"Good damn-!" One of his crew members yell, huffing as he rows,"Captain did you stick rocks on the damn oars!?"

Nico snorts, pulling his shirt over his head,"Maybe I did Henry..."

They all laugh some, chuckling as they near the ship.

They all climb up slowly, all of them relaxed and droggy from a long night of just goofing off and enjoying their time.

Nico huffs as he gets on the deck, streatching his limbs as he lets a big gush of air falls past his lips.

As he drops his arms and looks around at his crew lazily, he feels content, and ready for a long trip. Maybe this won't be as bad as he tho-

And that's when he smells it.

Everybody slowly covers their noses, many of the alphas cheeks flushing red. Nico sniffs the air, and tastes thick Carmel and sugar spread across his tongue with a spice so sharp it makes his tongue wonder which to like more.

He feels his own cheeks flush, and he swallows and gathers himself,"All alphas go to your quaters... Lana come with me."

Lana nods, even her nose covered. The scent gets stronger and stronger as they near the steps down to the storage, and Nico scrunches his nose against how sharp the smell is, trying to control his mind that seems to be clouding over.

He takes a deep breath, hating the way his tongue laces with sweet, overwhelming, scent. But he endures and walks down the steps, Lana hot on his tail.

As he gets below, the scent is so overwhelming that Lana cringes, squeezing her nose tight.

Nico looks around, still holding his breath, a hand over his mouth and nose.

"Oi! Kid where are you!?"

When theres no answer Lana speaks,"Cap'in... Is this what a-"

"Heat smells like? Yes..." Nico swallows, and stalks further into storage,"Omega!?"

There's a rustle somewhere, and Nico moves towards the noise,"Oi, kid answer me."

There's another rustle, and this time Nico knows it came from behind the crates full of fruits,"Hey brat..." He walks over, and Lana follows closely.

He heads around the crates.

And there he lays, back to everything, facing the wall.

Hes curled up, arms tight around himself as his breaths come heavy through his clenched teeth.

Hes obviously in pain, but Nico's guessing he came down here on instinct instead of right mind.

"Hey kid..." Nico moves forward, touching the omegas shoulder.

And, well, to say the least, Luca scares the shit out of him.

The omega shot up at the slightest touch, and kicked away, back hitting firmly against the wall.

That glare is there, the one he gave the captain yesterday when Nico had seen him with his shirt off.

Despite the omegas flushed face, and his obvious animal pain, he looks ready to kill, and he stares at the alpha with so much malice that Nico feels he could rival his own scary looks.

"Don't touch me." He hisses harshly, then wipes at his brow, which furrow from a glare to confusion as he looks at his surroundings. He's obviously confused as to how he got down here... So Nico was right, he came down here on instinct.

Nico glances at Lana who's standing back some, then back at the omega infront of him,"Hey... Let's take you to my quarters so you aren't stinking up the whole fuckin' ship."

He watches as the omega nearly grimaces, face pinching tight for a split second before he holds it back,"Says you." He mutters.

Nico gives a surprised look as the omega shakily picks himself up, using the wall to support himself and move forward without anyone's help.

Nico stands hastily, still a little shocked that the omega just got up without much perplexity.

Luca stumbles, and Nico rushes forward, grabbing his arm to steady him.

But the omega snarls sharply, glaring daggers as he shoves the captain away,"I said- don't touch me!"

Nico backs up, and Luca watches him with piercing eyes, those blue orbs shifting back and forth between the large alpha and the beta girl who stands back by about 10 feet.

The omega looks away from both of them, staring pointedly at the floor as his face turns white as a sheet, a quick change from red to white making Nico worry. The omegas eyes seem to focus and unfocus as he sways some, looking ready to throw up.

His chest heaves in and out a few times before he steps forward in a wobbly manner, then stands straight and strides forward with so much normalcy that Nico stares at him dumbfounded.

Luca strides up the stairs, and Nico's blunt surprise slowly turns to horrid realization that the omega is walking straight into a huge group of alpha and betas.

Most of them being alphas.

And he only snaps from his surprised state when Luca is already on deck and out of sight.

Nico rushes forward, slamming up the stairs and running across the deck.

Hes too slow, but even then he has no need to worry.

He watches as his crew stares after the omega in heat like hes something delicious, a decadent meal, of sorts they've never seen.

But... Luca snarls and growls all the way across the deck, even if his stride is fast, he keeps his eyes and teeth showed towards the group of people on deck like an angry hound.

Nico follows him across the deck, and he waves his men off, all of them flinching from their dazed states, cheeks turning rosey before they all trump off.

Luca fights with the handle of the door before slinging it open, and going inside hurriedly.

Nico raises a brow as his cabin boy dissappears from sight into the dark room, and he opens the door the rest of the way, slipping in and closing it gently.

He gets a lamp lit, and sets it on the shelf there before turning to find where the brat had gotten off to.

He hadn't gotten far, having collapsed on the floor next to the bed.

"Woah hey-" He rushes forward, grabbing him and lifting him up off the floor,"kid?"

This time Luca doesn't say a word, body limp, and the captain tries to help him stand. God damn, you'd think the poor boy turned into noodles.

He looks at the kids eyes, and he sees the filmy, unfocused look in them, brown hair hanging in his eyes as his head slouches down.

Damn.

Nico swallows the overwhelming amount of desire that hits him, one that he hasn't felt since his last plaything had joined them on the ship for a few months.

He helps him onto the bed, and Luca doesn't fight him as he lays him down against the furs and silk sheets that he successfully stole from a rich man near england a few years back.

He sighs, crouched next to the bed as he watches the brat grimace, rolling and curling in on himself. He groans quietly, and Nico has to swallow down the "emotions" that rise at that sound too.

"Here lets take some of these clothes off you..." He stands up, and gently pulls the omega up to a sitting position.

He tries to ignore how Luca's dazed eyes look up at him, mouth slightly open. Nico pointedly stares at the three buttons at the top of his shirt, undoing them and reaching down to start pulling the fabric up.

"What are you doing?"

"Taking your damn shirt off because you're dillusional right now and probably won't listen to me." Nico says flatly and pulls the green shirt over the boys head.

Luca hums in a thoughtful, but definite dazed way. Then he's swallowing and looking around the room, as if searching for something,"Where's Eman?" He whispers.

Nico raises a brow at him, giving the dark haired boy a look like hes stupid,"Who in the hell are you talking about?"

Luca looks back at him, and slowly his eyes start to widen, face falling slack in shock.

Nico watches as the hazy eyes fade away into something near scared before turning to rage, brows furrowing tight as he quickly moves from the alpha and to the corner of the bed,"What the fuck!?"

"I was just-!" Nico nearly starts to yell at the dumbass before the green shirt is being ripped from his fingers.

He watches as Luca rips the thing back over his body aggresively, then curls his legs to his chest tight, turning ever the more smaller in the corner of the bed and desk.

Nico sighs, pinching the bridge of his own nose,"I was only helping."

"Bullshit." Nico watches as Luca stares pointedly at the floor, and he tries to ignore the angry tears that build in the omegas eyes,"...I didn't say anything fucking weird did I?"

Nico huffs, deciding that a person's name isn't something weird,"No..."

"Good, fucking creeps don't need to know anything dumb anyways." He mutters and shoves his face between his arms and knees,"I'm fine. You can go now."

"Thought you said your heat wasn't comin' for a while brat." He says harshly and stands, frowning.

"It wasn't!" Luca hisses beneath his arms,"It just..." He goes silent, breathing in deeply and not saying another word.

Nico takes that as his que to leave.