House of Wolves, Plus One

Mikey woke up to the sound of hushed talking, and the delicious smell of bacon. He yawned, pushing himself upright awkwardly and looking around. Brendon was still asleep, though he looked kind of peaceful right now with his head in Dallon's lap and a slight smile on his lips. Dallon was quietly running the fingers of his undamaged hand through the Alpha's hair and watching him sleep...it made Mikey smile.

The two Betas, Ashton and Steven were the ones whispering quietly to each other, curled around each other on the rug by the fire. Soft laughter left Steven's lips at something the other boy said and Mikey made note of just how close they actually were. They were undoubtedly together.

Mikey looked at the other couch next and saw that the new comer, Frank, was still unconscious, but at least he had a little more colour now. Mikey sighed, those dressings would need to be checked later.

There was no one else in the room and Mikey wondered where Ray and Phillip had gone off to. The confusion must’ve shown on his face cause Dallon cleared his throat, grabbing Mikey’s attention.

"They went for food."

"Ray and Phillip?"

Dallon nodded.

"Yeah. About twenty minutes ago. The Omegas are cooking."

Mikey tilted his head, one eyebrow raised.

"Which ones?"

"All of them."

This made Mikey smile, 'all of them' would include Gerard. He pushed himself up onto his feet, swaying slightly as his blood pressure dropped momentarily. Blinking, he shook his head slightly before nodding to Dallon.

"I’ll bring you something if you like?"

Dallon smiled and shook his head.

"It’s ok, Phillip said he’d bring us a load of bacon sandwiches."

Just then, the door opened and Phillip appeared with a large platter filled with a couple dozen sandwiches. They were made with thick, hand cut homemade white bread and handfuls of honey glazed, hand reared bacon...breakfast was always a big thing for the pack. He smiled at Mikey.

"Good morning Alpha...would you like one? Gee, Ryan and Lucas made them."

Mikey smiled back, reaching up to tuck Phillip's hair behind his ear, making the Beta blush slightly, leaning into his Alpha's touch.

"Thank you Phillip..."

He picked up a sandwich, taking a large bite and chewing happily.

"It’s good, thank you. I’m gonna go see Gee now. Let me know if Brendon or Frank wakes up, Ok?"

Phillip nodded and Mikey smiled then left the room. He headed straight for the kitchen, but was stopped halfway by the three small children running into his path, each with a sandwich in their hand and a grin on their face. Milly was as always, at the front. She stopped and smiled up at the older Alpha as a somewhat harassed looking Ray appeared behind the group. Mikey raised an eyebrow and Milly giggled.

"We’re playing chase with Ray...you wanna play too?"

Mikey looked at Ray and saw the Beta giving him a slightly scared expression. He grinned and shook his head, looking back at the little Alpha.

"Maybe later sweetie, I have things to do right now..."

He leaned down to her height and whispered in her ear.

"Go easy on Ray will you?...he’s not a puppy anymore."

Milly looked over her shoulder at the Beta and giggled, then looked back at Mikey.

"Ok, we'll go easy on him."

She winked, then her and her siblings hurried off somewhere. Ray sighed heavily as he went to follow.

"I forgot how much work pups are. One hour with these three and I’m ready for a nap."

Mikey smirked, grabbing Ray and pinning him against the wall, leaning into his body and nuzzling his neck...breathing him in.

"We'll take a nap together later baby..."

Ray shuddered under his mate's commanding touch, his knees going weak. He was glad Mikey was holding him up right now.

"You want that?"

Ray made an undignified and embarrassing whimpering noise as he felt Mikey’s thigh press against him. He nodded, tilting his head to give his Alpha more access. Mikey grinned and sucked on the flushed, exposed skin for a moment before releasing his mate. Ray whined, looking at the Alpha with lust blown eyes. Mikey chuckled darkly.

"Later baby. You have pups to wrangle and I need to check on everyone else."

Ray pouted slightly, then sighed, nodding...he knew Mikey was right.

"I’ll...I’ll hold you to that Alpha."

"I know you will."

Mikey leaned in and kissed Ray softly before sending him on his way after the children. He smiled fondly then continued on to the kitchen.

Opening the door he was expecting to see the three Omegas as well as maybe Pete, Patrick and Daniel...instead, all that was there was Ryan and Lucas. He frowned slightly.

"Good morning boys."

"Good afternoon Alpha."

Ryan said with a shy smile. Mikey chuckled.

"Yeah, guess I slept a bit late. Do you know where Gerard is?...I thought he’d be here."

"He was..."

Lucas nodded.

"...but he got a little upset, so Daniel took him back upstairs."

Mikey frowned again.

"Upset?...why, what happened?"

Lucas sighed, shrugging slightly.

"Not sure really. He met the triplets and got all sniffy when they left. I don’t know why."

"Hmm..."

Mikey hummed thoughtfully. He wanted to go check on him, but he knew that Daniel was more likely to be able to get him to open up if it was an Omega thing...he didn’t want to interrupt.

"Ok. What about Pete and Patrick?...and Robert...have you seen any of them?"

Ryan nodded.

"Yeah. They grabbed breakfast earlier then went to patrol. They said to tell you that they’re going shifted, and that they will abide by the ban. They said you’d know what that means?"

Mikey chuckled.

"Yeah, I do...thank you. Hey, any more sandwiches going spare?"

Ryan giggled and nodded.

"Take a seat and we'll sort you out some."

Mikey sat down at the large, butchers block table and watched as the two Omegas set to work. He missed this...having everyone under one roof.

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Daniel and Gerard were sat cross legged on the large bed they’d shared last night. They were face to face and Daniel was holding Gerard’s small pale hands in his as he listened to the boy's ragged breathing finally start to even out. He was patient...he knew that if he pushed, then Gerard would clam up and he’d get nothing out of him at all.

Gerard’s eyes followed the Beta's thumbs as they rubbed slow circles on the backs of his hands. He swallowed back the tears that hadn’t fallen yet and took a deep breath before slowly letting it back out again and raising his eyes to meet with his friend's.

"I love children..."

He said quietly, his voice a little scratchy from crying. Daniel smiled softly at him, encouraging him to continue. Gerard sighed.

"I always wanted a litter, ever since I was just a pup myself. I imagined meeting a strong, handsome Alpha and creating a whole new pack...but..."

He sobbed slightly.

"...that’s never gonna happen."

Daniel frowned, he hated seeing his friend so sad.

"It could. You’re still young Gee."

Gerard shook his head.

"Mikey will never let me meet anyone now. He’s going to keep me close cause he thinks I’ll get hurt...I think he might even claim me himself."

Daniel's eyes widened.

"Really?...has he told you that?"

Gerard shook his head, looking down sadly.

"No...but I’ve heard him talking to Ray when they thought I was asleep."

Daniel frowned, carefully pulling the younger boy into his lap and stroking his hand soothingly up and down Gerard’s back.

"He can’t do that without your permission Gee. If you don’t want it, then it won’t happen."

Gerard sniffed and looked up through his lashes.

"I know he’d never force me, it’s not that. But...if I say no, then I’ll never have a mate. Bob’s the only other option and Mikey won’t allow that, not in a million years."

"He’s not though."

Daniel said with a shake of his head and a quiet laugh. Gerard tilted his head in confusion.

"Huh?"

"He’s not the only Alpha here."

Gerard frowned.

"I’m not mating with Brendon!..."

He exclaimed with a huff.

"I love him, but not like that."

Daniel chuckled.

"Not Brendon, silly...the new guy. I think his name’s Frank."

Gerard sighed, shaking his head.

"The new guy?...I don’t even know him."

Daniel smiled wide.

"I know...but isn’t getting to know someone half the fun?"

"Well..."

Gerard said thoughtfully.

"...yeah, maybe it is."

Notes

Hi there chipmunks, how’s you?

So I thought you all deserve another chapter...hope you liked it.

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