Title: Glorious You
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Characters: Jack, Lucius
Pairings: Lucius/Jack
Word Count: 1144
Rating: NC-17
A/N: Modern AU, Omegaverse
Summary: An incident causes Jack's heat to arrive early. Maybe the new alpha he met can help him out?
Jack smiles as he takes another bite of steak. They always seem to make it just the way he likes. He’s halfway through his meal, he’s making sure to have a decent amount of protein and other things because he knows he’ll be going into heat soon, when he hears a commotion at a nearby table. He turns, setting his silverware down.
The waiter who had brought Jack his food, a younger beta with a smile which didn’t match his eyes as soon as he noticed Jack’s omega scent, was not quite yelling at a good-looking young man with an ascot. Ascot’s face was flushed, and he had both of his hands up in front of him. It doesn’t take a genius to see those two had either fucked or dated and were clearly not together now.
He sees the waiter’s arm move back, knows exactly what’s going to happen a few seconds before it does. There’s a slap which is louder than all of the conversations in the restaurant, followed by the waiter grabbing the glass of water from in front of ascot and throwing it in ascot’s face.
Jack is up before he has a chance to think about it. He grabs the waiter’s arm, it was very obvious to him the waiter was thinking about hitting ascot again, twists it behind the man’s back, and slams him down onto the table hard enough to make the silverware rattle. Jack leans in, putting his mouth near the waiter’s ear. “I hope you get fucking fired for that, you stupid ass.”
He's suddenly aware everyone in the room has not only gone silent, but are looking at him. Jack feels panic in his chest. He also feels something between his legs. “Shit.” He looks across the table at ascot. “You okay?” There’s a stunned nod. Jack gets a whiff of alpha underneath a very nice cologne. He sees the alpha’s eyes widen when the smell of Jack’s heat reaches him. “I think it would be a good idea if both of us left.”
Jack shoves the waiter once more, releases the man’s arm, and walks as rapidly as he can without actually breaking into a run to the door. He can hear ascot behind him, closing the distance. Jack throws a wad of money onto his own table as he passes.
He’s nearly to his truck when ascot catches up to him. Jack clenches his thighs together as he feels the first ooze of slick run down from his cunt. “Damn it.”
“Hey. Um... You’re going into heat, aren’t you? Your scent is changing really, really fast.” He shifts from foot to foot. “Maybe I can help you with it? If you want. No pressure. I mean, you probably have an alpha or someone. I’m Lucius, by the way.”
“Jack.” Jack takes three more steps to his truck and rests his forehead on the door. “I don’t have anyone. Kid, you’re at least half my age.”
“And? Let me make this easier for you. Please.” Lucius closes the distance between them. “That was an ex-boyfriend. I threw him out of the apartment when I caught him in bed with someone else a couple of weeks ago. Apparently, he’s still pissed about having to find a new place.”
Jack shudders as he feels sweat start to break out on his skin. “Fine. We’ll go to mine. Get in. No one drives my truck except me.”
Ten very stressful minutes later, they reach Jack’s house. Jack grabs the basket of snacks he’d gotten together before going out to eat, some water, and a few other things as he makes his way to the bedroom. He is happy he’d changed the sheets and cleaned up a little earlier as it was less to worry about.
Jack strips down quickly, tossing his clothing into a pile near the bed. He turns, looking at Lucius. The younger man has nice thighs Jack can’t wait to have wrapped around him. “Let me make myself comfortable and then you can give me a hand, a cock, and a knot.”
Lucius waits until Jack nods at him before he climbs onto the bed and settles behind Jack. “That was the hottest thing I have ever seen.” He eases his cock into Jack’s slick cunt with a few pumps of his hips. “Omegas don’t act like you do.”
“That’s bullshit. What junk we have doesn’t determine how we’re supposed to be. People have decided things, drilled it into everyone’s heads, and until more people go against those sorts of things, it is never going to change. Hell, sweetheart, I’m twice your age and things used to be so much worse. All of you need to really look back at how far things have come.” He closes his eyes as a wave of nausea rolls through his stomach.
“It might have been hot, but it was also really stupid. Someone could have called the cops. Would have spent my heat in jail. Been there, done that, have the scars from it, never fucking doing that again.”
Jack moans as Lucius finally bottoms out. He can feel Lucius knot swelling up, locking them together. “There we go. Was nice of you to help me with this.”
“Least I could do when what happened pushed you over into full-blown heat. I could barely smell the heat on you and then it was like a bomb went off in my face.” Lucius eases them over onto their sides. “I think I left dents in your truck door trying to keep myself off of you until we got here. Most people my age are on suppressants for ruts and heats. You only get to smell something when they want a mate or pups or whatever.”
“Suppressants are still fairly new. They work better now. When they first came out, they weren’t reliable, especially if something stressful happened. It would amplify your heat or your rut, did some very bad shit, people got hurt or worse.” Jack shakes his head. “Know a few people who were messed up permanently by those.”
“When you say things were worse, what exactly do you mean?” He runs his hands along Jack’s chest and stomach, fingers skimming through sweat and chest hair. “I’ve heard some things, but I didn’t know what was bullshit. It’s hard to find the truth online and people your age, they don’t really want to talk about it.”
“Alphas could only mate with omegas. Betas had to stick with other betas. If you were an omega with another omega or two alphas or with a beta when you weren’t... You could be jailed or fined or...” He trails off. “Other places, it was worse than here. If you were an alpha with a beta or another alpha, they would bitch you, make you into something else. You’d still have your alpha bits, but you’d end up with a whole new set of insides. Not even going to talk about the things they did to omegas.” Jack shudders.
“There was a whole movement after a series of bitchings and some unspeakable shit was done to omegas and betas on livestreams. People finally got really upset and did something. Shit changed. Laws and protections were put into place. Not everywhere. You still need to be very careful in a few parts of the world. Always fucking read up on places before you travel, Lucius.”
There’s a long stretch of silence with an occasional groan or grunt from either of them. Lucius clears his throat. “You’ve got the remnants of a bite scar under the tattoo on your throat. Do you have someone who is going to get upset I’m with you?”
“Nah. Been unmated from him for over a decade. He found someone else. Shit happens. Sometimes the two of them help me out with a heat.” Jack yawns. “Gonna rest my eyes for a bit. When your knot goes down, we’ll shower and then I’ll make us something in the kitchen before the heat takes over again.”
“I’m supposed to be the one looking after you.”
“Can you cook?”
“Not really. Sometimes I make things that are almost edible?”
“I’ll cook. You’ll watch and learn. Then when you find yourself someone, you can do it for them.”
“Oh.”
“What?” Jack tilts his head. “What’s wrong?”
“I thought maybe this could turn into something.” He traces a finger along Jack’s hip. “I like older guys.”
“Yeah?” There’s a nod. “I’ll think about it.”
Lucius’ smile is blinding.