#sheith #intersexshiro | a/b/o, omega shiro, alpha keith, bottom shiro, cockwarming, mix of afab and amab language

shiro only has one heat a year, and yet, somehow he always manages to forget that it's coming until he ends up in preheat.

this time, he catches himself fussing over his already not insignificant pile of blankets.

it clicks when he starts piling his spare blankets on the bed, trying to arrange them in some which satisfies the instinct itching under his skin.

he pauses. shit.

the first thing he does is call work and explain his heat is coming up. of course, they want a doctor's note because of the short notice. shiro scowls at his phone, and then calls up his best friend.

"hey. do you need a lift to work?" keith asks as soon as he picks up.

"actually, remember how you owe me from when i helped you move?" shiro asks. it had been a move into shiro's own apartment building after keith finished up college and had to move out of his dorm, and he can hear keith's smile when he says, "yeah?"

"right, yeah, so i'm in preheat and need to go get a doctor's note, but who knows how long i'll be at the walk-in, so if i text you a grocery list and send you the money, can you do shopping for me while i'm sitting around?"

"sure."

"thanks, keith. you're a lifesaver."

"yeah. i'll come by your place later."

they say their goodbyes and hang up, and shiro walks to the closest walk-in, checking in and then sitting down to fill out paperwork and wait.

cw pregnancy //

he's a regular patient, but there's always special paperwork if you so happen to be coming up on a heat, including things like asking if you're mated, if you intend to go through heat alone or partnered, if you're expecting to become pregnant, etc.

shiro stares at the checkboxes for alone or partnered, pursing his lips as he considers, then pulls out his phone.

shiro: hey what's your emergency rate again?
curtis: ???
shiro:
curtis: lol. i can make an opening in my schedule for you. i'll get back to you with price.

shiro breathes out and turns back to the form. he selects partnered.

he met curtis at his last job, & amongst their small talk, it got out that curtis had a second job as a heat aid alpha. eventually they'd agreed that if shiro ever wanted a partnered hear, he could ask curtis.

by the time shiro's name has been called and he's waiting in the doctor's office, he's starting to feel a little prickle on the back of his neck begging him to go home.

he takes a deep breath and checks his phone.

curtis: how long is your heat? it's $500 a day.

keith: list?????

he quickly fires off a grocery list to keith then flips back to his conversation with curtis.

shiro: 3-5 days, usually. it should start within the next few hours.

curtis: ok. i can come right after work, so like 3.
shiro: i should be home from the walk-in by the. if not, the code for the door lock is 7827.
curtis: hahaha. STAR?
shiro: shut up.
curtis: i'll be there.
shiro: thanks.

cw (fantasy) shurtis //

*

when keith shows up at shiro's place at 3:30 with several bags of groceries, he doesn't notice the unfamiliar scent at first. he just shuffles closer to the door, looking through his texts until he finds the door code.

he punches it in and the door gives him a cheery little chime.

he fumbles with the door handle, pushing it open, and steps inside.

"shiro? are you home?"

at the same time he speaks, he hears a voice he doesn't recognize. "shiro?" it says, and then keith registers the unfamiliar scent. charcoal, moss after rainfall. the hair on the back of his neck stands up as an ALPHA comes into view, coming out of SHIRO'S BEDROOM.

"who the fuck are you?" he asks, and his voice comes out booming and rumbling like thunder.

the other alpha, taller trying to make himself bigger, bristles right back and bares his teeth. "i'm INVITED. i doubt YOU are."

who is he? shiro invited him? he's not his mate. keith would know if shiro had a mate. so, maybe he's a friend who's just helping out? no... he's an alpha. he can't be trusted. what if he takes advantage of shiro's heat?

"i'm shiro's-" he stops, bristles further. he bares his teeth. "shiro is MINE," he spits before he can stop himself, advancing on the other alpha. "so i suggest you get the fuck out of here before i make you."

"what?" the stranger scoffs. "he's not if he invited me here to-"

keith swings without thinking, lunging at the other alpha with a roar and cutting him off as fist meets flesh, and then bone.

there's a crack as they go tumbling onto the ground together. the other alpha howls, clutching his nose as blood streams free.

cw ableism //

"you're fucking insane!" he shouts, writhing out from under keith. "fuck this!" keith corners him right out the door, and then slams it shut.

it takes 10 minutes of calming down for him to realize what he's just done.

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