(BL)Alpha Made-Chapter 331: A good beginning to the week

Andrew was pulling into their parking spot when Maxwell finally spoke up about what he’d been lost in thought in the whole drive to work. Andrew was reaching into the back, grabbing their bags so they didn’t have to open the back doors of the car when Maxwell opened his mouth.

"We’ll need to remodel more of the bathroom than I thought." He finally said, and Andrew felt his face warm.

He knew exactly what Maxwell was referring to.

Their morning shower session. Where Maxwell had spent a lot of time on his knees, licking and sucking Andrew’s cock until Andrew thought he was going to pass out from how much the man edged him.

Maxwell had looked divine doing it, but they didn’t have the bench that they normally did. That was something that Andrew had missed a little bit, but to think that Maxwell also cared about it?

"We can get a temporary stool or something before we remodel the bathroom. It’s not high on my priority list." Andrew told him and Maxwell blinked, before he nodded.

"Right. I didn’t even think about a stool. I’ll have Mr. Newman look that up today. Unfortunately, I have a lot of meetings. It’s Monday, after all." Maxwell muttered and Andrew smiled, before leaning in and giving the other man a kiss, putting his bag in his lap.

"I’m sure I’ll be happy with whatever solution you come up with. Now, let’s get inside before it gets any colder outside." Andrew told him with a grin and Maxwell sighed. Andrew pulled away, getting out of the car and walking around to Maxwell’s side to open his door and hold his hand when he stepped out.

Maxwell was bundled up, as he always was whenever the thought of outside was considered. He hated being cold, so he had really profited when he found out that Andrew was a damn living furnace.

Andrew was all smiles as they headed into work, and when they got to the elevators he was about to leave Maxwell alone with the man tugged on his hand, turning Andrew around and stealing another kiss where everyone could see.

Andrew was only a little bit shocked, his body relaxing as Maxwell kept it pg. It wasn’t like Maxwell to make it a deep kiss in public, not when he wasn’t near his heat.

"Mine." Maxwell muttered quietly, and that did something silly to Andrew’s insides. Man, it was so freaking hot when he was possessive like this. Andrew just nodded, letting Maxwell release him before he marched away, getting into his elevator and leaving Andrew a pile of mush in the lobby.

It was only shortly after that that Andrew turned and headed for his elevator, a big, goofy grin on his face that had most of the other employees in a good mood as well.

~

Work went smoothly, and so did Andrew’s check up on Richard. He was going to be released into Andrew and Maxwell’s custody on Wednesday after work. Talking about it did feel like they were adopting a puppy. The way that Dr. Liu and Dr. Spencer referred to him did put some distance between the fact that it was Richard that they were discussing, and when they did that around Richard?

They got an earful. Richard, since he wasn’t able to do much else, had really taken up nagging his coworkers, complaining, and being a little bit on the bitter side. It helped that the man wasn’t scowling as he did so, but Andrew could tell that everyone was going to be happy when he was discharged.

They also didn’t blame him. It was clear that this was something that happened whenever a coworker manifested, or had bad heats, or whatever else this unit was used for. Andrew had a feeling that if things had really taken a turn for him, he probably would have ended up here.

He did speak to Dr. Liu about it, asking if Maxwell had ever discussed an alpha who might need to be placed here, and when Dr. Liu had said it had been brought up months ago, it only took her a few seconds to connect the dots. When she did, her eyes widened, before they softened and she patted him on the shoulder.

She then told him they would have taken great care of him, and also would have been terrified of Mr. Beckett the whole time. Andrew had laughed. Watching Maxwell interact with the contractors, he had a feeling he had a pretty good understanding of how he would have interacted with them when it came to Andrew being involved. He might even be worse because they were mostly omegas down here.

Thinking about how Maxwell had been back then...yeah. Andrew could imagine him being hell to work with. Especially if Andrew hadn’t basically said that Maxwell was the only scent that made him comfortable. If that hadn’t happened? Andrew didn’t even want to imagine it.

He had a feeling he would have gone full on spoiled rich boy ex mafia on his ass, and everyone else around them too.

Either way, Richard was doing fine. So were the girls.

When Andrew came into the office, there was a lightness about Dr. Cox that Andrew hadn’t seen in a long time, and when she turned to Andrew, she got up and hugged him. He was barely feet into the room.

"Thank you for bringing Maria over." She thanked Andrew so sincerely that Andrew didn’t know what to do.

"Oh? Is it going that well?" Andrew asked softly and she pulled away, her face a little flushed, but her smile easy and her eyes relaxed.

"Bella was so excited to go to Maria’s house today. She’s usually so scared and worried to go to daycare but she was...she was so excited, Dr. Nice." Dr. Cox’s eyes watered and she quietly wiped her tears away. "It was...I can’t thank you enough for bringing her over. I’ve already gotten so many videos of the kids playing, running around the house squealing. I cannot even begin to show my appreciation for you." Dr. Cox told him and Andrew pulled her in for another hug before letting her go and pulling off his winter coat.

"I’m happy that Bella’s doing okay. Maybe send me a few of the videos? I think that’s perfect compensation for me, since I didn’t do much. Maria’s probably over the moon that Hewie has someone he likes to play with, and I’m glad Bella is having a good time. Are you pulling her out of the other daycare?" Andrew asked. Dr. Piper wasn’t in the office, but he saw her coat, so knew she was around.

Dr. Cox went back to her seat, relief clear on her face.

"I called them before I got into work. They were very appreciative of the call and understanding. Said family should look after family and wished Bella the best." Dr. Cox let out a deep sigh. "Thank you...for being nosy. I’m sorry I reacted poorly, and put distance between us at the beginning." She was just full of apologies today, and Andrew grinned as he slid on his work coat.

"I don’t mind, Dr. Cox. You forget who I’m dating. I’m well aware of why walls exist between others, and I completely understand. Thank you for not ripping my head off when you found out I was being a meddling interloper, and I’m glad that everything worked out." Andrew told her, and that was when Dr. Piper came back, a fresh coffee in her hand and her lip gloss smeared. Her eyes widened at the sight of Andrew, her cheeks flushing as she realised that he had arrived in the time she had been gone.

Andrew scanned her, taking in the fact that her normally unrumpled appearance seemed...rumbled. She had hastily buttoned up her shirt, and Andrew wasn’t going to be the one to point out that she had missed a button hole. That could make him look like a perv.

"Oh! Dr. Nice! Good to see you!" She seemed flustered at being caught by everyone, and Dr. Cox and Andrew shared a look as she rushed to her seat.

It was five minutes later that Andrew got invited to a new google document, and Andrew wondered how often this happened? Why did they keep such a close eye on Dr. Piper? She didn’t seem...that different from normal yet?

Andrew wanted to ask more about it, but they were all busy. Richard was not allowed to work for at least another week, Dr. Liu’s orders. They were going to get a little bit of help from someone else soon, but not today. Andrew was pretty sure it was tomorrow, since Maxwell had put his foot down and yelled at everyone.

They had also put out another job posting for the alpha division, since with Richard gone they realised he had been doing too much work and not dividing it as properly as he should have been. Maxwell and Dr. Liu had given him a lecture about that. That had happened a while ago, but Andrew hadn’t heard anything about a new hire yet.

He guessed they probably wanted to make sure they were more qualified than Andrew, which was very fair. Andrew was working pretty much like an intern and a test subject rolled into one.

~

Work ended relatively quickly, and Dr. Cox didn’t have to run out the door. She seemed a little surprised that she could take her time going to pick up Bella, and was even more surprised when Maria showed up with an adorably bundled up little girl who had Dr. Cox’s eyes but someone else’s hair colour, and an equally adorable Hewie all bundled up. Maria was fashionable, with a long fur coat, nice mittens and a beautiful looking hat covering her ears.

"Surprise! We wanted to pick you up for our almost dinner snack!" Maria sang, all smiles as Andrew assumed, Bella, wobbled over to her Mom and plopped into her lap, all giggles and smiles. Andrew felt his heart warm until he heard the insistent grunting of a smaller boy, and there was Hewie, demanding that Andrew hold him.

Andrew didn’t think that there were beings that were just as cute as Maxwell, but he might have to reevaluate.

Maria left Hewie to Andrew while she chatted with Dr. Cox, not worried in the slightest about Andrew with a baby, and Dr. Piper came over to oo and ahh over Hewie. Before she went and terrorized Bella, who seemed to love the attention. It was a wonderful way to end the work day, and when Maxwell joined, Andrew was all smiles as he held Hewie.

Maxwell had halted in the doorway, stricken, before he had gathered himself and came over, pushing Andrew’s hair back to kiss his forehead, his expression softening as Hewie babbled to him. Not quite words, not quite not words, but chattering happy nonsense.

It was only Andrew he smelt the pheromones, cloying and soft, wrapping around Andrew’s throat like a sweet temptation. Something had turned Maxwell on, and now it was going to be Andrew’s ’problem’.

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