If they don't write it, I will.

(This is for you, anon! I dunno what I’m gonna call this ship, but for now... Dake? Yeah, sure, we’ll go with that. I know it looks really short, but this is a 4 page google doc.)

Valentines day. The day of love, as most people would say. Well, for Dustin Kropp, it was the day of nervously sitting in his seat during his last class of the day and bouncing his knee, waiting for Jake Dillinger to come into class. Dustin had a huge crush on the alpha, and he never told his friend group, but he’s pretty sure they already knew. The skirt-clad boy had stood up all night prior, making a valentine for Jake. Was he gonna give it to Jake? Yes, but no. Dustin had a plan. He gave the valentines card, perfectly made and garnished with a rose and a small, heart-shaped box of chocolates, to his favorite teacher, Ms. Jane. Dustin and Ms. Jane would talk often after class and she would help him with issues. She used to be the school guidance counselor, but they needed more teachers, so she volunteered to teach English. She already had a degree, so she was set for the job.

Anyways, Ms. Jane knew about how Dustin was gay, and about his crush on Jake. She was basically his best friend. He knew he could trust her. He never really had an adult figure in his life he knew he could trust, so when he met Ms. Jane, it was practically destiny that they’d become friends. Ms. Jane had even taken Dustin shopping to get him some more girly clothes, since he was a femme gay and he liked looking pretty. Dustin’s parents were very close-minded and didn’t like anyone or anything that had to do with the LGBTQ+ community, so Dustin was glad he had a second mother at school who loved him and cared for him. That’s not to say that Dustin’s biological parents didn’t care for him, no, they loved him to bits, but they loved the fake him, while Ms. Jane loved the real him.

Ms. Jane would hide the girl clothes for him in her supplies closet, and would let Dustin choose an outfit at the beginning of each day  and escort him to the locker rooms to change. Dustin walked to school extra early to do this. Ms. Jane even encouraged him to try out for cheerleading. Not only did Dustin make the team, he became the captain of the team!

Because of everything Ms. Jane has done for Dustin, of course he would trust her with the task of giving Jake the valentine. The plan was: Ms. Jane would stop Jake before he sat down, and would hand him the valentine and say it was from a secret special anonymous omega that really appreciated him, and then she would tell Dustin all about Jake’s reaction at the end of class. Dustin had thought through every scenario until he came up with this plan, and was really proud of himself for finding one with minimum bad outcomes.

Dustin kept his eye on the door, looking down at his desk and peeking through his long hair to see the door, so it didn’t look like he was staring. That’s when he sees Jake Dillinger, and all his tall glory wall through the door. Dustin’s heart skips a beat as Ms. Jane softly calls Jake over to her desk and hands him the valentines with a smile on her face, showing off her bright white teeth as usual. Dustin is so glad he looked up just in time to see Jake walking past him with a huge smile on his face. Bigger than his generic Jake Dillinger Grin™, and that made Dustin so proud of himself. He smiled at Ms. Jane and continued working on his worksheet, his adrenaline still running a million miles a second.

After class, Dustin strolled up to Ms. Jane’s desk with a small smile on his face, “What’d he think?” The short (4”3 ft.) omega asked his teacher, who was a beta. “He knew it was you,” Ms. Jane replied, causing Dustin’s stomach to drop, and his face to turn a bright red, “Wh-What?!” He stuttered out, covering his face with his hands. “When I gave it to him, he said he could tell it was from you because of your handwriting, also… your scent.” Dustin’s head was spinning, he was freaking out. His crush of 2 years knows that he likes him, and it made him smile?! ‘What is going on?!’ The small omega wondered, being snapped out of his thoughts, quite literally, by Ms. Jane snapping her fingers in front of his face, “Oh, hush, Dusty! It’s alright, hun! He wanted me to give you this,” She says, handing Dustin a sticky note, clearly taken from Ms. Jane’s pad, that had Jake’s phone number scribbled onto it, with a small note in the corner, “It’s cute how oblivious you are.”

Reading the note made Dustin’s face even redder, and he literally fell over, landing in a cross-legged sitting position. Ms. Jane chuckled at him, and offered him a hand, but he refused. “Dustin, this is a good thing! You’ve liked him since forever, and now you know that you have a chance! Why don’t you text him tonight and start a conversation, see what happens, huh?”

“Because my parents go through my phone. They’ll figure it out. I can’t have that.” Ms. Jane sighs and opens her drawer, pulling out her cell phone, “Here, kiddo, use my phone, alright? Just… don’t break it. I don’t really use it for much anyways.” She says with a soft, reassuring smile. Dustin’s eyes widen, “Wait, really?” He asks, pinching himself to make sure he’s not dreaming. Out of all the things Ms. Jane has done for him, this has to be the most noteworthy. Ms. Jane nods softly, causing Dustin to spring up from his seat on the floor and hug her tightly, “Thank you so much, this means so much to me, Em.”

The entire walk home, Dustin spends texting Jake. He’s smiling and he feels safe talking to Jake. He doesn’t feel nervous anymore, like he did at first, and he’s having a normal conversation with him. About cats. Jake absolutely adores cats, and he owns 4. Their names are Peanut, Butter, Jelly, and Sammich. Dustin finds it adorable how he named them like that. Right before Dustin gets inside, he stuffs Ms. Jane’s phone into the pocket of his cargo pants, which, by the way, he finds ugly as hell. He hates that the only safe place to wear the clothes he feels comfy in is at school, but it’s fine. At least he doesn’t have to face the wrath of his parents if he wears the ugly clothes.

His dad stops him at the door, holding his hand out, “You know the rules.” he says, and Dustin reaches into his backpack and hands his dad his phone. Dustin races upstairs and pulls out Ms. Jane’s phone, finishing his conversation with Jake, before turning it off and stashing it under his pillow. He hears a knock on his bedroom door, and his mother comes in with his phone in her hand, “Here you go honey bunch! Don’t forget to turn it in at 7:30 tonight. Also, dinner will be ready in around 20 minutes, and you seem like you need it. You look so frail! Have you been eating at school?” Dustin’s worried mother asks, inspecting Dustin’s figure, “Yes, mom. I just have a quick metabolism, don’t worry. I’m alright. I promise you that I’m eating enough.” Dustin assures his mother with a smile, receiving a kiss on the forehead from her. “You’re just getting shorter every day, aren’t you?” She jokes, “Oh, I’m only messing with you. I’ll leave you alone now, I have a casserole to tend to.” She said, waltzing out of the room.

Dustin sighs and goes into his closet and flops onto the bean bag chair he has inside there, locking his closet door. He’s been told multiple times he’s not allowed to do this, but he doesn’t care. He has to. He needs the alone time. He closes his eyes and lays back, taking a mental break. Today has been an emotional roller coaster, and he needs some time to recuperate before going on another ride. Dustin takes a deep breath and smiles, thinking about how Jake wanted to see him again. He wanted to go on a date with Dustin! The thought of that made Dustin so happy. He opened his eyes again when he heard his mom calling for him to come eat dinner. Had 20 minutes really gone by so fast? Regardless, he got up and went downstairs and sat at the table, going through the motions of the prayer and then dug in, only managing to eat half of the plate of food. His mother seemed worried, but she didn’t say anything about it, letting him go upstairs, “Remember, Dusty! 2 hours and you bring the phone down here!” She shouted up at him.

In fact, I am! Take this introduction to an Omegaverse AU that’s also a crossover with Be More Chill, Heathers, and Dear Evan Hansen, but the events of Dear Evan Hansen don’t occur. This isn’t the best into, but it does showcase the main ship, and it gives context as to what my version of Dustin Kropp is! Enjoy!

Dustin smiles at his alpha and kisses his hand, “Thanks for picking me up from cheer practice. My parents grounded me from using the car because I didn’t mow the grass for them.” He said, playing with the hem of his skirt. Dustin’s freckle-clad body was small and flexible. He stood at a short 4”3 and he weighed 83 pounds. He was small, and non-aggressive. Not at all would Dustin ever even think about hurting someone.

Never in a million years did the long-haired boy ever even imagine that Jake Dillinger would be his alpha. Well, not officially yet, at least. Jake still hadn’t marked him yet, but that wasn’t because he didn’t love Dustin, it was because Dustin said he wasn’t ready. Dustin sat in the passenger's seat of Jake’s car and turned the radio off, “I think I want you to mark me now.” He said out of the blue. Jake smiled at him, “Are you sure, Bunny?”

“100% positive.” Dustin replied, “Maybe I could sleep over at your house tonight and we could… yeah.” The small boy finished his thought with a blush creeping onto his face. Jake smirked at him and placed a hand on his thigh, “You’d have to call your parents, y’know.” Jake reminded him gently, and Dustin sighed, “Yeah, you’re right.” Dustin said, humming to himself as he thought of an excuse to be gone all night. Jake noticed his struggle, “Just say you’re staying at Brooke’s? I mean, she is your step sister after all, it wouldn’t be weird if you spent the night at her house.” Jake mentioned, and Dustin smiled, “That’s it! Thanks Jakey~” The small omega replied, leaning over the console to kiss Jake’s cheek. Dustin called his parents and explained that he’d be staying with Brooke overnight and finally hung up the phone 15 minutes later.

“Ugh, finally. I hate my dad’s voice… He always sounds so angry. I mean, he probably is. Especially when it comes to me.” Dustin said with a small sigh of relief, “They bought it. We’re good. I just gotta text Brooke to let her know because they’ll call her and ask if I’m there.” He says, unlocking his phone once again,”Dusty, how about I text her this time? You seem stressed, bun bun.” The tall alpha pointed out, rubbing Dustin’s cheek. “Yeah… I guess that’d be nice, but then I’d be even more worried. She doesn’t exactly like that you and I are dating, so I don’t really think she’d listen to you.” Dustin said, leaning into Jake’s touch.

Dustin quickly sent a message to Brooke and she responded immediately with an agreement to go along with it. “I hate lying to people…” Dustin admitted with a slight frown. “Well, your parents are homophobic assholes and Brooke doesn’t like me, so you didn’t really have much choice here. You did what you had to do,” Jake did his best to comfort his omega, “How about we get going now?” Jake offered, receiving a nod from the small omega in the passenger’s seat.

About a half an hour later, Jake parked in the driveway, getting out and helping Dustin out of the car too. He lifted him up and carried him inside, and up the stairs, laying him down on the bed. “I dunno if I wanna mate tonight… I kinda just want cuddles now. I know I said I’d do it when we were in the car, but the whole process of lying to everyone so that I could be here took it out of me. I’m sorry…” Dustin apologized with a frown played on his freckled face.