Soul-Mates

chp 2

It had been three months since he made a resolve to give up, he had his heat, twice actually, this month's was still due, they were painful, yess... definately.

But he has help, Daniel came by for his first one, by that I mean the first one he spent outside of the hospital.

He didn't cross any boundaries though, just scented some stuff for his best and after much shameless begging and after answersminf Daniel's question of 'Are you sure', got Dan to scent him.

He wasn't there the second time around, but Carlos came around with food, redbulls and some energy bars.

Carlos was better company though, he trusted him too, even though Daniel was a closer friend, Carlos, in his opinion had a more comforting scent.

He'd planned to spend the heat alone, but it was horrible, in between his babbly mood, he texted his friend group, luckily Carlos saw it first offered help and deleted that text as he was admin.

He showed up with snacks and all the stuff he could need and scented him, they didn't do anything more, no, Carlos was too big of a gentleman to do anything without consent, no matter how many times Max begged him in his scent drugged state.

But deep down, both of them knew that it wasn't what he wanted, not who he wanted. If it was the person he most desired , spending heat just in there presence, no scenting, no knotting, still felt good.

It was easy to assume that he wished it was Charles instead, but yea what can he do,  goddamit, sue him, but he was in love!

How the hell did this happen, god his father would think he's raised a mushy piece of shit. He was a champion, Omega or not, he was a warrior.

He loved Charles, always has and always will, even when he ends up with someone else.

He's always loved Charles...

He remembers the day Charles came into his room at midnight, they were all on vacation, just a group of friends, well, good acquaintances would be a better term for it. They'd rented a villa, close by to all local tourist spot but not close enough.

Though out of the gang it had been just Max who had reached F1.

It was around 11:30 that Max decided to call it a night, going through his routine of brushing his teeth, changing his clothes, etc, only to be interrupted and awoken by a rhythmatic knock.

Three bangs on his door, spaced out evenly. He remembers it till this day, the way his heart stopped in anticipation and the way it fell flat, just as quickly in disappointment and as result of major sadness.

He opened the door in anticipation yet slight annoyance, which one of his friends would knock at this time? Daniel was capable of it but he didn't come along.

Knowing that 11:30, now 12:00 wasn't at all that late, but they had done a lot of exploration, none of them having been born in the same country, which was rare.

It was Charles, the person who knocked, Max was really happy, excited even at the sudden encounter.

But just a few seconds after, Charles broke down is sobs.

Max was dumbstruck. But he was happy that Charles felt confident to confide in him with what's wrong.

"What's wrong man?" A simple question was a asked by Max just to test the waters with what's wrong. (I would've 'used what wrong mate', but I always feel weird saying it when it not in the Alpha/Omega context in an omegaverse story 😭)

It was the conversation they had now that made, Max wince with heartache, every single time Max tried to look back at the memory.

"It's Charlotte" was what Charles said, clearly to sad to elaborate.