Author's note: This week was honestly not one of my best ones. We discovered that my youngest cat has diabetes and while I know it's treatable, my shit brain hasn't stopped thinking of all the ways I can fuck up taking care of her, so that has been very lovely so far .-. Saying that, I haven't been able to work on any of the projects I've been wanting to post, because I haven't been able to get into the right mindset for those. This ... drabble I guess, was written in the hopes of getting my brain to shut off for just one evening, but I'm not sure I really succeeded, considering how non-sensical this turned out to be.
Anyways, enough of my rant, I will do my best to have some updates finally ready in the upcoming days. Sorry again for the delays in the other projects, I don't mean to leave you guys hanging for so long!
Warnings: Naruto's pov; A/B/O dynamics; Alternate universe; drabble; Omega Naruto; established slash; very vague reference to inequal treatment; comfort; fluff; can it be called a praise kink if nothing actually kinky happens?
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Kishimoto owns it.
I hope you don't find this weird thing too awful!
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The 'click' of the door falling shut behind him disappeared into the void entirely made up out of the racket of noises still clawing its way around in his mind. He had left the office nearly an hour ago, but his ears still rang with the multitude of voices clamouring for his attention, demanding this, requesting that, asking about that, telling him this …
It had felt never-ending and even standing in the empty hallway of his apartment, nothing but silence pressing down on him, didn't relieve him of the way his brain kept churning, working through everything he had had to deal with today. This week. Maybe even this month. It had been a long month.
The deep sigh left him before he could hold it back and he flinched at the sound; his fists squeezing and relaxing restlessly. He loved his work, especially after how hard he had had to work to reach the position he was in now. Equal rights existed in theory and in practice mostly, but Omega in general still tended to have a hard time getting into the really high positions in companies. So the fact that he had managed to do that as an Omega made him insanely proud of himself, but that feeling of pride was hard to call back during moments like today, when it felt like literally everyone in the company wanted something from him, seemingly unable to think for themselves.
It left his mind reeling and the desire to retreat and just shut himself away had steadily built up throughout the day; only his determination to see the day through keeping him in his office until it had been time to go home.
He had assumed that once he was out of that building, away from the company and back in his own home, he would be able to relax and put everything to the back of his mind for tonight. But his mind kept churning, the high pitched voices of his female colleagues mingling with the lower ones of the men, making him pinch the bridge of his nose as if that could supress all the noise. It didn't do anything but make him more tense somehow and his shoes thumped heavily against the wall when he kicked them off. His bag was left discarded next to his shoes while he shuffled to his bedroom, not in the mood to make dinner.
His bed looked utterly inviting and he dropped down in it with a low groan, remembering to take his trousers off but leaving his sweater on for the moment. He could change in his pyjamas later, once his brain felt less like it had been moulded into mush and his ears would stop ringing as if he was still amidst the shouted argument of this afternoon.
As he laid there, listening to the rhythmic ticking of the clock, he quickly realised that while his bed was comfortable, it would do nothing to help him unwind. Goddamn it.
Pouting, he rose up and leant over the side of the bed, snatching his trousers back up. Riffling a bit through the pockets produced his cell phone and he squinted when the bright light of the home screen assaulted his eyes. Outside dusk was slowly setting in and he stared out of the window for a little while, gnawing on his lower lip in contemplation. It felt so stupid to bother the other man with this, but …
His fingers moved before he had even made the conscious decision to contact him.
Me 08.07 p.m.
Think you've got time to see me?
The weight settling in behind him, making the mattress dip slightly, had him simultaneously pressing his back against the firm chest and grimacing, hot ugly guilt slowly churning in the pit of his belly.
"I'm sorry, I know it's late," Naruto started, but Sasuke shushed him; his Alpha scent slipping around Naruto, covering him like a warm, snug blanket.
"It's fine, I told you, you could contact me whenever you want," Sasuke murmured and thin, elegant fingers started running gently through blond strands, carding through the hair and scratching his scalp softly.
"Didn't want to keep you from any plans you made," Naruto muttered, but relaxed nonetheless when a series of soft, feather light kisses were placed from his temple down to his lower jaw.
A hand slipped around his waist, running soothingly across his chest down to right above his hips and back up again, causing his shirt to faintly rustle. The heat radiating from behind him had him blinking rapidly; Sasuke's presence wrapping him up completely like the blanket the Alpha was tugging over the both of them.
"No plan is ever more important than you," Sasuke stated and it was said with so much reassurance, so much confidence that Naruto had no problem believing it this time. "I'm glad you texted me, it's been a while since we last had the chance to see each other."
"Hm, way too long," Naruto agreed and furrowed his eyebrows.
Even when lying behind him, somehow Sasuke still sensed that the blond man was frowning and his fingers landed on the small furrow between Naruto's eyebrows, brushing against it before his thumb smoothed it out.
"Ssssh, none of that," Sasuke murmured and his voice gained that low, hypnotising tone that Naruto loved so much, because it was a tone promising him a blissfully empty mind and at least one evening devoid of any worry.
"We're here now and I'm not going to leave," Sasuke continued, his hand drifting back down to caress Naruto's torso through his sweater. When the Omega's hand closed around it, Sasuke simply turned his hand so that his fingers could rub the back of Naruto's hand.
"You did so well, contacting me when you needed me," Sasuke went on. Naruto's shoulders drooped when the Alpha nuzzled the hollow underneath his neck. "Taking such good care of yourself, letting me take care of you. So good for me, telling me what you need. My good Omega, my sweet Omega."
Naruto closed his eyes, breathing out in relief as he let Sasuke's voice wash over him; his praise warming him up from the inside. No matter how many times Sasuke would tell him he was his good Omega, Naruto would never grow tired of it. Not of the words, which belied the hint of possession Sasuke occasionally dared to show. Not of the way those words sounded, spoken by his Alpha.
Not of the way it made Sasuke tighten his embrace around Naruto, pressing their bodies so closely together, there was nary any space left between them.
"So good to me, always so good. You can relax, I'm here, I'll take care of you," Sasuke murmured. Naruto's eyes grew heavier with each circle that Sasuke's thumb drew across his hand, with each soft warm kiss pressed against any available spot of bare skin, with each praising word leaving those lovely lips. With every steady exhale against his back, with the way Sasuke's free hand steadily, but lightly stroked over his arm and caressed his hip.
"I'm here, don't you worry, I'll be here for as long as you want. That's right, you can go to sleep, you've earnt your rest. So good for me, always."
With Sasuke's voice a steady current, finally Naruto managed to relax completely, falling asleep not even a minute later.
His mind blissfully empty and his body feather light.
The End
AN2: I apologise if Sasuke somehow seems OOC, that wasn't my intention. It also wasn't my intention to have this be so odd, so my apologies for that too.
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Cuddles
Melissa
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