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

[wunderking]

Peter has no difficulty with being given control. He is in control, and he isn't tentative or uncertain or uncomfortable with that in the least.

The other thing he isn't, is aggressive.

Definitive, confident, controlled himself as well as in control, but he's utterly steady. There's no... sharp edges to him, just rock solid steadiness as he deepens the kiss and his response to Nick's whimper and twitch is to back Nick slowly toward a wall and promptly insinuate a knee between NIck's thighs, to give him something to press against while Peter undoes his jeans. He does not encourage Nick to touch him, though.

Not yet. He is doing a good impression of being calm, but he doesn't quite trust himself yet.

[neverrunslate]

The lack of aggression is, honestly, confusing as hell to Nick. Not quite distressing, but enough that he feels slightly off balance and vaguely uncertain. It's also weirdly reassuring, though, in a way he'd never have expected. He wouldn't have fought, no matter what Peter might have decided to do--partly because it's simply not in his nature, partly because he's learned the hard way that fighting just makes whatever's going to happen anyway worse--but with every passing moment his expectation of imminent violence diminishes.

It means that when Peter starts to back him towards the wall there's not that moment of tension as he worries about what might come next. He just moves smoothly under Peter's guidance and then groans, low and rumbling and so damn relieved when Peter gives him his thigh to ride. And he does so absolutely shamelessly, pushing his hips forward hard and shuddering at the pressure and friction.

He still wants to touch almost desperately, and he curls his hands against the wall instead, fingertips flexing rhythmically, and he barely keeps too-sharp nails from gouging channels in the hotel wallpaper as Peter opens his fly and he whimpers into his mouth again.

[wunderking]

Peter is not naive, nor is he inexperienced in either sex or the world at large. He knows that twitchiness and the edge of fear in Nick, even if it's been subsumed by biological drive, isn't unfounded. If he wanted, he could coast easily on what he is, do what he likes, and suffer absolutely no repercussions.

He expects better of himself than that.

So, yeah. He's treating Nick with basic respect (he considers it basic) and more than a little care, but he's also definitely not shying away from what they're doing. In fact, he spends quite a while not just kissing Nick, but licking, sucking, biting and fucking into his mouth. There's nothing about it that's chaste, or in fact anything but purely sensual and rawly sex.

And by the time he pulls away to breathe, well, if his jeans are soaked it's okay, because those pants of Nick's are going. Deftly, slowly, and with little more than a vague suggestion for where Nick needs to move or bend to get out of them. "Get in the bed." Soft, quiet, oddly still a command. Because they're going to be together for a while and practicaility demands a reasonable position.

And that Peter make sure he has both food and water in reach.

[neverrunslate]

Nick, for all his experience, very much does not have any experience of an alpha exercising this kind of control... or any real control at all, honestly, that didn't involve controlling him. It's simply what he expects, what he's come to view as normal, even if it's more than a little terrifying when he's forced into situations like this. Back home he at least knows that, if he doesn't fight, does everything expected of him without hesitation or complaint, he'll come out the other side sufficiently intact to be functional while he recovers and heals. That's not an assumption he feels safe relying on with strangers, but this-

Nick doesn't exactly trust Peter--but then he does trust the man who's conditioned him to blind obedience tinged with fear--but he doesn't fear him, and it's making it almost painfully easy to lose himself in the steady build of heat and want and raw, animal need. It's not enough for him to forget himself entirely, he hasn't been told he can touch, and he keeps his hands carefully pressed to the wall, but he kisses back eagerly, inexpert and a little sloppy with how keyed up he is.

By the time Peter draws away Nick's panting and out of breath, his pants are drenched with slick, and Peter's as well, and Nick feels a faint twinge of satisfaction at having marked the other man with his scent. It's fleeting, though, replaced with anticipation and eagerness (and a little poorly controlled impatience) as Peter strips him slowly out of his pants.

The tone of Peter's voice shudders down his spine at the soft-voiced command, and he's moving without needing to give it any conscious thought. He's not too far gone, yet, and he remembers what's expected, crawling onto the bed on all fours then dropping his chest to the comforter, ass up in the air with his knees spread enough for easy access and a clear display of how wet and ready he is.