The Omega Spark
Chapter One: Respite
Author's Note: on AO3 which has the explicit version, this first chapter is actually two, just in case anyone gets confused moving from one version to the other. My pen name on AO3 is Akinasky as well.
6/24/2105 – Thank you to Lord Kiras Hand for letting me know the story was all in code, annoys me sometimes.
Too soon after the end of the holiday, Stiles found himself back in the hectic life of university. As Ricky started his accelerated program, a plan to get him into the Masters Program as fast as possible, Stiles didn't get to see much of his Beta. Derek was working hard on finishing up his Bachelors so he could sign up at the end of the semester for the Masters Program as well. Stiles though, he was still taking four classes because if he took to many then he wouldn't be able to stay caught up especially now that Ricky was taking six classes with a lot of busy work. Stiles had never been so proud of anyone like he was about Derek and Ricky both but he also felt left behind as once again, he closed the door on their very quiet and dark supposedly shared apartment. It had been about a month and a half now since their return to campus living and between course loads for all three of them and Derek's part time job at the garage, Stiles was spending far too much time alone.
"Honey I'm home," he called out with any expectation of answer before he kicked off his shoes next to the door and walked into the living room to drop his bag on the couch before flopping on the other side. His head flopped back on the armrest and he took in a deep and hopefully calming breath.
He missed his mates, a lot. Stiles knew that was why he was so sullen and tired but since they no longer felt the aggravating pull of a settling Bond, there was no need to always be in each other's space but that did not stop the desire to remain there. He was pretty sure the last time they had sex, was the day after they returned home. He came home after class and played video games or hung out with Scott which meant Alison and surprisingly this young girl named Kira Yukimura who was a Senior at Beacon Hills High school but she ended up on campus with their little pack a lot of afternoons. Stiles hadn't been given any straight answers about her new arrival here but he was determined to find out from his shifty best friend. Erica, Boyd and Isaac were thankfully getting along better and Isaac spent a lot of time with Stiles and Scott when his potential mates weren't around even though Erica hated that he was spending time with Scott. Then again, she seemed like the possessive and jealous type.
Stiles found himself constantly meeting new people as well, Weres and humans who wanted to meet the Omega who caused such a ruckus in the college and honestly Stiles didn't mind since it gave him a chance to learn opinions and facts about his kind from more and more people but he missed Derek and Ricky.
He sighed when his phone started jingling and it wasn't one of his mates' ringtones but he tugged his phone out of his pocket all the same. He looked at the screen and smiled a little before he answered the call.
"Hey Dad, what you up to? Shouldn't you be out catching bad guys?"
"Stiles, you know very well that when you left home most of my troublemakers went with you."
Stiles snickered at that, his friends were not innocent and they tended to band together to do stupid things and no one seemed to care that Stiles was the sheriff's son, only that he help them get out of trouble if they get caught. Too bad Stiles was really good at talking his dad down from shooting people because there was more than once when the man wanted to kill all of Stiles' friends.
"Anyway, I am calling because I know you are spending a lot of time alone and I was calling with a possible solution to all your free time."
"Oh?" Stiles asked, not getting excited until he knew what he was getting himself into since he could never tell with his dad.
"I know that there is a school newsletter or paper, they received not only your paper that you illegally put on the site but some of your finer work from high school. They are awaiting your call and Stiles; honestly, extra curricular activities are a really good idea. Don't shout 'no' until you've at least considered it and gone to speak to them."
Stiles rolled his eyes but actually he sort of liked the idea of getting a chance to start writing again. Ricky was the creative writer of the trio but Stiles knew how to Google and find information and deliver it back in an intuitive way that tended to bring other people around to his way of thinking. It would be a good opportunity and he knew the workers received credits and he could even find a way in because of this so he smiled, thinking his dad was going to flip when he answered. "I will do that for sure Dad, thanks for the idea."
John choked a little on his surprise before he cleared his throat with a chuckle, "Great! How are you doing?"
Stiles sobered at the question, he'd been calling his dad a lot about the separation between himself and his Alpha and Beta, griping about it and plain old crying on more than one occasion to which the Sheriff promised to pretend never happened. "I'm doing okay, just getting used to the new schedule and after being around each other so much after moving in and then the holidays, it's been an adjustment."
"Believe it or not Stiles, this happens to most if not all couples or in your case trio but you learn to make the best of the time you have together. You'll have school breaks not to mention you should have a Heat coming up in a few months right? At least schools and jobs can't separate you from Derek and Ricky for that time."
Stiles snorted, "I would like my relationship with my mates to be more than required sex so I don't have to suffer through my Heats alone."
"I know Stiles, give it time, you're going to be okay."
"Thanks Dad, I'm going to go and get some homework done since I am indeed alone in the house again."
"Okay Stiles, call me when you find out something about the paper."
"Will do," Stiles responded and turned off the phone before he tossed the phone gently down on the table before he hauled himself off the couch and jerked all his books and laptop from his bag. It was too late in the day to do anything about his father's idea today. The weird thing about all the alone time was that he was doing pretty well in his classes even without Ricky's help but honestly Stiles missed Ricky's help because he always made everything so easy for Stiles especially when his brain went all haywire. Since he was a werewolf, Stiles couldn't take meds to maintain some sort of focus like humans with ADHD, he had to just use strength of will and meditation to combat the inability in his brain to focus or weirdly enough when he focused to much on one thing. It was the reason the separation was causing so much mental strife, because he was focused on Ricky and Derek's absence so he hoped that the newsletter thing might be enough to get his head into something other than his mates' busy schedules.
All Stiles could do right now was work on his school work and succeed in his education so he could try and change things as they were at the moment, he still wanted that. He realized over Christmas when he was taken and hurt, that there was more to life than the Omegas getting a better deal than what they had, that Stiles' life was important and the life he shared with Derek and Ricky only to have them not be here when he came back to college was something to get through and be okay with because it wasn't always going to be like this.
He spent time getting through his English class homework then moved onto the math homework which was worse, it had him rubbing his forehead in anxiety and his leg bouncing under the table where he moved to so he could keep from falling asleep while he was reading his English homework. Most of the time, the readings he had were interesting in some way but every once in a while there was just something about the reading material that couldn't keep him entertained and that was the case this evening. He was about to get up and think about finding something to eat when he heard keys in the door and his head snapped around as the door opened and an exhausted looking Ricky walked in the door. Stiles wanted to leap forward and hug him, rub his scent into the beta who smelled so much like other people right now and Stiles hated that, his wolf didn't appreciate it either. Ricky dropped his bag next to the door with a heavy thud, since he was in so many classes on each day the wolf ended up carting around all his books for the day. He would undoubtedly start on his homework like he did every other day so Stiles just turned back to his own work, "Hey," he said noncommittally.
"Hey, you hungry?" Ricky asked, Stiles could hear the little smile in his mate's voice but he didn't want to look at what he probably wasn't going to get, at least not any time soon.
"I could eat," Stiles responded simply and was surprised when Ricky didn't bypass him for the kitchen and a quick sandwich. The Beta walked over and pressed a gentle hand into the side of Stiles' neck. The omega frowned but turned into the soft caress and looked up and into the beautiful gaze of his lover and mate. Ricky leaned down without another word and pressed his mouth to Stiles' lips for a sweet kiss. Stiles opened underneath the gentle pressure of Ricky's tongue and mouth, hummed pleasantly at the sensation, one that he'd been missing for far too long. His heart quickened under his ribcage and his breath eked out into the open mouth and Ricky breathed it in before he tugged Stiles out of his chair. Stiles stumbled closer and pressed his hands into Ricky's sides and smiled into the kiss for a second before he pulled away to speak, "What's this about?"
"You are not the only one of us to miss one another, I have finished my homework early and have several days of readings done and I am all yours this evening. Do you wish to eat before we adjourn to the bedroom?"
In answer, Stiles grabbed Ricky's hand and dragged him to the bedroom and started stripping quickly. Ricky pulled his shirt off over his head and watched as Stiles struggled out of his over shirt then his t-shirt. Stiles was busy trying to unbutton his pants fast enough then dragging his pants over his hips, pushing his underwear down as well when Ricky shoved him gently and he was suddenly sprawled across the bed with his legs trapped in his pants and a laugh falling from his lips.
Ricky quickly stripped the rest of Stiles' clothes from him before he pressed his lips into the omega's stomach, slipping his tongue and teeth across Stiles' pale skin and moved up towards his chest and throat even as he slipped a hand down to grip at the base of Stiles' length and began loving the omega. Stiles just sank into the sensation and allowed it to take over his thoughts and actions for a little while.
It didn't take very long for either mate to orgasm after such a long dry spell and then they were coming down, pressed together on the bed and panting heavily.
"Oh yeah," Stiles whispered as he looked over to catch sight of Ricky's sappy smile. "Can we not go so long without that next time?"
Ricky smiled sweetly, "Stiles I have missed you so much lately, I hate being so far from you so much of the day. I wish I could just wrap myself around you and never leave."
Stiles reached out and pressed a hand to Ricky's cheek, his silver-plated ring glinting in the soft lighting of the room. "I have missed you as well but we cannot ignore your genius, it must be cultivated and sent out into the world for the good of all of us."
Ricky rolled his eyes at Stiles' words but pressed his lips to the side of Stiles palm and he was pleased at the sensation. He watched as Ricky's face softened in the light of the room even as it brightened. Stiles frowned even as the light continued to change and rise to fill every corner of the room. Stiles flipped over a little, hissing at the soreness of their quick coupling to see the bulb in the bedside lamp focusing its glare, it was changing and growing and he reached over to click it off, feeling the uncomfortable zap of electricity and pulled back even as the light finally settled into its correct soft hue. Stiles shifted his gaze back to Ricky.
"What was that?" the beta asked.
"I don't know," Stiles replied, reaching over quickly to shut off the lamp, throwing the room into semi darkness as the shade over the windows was down, light sneaking through the slats only.
"That was weird though right?" Ricky asked as he sat up a little, pushing his back into the headboard of their big bed. Stiles nodded and pressed himself into Ricky's side and curled into the warmth and comfort of the beta's body. He just let go of what happened; maybe he would speak to Talia or Deaton about it. Ever since the thing with the Mountain Ash and Stiles being able to break the line, the doc had been trying to find out more information on something called the Spark, something unique in humans but even more so in werewolves as their people were already magic in a way so they didn't usually ever see any other kind of power beside the ability to shift into wolves and the accelerated healing.
Stiles didn't know if this was connected to him or just a bizarre coincidence but as he heard the door open and close, the omega found he didn't really care. He stayed curled against Ricky's side as Derek walked quickly through the house to find him standing at the bedroom door panting a little at the naked lovers entwined on the bed.
"I could feel you when you came together, I said I wasn't feeling well and left work." Derek was speaking and Stiles gulped as the older man started stripping quickly, coming closer to the mates laying together just in time to slip on the side of the bed as his pants and shirt fell to the floor. Stiles watched their glorious alpha, always a pleasure to see naked and a gift Stiles had not enjoyed for much too long. Then Derek was pressing lips, teeth and tongue into the skin of Stiles stomach and chest, catching some of the residue from his previous orgasm, which had dried somewhat. Stiles hummed in appreciation, as Derek pressed even closer to share a kiss with Stiles then leaned over to press his mouth to Ricky's as well.
"I am sorry it has been too long and it might be too long again because of our schedules," Derek whispered into Ricky's throat even as he shifted back to press his mouth into the space at the curve of Stiles' neck.
The omega purred into the contact and though he'd just had an orgasm, it seemed his body was more than ready to rise to the occasion. Stiles was more than willing to see how long his refractory period would hold out especially after such a long dry spell.
Between sessions of lovemaking, they talked. Derek enjoyed the moments when their heartbeats were slowing and they fell back into each other and just enjoyed the closeness. Derek hadn't really realized what his final semester before his Masters would really look like and the fact that he found Garrick and Stiles meant that he hadn't truly been prepared to miss them like this. He'd been planning to go back to Beacon Hills when he was done and claim Stiles, he'd never expected Stiles would come here, thinking the omega would want to go somewhere else, and then Garrick happened as well and the discomfort of their separation had been doubled.
After round three, Stiles sighed and whispered into Derek's shoulder where his mouth was pressed into a recent Mating bite, making Derek's body jerk in renewed interest. "I miss you guys so badly, I feel like I can't breathe with the separation."
Derek nodded, "I know baby, just because the bond has solidified and settled doesn't mean its not feeling the distance between all of us. I know it seems like this if going to be how it is forever but its not, I promise."
Stiles nodded, "I talked to my dad before Ricky surprised me by coming home and he got me a chance to talk to the school paper and I am considering the possibility, maybe it will keep me out of my head and missing you guys so badly. I don't know if I'm down with the idea of working for my dad at the police station either but for now maybe what I need to do is not be the stay-at-home omega I don't want to be. I don't need to sit around and wait for you guys. I guess I just needed to remember that."
Derek nodded and pressed his free hand into Ricky's back where the beta was resting half on top of Stiles. He liked it when they were all touching, the wolf in him was pleased at proximity and it just felt warm and loving all at the same time. He knew they were going to have to readjust momentarily because Stiles was squashed between the alpha and beta from their position a few minutes before but no one else seemed inclined to move.
"I think finding something more than school is a great idea Stiles, I'm so glad you're thinking about it."
Stiles shrugged in response and Derek didn't really know what else there was to say. Biology of the dynamics between an Omega and their mates stated that the omega needed to be at home with the kids and the house or the den but Stiles was also fighting for his own rights instead of the ones that were hard wired into his brain and physiological make up. Derek knew all that was making things very difficult for Stiles. He missed Derek and Ricky more than he could honestly say and he hated that he needed them like he did.
"This is better though," Stiles whispered, rubbing his fingers up and down Derek's chest and while his other fingers tangled with one of Ricky's hands.
"I am hoping to get some time off here pretty soon from work, especially since you have a Heat coming up soon right?" Derek asked.
Stiles shrugged, "I don't want mates that are just around to get me through Heat, I want you guys to be here to make dinner together or to play video games with. If I wanted someone to just answer the needs of my body I would have just sold myself to the highest bidding Alpha!" Stiles snarled.
Derek flinched in response, his wolf unfurling inside him because the concept even in just words of Stiles belonging to someone other than him and Ricky made the alpha angry. "No!" he grunted.
Stiles sighed, the breathy sound making the wolf within settle once more, "I'm sorry Der, I'm just feeling it all recently. I don't mean to take it out on you guys. I understood going into this relationship that I was dating two amazing guys who are incredibly busy trying to make a successful life for them in this world. I love you both for those reasons and many more."
Derek smiled and breathed in another deep breath of Stiles' scent before they all struggled out of bed to clean up and head to the kitchen so they could get a late supper before going back to bed. Just because they got lucky to have this time together did not mean they didn't have lives to get back to bright and early in the morning.
They munched on sandwiches and cold cuts before heading back to bed, Derek could feel the exhaustion creeping in, from holding everything together without the physical support of his mates for the last couple of weeks. There was nothing else to do besides keep moving forward for all of them.
Stiles settled on the bed, right in the middle of the large mattress and reached down between his legs, jerking at his erection and Derek grinned as Ricky shared a quick glance with the Alpha. They had already done so much together this day he cocked his head in interest, "How would you have us, little omega?" he asked.
Stiles moaned and answered. Derek and Ricky were all too willing to give him what he wanted. They sought release together quickly, one more time. When they all arrived to the precipice, Derek voiced his command, "Let go." And they did. He found release inside Stiles and the other's followed and the feedback was overpowering and suddenly everything went out behind Derek's eyes and he slammed his eyes shut at the intensity. They started to slide back away from the pleasurable release and that was when Derek realized that his whited out vision wasn't to do with his pleasure. He blinked a couple of times and realized the lights in the room were much brighter than they should've been then they resettled to their normal lighting and he was left confused and sated, unsure if he should care about the lights when it was so late already.
Derek shrugged before he got out of bed, grabbed some towels so everyone could clean up before they all climbed under the covers and wrapped around Stiles who was still in the middle.
Derek coughed a little, "So, thing with the lights. Weird right?" he asked.
Stiles and Ricky were both silent but nodding in answer. Probably wasn't a late evening conversation but Derek wasn't going to let it slide for too long, sleep first though would be helpful in the grand scheme of things. So that's what they did for now.
