#Omega Mudeok

[cactuskat]

Alchemy of Souls x Omegaverse

(Okay so this isn't my typical kind of post, but I've been watching Alchemy of Souls with my family, and I desperately enjoy the omegaverse, and there are no posts combining them, thus, I need make it myself)

Here are my headcanons

Naksu is an alpha: Blunt, strong-willed, athletically gifted (I know some of it was training, and some of it was magic, but her skill is still on a RIDICULOUS level!!), emotionally repressed

Mudeok on the otherhand is most certainly an omega, it's almost sterotypical, she couldn't not be an omega

I don't want to say all this because "Naksu is STRONG and Mudeok is WEAK, RA-RAWR", that's not how I like to roll with my omegaverse, it's limiting, I love buff omegas I adore submissive alphas

buuuut, I feel Mudeok being an omega fits too well. She's small, frail, and soft. spoilers/theory: Mudeok was also likely the lost heir of the Jin family, her whole purpose was to be locked in a room for safety, then married off as a way to secure another heir, what about that doesn't scream omega from an unfair time?

When Naksu soul-shifts she is thrust into this whole new body of whole new experiences, and on top of everything it turns out she's an omega as well. She's probably a little phobic about it ("On top of everything, this body being so weak it can hardly lift itself up, It's an omega as well, what a pitiful form")((Don't worry she gets over it))

Jang Uk meanwhile is also an omega, granted a very assertive omega, spoiled and pampered. Don't ask me what it is about them, but omegas are very prone to being grumpy, and there is no one doing grumpy quite like Uk. Also the fact he's so sensitive about everything, physcially and emotionally

Jung Uk is more of a "reject the mold" omega, very eager to prove himself, doubly so because of how his gate of energy was closed, he wants to prove himself and his worth

Scents: Naksu's scent is conflicting, it smells of smoldering wood and damp earth, though with a slightly fruity twinge

Mudeok's scent is far more floral, with a rather rich addition that like wine (very unusual for someone who is basically a peasant, but not unheard of)

With Naksu being Mudeok now the scent also has hints of her old burnt-wood

Jang Uk's scent definately pulls in with his winter theme, there's a crispness to it, it's like melted snow or petrichor, as well as a touch of honey, the aroma as a whole is almost muted

Though after his gate of energy is opened it just bursts from him, becoming stronger and sweeter, like freshly blossoming flowers.

in Mudeok's body Naksu definitely experiences some body dysmorphia. She's smaller, weaker, she feels disgusted by herself. She picks up scents in a way she never has before and it's overwhelming, it makes her feel sick, and her body reacts in ways she never had to deal with

She hears a distant alpha using Alpha Voice and just freezes without thinking, she's never had to learn to ignore Alpha-Voices before, so even when not directed at her she's helpless to listen. Everyone thinks it's just because Mudeok is too weak-willed/weak-energied

Jung Uk at first is very amused by this, but realizes just how bad it is

everything clicks when he learns Mudeok isn't supposed to be an omega at all

Just as how Mudeok is Jung Uk's master, teaching him to be a mage, Jung Uk also acts as Mudeok's master, teaching her how to be an omega so that she doesn't stand out any more than she already has (though she refuses to acknowledge this fact he's basically her teacher as well and is quite salty about it)

Jung Uk as well acts salty about the fact ("I'm the one who's supposed to be learning here, I don't see why I have to spend all this energy on you"), but secretly he's thrilled to get the chance to teach someone for himself and not so secretly revels in it

lessons include: ignoring Alpha-Voices, when and when not to repress your scent (It can come surprisely handy Mudeok discovers), being more graceful (Mudeok thinks that last one is stupid because she was plenty graceful before and she's seen the way Jung Uk behaves), and much more

The real problem begins during Mudeok's first heat

She's experienced ruts before (even if fewer than the typical alpha due to her life as an assassin), this is completely different though. Her mind feels foggier, she feels like she's running through water and crawling through fire, everything aches, everything is so loud, and rather than stronger and more intuned with her dynamic she's never felt more fragile, never felt so dependent, never felt anything like this before

Despite looks from other servants, and Maidservant Kim trying to pull her to into the private servants' chambers as to not offend the Young Master, Mudeok isn't thinking straight, she can only think of one person, so she goes running to find him

When she reaches his room she's an even bigger mess than before, Jung Uk opens the door stunned, seeing the sopping cat in front of him.

Despite keeping her head down, despite her shaking, despite strangling onto what little self control she has left, her body has her stumbling forward, leaning into the only person she's trusted in a long time

I want to say Jung Uk knows what's wrong as soon as he sees her, but we know that he's dense as hell, so it takes her scent smacking him in the face for him to realize something is wrong, and her quiet pleas for help for him to realize she's going through heat

He springs to action, excusing it as "just helping a fellow omega out" and "It's another lesson to teach my pupil", he couldn't admit to himself that it's because he hates to see her in pain

He gets all of his finest bedding bunched up, making a little nest for the two of them, all while Mudeok refuses to let him go, getting dragged about.

She does get a little nesting in herself, letting her body take control as she tucks a blanket here, and positions a pillow over there

By the time Maidservant Kim figures out where Mudeok has gone to, she walks into Jung Uk's room, terribly apologetic, but promptly shocked to find Mudeok asleep, tucked into Jung Uk's side, as Jung Uk strokes her back in a nest of Jung Uk's finest silks and softest blankets.

"Y-Young Master, I'm so sorry, I have no idea why she came to you in such a state, let me take her from you, I'll have her dealt with right away" "No it's... fine, I don't mind her here, I could use the company" "But Young Master, she reeks, what if she triggers your-" "If she does I'll deal. Really, she can rest here for the night, leave us be" "I... If you insist..."

Of course, Mudeok does trigger Jung Uk's heat, and Mudeok berates him mercilessly for being a fool and letting himself be put into such a state, but she helps him through it regardless (they are attached at the hip after all)

Those two weeks are filled with cuddles, shared moments of lacked lucidy, nesting, and mutual protectiveness, afterwords they agree to never speak of it again (but they definitely do)