The Alpha and his Omega

Mommy mine! [Parenthood 7]

"Daddy, is it weird that mommy is a boy? All the other kids have a girl mommy..."

Levi held back a snort. Technically his daughter was the reason why Eren was addressed the way he was, but she didn't know that. Carla was too young to remember the first utterance of 'mama' she had made way back when Eren had been visiting his office. Suddenly switching to addressing Eren as 'papa' or 'daddy' had come up once or twice, but in the end, they figured it was easier for the kids to keep the traditional titles for now. If they grew up and wanted to change what they called their parents that was their decision.

However, whatever the reason might have been, Carla had a valid point in being curious. There were more gay couples than there were male alpha-omega mates, but even then the proportions weren't high. Only about two to three percent of the population self-identified as preferring the same sex, and coupled with the low rate of male omegas to begin with, despite the slightly higher percentage of self-identifying gay omegas, it was no wonder that married couples with biological children like him and Eren were few and far between. It was about the same rate as same-sex female couples with children.

There were still conservative bigots that did not approve of two males, or females for that matter, having children. Those zealots found it especially unnatural for a male to conceive and bear children regardless of all the scientific evidence pointing to the fact it was mere biology at play. The bigotry came in varying shades of grey. Some repudiated the entire thing, whereas others were fine with same-sex marriage, but not children. Legally, nothing could be done towards either the children or the couple themselves, but that didn't stop some extremists.

Trost was a liberal city and with his and Eren's self-defense training, Levi didn't feel safety was problem, but in smaller towns or more right-wing, homophobic towns and cities, hate crimes ran rampant. In some places there were underground churches and groups, similar to the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan, that spoke ill of same-sex couples and the immoral acts committed by them. Children from said alpha-omega couplings were considered the spawn of Satan and were to be exterminated whenever possible. Thankfully, these groups had been mostly wiped out over time as the world became more accepting of same-sex couples altogether, but that did not mean they didn't exist. Hate crimes towards said populations were outlawed, but they still flourished in areas where corruption and bad policing existed. However, living in an accepting city like Trost did not automatically mean that those types of people did not exist.

The alpha had dealt with a few people who expressed antipathy towards homosexuals, even being on the butt end of those slurs before. Knowing that things like that still happened hadn't entirely surprised him. Kenny, if that bastard was still around, would have been in that camp. Thankfully, he was buried six feet under. None of his or Eren's friends shared those views, and if they had, Levi would have some words for that individual.

All of these issues, including the fact that a sliver of the population did not approve of relationships such as the one he had with Eren, were things Levi had never expected talking about to his children until they were older. They knew it would eventually come out, since both of them were males, and knowing was better than not knowing, but it was like explaining sex to a child. Birds and bees and whatnot didn't really help in this case. Compared to an adult or even a teenager, the gulf in their maturity and knowledge was huge.

It wasn't until one neared the end of their elementary schooling or entered middle school, namely when puberty begun, that the issue of presenting as an alpha, beta, or omega, came up. Before that, unless they learned it elsewhere, kids were not taught about the intricacies of sexuality or reproduction.

Levi knew his daughters were curious, having inherited it from Eren, and the alpha hoped they wouldn't ask any further. Isabel, given how well she got along with Hange, might bring it up to the four-eyed freak the next time they met, but that was beyond his control. The two of them got along a bit too well for his taste. Levi only hoped that whatever answer the maniac might give in such a situation, it wouldn't scar his daughter. He wished his mate was here to help explain things like this; Eren was much better at answering these kinds of questions than he was, but his husband was currently involved in meeting with a couple to plan a wedding.