V's Diary (One shots)

ALPHA CHARLIE (Charlie/Babe)

Puppy Charlie, thats what his phi calls him, thats how the whole team sees him, thats his default setting. Its his prefixed deposition.

Aggressive, dominant, intimidating, all these words are used in the context of Babe and never Charlie but the tiny-winy detail, theyre both Alphas.

While Babe is outspoken yet sensitive, Charlie is resilient and reserved. All he does is follow around his boyfriend, take care of his boyfriend, and love the said boyfriend.

Jeff has tried to talk some sense in his brother, to make Charlie care about other things that are not Babe but keeps failing.

Charlie is nothing if not about Babe, and why would he be? His whole life, spent in solitary confinement, away from people, Charlie has never had anyone or anything to call his and his alone. Jeff may be his to take care of but at the end of the day, hell also be the responsibility of his Alpha.

Getting a taste of the feeling of belongingness, of ownership, and above all, the feeling of love, its easy for anyone to be addicted, to chase the gratification thats primal to every being.

Its a regular afternoon in the garage, almost everyone is around doing one thing or another.

Later the same evening, a few important associates were supposed to visit so preparations were underway. It was a meeting for new sponsors for the team as the next race season was coming up.

Alan as the owner of the team will be directing the meeting but as the face of the team, the racers attend these meetings too—all of them.

It was around 6 pm that Pete arrived along with Way and the clients, the meeting room was at the far end of the garage, giving an overall look to the working, at least the base level of it.

There were 3 men, Khun Somchai, the owner of an automobile parts import and export company, Khun Asnee, a business associate of Pete, and lastly Khun Prayut, who was a renowned real estate investor.

Lately, more and more sponsors have been reaching out due to the rising popularity of The winning couple, and upcoming races. Pete suggested he would shortlist a few of them and that it was a good idea to have more support.

The greetings were exchanged once everyone settled down, Charlie sat beside Babe as usual who was sitting next to Alan. As the star racer, Babe is almost like a display trophy in these meetings, not that anyone treats him as such, but thats one of his major roles.

Charlie, well for starters hates this kind of meeting.

If not for babe, he wouldnt be here at all (yes we are ignoring the fact that as a racer himself, he has to attend these meetings himself but if not for babe, then no one can make him do it) but alas, wherever Babe goes, Charlie follows.

As the meeting proceeded, Babe noticed the defensive state Charlie was slowly slipping into, his metaphorical hackles rising and his grip on Babes hand under the table losing.

Before anything could happen though, the meeting ends. Everyone walks out of the room but Charlie remains sitting. What happened puppy?

Babe asks once theyre alone, not liking the rigidness of his Boyfriends posture. Nothing PBabe, you go and Ill follow you out in a few minutes, the meeting melted my brain off. Palan needs you out there. Charlie claims with his signature smile and sparkling eyes.

Babe knows his lover enough to know that hes lying, over time he has learned to distinguish between when those stretches of muscles are genuine and when theyre forced. Charlie is one hell of an actor.

But not in front of Babe anymore, even if he tries Babe knows how to read him. It was a rocky road, Babe realized a bit late in the relationship that Charlies care and love ran deeper than anyone could assume.