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He’s living best life he can have. Every day he’s surrounded by family, family that loves him, family that he loves. An old man to care for them all, and he happily takes care of him, and the rest of his children, in return. He’s living a normal life... for his standards.
Marco the Phoenix. The famous moniker he had gotten for his mythical zoan devilfruit and well, his name. He's glad his name is still in there and it’s not just ‘Phoenix’, he was still very much human thank you very much. But where does his normal life alter from the others?
Because he’s a pirate? … that would have been a very good reason for civilians, but on this ship it’s kind of the norm. Because he’s handsome? Very much so. Okay no, serious. He’s the first mate of the strongest man in the world. That alone would already put him in a special position.
Yet, there are 14 others in commanding positions, they don’t put any real order on it on whose better than the other. He’s just the first mate because he’s been here the longest and grew into the role. So, this, also isn’t anything worthwhile. But the that was ... was something he actually tried to ignore. His secondary gender.
When you’re born you get assigned a sex, Male or female. Or well, there’s also the option to show signs of both of them, then you'd be androgynous and …. this isn’t where he’s going. He’s male, born as one and still happy as one. But then, there’s also a gender you’ll present as when you come of age, already decennia ago for him.
There are three main options, you can be an Alpha, Beta or Omega. There’s some variations in it, special cases, not presenting at all, showing as one but actually being another, but that’s all too complicated to get into.
The most common gender is Beta, followed by Alpha and lastly Omega. While it doesn’t matter what sex you are and these secondary genders don’t have an influence on it, many expect Alpha’s to be Male, and Omega’s to be female. This is complete bullshit.
Last time he checked, in their own respective gender, 56% of Alpha’s were male thus 44% were female. For Omega’s it’s almost the other way around, 42% of Omega’s are male, while 58% is female. So yes, yes, he must admit that indeed there’s more Alpha males and more Omega females, BUT THEY’RE BOTH SO DAMN CLOSE TO BEING 50/50! In a pirate's life there are less Male Omega’s, but still, with these numbers it shouldn’t be a surprise to meet a female Alpha, or a male Omega, yet it’s treated that way. And joined with a lot of ‘oh you don’t act like a …, are you sure you’re not a ….'. As if you don’t know your own gender!
He’s getting lost, okay where was he? Explanation of the secondary genders, yes. There’s also no real norm as to how you need to act. Beta’s are normal people say, what's normal???? Alphas are strong and leaders while Omegas are soft and caring.
But, twins could be exactly the same in every sense. Same age (obviously), personality, style, wishes, same parents, upbringing,... Yet they could have a different secondary gender.
Though, there are some that are more influenced by their secondary gender than others, and especially when you’re nearing your heat as an Omega or rut as an Alpha, you’ll show some... more distinctive features.
Besides an Omega being able to bear children and produce slick, they often get more caring. They’re more in tune to noticing people's feeling. Still, this doesn’t mean they’re always soft and caring people, they could be the most cruel ones out there, since like said before, you’re still you and this gender doesn’t just change that.
Alpha’s.... alphas can make balloons. Their dick grow a balloon. Who would want that. That's stupid. It sounds painful too. He doesn’t want to picture his dick inflating, like what the hell is up with that evolution??? …... Alright, they grow knots... is the official term. A knot to connect them to their partner to ensure all their sperm gets in, and stays in their partner.
He’s not jealous. Why would he be jealous. He can bear babies. That's almost a miracle in its own. Popping out a human who’s so big it will probably rip your butt apa- okay no, no, no thoughts of babies, or pups as many call them. He wants a pup. A puppy that is. Like Stefan. He’s cute. He doesn’t mind looking after a herd of puppies.
So yes. As many already guessed, I, Marco the Phoenix, first mate of the Whitebeard Pirates, am an Omega. Does he hate it? No, why would he? It doesn’t change who he is. And while the Whitebeard Pirates don’t discriminate on second gender, everyone gets the same chances here, he still gets pitying looks when he goes into heat. Or even before that, when people are shocked that he’s an Omega when they get to know him.
That. That’s what frustrates him. He’s learned to live with it through the years, but why, why are people surprised by a secondary gender when it doesn’t even really influence your personality that much. He barely has a smell, so being guessed to be a beta would be most logical. But just because he’s strong and in a leading position, he’ll always be named an alpha. And when he denies, they’re flabbergasted by the news, asking if he’s joking or lying. It always takes him going into a heat to convince the newbies of in. Besides that, they also get like ‘ooh it get it!’ when they see him actin as ‘a mother hen’... he just takes care of his brothers because he loves them, not because he’s an omega!
That’s also another thing. The pitying looks when he goes into heat. Why are those there? Yes, he’ll go into heat and he’ll separate himself from the rest, lock himself in his room after making a nest and prepping lots of food and drinks, it usually only lasts 3 days for him and he makes the best of it. He’s got toys, lots and lots of toys. And with all those strange inventions lately, he’s pretty comfy in his heat, has a good time if he says so himself. He’s not begging to be taken, he’s just very horny and is easily able to take care of it himself.
The looks, pitying looks, shock him because, just like he’ll go into heat, the alpha’s go into rut. They grow a stupid balloon... knot. And just like him, get horny as hell. The only differences would be that while he himself wants to be filled up, the Alpha’s want to be the one to fill something else up. Oh and they need to buy lube, poor souls, as an omega he just makes his own free lube, slicks himself up. Alpha’s still need to prep a lot, they should get pitying looks, the poor bastards. He wonders how they pee too... Does the knot stay? Isn't it uncomfortable? Anyway!!! Their ruts also last a few days, most will also separate themselves in case they can’t control themselves and try to fill up an unwilling person... or object... he’s seen things on this ship he wished he never saw.
Every single omega on this ship seems to be better in control than the alpha’s... maybe he should give them a look of pity next time when one goes in to rut. Yea. He should try that. See how they react.
So, to him, he’s living a normal life. A normal male Omega life, being a pirate, surrounded by family, most family who are Alphas. Just a coincidence. They’re still with about 100 Omegas in their crew, so it’s not like he’s alone.
But what really differentiates him from the others is not only his lack of smell, but also... lack of interest? Even when young, he’s never cared for having an Alpha, a mate. You get better at controlling the urge to have a partner in heat the older you get, he’s heard the stories from others, that in the beginning they, if not having had the protection of parents,… would have done things they would regret. But he? He never had that. His heat for him was just... a horny week. A week when he produces slick and has a good time by himself, nothing more, nothing less.
He also hears others talk about how intense some smells are from the alphas onboard, especially the stronger ones, like pops and the commanders. They say they’re overwhelming. Sometimes when they had gotten angry (not at them, mostly at enemies) or tried to be intimidating, that it had even triggered their heat or instilled fear into them to act submissive. But he never noticed. He smells them, yes, but they’re not harsh smells to him. Never once has he felt overwhelmed or intimidated. Not when he was young, and not now. Recently, a new Omega recruit even fainted when he got close to pops, it had taken weeks for the person to get used to him, be close and look pops in the eyes, ... He however liked pop’s smell, it was soothing, protective of him and the others. It was... weird to him how others described it as intimidating and overwhelming.
That... that may be the thing why he sometimes felt like the odd one out. He had told his old man, and was reassured it didn’t matter. Everyone loved him, he loved him as his son just as he was. It was nothing bad, maybe even a good thing, since he didn’t get overwhelmed. Yet..... he kind of wanted to know what it was like... to smell someone as they are. To feel that attraction, to want someone as his mate... The stories he heard when finding your true mate... they sounded like fairy tales. He had long given up on that by now though, finding the one for him, even if not really interested, and he wouldn’t start something just for fun and giggles. There, in the back of his mind, was the tiniest sprinkle of hope that he would find someone to maybe share his heat with. Someone he could scent. Someone that, for once, would care for him and treat him as a real equal without any pity.