Two years ago

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Jak woke up and rubbed his eyes. The early winter morning was cold, and he could see snow drifting from the grey clouds outside. Sighing, he flopped back and covered his eyes with his arm. He wanted to sleep some more since it was so cold.

His head hurt a bit. He'd drank too much the night before, something that wasn't unusual for him. It was finals week and most people were studying their asses off to make the grades they had put off the entire semester. Jak had done all his work early, submitting all papers and final projects three days before they were due. He'd had one final which he'd finished the day before. He had gone out to celebrate passing it and the whole semester.

Usually he wasn't that studious. He'd barely made it out freshman year with all the entry work to the engineering department. If it hadn't been for his best friends, he would have flunked the semester and would have had to change his degree entirely. Luckily they had forced him to study and he'd barely eked out with C's across the board.

Since then he'd been able to pull B's for each class. He felt great having done so, but he knew his parents thought he could do better. They knew his penchant for vices and tried their best to make sure he knew the consequences of being stupid. He had too much to live for and lose at the same time. They didn't want him to regret anything. He had told them he was fine and had done his best to make them not worry. So far he had managed to keep his word.

But fate has a way of fucking with people in the worst ways possible.

Jak rolled over and buried his face in the pillow. He sighed contentedly and started to drift off again. The smell hit him hard. He lifted up and looked at the pillow.

This wasn't the pattern of his sheets. His sheets had a chevron pattern. These were solid grey with white trim on the edges. Jak sat up violently and looked around. This wasn't his room at all. Where the hell was he?

He threw the covers off of him and grabbed them back immediately. He was completely naked and his skin was marked with several tiny red splotches. Whoever he had been with had sucked hard enough to leave them. They were in places that could be covered, but he had never allowed anyone to mark him like this before. What had he done?

Jak looked around the floor to see if he could find his clothes. The only thing he found was his underwear draped across the back of a chair. There were extra clothes folded on top of the desk. He slid from the bed and grabbed them. The smell gave him pause, and he pulled the fabric to his nose. Oakmoss invaded his senses, and his body started to thrum. It would blend well with his natural amber scent. Too well.

Startled by his reaction, he hurriedly pulled the clothes on and headed for the door. He pulled it open and peeked his head out of it before he walked out. The apartment was very spacious. It was one of the better ones, and he knew the layout by heart. This was a building his father had designed and had overseen the construction. He had helped his mother and sister pick out the color schemes on the rare occasion they had been home.

Jak had never been in the building since people had started purchasing the units. He had always wondered what they looked like now that there were people living happily in them. This one was furnished tastefully with earth tones and pops of gold and grey throughout. It wasn't spartan but it wasn't crammed to the brim. The furniture here was what was needed to have a comfortable life and nothing more.

He was too busy looking around to notice the second door open and close. A gentle hand to his back made him jump. Turning around, he nearly collided with someone barely taller than him. But he caught a whiff of the scent. There was no doubt this was the owner of the home. The sheets and clothes smelled just like this.

To Jak's embarrassment, it was a man. With his mouth ajar, he looked at the man from toe to head. He was around six feet five, just three inches taller than Jak. But he was bigger. His shoulders were broader and his waist trimmer, but everything about him was bigger than Jak. He had never met someone who exuded power from the first meeting. Even those he was well-acquainted with didn't show how dominant they were until it was necessary or they were trying to pick up the same girl.

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