to ignore and accept anyway across the web and youâd still be entranced. maybe itâs the very abundant feelings you have for him, maybe itâs the accent and just sheer attraction to his voice, but your body is a stringed instrument that his intonations pluck at lovingly. johnny gets to chapter 4 as you start to feel the droop of your eyes, a heaviness that feels so nostalgic that you almost want the word to pause for you to indulge in it.
his voice grows distant, your attention the finicky flame of candle on a windy night and you want to thank him, want to love on him for this coaxing into dreamland and even more so, you want to grab him at the hand and pull him into your dreams because you are so very certain that your reality before these dozing moments will make any imagination of your subconscious so utterly bleak.
simon riley takes on a two birds, one stone approach to your frustrations. itâs so typical of him that you offer him a soft laugh when he finally divulges his plan to you, shaking your head against his bicep with loving amusement. teas. or more specifically, tea blending. he tells you, of which he has already stocked up for and done the needed research for. you do not doubt him for a second, because the man is meticulous to a fault. for goodnessâ sake, simon has even completed a course on it.
you ask if youâre allowed to watch as he gets to work on setting up his station as the sun begins to sink and he pulls out the barstool for you in invitation. youâre easily transfixed at the sight of it all; your shared kitchen becoming a pop-up apothecary that is fronted by a behemoth of a man that dons a skull mask on his days of work. itâs enough to draw another titter out of you as you rest your chin on your hand. simon only arches an eyebrow at you briefly before he gets swept up in his work again.
the floral and herbal notes are a burst to your senses and itâs comical to watch simon measure out his determined dosages of each, the tea vials an unlikely sight in hands you are well and truly acquainted with. you ask soft questions, watch as he notes down his measurements for the chamomile, lavender and lemon peel, loops and run-on letters that only he will ever be able to decipher. he gets the kettle boiling only as he stirs through his dry blend and funnels it into the infuser and he briefly mentions to you the careful deliberation on his decided temperature for the tea.
he settled on 95°C, he tells you, the tea being a herbal one with the flourish of refreshing lemon. simon does not walk you through his decided measurements however, he shushes you and brushes a hand over your hair as he sets your favorite mug in front of you as the kettle clicks off and he allows it the allocated time to steep. your boyfriend folds himself down to lean his weight on the kitchen counter after having tidied up after himself, grunting at you to stay seated as it was his mess to see to. a generous phrasing, considering how steady those hands are, how particular he is about his work. now, he simply looks at you, slow blinks as he takes you in and you grow self-conscious at the way those dark eyes linger on the dark circles beneath your own and the wane of your cheeks.
you drop your gaze to the quartz of the countertop instead, forefinger tracing a vein of it in order to appear more casual than you feel. the silence presses upon the both of you with the weight of mist against your skin. clammy and all consuming and you wonder if you projected your insecurity so far into the atmosphere that it now rains down on the both of you in heavy contrast to the steam coming off of the tea kettle not even half a meter from the two of you. the smell hits you sharply, the earthy, floral notes of chamomile laces itself into the crisp and clean of lavender with a tail of twang from the lemon peel. you canât deny that your muscles prickle as they begin to loosen at the second inhalation of the scent.
âa great deal of tea blending is scenting. itâs the first impression of your blend.â he tells you when he notes the subtle shift in your body, a twitch at the corner of his mouth as he straightens and grabs the kettle to fill both of your cups. itâs a very pale amber, like bleak sunlight just as the dawn cracks at the seam of the earth and you canât help but smile at the irony of it. you wait for the last drop from the spout before you gather the mug into your palms and look up at simon, thank him as you stretch over to kiss at his cheekbone. when you pull away and fall back into your seat, he remains quiet for a while.
finally, he responds with âi miss you during the night. but i donât blame you.â your frown is an automatic response to the clench of your breath, seized by your ribs at his words and you shutter against the warmth of his attempts. attempts to coax you back into your shared bed, to keep you there, at rest with him. you open a mouth to apologize to him, to offer words that had melded to the roof of your mouth for much too long. you donât get to free them though, because simon drags the barstool beside you even closer so that his thighs bracket you and he can drape himself across you like a security blanket.
âno apologies. might as well just snatch unwarranted blame then.â the words are crass in the same way that they are affectionate. equal measures of both and purely a blend of simon. so you nod, you lean back into him and you finally take slow sips of your tea. itâs good and it engulfs your body in a serenity that you has no belief of it being capable of. you hum quietly in approval, slouching further into the strength of your boyfriend and mutter halfheartedly that your weight against him is a consequences of his own goodwill. he only clicks his tongue and drags your chair further into him.
you drink a second cup as the two of you migrate to the couch, simon stretched out for your comfort as you curl into him like a kitten discovering its motherâs milk for the first time. the pair of you donât talk much, itâs an easy silence as he feathers your hair between his fingers and stares at the ceiling. itâs when your eyelids grow heavier in weight that you lift your head at him and request one last move. you barely get the words out before heâs sitting up with you still tucked into his chest. youâre under the covers and in his arms with a content sigh barely two minutes later and the cotton fluff of sleep almost has you delirious but just before it claims you, you manage to speak the words that burned the back of your teeth for hours,
âi missed you too.â
141 Boys + Alejandro + Konig x Male Hogwarts Student Reader Headcanons (Platonic)
Disclaimer : before we go any further, keep in mind this is my very first post on Tumblr. At first, I was just thinking about asking another user to write this, but I fell in love with the idea so much that it kept buzzing around in my head and now here we are.
Context: a group of pro-Muggle witches and wizards were able to get the Ministry of Magic to approve a program that would open up more to the outside world and start building a relationship with its people. You, being a Muggle-born, were asked to be the first âenvoyâ of this new program, seeing how Muggles would react to the Wizarding World and if mutual trust could be established. But, since the Ministry is run by a bag of dicks, they decided that you would be sent to the military, hoping this program would die in its infancy. After some debating behind closed doors, representatives from the Ministry and the SAS decided you would be trusted to Task Force 141.

Price
This man is less concerned about you being a wizard and more about you being a minor. âNo, I donât care if heâs almost eighteen, he shouldnât be here!â
Was almost ready to throat punch Shepherd when Laswell stopped him and he reluctantly agreed to keep you on base.
Of course, when you showed off your magic for the first time, he was amazed for sure. And if youâre a skilled potioneer, he appreciates you brewing dozens of Wiggenweld Potions for the team. âThose potions are great! They work like⊠well, magic!â
Also, if you could use your potion making skills to mix up a drink for him, heâd really appreciate it. Being in the military, he has to forgo all comfort and luxury, but this man DESERVES a good drink on a regular basis! Heâs in charge of one of the worldâs most deadly fighting forces and is constantly dealing with terrorists and death everyday, so Iâd say he should get a bottle of the good stuff. Low key would let you share a drink with him in his office if you do.
He also appreciates you casting the Bandaging Charm whenever they get hurt. As much as he hates you being in the field, he has to admit you make an effective field medic.
Heâll also ask your help in recon if youâre an Animagus. As a bird, you can be outfitted with a camera and get a literal birdâs eye view of the AO and as a cat/dog, you can go right up to the enemy and distract them. As theyâre scratching your fluffy belly, Ghost will knife them.
And if you can turn into a cat, he may or may not ask you to sit on his lap while he sits in his office chair. Whenever a rookie is brought in for insubordination, he loves to do the Dr. Evil chair spin and freak them out. Heâs very stressed out from all these missions and needs some comic relief! Plus, he loves to scratch you behind the ear and you love it too.
He also scares the rookies that if they donât listen, youâll turn them into a frog or something. Of course, you never tell him you can actually do that. Donât want to give him any ideas.
Will also appreciate your help in interrogations. Give the perp some Veritaserum and the interrogation is over in like 5 minutes. Low key, though, Ghost is a bit pissed because they always let him conduct the interrogations, and now they can just get all their questions answered because of some juice you made.
He also makes sure you keep in regular contact with not only Dumbledore, but your parents as well, says that heâd be worried if his (minor) son was placed in the hands of the military. âThey worry about you and Iâm sure they just want to make sure youâre alright, son.â Low key goes behind you back and arranges for regular meetings (tea times) with both your parents and Dumbledore to discuss how youâre keeping up with your studies and assuring them that heâs keeping a close eye on you and making sure you take care of yourself. After a while, he comes to see you as another member son of Task Force 141.

Gaz
Look, he freaks out a bit when you show off your magic for the first time, and you understand. The first time you did magic, you accidentally levitated the family dog. Thankfully, you were inside at the time, so Fido just hit the roof.
For a while, things were awkward between you, but after you bandaged him up after a sparring session, he started to open up to you.
Meaning, he began asking you all sorts of questions about the Wizarding World to see if any of the fairytales he was told as a kid were real.
âYou donât really fly on broomsticks, right? I mean, thatâs just ridiculous.â âWellâŠâ
As soon as you roll up on you Nimbus 2000, this man WILL ask for a ride, giving you his best puppy dog eyes and you cave almost immediately. During his first ride, he was TERRIFIED; I mean, heâs a hundred feet up in the air sitting on a flimsy piece of wood, of course heâd be scared and holding on to you tightly.
But, after that first ride, heâll beg you for a ride every time you both have free time. Heâs flown in dozens of helicopters in his life, but feeling the wind against his skin and maneuvering around the way you do gives him a thrill unlike any other. Seriously, as soon as he gets back from a mission, heâll go straight to you and beg to go out flying with you. Doesnât matter if it was a week long mission and heâs had to go without food and sleep for most of that time, the thought of flying with you on your broomstick was enough to keep him going.
He also loves it when you teach him all that you learned in History of Magic; unlike Professor Binns, you do everything you can to make your lessons interesting. You use magic, you act out certain events, you even give him chocolate frogs when he passes you pop quizzes. PS: please give this man magic sweets, he always gives the biggest grin when he sees you walking towards him while holding candy. He likes chocolate frogs the best since heâs building his collection of cards. (He just needs a Dumbledore cardâŠ)
He also loves to hear about your time at Hogwarts. This man wants to know everything that happened to you, from the Sorting Ceremony to when you were made the first Muggle Envoy. He also doesnât understand why House Slytherin hasnât been disbanded. âI understand not every Slytherin is bad, but most of the worst wizards have come from that house! And its founder kept a giant snake around to kill anyone not a pureblood!â
He thinks you being an Animagus is amazing and if you turn into a bird, heâs both astounded and jealous. âI want to fly in the sky as a bird, tooâŠâ and if youâre a cat, well⊠âI heard all cats love curling up in a box. As a cat, do you have those feelings, too?â ââŠYes.â So, best boi Gaz shows up to your quarters with a large cardboard box with multiple blankets and you instantly take to it. Like, you forget all about your bed and sleep as a cat in that box. And you donât know it, but he one time came into your room to ask you to go flying when he saw you curled up in the box (and in human form, no less!) and his heart melted at the sight. He also took several pictures which he then proceeded to drop in the 141 Group Chat. Needless to say, they were quickly printed out and is the highest kept secret from you (hell, even Laswell is in on it).
In conclusion, Gaz would be very welcoming to you in the beginning, but in all honesty, probably not as much as Soap.

Ghost
Look, when you met Ghost for the first time, you were scared out of your mind and 95% sure he was a Death Eater sent to kill you and ruin this program. But, after a few days, you figured out that he was just a Muggle and you relaxed a little bit. Still, you kept your distance as this 6â2â man still scared the hell out of you.
When Price told them that a wizard was joining the 141, he thought the man finally lost it after postponing a well deserved vacation for far too long. But, after seeing you cast a spell when you first joined the team, he quickly ripped up the anonymous note he wrote to Laswell to force the Captain to take a vacation.
When you started talking to him about the Wizarding World, he quickly took an interest in magical creatures. Look me in the eye and tell me he wouldnât be fawning over a Thestral! Thatâs actually how you bonded with himâ when he saw you caring for one, he asked about it and when he learned that theyâre only visible to those whoâve seen death and are misunderstood to be a bad omen. He feels for the beast and offers to help you feed it when youâre ever unavailable.
Like Price, he hates you being in the field, but definitely sees the advantages to having a skilled wizard with them. He will, however, insist you stay behind them, casting healing and support spells. During one mission, all hostile were thought to have been killed, but one that remained tried to shoot him in the back, you quickly cast Protego to shield him and followed up with Petrificus Totalus. No matter what Soap says, he DID NOT have heart eyes when you did that.
As odd an experience as it is, he loves to Apparate from place to place. A helo attracts too much attention and riding a broomstick is just silly to him (look, heâs a 6â 2â killing machine made of pure muscle and whose name strikes fear into the most hardened terrorist on the planet; him being on a broomstick ruins his streetcred!). Being able to appear anywhere out of thin air poses a strategic advantage, it bypasses all
He also takes interest in your Defense of the Dark Arts lessons. Heâll watch you practice offensive spells all day long, praising you every time you destroy a target. He also teaches you to handle a firearm and how to throw a knife. Sure, you can use magic, but use magic, but you its always good to know other skills. He really wanted to just spend some more time with you and teach you what he knows.
Will definitely help you practice your defensive spells if you ask him, but heâs very nervous as he fires rubber bullets at you. As much as he tries to argue with you, youâre persistent and finally does what you ask him. But if youâre ever hit by one, thatâs an end to practice for the day and heâs dragging you to the infirmary.
Also, as much as he denies it, he loves it when you turn into your Animagus form. If you turn into a bird, he offers his arm as a perch when you return from stretching your wings; if you turn into a dog, we will give you the best belly rubs; and if you turn into a cat, we will hold you and scratch your ears. And heâll do it anywhere, even during a mission briefing! Also, he gets very jealous when youâre held by anyone else and will fight to the death when someone tries to take you away from him. âLt, itâs my turn to hold him!â âNegative, Sergeant.â He then proceeds to scratch your ears as he looks Soap right in the eye.
While not an alcoholic beverage, he loves butterbeer and always loves it when you bring back a keg from the Wizarding World. After a successful mission, you brought them to the Three Broomsticks for a fresh mug of butterbeer. He knows you had to jump through a lot of hoops to get this trip approved and appreciates you arranging for this. Itâs here that he realizes that not everyone in your world is like you; some uppity witch mocks you for bringing them here and leaves as she calls you a âMudblood,â which you later explain is a derogatory term used to make people like you feel less than them. Well, Ghost being Ghost, he slips out to teach that witch that being whether your pedigree means nothing when your fingers are broken and you canât hold a wand, youâre weaker than a Muggle since you depend on you magic for everything, leaving you vulnerable. âGhost, whereâd you go?â âJust needed to take a break.â
He loves to harass you with terrible puns as he learns more of you world. âWanna hear a joke?â âGhost, please donât.â âIf a wizard gets robbed by a Muggle, has he been Muggled?â âWhat do you call a postman who can speak to packages? A parcel tongue.â Or the worst of them, âHow does the head of Gryffindor see when swimming? She uses McGonagoggles.â
After a while, he finally trusts you enough to tell you some of his darkest secrets. What really hits you the most is what happened in the US-Mexico border with Roba, and how he was buried alive with a rotten corpse and forced to dig himself out with said corpseâs jawbone. After he finished his story, you offered to use the Memory Charm to make him forget, and for a brief moment, he genuinely wanted to say yes. The thought of being able to forget that horrible memory and never dream of it was enough to bring tears to his eyes (which he thought was no longer possible), but in the end, he said he appreciated the offer, but by forgetting what happened, heâd be losing a piece of himself that made him him.
You become a part of his team, and when you do, heâll kill and die for you, just as he would for any other member of his team. Eventually, he gives you the nickname âMerlin,â and soon everyone starts calling you that and youâre honored to have a nickname after one of the most accomplished wizards.

Soap
While his team lost their collective minds when they first met you, Soap tripped the mightiest of balls and turned into a literal child when you demonstrated your magic. Also, the moment you tell them Hogwarts is located in Scotland, he turns very smug and brags about his homeland being the superior place on Earth. Of course, you eventually explained that there are magic schools all over the world, which broke his heart, but he quickly got over it when you explained Hogwartsâ very distinguished history.
You think Iâm joking when I say everything you do amazes this man, but Iâm not. After you showed up on your broomstick and gave Gaz a ride on it, he practically ripped the poor man off it and called dibs for the next ride; you show him a few Transfiguration spells, and heâll ask you to turn everything on base into something else (Price had to step in when he had you turn his favorite hat into a goose and you two had to chase it down);you pull out a caldran and start brewing potions, he will sit and watch you every step of the way (and if you ever brew a potion of fire-breathing, heâll beg you to let him drink it, he so wants to chase Gaz, pretending to be a dragon).
And speaking of dragons, he made a joke about dragons being fake and when he saw you not laughing, he instantly knew they were real and instantly starting begging you to take him to see one. Of course you told him that dragons are dangerous creatures and are kept far from society, he gave you the biggest put possible and of course you caved and reached out to a friend who worked at the Romanian Dragon Reserve, who was able to sneak you in. As soon as he saw the Common Welsh Green, he acted like a kid who finally got to Disney World and when you got back, he thanked you profusely and you two started hanging out every day.
This dude dedicates almost half his journal to you, writing down everything he learns about you, Hogwarts, and the Wizarding World at large. Heâll also draw picture after picture after picture; heâll draw you, your wand, you casting spells, your house crest, etc. He also jots down his thoughts about your and your world and questions to ask you later. Ex: ask Y/N to cast Windgardium Leviosa on me while riding the mop used for latrine duty. Note to self: do it where the Captain/Lt canât find me.
If youâre an Animagus, he absolutely loses his mind. If you turn into a cat, he thinks youâre a regular cat that wandered onto the base and is playing with you. âYou want the pen? You want the pen? Go get itâ Steaminâ Jesus, Y/N!â âSoap.â âCan we neverââ âYes, weâll never mention this again.â âCan I have my pen back?â âNo, this is mine, now.â If you turn into a dog, he asks you to turn so he has a dog to pet. He strikes me as the kid whose best friend was a dog and after the dog died, a piece of him did as well, and petting you as in dog form reminds him of better days. Unfortunately, he tends to do this often, especially during mission briefings. âJohnny, Y/N needs to turn back, weâre having a serious mission briefing.â âI can brief him later, right now, he needs bell scratches.â And if youâre a bird, he asks to outfit you with a camera and has you fly over the AO and get much better intel without alerting the enemy theyâre being spied on. And like Ghost, he offers his arm as a perch, but unlike the Lt, he keeps bags of popcorn in his bag and hand feeds it to you after returning to him.
Merlin help you once he discovers you can cast spells like Confringo and Bombarda. Soap will demand you cast said spells on the training field and wants to compete to see who can destroy the most targets (these contests can go on for hours and only ends when Price comes to rescue you). Of course, as much as he hates you being on the field, he asks Price to allow you to help in breaching fortified bases and destroy weapons caches and escape vehicles. He revels in the destructive power you bring to the team and loves to watch you work. âFookinâ beautiful, Merlin!â âJohnny, weâre being shot at, eyes on the targets!â
Once this man finds out about Quidditch, there goes all your free time. Seriously, once you tell him that thereâs a sport where you fly around on broomsticks and try to knock each other off by throwing balls at frightening speeds, thatâs all he can think about for days. You tell him all about the history of the game, its rules, and the many famous players that have ver been on the pitch, and as you do all that, this man begins to yearn about actually watching a game.
Fortunately, he gets his wishâ in an effort to garner more good publicity, Fudge extends an invitation to you and âthe Muggles youâve been assigned toâ to attend the Quidditch World Cup and view it from his private box. Of course, Soap begged Price to allow them to attend and after clearing it with Laswell, all of you attended the most anticipated Quidditch event of the season. And when it was revealed that the Scottish National Quidditch Team was competing, he went flat out ape shit, shouting all sorts of Scottish chants and curses you have yet to decipher.
Of course, many in the Ministerâs Box found him annoying and threatened to surge him, you were quick to Transfigure many of them into slugs when everyone was distracted whenever a team scored a point. Of course, Ghost would be the one to catch you. âBeinâ risky, are we?â âNo one threatens Soap and gets away with it on my watch.â âGood boy.â
At the end of the day, heâs probably the first friend youâll make in this scenario. While others are cautious, this man is running up to you and begging you to do magic for him every time you see one another.

Alejandro
The leader of the Los Vaqueros was shocked to see a real wizard before him and had reservations about a minor being allowed in the military, but after seeing you had nothing but the best of intentions being here, he quickly put aside his fears and welcomed you with open arms. Also, Rudy saw how much fun Gaz and Soap were having and wanted to join in, and who is he to disappoint his brother?
After he described the destruction El Sin Nombre, Hassan, and Shadow Company brought to his hometown, you offered to help rebuild. To say he was touched would be an understatement and he accepted the help. He expected you to just help clean up the rubble Graves and his tank made, but when he saw you cast Repairo and the buildings started repairing themselves, he was blown away. In less than half a day, all of Las Almos looked like nothing at all happened. âAy dios mio⊠The whole city⊠itâs been fixedâŠâ letâs just say that after that, you became an honorary member of the Cowboys and had a place in Las Almos whenever you needed it.
Heâs very interested in your demonstrations of charms. He especially liked hearing about Wendelin the Weird and how she liked being ticked by the charmed fire so much she allowed herself to be captured multiple times. âWait, she let herself be captured how many times, hermano?â âForty-seven times!â âThatâs crazy!â
In exchange for teaching him Wizarding World slang, he teaches you to speak Spanish. As well as some very creative swears that he knows Price wouldnât like (which is why he does it). âWho taught Y/N to say that?!â âNo idea, Capitan, might want to ask Gaz. That baby face of his seems like the perfect ruse, yeah?â
He appreciates all the Wiggenweld Potions you brew for him to take back to his men. While the cartels and Shadow Company have been driven out of Los Almos, Valeria is still out there and leading whatâs left of her men, trying to rebuild her empire. Heâs devote every last resource he has to capturing her, which leads to many injuries. Unfortunately, he canât always get medical supplies, so thatâs where you come in. Whenever you Apparate in their base with crates full of healing potions, youâre heralded as a hero by his men.
You two also bond over music from the Wizarding World. While he loves to listen to the Weird Sisters with his men, when itâs just him, Rudy, and you, he loves to listen to Celestine Warbeck. Once, when he was drunk, he began singing You Charmed the Heart Right Out of Me and said that it reminded him of you. The morning after, you and Rudy decided to keep his little performance a secret from him, his men, and the 141, agreeing to take it to your graves.
Like the rest of the men on this list, he absolutely loses it when he sees your an Animagus. âHermano, why did you not tell me you can do this?â He strikes me as the kid who always wanted a pet, but his parents werenât able to afford one and thereâs been a void only a pet can fill ever since. Sure, he couldâve adopted a dog after he moved out and joined the Mexican Army, but heâs been bust fighting drug lords for years, so he hasnât had the time to. And here you come in, able to turn into a dog (of course heâd love it if you turned into a cat or bird, but what he really wants is a dog)! âHey, hermano, do you think you can⊠you know?â âOf course.â Look, we all know that thereâs a spot behind a dogâs ear that makes him thump his leg like crazy, but this man knows how to hit that spot on the FIRST TIME, EVERY TIME! And he does it with just right that you think your leg will never stop thumping. Rudyâs walked in on the two of you many times, and not only keeps quiet about it, but tells the rest of Los Vaqueros to not disturb their hermano. âHeâs earned some time to himself.â
You also volunteer your services to help track down Valeria, which puts a smile on his face brighter than Lumos Maxima youâve ever cast. âTime to go scorpion hunting, my brother!â While you werenât well versed in Divination, you were able to spy on her men while in Animagus form and any that get captured are given your Veritaserum, making them spill their guts and tell you where her new base is. From there, itâs just getting the layout of the base, which you are able to provide, and that night, both 141 and Los Vaqueros raid the base that night, which ends with no casualties and Valeriaâs capture. âWe celebrate, my brothers! And we welcome a new member to Los Vaqueros!â
As much as he wanted you to pour the Veritaserum down her throat and make her tell him all he wanted to know, he wanted her to suffer, just a fraction of what heâs felt all these years. So, he asks you if you know any methods of torture that wonât kill her, just make her suffer a bit. So, you looked into it and gave him a boggart locked in a chest and told him about the creatureâs ability to take the form of what its victim fears most. Seconds after being exposed to her greatest fear, she begged for mercy and told him everything he wanted to know. As she was being dragged away, still in shock of what she saw, he thanked you for the great service you did for Mexico and invited you to celebrate at a bar they rented out for the night.
Behind closed doors, the 141 and Los Vaqueros came this close to a fistfight because Alejandro wanted to take you back to Mexico with them, to which Price responded with a very loud âHell no!â which resulted in a prolonged argument with everyone in the room. Finally, Laswell was able to calm them down when she told them that if they donât âcalm the fuck down,â you might be recalled and none of them will see you again. The thought of you leaving terrified them and agreed that they would share custody of you and Alejandro and his men would be allowed to visit the base and see you whenever they wanted to.

Konig
Look, when you both first met, you were terrified of one another. You because this man was as big as Hagrid, skilled in weapons, and made the muscle mass to break you like a twig, and he was terrified of you because he thought you could turn him into a toad like many of the witches he was told about as a child. For the first week or two, you both avoided one another like a case of Dragon Pox.
Eventually, you realized that this mountain of a man was 90% social anxiety and he realized that you werenât planning on turning anyone into a toad or eating anyone (to which you were horrified that someone would think you possible of such a thing). In fact, when you learned he suffered from constant social anxiety, you brewed him a bottle of Calming Drought and after he drank it, he felt his sense of dread vanish for the first time in years. âThank you, maus!â And from there, he became your shadow, always close behind you. You gave him bottles of Calming Draught on a regular basis to help the poor man and he became one of your closest friends.
If you have a knack for Herbology, he takes interest in it; thereâs just something about digging into the dirt and watching your magical plants grow from such tiny seeds that relaxes him, not unlike your Calming Drought. He helps with carrying large bags of fertilizer, watering your plants, repotting Mandrakes, and harvesting herbs for your potions. He also loves hearing you talk about what each plant is and what theyâre used for; not only because he finds this new information interesting, but because he finds your voice very soothing.
God, the moment he discovers that you can turn into an Animagus, he instantly takes a Calming Drought because the the thought of hurting you while being so small is enough to make his anxiety hit him like a sack of bricks. At first he asks you not to be near him out of fear he crushes you, but when you curl up in his lap as a dog/cat, he freezes up and is afraid to even move. Then, he finally works up the courage to pet you and when you let out a pant/purr, he instantly forgets his fears and pets you even more. If youâre a bird, you turn his shoulder into a perch and he instantly falls in love with the idea of being your perch and starts walking around the base like that. âKonig, is that Merlin?â âJa, Leutnant.â âAnd you donât think thatâs a bit inappropriate?â âNein, Leutnant.â As he walks away, he feels Ghost glaring daggers his way, and heâs sure itâs not because of what heâs doing, but because the Lieutenant wishes to take his place.
He also loves to watch you practice your spells and broomstick riding. How you wave your wand or move through the air with such grace astounds him and wishes he could do the same.
After a while, he finds spells and potions capable of reducing oneâs size and wishes for you to make him smaller. When he tells you that heâs always felt people would like him better and he would be better at his job if he wasnât so tall. You instantly tell him thatâs not true and that you have a friend whose taller than him and everyone loves him. And so, you arrange a tea time with Hagrid and bring Konig, who is blown away by the size of the half-giant. To say he was breathtaking to have to look up to someone was an odd, yet satisfying experience. The two talk about being tall and Hagrid tells him that despite his giant size, he never stops trying to be helpful. By the time tea is served, Konig feels himself more comfortable in his skin and tells you that he no longer wishes to be small.
When Hagrid goes to bring out his infamous rock cakes, you warn Konig about their tough exterior. However, when he takes a bite, he does so without problem. âI donât understand, Maus, theyâre delicious. If you donât want yours, may I have it?â
You two leave Hagridâs hut with the promise to bring Konig back for more tea and rock cakes and when you return, he thanks you profusely for helping him become more confident with his height. He tells you that he sees you as the best friend heâs ever had and promises to always help you whenever you need him.
You also share your stash of sweets from Honeydukeâs, which he is happy beyond words. You warn him when he picks up a box of Bertieâs Every Flavor Beans and laugh harder than you ever have before when he spits out an earwax flavored one. It eventually turns into a game of randomly picking a bean and hoping it wasnât one of the many disgusting flavors. He quickly grew to love Fizzing Whizzbees when he found out sucking on them allowed you to float in the air. Seriously, just imagine him floating in the air and loving every moment of it, itâs hilarious.
He may not have magic, but this man will NEVER allow someone to harm you. Even if itâs another wizard or witch, heâll pick up that poor fool and break their back over his knee with no regrets.
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no matter how hard you try, you just canât make yourself cum tonight.
the position is wrong, your toy is still dead as hell so you had to resort to using your fingers, but those arenât hitting somewhere deep and scratching that itch you have of wanting to be filled, and it has you crying in frustration.
god, you just wanted to fuck yourself into a good orgasm once. but your fingers are starting to feel numb, and your arm is cramping up, and you feel annoyingly sore already. you know you should call it quits; that you should just douse the flames of your desire with a cold shower and just retire for the night, but you are so, so stubborn and angry andâ
you snarl, ripping your fingers out of your cunt before twisting to snatch your phone from where youâd flung it close to the wall. you use your clean hand, wiping the other one on your bedsheetsâyou might have to wash them tonight, anywayâand sends a message to johnny.
cant cum <
fuck me pls <
you drop your phone to your stomach, hearing yourself heave as your body catches up to the exhaustion. you stare up at the ceiling, trying to ignore the blazing heat and the soreness and the emptiness, and focusing instead on the little spark of need that you refuse to extinguish because you know johnny. you know heâd reply soon.
(heâs always fucked you good; filled you up with slurring words crooned to your ears, his big hands stretching across your stomach because he swears underneath all this skin and fat, he feels his cock fucking in, in, in.
he loves taunting you when your quiet tears turn into soft sobsâye gonna cum soon, bon? show me yer cumminâ face, huh? câmon bon.
he is so, so mean, and you need nothing less right now.)
true to your thoughts, your phone buzzes two minutes later. you pick it back up, grunting in confusion when instead of johnnyâs name, you see johnâs.
is he alright? did he need something from you? god, you think heâd let you do it tomorrow or at least in a couple of hours?
you tap at the notification, only to feel the curiosity bleed out of you to be replaced with startling horror. itâs like ice water was dumped on you, extinguishing every embers of your libido because there, on your screen, was john. replying to your message.
you hadâ
> quite forward of you. well, since you asked so nicely, weâre on our way.
you had sent the message toâ
three knocksâtaptap-tapâsuddenly thud on your door. you gasp, looking up from your phone to stare at your locked door, dreadful.
you sent it to the damn group chat.
please i'm strokin' it. JERKING IT. WHIMPERING. CUMMING. OVERSTIMULATING AND SLAPPING MY DICK.
something something the squad blindfolding you for that typical sex game that is popular right now which is: theyâll fuck you and you have to guess which cock is whose, and theyâll only stop when you finally get all four of them right.
you thought it was going to be easyâyouâre all so familiar with each otherâs bodies, both because of missions but also because of the way you all paw at each other, trying to smother the nightmares through sex, but then theyâre fucking you in the dark and you canât glean who it is.
not just because youâre blindfolded, but youâre also bound to deter you from cheating. and the pleasure is also just too much that you donât have the ability to feel every different ridge or curl of their cocks or how the bulbed head feels differentâjohnnyâs the only one cut between all of them, and even then you donât know which one is his.
youâre crying by the end of it, exhausted and spent, but another cock is fucking into you, and then johnâs voice croons from somewhere behind you, âcâmon pretty bird. we donât have all night.â
the game continues on or something something.
BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAH THIS IS SO FUCKING TRUE IM DEAD @writersp3n
Ghost is the type of dad that would always be super blunt with his kids. So when his toddler asks him how her little sister came to be in mummyâs belly, instead of weaving a tale of magic wishes and baby-delivering storks, he says simply âWe had sexâ.
Gaz is the type of dad that would have his kidâs birthday entertainer cancel on him last minute. Good news is that the party store down the road is still open. Bad news is that the Spiderman costume he buys himself is two sizes too small.
Soap is the type of dad that would get kicked out of his kidâs football game because of his unruly behavior in the stands. Apparently, encouraging a group of six year olds to âBloody kill!â the other team is frowned upon by most parents.
Price is the type of dad that would shave off his facial hair because he wanted to change up his look a little, only to end up scaring his kids (even making his ten month old cry) because they thought a stranger had broken into the house.
COD X PUPPY HYBRID! READER
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Fic contains: taboo / dark content please read this warning if you are triggered by any of this material
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Referred with: she/her/girl/you
British! Pan! Short! Afab! Feminine! Reader
Coming soon: cat, bunny, mouse, deer, bear, cow, lamb and bird version
⥠callsign: cadaver!
⥠oh where to start with this little ball of energy!!!
⥠shes so dumb </3 but she's good at her job so that's all that matters
⥠it was a surprise to 141 to be presented with the least intimidating hybrid as their newest addition to the team
⥠this bubbly little thing who was practically shaking in excitement, her tail wagging so hard it looked like it was about to fly off
⥠naturally the men were disappointed that they're newest member wasnt some unbeatable tank but instead a tiny thing who was fueled by praise and treats
⥠speaking of praises and treats gaz cant help but spoil you!! Price tells him not to
"she wont listen if you give her so many treats"
"shes a good girl she always listens"
âą hes right you do always listen, you're very obedient maybe too obedient
⥠despite his denial of your treats, your favourite man is obviously price <3 something about puppies and grumpy old men is a match made in heaven !!
⥠you like his ear scratches the best especially when you're in his office with your head on his lap
⥠he says he only likes you for your work but everyone knows that's a lie especially when he pays extra attention to you during lunch. Hes just making sure you eat all your food so you're big and strong
⥠you know how some dads pet their dogs my giving their back a good smack and rub? that's what hed do to you <3
⥠he has a wide selection of beef jerky in his office but you only eat it when someone feeds it to you <3 they're not allowed to hand it to you or place it infront of you they must feed it to you directly!! Makes you happy (you try your best not to nip at their fingers when they feed you but you just get so happy you cant help it)
⥠ghost can never be sarcastic around you your dumb brain cant handle it :( "go count every grain of rice in the kitchens if you're so bothered 'bout the numbers" and you do!!! he feels horrible because he knows you suck at counting :(( it must of took you ages to even get to 50
⥠its okay because it gives soap and gaz an excuse to pamper you!! You dont exactly understand why you're being pampered (must be because you're such a good girl for counting all that rice) but you accept it. It does make ghost feel so much worse for making you do things he didnt mean </3
"You're such a good puppy! You're so good at listening and you're so pretty!"
"Gaz that's enough I already said sorry"
"Aw come on Lt you made the poor thing count every grain of rice cant expect us to not rub it in can ya"
⥠ghost does make it up to you eventually, he takes you on walks around the base and points out secrets and tells you their stories
"Oi pup Do you see that dent in the wall?"
"Yes!"
"Johnny came back after a night out and rammed himself into it thinking his shadow was an intruder"
⥠they always have atleast one of your chew toys on them at all times after they noticed you chewing the inside of your mouth, your fingers, their sleeves or just anything you could fit in your mouth
⥠SCENTING!!!!
⥠your team must smell like you all the time, always, forever !!!! Whenever you get them alone youre immediately licking them!! Sometimes you bite but you're working on it <3
⥠if they come back from somewhere you have to smell them, what if they smell like another hybrid hmm?!?! >:((
⥠which is why you hate baths.
⥠they wipe away all your hard work I mean come on it's not easy to get the scent of your four favourite men nor is it easy to scent them!!! They're constantly around other people >:(((((
⥠luckily you arent the smartest so it's easy to trap and lure you in with kisses <3
⥠some one HAS to be in the bath/shower/ room with you
1. you cant be trusted not to eat the soap (smell nice â taste nice)
2. Its scary in there
3. You get distracted and forget to even get in the bath/shower
⥠they treat you so well though !!! your ears and tail are always so soft when you let gaz wash them, he takes such good care of the soft fur and he never ever let's the bubbles stay in your ears and he spends a good long time near your tail but you have no idea why <3
⥠soap likes washing your body! He loves watching you relax as he takes his time to make sure you're clean, he loves letting you lean against him as he washes your back and loves watching the suds run down your body. hes so sweet that he makes sure to pay extra attention to your sensitive areas <3
⥠price is the one tasked to dry you off, you seem to only listen to him anyway (of course you do, your dumb doggy brain has to listen to the leader of your pack)
⥠he pulls you against him using your towel as leverage, he so graciously put it in the dryer to warm up so you're all toasty and warm. You sit in his lap while he rubs your body dry whispering praises about your "bravery" to even go into the bath/shower
⥠Which leaves ghost in charge of your skin care!! This big scary man lathering your body in lotions and creams so you're all soft and smooth. He loves the moans and whimpers when he presses down on your weak spots <3
"Oi mutt stop licking the moisturiser"
"No no nooo :((( Say the thing :((("
"....Simons says stop licking the moisturiser"
⥠you never wear clothes after your bath/shower, they're lucky to get underwear on you, you need to be as open to they're scents as possible!! Maybe you'll wear their clothes but only maybe
⥠our puppy wasn't meant to meet Alejandro and Rudy until the mission was over but she said her nose could be put to good use and laswell couldnt help but agree (puppy definitely didn't bribe her or anything puppy hugs do wonders)
⥠at first alejandro didnt even see the girl behind the mountain sized men, assuming it's only ghost and soap coming along
"This is cadaver, our k9 unit she'll be coming along with us"
"Hello!"
"Ah un perro! you'll be very useful"
⥠it was a tight squeeze in the backseat, two military men left little room but it's okay you enjoy sitting on their laps so it's not much different
"So they call you cadaver?"
"Yes sir!"
"You good at hunting corpses?"
"Uh huh! very good! The best!"
"Good because we're looking for a dead man walking"
":00?? A zombie :((("
⥠overall you got on very well with alejandro and Rudy <3 whenever they passed you they always gave a light scratch to your ear
⥠you dont understand the language but you like the attention and that's all that matters, they're so nice and help you cool off in the sun, you just need to get naked so they can help cool you off just let them help dont even worry about it
⥠you liked graves when you met him he got so hyped up on missions the energy traveled to you
⥠although he definitely tries to make you loyal to him and him only (mmm yummy dark! Graves <3<3) hes always been a fan of hybrids especially the vulnerable ones. Hes best at love bombing you, filling you with treats, pets and roaming hands. Hes a sucker for puppy girls
⥠valeria made you cry when you met her :(( well it was actually rudy but he didnt mean to he felt awful :(((
"Perro estĂșpido, solo eres una perra reproductora, Âżno? no hay pensamientos en esa linda cabeza tuya"
"Thank you :D"
"Dont thank her shes insulting you"
":(((("
âą he gave you so many hugs, treats and kisses after he apologized profusely he forgot how sensitive you are he just didnt want you to thank her for insulting you :((
⥠mommy valeria tho so shes easily forgiven with a few fake compliments.
"You must think twice as hard with that brain of yours"
"Oh no! I dont even think once! :D"
⥠you entertain her, although she does wonder how it would feel to live in your head for a day
"Even the dogs in Las almas know not to bark at me"
"Oh no silly! We're in a shipping container"
"Yes in Las almas"
"Since when"
⥠thinking about how puppy got to keep valeria company while the big strong men go fight, guard dog duties !! Dont ask her how she got naked... and why valerias fingers are pruned... that's not important and you should mind your business
⥠cadaver has a muzzle and harness <3 !!! If you've ever been checked for harness safety you'll understand the feeling of being tugged around and how easy it is to want to jump someones bones
⥠ZOOMIES!!!
⥠always at odd hours too but you cant help it !! you have a lot of energy and you're too dumb to put that energy to good use :(( so it's only natural you jump on everyone and everything <3
⥠nesting with all of their clothes and belongings and they cant stop you or they'll get viciously attacked (you will cry)
⥠sticker collection (scented ones are the best) + mask decorating with ghost !!!!!
⥠konig is a scary big giant man whose just a silly guy at heart but jesus christ he needs to shrink
⥠the first time you met him you actually didnt see him, assuming the sun had exploded and the solid black mass that obscured your vision was the end of the world only to be corrected by an apology from the wall itself
"ah I'm so sorry I didnt see you there"
"Me neither :D"
⥠so big and scary but so warm and protective!! Ghost doesn't like you near konig he doesnt like sharing his toys with kortac
⥠you still hang out with him whenever you get the chance!! <3 friendship bracelets for all!! You did however underestimate how big these mens wrists were and cried when they wouldnt fit
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⥠oral fixation all the way !!
⥠mouth cockwarming!!!! Below prices desk? Yes!! Feeling sleepy and need to suck on something?? Soap is your guy!! Want to learn about the human anatomy? Rudy is there to help
⥠sweaty balls in my mouf
⥠slobbering on them until they scrunch up like raisins, suck the man juice out of them
⥠our puppy has a leash and collar so it's only natural they use it on you, held back by the neck as one of them is pounding into you
⥠puppy likes scent and prefers sex before
and after a work out
⥠listen... piss kink
⥠I just feel like they'd be in a meeting and she tries so so sooo hard to tell someone she needs to pee but they keep telling her to hold it (graves) but she just cant price made sure to keep her hydrated during lunch :(( it's too much and her bladder isnt big enough
⥠whimpers fill the air the sound of dripping water accompanying it their heads turning to face her as sobs bubble out of her mouth along with apologise while she so desperately cover her face to avoid the embarrassment. Her thighs clenched desperately to stop the stream but her attempts were In vain
⥠the first to realise what had happened was soap the fact that he was sitting next to her and had perfect view access to her entire body
"Aw pet don' cry its jus' an accident, happens to the best of us"
⥠:(((( shes so upset but our boys dont mind shes usually so well behaved and she obviously didn't mean to do it on purpose
"Oh puppy you tried so hard to tell us and we completely ignored you didnt we?"
"Uh huh"
"Yeah? And we didnt listen when you said you couldnt hold it did we"
"No i- but I- I did try to hold I really tried hard b-but I couldnt an- and now I've made a mess"
⥠they cant ignore the arousal they get from seeing her soaked and sobbing <3 they know it's wrong, shes upset and embarrassed but they just cant help it
⥠graves is a gross man who looks like fix it felix but dont let that fool you he 100% loves the control he gets from a piss kink especially for our puppy, he likes making you hold it and then mocks you in a high pitched voice but your dumb little brain thinks hes comforting you
⥠I think simon is more one for fucking you until you pee, he usually does it in the shower so he can wash off but he doesnt mind getting dirty, he likes the feeling of your cunt squeezing and gushing around him especially if you try to tell him to stop. Youre gonna pee? Yeah? Do it
⥠gaz is someone who likes to watch you pee he loves the view <3 the fluttering of your cunt draws him in road trip side of road
⥠Johnny, similar to his L.T, is someone who teases you until you pee. Rubbing your clit until its puffy and sore and you cant hold yourself up right let alone your bladder
⥠alejandro and Rudy like watching you wiggle they'll purposefully fill you with liquid and press on your tummy just to watch you squirm, they have bets on who can make you loose it first
⥠price pees in you
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⥠theres a reason hes your favourite
⥠you know how I talked about scenting??... I hate to break it to you but she has definitely peed on them/their stuff at some point
⥠you mostly pee on price
⥠"what are you doing"
"Nothin"
"Where are you pants"
"I dont know"
"You're not gonna pee on the floor are you"
"No"
"That's right you're not because that would be bad"
"bad"
"Thats right bad"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...."
"Just a little"
"No-"
⥠heats are always a pain for you :(( so horny and so wet desperate for someone to fill you with the pups you need. You drive the team crazy with your whimpers and cries but they know you cant help it, you're just achey :(((
⥠bullet vibrators are your best bet as they obviously cant fuck you 24/7 so that small buzzing of pleasure keeps you satiated until they can get their hands on you, the first time you had your heat you couldnt get the small thing out :(( your fingers were too small and it was so slippery you couldnt grasp it :((( you're so lucky your captain is kind enough to help you <3 dont think about his fingers wiggling inside you hes just trying extra hard to get it out that's why hes pumping them in and out of you
⥠sometimes they have to keep you in a cage because you wont stop begging to be stuffed, they dont want a rookie to think that they're allowed to overstep their place just because your in heat
⥠you hump everything!!!! Nothing is safe they take their shirt off for one second and it's on a pillow being jumped by no other than you!! You absolute fiend!!!
⥠you follow them around everywhere you love being around you favourite men!!!
⥠when 141 go on a mission you're left with Rudy and alejandro who always give in to you whines and begs <3 they treat you so well always stuffing you full when you need it, letting you have as much cum as you please, it makes the 141 so jealous that they have to fuck you as soon as they get back!
⥠graves probably pimps out puppy to his shadows there I said it
⥠konig isnt to slick with his touches either, he may think hes going undetected but that's only by our dumb mutt the other men are fuming with him. He let's you sit in his lap, his bear like hands inbetween your thighs rubbing along your most intimate areas you dont exactly connect what hes doing and hes completely okay with that just grind yourself back on him.
⥠he probably asks horangi to help him out, probably stretching you to prepare for the brute of the man
⥠definitely think gangbangs are a big part of your heat, vibrators, plugs, rope and muzzles are all items your familiar with. I like to think they just come and go when fucking you it's almost like a brothel
⥠they definitely finger fuck you while doing mindless tasks, brushing their teeth? You're bent over the sink pushing yourself back onto them, doing paperwork? Being cockwarmed by your snug lil cunt, lifting weights? You're bouncing on their cock weighing them down
this series is GUT-RETCHING TEAR JERKING! the angst is sooooo good, the fluff taste like cotton candy, and the smut is too die for. BUT do not go over there n be weird like some anons did. i DONT condone that bs
Cherry Red, Crimson Blood
Chapter 31: Forced Proximity
Summary: John and Kyle are gone. You have no choice but to lean on the alpha you've betrayed, the alpha that hates you.
Pairing: Poly 141 x reader
Word Count: 11,071 words
Warnings: ANGST, Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics, Alternate Universe, a/b/o typical classism and sexism, language, anxiety, reader has a panic attack and several breakdowns, Simon being mean, ANGST, depression, lots of mentions of vomiting and the reader does get sick quite a bit though it's not descriptive in any way, ANGST, heat cycles, pseudoscience, medical stuff (that's probably very wrong), brief mention of needles, medical procedures (nothing very detailed), ANGST, very heavy emotionally again, some very light fluff like barely there but nothing compared to the ANGST
A/N: I did it. I finally got it up. It's uh...it's a heavy one again, I'll tell you that much. You'll hate me even more but oh well. I expected that through this part of the story. I'm so evil I know.
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âI don't like this. It's too...â
âConvenient?â
âSuspicious.â
âI know. But we don't have much of a choice in this.â John says, staring at Simon and Johnny. âYou keep your eyes on her at all times. Stay in the barracks when you can. If you have to leave the barracks together, she goes with you.â
âWe won't let her out of our sight.â Simon says. âIf anything happens, Kate will be the first to know.â
âGood.â John says. He trusts the two of them to look after you. Yet he can't deny the timing of this is a bit suspicious. âWe'll be back as soon as we can. Take good care of our girl.â

Two weeks.Â
Itâs been two weeks since John and Kyle left.Â
Despite the fact itâs not the longest someone has been gone, it doesnât ease the ache in your chest, the pain slowly carving its way into your very soul. You havenât spoken to them. Thereâs been no word. Nothing. It could be a good thing. Sometimes no news is good news, and you suppose itâs better than a phone call saying theyâve died in some horrible accident.Â
You keep waiting for that phone call.Â
Every time Johnny or Simonâs phone rings, you begin to panic, fear eating away at that hole in your chest. Itâs bad news, itâs Kate calling to tell them your alpha and beta arenât coming home.Â
Youâve hardly been able to relax, tense and jumpy at the littlest things. Being enclosed in the barracks at all times isnât helping. You havenât left once, not even to the med center. Dr. Keller has been coming to the barracks, more than she normally would for your appointments. You wonder if it was Johnnyâs doing to try and help you relax, or Simonâs doing in hope you stop stinking up the barracks with the sour scent of nerves and fear.Â
Simon has been distant still, avoiding you as much as he can. Itâs impossible to avoid you completely, though, as Johnny canât watch you 24/7. Itâs a bit claustrophobic, the way they hover, always keeping one eye on you. Itâs been a bit suffocating for the last three weeks, but with John and Kyle gone...itâs almost worse.Â
Johnny has tried to fill that void, tried to support you in any way he can, but it hasnât worked. You know itâs Johnny, you love Johnny, yet not even he can fill the void that has become your life without your alpha.Â
You hate it.Â
You hate their job, you hate that it takes them from you. You hate the uncertainty, the constant fear and worry that makes you sick. You hate that itâs dragged you into it. You know they were digging for the perpetrator of the cameras, who put them up, who ordered them to be put up, who potentially wanted to look into your personal life in such a violating way. The sudden deployment feels too suspicious, too sudden to be coincidence.Â
But as John says, entertaining conspiracies wonât get you anywhere.Â
Still...it smells fishy to you.Â
The hole in your chest has left you in a constant state of uneasiness which has left you on the verge of tears constantly. Every day that passes without word of a tragedy or that theyâre coming home makes your stomach churn, tears constantly brimming in your eyes. Johnâs shirt is constantly in your grasp, a dirty one youâd fished out of the bottom of his laundry basket, soaked in his scent. Itâs beginning to fade, slowly eroding away until there wonât be anything left. Then youâll grab another and another until you have none left. His room still smells like him, his pillows still fresh with his scent.Â
You know it will fade, though, and fade fast.Â
Youâve been avoiding spending too much time in his room and Kyleâs in favor of keeping their scents in there as long as possible. The fading of their scents is like an omen, marking a fading of their presence in your life, of the bond between you. The constant fear that youâll forget them, what they sound like, what they smell like, what they look like.Â
It makes you physically ill.Â
That painful churning in your stomach is back as you sit on the couch in the rec room, curled up as far from Simon as you can get. Simon is still angry at you, at your betrayal of his trust. So much progress down the drain because you proved youâre not trustworthy after he trusted you enough to begin opening up. You still hate yourself for it, for keeping the secret for that long. Even a month would have been better and would have had less consequences for everyone. Maybe then you might have caught the camera in the bear sooner, and not been so violated during some of your most private moments.Â
Some of those moments with Simon.Â
How violated does he feel, having such vulnerable moments between you recorded and viewed by someone out there? You canât help but think back to that night when he came back, and the morning after. Someone watched you. The bear had been right there, those black beady eyes staring right at the two of you. How many times had you fucked the others in your bed, the bear sitting there, watching, projecting those moments to whoever was on the other side.Â
Your heat.Â
The bear hadnât been looking then, but it had been listening. It knows what happened, every last detail, every slam of the bed against the wall, every knot.Â
It makes you sick.Â
Your stomach churns, your arms wrapping around your middle as you let out a shaky breath. Youâre going to puke again, the bile rising in your throat. The intense tingling in your hands is starting again, your fingers curling in as your extremities begin to go numb. Youâre panicking again.Â
Instead of vomit, a choked sob leaves your lips, your tears hot and burning on your cheeks, stinging like theyâre composed of acid.Â
Simon glances up from his phone, his face the mask of indifference that it has been for three weeks. A mask that he had worn for the first few months after your arrival. âWhat?â He asks, his tone flat and voice rough.Â
You canât answer him, too busy hyperventilating and sobbing where you sit. You canât even think if you wanted to, your body aching as your muscles begin to tighten. You canât distress. Youâve been fighting the urge since the day the truth came out.Â
You canât trust Simon to help you.Â
Youâre not even sure he knows how to.Â
Of course, it would be easy to call Dr. Keller, get her to help him, but youâre not sure heâd want to. Could he be so angry and betrayed heâd just stand there and watch you distress yourself to death?Â
He wouldnât. Heâd have to explain himself to John, why he let it happen. It would tear the pack apart. It would tear them apart. You wouldnât put it past John to try and rip Simonâs throat out with his teeth in anger. It would be a bigger betrayal than yours, and Simon wouldnât let you lose your spot at the top of that list.Â
âFuck.â Simon breathes, setting his phone down before moving in front of you. He lowers himself onto one knee, reaching for your arms. If you had been more aware you might have flinched away, but the lack of oxygen to your brain is making everything fuzzy.Â
Simon grips your elbows, tugging you forward gently. Your legs are forced off the edge of the couch, your body upright as Simon holds your arms in his grasp, your legs between his as he kneels in front of you. You stare down at him, the sudden change in position shocking you for a moment. You choke around another sob, eyes blurry as you try to look at him.Â
âI need you to breathe.â He says, squeezing your arms gently.Â
You canât.Â
Your breaths are sobs, wracking your body, tearing at your lungs. Your chest hurts, aching and burning as you quickly begin spiraling out of control.Â
âLook at me.â He says, shifting his hold to your wrists, taking them into one hand before he grabs your chin with the other. He keeps your head still, locked on his face. His eyes are blurry to your own teary ones as you look right at him, looking through the mass of blurry black that surrounds him. âBreathe.â He says, his voice rougher than normal, rumbling with the command of his alpha around the edges.Â
It goes straight to your head, a shiver running down your spine. Your body shudders in response, your next sob catching painfully in your throat. You cough, lungs spasming as your body suddenly begins to follow his order automatically. Simon lets you go as you attempt to gain control over your out of control body. One part of your brain is still panicking, still pushing towards distress while the other fights to follow the alphaâs command. Itâs a battle, your instincts at war with each other.Â
The next inhale is a gasp, inhaling until your breath stutters and your lungs ache. You let it out slowly, the flood of oxygen making you shake in Simonâs hold. He keeps his hand around your wrists until your inhales stop stuttering and your muscles start to relax.Â
He slowly releases you, pushing himself up to sit on the coffee table. Youâre surprised it can hold so much weight after itâs been sat on so many times. Not even a creak as Simon lowers himself onto it.Â
He rests his elbows on his knees as he stares at you. His figure begins to get clearer as your tears slow, no longer blurring your vision. You're expecting the sharp sting of his harsh gaze, or worse the indifference you've grown used to over the last three weeks.Â
Instead there's a soft look in his eyes. Not soft as you would describe Johnny's, but soft compared to what it has been. Pity, you think.Â
âYou're a fucking mess.â He finally says.Â
You laugh. You can't help it. The deadpan delivery of such a him statement in response to everything has a laugh escaping your lips. You wipe your eyes, sniffling. He hates it, hearing your sniffles. It annoys him when you cry, it always has.Â
You push yourself back onto the couch, pulling your knees up again as you stare at him. There's a slight tremble to your fingers still as you sit there in silence for a moment.Â
âI'm sorry.â You say, still looking at him. âIf I had just said something sooner...â You swallow thickly as you stumble over your words. âNone of us would have...the camera would have been found sooner...we wouldn't have...both of us...â
âYou shouldn't apologize if you don't even know what to say.â He says, the softness in his gaze hardening again.Â
âIt's not that it's just...â You take a breath, trying to straighten out your thoughts. âI feel so guilty. This is all my fault and if I had just said something sooner, none of this would have happened. What happens next is my fault too. I know you and John have been digging into who is behind it and I know how risky that is. They know that we all know now, and...I'm scared of what might happen.â
You let out a long breath at your confession and attempt at an apology, squeezing your fingers together as they begin to tremble even more. You want to look away, his gaze piercing into you again. You're reminded of the moment the words had fallen from your lips that had caused this in the first place. Your heart begins thumping in your chest, your breathing picking up slightly at the memory. Will he get angry again? Will he snap at you and drag you down the hall to lock you in your room until John and Kyle get back, or Johnny calms him enough to rescue you?
âI feel so violated.â Your voice shakes. âI can't even imagine what it's been like for you. It took us so long to get to that point and...â You swallow the bile trying to rise in your throat. âI'm so sorry.â Tears blur your vision again. âI didn't know...I didn't think...I was so stupid.â
He scoffs. âYou are.â His words are sharp, and they sting as they slice through you. âFucking stupid, I'd say.â You wince at his words. âBut youâre inexperienced. You donât think about things like we do. No matter how much everyone has tried to drill it into your head, youâll never truly understand until you experience it yourself.â He holds your gaze for a moment. âI hope you never have to.âÂ
You stare at him, the meaning of his words not lost on you. Youâve put yourself in danger, youâve put all of them in danger by keeping this all a secret. Whoever put those cameras up knew you were keeping it a secret and hadnât done anything in retaliation against you for finding them and destroying them. Maybe that was their plan all along. They knew youâd keep it a secret and use that to their advantage. Strike when they least expected it, or perhaps wait for the moment the truth inevitably came out and then strike.Â
The thought has a cold chill running down your spine.Â
Youâre afraid for a different reason now.Â
John and Kyle are gone. Anything could happen to them and it wouldnât look suspicious. Or whoever put those cameras up wanted everyone split up. Attack when thereâs less knights defending the castle.Â
A shiver runs through you, making you curl in on yourself. The feeling of being watched is back. The darkness peeking out from around the blinds over the rec room windows suddenly feels very threatening.Â
âWhatâs goinâ on in here?âÂ
A startled yelp leaves your lips as you whip around to face Johnny where heâs leaning against the door to the rec room. Simonâs body tenses in response to your fearful yelp, an unconscious motion he has no control over. Alphas will always have the drive to protect the omegas in their pack. Itâs a natural protective mechanism, no matter how they may be feeling about said omega.Â
Simonâs body relaxes as you do, putting a hand over your heart to try and calm yourself down again.Â
âJumpy this eveninâ.â Johnny says, entering the rec room. He steps up to the couch, bending down to rest his hands on the arm next to you. âDidnae mean to scare ye.â He says softly. âReady tae get to bed?âÂ
You nod. âYeah. I am.âÂ
âCome on.â He holds out his hand and you take it, letting him help you up off the couch. âWeâre usinâ yer shower, Si.â He says.Â
Simon rolls his eyes. âCourse.âÂ
âSimon?â You say before Johnny can pull you from the rec room. The alpha turns to look at you. âI am sorry.âÂ
He stares at you for a long, tense moment. âI know.âÂ
Johnny leads you down the hallway, his hand on your lower back. Heâs gotten touchy again, letting his hand rest lower and lower on your back, brushing your breasts as he pulls the covers up around you at night. He refuses to let you shower without sitting on the toilet lid. You know the chances of Simon opening up like that again are slim, if at all. Youâve ruined that opportunity, and youâll have to be satisfied with where he draws that line permanently.Â
âHave a good conversation?â Johnny asks.Â
You nod. âHe called me âfucking stupidâ.âÂ
Johnny nearly chokes for a second, covering his mouth to hide a laugh. âHeâs certainly not a man of eloquence.âÂ
You shrug. âI mean, I donât exactly disagree with him.âÂ
Johnny leads you into Simonâs room, steering you to the bathroom. Your stuff is already inside from the unanimous decision to solely use Simonâs bathroom for ease and also safety.Â
Your towel is neatly on the rack next to Simonâs and Johnnyâs, all folded the same way and hung evenly apart. Your soap and shampoo are neatly placed next to his, along with your toothbrush and other products on the sink. Always so neat and organized, despite his anger at you.Â
Canât break his system even after you break his trust.Â
You pull your shirt over your head after starting the water, letting it get warm. Johnny stands behind you in the doorway, and you know heâs watching. You strip your shorts and underwear off, Johnny grunting quietly as you bend over to add them to your pile of dirty clothes. Youâve been tempted to leave them on the floor for the past two weeks just to peeve, but youâve riled Simon up enough. With your luck heâd just toss them in the trash.Â
The water is hot as it pelts your skin, your shoulders relaxing as it begins to loosen the stress of the day. The emptiness in your chest continues to eat away at you, never disappearing despite what happens. Your stomach churns, the nausea returning. You stand under the spray, letting the water pour over your head as you attempt to calm the continuous twisting in your abdomen.Â
The shower door slides open, another body joining you before it slides closed. Warm skin presses against your back as arms slip around you, pulling you out from directly under the spray. You rest back against Johnnyâs chest as he leans his cheek against the top of your head.Â
âI miss them.â You say quietly, just audible over the shower.Â
âI know.â Johnny says, pressing a kiss to the top of your head.Â
âWhen will they be back?â You ask him, even though you know he canât tell you.Â
âHard tae say.â He says, grabbing your strawberry scented soap from next to Simonâs. Heâs just been using Simonâs soap, something you probably assume he does often anyway. âKate will update us as soon as thereâs a possible ETA.âÂ
âI donât know how much longer I can take.â You say as he begins to wash your back.Â
âI know.â He says, gently massaging the knots in your back, trying to help you relax. âI wish I could get them home faster. I wish it had been us instead of them for your sake.âÂ
His words make you feel guilty, but you both know itâs not anyoneâs fault. John is your alpha, you belong to him, you were claimed by him. Youâll always hurt more about your alpha and betaâs absence than the other members of your pack can comfort you. If Simon had claimed you, things would have been different. The ache in your chest would have been less intense as you would still have an alpha you could lean on.Â
Youâd always miss John, but if you had Simon, the black hole slowly devouring you would have slowed its progress.Â

Four weeks.Â
A month.Â
It's been a month since John and Kyle left. The familiar hole in your chest has widened, a gaping black hole now threatening to swallow you and string you out until youâre nothing but particles lost in its center. Itâs worse than the hole Simon left when he went on his solo deployment, itâs worse than the hole they all left when they went on their first mission. Neither of those previous deployments lasted this long, and despite Johnny's attempts to console you, you donât feel any better.Â
Thereâs been no contact.Â
A month with no contact, a month with no word. You'd know if something had happened. Even if you got no word on it, you would know. That sense that omegas have when something happens to the bond would be screaming.Â
It's been a rough four weeks.
Thereâs a heaviness thatâs started to permeate the air as you try to adjust to the prolonged absence of your alpha. Itâs nearly every day that youâre breaking down now, standing in Johnâs room to catch any whiff of him thatâs left. Youâve worn the scent off his bed, his pillows, his clothes. Youâve run out of shirts that smell like him.Â
Youâre terrified they might fade from your memory entirely. Kyleâs scent had disappeared quicker, fading fast until you were left unable to even picture the sea. The beach is a blurry, distant memory, the smell of the salty air faded and wiped away.Â
Still you cling to their shirts, as if you can hold them through the fabric. You carry them everywhere, packing them from room to room as you float around in a daze.Â
Youâve left the barracks once in four weeks for a training session that neither of them could miss. Youâd gotten looks as you sat there, the sole audience member, but you're not quite sure what had happened or even what the training was far. You had been far away, lost in your own head, the haze of depression and grief numbing you to everything.Â
Dr. Keller continues to visit you in the barracks, still more than you normally would see her. You miss her office, the soft warmth of it, the plants and the colors lacking from the sterilized prison that is the barracks. It has become like a prison. Youâre trapped inside, unable to even wander around alone. You feel like the princess locked in her tower under the watchful eye of the guards keeping her trapped inside. You need someone to come and rescue you, someone to set you free so you can at least wander the tower alone.Â
You want your alpha.Â
You miss John and Kyle desperately, their absence chewing away at your insides. The hole in your chest continues to widen as the days pass, consuming more and more of you as you slip deeper and deeper into the black hole of depression. Johnny is being affected too, sucked in by the gravitational pull of the black hole you have become. Even Simon is starting to feel it, softening a bit more towards you. Heâd even let your hands brush a couple of times when heâs escorted you places, and he didnât yank them away like you might pass some disease onto him.Â
You wouldnât necessarily call him affectionate, even before all of this, but this is the first glimpse youâve gotten of him being back to where the two of you were before you fucked everything up. You know itâs not going to happen overnight. It might never get back to what it was. He might simply be acting out of sympathy, and out of necessity because of your pain and grief being channeled through the pack bonds. Sometimes you wonder if John and Kyle can feel it too from wherever they are in the world.Â
You miss them so much it hurts.Â
The tears slip down your cheeks as you sit on the couch in the rec room. Johnny is off taking his turn to work out. Itâs early, the sky still grey outside, the perfect epitome of how you feel inside. Simon is seated in his usual spot, book in hand. Your own that he had grabbed is still on the coffee table. Youâre staring at it, tears gliding down your cheeks as you hold your knees against your chest. Itâs become almost a normal occurrence, the tears, the blank staring, the lack of desire to do anything, even the position youâre seated in.
Simon glances up at you as you sniffle again, lowering his book slightly. âWhat?â His tone isn't annoyed per se, but you know he has to be tired of your constant blubbering.Â
âTell me theyâll be alright.â You say, your voice shaking.Â
âYou know I canât-â He starts, but you cut him off.Â
âI need you to tell me.â You sob, your gaze lifting to the black screen of the TV. âI canât take it. I canât do this.âÂ
He lets out a sigh, closing his book. You jump as the couch sinks down on your left, Simon taking a seat next to you. The flinch is subconscious as he reaches over to grip your chin and turn your face to look at him. Your tears slide down your cheeks, wetting his fingers.Â
âTheyâll be alright.â He says, eyes hard as he looks at you. Heâs lying but you need to hear it. âTheyâve been gone for far longer than this before. Trust Price knows what heâs doing. Heâs going to do everything in his power to come back. Weâll know if something happens. Laswell will let us know.âÂ
You know that, you know all of it. Yet it does little to calm the pain in your chest. âI miss them.â You sob, Simonâs eyes softening as you continue to cry. âMy stomach hurts.âÂ
Youâve been nauseous since the day the truth came out almost five weeks ago. The nausea has been churning in your stomach, making you constantly on the edge of vomiting. Itâs the stress, the combination of the truth coming out and your alpha being gone. Youâve been choking food down, eating only out of necessity.Â
Simon lets out a sigh, releasing your chin to wrap an arm around you. His other hand drops to rest on your stomach. Itâs warm through the fabric of your shirt, applying gentle pressure. He smells like alpha, different from John, but still an alpha. The tears continue to fall as he holds you, your body slowly leaning closer and closer to him. He doesnât complain, doesnât even try to push you away as you fall against his side.Â

Your stomach is churning, gnawing. Itâs not an unusual feeling. Itâs felt this way for the last few weeks. Itâs never woken you up before, though. You blink in the darkness of Johnnyâs room, his arm still thrown over you. The gnawing continues to intensify as you continue to be pulled from your semi-peaceful sleep, becoming more and more aware.Â
Youâre hungry.Â
You slowly unravel yourself from Johnnyâs snake-like hold, ready to slip into the rec room to peruse your snack stash. Instead youâre pulled back onto the bed by the arm that slips around your waist.Â
âWhere ye goinâ?â Johnny rasps, still half asleep.Â
âIâm hungry.â You whisper.Â
He lets out a groan, letting go of you to rub a hand over his face. âGive me a minute.âÂ
You rise from the bed as he stretches, slowly sitting up as he draws himself from sleep. Itâs just past one in the morning, neither of you having been asleep for long. You feel wide awake as the gnawing in your stomach continues to intensify. You rock back and forth on your feet, debating just going and letting him catch up. Itâll force him to wake up faster, and ease the gnawing hunger threatening to turn you inside out.Â
Finally Johnny rises from the bed, stretching again as you impatiently open the door. He pads behind you to the rec room, watching as you dig out a bag of chips. He leans against the back of the couch as you stand there, devouring the chips like you havenât eaten in days. You havenât really eaten much in the last five weeks, so perhaps itâs finally catching up to you. You finish the bag but itâs not enough, so you grab another, devouring it halfway before you freeze. The bag begins to tremble in your hand, nearly falling from your grasp.Â
Johnny is alert immediately as you begin to panic. âWhat?â He asks stepping closer to you, ready to defend you from whatever has you on edge.Â
Your brain frantically does the math, thinking over the last few weeks. The bag falls to the floor as the realization slams into you like a bus. You turn to face Johnny, eyes wide in shock, fear shooting through you like lightning and clouding the rec room in the sour stench of omega fear.
Your lips tremble, the words stuttering out as you fight the panic rising in you, the nauseous churning of your stomach threatening to bring up the bag and a half of chips you just ate. Your fingers are shaking, clenching into fists again as they begin to go numb. Ragged breaths wheeze from your lungs as you stare at Johnnyâs worried face, brows furrowed as he tries to understand what has you in a sudden panic at one in the morning.Â
âMy last heat was eleven weeks ago.âÂ

âThe timeline is right,â Dr. Keller says, taking the blood pressure cuff off your arm. âThe symptoms point to pre-heat.âÂ
You take another bite of your candy bar, eating half out of necessity and half because youâre nervous. You hadnât even considered this when John left, but of course you didnât know how long he would be gone.Â
âAny word from John yet?â Dr. Keller asks as she packs the blood pressure monitor back into her bag.Â
âNone.â Johnny says, crossing his arms. âKate sent out a message, but thereâs been no response.âÂ
Youâre numb to that fact, the hope that had filled you two days ago gone now that thereâs been no word, not even for something like this. Simon had gone out of his way to call you when you needed him, but John canât even send a simple message through, even a simple no.Â
âWe may have to consider alternative options if he canât get back in time.â Dr. Keller says.Â
He wonât get back in time. Theyâre all saying it silently. They all know it and so do you.
Your hands close into fists. You had hoped with your new pack and alpha you wouldnât have to go through this again. But, of course with them having to put their job first, this was always a possibility. It was bound to happen eventually, you just hoped it wouldnât be so soon.Â
âWeâll wait as long as we can.â Dr. Keller says, looking at you. âWe donât have forever, though.âÂ
You shove the rest of the candybar in your mouth. You donât want to say anything, you donât want to do anything. Youâre numb except for the incessant hunger. Youâll know when itâs getting close, when the hunger fades and youâre facing down the reality that your alpha wonât be here. You know he wonât. Even if Kate can get ahold of him, he wonât make it back in time.Â
Youâre going to have to do this alone.Â
Well...perhaps not.Â
Maybe there is someone that can help you after all.Â

Youâre terrified. Youâre not sure how to even approach this, how to bring it up. Itâs eating you alive, but you have to ask. You have to know. That small bubble of hope still rising in you that maybe, just maybe you can avoid the horror awaiting you. Itâs a big request, but perhaps you can be convincing enough to play to his pity.Â
âSimon?â You ask, your hands curled into fists so theyâre not visibly shaking. Your hair is dripping onto your shirt, soaking it but you donât care. The cold is keeping you aware, keeping you from floating away into your head again.Â
He grunts, looking up from his phone. Youâd used the shower in his room again so he could watch you while Johnny took his own shower. You wonât sleep in here. Youâll stay with Johnny just like you have for the last almost five weeks. Itâs safer, should your heat start in the middle of the night again. And also because he doesnât want you to stay with him.
This is stupid. Itâs a stupid decision but you need to know.Â
What if he says yes? Â
âCan I...ask you something?â You say, shifting nervously on your feet.Â
He pockets his phone before pushing himself up to stand. He towers over you as he moves closer, staring down at you as you look up at him. Sometimes you forget just how big he is, just how commanding his presence can be. You fight the urge to cower, to submit to him in fear. âWhat?âÂ
The nervous lump in your throat threatens to choke you, the memories of his anger directed right at you burning right through you. What if he gets mad again? What if he reacts the same way? You canât know what he will do, though. You steady yourself, wrapping the fabric of your shirt around your hands.Â
âWill...â You clear your throat. âWill you help me through my heat?âÂ
Itâs a big request. A huge request. Youâre asking him to jump past barriers heâd kept up even before, something heâd never even suggested or hinted at wanting to do even before your last heat. Youâre asking him to jump past barriers heâs put back up since your betrayal, making it clear youâre not welcome back in, youâre not going to get to where you were before. The most heâs done is let you lean against him that one night in the rec room.Â
You hope maybe heâll agree out of necessity, maybe heâll take pity on you and save you from the horrors of going through a heat without an alpha. It may be stupid, but youâre terrified of whatâs awaiting you if he doesnât agree. You donât want to do it, you donât want to be put to sleep and then wake up a week later sick and disoriented, and then spend the next few days still in the same state.Â
It makes your stomach churn, and not from hunger.Â
His eyes widen in shock as your words register. His hands tighten into fists at his sides, his shoulders tensing. You fight the urge to flinch at the movement, the sudden hardening of his stance before you. He wasnât expecting it, obviously. You came out of left field with it, but you have to ask. Youâll beg if you need to. Youâll get on your knees and beg like your life depends on it if he wants you to. Anything just to avoid whatâs looming in the near future.Â
His eyes harden as he stares down at you, and you suddenly begin to regret your decision to ask. His gaze is piercing, taking you back to when you confessed. Youâve made a mistake. Youâve made a huge mistake.Â
âNo.âÂ
The word is simple, two letters, one syllable, yet it slices right through you. You should have expected it, should have known that would be your answer, but it still hurts. He knows, he knows John isnât coming back in time. He knows youâre going to have to do this alone. You had hoped maybe pity would push him into saying yes, maybe heâd open up a bit more before your heat started, maybe he might be merciful.Â
âI canât.â He takes a step back, then another. His gaze softens to what you almost perceive as panic. He shakes his head. âI canât.âÂ
So maybe it wasnât anger at you keeping him from agreeing. You can feel it, the edge to his scent starting to cloud it, the way his hands open and close as he squeezes them into fists over and over.Â
Tears burn your eyes as you stare at him, lifting your hands so theyâre laced together in front of you. You knew that would be the answer, yet you canât stop the disappointment. âOh.â That's all you can say. You donât trust yourself to say much else.Â
You swallow the lump in your throat as Johnny appears in the doorway, looking between the two of you before his eyes settle on you. He can tell something happened, something transpired between the two of you while he was gone. How much of it he heard, youâre not sure. Perhaps none at all judging by the look on his face.Â
âReady for bed?â He asks, his gaze cautious. Heâs trying to assess the situation, figure out what could have transpired to cause such a reaction between you and his alpha. Heâll never know. Not unless Simon tells him.Â
âYeah.â You breathe, scurrying out of Simonâs room before you can make more of a fool out of yourself.Â

âH-How long will it take?â You ask, your heart thudding in your chest. Your pre-heat symptoms had stopped earlier this morning, the hunger gone, the itching beginning under your skin.Â
âAs soon as your temperature goes up, weâll get started.â Dr. Keller says, sticking electrodes to your chest. Youâve already got the blood pressure cuff around your arm and pulse monitor on your finger.Â
âYe were prepared for this.â Johnny says, sitting next to the hospital bed. Youâre in a private room, well away from any others, even though no one will know youâre in heat. There wonât be any scent projecting, no neediness, no aching. You wonât be aware at all that anything is happening as your body rapidly cycles through that sudden flood of hormones.Â
Dr. Keller nods. âThis was always a possibility, so I made sure I had everything on hand for when it did happen.â She takes your temperature again. âTell me when you start to feel warm. The last thing I want to do is send you under too late.âÂ
Your skin crawls at her words, memories flashing back to the time you were put under too late. You trust Dr. Keller to take care of you, though. Sheâs far more competent and aware than that nurse had been. Itâs her job to take care of you, to watch after you in moments like this.Â
You just wish you could talk to John before you go under.Â
You want to remember his voice when you come back out.Â
âIâll be here the whole time.â Johnny says, taking your hand, obviously sensing your discomfort.Â
Heâs brought a bag of things with him, since heâll be staying with you for the few days itâll take to get through your heat. It wonât be as long this time, your body being forced through those hormones quickly. It wonât even register it needs a knot, flying through those symptoms.Â
The wait is the worst part. It takes forever, every minute seeming to take an hour. Johnny waits dutifully by your side. You wish this wasnât the first heat he would be here for. You wish he had at least gotten some experience with a normal heat, just so this one wouldnât scare him off. Even Kyle might have been shaken by it, though, even with his experience.Â
Eventually the heat begins to prickle under your skin, your heart rate jumping. Johnny calls in Dr. Keller, looking nervous as sweat begins to bead on your forehead.Â
âItâs time.â Dr. Keller says, taking your temperature. Itâs jumped quickly, your body starting to prepare for the onslaught of hormones about to be released.Â
She turns your arm, hooking up the IV that will deliver the sedative as well as fluids to keep you hydrated. The heart monitor beeps rapidly as you grow nervous, Johnny squeezing your hand gently. You know heâs trying, and thereâs nothing more he can really do. Thereâs no stopping this. Itâs going to happen no matter what.Â
âIâm going to administer the sedative. Youâll start to feel sleepy.â Dr. Keller says. âIâll put in the feeding tube after youâre out.â
You swallow nervously, sweat starting to bead on your forehead. âItâll be okay right?âÂ
Dr. Keller gives you a soft smile âYouâll be just fine. Itâll be a few days for us, but itâll be a few seconds for you. Itâll be over before you know it.âÂ
You swallow nervously before nodding. Dr. Keller pushes the sedative through the IV, your body starting to relax as it begins to take effect. The itching under your skin stops, the heat fading as the ceiling gets further and further away as your vision tunnels. Johnny squeezing your hand is the last thing you remember before everything goes dark.Â

Heâs seen a lot of things, done a lot of things that would make the average person violently ill. Heâs no stranger to blood and gore, yet he canât watch as Dr. Keller inserts the feeding tube into your nose. The thought of having it in his own body makes him nearly gag, his eyes closing as he breathes.Â
âIâm done.â Dr. Keller says, a small smile on her face as he turns back around.Â
âAbout gart me boak.â He says, looking at you where you appear to be sleeping peacefully. He supposes you are, blissfully unaware of anything and everything around you.
âYouâre not good with needles either, are you?â She asks, obviously noticing how he had turned away when she put in your IV.Â
âNot my favorite.â He admits.Â
âSheâs all set.â She says, stepping back. âYouâll want to move her every few hours, turn her on one side, lift her legs up. Keeps her from getting bed sores or blood clots. Iâll be next door, and Iâll check on her periodically. If anything happens at night, Iâll have my phone on full volume.âÂ
âThank ye, doctor.â He says, squeezing your hand despite the fact you canât feel it.Â
Dr. Keller takes her leave, the room going quiet aside from the beeping of the heart monitor, and the occasional buzzing of the blood pressure cuff as it tightens around your arm. He stares at you for a long moment, watching the steady rise and fall of your chest as you sleep. Itâs probably the most peaceful sleep youâve gotten in the last few weeks, despite the changes happening internally. Dr. Keller had explained it to him, the hormonal changes, how sedation works differently than going through a heat consciously. Omegas do go through heat cycles awake and aware without an alpha sometimes. Institutes cycle between isolated heats and sedation.Â
The thought of you going through both makes his stomach twist.Â
Sweat beads on your forehead as you lay there, something that will continue for the next few days, the doctor said. Your heart rate is higher than normal, another sign that youâre in your heat as your brain cycles through the sudden rush of hormones. Heâs not quite sure what to expect, not quite sure what itâll look like if something goes wrong. Heâs never done this before, and the little research heâd done doesnât feel all that helpful. Dr. Keller trusts him to know, though, and he supposes itâll be pretty obvious should something go wrong.Â
Youâre not going to be doing much aside from laying there for the next few days.Â

The hours seem to drag on and he canât help but wonder if this is how Kyle feels during your heats. At least Kyle had a job to do, had to focus and listen for the breaks in between rounds when heâd go in, ensure nothing was wrong, nothing happened, that youâre being fed and taken care of. All he has is the steady beeping of the heart monitor and the occasional buzz and crinkling of nylon as the blood pressure cuff expands. Dr. Keller brings him meals, keeping him fed and occasionally keeps him company as he watches dutifully over you. His back is aching from the uncomfortable chair and the makeshift bed, but he can hardly complain. Heâs slept on worse.Â
Heâs sketched a lot in the silence between watching videos on his phone and napping. Itâs been a peaceful time, aside from his initial worry. You sleep away, sweat still beading on your forehead. Every so often he grabs a wet paper towel, wiping away the sweat.Â
He jumps as his alarm on his phone goes off in the silence, his pencil falling to the floor. He picks it up, setting his sketchbook to the side before he gets up. Heâs careful as he slips his arms under you, easing you over onto your side. He bends your legs, making sure youâre steady and not cutting off circulation anywhere. He runs a hand over your hair, the strands starting to slip out of the braid he had put in before your trip to the med center.Â
He moves around to the other side of the bed, pulling the tie out before undoing the braid. Heâs careful as he redoes it as best he can, making sure not to pull too tightly on the strands. The last thing you need when you wake up is to feel like your hair is being yanked out of your head.Â
He ties off the braid before moving back to his seat, staring at your peaceful face for a moment. Itâs nothing new to him, but he canât help but stare. Heâs seen you sleep many times, held you, watched you blissfully unaware of the world. The softness in your face, the worry and the stress and the weight on your shoulders of just being who you are gone.Â
He picks his sketchbook back up, going back to drawing.Â

His stomach churns nervously. Thereâs a subtle shake to his hands, something that doesnât happen often. He likes to think heâs prepared for anything, conditioned enough to not be shaken by anything. Yet he canât help but feel unsure as Dr. Keller closes off your IV.Â
âSheâll be coming out of it soon.â Dr. Keller says. âSheâll be confused, disoriented. She might get combative. Your job is to talk to her, try to calm her and help ease her back into awareness. Sheâs a crier after heats, so I donât doubt there will be tears. She may get sick as well.â She gives him a reassuring smile. âItâll be alright. Coming out of a heat is hard, and so is coming out of sedation. Both at the same time is always a struggle.âÂ
There was a time he thought maybe sedation would be the easiest way to deal with a heat, but from what heâs hearing, he might have been wrong. Sure it might be easier in the moment to not have those week long symptoms of intense desire, the fever, the desperation. Coming out of it though? From what heâs heard so far, itâs not as easy as it sounds. Heâs been through it, coming out of sedation after an injury in the field. Itâs a confusing feeling, disorienting enough before you find out days or weeks have passed. Itâs hard to conceptualize without all those hormones going crazy in your head.Â
You start to stir, your brows pinching as you slowly begin to wake. You let out a groan, reaching for the feeding tube immediately. Dr. Keller gently pushes your hands away, nodding to Johnny. Your brows furrow deeper, a groan leaving your lips as you begin to move more and more.Â
âEasy, kitten.â He says, leaning down close to you, projecting his scent so you can hopefully get a whiff of it to help calm you. âIâve got ye. Yer alright.â He brushes your hair back from your sweaty forehead as you continue to groan. He takes your hand as you reach for the tube again, squeezing it gently.
You crack your eyes open for a moment before quickly pinching them shut. Dr. Keller reaches up, turning off the overhead light before leaning down close to you again. Sheâs projecting her natural beta scent as well to try and help calm you. âIâm going to remove the tube, I know itâs uncomfortable.âÂ
Johnny has to look away again as Dr. Keller removes the feeding tube, pressing his face into your hair as he projects his scent even more. You squeeze his hand back, the other gripping the side of the bed. You take in a harsh, gasping breath before you begin to cry, tears spilling out of your eyes as you sob. He had heard that youâre a crier after your heat from Kyle, heâs just never witnessed it before.Â
It takes him back to just a few weeks ago in Johnâs office when you had sat there crying as they interrogated you. It had made him uneasy, the stress and the fear clouding your scent. The fear heâd felt in those moments, listening to you cry and panic, nearly sending yourself into distress before John had calmed you. He might have done more, but he had been angry, angry at whoever put those cameras in your room, and slightly at you for keeping it from them for so long.Â
He canât blame it completely on you, though. That had been back in the time where you still werenât sure if you could trust them, before you fully opened yourself to them. Maybe they were slightly at fault for not making you feel like you could trust them, for not being realistic with you about the dangers. Sure you had been warned, had it drilled into your head why your safety was paramount, but maybe they had kept too much hidden from you. Maybe they had put you in more danger by trying to keep you safe.Â
Your eyes are still pinched closed as you continue to cry, sobs wracking your body as you grip his hand tightly. It tugs at his chest as he whispers quietly against your hair, trying to get you to recognize him, pull you out of the confusion and disorientation you must be feeling. You begin to hyperventilate, your hand slipping from his as you try to push yourself up. Dr. Keller already has the bed lifting, her other hand holding a vomit bag in front of you. It seems almost instinctual, but sheâs been through this many times before. She had told him how many during one of their talks, when heâd asked her how long she's been working with omegas. He hadnât realized just how little he really knew about your doctor before now.Â
Johnny has to look away as you vomit into the bag, his own stomach churning. Not just because of you being ill, but also because of how distressing this all seems. How you havenât gone into distress is a miracle to him, but perhaps youâre still too out of it to be that aware.Â
Your breathing has calmed just slightly, your forehead beaded with sweat. Dr. Keller removes the vomit bag from in front of you, grabbing another and setting it on your lap.Â
âIâm going to dispose of this.â She says. âSheâs going to be sick for a while. Iâll grab more fluids and Iâll be back shortly.âÂ
Johnny nods, wiping at the sweat on your brow. You lean into his touch, letting out a quiet whine. His touch is gentle, almost scared he might hurt you in your fragile state. Youâre still crying, the tears cascading down your cheeks. His chest hurts, guilt and sorrow churning inside of him from seeing you in this state. All thought that sedation was the best option goes out the window as he holds the vomit bag for you, keeping your braid out of the way.Â
Kyle had told him about what it was like during your heat and after, partially to feed his curiosity, but also in case something like this happened where he had to be the one taking care of you. Heâd heard about the pain, the tears, the disorientation. This is different, though. This is far worse than what Kyle had described to him.Â
Dr. Keller returns, IV bag in hand. She removes the empty bag and replaces it with the full one, hooking it up to your IV. You have to be thirsty after a few days of having nothing but a feeding tube and the fluids to keep you going during your fever.Â
Johnny catches her hand as she pulls out a syringe, small enough to be discreet. Something tickles in the back of his mind as he stares at it, his instincts on edge.Â
âWhat is that?â He asks, starting to get defensive, his metaphorical hackles rising. Â
âPain medicine.â She says simply, handing it to him. She has to be able to read him, sensing the sudden protectiveness wafting off of him.Â
He takes the syringe, reading the label. Morphine. He feels silly for distrusting the doctor. Sheâs never proven herself untrustworthy. While he knows they canât be too trusting of anyone, sheâs never done you any harm, never given them a reason to suspect her. She wouldn't hurt you, not after the dedication heâs seen from her these last few days alone.Â
âShe might need it later once sheâs more aware.â She continues, taking the syringe back when he hands it to her, putting it back in her pocket. âHer body just went through an intense hormonal cycle and those hormonal levels are now dropping suddenly. It can cause a wide range of symptoms from crying to illness to physical pain. When omegas are allowed to go through that cycle naturally, usually with an alpha, the symptoms of coming down from that cycle are typically less severe compared to when sedation is used, of course besides the physical pain. The pain with sedation is obviously quite different from the pain when the cycle happens naturally with an alpha.âÂ
Johnnyâs brows furrow as he rests his hand over yours, your breaths stuttering through your sobs. Your hands are clutching at the blanket, one of yours heâd grabbed from your room in hopes the familiar comfort might help you through the process. He hates that youâre in pain like this, he hates that youâre in pain at all. Heâs beginning to feel the bubbling anger deep in his stomach at Simon for letting you endure this. He has no idea. Heâs isolated himself for your safety, and heâll never get to see what this is like, what youâre going through right now.Â
Dr. Keller says your name softly, leaning against the side of the bed, electing to ignore the swirling emotions of her fellow beta. Heâs not her concern, you are. âCan you open your eyes for me?âÂ
You continue to cry, but you manage to get your eyes opened, squinting at her through your tears. Dr. Keller takes your face in her hands, using her thumbs to gently pull down your lower lids, trying to get a good look at your eyes. You try to jerk away, letting out possibly the cutest defiant sound Johnny has ever heard, and he might have reacted had it been a different situation. Instead he leans over the side of the bed again, talking to you quietly so you calm a bit. You do relax at the sound of his voice, his scent projecting even more to try and comfort you, bring you back into reality.Â
âThere we go.â Dr. Keller says, looking at your eyes before she gives you a soft smile. âWelcome back.â She removes her hands from your face leaning against the bed rail again. âIt's all over. You did perfectly.â
You let out another groan, lifting a hand weakly before letting it drop back against your stomach.Â
âI know you're thirsty.â Dr. Keller says. âI'll get you some soon. We need to make sure your stomach has settled for now.âÂ
Your eyes squeeze closed as you start to cry again, your inhales shaky as the tears start sliding down your cheeks. Johnny shushes you gently, petting your hair. Sweat still drips down your face, your hands curling around the edge of the blanket.Â
You try to push yourself up to sit, Dr. Keller immediately understanding what you need again as she lifts the vomit bag up to your mouth.
Johnny peels your hand from around the blanket, holding it tightly. His own stomach is churning but he swallows it back, bringing your hand up to his face. He kisses the back, the skin clammy and warm to the touch. Your scent is a swirl of things heâs never smelled before, drowning out the natural sweetness. Kyle had mentioned how your scent and Johnâs change during the heat and after. He hardly recognizes it right now, and he finds himself missing the sweet scent of strawberries.Â
Your fingers squeeze around his as you lay back against the bed, eyes cracked open and sniffling as the tears continue to slide down your cheeks. You let out a groan, tugging weakly at his hand.Â
âHi kitten.â He says, leaning over the bed rail again. âYer alright. Get ye feeling better soon.âÂ
Your inhale is shaky, catching in your chest. You weakly tug his hand towards your face pressing your sweaty cheek against his skin. You nuzzle against his hand, your tongue darting out to lick his skin. He can't help but chuckle, wiping at a tear that falls with his thumb. Youâre still out of it, but he knows thatâs a sign that youâre starting to come through, starting to come back to yourself through the haze.Â
You let out a long groan as you pull away from his hand, licking at your lips. They're horribly chapped, almost rivaling Simon's, but at least you have an excuse.
âThirsty?â Dr. Keller asks, returning to the bedside with a cup of water. âDrink slowly, you'll get sick again.â She warns, holding the straw up to your lips.Â
You manage to do as she says and take small sips of the water despite how thirsty he knows you must be. Johnny keeps caressing your face with his thumb, your fingers still laced with his.Â
âLet me get your vitals.â Dr. Keller says, setting the cup of water on the table. You let out a groan in protest, smacking your lips, obviously wanting more. âYou can have more in a minute. Too much on your stomach could upset it, and Iâm sure the last thing you want to do right now is get sick again.â
You let out a quiet grunt, leaning your cheek against his hand once again. Your skin is still a bit warm to the touch, but that could just be from the exertion of trying to come out of sedation and being sick. Dr. Keller takes your vitals once more, recording them on her sheet. Sheâs been tracking them your entire heat, using them to judge how far along you are since she doesnât have the benefit of you being awake to track the symptoms that way. He had wondered why she tracked them on paper, but then he remembered John telling him about how Shepherd had requested all of your private records and Dr. Kellerâs notes.Â
She is smart. Heâll give her that.Â
âThings look good, even if you might not feel like it right now.â She says.
You try to shift on the bed but you let out a quiet groan, freeing your hand from his.Â
âHurting?â Dr. Keller asks.
You nod, letting out a whine. It tickles in the back of his brain, his beta wanting to reach out and comfort you, but he knows he canât. He canât ease the physical pain. One downside to beta evolution. Their ancestors never learned how to fix physical pain. Maybe that would have made them too perfect. All he can do is try to comfort you through it.Â
âLet's get some pain meds in you.â She says, pulling the syringe out of her pocket again. âThen we can get you somewhere more comfortable.â
She injects the pain medicine through your IV, giving it a few minutes to begin working before disconnecting you from all the machines. Johnny helps her get you in a sweatshirt, wanting to keep you warm. You are shaking, though what that might be related to heâs not sure. Perhaps everything.Â
Dr. Keller hands him the cup of water. âKeep her drinking. I'll go grab a car, then we can get her back to the barracks.âÂ

You feel far too light in Johnnyâs arms as he carries you from the car into the barracks. Simon is nowhere to be seen, though he hadnât expected a welcome back party from his alpha. Heâs probably still hiding out in his office, or in the gym, his usual hiding spot. Johnny is kind of glad heâs not here, though he would like to rub it in his face, the decision heâd made.Â
Johnny takes you to his room, still avoiding yours. Itâs almost like a crime scene, Johnny tempted to take it off. He knows placing you in there might make you panic when you wake up after everything. Thatâs the last thing he wants. So instead he takes you to the place youâve spent the last almost six weeks in, somewhere youâll recognize the scent and be comfortable when you wake up.Â
You roll onto your side as soon as he lays you down, curling up on his blankets. He drapes yours over you, tucking it around your shoulders before he steps back out into the hallway.Â
âKeep her hydrated. Lots of water, tea, clear sodas.â Dr. Keller instructs him. âShe'll be drowsy for a while because of the pain medicine. Give her a couple hours and once the pain meds wear off and her stomach settles a bit, try her with some bland foods. She did well with mashed potatoes after her last heat. Sheâs going to be out of it and sick for a few days. Keep an eye out for anything abnormal. Vomiting blood, canât keep food down, if she complains about pain somewhere or is hard to wake, give me a call.âÂ
âGot it.â Johnny nods, committing everything sheâs told him in the last ten minutes to memory.Â
âYou did really well.â She says, giving him a soft smile. âYou should be proud of yourself.âÂ
âThank you, doctor.â He nods, internally beaming at her praise.Â
âKeep me updated, and donât be afraid to call.â She says.Â
He watches her walk to the door, Simonâs door opening as soon as sheâs gone. He at least looks guilty, like the shame is eating him alive. Johnny hasnât seen him like this in a long time, not since he caused you to distress. It makes him a little too happy to see him in such a state.Â
âHow is she?â He asks, not moving from in front of his door.Â
The sound of you vomiting into a vomit bag reaches their ears. Simon at least has the decency to flinch at the sound. Itâs subtle, probably unnoticeable had Johnny not been able to read his alpha like a book.Â
âSick.â He says, trying to hide his anger and disappointment. Theyâre complex feelings. He knew Simon would turn you down if you asked for his own reasons, but now after seeing what happens when thereâs no alpha available during a heat, he almost hates Simon for doing this to you. âConfused. Still a bit out of it.âÂ
âYou know I couldnât do it.â Simon says, using that uncanny ability to read everyone around him.Â
Johnny hates it sometimes.
He turns to glance at you through his open door as you continue to be sick. Youâre going to be miserable for the next few days, likely more than you are usually after your heats. This one will be less physical pain after taking knots for a week straight, and more pain from being sedated, pain from being mostly immobile, pain from just being alive and carrying this status. Such pain omegas live with, physically, mentally, emotionally.Â
He hates it.Â
âYe donât know what it was like.â He says, his hands closing into fists. âSeeing her like that.âÂ
You let out a long whine, a sob tearing from your chest as you inhale. Tears prick behind Johnnyâs eyes as he holds Simonâs gaze. âYe just had to say no.â He shakes his head, turning to go back into his room.Â

He doesn't want to tell you. He can see the look on your face already. The disappointment. The pain. The agony. He can smell the souring of your scent already, the painful grief filling it and there will be nothing he can do to ease it. It's a rare moment they've left you alone in the last month and a half, forced to after a call with Kate and Shepherd.
He's not even sure how to approach it.Â
He opens his bedroom door slowly, his stomach clenching as he looks in at you. You're on the bed, wrapped in a blanket where he left you, cuddled against your big bear. He doesn't want to wake you, especially not for this but he has to. He has no choice. You have to know.Â
He lets out a sigh as he sinks down on the edge of his bed, gently putting a hand on your shoulder. âKitten?â He shakes you gently. âKitten, wake up.â
You inhale sharply, startling awake despite his attempt to be gentle. Thereâs a sharp spike of fear in your scent for a moment as youâre yanked from sleep suddenly, but it fades as soon as you realize where you are and who is with you. You turn over onto your back, winding up resting against his knee as you rub your eyes.Â
âJohnny?â You croak, still partly asleep.Â
âSi and I just got off a call with Kate.â He says carefully, not wanting to scare you too much.Â
You're wide awake immediately, pushing yourself up to sit. You swallow nervously, your scent already souring. âWhat is it?â Your voice wavers as you ask, eyes already shining with tears.Â
âJohn and Kyle are fine.â He says, regretting not starting with that. He can see the temporary relief on your face. âBut, they need some backup for this one.âÂ
It takes a moment for your brain to process his words. A hole tears through the center of his chest as he watches the realization hit, your face falling as your scent begins to sour even more. Your arms wrap around yourself as you stare at him, the relief gone from your face as you stare at him. He swallows the lump in his own throat, your scent causing his beta to stir, the drive to comfort you itching in his brain. He canât though, he canât comfort you through this.Â
Your voice shakes, a tear sliding down your cheek as you figure out what it is he woke you to say, why Kate had called. Your inhale is shaky, catching in your chest before you speak.Â
âYou're both leaving too, arenât you.âÂ

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Masterlist!! (Mobile friendly)
These are in a timeline! I heavily recommend reading them in order. From The Hobbit to LOTR (Harry Potter stuff is probs going to be below my Tolkien stuff!
The Hobbit
Imagine Y/N being there when Thorin cuts off Azogâs hand in battle.
Incorrect quotes #3
Imagine Y/N being sent from the dungeons with Thorin to talk to Thranduil
Imagine Bard showing Y/N the black arrow.
Imagine hiding in the throne room when Legolas and Thranduil interrogate the orc.
Imagine breaking the dwarves out of the dungeons of the woodland realm.
Imagine Y/N being there when Tauriel saves Kili. (Not cannon to the Pethryn au)
LOTR
Imagine the reactions of the fellowship when Y/N took the blade for Frodo on Weathertop (Amon Sûl)
Imagine arriving in Rivendell with the fellowship.
Imagine Y/N sitting at the council of Rivendell with Legolas.
Imagine Y/N sassing Boromir at the council of Rivendell (Incorrect quotes #1
Imagine Legolas and Aragorn teasing you at the council of Rivendell (Incorrect quotes #2)
Imagine Y/N sitting at the council of Rivendell while everyone is arguing.
Imagine leaving Rivendell with the Company of the ring
Imagine Y/N giving the answer to the riddle at the doors of Moria.
Imagine Y/N being there when Gandalf gets captured by the Balrog in the mines of Moria
Imagine entering the woods of LothlĂłrien with the Company of the Ring.
Harry Potter (Golden Era)
Draco
Imagine Showing up in Third year of the Golden Trio Era (set up for later imagines)
Imagine showing up at the Dursley's house to pick up Harry(Pethryn au)
Imagine Being on the train with the golden trio and Remus Lupin. (Pethryn au)
Imagine Draco secretly wanting Y/N
Marauder Era
Sirius
Imagine comforting Sirius (X reader drabble)
James
Real or not real? (series James Potter X reader)
F1
Max Verstappen
I'm always funny, you're just not smart enough to keep up. (teaser)
Task Force 141
Ghost, Johnny and Kyle
Just a little turned around