The heat’s rising

[lumeria]

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

nanami kento | jujutsu kaisen

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for confiscation

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[ It was time for his heat. Nanami could feel it, creeping up on him throughout the day, lingering in the back of his mind like some shadowy specter aiming to drag him down into brainless mush. It annoyed him but it also was kind of rudimentary at this point. As an omega, Nanami had been having his heats since he was a teenager and for a while, he hated them. They always made him feel lonely and empty and feel like no one was ever going to love him. Which was stupid, but heats were stupid. After a while, he opted to take suppressants and scent blockers just to nullify the heat and live his life without people looking at him differently for being an omega.

That was until he met Higuruma, an alpha.

They weren't a couple. They weren't mates. But they were something and he knew Higuruma initially had him pegged for a beta, with his lack of distinctive scent. It took him time to warm up to the older man and something in his chest ached to tell him the truth, about what his designation really was, especially every time he smelled the man's scent and he took care of him after they went out drinking. He felt like some stupid lovelorn omega and grappled with it for a while until one drunken night, he told Higuruma the truth. He was an omega, he was wearing scent blockers, he didn't like having heats. Nanami doesn't remember much of the conversation after that, lost in a drunken haze, but he does know that was the first night they slept together.

And they... kept sleeping together. He even spent his first heat with an alpha with the other man. Higuruma never bit him though, never even seemed to be inclined to give him a mating bite or move their relationship beyond friends with benefits. Nanami wasn't sure what to make of it. Part of him was relieved but part of him wondered if there was something wrong with him, if he was the problem. He tried to shake the worry off but it lingered sometimes. After that too, he stopped taking the suppressants and scent blockers. He wasn't ashamed of being an omega, after all. He was just annoyed by it. But the annoyances seemed to fade now that he had an alpha in his life who was tending to his needs. Which seemed really stupid and kind of depressing, that all he needed was an alpha to feel not pent up and lonely.

Higuruma didn't seem to care that he stopped though, but Nanami did notice he scented him more after that. Which was kind of nice, and kept other alphas off his back when he had the smell of another alpha mixed in with his own scent. Nanami didn't bring attention to it, just enjoyed what he got. Though he still had to wonder, every time he spent a rut at Higuruma's place or a heat in his nest, what were they? What did Higuruma want from him? It felt kind of stupid to worry about but honestly, if Higuruma asked to bite him... he wouldn't say no.

Still, thinking about their relationship too much frustrated him and it didn't matter right now when he felt hours away from his heat. He'd already prepared, gotten groceries and added more blankets to his nest. He'd also texted Higuruma a quick — ]

Going into heat. Come by if you're free.

[ He knew Higuruma would always clear his schedule and come by, though Nanami wondered about that a bit. Could he really drop everything for an omega he wasn't even mated to, when he worked such a demanding job? Or did he lie and say Nanami was his mate, even when he wasn't? People would be understanding about it if they were mates but... ah, hell, it's not his problem to worry about.

Right now, he didn't know when Higuruma would get there, so he pulled out his back up plan — one of Higuruma's shirts that he left with Nanami for this explicit purpose. He held it to his nose, drank in the other man's scent, and felt a little dizzy with want at even just this. It left him crawling into his nest, flopping down in the middle and curling tight around the shirt as he closed his eyes and breathed it in. If he fell asleep like this, it would be fine since Higuruma had keys to his apartment (which again, made him wonder what they were since it's not like he gives his keys to just anyone). But right now, as the heat started to take over his body, having Higuruma's scent in his nose was all he needed to feel a little bit better if he couldn't have the man himself. ]

[confiscation]

[ higuruma had indeed assumed nanami was a beta when they first met. but what he was honestly didn't really matter—despite being an alpha, higuruma never cared about their status and he'd always put himself on suppressants ever since he manifested in his teens. like nanami, his ruts were always an annoying inconvenience, but he'd dealt with it and continued to deal with it, resigning himself to medication for the rest of his foreseeable future rather than attempting to find a mate. since deciding on his career path, his time was always spent studying and researching, and it carried on through law school and eventually to where he is now.

but nanami effectively changed things. the interest was there; for as work-oriented as higuruma is, even he knew there was something about nanami that kept his attention. maybe it was his demeanor, or their mutual misery when it came to their respective careers, or something else entirely. he'd always thought nanami was attractive, despite rarely having felt that way for anyone else in his life, and if nanami had wanted to let higuruma assume he was a beta for the rest of their time together, that would have been fine. because even finding out that he was an omega didn't change higuruma's feelings for him, nor the instinct to take care of him whenever they went out and whenever they'd eventually fall into bed together. it had always been there, whether he realized it or not, but now, he just has more of an actual reason to. given how close they were already, offering to help each other through their heats and ruts seemed like a logical conclusion. higuruma just didn't expect to enjoy them as much as he did.

but in hindsight, maybe he should have. the trust nanami had given him slowly over time was something he'd always cherished, having come to care about him the more time they spent together. something this intimate would obviously feel better with someone he actually likes and is attracted to, regardless of whether or not they've established what exactly they were to each other. he knows it would have been easy to claim and mate him, but he hesitated to tie nanami to him so permanently, not wanting his feelings to be muddled by what their instincts dictated. nanami deserved better than that. and yet, he couldn't separate himself—the idea of nanami doing this with anyone else bothered him more than he liked, and so time and time again he'd give into his selfishness: scenting nanami more after he stopped taking his suppressants and scent blockers, even stopping his own medication afterwards. it was as if they were mated already, and higuruma enjoyed that more than he could admit.

he'd come to the decision that he would court nanami properly, that he would clearly state his intentions of wanting to be with him if nanami would have him, awful working hours and all. but he'd make it work if that's what nanami wanted—he was already doing that anyway, having picked up on the timing of nanami's heats and reworking his caseloads to split them more evenly between him and shimizu during the week, who thankfully didn't question him aside from expressing surprise he was taking time off for himself at all. he'd meant to do it before this heat kicked in, but his last case had been especially grueling and by the time he realized it, nanami had already texted him.

which is how he finds himself now, letting himself into nanami's apartment a short time later with a duffle bag.

the scent of nanami's heat has already permeated most of his space, and higuruma takes a deep breath in, holding his scent in his lungs briefly before breathing out slowly. it both steadies him and winds him up, something like anticipation simmering beneath his skin as he makes his way to nanami's bedroom, stripping his clothes in the process. he'd dressed down in a shirt and sweatpants for convenience, and he tucks them carefully into nanami's nest before joining him in the middle, gathering him close in his arms and pulling him into a kiss. ]

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[ One of the things that annoyed Nanami the most about his heats was how... docile he became. He was always strict with himself, with how he presented himself to others. Sharp suits, neat hair, carrying himself like an adult. He didn't want others to press their own expectations upon him and instead combatted that by being as upfront as possible about what he allowed and did not allow. The heats though... it stripped that from him entirely and instead he found himself aching for his partner, being needful and pliant in a way he wasn't.

By the time Higuruma had arrived at his apartment, Nanami was lost to his heat. He had stripped down and was naked in his nest, curled against Higuruma's shirt and burying his face in the fabric. He'd already jerked off once while his face was hidden away, coming with Higuruma's name on his lips and wiping a sticky hand clean on the blankets he was laying on. He was already aching for more, hole slick and aching for attention and the shirt starting not to be enough for him.

But then there was Higuruma's scent in his apartment, coming closer and making him feel dizzy with want. He moves easily when Higuruma crawls into the nest with him, wrapping his arms around his neck and letting their mouths meet together in a messy kiss, deep and open-mouthed as Nanami moaned against him and savored his scent. Here he was, his alpha...

Fingers slide into the back of Higuruma's hair, clutching loosely as he pants softly against his mouth and moans again. He's already hard and aching for more but now his body is being touched by hands he wants all over him. He knows soon Higuruma will enter him, will knot him, and he'll feel so good as a result. Curling a leg around Higuruma's, he drags himself closer, flush against him and rubs their noses together. ]

Hi.

[ Said a little breathless. Nanami's face is flushed, pupils blown, clearly a little checked out. But everything in his body is screaming needful, desperate omega and while Nanami out of his heat might feel dreadfully embarrassed by it, Nanami in his heat only wants more of his alpha's touch. ]

[confiscation]

[ higuruma had always liked that about nanami: his strict, no nonsense personality, so professional and put together. that's not to say that he prefers that over nanami's more pliant tendencies during his heats, but he'd always been interested in that juxtaposition, that perhaps this too, was part of what nanami keeps hidden beneath his tailored suits. that nanami would let him witness this part of him was something he never took lightly, another indicator of the trust he placed in him. it wasn't a hardship to take care of nanami in this way, and it satisfied the alpha instincts in him even if they weren't mated.

ever since he stopped taking his suppressants, higuruma had always liked his scent. now, he's surrounded by it, letting it wash over him as he slips a hand around nanami's thigh to pull it up over his hip to encourage him closer. the gentle nudge of their noses is achingly tender, making something in his chest seize briefly as he presses a soft kiss to the corner of nanami's mouth. ]

Hi.

[ he'd held himself back from biting him before. but each time he helps nanami through his heats, it gets more and more difficult to do so. and with the way nanami is looking at him now, flushed and desperate, a part of higuruma thinks he probably won't be able to this time around. perhaps a part of him doesn't want to anymore, because there's no one else he wants to share this with; no one else who understands him as intimately as nanami does. ]

I'm sorry to keep you waiting. [ he uses the grip on nanami's thigh to hold them in place as he turns them over, pressing nanami back onto the blankets and settling between his legs. he grinds his hips down against him, his hard cock sliding through the slick mess and catching against his hole. ] Let me take care of you.