WIP Wednesday: Sebardagni Omegaverse AU -“Bonded” Snippet
So far this AU has a grand total of 2 fans including myself, but I really like the world and so I am writing it anyway. Whether I end up publishing it, I’m not sure yet.
But have a scene I wrote last night between Agni and Sebastian.
The premise is Sebastian is returning to the compound where he was raised and essentially kept prisoner until he escaped at ~20. His abusive father is dead and his half brother Ciel has invited him to visit to reconnect.
It’s a risk, especially since Sebastian is mid-pregnancy with twins, but it’s something he feels he needs to do. His mates Agni and Bard accompany him, but Ciel is MIA the day they arrive and they end up having to spend the night, but Sebastian has trouble sleeping.
Hit the break to read the scene, and if you are interested in more of this AU, let me know!
Agni snagged a robe and wrapped it around himself before slipping from the dark bedroom. Bard lay snoring in the middle of the oversized bed, large enough for at least four g adults, and Agni didn’t want to wake him.
The light in the kitchenette guided his way toward the great room, which opened via large glass sliding doors onto a veranda with a lovely view of the gardens.
Agni wasn’t surprised to find Sebastian there, the crocheted cardigan-style robe Agni had made for him slipping over his shoulders and bunching around his arms as he paced slowly, one hand rubbing circles in his lower back while the other cradled his belly.
“How bad is the pain?” Agni asked without preamble as he stepped out to join his mate. The night was cool, almost cold, and Agni was concerned that Sebastian was out here partly because his temperature was high. But one thing at a time.
Sebastian glanced over his shoulder, some of his hair slipping out of the loose bun he’d knotted it into. He looked paler than normal, and yet had a faint flush to his cheeks. He smiled when he saw his mate, though, maybe partly bc he knew Agni always saw through his bullshit. “It’s manageable, but just, if I’m being entirely honest.” His smile faltered and he allowed his mask to slip away.
Agni approached and wrapped his arms around Sebastian from behind, both embracing and supporting him, but also allowing his scent to comfort his mate. He could already feel Sebastian relax against him. “What was your temperature?”
When he was feeling better, Sebastian would snip about being nagged, but he just groaned softly. “I took some tylenol.”
Unsatisfied, Agni lifted a hand and pressed it to Sebastian’s forehead. Even with how cool the air was out here, his skin was hot to the touch, and Agni had learned through experience more or less how high his fever must be right now.
“Dr. Dalles said—”
Sebastian arched his neck to try and look up at Agni, since they were pressed together, Sebastian’s back to Agni’s chest. “—to be mindful of my temp and not let it get too high. Yes, that's why I’m out here. Hoping the night air will help.” He shivered, and Agni held him a little tighter. The fevers made Sebastian sweat and lose a lot of moisture; they also made him both uncomfortably warm and cold at the same time. He let his head fall against Agni’s, further relaxing into the taller man’s hold.
Agni marveled at how much he’d changed since they’d first met. Back then, it had been like he’d kept himself wrapped up tightly and hidden from view, and slowly, bit by bit, he’d allowed Agni to unwrap and expose the deeper and most beautiful parts of himself. Sebastian was overall a freer, happier, more assertive and independent person than he’d been back when Agni was merely his bodyguard.
“You know both Bard and I don’t need to be fathers to be happy. Just being with you is enough for us.” Sometimes he worried Sebastian was so determined to have a successful pregnancy because he felt an obligation. A duty to his mates.
He hummed in assent. “I can’t really know how much of my desire for children is me and how much is my type. Lambdas purpose is reproduction, after all.” He sighed softly. “But I think I genuinely want this. I think because it’s my choice. I’m not being forced to bear someone’s children solely so they can have an alpha heir. Bard doesn’t care about the baby’s type, and I know you don’t either. I hope my children aren’t lambda so they can live normal lives, but I know that they’ll be loved and cherished in a way I never was regardless. I want to give to my children everything I never had. Including parents who love them.”
He let out a soft moan and leaned into Agni more.
“Let’s sit for a bit. Your hips must ache.” Agni guided Sebastian to one of the outdoor sofas, taking a seat and inviting him to sit between his legs so they could sit similarly to how they’d been standing, with as much body contact as they could have.
Sebastian settled gratefully into Agni’s hold, trembling subtly, whether from pain or cold. Agni couldn’t be sure. But he wouldn’t let them stay out here too much longer. “I’ve been thinking about it a lot. Since I . . . since last time.” Sebastian still had trouble talking about how devastating a loss his last miscarriage had been for him. It had depressed him so much he had considered having a hysterectomy at one point, because he hadn’t been certain he could handle another pregnancy and yet another loss. “And since I decided to come see Ciel.” He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “I want a family. A real family. Something I never had.”
Agni kissed the top of Sebastain’s head. “I’d like that too.” Agni had been dumped at an orphanage for beta children when he was too young to remember anything but the grey crumbling walls of that place. He honestly had never imagined he’d lived to adulthood, let alone be mated to two other men and on the cusp of parenthood.
“I love you.”
“I love you too.”
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Cozy Witchy AU featuring a couple of 3! Bard as (an oblivious) Soldier, Agni as a loving partner, cook and 'poet' of our trio and Seb as the infamous witch of this story. Thanks for helping and support to @plague-of-insomnia and @theemeraldgreenwitch
I had a hard time writing this, but maybe you will still like it.
"Lets say I have a special talent... some people say its a blessing, others say its a curse." he turned around and looked at Bard with his strange red eyes, "And I say it is both"
A sneak peek at the next chapter of The Glue That Binds Us, a sebardagni post-apocalyptic sickfic:
Sebastian was tired today. His muscles were complaining especially, like teens wanting to sleep past noon on the weekends, and he had to carefully brace himself with both hands on either side of his body to ensure he remained sitting. He didn’t think he could walk today, but he didn’t want to admit it. Not when Bard had only been home a few days and Sebastian was doing all he could to make it seem like he was fully recovered from the pneumonia and as fine as he could be.
He knew he should call Agni. If Bard weren't home, he would have already. But something about Bard returning from the seeming arms of death meant that Sebastian felt like he owed the man at least a few days without excessive worry. He couldn't prevent the attacks that often robbed him of sleep during the night, but this--pretending he was fine during the day--he could at least attempt.
He slid his arms into the familiar loops of the homemade forearm crutches Bard had made him and wrapped his fingers around the handgrips. He could do this. The cabin was small. It was only a few feet from the bed, through the bedroom door, and then just a couple more to the sofa in the main room where he'd be able to stop and rest.
Of course, if he fell, he could seriously injure himself--not to mention get a lecture from both Agni and Bard for his stubbornness. But it was already bad enough that both men treated Sebastian like glass. It was already infuriating how he'd desperately want to help, have the motivation, but not the strength, energy, or breath to help Agni with much of the house and farm work.
It didn't help that every time he closed his eyes he wondered if he'd never wake up again. Or how much it pained him to know that he would be leaving Bard alone, most likely, when he did.
Agni was a good actor and did a fairly decent job of keeping his spirits up and his true emotions hidden, but Sebastian had been with Agni for most of his life now; nearly a quarter of a century. He knew Agni almost better than himself.
It had not escaped Sebastian's notice in the last couple weeks as he finally began to recover from the pneumonia that had knocked him on his ass, when his mind had cleared enough for him to be able to notice things Agni likely thought he was still too sick and confused to.
Like how exhausted he was, physically, mentally, and emotionally, as if it radiated from his bones. Sometimes, Sebastian had wondered if he had died if it would have lifted the other man's burden, though he feared it might actually be worse.
Sebastian wasn't certain, but he suspected that Agni wouldn't want to live once Seb was gone.
Which would mean Bard would be alone again, like he was when they'd first met almost five years ago.
The Glue That Binds Us - A Post-Apocalyptic Sebardagni Story
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Rating: T | Words: 2867 | Pairing: Sebardagni
Summary: The world ended years ago. Bard, Sebastian, and Agni have managed to eke out a meager existence in a remote mountain cabin homestead they share. But due to Sebastian's chronic illness, Bard has to spend more and more time apart from his lovers in order to seek out any medicine to treat Sebastian's condition. The long separation puts stress on the trio. Ultimately, they are happy together despite the state of the human world because they've found each other.
