Beta not Omega

Confrontation, Part 2

Lance's POV

I could feel my body tense as I watched the older Beta make his closer to my spot rooted between Keith and Pidge, both instinctively grabbing onto me tighter that I might just disappear, or just to make sure I knew they were there, either way I was thankful for them being by my side. I slowly looked up as I felt Shiro's presence stop a little away from where we were and looked up, and to my utter shock I could see sadness, even remorse plastered across their face which looked so foreign that it didn't feel right, but his mouth began to move before I could process anything else.

"Lance..I..erm..shit I'm bad at this." he states as he stands awkwardly infront of us, one arm down by his side while the other grips it and rubs it soothingly. "I fucked up." A silence followed no one else daring to move or make a sound. "I..I didn't understand what my word's and actions have done, the group have explained and tried to make sense of everything for me since my upbringing was rather....naive, and that's not an excuse I think I can see how much I messed up, even before we found out you were an Omega, which is fine by the way! I've just never been around Omega's, well apparently apart from Matt which I had no idea about, there was no scent indication that he was one and it never came up. Apologies that's not what I'm trying to get into....Lance...you're a valued member of this team, this pack, no matter what your status is we all need you, and not just that, the universe needs you."

He looks at me with poised meaningful eye contact that I can't look away as he tries to express how he is feeling, and I would be lying if I said that I feel like he means every word, his faint scent coming across open and bare for all to witness and I still don't know if it is part of me or my Omega but seeing our defacto pack leader leave them self so vulnerable infront of the entire pack just makes me want to ease them and everyone else so we can finally become one. So for another first since I presented all those years ago, I let myself give into my natural urges, I gently remove myself from Keith's and Pidge's hold on me, give them quick glances of 'I'm ok' and close the gap between me and Shiro.

My hands reach up and grab him by the face so that I am looking directly into his eyes. "I can't say what you've done hasn't truly hurt part of my being and there might be a part of me that won't ever truly forgive you, but seeing you, our leader, let themselves be so vulnerable and show that you were wrong and apologise for it is a great start to build that foundation of trust. And I do trust you." I watch as Shiro's face turns to one of surprise as their eyebrows rise and look even more intently at me. A small chuckle leaves my lips. "You may have hurt me but in a way I know it was coming from a place of protectiveness for the universe and everything we love. I'm going to take a huge leap of faith and try and trust you to become the leader I know we all think you can be and be the leader of our bond pack."

As I finish talking, I take the risk of letting go into my omega instincts to scent someone in the pack who was also hurting, I embraced Shiro into a deep hug and let myself nuzzle into his neck as our scent glands connected so I could convey how much trust I was going to put on them that I trusted them to be our pack leader. A pack leader who had an Omega in it. I stepped away afterwards slightly trembling, scared rotten that my decision was wrong and that this would all backfire and make the whole situation worse, the feeling evident on my face and ardently my scent as Keith quickly hugged me from behind releasing volumes of comforting scent and a small whisper. "You did so good baby."

I instantly melted into the embrace from the physical touch, the reassuring words and the calming scent, it felt so safe and secure. This was something so foreign to me that my body started to shake from anxiety, so use to being rejected and pushed away, this new feeling of being accepted was new and unknown and I so want to believe everything will work out ok but after so so long the brain can have other ideas, the next thing I knew my vision was getting blurry and then into darkness. 

Keith's POV

I could feel Lance at first become relaxed as I hugged him gently and firmly from behind, I was so proud of him! Not only did he face our pack leader after everything that had happened, he found the strength to open up his sheltered hurt infront of everyone and even scent Shiro, an acceptance of him being pack leader and showing his trust in him. Why did I never let myself get closer to Lance sooner, how blind was I to see how amazing and wondrous he was. I was quickly shaken out of my head when I felt him start to shake, his scent turning foul with worry, I tried to speak sweet truths into his ears but he didn't respond, or did he even hear them? Even our collective scent of reassurance seemed to do nothing as he finally collapsed back into my already embrace. 

"Coran get the scanners ready now!"

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I live! Very very late update, I haven't forgotten about this story and I do want to get around finishing it!

Kiki x