when in heat [1/5]
Title: when in heat
Pairing: baekhyun/kyungsoo
Rating: nc17
Summary: baekhyun is an omega in heat and he didn't need another alpha taking advantage of him, pinning him down and poking him right where it hurts most.
A/N: well, here u go, my very first aboverse fic!!!
completely dedicated to my lovely sherin, who has given me lots of love and support.
warnings: alpha!soo, omega!baek, top!soo, bottom!baek, knotting, self-lubrication, issues with tenses, horribly pwp. u can't exit the pwp world once you've entered it.
this should be mostly three chaps long yayyyy
*IaaS:Infrastructure as a Service [where companies handle your company's data for a fee]
also on ao3 and aff.
Alpha.
As soon as he stepped into the darkened conference room for the client meeting, he knew. An omega in heat always knows. Baekhyun clenched the files he was holding, and set it down at the head of the table in the conference room. In a few seconds, his presentation lit up behind him on a wide screen, and he bowed low, greeting the twenty-odd executives in front of him. "Good morning, ladies and gentleme-
"It's afternoon." A rudely deep voice rung out among the circle of executives. It was the alpha. Baekhyun squinted in the in the dark to see who it was, but it was useless to even try. He'd forgone his glasses today.
"I'm sorry about that. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Do Corp. We've developed a new system to build customer outreach and increase employee efficiency by creating an IaaS* platform for our clients....."
Baekhyun droned on with his speech memorized and perfected to the T. He was generally unsure of public speaking, but he guessed that the help of the pointers in his slideshow, and the darkness of the room helped him get over his fears. He felt rather proud of himself.
"Any queries, ladies and gentlemen?" Baekhyun ended his memorization. Now, it was just him, and his intelligence.
"Does transferring to the IaaS model take a lot of time?"
Easy Peasy. "It depends on the amount of data, sir. I'd put a ballpark figure of just 120 days for a complete transfer of data, for a large scale company like ours, which handles a large amount of data for itself, around thirty thousand servers' work. And an additional month for transferring to public cloud. Byul-yi here will prepare a catalogue of options for your company if you give us some details, sir." Wow. Baekhyun gave himself a metaphorical pat on the back. He was doing a good job, despite the flaring hormones due to his heat.
"What about the costs?" A woman's voice spoke up. "I don't think it really reduces costs for us as a company."
Expected question. "Ma'am, we're taking over your manpower, technology replacement costs. On the manpower side, we're reducing your costs of training, maintaining and developing your employees; on the tech side, we're taking up the cost of acquisition, maintenance and updation of your tech assets. I hope I answered your questions satisfactorily, ma'am." WOW. WOW. WOW. WOW. AW YEAH. Baekhyun was doing a really good job.
"Why should I trust you?" The deep, smooth voice of the alpha rang out in the dark boardroom. It wrenched Baekhyun's gut and they sensed each other's pheromones.
"Sir, we-
"No, really", the alpha cut him off again. "Why should I trust you? What if I have data that I don't want anyone to see? What if I have something I don't want anyone to know? What if I need-
"Sir-" Baekhyun started. Yes, it is incredibly rude to interrupt a client, but this one was going too far, and this was just payback for the last two times, when the other bugger had interrupted him. He wished he could see everyone, so that he could shoot the guy a trademark death stare. The pheromones were acting up as well. "Sir, that is an excellent question. I could answer it partially right now, but it seems like you would need a customized answer depending on the privacy and security needs of your company. After this meeting, I'm headed for a site operation, but Byul-yi will gladly take down your contact information, and we can free up our schedules to make a personal appointment with you within this week" The nerve of this fucking alpha, really. He made Baekhyun blurt out his emergency escape answer, the one he'd memorized and prepared specifically for unanswerable questions. And Baekhyun was busted by the third question itself. This was going to be a long day.
Baekhyun looked back at his audience with dread, and he spots a pair of glowing eyes among the dark faces. The alpha. There he is. He can't make out his face or looks, but Baekhyun can clearly see those eyes: red hot like burning coals, with a yellow lining. Noone else can see it. It's a wolf thing. And those eyes were looking right back at him, glowing with dominance, lust, anger and power....and the effect it had on poor Baekhyun is palpable: he feels weak in the knees, and his pheromones made his mental functions go haywire. He touches his temples for a minute, and signals Byul-yi to take over. "I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen. I'll- I'll have to take your leave-"
And he runs off, he runs off with whatever little energy is left in his weak self. Those eyes had sucked the life out of him with one glance. But the adrenaline rush of fear helped him run through numerous corridors and hallways, only to collapse into the cold walls of a bathroom stall. He didn't care about whether his expensive tux which was now soiled, and his linen shirt which was steeped in sweat. He buries his head in his knees for a few minutes, and steadies his breath to calm himself.
He can imagine the scene at the boardroom. It's not exactly the first time he's turned weak at work, but it's definitely the first time he's met an alpha who made him weak to his bones, right at the peak of his monthly heat. He could imagine Byul-yi making excuses like please don't worry, Mr. Byun hasn't taken his migraine meds for today, he's a little weak. I'll take any further questions...blah blah blah. Byun Baekhyun felt rather useless indeed, compared to her. She'd done everything: prepared his slides, made his notes, given him alibis....and she'd made him learn the emergency escaping answer as well! Ahn Byul-yi, beautiful young ambitious woman, currently stuck as Baekhyun's secretary, was also the only one who knew about, ahem, his not-so-human condition. Being a motherly, friendly, caring and forgiving ex just makes you that way, he guessed. Baekhyun rose from his curled up position, taking the help of the closed toilet pot to stand up and steady himself. As soon as he regained balance, he tried to open his stall's latch. Tried being the keyword here. A few failed attempts and frustrated struggling made him realize that he's locked inside his stall. His panic starts shooting up. Did he smell pheromones....
"Ha!" The condescending voice of the alpha thundered, laughing at Baekhyun's current claustrophobic state, and the full force of his pheromones weakening Baekhyun's will again. Quietening down, he started again, "Thought I couldn't find you after you ran away? Such a stupid, stupid omega. Piss drunk in your own self-pity, you couldn't even detect my pheromones when I locked you in here. So fragile." The alpha only stopped to laugh some more. "And such a sneaky alibi too! Ans what an underhand way to get my number, you slut!" Baekhyun shrivelled and sunk down on the wall again, and he could see the alpha's beige slacks and expensive leather shoes from the corner of his eye under the plastic door of the stall. "What a foolish, weak and slutty omega!" Baekhyun's vision blurred from the hormonal headiness. "And kudos to your shitty and obviously-someone-else-made-it-for-you presentation, and good luck finding a mate. I wonder who that fool will be, gormless enough to knot you and mark you as his own. I'd open the door to let you out", Baekhyun heard the sound of retreating footsteps, pheromones fading away, leaving a last lingering statement, "but then I might be too considerate to an omega in heat, and I just might indulge you."
Baekhyun was left alone. He didn't even have the energy to hit the door and shout for help. Pitiful indeed.
read part two.
Pairing: baekhyun/kyungsoo
Rating: nc17
Summary: baekhyun is an omega in heat and he didn't need another alpha taking advantage of him, pinning him down and poking him right where it hurts most.
A/N: well, here u go, my very first aboverse fic!!!
completely dedicated to my lovely sherin, who has given me lots of love and support.
warnings: alpha!soo, omega!baek, top!soo, bottom!baek, knotting, self-lubrication, issues with tenses, horribly pwp. u can't exit the pwp world once you've entered it.
this should be mostly three chaps long yayyyy
*IaaS:Infrastructure as a Service [where companies handle your company's data for a fee]
also on ao3 and aff.
Alpha.
As soon as he stepped into the darkened conference room for the client meeting, he knew. An omega in heat always knows. Baekhyun clenched the files he was holding, and set it down at the head of the table in the conference room. In a few seconds, his presentation lit up behind him on a wide screen, and he bowed low, greeting the twenty-odd executives in front of him. "Good morning, ladies and gentleme-
"It's afternoon." A rudely deep voice rung out among the circle of executives. It was the alpha. Baekhyun squinted in the in the dark to see who it was, but it was useless to even try. He'd forgone his glasses today.
"I'm sorry about that. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Do Corp. We've developed a new system to build customer outreach and increase employee efficiency by creating an IaaS* platform for our clients....."
Baekhyun droned on with his speech memorized and perfected to the T. He was generally unsure of public speaking, but he guessed that the help of the pointers in his slideshow, and the darkness of the room helped him get over his fears. He felt rather proud of himself.
"Any queries, ladies and gentlemen?" Baekhyun ended his memorization. Now, it was just him, and his intelligence.
"Does transferring to the IaaS model take a lot of time?"
Easy Peasy. "It depends on the amount of data, sir. I'd put a ballpark figure of just 120 days for a complete transfer of data, for a large scale company like ours, which handles a large amount of data for itself, around thirty thousand servers' work. And an additional month for transferring to public cloud. Byul-yi here will prepare a catalogue of options for your company if you give us some details, sir." Wow. Baekhyun gave himself a metaphorical pat on the back. He was doing a good job, despite the flaring hormones due to his heat.
"What about the costs?" A woman's voice spoke up. "I don't think it really reduces costs for us as a company."
Expected question. "Ma'am, we're taking over your manpower, technology replacement costs. On the manpower side, we're reducing your costs of training, maintaining and developing your employees; on the tech side, we're taking up the cost of acquisition, maintenance and updation of your tech assets. I hope I answered your questions satisfactorily, ma'am." WOW. WOW. WOW. WOW. AW YEAH. Baekhyun was doing a really good job.
"Why should I trust you?" The deep, smooth voice of the alpha rang out in the dark boardroom. It wrenched Baekhyun's gut and they sensed each other's pheromones.
"Sir, we-
"No, really", the alpha cut him off again. "Why should I trust you? What if I have data that I don't want anyone to see? What if I have something I don't want anyone to know? What if I need-
"Sir-" Baekhyun started. Yes, it is incredibly rude to interrupt a client, but this one was going too far, and this was just payback for the last two times, when the other bugger had interrupted him. He wished he could see everyone, so that he could shoot the guy a trademark death stare. The pheromones were acting up as well. "Sir, that is an excellent question. I could answer it partially right now, but it seems like you would need a customized answer depending on the privacy and security needs of your company. After this meeting, I'm headed for a site operation, but Byul-yi will gladly take down your contact information, and we can free up our schedules to make a personal appointment with you within this week" The nerve of this fucking alpha, really. He made Baekhyun blurt out his emergency escape answer, the one he'd memorized and prepared specifically for unanswerable questions. And Baekhyun was busted by the third question itself. This was going to be a long day.
Baekhyun looked back at his audience with dread, and he spots a pair of glowing eyes among the dark faces. The alpha. There he is. He can't make out his face or looks, but Baekhyun can clearly see those eyes: red hot like burning coals, with a yellow lining. Noone else can see it. It's a wolf thing. And those eyes were looking right back at him, glowing with dominance, lust, anger and power....and the effect it had on poor Baekhyun is palpable: he feels weak in the knees, and his pheromones made his mental functions go haywire. He touches his temples for a minute, and signals Byul-yi to take over. "I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen. I'll- I'll have to take your leave-"
And he runs off, he runs off with whatever little energy is left in his weak self. Those eyes had sucked the life out of him with one glance. But the adrenaline rush of fear helped him run through numerous corridors and hallways, only to collapse into the cold walls of a bathroom stall. He didn't care about whether his expensive tux which was now soiled, and his linen shirt which was steeped in sweat. He buries his head in his knees for a few minutes, and steadies his breath to calm himself.
He can imagine the scene at the boardroom. It's not exactly the first time he's turned weak at work, but it's definitely the first time he's met an alpha who made him weak to his bones, right at the peak of his monthly heat. He could imagine Byul-yi making excuses like please don't worry, Mr. Byun hasn't taken his migraine meds for today, he's a little weak. I'll take any further questions...blah blah blah. Byun Baekhyun felt rather useless indeed, compared to her. She'd done everything: prepared his slides, made his notes, given him alibis....and she'd made him learn the emergency escaping answer as well! Ahn Byul-yi, beautiful young ambitious woman, currently stuck as Baekhyun's secretary, was also the only one who knew about, ahem, his not-so-human condition. Being a motherly, friendly, caring and forgiving ex just makes you that way, he guessed. Baekhyun rose from his curled up position, taking the help of the closed toilet pot to stand up and steady himself. As soon as he regained balance, he tried to open his stall's latch. Tried being the keyword here. A few failed attempts and frustrated struggling made him realize that he's locked inside his stall. His panic starts shooting up. Did he smell pheromones....
"Ha!" The condescending voice of the alpha thundered, laughing at Baekhyun's current claustrophobic state, and the full force of his pheromones weakening Baekhyun's will again. Quietening down, he started again, "Thought I couldn't find you after you ran away? Such a stupid, stupid omega. Piss drunk in your own self-pity, you couldn't even detect my pheromones when I locked you in here. So fragile." The alpha only stopped to laugh some more. "And such a sneaky alibi too! Ans what an underhand way to get my number, you slut!" Baekhyun shrivelled and sunk down on the wall again, and he could see the alpha's beige slacks and expensive leather shoes from the corner of his eye under the plastic door of the stall. "What a foolish, weak and slutty omega!" Baekhyun's vision blurred from the hormonal headiness. "And kudos to your shitty and obviously-someone-else-made-it-for-you presentation, and good luck finding a mate. I wonder who that fool will be, gormless enough to knot you and mark you as his own. I'd open the door to let you out", Baekhyun heard the sound of retreating footsteps, pheromones fading away, leaving a last lingering statement, "but then I might be too considerate to an omega in heat, and I just might indulge you."
Baekhyun was left alone. He didn't even have the energy to hit the door and shout for help. Pitiful indeed.
read part two.