(Warning mentions of sex)

He hummed in pleasure, rolling over and throwing an arm over her back. She slept peacefully, her blonde hair strewn about the pillow as her back rose and fell with her breaths. He grinned and pulled her closer to him, reflecting on how they'd gotten into this position… literally.

"You… goddamn it, Church, you couldn't have said that two fucking years ago?!" she inquired, slightly angry. He backed up, dropping her hand. She rolled her eyes and grabbed his collar, kissing him suddenly. His eyes flew open before fluttering shut as he leaned in and deepened the kiss. Before he knew it, she had pulled him into her quarters and had pushed him against the wall, kissing his neck as he made rather undignified noises.

Well, you can probably figure out what happened next, hm?

He chuckled softly before kissing her forehead. She muttered in her sleep, rolling over to where her back pressed into his chest. He wrapped his arm around her stomach, dozing off.

And that's where York found him the next morning, staring open-mouthed at the thankfully-covered-by-the-sheets naked man. He crept over Alpha's side of the bed and nudged him, hissing, "What the fuck, dude?! You literally told me yesterday you'd never met Texas before!"

"And if you don't explain what the fuck you're doing in my room," she said dramatically, pressing a knife into his lower back, "you'll never fucking find out."

His eyes widened as Alpha shot awake, sitting up and blushing. "Al- Tex, it's okay! He's my friend. You're here to come get Tex for the meeting, yeah?" He directed the question to York.

York nodded hurriedly. "That's all I'm here for. Though seriously bro, why didn't you tell me you knew Texas?"

Alpha shrugged as Texas set her knife down on her nightstand. "Honestly, I didn't know until I saw her. We used to date."

"Oh. Well, the star-crossed lovers reunite, am I right? Anyway, there's a meeting between the A-team and the Science crew in 20 minutes. Just thought you might like to know." And with that, York beat a hasty retreat.

Alpha and Texas looked at each other, then simultaneously chorused, "SHIT!"

They barely made it to the meeting on time. York gave Alpha a shit-eating grin while Carolina looked on, then fondly messed up his hair. "I guess if Alpha likes you, I can… maybe not be such a bitch," she later said to Texas.

The meeting went… interestingly. CT got to show off her shadow modification, but the scientists ended up devolving into an angry yelling match with Alpha about how his experiments were "unsafe." He responded that they were Director-approved, and that the modifications were field-tested in multiple sets of armor before they were allowed to be used by the Agent they were intended for. Insults and jargon were being thrown around.

In the midst of this, Carolina and Texas looked at each other and shrugged. Texas walked over to Carolina. "I'll get Alpha and y'all get the scientists?" She asked. Carolina nodded her assent, then told the rest of the A-team the plan. She looked on as Maine and CT calmed down the scientists. Then, her amusement turned to surprise when Texas picked up a still-yelling Alpha and slung him over her shoulder, then carried him out of the room as he devolved into cursing.

The next room over…

"Those fucking idiots, do they think I'm trying to get you all killed? I originally scrapped the bubble shield because it wasn't working out! Hell, I scrapped your strength mod probably 20 times because I couldn't do the numbers!" He ranted. Alpha paced the length of the room, stressing out.

Tex caught him, putting her hands on his shoulders reassuringly. "Shh… I'm here, Church, calm down." He visibly deflated, wrapping his arms around her and biting his lip.

"I just.. I wasn't good enough…" he murmured into her shoulder. She tensed up before making herself relax. Somehow, whenever she was nearby and he got stressed like this, just her being there to reassure him was the thing he always needed.

"You are always good enough. You don't need to worry that big brain of yours about that," she teased. "So you had a few mess ups with your experiments. So your science team is a bunch of dickbags. Whatever, shit happens. You just gotta keep your head up, love."

He smiled at her. "What did I do to get blessed with you?" he asked rhetorically.

She smiled back at him. "You didn't have to do anything, Alpha."

Alpha ended up heading to his lab as Texas went back to the meeting. They figured that it was better for him to cool off and work out his annoyance constructively rather than just annoying everybody. He set to work on the newest modification when the Director walked in, flanked by 2 medical personnel.

Alpha straightened from his sketching table. "Sir!" he exclaimed, surprised. "I didn't expect you for a few more hours…"

"You haven't come to the medical ward in weeks, Alpha. We're worried about you," the Director said sternly. He waved the doctors forward, and they grabbed Alpha by the arms and picked him up.

"What the- guys what the fuck?!" he yelped. One of the doctors slapped his hand over Alpha's mouth, effectively shutting him up.

"Take him to the computer, we need to implant him into another clone," the Director said aloofly. Alpha's eyes widened. Implant?! Clone?! The fuck?! He thought. He struggled against the doctors, but they overpowered him.

A few hours later, Sigma was born.

*Inhales*

bOI.

Anyway, that's that chapter done. How's that for angst, am I right? :D

Goodnight. It's 1:15 am rn lol

So, explanations. Church/Alpha is a clone of the Director, modified to look like him as a teenager. Tex/Allison is the same, just more stable so she doesn't burn out every few weeks. She is taken from old DNA from the Director's wife.

The reason Carolina doesn't recognize her is because when Allison died and Carolina was 3 in my timeline, the Director took away all photos of Allison because it was too painful for him to see her face.

Yeah. sads.