#sorry for the amount of omegaverse ramblings in a row. unfortunately this is my blog and i can do what i want

[courtmartialme]

Oh no poor baby, but at least she had Roy's scent to get her through it. I lovelovelove the mental picture of Roy whimpering at Riza's door to be let in so he can soothe her omg. Or marking her out of pure instinct without even knowing the full implications of it. And Berthold sees the claim mark and/or notices the change in scent and gets furious. But the kids are like “????? we don't know why we did that, it just felt right at the moment, why is it such a big deal?” Like, that's why you're supposed to educate them on these matters, Berthold!

When would he mark her for the first time in your AU though? First heat? While studying the tattoo? In Ishval? So many good opportunities for drama.

riza is clueless because nobody ever taught her about these things but i think roy got well taught by madam christmas because she doesn't want to be a grandma so soon ... berthold noticing they're hanging together too much and asking riza if roy has ever implied he wants to bite her and riza going "i don't know... that's scary...." LOL Roy May Want To but he waves it off as his stupid instincts as he grips his thighs until it bleeds _(:3 」∠)_

as for my AU for the longest time i liked the idea of riza asking roy to mark her around the same time of tattoo burn for convenience... to make riza's heat weaker? send away other alpha? so she could focus solely on their goals? whatever... riza asked for it and roy couldn't deny a request from her, but he still feels guilty she's bonded to him forever even after riza made it clear it's a selfish decision she made alone and that he's free to live however he likes

so they spend the following years with roy being able feel when riza is suffering from her heats but she never asks him for help and he doesn't want to overstep, even if he wants to be actual mates he wants to respect riza's intentions. while riza also wants it but she doesn't want him to be her mate out of pity or responsibility and still scared of being seen as just an omega :] eventually they're forced to confront their feelings and misunderstandings get cleared up and they finally get 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂. but now recently i don't know if i want to go with it... still thinking...!

here's (part of) a corny comic i sketched about it in around 2020 lol redrew over it a lil because my old art is too ugly