Mathias always hated how people were classified as an Alpha, a Beta, or an Omega. He hated the stereotypes that come with them. He hated how Omegas are considered the "weakest" with their small body-types and wide hips and big eyes. Though Tino doesn't exactly help counter that stereotype… He hated the heats and the pills and the smells… Mathias hated being an Omega.
How come he had to be an Omega? He didn't exactly look like one with his height of 6'2" and his large frame. He was built more like an Alpha. He always figured that maybe the smells were just simply wrong on him and maybe everyone just accidentally mistook him for an Omega.
That is until his first heat.
He made a promise to himself to never go through that again. It was hell.
Since then, he's been taking pills to suppress his heat and smell. No one could ever even guess that he's actually an Omega. He would even pick fights with his 6'3" Alpha younger brother, Berwald, in school just to prove that he's not an Omega. He even convinced himself. And if anyone guessed that Mathias was an Alpha, he wasn't about to correct them.
Mathias finished up his work for the day at Beilschmidt Repair. He loves working on cars. It allows him to forget that he's actually an Omega and the mask he puts up in front of other people. Here, in the solitude of the garage, he can finally be himself. Mathias wipes off his hands and yells a quick goodbye to his boss before heading out to his truck. He glances down at his phone to see he received a text from his brother.
7:30… today. Please be there on time. - B
Mathias chuckled at the bluntness of his brother's text. It was just like Berwald to send a text like that for some get-together, though Mathias wasn't particularly looking forward to meeting Tino's "family." Berwald recently mated a little Finn Omega named Tino Väinämöinen that he met through work. Berwald works at some publishing firm, that Mathias never bothered to learn the name of, as the head manager and Tino started working as a secretary for one of the other managers about a year ago. They fell in love and Tino quit his job so they can be together because of the firm's dating policy. Now Tino works at a small café down the street where Berwald goes to get his lunch and to see Tino.
Mating creates a bond between the two mates that is near unbreakable. They are able to sense each other's moods and feelings more easily. According to Tino, it is a wonderful feeling and no other experience can quite compare to the creation of a bond. To mate, an Omega does not have to go into heat. Regular sex will suffice as long as there's enough love to create a bond from both sides. Mathias has heard of cases where people thought they could create a bond and failed. Also, a bond does not have to be created with just an Alpha and an Omega, but it's more rare other ways. To be honest, Mathias doesn't care about ever experiencing this. He'd prefer to just live his life as he had been rather than worrying about some stupid mating, much to the protests of Tino.
Since Berwald and Tino have become "official", today was the day that Berwald and Mathias have to meet Tino's "family." Yes, family with quotes, because they're not actually related to Tino by blood. Apparently, Lukas and Emil Bondy-something are good friends to Tino and they basically grew up together. Tino considers them his closest family, so that's who they're meeting today. Tino's a good guy though. Your typical Omega, but it's like he was made for Berwald and vice-versa. They are too perfect.
Mathias quickly drove home so he could shower off the smell of grease and sweat and threw on some fresher, nicer clothes. He still had some time left so he checked his email and watched some T.V. before leaving for his brother's house.
When he arrived he was greeted at the door by Tino.
"Moi Mathias! Glad you could make it!" He said with a bright smile. Mathias laughed and gave the Finn a small hug.
"Of course, Tino! Why wouldn't I?" The Omega smelt like gingerbread, sugar, and Christmas. Very sweet, exactly like an Omega should. No wonder Berwald liked him so much, his brother always had a bit of a sweet tooth, typical Alpha. "Where's Berwald?" the Dane asked as he walked inside.
"In the kitchen. He won't let me cook," Tino said with a mock pout. Mathias laughed. That was the one thing about his brother and Tino that wasn't so stereotypical, Berwald loves to cook and Tino cooks the weirdest looking (and tasting) shit. Berwald usually cooks the meals, unless Tino gave the Swede the puppy look.
"Alright." He went into the kitchen and found Berwald just like the Finn said. Cooking.
"Hey Waldo!" Mathias said as he pounced on the Swede who just groaned and shoved him off. "It's been soo long! How's the mated life? Tired of it yet? Hahaha!"
"M'thias," he muttered with a roll of his eyes. "Don't sneak 'p on m' like tha'. And nej, I'm no' 'tired 'f it'."
"Riiiight, so whatcha makin'?"
"None 'f yer business."
"Sure it is."
"Nej 't isn't."
"Well, I'm gonna be eatin' it so it kinda is."
"No, it isn't."
"Ye-"
"Boys!" chuckled Tino without any authority, silencing them both. "Honestly, you two are already fighting? Mathias, could you come help me set the table?"
"Sure," Mathias replied and made to follow Tino but not without quickly whispering "It is." to his brother first.
As they were setting the table Tino turned to Mathias and said, "Don't worry about tonight Mathias, I know that sometimes you are anxious around new people but Lukas and Emil are very understanding and patient." Mathias panicked for a moment thinking that Berwald told his mate his true nature, but Tino continued on not noticing Mathias's expression, "So they'll understand if you're a bit shy. Everyone is." Ohhh.
"Me? Shy? Sure you're not talking about Berwald?" laughed Mathias loudly and Tino gave a small smile.
"I guess you'll be fine. Oh! That's the door! Lukas and Emil must be here! Do you mind setting the rest of these plates down?" At Mathias's nod, Tino handed off the plates and hurried to the door.
"Hey Waldo! The in-laws are here!" he yelled to the kitchen incase Berwald didn't hear the door. Berwald came into the dining room just as Tino entered talking rapidly to the guests behind him.
The first person to enter behind Tino had a very neutral, low-key smell clearly of a Beta's. He smelled like ice and liquorish… and a bit like fish too… or bird…? Maybe both… He was small, about Tino's height and lean. He had silver-ish, shaggy hair and purple-ish eyes like Tino's, except his was slightly bluer. He seemed just like the typical Beta. Then the second person walked in.
What Mathias noticed first was the smell. Actually, it was more like it hit him like a wall. It was… it was… amazing. It smelled so good, like snow and pine trees… and rain. Mathias just wanted to roll around in the scent forever. The guy smelled all manly and Alpha-y and- what the hell Mathias?! Pull it together!
Mathias was shocked at himself, did he really just think all those things about some Alpha? He started to panic slightly. Were the pills not working? Did he even take the pills today? Oh wait, yeah, he did. Otherwise, Berwald would've said something. As much as Mathias and Berwald don't get along, Berwald actually helps Mathias with the suppressing of his nature. Mathias isn't sure why, probably because he thinks that Mathias should be an Alpha too, or maybe he just doesn't feel like getting into another fight with the Dane… or maybe he feels bad that he's actually weaker than an Omega. Focus Mathias!
The Alpha was lean, not overly muscular like Berwald and Mathias, though there were definitely some muscles underneath those clothes… Mmmm… Shut-up!
He looked about 5'8" with a cold and disinterested outer-demeanor and deep, blue eyes. He had soft-looking fair, blonde hair and part of his bangs was pulled back with a silver cross clip. He was so pretty… He actually looked like a stereotypical Beta, except his scent was so over-powering that it made Mathias want to curl up in a warm blanket in it and not do anything. To be honest, it scared him.
He glanced at Tino and Berwald to see if they've noticed anything off about the Alpha, but Tino seemed unaffected as well as Berwald, who gave a sharp glance at the Dane. Mathias realized that Tino had been introducing them to his friends, and Mathias gave a more confident smile than what he was feeling.
"Berwald, Mathias, this is Emil," Tino said as he gestured towards the Beta who gave a small nod. Then he turned to the good-smelling Alpha. "And Lukas Bondevik."
"Pleasure," Lukas said with an accent as he held out his hand which Mathias actually flinched away from. Luckily, no one noticed and Berwald accepted it. What was wrong with him? Since when was physical contact with an Alpha something that Mathias couldn't handle?
Needless to say, dinner was pure torture for the poor Omega.
Mathias tried to act like his loud, boisterous normal self, but Berwald could definitely tell something was wrong, judging from the questioning looks he received from his brother. He tried not to talk too much to Lukas on the far side of the table, but if he had to address him, he didn't make eye-contact. He would look at his mouth or at somebody else instead. It seemed as if Tino noticed something too because, right after he gave Berwald a look, the Swede stood up.
"T'me fer dessert. M'thias, c'me help me," Berwald said as he headed to the kitchen. The Dane reluctantly stood up followed him.
When they were both in the kitchen, away from the ears in the dining room, Berwald turned to his older brother. "Wha' 's wr'ng with ya?"
Mathias looked slightly shocked at his brother's slight display of anger, and almost submitted like his Omega-self wanted to. Luckily, he caught himself and stood his ground with only a single stutter.
"N-nothing! Well, maybe. Actually, I don't know!" Berwald's anger dissipated slightly as he calmed down.
"Wha' do ya mean?"
"Ehm… I don't know. I think there might be something wrong with the pills though," Mathias muttered quietly. The Alpha's concern sky-rocketed and was slightly over-bearing for Mathias. He could smell the distress on his brother, and was worried that Tino and the others might be able to smell it too, though it was unlikely that Lukas and Emil could since they just met him.
"Really? D' ya need ta go h'me?"
"No!" Mathias quickly said hoping to calm down his younger brother. "Look, I'll be fine, 'kay? I just need to calm down for a moment."
Berwald looked hesitant but finally he nodded and grabbed the dessert. "Bring tha s'lverw're when ya c'me," he said as he reluctantly left the kitchen.
After a few moments of composing himself away from the over-bearing smell of Lukas, he grabbed the silverware and made his way back the dining room where Berwald was serving the dessert.
Mathias smiled his usual grin and handed out the silverware. Yeah, he could totally do this. No problem. He gave a fork to Emil and then Lukas, who looked at him as their fingers touched and said, "Thank you." Mathias swore his heart fell out of his chest. He felt like a rabbit cornered by a fox. What should he do?
Luckily, his body knew exactly what to do because he casually responded back with a grin and a cocky "It's nothing."
The second half went by much more smoothly. Yes, the Alpha's smell hadn't waned any and Mathias was restraining himself the entire time from indulging himself in it. And yes, Mathias didn't stop fidgeting and shaking the entire time. However, no one noticed the Dane's strange attitude and even Berwald seemed a bit more relaxed than before.
Tino and Emil were talking about the strange customers they meet in their jobs. Apparently, Emil works for the local hospital as one of their general practitioners. He enjoys it though one of the nurses seems to get on his nerves a bit. Then, Lukas mentioned something about one of his customers and Tino seemed to remember something.
"Oh! Berwald, Mathias! Lukas is an artist. He does all kinds of things - painting, sculptures, photography… They're really quite amazing! You should see his work sometime! He gets requests all the time!"
Lukas chuckled a bit, slightly flattered by Tino's boasting. "Not quite 'all the time' Tino, but I do get a decent amount."
The conversation somehow switched to Mathias's and Berwald's jobs afterwards and Lukas asked Mathias about his SUV and if the Dane could take a look at it sometime. To which Mathias replied with a "sure" and (reluctantly) gave the Alpha the address of the garage.
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Mathias was ordered to fill in a request about a broken heater in the local hospital. The garage doesn't only fix automobiles but also appliances as well every now and then. Granted, they're not as good as the professionals but they're local and cheaper. Of course, Mathias hates doing these requests the most, especially since he usually has to go into somebody's home. However, the boss gave him a hospital request. Now this was something that he could do.
Mathias's boss is actually one of the few people that knows about Mathias's "predicament" and is usually careful about the type of job he gives to the Dane. Ludwig Beilschmidt, owner of Beilschmidt Repair, is a strict, hard-working Alpha. At first, he had his doubts about Mathias working at the garage but when he saw the Omega work, he knew he needed the Dane on his team. He needed somebody who was friendly, could work on several different things, and wouldn't slack off (unlike a certain brother of his who also works at the garage). Ludwig is mated to Feliciano Vargas, a cheery Omega who will sometimes bring lunch in for the garage (though it's almost always pasta).
Surprisingly, Mathias liked hospitals. Well, not going to one, but working for one was okay. Hospitals were sterile and the smells were down to a minimum due to the amount of Betas that worked there compared to Alphas and Omegas and also due to the suppressants they use in the facility. It made Mathias a little less self-conscientious and allowed him to work in peace without a home-owner over his shoulder.
He was almost done with the thing too. There were just a few rusted parts and some screws missing. Nothing too bad, but enough to get his mind off of some things… or should he say someone? Mathias thought of the last two times he saw Lukas. The first was when he went to grab at the café where Tino worked.
Mathias had woken up late that day and didn't have time to make himself lunch. So, when lunchtime rolled around and the Dane noticed that he was lunch-less, he decided to check out where Tino worked. According to Berwald it was really good, but Mathias thought that the opinion was biased. And he only got lost once on the way there.
The café was actually nice and the food looked really good. Mathias spotted Tino right away taking customers' orders and bustling around behind the counter. When he finally got to the counter Tino looked shocked but happy to see him.
"Mathias! What are you doing here?"
"Lunch," he chuckled.
"You just missed Berwald," Tino said.
"Really? Ah damn. Oh well." Mathias is a people person like Tino, sure he doesn't like meeting new people, especially Alphas, at first but he loves talking. So he was slightly hoping to catch his brother on lunch break.
"Y'know," Tino started off with a smile. "Lukas is eating right over there." Mathias's eyes widened as he looked over to the table where, sure enough, the Norwegian was sitting. He didn't notice earlier because the café was busy so the Alpha's smells were covered up, but now that Mathias knew he was here he could clearly pick out the pine tree Alpha scent. "I felt bad 'cause I promised to get lunch with him today but right now's a bad time, but with you here I won't have to worry!" Mathias was torn between Tino's hopeful face and the fact that he'd have to face that Alpha again. Mathias inwardly sighed giving into the Finn.
"Alright, sounds good," he responded more confidentially than he felt.
"Yay! Oh thank you! Oh, and here's your order~"
So, Mathias went over and greeted Lukas who seemed surprised to see the Dane, probably because he didn't smell him coming over to the table. Then again, with the suppressants he was taking, it was hard to smell him at all unless you specifically knew his smell and what to look for.
After a few awkward silent moments with bits of small talk between the two of the, Mathias started to relax. It was probably due to the fact that the café was so crowded, so Mathias couldn't smell the Alpha as strongly. In reality, Lukas wasn't that intimidating. Tino was probably more intimidating… actually that's a bit exaggerated, but you get the point.
Lukas was just a person who's hard to excite. He doesn't feel the need to express emotion in any form. Of course, Mathias has had experience with this (Berwald), so he wasn't affected by the Norwegian's seemingly cold personality. In fact, he was… interesting.
Mathias was intrigued by the Alpha's likes, dislikes, beliefs, everything. And he found himself wanting to learn everything about the Norwegian – his favorite color, food, song. They talked about their jobs and how Lukas was running low on inspiration, which is why he was here, and his gallery was opening to the public sometime next week. Mathias was so caught up in the conversation he didn't even realize that he was late for work!
It wasn't until later that he realized that he had probably been flirting with the Alpha. Mathias found this strange and didn't know what to think of it. So, he brushed it off as nothing.
The second time he saw the Norwegian Alpha was when Tino insisted that he and Berwald attend the opening of Lukas's gallery. If he was honest with himself, Mathias was nervous about seeing the Alpha again. Last time he saw him was in a small crowded café, but the gallery was more spacious with less people.
Mathias walked into the quaint, minimalistic gallery with Berwald and his mate. There were a few photos and sculptures, but there were mainly paintings. Mathias guessed that Lukas liked to paint the most because there were paintings of people, of cities, and of landscapes. One in particular caught his eye and he went over to take a look while Tino and Berwald were distracted with talking to Emil.
It was a painting of a small, serene lake surrounded by trees with a clear sky and mountains in the background where the peaks disappeared into the clouds and snow covered the tops. It was so detailed and beautiful.
"Do you like it?" a deep Norwegian voice cut through Mathias's thoughts. He jumped slightly, surprised that the Alpha snuck up on him so easily.
"Yeah, actually."
"Me too, it's my favorite." Mathias turned to him slightly.
"Why?"
Lukas gave a small smile. "I used to live near here when Emil was a baby with our parents. I miss it."
"So, it's in Norway?" Lukas gave a small nod, before turning away to greet the other guests.
Lukas is a strange Alpha. Interesting though. He's passionate about many things though he doesn't show it on the outside, and Mathias would like nothing more than to see the Alpha smile. But he'd also like nothing more than to never see him again. Lukas confused him, not only by his actions and words, but also by Mathias's reactions around the Norwegian.
Lately, though, it seems that all Mathias has been able to think about was that damned Alpha. When making his morning coffee, while working, during his morning jog… even T.V. reminded him of the pine-scented Norwegian. He can't get him out of his mind!
Mathias let the staff know about the heater and told them that's he will be coming back in a few days just to make sure everything's working fine. They thanked him and he headed back to work in the garage where he did an oil change and routine check-up on somebody's silver sedan.
"Mathias, are you doing anything right now?" asked Ludwig coming into the break room where Mathias was grabbing a quick drink.
"Nope, just finished the sedan. Why? Ya got another job for me boss?" Mathias grinned cheekily. Whenever Ludwig asked Mathias if he was busy it usually meant that he was getting a job outside of the garage or Gilbert was missing and Mathias has to cover for him.
"Sort of… I can't find my idiot bruder-" Ah, so it was the latter. "-again, and we have a new customer wanting to check out his Toyota Landcruiser. I'm thinking the alignment might be off."
"Sure, sounds simple enough."
Ludwig glanced around before telling Mathias in a lower voice, "The guy's an Alpha, is that going to be okay?" Mathias slightly deflated on the inside. Usually, he'd probably be okay with it, but ever since he's met Lukas he's been worried about his pills not working correctly. Of course, there's no way Mathias would tell his boss that.
"Ja sure, shouldn't be a problem!"
"Well, alright. If there is one, let me know immediately." Ludwig turned and walked out, presumably to find his lazy, older brother.
Mathias put down his drink and walked into the garage to get started on the job. He smelled him before he saw him. The very damned over-bearing, pine tree-smelling Alpha he was hoping to avoid.
Mathias took a deep breath before letting the Norwegian know he was here.
"So! You came!" God, that sounded slightly awkward, and Mathias tried to cover it up with a small laugh. Lukas turned around to face Mathias. He narrowed his eyes in thought but didn't say anything about what was on his mind.
"Yes, I thought you might be able to help," he said in his deep, accented voice with a motion to his car. Even though Mathias was trying to keep his distance that voice made Mathias just want to get closer to the Norwegian. He actually started to take a step before he realized what he was doing and stopped himself.
"Right, I'll see what I can do." Mathias walked over to the driver's side of the car and was about to open the door when Lukas held up the keys.
"Would you like these?" he said with a slight smirk. Mathias's heart did a summersault and he chuckled.
"Ja, that might be helpful." He quickly grabbed the keys from Lukas and looked at the SUV for a bit.
"Alright," the Dane said after a few minutes, more to himself than anyone. "Your wheels might be out of alignment-"
"That's what that guy- Alpha said," Lukas interrupted.
"Ludwig," Mathias absent mindedly corrected. "Right… Anyway, it looks like we'll have to keep it overnight to work on it. The process takes a little while in order to fix it, but it's pretty simple. It definitely shouldn't cost more than $95 and that's for a four-wheel fix. Let me just go check with the boss and make sure everything's good to go." Mathias quickly hurried off to find Ludwig, mainly to ask if the German Alpha could take Lukas home. However, luck just wasn't in Mathias's favor that day and the Norwegian ended up following the Dane out to his truck.
"Thank you for the ride," the Alpha said once he got into the truck. Mathias muttered a quick (and slightly sarcastic) "anytime" while trying not to breathe. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. That Alpha scent is going to linger in his car for days if not weeks and he knows it. He felt like he was being suffocated by the musty, pine and rain scent. The Norwegian probably had no idea how he was affecting the Dane next to him. How was he affecting him anyway?
Most Alphas Mathias had ever met didn't have a scent this strong or, if they did, it usually wore off by the second or third meeting. This was the fourth meeting and it still made Mathias want to curl up against the Alpha and sniff him. And it's not like the smell was bad or anything… he actually was just unbearably good-smelling. It was irritating. How did he even do that?
The car ride was mainly in silence with the exception of Lukas's voice cutting through with directions to his house. Each time he did that, Mathias trembled and twitched. As soon as he dropped the guy off, he decided, he's going straight home to take another pill. Fuck, Ludwig will understand… probably. He's been mated to an Omega for a while and they have no kids yet, so they must be doing something to prevent that from happening. Unless, of course, they're not doing anything… Mathias shuddered. Why the hell was he thinking about his boss's sex life?
Mathias finally pulled up to Lukas's house after what seemed like the longest car ride of his life. Lukas opened the door and jumped out.
"Thanks again for the ride."
"Yeah, no problem!" Just keep smiling. Don't sniff the air. Don't make eye contact.
"You have my number and you will call once it's finished?"
"Yep! Don't worry about it!"
"Alright…" Lukas was about to shut the door when he thought of something. "Should I get a ride tomorrow or will someone come pick me up?" Damn, Mathias totally forgot about that. Since they're a pretty small business, they usually offer to give rides to and from the garage to help their customers if their car is staying overnight.
"It's up to you. We do both." Lukas gave a small nod at that and thanked the Dane again before shutting the door and walking up to his small two-story house. As soon as the Norwegian shut the front door, Mathias rolled down all of his windows and quickly sped home before heading back to work.
The next day was no better.
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Mathias was about ready to leave out his front door and go to work when he received a call from his boss.
"Guten morgen, Mathias."
"Godmorgen. Somethin' I can help ya with boss?"
"Ja, you remember that customer from yesterday? The one you took home?" Fuck.
"Yes?"
"He called in this morning and needs a ride. Apparently his brother is already at work and couldn't get a ride from him. Feli dropped me off this morning or else I would. I know it's a bit out of your way, but it'd be a big help."
"Nej, it's okay, I can do it," Mathias said with his heart dropping into the pit of his stomach.
"Really? Gut. Dankeshön, Mathias."
"Sure, no prob." Shit. Just his luck. Of course he wouldn't be able to avoid the Alpha today.
Mathias pulled up to the Norwegian's house with the windows already rolled down. He figured that if the windows were already rolled down, he wouldn't have to look rude by rolling them down right after the Alpha got in. Lukas got up to the red truck and climbed into the passenger's side. His hair was still wet as if he just got out of the shower, and you'd think that because he just had a shower he wouldn't have that strong of a scent. Man was that assumption wrong.
How is it that his scent was stronger after a shower and with all of the windows down? Mathias literally began to hyperventilate. He felt suffocated. He just needed to calm down. Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe- actually, that wasn't helping.
"Sorry, Mathias?" Lukas started.
"Ja?" Mathias slightly jolted.
"Is it alright if I roll the windows up? I just got out of the shower and I don't want to get sick." No! It is not alright! It's your fault they're down in the first place anyway with your yummy manly Alpha scent going all over the place and sticking everywhere!
"Sure." And the windows went up locking Mathias, Lukas, and the rainy-piney Alpha scent in the truck.
Looking back, how Mathias survived the next 15 minutes, he'll never know.
A/N
Hope you liked the first chapter of my omegaverse!
Sorry if Mathias seemed OOC... I tried to correct it... he's better in the second chapter :) And I know it's a bit rushed... and there are probably alot of mistakes because I really didn't bother editing it before I published it.
Also, if you have questions about my omegaverse, go ahead and ask :) it's slightly different than other people's.
Please tell me what you think! Second chapter should be up within a few days!
((And sorry about the sucky title DX))