In Heat/In Rut (now with more actual posting?)

[matingseason]

THE IN HEAT/IN RUT AU MEME
not an alpha/beta/omega meme

There's no need for elaborate backstories for this AU. You go into heat, rut, whatever you'd like to call it. You've always done so since you were of age to do so. It's a socially accepted norm, and people have gotten used to the difficulties that come with the mating seasons. Life goes on.

Isn't this alpha/beta/omega, then? No, not at all. In this meme, there are no gender-variant genitalia unless your character comes prepackaged with those. No giant cocks - again, unless your character is already packing - or self-lubricating assholes or anal wombs, and no knotting. Unless that's your thing. There's also no set in stone roles with regards to dominance and submission, and some people do not even feel the inclination towards either. Still, there are a few similarities, mainly being that the pheromones of others can put someone into heat that was not in it before and the bond between mates. In addition, some humans/human-stand-ins have created packlike dynamics in response, but this is not universal.

In this meme, it's just regular old human...oids feeling the urge for sex. And by "urge," we of course mean all-consuming drive. If characters choose to ignore that urge, it will backfire on them. The more they put it off, the more they will lose their control, becoming more irritable and aggressive, and eventually be nothing but a rutting animal until the need to mate is satisfied. Not all heats call for mating, of course, and most people can just relieve themselves, but when you do mate, you feel the urge to stay by their side and essentially "nest." These desires don't always pan out into offspring, and mating isn't forever unless it's mutually decided upon. However, impregnating your mate is said to be one of the most euphoric experiences a person can have, even if some people only mate because they want to utterly possess someone, as mates are bonded for a while.

If there's anything that's to your fancy that's been left out, go ahead and add it in. Play it how you'd like!

HOW TO PLAY

• Comment with your character and preferences.


• Include what you're interested and not interested in.


• Respond to others!

PROMPTS

1. first heat: Baby's first heat. YOU'RE A TEENAGER/LATE BLOOMER AND WHAT IS THIS?


2. old hand: You've done this a million times, but it never gets any easier.


3. happen to be here: You're not picky. You can't afford to be. You'll take anybody who's nearby.


4. old faithful: You're going to the person you always go to in order to relieve your problem.


5. worked something out: The two of you aren't involved. You just help each other out.


6. unexpected: You never expected to rut with this person, but here you are.


7. forbidden: AKA the obligatory incest or age difference option.


8. volunteer: You've offered yourself up out of the kindness of your heart.


9. tribute: This isn't your offer. You're the offer from others, a gift for someone powerful to sate their appetite.


10. mating: You've decided to go one step further and make your relationship deeper.


11. nesting: Aaah, (temporary) domestic bliss. And lots of fucking. Lots and lots of fucking. Like, you'll barely be able to stand.


12. bonding: The bond, which is mildly psychic and intensely physical, makes sex even more intense.


13. the natural conclusion: Heat calls for pregnancy. Get someone pregnant.


14. already pregnant: Unfortunately, being knocked up doesn't abate your partner's desires. Or yours.


15. mates for life: Now you're absolutely certain that you want to be with no one else. Of course, this means you'll be in synch with their heat for the rest of forever.


16. save you: You've been saved from the advances of an undesired mate by someone who may be much more suited. Show your gratitude?


17. cockfight: Two people want the same mate. That won't do. There are ways to figure that out, not always involving fists.


18. increase in dominance: Exactly what it says.


19. increase in submission: Again, exactly what it says.


20. unexpected dominance: No one expects you to ever be dominant. Prove them wrong.


21. protect: You want to protect your mate from others, and that means putting your scent all over them.


22. set off by someone else: You were doing fine until you got a whiff of someone else's pheromones.


23. resisting temptation: Your heart belongs to someone. You want to stay out of this "heat" thing. You want to rise above it. Whatever it may be, you just have to not take the bait. Easier said than done.


24. all worked up: You're beginning to lose control and yourself. Quick, do something before you're jumping anything that moves.


25. pack: As mentioned prior, some people, especially those far out from civilization proper, have formed packs that hold to the more traditional alpha structure. Of course, these packs come with their own rules when it comes to heat and mating.


26. suitable partner: The desire for certain mates can come from a subconscious level, and you can find yourself aroused by someone showing how strong they are (they can protect you), how curvaceous they look (that must mean they're fertile), or any other number of traits that can benefit you.


27. desperation: You'll take anyone! Anything!


28. final release: You've reached your breaking point and your mindless. At least you'll get relief.


29. fighter: Part of your process is seeing who's worthy of you by testing their mettle. That, or you want to fight anything.


30. off your meds: It's fairly rare, but some can get blockers for their heat. What if those blockers run out? Why, it makes your heat ten times worse!


31. noncon: They don't want this. You don't want to stop this.


32. dubcon: You say no, but your body says yes and you can't stop loving it.


33. calm you down: Whether it's to fuck or to fight, you're going mad, and they have to bring you back down to Earth.


34. territorial: How dare someone look at what belongs to you? You'll have to make things right.


35. odd man out: For some reason, you don't go into heat. Never have. Being with you is pretty relaxing, and some find it appealing to not have to deal with pheromones that aren't theirs. You do have to learn how to appreciate their problems, though.


36. WILDCARD

Comments

[knightbynight]

"I'm concerned about an alpha in rut who is an alien who could rip my head off faster than I could see, yes." That's not being delicate, dammit, but still. It takes no time at all for him to have both those cuffs off. But: "You won't find that box in your own. Stay here."

[a_different_future]

It takes him a moment as the cuffs are pulled free, the proximity still meddling with him until he gets a handle on them and throws them to the other side of the library. Once they're gone, the color returns to his face and a certain sparkle comes back to his eyes.

"How silly, Wayne," he says with a slow, sly grin. "After all, I'm not a fool. Why, oh why, would I waste the opportunity for something as sweet-smelling as you by hurting you?"

He moved and Bruce was held up against one of the bookshelves, mostly by the press of Clark's body.

"You wanted me to stay here, after all. Right here? Or would a bed work better?"

[knightbynight]

Bruce is not okay with this situation - he's not.

He's turned on as hell, in pure physical response to the body against his and the proximity of Luthor - even without the scent rolling off him. With it, it's damned near mind-numbing in its intensity. Has skin flushing and heating, his pupils dilating and a wave of arousal tearing through him.

But he's not entirely okay. There is definite, though unacknowledged and expressed, fear there. The sort that comes from recognizing a threat.

He can't track the movement, and he knows without even trying that Luthor won't be - can't be - moved.

He has enough self-control not to struggle, but not enough to stop the flash of teeth that come with a silent snarl. "Oh, here is fine." He says, and then bites at Clark's lip.

[a_different_future]

Clark kisses him into that bite, lets Bruce gnaw on him as he dives in for more, and he can't even help rolling his hips up against Bruce's. But after the kiss, after the bite, he pauses and pulls back for a moment before letting out a growl.

"God, you smell so fucking good..." and he's nuzzling at Bruce's jaw, staying clear of his throat. He knows the game, knows how to play it properly. And he could... there's so many things he could do. But he needs the box.

He'll tell himself over and over that's why. That he needs the box. It's not at all that he wants Wayne to want him. That he's weak and can't make himself take this, that his pride won't let him.

[knightbynight]

Bruce stays relatively tense while Clark kisses him, even growls a little as he bites and chews back, in spite of his very obvious arousal and physical response. Not only being turned on but pushing away from the bookcase to arch against Clark, grind into him even.

The point that changes - the tension, the wariness, the caution that comes with a threat that isn't nearly well enough known, and all the scheming and planning that his brain insists upon doing in the face of that - is the second Clark ducks down toward his jaw and doesn't go for his throat.

At that moment something in his muscles and center of gravity changes and he slips one hand up into Clark's hair and the other against the small of his back. Arches again, more fluidly and less violently - but still somewhat... watchful in demenaor. Testing, perhaps.

[a_different_future]

His hands skim over Bruce's slacks, find the opening, and pull with an an amazing amount of strength before he lets go to start running his fingers over Bruce's skin. He feels the muscle, but he also feels the scars and smiles like a cat with a canary in his sights. Then he's dipping down to catch the front of Bruce's shirt in his teeth to tear it open from the top as well.

Expensive clothes, now rags, but he knows Wayne can buy more. This can't wait.

[knightbynight]

He could buy more and he didn't particularly mind the loss of that shirt. He doesn't even feel the need to explain the scars, though there is a low growl of - something that's more arousal than warning. Then he's all but pouncing on Luthor, to grab his shirt. No, he's not Superman or superpowered but he is entirely capable of popping a lot of buttons to get fabric out of his way.

[a_different_future]

The response gets a laugh out of him, bright and dark all at once, and it's followed by a bite into Bruce's shoulder, well clear of his throat. He wants, needs the smell of blood in the air, the taste of it on his tongue, but he'll behave himself for you, Bruce. He'll behave because you made the right choice.

[knightbynight]

Keep behaving for him - or just behaving, since he has no idea there was an alternative choice, and isn't interesting in conversation at the moment. He growls a little in frustration, bites at Clark's shoulder himself while he works to get Clark's pants open and out of his way.