A/N: Thank you all for the reviews, really I love to know what the readers think. I'm so sorry if it's not as good as you expected!
Disclaimer: I do not own characters, places, or events from the Harry Potter books or movies. It all belongs to J.K. Rowling.
HimmelsDraculina- Thank you for that information about wolves, I never really thought about it. Although I do disagree that the females are useless, I actually tried to make the dominants fit more of the role of the protectors and the subs into the more caring mother figures who are still able to defend themselves; the submissives are actually doing most of the work. I am going to make Harry the alpha female, but I'm waiting until he is older; maybe when he does take over that role I'll try to work in a change in the gender roles. Thank you for the review and I hope you continue to enjoy the story.
Now on with the story!
Harry was sitting under a tree watching the other children play when he heard someone approaching him. He looked up at Fenrir, frowned, and scooted further away. He heard Fenrir release a breath before sitting down beside him.
"Pup, I've noticed that you have been upset for a few days and I thought it would be best if we talked about it."
"I don't want to."
I don't know how to do this. Do I even want to, it may get emotional? Fenrir was not used to handling emotions; he took control of situations, found the answers to the packs problems and sent emotional pack members to Luther to take care. I can do this for my mate, I'm the alpha of the pack, this should be no problem.
"We need to talk about this. Now you tell me what you are upset about and I will tell you what happened."
Fenrir began to grow angry as the silence continued and Harry made no move to look at him. He reached over and turned Harry's head to face him.
"We are going to talk about this and we're going to talk now. So start talking."
Harry glared at him for a few moments in silence, his eyes began to glisten and finally he began to yell.
"I hate it that you don't want to spend time with me anymore just because Rain is stronger than me! Why are you so disappointed in me that you don't want to spend anytime together except when we're sleeping? Why does Rain get to spend all his time with the men when I'm stuck inside with all the women?"
The women had rushed the children inside when Fenrir had sat beside Harry and he was now thankful for the privacy.
"I am not disappointed in you; you could not help that you had to submit to Rain, it is just part of our nature." He tried to think of an easy way to approach the next subject. "Harry, do you know what submissives and dominants are?"
"Yeah, the women and men of a werewolf pack."
"Close, submissive and dominant are names to describe what each person would be as a part of a mated couple." Fenrir was proud of his explanation until he saw Harry's perplexed expression.
"What?"
"Okay," Fenrir ran a hand through his hair. "You know what mates are?"
I can't believe I actually have to ask this question. I probably shouldn't have sheltered him so much.
"Yes, mates are two people that were destined to be with each other; they live as a married couple and have children."
"Right, well a dominant is the strong…" Don't want him to be angry at being called weak. "The dominant is the protector and the submissive is the mate that carries the children and takes care of the family."
"So, the dominant is the man and the submissive is the woman."
"Not all the time. Sometimes they can both be men or women; there are a few couples like that in our pack."
Harry tried to remember the people he was talking about, finally recalling the one woman that sparred with the men and the two men that spent their days helping the women.
"Okay. What does any of this have to do with what Rain did and the way you've been acting?"
"I'm getting to that, be patient." There was another long pause as Fenrir thought about what should be said next. "Well, when a dominant reaches their full strength they feel as if they need to prove their strength and superiority, especially when they are fighting a submissive. Rain is around the age that most dominant werewolves reach their full strength and after sparring with you all week his wolf must have felt the need to prove itself."
"What?"
"His wolf felt disgraced because you have won a few of your sparring sessions, but he tried to keep control because he did not want to hurt you. However, he could no longer control his wolf when it saw that you may once again win the fight and he began to actually fight for dominance."
"But he hasn't done that to anyone else and that still doesn't explain why you acted the way you did."
Ah, the part I wished to avoid for a few more years.
"He hasn't done that to anyone else because you are so close in age and you are a submissive." The words felt heavy on his tongue, he was so worried about how Harry would handle the news. "I was angry at him for trying to establish his dominance over you, because you are my mate. At first I spent all of my time away from you because I wanted to mark you as mine so that this would never happen again, then I spent my time keeping him away from you, and then I wanted to avoid these questions."
It was all out in the open now; Harry was a submissive and Fenrir was his mate. Fenrir waited for Harry to respond, but the dazed look never left his gaze.
"Harry?"
"I'm a submissive? I don't feel weak? And you are my mate? How does that work?"
"Er, Yes you are a submissive, but you are not weak. Once you reach your full strength you may even be stronger than Luther. Yes, I am your mate, but lets save that explanation for later. Right now all you need to know is that I will always protect you and care for you."
"Always, you will always be here and love me?" Harry couldn't help but be amazed at the thought, he still remembered his time at the Dursley's and sometimes he feared being abandoned as he had been that day in the woods.
"Of course!" Fenrir said, slightly offended that Harry had to ask.
Harry slowly wrapped his arms around Fenrir's neck and when he was pulled into the older man's lap he welcomed the feeling of belonging the embrace evoked without fear.
Fenrir smiled when Harry settled in his lap without struggle, but he couldn't banish the knowledge that Harry would not be this accepting when he learned exactly what being a submissive in a mated couple entailed.
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