Larry fics

Things I Want, Things I Need

Things I Want, Things I Need

 

Summary:

Most people don't find out whether they're an alpha, beta, or omega until somewhere around their eighteenth year, which means Louis finds out he's an omega long before his best friend and sometimes lover Harry will get a clue. Zayn is the loyal alpha friend who takes care of Louis during his heats. Liam is Zayn's beta mate, Niall tries to keep the peace, and Harry just wants to know what he is already.

Notes:

Soooo I know that the rules of omegaverse vary a lot from fic to fic, so to spare you all confusion, have some quick notes about MY omegaverse:

1. Everyone exists in a beta state until sometime around their 18th birthday. Then they either increase their beta hormones or start developing alpha or omega ones, and they're settled into that role for the rest of their lives.

2. Bonding/mating happens via BITE, not knot. Knotting without a bite has no effect on either party.

3. Pregnancy can happen in male omegas via knot, but can be prevented via birth control.

4. Hormones can be suppressed so that the scent of an omega is less obvious (for their protection) but heats cannot be prevented.

That being said... enjoy! xoxo

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Work Text:

Harry probably should have predicted that Louis would turn out to be an omega.

Everyone else is completely floored; he’s already 19 before he finds out, and at that point everyone figures that he’ll just stay beta forever. Being that late to bloom isn’t unheard of, except that it kind of was. Almost everyone found out around their eighteenth birthday give or take six months, so when Louis is 19 and a month, they figure this was pretty much how it’s going to be.

And if they are still holding onto the belief that Louis might be anything other than beta, they unanimously agree it would be alpha. Louis, who is loud and pushy and obnoxious and the center of attention every time he enters a room because he 

demands 

to be the center of attention. Louis, who everyone looks up to because he’s this bundle of energy and light that can’t be conquered.

But Harry knows better- he knows 

Louis

better. He sees that Louis is so constantly insistent on having the attention and affection of everyone in the room not because he feels that he deserves it, but because he needs it. He isn’t a focal point because others feel the need to follow him for his strength, but because he’s open and warm and draws people in like magnets.

It’s simple, really, looking back. Of course Louis is an omega. He always has been, if you really thought about it.

Zayn is the first one to catch on. He was early to come into his status, only about seventeen and a half when he found out he was an alpha, but not nearly as early a Liam, who was barely seventeen and two months when his beta hormones strengthened and he was sure that he was to stay beta forever. The two of them were mated almost immediately, to exactly 

no one’s

surprise.

But Zayn’s bond with Liam doesn’t stop him from getting very serious and intense one day when they’re all gathered at Niall’s place for pizza and mario kart and he walks in with Liam under his arm and comes to a dead halt. “What the hell is that smell?”