Becoming the Luna

Hayden politely knocks on the door to Virgil's office, half wondering if he should have just stayed behind at the house.

It was a little to late to go get Apple from Julia who was pet sitting the cat and her litter but he could surely find something else to keep him occupied until he falls asleep, right? 

Too late though because he can clearly hear Virgil telling him to come in, he shrugs away his doubts, he had his phone with him, he could always curl up on the couch and read e-books if it came to that.

Timidly, he pushes open the door and peeks inside, not sure what to expect.

"Hayden!" Jaxon exclaims happily as soon as he sees the other. "I wasn't expecting to see you."

"Yeah." Hayden chuckles nervously, stepping in and closing the door behind him. "It was sort of a spontaneous decision." He mumbles, unconsciously gravitating in Virgil's direction.

Virgil pushes his chair backwards to make room for Hayden to come close, his sour mood sweetening when he gets a whiff of the now familiar scent of vanilla and roses, draining out the aggression thrumming in his veins.

"I hope I'm not interrupting." Hayden gulps, going with Virgil who wastes no time settling his mate on his lap, his nose going straight for the other's scent gland.

"Not at all, if anything a welcome and pleasant interruption." Jaxon waves the Luna's concern away.

He had a lot of things to discuss with Hayden, he had been more or less excused from his duty as Luna because of his human status but now, so many things would have to change.

But that was a task for another day, at the moment, he was just relieved that Hayden had showed up.

He could tell that Virgil's hold on his control was quite fragile and could snap anytime, and so, although the Alpha had apologized, Jaxon was still walking around on pins and needles while dealing with him.

He pretends to go through already resolved files while the couple sitting across the table from him converse in soft murmurs, Virgil cupping Hayden's face with his palms and Hayden burying his hands in Virgil's hair.

It almost made him long for a love like that but it wasn't for him, not at the moment anyway, he still had a civilization to build.

He keeps himself busy with studying their body language, Virgil's shoulders stiffening and going lax again while Hayden's scent spikes while he talks about some animatedly, obvious excitement on his face.

What catches Jaxon's eye however is how often Hayden's palm drifts to his stomach, he glances at Virgil to see if the Alpha caught that but Virgil is too occupied staring into his mate's eyes so Jaxon decides to keep it to himself.

If the Luna was pregnant anyway, they would find out eventually, no need to poke a hornets nest by starting up things now.

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Hayden ends up falling asleep in Virgil's arms, head propped against his chest as he sits facing the Alpha.

Jaxon was long gone, the night getting darker outside as Virgil works out the cricks in his neck.

He relaxes against his chair, taking a short break to ease the tension in his shoulders and cuddle his sleeping mate a little.

He had been watching Hayden with a hawk's eye, watchfully picking out every odd action or scent.

Although the change in Hayden's scent would instantly tell him if his mate was pregnant, there were chances that the change in scent would delay and the need to know for sure was driving him mad, he doesn't think he has felt so much fear before.

Not even when crazy bitch Nicole was trying to stab him with a knife, at least then, he was sure in his abilities to protect Hayden even if it meant taking the knife in his own throat.

But not for something like this, Virgil couldn't save Hayden from the risks of getting pregnant, it wasn't a highschool bully he could beat up or a mass murderer he could fight or even a rogue wolf he could kill... This was something beyond him...

His arms tightens around Hayden, nose buried in his hair and he listens quietly to his mate's gentle breathing.

Without Hayden, his life would lose meaning, he would go back to who he was before he met the bubble of warmth, a clumsy and stuttering, bubble of warmth though but Hayden was his and that was all there was to it.

He was relieved that they had gotten to talk things out and although he still couldn't bring himself to tell Hayden the gravity of the situation, he was sure to explain how dangerous it was for male Omegas.

It had killed him to see the light go out of Hayden's eyes and he wondered if his lover regrets becoming a Werewolf.

There was one topic he didn't go near though and that was the topic of his ability to now get pregnant.

Virgil told himself he could do it but when he looked down into Hayden's soothing grey eyes, his resolve broke.

He knows for a fact that if Hayden found out - which he most definitely will - his mate would want a child and where would that leave him?

Living out his darkest nightmare...

So he kept that information away from Hayden, preferring instead to listen to him ramble on about Aunt Candy and the new baby and the presence of his grandfather.

Listening to Hayden always eased Virgil so he worked faster and easier while listening to Hayden's idle chatter, his adorable little mate talking himself right to sleep.

He buries a hand in Hayden's hair, which was curling wildly the longer it grew, the delicate golden-brown locks curling over his warm cheeks.

His other hand settling around his mate's waist, slipping under the bulky sweater he had on to get to the soft, warm skin underneath.

He was content with this, he wasn't bothered if his mate wanted to adopt an entire houseful of pups or babies but what made him want to curl up and start bawling his eyes out was the thought of losing his precious mate, he would tear down the world first before that would happen.