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Dennis and Robby get caught under the mistletoe at work, but their relationship is a secret, so they don't get to kiss. Dennis promises to make it up to him.
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Robby and Langdon working together.
Initially I was planning do to a more detailed sketch of the last pic, but then I liked how Robby came out and didn’t want to ruin it ;), so decided to make a series of quick sketches instead.
It’s a miracle she hasn’t been caught by any of her coworkers. Then again, she’s not sniffling or coughing too bad. At least not yet. There’s a few times where the tickle in her throat makes her have to hide in the break room for a moment. Other than that, her symptoms are easy. Thanks to the medicine. The medicine that will take another thirty minutes to kick in.
Samira never gets sick. And when she does, she still goes to work. There are people who need her help more. Besides, she has DayQuil in her purse. What could go wrong?
for @songfrog - happy holidays and i hope you enjoy 💌 apologies if it's not december 25th with you, it is in the southern hemisphere!
2.6k words, omegaverse, established relationship, nesting, pre-heat, fluff, comfort, attempt at humour, age gap, comfort
my submission for @thepittsecretsanta
Robby was exhausted as he unlocked the door to their shared home. The back to back December shifts had all but finished him off that week, made better only by the knowledge that Dennis and Jack were waiting for him at home.
He placed his bag down next to the hall table just in time to catch an armful of energetic Omega "Oof!"
Dennis wrapped his legs around his waist, settling into his arms with a self satisfied smile.
"Hi," he said with a flush "How was work? Can we decorate the bedroom? Actually, can I decorate the bedroom? Jack said I could but I wanted to wait and ask you, I found the box of stuff in the hall closet and I have an idea that involves fairy lights because it's so dark in there in the winter, it should be cozy right? Can I make it cozy? Pretty please?" Robby smiled indulgently at the younger man as he walked them into the living room.
"Baby, breath," Dennis' chest was heaving a little in his rush to unload his thoughts "Work was fine, yes you can decorate our room, yes it's too dark in there, yes you can make it cozy."
Robby eyed his husband over the Omega's head with a questioning look, to which Jack jerked his head left to right with a smile.
No sooner had he deposited Dennis on the couch had the younger man jumped back up again, spinning round to drop a kiss to Jack's lips and evading the grab of his hands with a giggle "Okay, thank you, love you!" and then he was off down the hall to rummage around in the closet once more.
Robby took up the spot Dennis had vacated with a sigh, resting his head against the back of the couch. Jack leaned over to place a kiss to his cheek, intertwining their hands and pulling him across his body.
"How was it then?" Jack murmured, lips pressed to the crown of his head.
"About as bad as you'd think, what is it about the holidays that makes people think anything remotely cone shaped should go up their ass?" Jack snorted, chest rumbling with the laugh as he massaged Robby's arms and he let himself sink into the feeling, muscles finally relaxed, shoulders dropping from their constantly hunched stance.
They sat in silence for a while, listening as Dennis puttered around on the other side of the house, winced slightly as a crash rang out followed by a series of curses.
"Everything okay?" Jack shouted down the hall.
"Ye-yeah!" Dennis yelled in response and Jack sat back against the couch.
"Do you think he knows?" Robby whispered, pushing up so he could sit facing his husband.
"What, that he's nesting? No. And I don't think he's got any idea why he's doing it either, but judging by the temperature he was running this morning I'd be surprised if he doesn't figure it out soon,"
"Hmm, did he find the winter blankets? We should give them to him in case he wants them for our room."
"Leave him to it, he'll appear any minute with more questions, he was so worried about decorating the house without asking you first. You remember what you were like at that age? Your first Rut after we got together?"
Robby blushed, ducking his head into the crook of his elbow. He'd been a hot mess, frenetic energy bubbling up inside him to the point he'd repainted his entire bedroom of the tiny run down flat he'd lived in during undergrad.
"You're one to talk, if memory recalls, you were so territorial that month I had to bail you out of jail twice for bar brawls, one time I wasn't even with you!"
Jack let out a belly laugh, pulling him until he sat on his lap, thighs either side of the other Alpha's hips, hands coming to rest on the curve of his shoulders.
Robby let his head fall forward, let the warmth of Jack's skin seep into his own. The scents of contented alpha and pre-heat omega permeated the house, settling deep in the cells of his body. He was just on the verge of falling asleep, when the sound of footsteps came careening down the hallway, coming to a squeaky halt on the hardwood floors in front of the couch.
"Hi uhm" Dennis looked around for a moment, like he wasn't quite sure what had led him back to the living room "havewegotanymoreblankets?" he finally huffed out, bouncing from one foot to the other.
Robby looked up, scanning the young Omega from head to toe. His hips had rounded over the last year, a steady diet and regular meal times filling out those soft parts of him that they loved so much. He wouldn't stand still, eyes darting from one thing to the next with a little frown marring that perfect face.
"The closet in the spare room, top shelf," Dennis turned to take off again, but Robby grabbed his hand "Baby, you feeling okay?" Dennis' eyes softened from their slightly widened gaze, stepping closer until both Alpha's had a grip on him.
"Yeah I guess I feel a little hot, I just uhm..I really want to finish the bedroom and then we can eat? Wait-why? Am I annoying you? I don't have to…I can stop," His face fell, honeyed scent beginning to smell singed with anxiety and Robby felt it like a punch to the gut.
"Angel, no. You're not bothering us at all, we just want to make sure you're okay. You can do whatever you want to the house, this is your space too, okay?" Dennis grinned, emotions flip-flopping inside him.
Jack could see it too, the see-sawing of feelings currently warring inside him. The poor kid hadn't been out of sight for more than ten minutes all day before going in search of his Alpha's, instincts tugging him between his nest and his soon-to-be mates.
Neither of them envied the hormonal changes currently happening to him, envied his upbringing even less. Years on suppressants and a family full of Beta's had done a number on their boy. When they'd taken him to the Omega specialist he'd been near catatonic for days afterwards. They didn't blame him, finding out those that were supposed to protect him were actively harming him had been like a body blow.
Eventually, after days of silence and anxious fidgeting he'd sat them down and told them that if he was going to go through all of this stuff at twenty-six, he wanted to do it with them. But he'd also said he didn't want to make a big deal out of it, he'd spent his whole life keeping the secret of his Omega nature, he didn't want things to change between them.
So, they'd gone on as normal, stood by his side as he got to grips with what it meant to just be an Omega. And then last week he started getting restless, sleep schedule going out the window as his body started preparing him for his first heat.
They'd agreed to let him come to his own conclusions, offering little anecdotes about their respective Omega siblings, even employing Dana to gently give him a rundown on Omega biology.
They couldn't be more endeared by their boy if they tried. It was clear in his scent how happy he was, the honey and cinnamon scent permeated the house, settling on every surface he brushed past.
Dennis nodded at them, hand running through his hair, fiddling with the curls before grabbing at the pillow Robby had just been sat against and disappearing to their room.
They sat like that for a while, Jack flicking on the TV at a low volume as background noise.
"There's cookies in the kitchen, he made them this morning. There's also cinnamon buns in the fridge and two loaves of bread proving in the bottom of the oven and he demolished your chocolate stash, reminds me of my sister and her first heat, she nearly cut my hands off when I tried to eat some of her candy."
"Have we got any? Candy, I mean," Robby jumped a little as Dennis seemingly appeared out of nowhere, fingers in his mouth and a placated look on his face.
"I think there's some in the pantry, but sweetheart you probably need some proper food before you sugar load again," Robby stood, moving to wrap his arms around the younger man, gentle kisses pressed to the soft skin of his neck.
Dennis almost immediately stopped fidgeting, body going lax and still.
"But I want candy," Dennis whined, turning to face Jack with a pout.
"That face doesn't work on me sweetheart, you need a proper meal and you know it," Jack replied with a smirk. That face absolutely did work on him, but Robby was a soft touch, and someone needed to keep a level head going into the next week.
Robby squeezed his hips, pulling him tighter for a moment before letting him go.
"I'll get dinner started, you wanna come help?" Dennis looked a little lost for a moment, like he couldn't decide what was more appealing, finishing in the bedroom or sitting with his Alpha's.
"I..uhm-can I..uhm," Dennis huffed without finishing, fingers coming back to his mouth while he tried to figure out which instinct to follow.
"Why don't you finish decorating the bedroom and then you can come help with dinner? Robby can wait until you're finished, right babe?" Dennis looked between them, coming to some conclusion in his head before nodding.
"Okay, I'll be quick." And then he was off again, mumbling something about 'stupid hormones' under his breath.
"Denny baby, can I come get some clean clothes? I'll shower while we wait," Robby called, stopping the boy in his tracks as he went to shut the bedroom door.
The Omega looked alarmed as Robby walked towards the door, holding it closed behind him like a child trying to conceal a mess.
"Dennis, I need to get to the closet, I'll be quick I promise," Dennis shook his head in response, sinking his teeth into his bottom lip in a way that made Robby want to wrap him up in a blanket until he didn't know the word anxiety.
Jack must have smelt the distress from the living room, coming up next to his men with a gentle purr rumbling from his chest.
"Baby, Robby needs his clothes so he can shower, but you could get them for him if you want? Then you can have Robby's clothes that he's wearing now," Dennis' scent bloomed to an almost sickly sweetness as Jack spoke gently to him and without another word slipped inside the room, popping out a minute later with a stack of clean clothes from the dresser.
"Strip." Dennis said, arms folded across his chest, hip clocked slightly to the side.
"Now?" Robby tone was a little exasperated "I'm just about to go for a-"
"Now." Dennis replied, tone final.
Jack couldn't help the laugh that escaped him at the stand off of wills between his partners, it amused him to no end how alike they were, different designations be dammed.
They stood staring at each other for all of thirty seconds before the older man caved with a huff, carefully stripping down to his boxers. Dennis all but snatched the items of clothing, raising an eyebrow when Robby started to move away.
"Boxers too." He snapped.
Robby eyed Jack with outright exasperation at that, his husband just grinned back unhelpfully.
Dennis' pupils dilated, and if he hadn't been so caught up in Alpha pheromones, he'd have been embarrassed at the way he brought them to his face before disappearing behind the door again.
"You're a dick," Robby half whined.
"And you two are more alike than you'd care to admit, now get in the shower," Jack replied with a smack to his husbands bare ass before making his way back to the living room with a cackle.
By the time Robby was finished in the shower, Dennis' movements had quieted down in their room. Jack could hear him talking softly on the phone to someone as his husband collapsed into the chair next to him.
"I'll get you back for encouraging him you-"
"Am I going into pre-heat?" Dennis had clattered into the living room, phone screen still illuminated with Trinity's name, tone high pitched and a little accusatory.
Robby could hear the other resident cackling on the other end of the phone, but he was more concerned about the look of complete shock on their Omega's face.
"Yeah angel, it started a few days ago," he tried gently, reaching out his hands to pull him closer.
But Dennis wasn't looking at him, he was staring at their bedroom door like a deer in the headlights.
"Wait, is that why I'm so hot?" He spun around "Why I don't wanna wear anything but your clothes?" He looked at his phone again, ending the call "Oh my God am I Nesting?" He collapsed down onto Jack's lap, pout on his face as he stared at them both.
His scent was calm, but he was biting at his fingers, eyes searching. Robby felt his instincts tugging at him, hindbrain screaming to comfort his Omega before moving to sit next to them, fingers resting on his bare skin. Dennis groaned in satisfaction as he massaged his shoulders, head tipping back.
"We didn't want to make it a big deal," Jack murmured against his hand, placing a gentle kiss to the tips he'd been biting.
"And we wanted you to be comfortable enough to work it out and come to us when you were ready," Robby added, moving the Omega until he was lying across their laps, running his fingers through his hair.
"Did you two forget I've never done this before? I just thought I was hormonal!" he whined.
"Well, I mean, technically you are hormonal.." Jack smirked, big hands resting over the younger mans thighs.
"You're not funny, Alpha." Dennis snapped, but there was no real heat behind the words as he basked like a cat aross them.
"You're so cute when you're flustered, you know that?" Robby murmured between kisses to his forehead and Dennis preened, scent flooding the space with pure Omega satisfaction.
"Plus, watching you make a nest for your Alpha's is hot, makes us feel all strong and Alpha-like," Jack laughed, squeezing his thighs. Dennis pressed in close, nestling his head against Robby's belly before bolting upright.
"Wait, is that why my brain was screaming at me to not let you in until I was finished? I just thought I was being weird," He said quietly, standing up to pace the front of the couch.
"Baby, you're not weird. It's normal for Omega's not to want their Alpha's near their nest until they've completed it. My sister bit her mate so hard she drew blood when he tried to see her nest before she was done." Jack said, moving to grab a hold of him.
"And are you?" Dennis stopped, staring at them both.
"Are we what, sweetheart?" Robby replied.
"My Alpha's?" The look on his face put a spear through both of the Alpha's hearts.
And then they were both standing, crowding in close against him, arms circling him from every direction as they placed kisses to either side of his neck.
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Gifts revealed on: December 25th via tumblr post, tagging your secret santa (and us, if you'd like a reblog!)
Below I've covered all of the main questions you may have but if I haven't, please drop me a message.
1) What can I make? Almost whatever you want. Fics, fan arts, moodboards or fan videos all welcome! Just NO AI of any sort, please.
2) What ships are allowed? All ships are welcome. If you want a friendship or platonic ship just use the format Character&Character, otherwise a slash / for romantic pairings.
For many reasons, we'd like to keep it character focused so no x reader, x OCs and no RPF.
3) Are crossovers allowed? Yes!
4) What about ratings? All ratings allowed! Please just follow tumblr/AO3 rules with cuts and tags.
5) Is there a min/max word count? At least 500 word if you are writing. Largely, have fun with it! If in doubt, a good rule of thumb is: if I received this, would I be happy with the effort/care? If so, go for it!
6) Is it anonymous? That's the fun! At least until the reveal on the 25th of December (at whatever time is convenient for you). That means you are keeping your anonymity from your giftee until then. If you need extra info or to ask them something, please contact us and we'll contact them.
7) Will there be an AO3 collection? Yes! Here
Tumblr will be the main mode of submission for fanarts etc, so we do kindly ask that everyone also posts on tumblr, tagging your recipient on the 25th of December. If you tag this blog or put in the tags #thepittsecretsanta2025 we'll also reblog everyone!
8) What can I ask/write/create? Anything as long as it doesn’t violate AO3 or Tumblr policy. I will also say that, given the canon, we will not accept requests/gifts that would fall into the Underage Archive Warning on AO3 (That is R-rated underage content. If you want them to smooch in a High School AU, that's fine.)
9) What should I put in the Do Not Want/Will Not Write? Anything that will squick you or that, as it says, you don’t want. That includes specific tags but also Archive Warnings.
If your giftee has been vague, it is always a good idea NOT to write something like Major Character Death or Non-Con unless it was explicitely requested.
10) What happens if I get a match/prompt for a gift I'm not comfortable with? This is meant to be fun, not a chore. Message us asap, please. We will try our absolute best to match people to the best of ourability but it’s really dependent on requests. We're sure we can find a solution!
11) Do you require check-ins? No, but do let us know as soon as you can if you are going to be late or if you can no longer take part so we can arrange a pinch hitter.
12) What should I do when I receive my gift? Enjoy it! And then comment/reblog as it's always nice to show appreciation for the thought and effort somebody put in for us.
13) I have a question/doubt/issue? Message me or send an ask on tumblr or drop an email [email protected]
