Bloody Mary A4A
Whatever you do, don't think about Alpha x Alpha Bloodmary
Warning under the cut: potential nsft, Alpha x Alpha, dub con
Don't think about Simon arriving on Erid, thinking that when he got into Grace's territory he'd have to fight for his own spot of it or duck below his eye sight to not upset him.
But as soon as they get here Grace is offering up space and his own house and access to his den, stepping aside whenever he's in Simon's way.
The younger man assumed he did all that on the Mary just to keep the peace between them, but seeing him act the same on Erid makes him question a lot.
"oh yeah," Ryland would laugh when Simon brought it up, hunched over a microscope. "They kinda snipped me for the mission. Yao was a Beta and they were worried I'd go rouge or something. "
"they what."
"It didn't hurt or anything. Or maybe it did. I had 4 years to get over it," Grace would laugh again. " I wasn't even really aggressive on earth either, but I guess they just wanted to cover those bases. They removed my appendix too."
Was that why Grace was so easy to cow? Simon can't say he could ever imagine Grace as being aggressive, he just doesn't seem the type. He was constantly saying he was pretty cowardly back on earth. And more than anything, didn't want to get in people's way, while also not wanting anyone else to get in his.
"They castrated you?"
"No no no, it all still works- trust me it probably would've been better for them to do that, when Rocky moved into the Mary it felt like my skin was too tight."
So he did feel his instincts, just delayed and muted.
Good, probably. That way if Simon has to fight for something that he could probably strong arm it out of Grace rather than have a full on brawl on their hands.
Except Ryland did a lot of natural Alpha things. He was protective of Rocky, of his space, his things. He seemed to get joy out of providing something to the Eridians and to Simon.
He loved being around the pebbles of his class, looking painfully sweet while scratching the xenonite belly of one that had turned on its back and failed its legs for attention.
So big question was: why was Grace so calm with Simon in his space?
He may never get that answer, but he certainly got an answer to the question he had when arriving: How the hell are two alphas supposed to coexist peacefully when one is in rut?
That was a bizarrely easy one to answer once Simon actually hit his rut. A slow build up of irritation everytime Grace brushed past or he could hear him blabber down the hall. Hair standing on end whenever he was sitting too close to what Simon had silently marked as his own territory.
Mounting another Alpha was only ever a sign of dominance on Eden. Proving you're strong enough to take form even the strongest.
All of that went quickly out the window when he had tackled Grace onto his front with pinprick eyes, teeth snapping at the back of his neck to keep him in place and rutting against his surprisingly nice ass and pressing his face into the sand.
And it isn't until after, with Simon's knot popped in Ryland's ass- which has to hurt- while he's thinking about how badly this is gonna ruin their careful friendship, that he realizes that Grace is purring and his hips have been arched up the whole time.
"A..Are you okay?"
And Grace only nods, pillowing his arms under his head and wiping the sand from his face.
"Can we skip doing it in the sand next time? I can always feel it getting everywhere."
"uh? Sure?"
Alternate ending:
Simon manages to get a hold of Grace when he's got on his last never and he's pent up, and wrangled him down, flesh hand fisting in blonde hair and hips snapping against Grace's face.
And he's thinking this is going way easier than he thought it would. He's not even trying with his teeth or anything. Actually-
He left go of Grace's hair entirely, his hips slowing to a stop, but Grace is going like it's his singular purpose in life, his hands still bracket let on Simon's thighs who kinda just staring down at Ryland till he notices and pulls off a little with slick lips.
"something wrong?"
"you're- not fighting."
"do you want me to."
"..No?"
And Ryland just shrugs a little and sucks back down to Simon's knot, hitting the back of his thraot and making Simon flinch.
"Alright- would you at least be careful you're gonna hurt yourself."
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Simon forms Eden who only knows mounting Alphas and pairing with them as an act of dominance and hierarchy x Grace who comes from a planet where it's slightly common and he's pretty sure he's sending this Alpha all the right signals
