#alpha ivan

[ask-omegaverse-rochu]

How is Anton doing? :3:

Anton and Ivan are playing together in front of the couch. Anton squeezes the little ball with his hands.

Yao walks in. “Are you two ready to go to the park?”

Anton giggles and pushes himself backward, sliding underneath the couch.

“Antosha, wait!”

“Ivan, get him!”

They both drop down on their knees in front of the couch. Anton has slid all the way back to the wall.

“We have to lift the couch,” Ivan says.

“What if he gets hurt? Your arms are longer, you try to grab him.”

Anton just giggles as his father’s fingertips barely tickle him.

“Get him!”

“I can’t get any closer. We’ll have to move the couch.”

“You move it, I’ll make sure he doesn’t get hurt.”

Ivan gets up and starts lifting the couch. Anton looks confused at the movement around him.

“It’s okay,” Yao says. “We’ll get you out. Just stay right where you are.”

As soon as Anton’s exposed, he tries to crawl away, but Ivan manages to scoop him up. “Got you.”

He babbles.

“Look at you!” Yao says. “You have dust bunnies in your hair!”

He coos.

Ivan hands the baby to Yao and puts the couch back. Yao sits Anton down on the couch and starts rubbing the dirt off of him. “Here’s your ball. Sit still so I can clean you up.”

Anton throws the ball down.

Yao picks it up and gives it to him again. “Now, you can’t scare your parents like that.”

Anton throws the ball again and Yao picks it up again. 

“What if we hadn’t gotten you out? You would have been stuck—”

Anton throws the ball again.

“…It’s a game now, isn’t it?”

He babbles and reaches out his hand for the ball.

“No, you’re not getting it anymore.”

He looks at him confused.

“If you want it, you shouldn’t have thrown it away.”

He reaches out again.

“No, it’s gone.”

He sputters.

“You did it yourself.”

He starts tearing up.

“…Don’t cry now. Here’s your ball. Just make sure to hold onto it, okay?”

Anton babbles and squeezes it.

“Alright, now—”

He throws it again.

Yao sighs. “Let’s just head to the park.”

[somestorywriter]

And so the big cleaning task began. And now, many snack breaks later, it is done. 

Yao and Ivan sit on the floor, admiring their work. “It looks bigger now that it’s clean,” Yao says. 

“I can start painting next Saturday.”

“Have we got everything we need? All the tools?”

“I think so. It’s going to be lovely.”

“We’ll make sure of it.”

[ask-omegaverse-rochu]

*Throws ("Go an entire heat/rut without having sex") youtube challenge* YEET!!( ಠ ͜ʖಠ)

Ivan buries his face in Yao’s hair. His mate’s smelling particularly nice this morning.

“Ivan?”

“Mm?”

“I think I’m having my first heat since giving birth.”

“That would explain a few things.” He starts sliding his hand down.

“The doctor said I have to sit this one out.”

He stops. “He did?”

“Yes, so remove that hand of yours. Doctor’s orders.”

“Alright.” Ivan sits up. “It must be true what they say, about ruts decreasing after having children. My… urges aren’t as strong as usual either.”

“Doesn’t mean we can’t still have fun. Just not right now.” The doctor had told Yao about how an Omega’s fertility drops once they’ve given birth. Most never get pregnant again. And with that, the heats decrease as well.

“I’ll make you breakfast,” Ivan says. “Just because we’re not driven mad by hormones, doesn’t mean I can’t spoil you.”

“Just keep those hands of yours far away.”

“I’ll try. A small rut is still a rut.”

“Tell me about it…”

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Ivan how are your sisters adjusting to being aunts???

“He’s a real Braginsky, this one,” Natalia says. Anton babbles and squeezes her finger. 

“You can tell by the rate he’s growing at.” Sofia adjusts the baby on her lap. 

“It’s our one and only frustration.” Ivan puts the cups of tea down. 

“Now, let’s see what you’ve got.” Sofia kneels downs by the coffee table with Anton. She takes a sketchbook out of her bag and a box of crayons. “Here you go.”

Anton feels the box, intrigued.

Sofia takes an orange one out and gives it to him. At once, he sticks it into his mouth. 

“Don’t do that,” Ivan says while gently pushing his hand down. 

“Are you sure you’re feeding him enough?” Natalia jokes.

“Plenty. But you know what bears are like.”

“Let’s try that again.” Sofia guides his hand onto the paper and helps him draw a line. 

Anton looks at it, shocked. He tries the same thing, and squeals when he sees the color appear. This is so much more interesting than eating it! He picks a green crayon. That one does the thing too!

“I cannot stress enough how important art is, especially for young children,” Sofia says. “The other day I hosted a workshop for an elementary school class at my gallery. You could see the children blossom.”

“He seems to like it,” Ivan says, trying to stop Anton from coloring his own hand.

The front door opens. 

“Welcome home,” Ivan calls. 

“You go and get ready,” Natalia says. “We’ve got things covered around here.”

Ivan gets up and goes to greet Yao. “You can keep your coat on.”

“Why? I thought we’d decided not to go to the movies tonight?”

“I found two people who happen to be willing to look after Anton.”

“Ivan, you know I don’t want strangers looking after him.” He walks into the living room. “Oh, hello.”

“You see?” Ivan says. “He’s in good hands.”

“Off you go now,” Natalia says. “It’s auntie time.”

Anton babbles and picks up another crayon.

Yao kisses his head. “Be good to your aunts, okay?”

He blows a raspberry.

“We won’t be back late.”

“Don’t you dare rush,” Natalia warns. “Now, go.”

~~#~~

Yao and Ivan come back around ten. They find Ivan’s sisters cleaning up Anton’s play corner. “Welcome back,” Sofia says when she sees them. She has blue crayon on her cheek.

“Did he behave?” Yao asks. 

“Wonderfully. He fell asleep right after dinner.”

“He’s built a tower.” Natalia points at the three blocks piled on top of each other. “It took him a few tries, but he did it.”

“He’s growing up so fast…” Yao looks at the drawings he’s made.

“Did you two have fun?” Sofia asks. 

“It was wonderful,” Ivan says. “We had dinner, and then we went to the cinema, and then we had a drink afterward.”

“You can call us any time you want to go out together. Now, let’s try to find all the crayons…”

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Ivan walks inside and takes off his coat and shoes. As always, he heads right inside to greet his family, but he soon hears a third familiar voice. 

“I won’t be able to sleep anyway.”

Kiku’s here. It wouldn’t be the first time he stays over for dinner. Ivan walks in to greet him, but what he sees has him stop and look confused for a moment.

Yao is helping a pregnant Kiku off the couch. “You need rest,” he scolds. “Even if you can’t sleep, you have to lie down on a proper bed.”

Anton, strapped in his chair, notices his papa and starts squealing and reaching for him.

“What is it, Antosha?” Yao looks around and spots Ivan. “Ah, there you are.”

“Did I miss something?” Last time he checked, his brother-in-law wasn’t pregnant.

“Kiku’s staying with us and we’re taking care of him.”

“Alright. Why?”

“I’ll explain later. Can you look after Antosha while I help Kiku get settled? He hasn’t had his bottle yet and he’s getting fussy.”

“Of course.” He puts his briefcase down and picks up Anton who goes right in for a big bear hug. “Did you miss me?”

He gurgles and yawns.

“You’re not fussy at all, are you? But still, we can’t let bears go hungry.” He takes him to the kitchen and heats his bottle while Yao helps Kiku up the stairs. “Do you need help?” he calls.

“No, we’ve got it.”

“Alright.” He rocks Anton. “We’ll have to help mama panda take care of Uncle Kiku now.”

He babbles. He can do that.

Ivan feeds Anton, and burps him, and rocks him until the baby’s miles into dreamland. He takes him upstairs and tucks him into his bed. When he heads to one of the guest bedrooms, Yao just comes out.

“Hey, is everything—”

“Get downstairs, you.”

“But—”

“I’ll meet you in the living room.”

Ivan goes downstairs and waits there. He has a lot of questions, but he knows better than to press Yao. By the time Yao comes downstairs, he has a whole questionnaire set up in his mind. “Well?”

Yao drops down on the couch next to him. “Kiku’s pregnant.”

“I saw that.”

“Alfred’s the father.”

He sits up. “Alfred?”

“Yes. Just when you think someone’s out of your life…”

“Does he know?”

“No. But that’s up to Kiku.”

Ivan sits back. “We sure didn’t see this coming.”

“It was obvious, looking back. I just hope he’s been taking care of himself.”

“Is it safe for me to be around here?”

“That’s why I put him in the room farthest from ours.” Without the father of the children nearby, chances are Kiku will latch onto every Alpha he sees. And with a big strong Alpha like Ivan in the house…

“Just tell me if I can do anything to help.”

“I’m thinking. Something will have to be done.”

“Just let me know.” He pulls Yao close and kisses his cheek.

[ask-omegaverse-rochu]

For Ivan and Yao: Have the both of you forgiven Alfred for the "heat incident" or are you still mad at him? I was wondering because he's with Kiku, so you guys will have to see him many times in the future.

"I'd tear him apart if Kiku wasn't so fond of him."

"Yao, behave. We agreed to only maim or seriously injure."

"He has no business fathering my brother's children, and he's only part of the family because Kiku wants his babies' father around. I'd kick him out if it wasn't for that."

"If he so much as touches Kiku wrong though, I'll personally throw him out the window."

"I'm honestly awaiting my chance."

[ask-omegaverse-rochu]

♒️What's the sexiest thing the other has ever done for you?

“That has got to be him standing up for me,” Yao says. “He’d never let any Alpha with bad intentions come near me. I have to admit, it’s quite sexy watching Ivan put up all his big bear glory for me.”

“Something tells me you don’t mind getting into trouble at all.”

“Not when you’re there, no.”

“Well,” Ivan says, “I for one like when you get all firey. When you won’t take no for an answer, and there’s nothing for me to do but to surrender.”

“Don’t tempt me.”

“Oh, but maybe I am.”

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@Ivan: as a new parent, have you ever felt like a zombie at work? (Thanks to Anton's messed up sleep schedule)

Ivan was sure he hadn’t gotten himself coffee yet. But he’s just back from the coffee room, one mug in his hand, another one on his desk. When did he get the first one? Oh, right, on the way back from his last bathroom break… 

He feels the mug. The drink’s gone cold.

He sits down and continues his work. His lunch break doesn’t come any too soon. He quickly eats his food and uses the rest of the time for a much-needed nap. When he wakes up, he only has a few meetings left to attend. 

“Braginsky? Are you okay?” a colleague asks during the last meeting.

“Yes, sure. Why?”

“You’ve been staring ahead for the past five minutes with a big smile on your face.”

“Oh?” Only now does Ivan notice the curl of his lips. “I was just thinking that I’m close to going home to my family.”

“I see…”

When he does get home, his body feels heavy as he walks up the driveway. But when he opens the door and sees Yao reading Anton a picture book, he’s filled with energy once more.