Mike watched Levi, amused as his little Omega munched on the cookies he'd made - with some directions texted from Christa much to his chagrin - as he flipped through a book catalog, humming thoughtfully occasionally as he tapped the books and items displayed. "What about this one?"

"I think the customers would like it. It seemed like a decent read." Levi shrugged and pulled another cookie from the Tupperware container, biting in with a small smile as he kept flicking through. He didn't look up but Mike didn't doubt that he knew he was staring - he usually was. And it was hard not to when Levi was bulking up for another heat. One they would go through.

Shivers of anticipation made his knees weak as he reached forward and combed Levi's hair back away from his face, inky strands spilling through his fingers. The Omega pushed into his hand with a soft sigh as he squeezed their joined fingers, a smile curling his lips as pre-heat scent curled through the air around them, strong enough that Mike's instincts flared up, loving and protective, not wanting anyone to come in, not even their friends. "Cool it, tiger. I'm not going anywhere."

"I know," Mike murmured guiltily as his fingers slipped through Levi's hair, scratched at his undercut, and brushed over his gland. The Omega shivered, his scent abruptly rising as he dropped his head to the side, exposing the gland for Mike to rub even more. When his fingers faltered the Omega whimpered and cracked an eye open, bliss and disappointment warring in their depths. The Alpha swallowed hard and pulled his fingers away as Levi shot him a baleful glare that clashed with the bliss and the smile.

"Asshole."

"Sorry?"

"It's fine. Just try to hold off for another day or two. I mean, I just fucking started this." Levi gestured to the food around them - the container of cookies, the takeout box from Ral's that he'd demolished in five minutes, the crumbs from a sandwich he'd eaten twenty minutes before.

"I'm sorry," Mike murmured as he leaned across the counter.

Levi leaned too, a forgiving glint to his eyes as they bumped noses. He smelled like white chocolate and sugar - tasted like it too when Mike caught his lips. Levi hummed into the kiss, melting as his fingers came up and curled against Mike's cheek. The Alpha smiled, nipped his bottom lip, and pulled back with no small amount of reluctance. His Omega sighed quietly and watched him for a moment, eyes so soft that Mike's heart fluttered. I'll never get used to that. And he wouldn't mind that, the butterflies in his stomach - anything. Levi pulled his gaze away after a moment with a hum and plucked up another cookie.

"So we can order and shipment of these books - should have us set for a little while." Mike nodded in agreement and squeezed Levi's fingers gently as he closed the catalog and sat back with with a sigh of relief. "Thank fuck. I was ready to burn the thing. The customers can be shit but honestly, it's this that's the worst."

"You say that because you aren't patient for it but try to get it all done in one day."

Levi rolled his eyes and tossed the catalog aside for later as he rose. The loss of his warm fingers was disheartening but Levi slunk around behind him and draped himself across Mike's back, nuzzling into the space between his shoulder blades. "Shut the fuck up."

"Not a chance. Not when we both know it's true." Levi huffed and shook his head but otherwise didn't move. Mike settled his hands over the small ones on his waist, covering them up and twisting their fingers together. He turned, a little awkwardly bent so Levi's arm could pass over his head, but they managed - practice did help. An easy twitch of his wrist pulled Levi into his chest and he leaned against the counter as his Omega settled his cheek and ear over his heart. Strong. Sure.

Slender fingers curled over the skin there, digging in slightly. "Mike?"

"Yeah?"

"I… fuck, I… I'm scared."

He didn't say anything, just wrapped his arms tighter around Levi and pressed them close as he buried his nose into Levi's hair. Fingers worked slow paths down his back, tracing the swells of muscles softened by the accelerated rate of his metabolism working through all the food, breaking it down into fats to burn away soon. He could smell the traces of heat, the slick, the anxiety. It practically coated his tongue.

"It's okay to be," he murmured as his hands stilled on the small of Levi's back. "After everything… you'd be a fool to not be. But remember - it's still your choice, even if we're in the middle of something and you suddenly decide you want out. It's always going to be your choice." Levi's nod was slow but sure, the anxiety slowly dying away as he melted into Mike's chest. "Okay?"

"Okay." Mike kissed the top of his head as they stood there for a long time, Mike holding Levi so tight he thought he might break the little Omega. But he never complained. He just pressed closer, the tips of his ears a faint red. I know you're scared. I know you don't want to rely on anyone or show them who you are. So… I'm glad you're letting me see.

Mike shuddered as he stepped into the apartment, fingers going slack on the grocery bag he clutched as the scent of heat slammed into him. Heavy. Rich. Full of want and need. Soft, swift footsteps filled his ears and Levi darted out from the hallway, his eyes wide and body stripped down to thin boxers, a light sheen of sweat covering his skin. "Mike…"

He kept one hand on the doorknob, his instincts and scent surging up at the overwhelming pheromones. "Levi… have you taken your medicine?"

"Of course. Idiot."

"Are you… are you sure you still want this?" He was afraid of the answer, desperate for it.

"Yeah."

It took every scrap of self control to not drop the groceries, slam the door, and sweep Levi up. He managed to shut the door quietly and turn the lock, to toe off his shoes, to set the bag on the counter, all while Levi's scent only doubled in strength and made him groan. Levi trembled in the hallway, biting his lip and clutching at his boxers so tight his knuckles were white and red.

Slow, hesitant steps carried Mike over to Levi, their bodies trembling with want, with hesitancy. Their eyes never strayed, not even when Levi slowly dropped his head to the side to display his neck, pale and unmarked and ripe to be bonded. The bulge in his boxers was all too visible, a wet spot staining the front, and Mike could already feel himself straining against his own as they stood there less than a meter apart, scents full of lust but no movement carrying them forward. And then Levi's lip trembled and his fingers twitched.

"Mike…" his Omega whined as he loosened a hand and reached up toward Mike. The Alpha couldn't reign it in as he stepped in and swept Levi off his feet, his slender thighs instantly wrapping around Mike's hips as his hands slammed to Mike's shoulders, fisting into his shirt and biting nails into his skin as their mouths crushed together, all hot breaths and furious tongues. Their bodies rocked together, Levi squirming in his grasp and his breath hitching every time Mike gave the slightest squeeze to his ass, the flesh soft and pliant beneath his palms and fingers.

The Alpha's back hit a wall and he smiled as he hitched Levi higher as the Omega let him bow his neck backwards further and further until Mike abandoned it, eliciting a whine from Levi that cut off almost immediately when he trailed feathery kisses down the smooth column of his neck. His breaths wavered, his pulse fluttered beneath Mike's mouth as he licked at it and just barely managed to gently bite down on it as Levi shivered in his arms, heels digging harder into the small of his back. "M-Mike… fuck…"

The Alpha hummed and a shudder of limbs met it before Levi strained his neck even further, muscles shifting beneath Mike's lips until Levi's scent gland lay below them, practically pulsing out the scent, so potent and thick that Mike swayed as his instincts surged up, clamoring to bite through and bond them, as the scent flooded his nose and mind and left him a near boneless mess. He struggled against the baser instincts, reeled them in as he mouthed at the gland instead, the pure ecstasy of the touch flooding Levi's glands as he moaned, eyes rolling back and chest hitching. "M-more! Fuck, Mike, I-I'm not gonna break!"

He pulled back, brows pulled together and a soft look on his face that made Levi flush when he whined and looked up. Mike shifted Levi so he cradled him in one hand as he pushed damp strands of hair from his forehead, body thrumming and aching and barely restrained. "I know. I just don't want to scare you."

Levi's eyes spread impossibly wide, even further than they had been before as the grip of his hands slowly loosened. "I…"

Mike smiled, fingers trembling as he traced the planes of Levi's face so fucking slow it almost hurt before he stopped at the corner of his red, swollen lips. "I want this to be good for you." Levi's blink was slow, the corners of his mouth twitching as he opened eyes swallowed by pupils "It will be."

They didn't hesitate before they came together, mouths heavy as Levi ground against his stomach, whines freely falling from his lips as Mike bit at his neck, sucked hard and let himself get drunk on that intoxicating scent. Strong steps pulled him from the wall and took them slowly to Levi's room as slender fingers tugged his shirt up from between Levi's thighs, forced it up until he could dig his nails into Mike's pecs. The pain was sweet, made his nips to Levi's neck harder as he eased the Omega onto the bed, hands falling to either side of his head and tangling into those silken black strands. His cheeks were flushed, eyes dark with heat, and lips parted as he panted and bared his neck. Mike slid his thumb across Levi's cheek, slowly traced it and smiled as he stilled beneath Levi's chin. "God… you're so beautiful."

Levi flushed darker, his scent doubling as he reached up and pulled Mike on top of him - something he'd never done before. "Fuck," he grunted a second later as Mike chuckled and nosed at his neck, "You're so heavy…"

"I'll take that as a compliment."

"You'd better, Alpha." Even the sarcasm in the word scent thrills shooting up Mike's spine and he bared his teeth in a huge grin before he assaulted Levi's glands once more, his mouth unforgiving as he sucked soon-to-be dark hickeys onto the reddened flesh, all while Levi moaned and writhed beneath him, his voice rising higher and higher as his gasps grew deafeningly loud. And Mike basked in every second of it as he nosed over to the other side and worshiped it the same way, suckling at his scent gland and filling his mouth with a taste he couldn't possibly begin to describe but never breaking skin - not yet.

Levi pushed on his head, urged him down, and he moved willingly, dappling kisses across his chest as it heaved and hitched and bucked up against him when he ran his tongue around a hard nipple. Levi's fingers found their way into Mike's hair and buried themselves there as a low moan escaped him, rumbling through his chest and flooding Mike with warmth. He could feel the heat thrumming off Levi's body, for once warmer than his own. Hips ground up against his stomach, his boxers damp with precum and slick, but Levi was careless, his inhibitions completely thrown to the wind as he rutted up and let out long high keens of pleasure. If these are the sounds he makes now, I'm not sure I'll make it through the rest that he makes.

The body worship was unusual - heats were never so slow, so careful, but Mike forced himself to be. For Levi. His Omega practically sobbed with relief when Mike finally tugged his boxers down as he kissed the softened hollow of his hip, the scent of slick growing so much clearer. He quivered, barely biting back anticipation and those darker, baser instincts as he sat back and surveyed the wreck that was Levi, sprawled out on his bed with a mouth that hung wide open that spit leaked from and red marks spotting his hitching chest.

His Omega whined and sat up, brow scrunching as he grabbed for Mike's shirt. They pulled it over with little grace, but it worked well enough, and then fumbling fingers were on his belt, purposely grinding down into the aching bulge as he undid the buckle and jerked his pants down with trembling fingers, boxers going with them. Levi pushed himself further back on the bed, scent dripping with lust. And then as his legs started to edge open he faltered, swallowing hard as he looked up at Mike.

The Alpha immediately halted and they both watched each other, instincts and bodies straining to collide for relief to the unbearable heat plaguing them. "I won't hurt you," he whispered across the space, praying desperately that his words found Levi, "I could never hurt you. Ever."

"I know."

That willing scent slammed into Mike so hard he almost staggered, a silly grin on his face as he settled over Levi between his trembling thighs, which instantly spread wider. Slender feet hooked around him once more, pressed them closer as Mike slid a hand down, every centimeter down his leg making Levi's hand tighten on his arm until he bucked off the rumbled duvet, breath escaping in a gasp as Mike palmed his ass, rubbing his finger in until he pulled a primal sound out of Levi that made him shiver, the sound a brand of sweet ecstasy all on its own. Silver eyes screwed up as Levi bit his lip, flushing at the noises, but he didn't bite them back, not even when Mike slid his fingers to the slick-covered flesh with a smile. Wet. Willing.

"You're so beautiful," he breathed as he traced the puckered rim of his ass, smearing slick as Levi whimpered. He didn't seem to be capable of words, just barely holding it together as he rutted against Mike's hand, nearly howling when the Alpha pulled his fingers away. "Think you're loose enough? Will I even have to stretch you, or can I just go right in?"

"Yes," Levi wailed as he clawed at the sheets and arched his hips up, shameless as he put his body on display. The heat had shredded his caution, their caution, and Mike swallowed hard as he gently guided those hips down, searching for scraps of control as he slowly rocked against Levi, cock sliding smoothly through the slicked cleft of his ass. An Omega cry filled the air and Mike responded with a deep Alpha one, smoothing Levi's hair back as he leaned close and pressed another kiss to his open mouth.

Levi didn't wait, just lunged up against him, biting and licking and rocking his hips as Mike pressed in, the slick heat enveloping him, almost unbearable with how good it felt. They moaned together, breaking apart with ragged breaths and dark eyes as they stilled for a second, just a second. Levi didn't give him longer as he ground down, somehow finding more of Mike to take in as his head dropped back, gray eyes rolled completely back in his head as his mouth formed words he could barely voice for a moment before they came out, a sweet babble. "Oh, fuck, fuck, Mike, I'm so full. God, you feel so good. J-just move. Move, Mike!"

His cock dragged through Levi's tight heat, making both of them tremble and Levi's mouth fell open, no sounds coming out except for the sudden exhale of air. Any semblance or hope of holding a pace instantly dissolved as Levi buried his face into Mike's neck, mouthing at the flesh with a limp mouth.

Mike bit beneath his gland, barely able to control that as he snapped his hips into Levi with a groan, burying himself deep before he pulled back and thrust again. Rough fingers scored lines down his back, fisted into his hair and jerked him in for a rough, sloppy kiss full of clicking teeth and bites that were too hard but neither of them gave a shit, not when the slick sound of his cock pumping in and out and the slap of skin and their ragged gasps filled the space between them. So good, so fucking good.

Every touch was fire, leaving searing paths down his skin that only added to the blaze in his gut as their bodies came together again and again. It filled him up, pushed everything into an instinct-driven haze as he mouthed He wanted to bury himself in Levi, to fill his Omega up and never pull out. To fill him with his cum and knot him and take his mouth to his glands until they were red, swollen, marred by his bite marks.

His erratic pace stuttered as his eyes flew open and he found his mouth tight over one of the glands on Levi's neck, teeth ready to puncture through the flesh to draw blood - to bind them. And Levi just tossed his head back further, his choked-off whines and gasps and half-formed words urging him on, begging for him to bite down and flood him with a new kind of rapture they'd never tasted before. And it took everything he had to move his teeth away, barely ignoring the pleading whines from Levi to do it.

The Alpha buried his teeth below it instead, devoting himself to sucking hard there as Levi's ankles tightened against his back and the Omega's back bowed up further with a wail euphoria as his body jerked, went rigid, and the scent of cum filled the air as it splattered across their chests as he tightened around Mike. The Alpha grunted, the base of his cock swelling and throbbing with a knot, and he kept up, pace slowing just a little as he kissed Levi's limp mouth.

He came with a sigh, his orgasm burning through him as he filled Levi and his knot locked them together. Shuddering arms barely kept him propped up above Levi so he slid an arm beneath his limp Omega, scent flooded with pure bliss, and settled so Levi was sprawled on his chest, eyes shut and body cool, his heat abated at least until the knot went down. Mike ran his fingers through that sweaty mess of hair, a soft croon working from his chest as he grinned. His Omega. Their bed - it might as well have been theirs with how much time Mike spent in it rather than his own.

Mike thumbed Levi's scent gland, reddened from where his teeth had been so close to sinking in. They hadn't said a word about it, hadn't discussed it. And that meant it was off limits, no matter how much their instincts begged for it. Mike smiled faintly and stroked it again, so light that Levi merely hummed but otherwise didn't stir. One day my marks will be there. And on the others. And yours will be on me. Levi roused ten or so minutes later, his blinks lazy and smile easy as he nestled into the curve of Mike's arm, the knot ever-so-gently tugging at them and Levi hummed quietly.

"Feels good…" Mike purred as he nuzzled Levi's forehead and stroked his undercut. A soft sigh and Levi rubbed his head back into the fingers, still eager for touch and love. "Mike… thanks for not bonding me."

The Alpha cringed, fingers curling on Levi's shoulder as he pressed the skin beneath it. "I almost did," he rasped, the lust-hazed memories curling through him. He would have. Another second and he would have bitten through in a heartbeat. He would have drowned them in the kind of ecstasy that would leave them wrecks for hours, shuddering with bliss and trembling as something from one another filled each other, tethered them tight.

"I know. And I wouldn't have given a shit then. But I'm glad you didn't. That… I'm not ready for that."

"I understand. I won't do it again."

A soft nose rubbed along the bottom of his jaw, lips following suit a second later. "Thank you," Levi breathed as he shifted, brushed their lips together and smiled at his Omega. He didn't say anything - didn't have to. He just squeezed Levi tighter as they found the space to nestle closer together, so close that they were an indistinguishable tangle of limbs.

At some point his knot loosened but by then curls of heat had started to fill the air, fresh and full of need. They filled the air with more than that, dragging out gasps and moans anew with every blistering touch, with every rock of their bodies, screams joining when Levi writhed beneath him, ropes of cum splattering across his chest. They came two, three times before Levi's heat lulled and the Omega tugged on his hand, pulling Mike from a light doze. "Shower. I wanna shower."

He merely smiled at his Omega before he scooped him up and cradled him to his chest. Levi's protests were almost nonexistent as he pushed into Mike's neck with a content sigh, fingers loosely curled on his chest. Powerful instincts surged as Mike squeezed Levi's arm before he started the water, steam rapidly filling the air. His Omega wouldn't have to do anything - walk, bathe himself, fetch himself food and water. I'll do it all. I'll keep him safe, I'll take care of him. I'll worship him as he should be.

Levi's legs were a little weak but he could stand steady enough when Mike set him down in the shower before he stepped in as well. A soft sigh worked out of the Omega and he rolled his shoulders, head dropping back to show marks that had started to bruise, bright blooms of purple and blue mixing with the red that would soon follow in suit, stark against his skin. And it made Mike grin as he lathered up a loofah, gently pushing Levi's hands away to wash his Omega himself.

Levi gave into his instincts after a moment and leaned into the touches instead, humming quietly as threads of heat-scent curled through the air again. Fresh and dried cum disappeared from his chest as a quiet whimper worked out of his throat. A soapy hand dragged over his shoulder and he shivered, the scent of slick growing stronger. His cock twitched against Mike's thigh when he couldn't resist any longer and ducked in, eager for another taste.

Hot water streamed down onto his back, dripped down his face, but he paid it no mind as he cupped Levi's cheek, tipped his face up, and crushed their mouths together. Levi's head tipped back, his body rocked forward, and his fingers tangled into Mike's hair, tugging hard as he moaned quietly into the mess of clicking teeth and frantic tongues. The Alpha slid a hand down, a dark possessiveness rearing in him as he swept down Levi's body and hiked the Omega up, legs instantly hooking around him.

Mine.

"Yours," Levi gasped as he thrust against Mike's stomach, fingers digging into his scalp, pleading whines slipping past his dazed mind and slack lips. A rumbling sound of his own came in return and Mike gathered Levi's hands as he pressed his Omega's back to the shower wall, pinning him there as they rutted against each other to the throb of heat. His mouth found Levi's pulse and he sucked hard, dragging down a ragged breath. Passion. Sweet. Bitter. Fear.

He lurched back, clarity slicing through the haze as he stared at Levi. His eyes were clenched tight, cheeks flushed and lips parted, forming quiet "No"s every few seconds. "Levi?" He dropped Levi's wrists like they'd seared him, guilt twisting his gut and crushing him as eased a hand onto Levi's back and pulled away from the wall.

The Omega shuddered, relief filling his scent as he cracked an eye open. "I… sorry. That just…. That just reminded me of-" He bit his lip, choked the words off with a quick breath as he grabbed Mike's head, tugged on his hair. "It doesn't matter," he breathed, "I'm okay."

But Mike's instincts were riled, unwilling to succumb to the heat as he leaned back further when Levi tried to kiss him. His voice was soft, stern as he stared his Omega down until he wilted, the scent of heat dying away until it was barely there beneath the miasma of other things filling it. "Levi… that does matter. I scared you. Was it when I grabbed your hands? Pressed you against the wall? Something else. Levi," he urged when the Omega didn't respond, lips tight, "Please tell me. If you don't… if you don't, I'll have Isabel and Farlan come for the rest of your heat and leave." And he would've died leaving his Omega in the middle of a heat, but he'd do it in a heartbeat. All to ensure he felt safe

"No," Levi snarled, wailed as heda "Don't. I'm fine. Just when you grabbed my hands… I freaked, okay? But I'm fine."

Mike slowly raised his hand, hesitantly pressed it to Levi's cheek. The Omega leaned into it with a quiet hum, eyes half-shut as curls of heat-filled scent oozed out. "Are you sure?"

"Fuck yes."

"Do you still want to-"

"Yes." Levi didn't give him a chance to argue, just lunged forward and crushed their mouths together. His scent slammed into Mike, fighting to drown out the hesitation that plagued him. He pressed his hard cock against Mike's abdomen and rocked recklessly, pants and gasps working out of him as he frantically nipped at Mike's lips, coaxing him onward.

Mike's reservations crumbled quick as he pressed back against Levi, his hand curling around Levi's neck instead and digging into the glands. The touch made Levi's eyes clamp shut as shudders worked through his body, jaw slack with moans as he rubbed into the touch, fought for more pressure and touch. "Mike… Mike… Mike!"

He gladly dug in harder, massaging the flesh and pumping more scent into the room, overwhelming everything as Levi wailed his ecstasy over the hiss of water. "M-Mike, c-come on! Give me your cock, Alpha!" Mike leaned back with a broad grin, lightening the circles on Levi's neck as he shifted, turned the water off, and sank to the floor, back to the wall as he pulled his befuddled Omega into his lap. "I trapped you once - I don't want to do it again."

Levi stilled for a moment, the thick scent wreathing around them as he stared for a long while - so long that threads of uncertainty started to curl in his stomach. And then Levi smiled, lips quirking up as he slid his hands down Mike's chest in burning paths that made him sigh and arch up into the light touches. His Omega lunged in and Mike met him, mouths crashing together with rough gasps and twitching limbs as they bit and sucked and rocked together, pulling out whines that made the pressure in his stomach unbearable.

Rough nails bit bright red down his chest and his own dug into Levi's ass, digging into the flesh and teasing around his slick, puckered hole until Levi wailed in frustration and jerked back, eyes so dark that only the faintest ring of gray was visible. Wet hair plastered to his forehead; feverish cheeks hollowed out as he bit their insides. "Mike…" his voice was a ragged pant, the kind that send shudders working up and down Mike's spine.

His Omega rose up, one hand sliding over Mike's and pulling his asscheek over as the other wrapped around Mike's cock and pumped it once, twice, before he pressed it to his ass and moaned quietly. His descent was quick, easy, and Levi trembled when he settled on Mike's lap, eyes half-shut with the ecstasy so clearly thrumming through him. He let Mike coax him forward, though he whined at the hand that wouldn't let his hips rise. Mike skimmed his lips across Levi's cheek and kissed the shell of his ear as he thumbed the spot beneath his hip. "You feel so good… Still so tight even after it all… and your noises-" he nipped Levi's ear and slowly loosened his grip on Levi's hip "-they're beautiful. Make me more."

He licked a streak from the corner of Levi's jaw down to his scent gland, oozing a scent so strong that Mike would've hit the floor if he'd been standing. His latched onto it, just barely mindful of his teeth as he gave a harsh suck, the intoxicating taste of his scent and pheromones flooding into him. Levi shuddered, a high keen working out of his throat as his thighs quivered and his hands clutched Mike's shoulders. He pushed up against Mike, neck dropping back further and further as his mouth went slack and eyes fluttered shut, the sheer euphoria clear on his face. For a moment he didn't move, just trembled as Mike worked his gland and twitched around his cock - and then his hips rocked up.

They both moaned, fingers abruptly weaker and stronger all at once as they pressed each other closer. Every downward move of Levi was met with a thrust up, driving into Levi until he was a loose mess on Mike, just barely managing to keep up their faltering pace. His mouth was wild on Levi's gland, filling the air, his mouth with that divine scent as Levi screamed and thrashed and shoved up into the touch.

They came quick, Levi wailing in rapture and relief as he came dry and Mike filled him, knotted him and locked them together once again, his mouth still buried on the scent gland. Their bodies sagged, thrumming with a thousand things as Levi's head lolled forward onto Mike's neck and he released his neck with a wet pop. Soft fingers led trails up Levi's back and the slender digits that had fallen to Mike's abdomen fluttered as his Omega groaned quietly. "I've never had a heat so good before."

A lazy smile tugged Mike's lips up and he squeezed Levi's thigh. "I'm so glad you let me be here with you."

Levi's back shook with a soft laugh as his lips and soft breaths tickled Mike's shoulder, then his neck when he shifted a little. "Thank you… for everything," he whispered as his breaths steadied out and his body relaxed, succumbing to a light doze.

Mike wrapped him up in his arms, pressing their warm bodies closer and closer until there was no space between them. His face was peaceful, swollen lips parted slightly, hair drying slowly. Dozens of bite marks marred his body, dappling him with vibrant hues of red, blue, and purple, especially around his neck and on his inner thighs. He was almost as bad - Levi met Mike bite for bite when he wasn't drowning in the sensations and writhing with every touch. And he was beautiful, body covered in drying sweat and bite marks and cum, with the way his face had softened and he was utterly at peace.

Mike tenderly pushed Levi's hair back off his forehead, reveled in every little detail that he could have sat there and spend hours, days studying. His heart twisted, left him breathless as he nestled his head onto Levi's. "God, I love you."

By the end of the heat Levi couldn't walk and his body shuddered weakly as chills stole over his body, run thin and ragged by the brutal nature of heats - but he was alright. Mike hovered around him, darting off to get whatever he asked for and handling him gently. Helping him eat, drink, even go to the bathroom. Anything for his Omega. And Levi, though he huffed about it all at first, didn't seem to mind too much after initial protests.

Hell, Mike had no doubt that he was taking full advantage of it everytime he turned those beautiful silver doe eyes on him, asking in a hoarse voice if Mike could get him some more water or read to him or curl up next to him and hold him. And Mike was more than willing to be his slave, to nurse him back to stability.

A day after the heat had ended Mike found himself curled up beside Levi, a recently finished bowl of soup and a cup of tea set aside to be washed later in favor of holding the little Omega close. His eyes drooped every few seconds but he resisted anyway, yawning into the pillow before he thumbed Mike's cheek with a weak hand. He didn't say a word. Neither of them did. They merely watched each each other, a comfortable scent wreathing around them as Levi's blinks steadily grew longer and his breathing slowly evened out.

Levi pushed closer to Mike and nestled his head right beneath Mike's chin with his fingers half-curled on his chest. A soft puff of a breath. A steady heartbeat from the thin body pressed against him. A twitch of lips. And a quiet mumble that made Mike freeze, shock jolting him as he stared at the black hairs visible from beneath his chin.

"... love you…"