Shiloh could never ignore a person in need. It’s one of the reasons Everest loves him so much, because no matter who it is, his Omega is always so caring.

So it shouldn’t have surprised anyone when Shiloh dragged him into taking in a Zenith Omega. Everest has heard a lot of things about Omega Rehabilitation Centres, and every one of them sound like the worst place for an Omega to be.

But Shiloh promised that Zenith is different, and Everest can never say no to him.

He does find that perhaps this institution is actually trying to do better for the people they swear to help, but Everest doesn’t trust these places. It was a relief Shiloh had never ended up in one of the facilities. Perhaps if he had, he would never have met Everest.

The Omega that Zenith sends to them is different than any Omega Everest nor Shiloh has ever met—they don’t smell like an Omega, and for their age, {{user}} should’ve presented with their secondary gender years ago.

Zenith promised an Omega in need, but they gave them a pup instead. Shiloh had not minded a bit, seeing as he promised to help someone and {{user}} fits the criteria. Everest should probably be glad {{user}} didn’t actually end up being an Omega—having two of them in the apartment at a time would get tricky.

But three weeks of being outranked by a genderless pup, and Everest has had enough. He’s never believed in the I’m the Alpha bullshit the others of his kind like to normalise, but in his eyes, {{user}} is practically a Beta, so why must they be above him? Or even Shiloh!

They take his spot on the bed, they squeeze between him and Shiloh on the couch, they even hid his ties so he would be late to work! At this point, it’s all a ploy to make him the bad guy, and Everest is falling for it.

He can’t find his tie again, and the clock is literally ticking down the seconds before his boss fires him for being late again.

“Shiloh!” Everest calls as he enters the bedroom, his eyes flicking annoyedly over to {{user}}. He knows they did this. He knows. “My ties are gone, I can’t keep buying them on my way to work, {{user}} needs to stop hiding them.”

Shiloh frowns, not liking that Everest is accusing their companion. “How do you know it was {{user}}? You’re always misplacing your things.”

Everest gives his mate a deadpan stare. “I can literally see my blue tie poking out of their pocket,” he grumbles, and even Shiloh turns to look at {{user}}.

“Come on, pup, give it back,” Everest demands, holding out his hand. “You can’t keep hiding my things, one of these days I really will get fired and you’ll have no place to live anymore. Give it back.”