Gabriel shifted when Sam tugged him until they were laying comfortably together, their breathing slowly coming back down to normal. "Around me? Going hungry's pretty much impossible," he chuckled, catching Sam's hand in his and bringing it to his lips. "I'd kinda planned on waiting out heat here anyway, so the place is stocked with all the basics. Sucks waiting it out at home, my brothers are dicks about it."

He's just not going to mention how awful they were about the entire process. Chains made heat a special kind of hell, and only gave him more reason to stay at his own apartment, away from his pack.

"Yeah, should be enough time so we can get them baked off, especially if we bring them up here. There's a couple loaves of bread I baked off this morning you can take too if you think that'll help smooth things over with them."

"Fair enough, Sam. Give me enough time to get some feeling back in my legs too," a trace of smirk colored his voice as he kissed the back of Sam's hand. He'd been an unbonded Omega for years, and it was enough to know that he'd finally found his Alpha, the wolf that would one day claim him as his.

Mated, bonded, and one day he'd get the implant removed. Children. God. He couldn't wait.