#sorry anonie i turned it from a battle to a hunt hope that's okay!

[witchboyjimin]

Your writing is something else. Maybe an Alpha JK (head alpha, strong and ruthless) coming back home from some battle and meeting Jimin on his land, in winter, searching for some herbs in the snow. In the red hood. Hands warming, invitation to be a guest at the pack (lol), Jungkook's smirking friends lol Do you like it here? I do. And so on)

Of course, if you're willing)

the last hunt before every winter is always the longest and the hardest. the pack has to travel farther away from their land in search for prey and for whatever they can forage in the woods. by the time they get back, hauling carcasses and weighed down with baskets full of whatever the land's gifted them, there's a layer of snow covering the earth.

this year, half his party had been sent back home early. word had come that a group of unknown wolves had been found wandering around on their pack territory in rather poor shape: malnourished, wounded, and knocking on death's door.

he'd immediately been suspicious. jeongguk wouldn't put it past a rival pack to use such an underhanded tactic to attempt infiltration, hoping to catch them of guard. he'd sent namjoon back with strict instructions to keep the foreign wolves under watch and to begin interrogations so the last thing he's expecting is to find an omega frantically scavenging around the pack's border, a red, hooded cape draped over his crouched figure.

he appears to be looking for something, his floral scent pungent with distress. jeongguk watches from several feet back, wary but not worried. an omega hardly presented a threat to him.

the omega hasn't noticed him, too busy searching for whatever he's looking for. jeongguk hasn't gotten a good look at his face but he's at least a head shorter and far too thin for the upcoming winter.

jeongguk is ahead of his pack by a few kilometers, deciding to be their scout this morning. being pack alpha was all good and well but he never got a moment's peace to himself and now his peace has been disrupted by a foreign omega.

he doesn't bother trying to hide his presence, even letting his scent sharpen as he approaches the omega, his jaw clenching when he realises the omega is here by himself without any supervision. how had he slipped past namjoon and the rest of the pack?

jeongguk is about to call out and demand to know who the omega is when the omega startles, head whipping up and finally noticing jeongguk, his cheeks flushed red from the cold. panic swells in his scent and he nearly falls back against the tree trunk he'd been crouched against. his hands are dangerously red, likely only a few minutes away from frostbite and jeongguk frowns.

"do you realise you're trespassing on my land, omega?" jeongguk asks, closing the distance between them. with every step closer, jeongguk drinks in the distraught expression on the omega's face. his eyes are wide with anxiety, lips cracked from the cold but bitten raw and despite the eyebags indicating a lack of sleep and the sallow colour of his skin, jeongguk can see that the omega is easy on the eyes. it's the only thing that explains the red cape, a glaringly awful garment to be wearing in the woods. "it's a punishable crime."

"i'm -- i'm sorry," the omega says, his heartbeat loud enough that jeongguk can pick up on it ten feet away.

the fear in his voice doesn't sit well with jeongguk. it was one thing to intimidate a foreign alpha or beta but omegas were always eager to please, stuttering and nervously looking anywhere but at jeongguk when they were around him.

jeongguk doesn't press, can already tell the omega is going to spill everything himself. his scent has grown so strong from distress, it's off putting.

"please don't tell the pack alpha!" the omega begs, wringing his hands together. he takes a hesitant step closer to jeongguk, swallowing. "i -- i know i wasn't supposed to leave the omega cabin but i, i lost my scarf when we were on our way here and it's all i have left of my mother -- "

"hm, and why shouldn't i tell the pack alpha?" jeongguk interrupts, already glancing around to see if he can spot any lost scarfs.

"he'll kill me!" the omega looks like he's about to cry, a tremble running through him.

jeongguk pauses, arching a brow. "that's a rather extreme reaction, don't you think?"

"but -- but everyone says alpha jeon is..."

"is what?" jeongguk encourages, already shedding his fur coat off so he can offer it to the omega. his red cape is hardly enough cover for winter. the omega looks conflicted, like he knows better than to speak ill of jeongguk's alpha but unsure how else he can convince jeongguk to hide his discretion.

"you can tell me," jeongguk continues, closing the gap between them. he drapes his furs over the omega's hunched shoulders, pulling the omega's hands apart so he can guide them each into one of the coat's pockets. the omega's heartbeat is even louder now, his entire body rigid as he allows jeongguk to button the coat. "i promise i won't tell anyone."

the omega dares to look up at him, his eyes like two pools of darkened honey and looks away just as quickly, his scent sweetening considerably. "thank you for your furs, alpha."

"hm," jeongguk hums, stepping back and giving the omega space. "you were saying about alpha jeon."

"the, the rumours all say that he's..." the omega's voice shrinks to a whisper, his unease returning. his gaze skitters about and his shoulders curl inward. "that he's quite ruthless and...and unforgiving."

"that is true," jeongguk agrees, ignoring the sharp whip of a passing gust of wind. "he's got a nasty temper. and he especially hates when people sneak about and lie to him."

the omega's eyes widen, looking again like he's about to cry except this time jeongguk doesn't feel so bad. he should, but he doesn't, perhaps enjoying the way the omega's lip seems to wobble.

"we'll find your scarf but you need to get by a hearth unless you want your fingers to fall off."

"you're not going to report me to the pack alpha?" the omega asks, daring to look up at jeongguk.

"you're rather harmless," jeongguk says, fixing the omega's hood so that it helps to cover more of his head. "i'll let it slide this time but for now, we're going back to the cabins. why did you and your -- are they your packmates?"

"we ran away," the omega confesses, following after jeongguk obediently. "our...i'm from the yoo pack, if you've heard of us."

jeongguk pauses, sucking in a deep breath so he doesn't give away the sharp spike of rage that floods through him. yoo junhyung was a despicable alpha, constantly getting into border wars with neighbouring packs and worse yet, kidnapping the omegas of other packs so he could add them to his harem. jeongguk had never had the displeasure of running into him himself but he'd met yoo's allies and they were just as nasty.

suddenly, the red cape and the omega's anxious temperament made sense.

"what's your name?"

"park jimin, alpha," the omega answers, keeping one step back. he's careful, mindful of jeongguk's presence as he walks behind him.

"was he intending to mate you, jimin?"

jimin stills, scent growing pungent with distress once more. he nods his head and jeongguk would have missed the movement if not for his sharp eyes.

"where were you running to? surely, you knew he'd come after you."

"anywhere was better than there," jimin mumbles, burying his face into the furs as far as he can go.

"and did you know you'd ended up on jeon pack territory?"

a shake of the head.

"i suppose you would have avoided alpha jeon given his reputation but then, there isn't really anywhere for omegas to go, right?"

jimin nods his head.

"hm." jeongguk points to the spot ahead of him. "i want you walking in front of me."

jimin obeys, nervously glancing behind him when they set off for the pack cabins again. jeongguk doesn't ask anymore questions, piecing together what's happened.

they were lucky to have ended up here. jeongguk's pack had their share of neighbouring arrogant, promiscuous pack alphas who viewed omegas as little more than cocksleeves to use and discard.

his own reputation was only so notorious because he'd killed his own philandering alpha father, the details of which were bloody and callous. jeongguk had grown tired of seeing his mother's tears by the time he was eight and in the next ten years had taken several near death beatings from his father for being a constant thorn in his side.

the two of them make it back to the pack's cabins in silence, jeongguk watching jimin's back the entire way over.

an alpha on patrol spots them, the colour draining from his face when he realises that a foreign omega is walking in with jeongguk. the alpha comes running over, scent tinged with fear as jeongguk's darkening gaze settles on him.

"alpha jeon! welcome back!" the alpha rushes out, glancing between jeongguk and jimin. "i -- that is -- "

jeongguk lets his eyes settle on jimin, his eyes widening in shock as the alpha's words sink in. "alpha jeon?" jimin squeaks out.

"hm," jeongguk smiles, spotting taehyung as he steps out of the nursery. he waves him over, stepping closer to jimin and wrapping a careful hand around jimin's forearm. he leans in, finding jimin's ear so he can whisper the words directly to the omega. "you'll have to show me how you snuck past my patrol but for now, i want you to go back to your cabin and rest. taehyung, take care of him."

"yes, alpha jeon," taehyung agrees, reaching for jimin's arm himself.

"you didn't -- " jimin starts, blinking past his shock. he's gone red with embarrassment, scent spiking with a new kind of distress. jeongguk finds it to be a far more enjoyable sight than the ruddy splotches he'd been greeted with when their paths had first crossed.

maybe he's being too lenient, but he finds it difficult to be strict with jimin.

jeongguk grins, shooing him off and turns his attention to the alpha, his expression hardening. "where's namjoon?"

the alpha scrambles to lead him to his second in command. jeongguk spares one last glance in the direction taehyung and jimin have disappeared down, the tuft of jimin's red hood a bright contrast to the white and brown around them.

hard to miss, jeongguk thinks to himself as he takes off to find namjoon. jimin looks back just as jeongguk disappears behind a cabin and a single thought rings through jeongguk's mind.

cute.