If he wanted to be with us, he needed to bewithus. Dark parts and all.
Usually, I would’ve invited Charlie to come with us, but he was going with his pack, and I didn’t want him to feel pressured to stick with us all night while Marcus and I tried to make a connection with Indy’s pretty little omega boyfriend.
I’d always considered the three of us a pseudo pack of sorts, but no one had ever done anything to make it official beyond moving in together. But, with a new omega in the mix… things were changing. And if I didn’t want to lose my make-shift family, I was going to need to get with the program, and quickly.
Problem was… I had no idea how to talk to Joon. Every time I tried, it felt like I always managed to say the wrong thing and piss him off.
Though… Maybe that was just my personality, and not so much a fault of his.
I wasn’t exactly the gentlest alpha alive, my reputation as a bit of a player preceding me in plenty of circles of omegas. Heat hotels were easier, safer. I didn’t have to think too hard about the impact of my words long term when we were both just there to fuck for a few days and never see each other again.
But this? This Icaredabout. And that was terrifying.
“Masks?” Marcus asked, raising an eyebrow. “Are we robbing someone?”
“Just Joon of his virginity,” Indi quipped.
“I amnota virgin, and you know that, we’ve already?—”
“Aw, come on, princess, let me have a bit of fun, would you?”
“Fun comes later,” Marcus said, opening the laundry room door to toss his towel into a hamper inside. “First, we negotiate. Joon, it's your first time out with the pack… and this setting isn’t exactly typical.”
“You mean that you don’t usually have your first dates at a spooky carnival-themed sex club?” Joon sighed in mock-disappointment. “Damn, and here I thought you were cool…”
“Bold, now that he’s here to protect you,” Indi whispered into the omega’s ear, rewarding us with another heavy dose of Joon’s mouthwatering perfume.
Joon elbowed them in the stomach, making them grunt. Though he always seemed a bit skittish in front of Marcus, he also got bolder in front of him. Marcus, for his part, continued on like they hadn’t spoken at all.
“Is there anything you’d like to be off limits?”
The omega waffled a moment, thinking it over. “No bonding, I don’t… I’m not ready for that.”
“So, bite guards?” I offered. “No problem.”
Joon shot me a small, shy smile, and I grinned back, too wide, too forceful, my chest swelling with pride at the small approval. Though I couldn’t help the slight worrying pang in my chest. Would he ever want to bond with us? Withme?
“Agreed, easily,” Marcus said. “Indigo?”
“Absolutely,” they crooned, nipping the omega’s ear. “I want you so desperate for my bite that you beg for it.”
Joon groaned. “You’re making it hard to focus.”
“That’s the point.”
“Enough, Indi.” Marcus snapped, making them pull away.
We didn’t have a leader, per se, but Indi rarely wanted to argue with Marcus… something I was grateful for. I didn’t have the energy to fight with either of them. It was good that Marcus could tug on Indi’s leash once in a while. Keep them in line.
“Anything else?” I asked, smoothing over the awkward pause. “Plenty of strange around tonight…”
Joon’s easy smile disappeared quickly, face turning to a scowl, their shoulders squaring. “Right. Well. Put your dick in whatever, I guess.”
I blinked.
What’d I say?
“Do you mean that?” Marcus asked. “You’re alright with us hooking up with other people?”
