"Look at you standing out here alone again tonight..." Lana comes up next to him, and Nico blinks, tearing his eyes away from the dark starry sky.

"Well?... What're you doing out here instead of in there wooing the goregous boy?" She wiggles her brows at him.

Nico shakes his head, fond smile gracing his lips,"He's..." His smile fades, pressing his lips together,"Luca is strange..."

"Huh?" Lana gives a confused look,"Whaddaya mean?"

"He isn't like other omegas I've met... He's brash and harsh, mean and snippy..." Nico stares down at the ocean below,"He scratched himself Lana... So he wouldn't have to... Relieve himself."

Lana looks confused for another moment, but then she flushes, pink dusting her cheeks,"Oh!" Then her brows furrow, eyes worried,"That's..."

"Not right." Nico mutters.

They both fall silent, quiet in the night as they listen to the waves hit the boat, the creak of boards beneath their feet.

Nico sighs, rubbing a hand over his face,"We best get some sleep..."

"My watch..." Lana says, yawning,"I'll be up till morn'in cap."

"Alright..." Nico yawns too, the sound contagious,"Night."

"Night sir."

He makes his way to his door, pushing it open slowly and clicking it closed. The scent is still overbearing, deep cinnamon like the smell of rum and sweet Carmel from that of a bakery filling his nose.

Smells so good.

He hangs his coat back up, finding the need for sleep rushing over his skin and muscles, slowly dragging his feet to the edge of his own bed. He stands there, staring down at the form that lays limply in the bed.

But, oh, he's awake. Nico's eyes widen slightly in surprise, looking down at the hazed over blue eyes. His eyes look bloodshot, cheeks red from something other than his heat.

Was he cryi-

"I thought about what you said and you're fuckin' right. So you can forget about taking care of me now. I'll learn by myself."

Nico stares down at him, then he sighs, shaking his head as he sits down on the edge of the bed,"Why do you do this?"

"Do what?" Luca glares at him, blood shot eyes staring at his face.

"Insist that you must do everything on your own. You're on MY ship, I don't feel that its YOUR responsibility to take care of yourself all the time. The people on this ship are my family as long as they're on here, you understand that, right?"

Its silent, and Nico frowns, staring at the floor that sits between his feet. He hates it that this kid thinks he has to do it all on his own, that hes been... Doing all of this stuff wrong for so many years because he insists that he can do it himself.

There's a shift on the bed behind him, and he turns his head, watching as the omega sits up. He keeps the blanket over himself, hidden beneath soft furs. You can only see his face, and he had to of been crying, blue eyes too shiny and cheeks too puffed up.

"I..." He swallows, and Nico feels his gut churn at the sight of him. He looks so conflicted, blue eyes still held in a tight glare but something about it seems to soften.

"I've... Never had..." He sighs, frowning,"I didn't have anyone to teach me how to do things." He mutters, waving his hand around mindlessly,"I don't... Know how to do things like this correctly, so I'm sorry if my way of doing things seems odd."

Nico presses his lips together, then stares at the bandage on the omegas cheek.

"So nobody taught you how to comfort yourself during a heat?" He shakes his head and Nico frowns,"Nobody took care of you?"

"I was alone when I had my first heat." Luca mutters, keeping his face turned towards the furs, hands fidgeting.

Hes nervous. Nico huffs, smiling softly. This kid is so...

He's so mean, but when it comes to actually telling someone something he seems to act strange, quiet and nervous.

"Do you want me to take care of you?" Nico watches those blue eyes shift up to glance at him before looking back at the blanket. Nico smiles,"I won't if you don't want me to..."

Luca swallows, and slowly he nods. Woah, ok.

Nico stares at him, and then he relents, shifting forward. The brats eyes widen slightly, but he holds still as the alpha pulls him forward against his chest.

"I won't do anything you're against." Nico mutters,"I'm not like that."

Luca nods stiffly. Hes obviously tense, arms nearly creaking as Nico moves him so he's sitting in the alphas lap, legs straddling the larger mans sides.

"W-What kinda position is this-!" The kid presses a hand against his chest, blue eyes wide in something like fear.

"No, no just-" Nico grabs his palms, giving the blue eyed boy a soft look,"Listen to me..."

Luca's chest rises and falls, hands twisting some in the larger man's hold. He swallows, then closes his eyes, relenting.

Nico gently reaches up, brushing a hand through dark brown hair. Luca's eyes open, face flinching when the alpha brushes hair back out of his eyes.

Nico then brushes his fingers across the omegas cheek, and those blue eyes shift, staring into hazel ones. Nico runs the back of his fingers across his cheek several times, gentle brushes making Luca calm down and hold still.

Nico moves forward then, holding the smaller boy securely against him. Luca's hands fist into his shirt, eyes blowing wide in surprise.

His eyes are so big. Nico hadn't noticed it, mostly because he looks angry constantly, ready to kill. But this kids eyes are big, an almost cat like look to them. But its just so pretty and blue... Beautiful.

He lays him down, and Nico makes sure to keep him covered, not that the blanket would fall away anyway, the omegas hands suddenly clutched tight into the blankets to keep it over his body.

The captain then lays next to him, and makes sure he lays on his side so hes facing the boy. Luca stares at him, but as his cheeks seem to flare red, eyes falling droopy, he rolls over, hiding himself again.

Nico sighs through his nose, and decides that hes cold- he's definitely not just wanting to touch the omega. He grabs the blanket, lifting it up and keeping his eyes on the back of Luca's head. He won't look, he knows he shouldn't be an ass and peek at places he shouldn't.

"What're." Luca turns his head, frowning at him before simply rolling his eyes and ignoring him.

Nico scoots closer, taking a breath, heady scent filling his nose,"Let me hold you."

"Wha-!" Luca turns his head, looking over his shoulder,"No, fuck you."

They stare at eachother, and Luca's eyes shift away for a moment, blue looking contemplating before he sighs and flops on his side, facing away from the alpha as a soft,"Whatever." Falls from his lips.

Nico grabs him, and the omega growls, low in his throat, even though he just agreed to let the older man hold him.

He's... So small.

Now that Nico is against him- arms around his torso and heart against his back- he realizes just exactly how small this kid is.

He's slim, despite the muscle thats a patch down his stomach. His arms may be muscled too, but they're so little compared to the captain's.

Nico curls around him, even as Luca stiffens, hand clenching into the furs his body is covered with.

Nico scents, strong and heavy into the room. He very rarely lets someone smell him, only leaving his sex partners or one night stands with something nice to smell.

It's warm, milk chocolate. He knows many people don't like it, its either too strong or not enough. Too sweet or too thick.

But as he feels Luca relax in his arms, small body held tightly against his own, he supposes he did the right thing.

He stares at the back of the omegas head, and slowly he shifts forward, pressing his face into the crook of the omegas neck. Luca stiffens again, and Nico can feel the brats heart beat fast against his hand.

"Calm down." He murmurs, closing his own eyes,"This'll help calm you down, you just have to loosen up."

Luca shifts, and he presses his face into the pillow, turning it away from the alpha,"You're making it worse..."

"What?" Nico lifts his head up, staring down at him.

"The-" Luca swallows, and Nico wishes he could see his face,"Its hot."

"Yeah I know." Nico murmurs, and Luca starts panting, hands clasping against the captains,"I'm dropping you."

"But you already did that this morning-"

"Yeah, but you need it more than once." Nico mutters, reaching up and brushing brown hair from a sweaty forehead,"Its ok."

Luca curls, and his body falls slack against the alphas chest, heavy breaths pressed into the pillow.

Nico keeps close, being sure to keep him warm as the small boy starts purring, warm embrace comfortable.

And he closes his own eyes.