Splendid woke up feeling like he'd been hit by a bus. No, that wasn't right, because he knew what it felt like to be hit by a bus and this was ten times as worse. He could only assumed this was what it felt like to have a hangover as he slowly pushed himself to sit up… on the floor? Why wasn't he in his bed, he glanced over at the bed, the pastel green sheets were definitely not his. His bed was covered in blues, whites, and reds to match him. It hurt too much to think as he felt an arm slide to curl about his waist, looking down, he first noticed it was Flippy laying beside him on the floor. The second was there was an absolute lack of clothing, making him able to see that both their bodies were littered with bites and scratches, amazed that the omega had actually broken his skin, a feat in itself. Guess he'd never underestimated an omega in heat.

Heat.

That's what happened and he felt himself still as he realized what he'd done. Splendid would be lying if he said he hadn't thought about doing intimate things with Flippy, but he wanted to wait, hell, he hadn't even asked if Flippy would even be his boyfriend yet. He felt terrible that he missed out on the chance to woo Flippy like they did in the romance books he read, he wanted to go out on romantic dates and have their first kiss be something really special. He groaned and dragged his hand over his face, suddenly realizing something was missing. His mask. He never took it off and yet, here he was bare faced for who knows how long. He panicked a little, but then when Flippy's arm tightened around him, he was reminded why it was likely off. It was better that way, to be completely exposed during such intimate moments, a show of complete trust and faith in his omega.

He sighed out and moved to wrap Flippy up in the blanket they had shared, taking a look around to noticed every pillow in the house along with various blankets, towels, and worn clothes were enveloping them, making Splendid go still. He'd never actually been in a nest before and Flippy must have done this while he slept, because all Splendid could remember was things that made his face heat up. He abandoned the plan on moving Flippy to the bed, the nest was a comforting and safe place and he didn't want Flippy waking up out of it. Splendid would like to stay a little longer, but he was starving and the idea of making Flippy breakfast appealed to him. Hopefully it would make up for everything that had happened between them.

While he regretted having done such things with Flippy, it wasn't because he didn't want to, but he had just wanted to wait a little while longer. However, he couldn't take it back and had to move forward and there was no way he'd leave Flippy. Pushing himself up to his feet, he dug around carefully for his jumpsuit, retrieving his phone to check the time. However, it was dead, sighing, he pulled on his boxers and left his jumpsuit in the nest, not wanting to disrupt Flippy's nest too much but he couldn't walk around the house naked either. When he entered the living room, he pulled Flippy's phone charger out of the wall and carried it to the kitchen with him, plugging up his phone to charge while he began breakfast for two.

He pulled on the pink, frilly apron Splendid had bought Flippy as a joke when he had started teaching Flippy how to cook and set to preparing a healthy breakfast. They needed it with how drained Splendid felt, he could only imagine how Flippy was faring. While the cinnamon rolls were in the oven, Splendid picked up his still plugged in phone and turned it on, only to get assaulted by tons of notifications. Most, if not all were from Splendont, a couple were from work. All were about trying to find where he was. He hadn't been gone that long, had he? Glancing up at the date on the phone, he nearly dropped the device. Five days! He'd lost five days of time? It all had blurred together that it had only seemed like one night, possibly a whole day, but five?!

At that moment, his phone chimed his hero theme and he looked down at the screen, seeing it was his brother calling for the millionth time probably. Dreading this conversation, he knew he couldn't postpone it any longer. Answering it, he held it up to his ear. "Hello?" He asked as if he didn't already know who was on the other end, he could almost feel the rage from the other end of the line.

"DON'T YOU HELLO ME. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Splendid flinched back away from the phone, his ears ringing from the shouting from the speaker. He rubbed his ear, ignoring the rest of what Splendont was shouting at him, probably all sorts of things he didn't really care really annoyed him that Splendont though he had a right to worry over him after that last stint he pulled. Though Splendid had kicked his ass so hard he had been likely too far out to track him to Flippy's. He sighed out and reached over to pour himself a mug of coffee as he sort of listened to Splendont rant and rav on the other end of the line. He was just glad he didn't have to deal with his alpha brother in person right about then.

"I've been at Flippy's house." Splendid said as if that excused him for going missing without a trace for five days. Flippy was a solitary omega, living near the woods, out of the town, so it wasn't a surprise Splendont hadn't found him. He was glad for it too, Splendid would've fought his twin seriously for once in order to keep the alpha away from Flippy. It was confusing, to love and hate a man at the same time, but he just wrote it off as being brothers.

"FOR FIVE DAYS?! WHAT WERE YOU DO-" Splendont cut himself off as he seemed to figure it out mid-sentence, there was only one real reason why someone wouldn't leave a house for any extended period of time, especially when an omega was involved.

"You didn't."

"I did." Splendid said, maybe a bit too smug with his words but he couldn't help but to rub it in his twin's face, it was just in his nature. He could almost hear Splendont's teeth grate through the phone, making Splendid smirk a little as he took a sip of his coffee, testing to make sure it wasn't too hot.

"We have a serial killer on the lose and you're off consorting with the number one prime suspect?!" Splendont growled over the phone, a little too much for Splendid's liking and he bared his teeth. Though it was pointless since Splendont couldn't see unless Splendid decided to face time. He didn't exactly look like his model form at the moment, though the idea of flaunting all his bonding marks to his twin did sound appealing. Maybe later.

"Well, what were you doing this entire time, huh, Mr. Anti-Hero?"

"I was looking for you!" He snapped, Splendid knew he'd likely try to throttle Splendid if he could.

"I'm perfectly capable of handling myself, thank you very much."

"Bullshit." The seething tone made Splendid snort in laughter, it was just too good to get under his twin's skin, especially when he could do nothing about it. "I also called your work and let them know you were missing and not just skipping out on work, so your welcome."

"I'll take that concern as an apology for trying to mark me." There was silence over the line, he seemed to have effectively put out the fury that Splendont had by reminding him of the mistake he almost committed. Splendid still didn't want to think about it, he didn't know how it made him feel, not knowing what Splendont's intention had been when he thought to mark Splendid in such a the moment, he had other things to attend to, like taking care of Flippy, knowing it might be a day or two more before he made sure Flippy was recharged and ready to go out again. Luckily Flippy had an emergency stock of protein bars and water bottles, he guessed that was just leftover from his military days or just good planning for an omega.

"Whatever. Hurry up and get back into fighting shape, lucky for you no murders happened while you were gone. But I don't know how long this Silence will last."

"Do you think they got scared and booked it when they saw we were on the case?" Splendid frowned a little, trying to have high hopes that whoever had killed those people had left, he didn't want to think about the danger Flippy could be in. It made Splendid tempted to lock Flippy away inside and they both just hide out here. Maybe in a bunker. with several hundred loc-

"I don't think so, that scent wasn't from someone who would be easily intimidated. It was almost as if they were flaunting their power." Splendont seemed to have cooled off now that they were talking about another topic that required a more level head. "I'll look more into what I can now that I don't have to look for your sorry ass. I'll call you later. And you better pick up." He growled out the threat before handing up, making Splendid frown at his phone.

"So much for a goodbye."

"Who were you talking to?" A voice came from behind him, smooth and warming every inch of Splendid, even though he hadn't heard Flippy's arrival, the sound of his voice eased any surprise. He turned to look over at Flippy, who was wearing only his black boxers. He looked adorable with his sleepy face and yet good enough to eat at the same time. Splendid didn't want to get carried away with his thoughts, so he poured another cup of coffee and pressed it into Flippy's hands. He watched Flippy take small sips, making a 'mm' sound from the warmth.

"Splendont, He was just checking up on me. You know, the over protective brother thing. Now go sit on the couch and I'll bring you breakfast. My treat." His tone was more of a request than a demand and further eased it by leaning over and placing a kiss on Flippy's forehead before taking Flippy's shoulders and turning him around. Though before Flippy could move, Splendid gave him a playful smack on the backside to get a squeak and a glare from Flippy before the veteran retreated to the living room.

It didn't take long for Splendid to prepare a tray of cinnamon rolls slathered in his home made orange icing, along with a glass of orange juice and a few pieces of breakfast sausage, the smell made his stomach rumble in eagerness, but this tray wasn't for him, first he had to make sure Flippy was taken care of before he fixed his own plate. He presented the tray with a dramatic little flourish, pleased with himself with another successful meal made and he couldn't help showing off his amazing culinary skills a little. Or maybe a lot. Flippy's eyes brightened from their tired state, the scent of food waking him up a bit more as he was waiting for the coffee to hit his system. "I'm starving. Are you going to eat?" Flippy looked up with concern, not touching his food yet as he noticed Splendid didn't have a tray.

"Yeah, couldn't carry it all in one go, so dig in while I fix my plate." He leaned over to press a kiss on Flippy's cheek, unable to help himself, he just felt so… happy. Like every stress and worry he'd ever felt had melted away, finally things were going his way. He prepared his own tray of food a bit more quickly, wanting to get back and sit beside Flippy. He felt odd being apart from the omega, which was going to be a problem since he was a super hero and had a job. He'd worry about those details later. Either way, Flippy wasn't optional, everything else was. He finally made his way back to the living room to sit beside Flippy, who seemed to relax as well with him close, so it wasn't completely one-sided it seemed. Flippy paused in his eating, glancing over at Splendid before speaking.

"Are we going to talk about what happened?"