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June 20 - June 23, 2025
“I did not give you... foreplay. I should have. I’m sorry.” “Wh-what’s foreplay?” Caulin squirmed. Jones’s eyes widened. “You—don’t know? Foreplay is when I touch you. Or—or suck you elsewhere. To arouse you before we move on to more... intimate things. At least, that’s what the internet says.”
“It’s just fat—” “You fill my hand perfectly,” Jones growled. “Don’t use that word around me. I do not want you to speak of yourself that way.”
it tracks that this giant book of fatphobic whump is accompanied by the truly perplexing idea that having a "fat is a bad word" mentality makes a person LESS bigoted toward fatness
“Even your—your bed partners?” Jones’ voice deepened into a growl. “They didn’t want me for more than a quick fuck,” Caulin mumbled. “One of them called people over to watch. To show them that he’d fucked the fat omega. And I just... felt so ugly.”
“Think about the alphas who were kicking you in the parking lot the other day,” Otto said calmly, even though he wanted to punch someone all over again. “They’re strong. They made it into college. To some people, they might even be handsome.”
“Think about the alphas who were kicking you in the parking lot the other day,” Otto said calmly, even though he wanted to punch someone all over again. “They’re strong. They made it into college. To some people, they might even be handsome.”
“I meant the—the chaste kiss.” Caulin tried to gesture, but he didn’t know what his hands were saying. “The one where we put our mouths together, but we pucker up.” “Like this?” Jones scrunched up his lips, pushing them outward in a comical exaggeration. It was adorable,
I knowwww it's daddy kink, but this is so........ this is what you do to infants when you're changing their diaper, man
His alpha scooped him off the chair, pulling him onto his lap. This forced Caulin to straddle the tops of his thighs—not that he could stay on there very well, because Jones’ lap was at a downward angle, and he was propping his ass against the edge of the desk. But Jones grasped Caulin by his bottom, supporting his weight entirely.
I am sincerely struggling to picture this in any way that is both sexy and feasible according to the laws of physics
Gardner: Technically, they’re both legal, the relationship is legal. Unless you’re trading sex for grades. Otto: No. Gardner: Then you’re in the clear.
there is no protection for omegas in this society. or for like, anyone but alphas. because it's not just an allegory for gender norms, it's a parody, but not intentionally, which is why it's bad
“Except blushing isn’t a trait,” Caulin mumbled. “It’s something I like anyway,” Otto growled. “And it reflects on you as a person, so I counted it.”
the benefit of using the most vague language you can muster is that you don't have to answer boring, stupid questions such as: how does blushing reflect what a person is like? When read to my husband: "you know who blushes a lot? Alex Jones."
“Are you sure? We can leave at any time if it makes you uncomfortable. Did the staff give you trouble?” “No, they’re fine. It’s just...” Caulin looked down. “My parents come here sometimes.”
wait a minute. caulin has never left his hometown. he's still there. but he attends the college where his childhood crush from YouTube teaches. so this guy he found on YouTube just coincidentally happened to live in the same town as he did? I mean I know this discrepancy is just for the sake of whump and I could just buy in, but it's weird. it shouldn't have been YouTube, it should have been a local public broadcast or something.
Then he noticed two people walking up to Caulin—Otto knew them, because he’d glimpsed them at the gym on and off over the years. Pierce and Del were an alpha-omega couple roughly Otto’s age;
you know both names of a couple you've seen at thr gym a few times, but not the name of a student who's been in your course for three years?











