| [As an alpha, he's really not supposed to feel like this.
Nothing struck him as unusual, at first. Oh, Aether smelled incredible, he knew that. He'd thought for sure the little traveler was an omega, but with that Kaeya from Mondstadt always hanging around him — another alpha, or a beta, maybe, it was hard to tell — Childe had figured Aether was either already bitten or spoken for.
On the off chance that he wasn't, though, the Harbinger had fantasized, privately and to himself, about claiming the outlander during one of his heats. Oh, what a treat that would be. Would he cry? Would he try to fight his rival off? Or would he comply, giving in to a spark of mutual attraction that Childe knows has been there from the start?
...That was the fantasy, anyway. Childe's not much of a schemer, though, and as such, even his best-laid plans often go awry.
He'd made up an excuse to take off from his usual duties as a Harbinger for a few days, mostly just to join Aether (and that irritating Kaeya, but never mind him) on a little adventure that would ostensibly be fun and relaxing. But as he lay in his bed at the Wangshu Inn, Childe abruptly realized that he was... burning. His body is much too hot. If it were a fever, that would be one thing, but there's something else that's causing him distress: a coil of desperate arousal in his belly, one that struck without warning or cause. His mind keeps wandering back to the blond traveler, and his trim little waist, and his sweet little face...
Well, Childe's not a monster. He really does try. He finishes himself off with his hand once in his bed (discreetly and neatly, too) — but it's not enough, which is ridiculous, and means something else is afoot. It must be Aether. Perhaps the traveler really did hit his breeding cycle? But in that case, why is Childe the one feeling hot?
It can't be helped. The inn is relatively quiet at this time of night, so Childe awkwardly shuffles himself back into his pants and sneaks into Aether's room two doors away to see what's afoot. If the traveler is in heat, maybe he can help...]
Comrade? Are you asleep — |
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}