Alpha and Omega

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TW: Talk of rape

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"Baby, it's been a few hours. I think we should go down and eat dinner." Mitch signs 'Carry me', to which Scott does. As mentioned before, Todrick taught Mitch ASL when they were with Carson.

Scott talks to Todrick about Mitch a lot and Todrick once explained that Mitch could very well have these moments, so Scott asked Todrick to teach him sign language.

"Monkey?" Todrick comes up to them and keeps his voice low.

"He's only talked a few times and it was my name. I also haven't put him down at all, I don't mind but I have to pee."

"Hey, Monk, Alpha has to do something really quick, but he'll be back in a few minutes."

Scott goes to put Mitch down, "Alpha!" Mitch squeals. Scott looks at Todrick and shrugs a little.

"Come here, honey." Scott carefully hands Mitch over to Todrick before going to the bathroom and coming back to see Mitch with Todrick on the couch, his head resting on the Beta's lap as he sleeps.

"Tod?" Todrick gently gets up without disturbing the sleeping Omega and goes over to Scott.

"My guess would have to be low Selective Mutism."

"Okay, so what does that mean? I know the basics, but.."

"It's an anxiety disorder that affects everybody differently and there are different causes for it, in his case it's Carson."

"Why did this just happen out of the blue?"

"There's a very good chance he saw something or someone that reminded him of his past. He got very scared all of a sudden and was stuttering when he talked to be until he just kept repeating the same things. He does keep saying your name, though, so there's a chance he'll talk, but only to you and maybe me."

"That makes sense. Why this, though?"

"Sometimes people who have gone through traumatic experiences, like Mitch, will feel like they're losing control. He's feeling like he's losing control of something and so the only way to feel some sort of power in himself is to speak only when he chooses."

"Has this happened before?"

"After the first time Carson tried to rape him, Mitch didn't talk for over a week."

"Carson tried to..?"

"He never told you that?"

"No, I knew that he made him do other stuff. But I didn't know he tried to."

"I was always there to stop him. I would call from a blocked number every time and he answered it a lot of the time, I'm assuming he thought it was one of his friends."

"What if he didn't answer it?"

Todrick hesitates and looks away, "I'd take Mitch's place."

"You..?"

"Carson raped me, so Mitch could save his virginity for someone who loved him."

"Does he know this?"

"Yeah, he took care of me afterwards. Mitch was a virgin and I wasn't, Mitch could get pregnant and I couldn't. I'm stronger than Mitch, I could take more and Carson was more intimidated by me than he was Mitch. That's what Kev and I talked about the first week we were here, he became my own personal therapist."

Before Scott can respond, they hear a small voice behind them, "Alpha?"

"Hi, baby. Did we wake you?" Mitch shakes his head and points to his ear, "You heard a noise? Do you think it was a dream?" Mitch shrugs and leans into Scott's arm until Scott gets the hint to put his arm around the smaller boy before Mitch signs something.

"Yes, we were talking about you. It was nothing bad about you, we're just a little worried is all. Don't let that force you into talking though, do it when you're ready." Mitch smiles and grabs Todrick's hand after he pecks Scott's lips.

Kirstie and Lucy then get home, Kirstie carrying the dress in her arms. Mitch gasps and claps as he goes over to them to get his dress. He kisses Kirstie's cheek before motioning Scott to follow him back upstairs.

"Is that your wedding dress?" Scott asks after he closes the bedroom door.

"Yes, Sir." Scott tries not to make a big deal of Mitch talking to him again. While it's only been about six hours, it felt like forever without Mitch's sassy comments.

"I wanna see." Scott whines. Mitch hangs it up and looks at Scott.

"But you can't, it's bad luck."

"Bad luck can't come between us."

Mitch giggles, "Sorry, Alpha, rules are rules."

"Rules are unfair, I wanna see my beautiful fiancé in his dress."

"And you will... when we get married."

"Can that happen soon?"

"Baby, I did everything I need to. You just need your suit."

Scott smiles, "And the place for the wedding, the food, the people, the one who's gonna marry us."

"That's so much work." Mitch whines.

"What if I just snoop and look at your dress?"

"Promise ring." Scott laughs and looks at the ring on his finger.

"Promise ring doesn't promise that."

Mitch tries not to laugh, "Yeah... well it does now?"

Scott dramatically sighs, "Fine." Mitch smiles and kisses Scott.

"Where's our daughter?"

"Her crib." Mitch opens the door connecting their room to Peyton's and he picks up the baby, as she is no longer sleeping. Scott comes up behind Mitch and wraps his arms around the smaller boy's waist while he hums in his ear.

"I love your voice, Alpha."

"And I love yours, baby." He continues to hum quietly until there's a knock at the door, "Come in!" Scott calls, detaching himself from his Omega.

"Scott, we have a problem." Mitch puts Peyton back in her crib and grabs Scott's arm.

Scott's smile immediately drops, "What?"

"Todrick went into work, he needed more hours. Kevin was already at the hospital so he wasn't there when everything happened and Todrick quickly texted me before he was taken that he was following him--"

"Av, who was following Todrick?"

"Carson. Todrick sent a voice recording and Carson had said that he had heard Todrick talking about what Carson used to do to him. He said he didn't know where we lived until he was walking in the neighborhood and heard his name, so he listened by the windows since they were opened."

Mitch whimpers and Scott looks at him, "Hey, we'll get Toddy back." Mitch tears up and shakes his head, "Yes, we will. He'll be home soon, Angel."

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I just realized that I have 4 stories (not including oneshots) and only 1 of them doesn't have rape mentioned at all. It's Blind, by the way, in case you want a book without that topic.

I feel really bad about that, by the way, I'm sorry

I know there are probably people that have some triggers when it comes to this topic. So if you don't want to read the chapters with this topic, don't be afraid to PM me and I'll gladly give you a summary of what happened.

Also, I've been in a cliffhanger mood. Oops.