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For so long Leon had been all alone without a mate to love or pups to adore. Life felt dark and empty. He threw himself into work, becoming the best agent he could even though all he wanted was a family. It just felt impossible. As he got older the chances of that happening felt further and further away.
Leon's heart broke when he went home and he was all alone. A quiet house with no sounds of pups playing and laughing. A cold bed with no alpha to hold. He was forty something now and starting to show greys. All the best years of his life were over now and wasted. He'd never get that time back to fall in love and get pregnant. It was over for him.
Until he met Chris. That's when everything changed. The alpha was young, only in his early twenties, and Leon thought he didn't stand a chance because he was too old for him. But Chris chose him.
Chris was obsessed with him from the very beginning. Their courtship was brief only because Chris moved so quick- The alpha begged to be his and only his. Chris asked for Leon's hand in mateship and before Leon knew it, they were bonded and bred, committed to each other for life with a brand new pup on the way. It made him so happy, happier than he ever thought he could be.
Then Leon was never alone again. And to think, there he had been, about to accept that his life as an omega was over! It took a little longer than Leon would have liked, but Chris came and changed all that… Pups..! A mate and pups..! It was everything he ever wanted!!! Love and a family of his own.
Chris was the most devoted of alphas, strong, gentle, a provider, and so sweet. Perfect. He was everything Leon had ever wanted in an alpha and a mate. Chris was the kind of person that made him feel lucky he was alive and he never felt that way before. He never knew life could be so good.
Chris doted endlessly on his beautiful mate, courting him still well even after they had been bonded. He continued to shower his omega with endless affection and did anything and everything he could to show him how much he cared about him. He never took Leon for granted and he showed him that. He wanted to make Leon understand how much he wanted him.
Chris's love was a once in a lifetime love and Leon really, really didn't want to do anything to fuck it up. He was scared of losing him. Now that he had his alpha's love, he didn't know how he could ever survive without it. Surely he would die without it.
All Leon knew was, he didn't know what he did to deserve the mate of his dreams but he wanted it, he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Chris.
To his overwhelming joy, Chris made Leon a mother over and over again.
The first time Leon got pregnant he thought he just got lucky, considering his age. But soon after, Chris successfully put another pup in him- Twins that time, to both of their delight. They wanted a big family! And they only wanted to do it together.
Chris insisted he only wanted pups if it was Leon who would carry for him and Leon promised that his womb had been made just for him.
They made love for days, doing it as many times as they could to increase the chances of breeding Leon successfully. Going on and on still, even after they were sure that it took. They were just that obsessed and enamoured with each other.
It was their favorite time of the year when Leon went into heat so they could get to try again. Chris loved mating Leon. He wanted to do everything he could to keep Leon pupped over and over again.
But an omega at that age always ran high risks with pregnancy. The twins came out healthy to Leon’s overwhelming relief. Every time he carried he was anxious he would lose the puppy.
The first time he got pregnant they told him chances to carry to term was slim.
The second time they told him the chances of both puppies surviving were even slimmer. Oh, how the omega worried himself sick, begging and praying to a god that he didn't even believe in that nothing bad would happen to his puppies. To Chris's puppies, his beloved mate he so desperately wanted to carry over and over for.
The third time he was bred he started to really worry this would be the time he failed Chris.
Every time Leon felt a swell in his belly he couldn't have been happier. Another puppy to love and care for!! Each new addition to their family was another manifestation of their true, undying love. Leon loved how much they all looked like Chris- It was common for an alpha’s genes to outweigh an omega's when it came to genetics.
Chris was young and virile with strong, healthy seed that planted in Leon and grew in him tiny, perfect little Redfields. All of Leon's pups had dark eyes and dark hair. A pup was more likely to survive if it took after the alpha father, little alphas to be, blessed with strong genes. A powerful alpha was less likely to produce an omega child.
But Chris wouldn't have minded at all if they had a pup that took after Leon. He was crazy for his mate, obsessed with everything about him. If they had a pup with blonde hair, blue eyes, or fair skin, Chris would love them as hard as he could, he didn't even care if Leon gave him an omega puppy, he would love that pup for the rest of his life. Chris was the most obsessed and adoring alpha and father that there ever could be.
So that's why this third pregnancy he couldn't have been more anxious. What if he lost them this time? Chris, his beloved alpha that gave him this precious gift, the gift of his pups- And what if he ruined everything this time? What if his body was too old to carry and it killed his pup?
Every time Leon ran to the bathroom to throw up from morning sickness he cried because he was worried he was losing them. He was inconsolable anytime in the second or third trimester and he wasn't sure if he could feel them moving anymore.
They're just sleeping, I promise, don't worry, Chris would try to reassure him but Leon would whine with his tail wagging anxiously, No, Chris, what if I killed them, I love them, I loved them so much and what if they're gone because of me, what if I hurt our puppies? How can you trust me? I can't trust myself- I'll never forgive myself! I'd kill myself if anything happened to-
And Chris would pull him into the deepest, most loving embrace and hold him and soothe him and reassure him over and over again, as many times as it took, hold his wailing, frantic mess of a mate and promise him, I'm not going to ever let you do that, no matter what happens, don't say that, don't ever, ever say that, promise me, promise me right now Leon, for our family...
Leon’s ears folded back submissively. Chris was right. He could never do something as stupid as that. It was just… He… He loved Chris so much. He loved his puppies so much. He had everything he ever wanted with another pup on the way. The pup was so enthusiastic to be born he came early but healthy as could be, a big puppy that came out of Leon howling, declaring to the world he was here and happy to be alive.
“God, you're so amazing,” Chris whispered in so much deep love, watching as Leon groomed their little baby newborn pup, cleaning the birth off of him with each loving lick of his tongue. Grooming bonded the omega and puppy together. Chris could have cried watching Leon become a mother again, he was the best mom to his kids.
“See?” Chris murmured, stroking his mate’s damp hair affectionately. “You did it, you didn't hurt him, you could never hurt your puppies.”
Leon fell apart with his healthy pup that looked like Chris in his arms. Another member of their perfect pack. Chris couldn't believe how lucky he was to have such a beautiful, strong, wonderful, perfect mate and so many gorgeous, healthy puppies that only Leon could give to him. He kissed Leon's face while Leon fell apart because he was so goddamn fucking happy, happy he was alive, happy his pup was alive, and happy that Chris was alive.
All of that changed though when the black marks started showing up on his skin. He had a young, handsome mate that was perfect for him and four lovely little pups that all took after their dad. They were all healthy.
Except for him. Blackness creeping up his veins no matter how hard he tried to wash it away. The sickness that came with it. He tried to hide it for as long as he could, easy to hide it from the puppies but not from Chris. He could never hide anything from Chris.
“We'll find a way..! I'll save you!! I won't let anything bad happen to you, Leon- I need you!!” Chris promised and begged. He couldn't lose Leon! He loved him too much to ever, ever, ever let him go!! And their family needed him, what would his pups do without their mother, oh, they couldn't bear it, they loved Leon so much it broke both of them.
All four of their little pups with dark brown hair and sweet chocolate eyes, wagging their tails at just the scent or sight of their mom, calling for him sweetly and nuzzling up to him, flattening their tiny, fuzzy brown ears to show Leon how happy they were around him, all four of them burying themselves around Leon, cuddling up to him and begging for his attention, just like Chris, Chris with his big arms wrapping around all of them and Leon trying not to cry because he used to be so lonely and now he was so loved.
Leon was sick with something sinister that not even Chris or his forever puppy love could cure. That's what Leon called him, called Chris his puppy love, because when they first met that's all Leon thought it was. The intense but brief interest of a young alpha obsessed with him. Puppy love is deep but it never lasts. Except with Chris it did, lovesick for Leon from the start, head over heels and still that way.
What could Leon do? He didn't want to scare the pups. He forced Chris to settle himself down lest he gave away the scent of his stress that would surely rub off onto them. Leon was a fierce omega and extremely protective of his puppies. There was nothing scarier in the world than an omega who was protecting their litter.
So Chris worked behind the scenes to find a way to save his mate. Leon didn't want a thing in his home life to change. A part of him knew that… This was it. It was his time… That for him- Good things didn't last forever. He had an incurable virus.
He was lucky to have loved and been loved at all. He just wanted to spend every remaining second raising Chris's pups and making sure they would be good little alphas that treated each other kindly and learned to look after each other. The pups were too happy in their nest of love that their adoring parents made for them to ever notice anything was the matter. Which is exactly what Leon wanted.
At night while they slept, Leon stroked their soft tiny dark brown ears and memorized everything about each and every one of them. His oldest with the longest, darkest eyelashes that Leon had ever seen. His ears had the pointiest tips on them, giving him a very sharp appearance despite the fact he was an absolute softy and totally a momma’s boy.
His twins that slept with their tails wrapped around each other which melted Leon's heart into a puddle. One had faint freckles and the other had dimples. It was the cutest fucking thing ever and Leon loved to kiss them over and over again.
His newest pup was the biggest of them all, not to be left behind by his older siblings, with a particularly shaggy coat. His ears and tail were so, so fluffy. It made him look even bigger than he was. Leon loved to scratch his ears and brush his bushy tail even though he insisted he could do it himself. He was the baby but didn't act like it because he wanted to keep up with the rest of the pack.
Let me baby you a little longer, Leon would beg, hugging his fussy pup who scrambled to get out of his arms so he could go play.
Oh… Leon sighed dreamily. He would really fucking miss this.
But then Leon fell pregnant again. And he knew he couldn't tell Chris. His alpha would go ballistic. Chris was so stressed out trying to find a cure that didn't exist. It was giving him greys and Leon begged him to just come home after work and stop wasting time trying to save him.
Chris was going out of his mind chasing leads that always led back to a dead end. “You're wasting your time,” Leon pleaded with him. It was some of the biggest fights they ever had, whispering in hushed, angry tones while the puppies slept.
“You aren't trying hard enough, Leon! Is this what you want!? To just fucking give up? Die!? You promised me you wouldn't leave me..!! You promised, Le, you promised!!” Chris’s alpha flared and Leon bared his teeth, his tail sticking straight out and the hairs standing up as he got in his mate's face.
"I want to be with my family! There is no cure! I'm not giving up, I'm accepting the reality of the horrible fucking situation we're in- Do you think I wanted this to happen!? Just let me enjoy the time I have left with my pups and not… Being some fucking lab rat!”
The truth was just that. There was no cure for T-Virus. “Accept that,” Leon growled and Chris growled back with determination, heartbreak and rage seeping off of him. “No, Leon, I never fucking will.”
They went to bed mad and they never did that. Leon couldn't believe this was how they were choosing to spend the last nights of their life.
Until Leon was getting seriously sicker and then he felt it, felt that sensation in his gut and he woke up sick, hurling his guts out into the toilet and he knew, he fucking knew he was pregnant.
“No…” Leon cried to himself, Chris already having gone to work early to look for a new lead for a cure and his pups all innocently sleeping sound in bed. “No, no, no…” Leon curled up on the floor with his tail wrapped around him. This can't be happening, he choked back a sob. He couldn't be pregnant because that means if he died, so would them.
He held his still-flat belly and whimpered. He and Chris had been having a lot of makeup sex lately. There was no way they could stay mad at each other for long and the alpha always was the first to break, whining softly to apologize to his mate, heartbroken that they had fought because all he wanted to do was show him love.
They'd fuck tenderly and slowly after, licking each other's wounds while they they made deep love, clutching each other tightly and crying while they came, because it felt so good and they loved each other so much and they didn't know what they would do if they lost each other.
So it made sense why Leon was pregnant even though he didn't know how it took while his body was actively dying. It was just the power of his alpha's true love. Nothing could stop Chris from being with Leon. His pups inside of him were proof of that alone.
Leon got off of the floor and held his belly. Chris was inside of him and he had been bred once again. He was almost fifty and about to be a mom again. He panted, staring at his reflection in the mirror. The fucking virus could take him- But he was not going to ever let anything happen to his puppies.
He knew what he had to do. And he knew he didn't have a lot of time to do it. He sighed shakily, running over everything in his mind. He was going to have to save this puppy.