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    Viktor’s first fear is that he has encountered another Alpha, lone and wild, banished from his birth society and clothed in pelts of solo kills.

    But tea-tree, boiling honey, and come hither of Omega nearly bowls Viktor over. Neck craning to meet the eyes of the towering man, a fear/thrill combo kicks Viktor’s own scent into the air, communicating back: I am Alpha; beware, Omega.

    What a joke.


    or, prehistory omegaverse role reversal, with nomad/settler culture differences

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    27 Apr 2026

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    From his post, Viktor had a perfect view of him, ever studious and ever handsome, so young. Anyone with eyes and an interest in men would find Jayce interesting to watch across the room, he often told himself. Viktor was no stranger to attraction, but his proclivity for alone time had relegated him to a few trysts over the years, largely physical, never lasting. Just enough to scratch the itch.

    Watching Jayce was scratching an itch.

    Catching his eye across the room and smiling like they had a secret was scratching an itch.

    But Viktor wasn’t delusional. With all of Paris at Jayce’s fingertips, it would be ill-advised and unthinkable for him to settle for a banged-up, old librarian.

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    Paris, 1976. University librarian Viktor can understand why he has a crush on a new, foreign grad student. He cannot understand why that student wants to be his friend.

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    02 Mar 2026

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    Even if their partnership survives Viktor confessing a feeling Jayce doesn’t have, things would change. Better they stay like this — enough affection to keep Viktor from going elsewhere, never nearly as much as he wants, all taken in a way Jayce doesn’t intend.

    Guilt. Desire. Et cetera.

    Left alone on New Year’s Eve, Viktor takes a trip back to the undercity. But going home again is much harder than leaving — and it hurts so much worse. At least he might finally admit some feelings to his partner at the end of it.

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    30 May 2025

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    “Professor?” A voice calls, and Jayce has about two seconds to feel the hot little sting of hurt that he’s not the only one working with Heimerdinger after all, when Viktor steps fully into view, and Jayce catches sight of him.

    Or—it. It’s an android.

    It takes him a moment and another careful look to be certain, but—yes, it’s got a more subtle variation on the Academy staff bot uniform, white and muted browns, and the College of Sciences insignia pinned to the breast of its waistcoat, and where its shirtsleeves are rolled up to its elbows, Jayce can see the fine, thin lines running up its forearms, the divots in the synthskin showing where the metal plating must connect below.

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    24 May 2025

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    Every so often Viktor finds himself wanting. He wants so much that it feels like a monster inside of him.

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    or: they're roommates. they're bestfriends. they adopt two cats together. they take naps together. it's definitely not complicated (it gets very complicated).

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    21 May 2025