Random Oneshots Pt. 2

Gao Tu x Shen Wenlang: {Nesting} [F]

Based on this tweet: https://x.com/mooncatxie/status/1967904364233887901 AND https://x.com/acequinx/status/1967904091809669337

POV: 3rd Person

  For a person of his secondary-gender, Shen Wenlang definitely should not be the one nesting. But it has been months since Gao Tu has been around, months since Wenlang ruined everything with his stupid mouth. And months since his last rut.

  Now, he had locked himself away to help society with his diagnosed mate-seeking syndrome. The surrounding blankets had been drenched in the sage, seeped with the perfume that Hua Yong had gifted him as a cruel joke. Yet, Wenlang had used it almost every night. His entire home had that scent floating through its insulators. Wenlang had many more made after that one bottle, and even if it wasn't physically from Gao Tu, it had been enough for his muddled brain.

  Enough to sooth him through his oncoming depression. Wenlang's mood had been noticeably worse ever since Tu had actually gone off the radar, refusing to even be in his same vicinity, let alone see him.

  "Gao Tu.." His breath was shallow, yet he had tried to breathe in the scent as much as he could. Drowning in blankets, Wenlang had whimpered with a need of his.. he couldn't even put a name on their relationship. They had been friends for a long time, and Wenlang had believed they were equals. But now - he wasn't even sure what to call them.

  His breathing ragged, his tears drenching a pillow that smelled distinctly of sage, Wenlang had only hoped Gao Tu would come see him just once. Even for five seconds, anything.

  Wenlang had nested every rut with the artificial scent for three years. On Gao Tu's birthday, on every holiday that they could've spent together. And on occasions, on some nights when he couldn't bear his heartbreak.

  Little Peanut had seen his Godfather bring the perfume everywhere. In travel-sized bottles, in his home's incense, the air purifier inserter, air mist - everything. His suits sometimes clung of the scent, but always enough to disappear the moment he got into his car.

  Once he had asked, Wenlang had promptly ignored the question. The S-Alpha had needed them on him just to feel safe.

  So when Tu finally came back to Jianghu, the scent of sage had entered his nose immediately. Hitting him in soft wafts, and Wenlang had blushed, stammering as he tried to explain. With tears glossing over those eyes, the Omega could tell right away that the younger man had definitely dreaded even thinking about his lonelier days.

  Wenlang was thrown into his arms, knocking the air out of his lungs. Gao Lele had blinked at them from afar, having been exploring the complex already. "I missed you - I -.."

  Wenlang had missed him when he was gone, and still misses him when he is here. "I will make up for it. All the time that we've both.."

  A peck on his cheek had melted him further in the bunny's arms.

  "We can take our time." Sage floods his senses, wrapping around him like how he had nested, like a soft blanket that he could fall on whenever. Gao Tu's chin over his bowed head, arms wrapped around his waist.

  That night, they laid in Wenlang's bed. Heaps of blankets were draped over them, and Wenlang had laid atop the older man. His eyes drifting out of focus as he started to doze. The sage was calming, and Gao Tu had not urged him to move, and so he nuzzled his face against the scent gland, where it was softest yet intoxicating, and fully drifted asleep.

  "Goodnight, my most precious."

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Author's Note: I think this is so cute like UGHHHHH Shen Wenlang if only you figured it out sooner