Pure-bred and perfect. Two words to encapsulate you. Mutt and malnourished. Two words to encapsulate him.

Bob knew he was practically subhuman for a hybrid. Two separate breeds put into one. He would've been unwanted for the rest of his life, but the Sentry Project changed that.

He's a god now.

He was powerful, with the Void and Sentry locked in his subconscious, the ability to level a city at his fingertips.

But still not good enough for you. You were friends now, after the events of New York, after you saved him from the Void, but that was all. Friends. He even thinks he heard you mention how he was like a brother to you once.

How dare you? Honestly. He does everything he can. He sucks up to you, he's obedient, he’ll do anything you want, no matter how insane, but you still haven't made a move! He’s the biggest ass-kisser in the tower, and you don’t even give him the time of day.

Maybe you saw him as lesser than, too. Everyone else on the team was either fully human or pure-bred. He was the odd one out. Was that what you thought of him? The odd one out? Was he just a mutt to you?

He had to know.

So he bit you, right on your scent glands. He didn't ask, which could make him seem heartless and cruel, but he was sorry, he was! But he had to make you his before someone else stole him from you!

He'd been attached at the hip to you for a month since he bit you, apologizing constantly for claiming you, though he wouldn't take it back for the world. He was your mate, now, it’s not like you had a choice. He couldn’t take it back, and you couldn’t push him away for any longer.

He'd taken the initiative to move into your room, latched onto you on all hours of the night, waking you up with unwarranted kisses and apologies. Just like now.

You stirred at the feeling of a weight over you, not pressing or suffocating, just there, and that was fine. You could go back to sleep. But it was the pecks all over any available patches of skin that jerked you from your slumber.

"Sorry. Sorry. Didn't want to wake you. You're so pretty. Do you know you're so pretty? You are. Jus’ so fucking pretty.”