This is the sequel to 'Scent', which was written as a submission for Smythofsky Week (Day #6 Theme - AU) on tumblr. This fic is split into four parts. Supernatural!AU with a POV switch at each segment. Thank you to SolariaLunar21 for looking over this. Please review!

Warnings: Language, graphic sex, come-play, barebacking, biting, some violence

Note: I don't encourage unprotected sex, but in this alternate universe Weres cannot catch or transmit human STD's, and unprotected sex is an important part of the claiming process. Since STD's are a serious concern in real life, please always be safe!

1. The Feelings

Sebastian was in love. He'd known it would only be a matter of time once he'd smelled his potential mate and started spending time with him; he just hadn't realized how much of an effect it would have on his day to day life. Every moment he was with Dave felt like a combination of perfection and torture. He loved being around the other teen, talking to him, laughing with him; just being in his presence was wonderful. But it was also difficult. He wanted Dave so badly; it wasn't just his Were side longing for his mate – the human part of Sebastian was also so turned on by his boyfriend. He felt drawn to Dave, desperate to hold him, touch him, and kiss him. He wanted something more permanent than 'dating', but he had to be careful not to press matters too far. Sebastian wanted Dave to be the one to approach him about claiming when he was ready for it; the Were didn't want to do anything to make Dave feel coerced.

It was getting harder and harder for him not to push, despite his resolve. It had been five months since he and Dave had started dating, and he'd found himself slowly becoming more and more attached to the other teen, until the few days they were forced to spend apart were almost painful for Sebastian. They saw each other every day that it was safe to do so, only four days every four weeks were too difficult for Sebastian to be around Dave; the three days leading up to the night of the full moon, and the day following. In the first few months it had only been three days, but over time his desire for Dave had grown stronger, so much so that he'd had to start keeping away from him a day earlier. They'd learned that the hard way; two full moons prior, Sebastian had planned to go to the movies with Dave, but when he'd pulled up to his boyfriend's house he found he couldn't leave the car. As soon as he'd opened the car door, the scent of his potential mate hit him like a ton of bricks and the need to find and claim his mate started to fog up his brain. The moment he'd been able to, he had shut himself back in the car and driven down the street, away from temptation, before calling Dave to cancel and explain.

There had been a few close calls, times when they hadn't been quite careful enough. They'd become somewhat complacent when kissing had turned out to be relatively safe. Although it felt amazing to Sebastian, not to mention incredibly hot, it had been an utterly human experience; it didn't send his Were senses and urges into overdrive, as long as they had kept it to the safer parts of the moon cycle. Unfortunately this gave them a false sense of security about what would be okay and what wouldn't; their one attempt at moving beyond kissing and some fully clothed groping had almost been a disaster.

They had been dating for three and a half months; both boys thought they'd be safe to push it a little further. They'd tried to be careful, just in case, keeping their clothes on while Dave was settled above Sebastian, grinding their hips together until the friction drove them both wild. Dave had been pushed over the edge first, and immediately Sebastian had lost all control. The smell of Dave's come had pierced right through to the core of the Were, sending him into a frenzy similar to the one he'd experienced the night he'd first realized that Dave was his mate.

He'd flipped Dave with ease, straddling him and rubbing against him almost violently. Dave was lucky that Sebastian had already been close to the brink – the Were's orgasm had dazed Sebastian just long enough to give Dave the opportunity to throw the other boy off him and lock himself in his bathroom. He had spent a good half hour showering and rinsing off his clothes as best he could until the scent was mostly gone and Sebastian calmed down.

Sebastian had, of course, felt guilty over what happened but they talked about it – a lot – and eventually agreed that they just had to be more careful. Clearly they couldn't risk anything like that again until Dave was one hundred percent ready to accept Sebastian's claim. The fact that they were a pair of teenage boys who were dating (with all of the horniness and hormones that entailed) made that difficult, but they needed to push their lust aside.

Apparently, something in the way Sebastian had pounced on his boyfriend that day had entertained Dave (at least it did after the fact), because he'd started calling Sebastian 'Wildcat'. Despite the fact that wildcats as a species were nowhere near as strong or powerful as jaguars, as far as nicknames went, Sebastian loved it. And not just because of the sexual connotation of the name, though of course Sebastian appreciated that aspect of it, but also because it was a reminder than Dave accepted him exactly as he was; animalistic urges and all.

There was nothing more important to Sebastian than Dave. His boyfriend had been everything to him over the last several months; Sebastian just hoped Dave felt the same way. Sometimes he got the impression that Dave was almost ready for them to mate, but other times he felt like it was still going to be a long time coming, assuming it ever did.

All Sebastian could do was be patient; he would try to show Dave how much he meant to Sebastian and hope that it was enough. He wanted to tell the other boy that he loved him, but he didn't dare. The idea that Dave might feel obligated to give into the claim before he was truly ready bothered Sebastian – Dave liked to please other people, he knew, and he didn't want that to have any influence on his boyfriend's decision.

Dave wasn't sure what to do. Sebastian was – well, Sebastian was amazing. Over the last several months, Sebastian had been Dave's rock. Sure, they'd had a few problems, but they'd gotten past each one, and besides, Dave knew that most of those had been triggered because they hadn't mated yet.

It wasn't as though Dave didn't know what he wanted any more. He'd realized months ago that Sebastian was right for him – all of his worries about that particular topic had disappeared after he started spending more time with the Were. Sometimes, Dave thought that Sebastian couldn't possibly be more perfect for him.

That was actually the whole problem. Dave wanted to be Sebastian's mate, but he couldn't help but wonder what exactly he would bring to their relationship. Sebastian was everything Dave needed, but so far Dave felt like he had been able to do very little in return. He knew that Sebastian didn't feel that way; the Were made it abundantly clear that he cared about Dave. But Sebastian had also made it clear that the mateship wasn't all sexual (not that he'd been able to do much for Sebastian in that regard, either), and Dave didn't know what else he had to offer. Sebastian had told him once that the relationship was give and take, he'd mentioned something about mates having an effect on their Weres, but Dave hadn't seen any evidence of that and all he'd felt he was doing was taking, not giving.

He tried to do things for Sebastian, little things that he knew the Were would appreciate, like ordering his favorite food or bringing him a coffee when he thought Sebastian could use one. Those were the kinds of little, thoughtful things that Dave knew made a human relationship thrive, but their relationship wouldn't be exactly the same and Dave felt like he was falling short. Sebastian was always happy with everything Dave offered, but Dave felt like these tiny things were nothing compared to what Sebastian had done for him.

Sebastian had saved him. The Were might not actually know that, but it didn't make it any less true. On Valentine's Day, two months after Dave and Sebastian had first agreed to start dating, they had met at Breadstix for dinner. They hadn't realized, but someone from Dave's school, a friend – or so Dave had thought – saw them together. A few days later he'd been outed painfully at school, tormented and bullied.

Dave had been completely blindsided. He'd tried calling Sebastian but the Were's phone rang out. It wasn't until he'd gotten home that it occurred to him that it was the middle of the school day; Sebastian would be in class and would have his phone on silent.

He'd looked online and found that the slurs and jokes had made their way on to his Twitter, his Facebook, everywhere. For a little while, Dave felt completely overwhelmed by the hatred and seriously considered ending his life.

Then, his phone beeped at him. It was a text from Sebastian.

Saw your missed calls, everything okay? This class is over in 15 minutes. Want me to come see you?

It was just a simple text from his boyfriend, but it was enough. Even though Sebastian had no idea what had happened, he'd seen three missed calls from Dave and immediately offered to drive over in case something was wrong. He didn't seem to mind that he would have to skip classes, and probably a Warbler's practice if Dave wanted to see him. Which he did.

Yes, please. Something happened at school. I'm at home now.

When Sebastian turned up Dave broke down and told him what happened. Although he could tell that Sebastian was angry, that he wanted to hurt everyone who had upset Dave, the Were stayed with him all afternoon and all night (though hiding him from Dave's parents had been a challenge). The next morning, Sebastian had asked Dave whether he would mind if he retaliated.

Dave knew it had to be really hard for Sebastian to ask him, instead of just jumping into action; he wasn't exactly the kind of person who usually asked permission or acted passively. As tempting as it was to let Sebastian have free reign and do something awful to his bullies (and Sebastian would be good at revenge, Dave was sure) he didn't want the Were getting himself in trouble over him. So, they had reached a compromise. Sebastian could react in a non-violent way if he were present to see anything happen – but he couldn't go hunting down the people who had upset Dave. Just being there for Dave was enough (although Sebastian tried to dispute that), and that was what he really needed from his boyfriend.

Of course, that didn't stop Sebastian from creating questionable photo manipulations of the main offenders in compromising situations – both individually and with each other – and posting them all over the internet. "I was present to see the online bullying," Sebastian had said when Dave asked him about it, "and what I did wasn't violent in the least."

He couldn't even pretend to be angry at Sebastian for it. Dave never told his boyfriend about those few scary minutes when he hadn't believed he could move past what happened. If Sebastian knew how close Dave had come to hurting himself, how he'd actually found himself testing the strength of one of his belts, Dave was sure that nothing would stop Sebastian from tearing those jock assholes limb from limb.

That was the biggest thing Sebastian had done for Dave, though it certainly wasn't the only. Sebastian was always doing something for him, little things and not so little things. Dave just wanted to know that he could do as much for Sebastian; that there was a reason for Sebastian to want to be with him beyond the whole 'mate' situation.

That was why he'd planned for them to spend the entire day together. It was the day before their five month anniversary (which unfortunately fell on a Monday), so Dave wanted to do something fun. He wanted to prove – to himself more than anyone else – that he could be just as good for Sebastian as his boyfriend was for him. He had a list of plans; it was late spring and the weather was supposed to be gorgeous. They were going to spend the morning having a picnic breakfast out by the lake, where they could spend a few hours just having fun. Then, they would take a long walk through the park where they had first agreed to date, and after they grabbed some lunch in town there were a few movies playing that they both wanted to see. It wasn't anything elaborate, but it was a whole day just for them and Dave had specifically planned to do things he knew Sebastian enjoyed. Not to mention, Dave's house was going to be empty that night. Even though he knew they couldn't do much without it getting risky, it would be nice to spend some time alone together; even if they were likely to end up spending it making out while wishing they could do more.