C The Priest & The Shepherd (w/Bhdire8)

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The man sighed as he took his hand away from where the bandages were tied and frowned down at where his belly stuck out of his body like a sore thumb, he wasn't even that huge yet and he felt as if his body wasn't his any more. When the food was placed beside him thought he took the bread and dripped it in the soup before eating it silently, the crunch the only noise that filled the room. As the bandages were removed his stomach sank more when it's bulk was given more space to expand, he ignored it though and crunched on more bread. "No. Not really." He replied simply, thinking about his other question,"It's not as if you could fix it. You aren't a doctor, you're a priest." He sighed again, closing his eyes for a moment.

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For that part, Morrison was right. Jamie wasnt a doctor, not a qualified one anyway, but he had seen enough cases and received basic training from his education as a priest. He put aside the bandages and examined the wound. The cut had been ripped apart again from their confrontation. Jamie's own wounds were hidden under his clothes, but they had recovered better than Morrison's - perhaps it had something to do with the omega's body needing to nurture the baby's growth. He pressed on the wound and found some kind of pus squirting out, the sign of infection had Jamie frowning.

"I might not be a doctor, but maybe I can offer some advice... I need to treat this wound again, with some liquor. Can you lay on your sides?" He instructed, removing the pillow on the bed to clear space for the omega. He tried not to glance at his belly roo much, or he would give in to his impulse to.touch it.

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The rancher hissed when the finger was pressed into his wound, shifting beneath his own weight and pushing his hand away, he cupped the girth of his stomach and sank away from the other man,"Why the hell-" He grit his teeth and his fist clenched as the burning didn't go away with the hand, his wound throbbing painfully now that it was disturbed again. Morrison looked at him and nodded at that, taking a breath and moving to lean back against the pillows, closing his eyes and grasping the sheets,"Just get on with it..."

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Jamie saw Morrison cupping his own belly, like he was shielding the baby away from any potential harm - much like how his body was doing. He knew the omega probably didn't notice this instinctive gesture, and he smiled to himself with this little discovery. Despite what he said, perhaps Morrison wasn't as cold hearted as he wanted to portray as.

The wound, however, was quite nasty. The existene of pus confirmed there was infection, and inflammation of any kind could be dangerous. He assumed his serious face, being a half doctor himself tend to do that to one, and took a sharp blade to re-open the wound. "It would be painful.... sorry icoudln't offer the liquor as a makeshift sedative." Jamie looked at him apologetically. He burned the blade over the candle several times, and slid it across his wound. Pus rushed out and it was a nasty sight.

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Morrison knew that the child that was developing inside of him was made of pleasure, though it wasn't as good hearted a thought as being born out of love. He knew he couldn't much blame Jamie for all of it, he had consented completely though he didn't like the thought of that. He hated that he was omega and he hated that he had a womb, though he knew truly he couldn't completely hate something he hadn't even birthed yet.

"Why not? I'll take it, I don't give a shit-!" He cried and grasped the headboard of the small bed, the mattress creaking beneath hi as he did so. Doing his very best not to squirm as he bit his tongue and whined, his toes curling with the sheer hotness that burned its way up his side.

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"I am sorry... i am so sorry ..." jamie kept apologizng while he made the cut. The smell in the room was suffocating, something's burning and the wound smelled. It wastn the end though. Jamie had to clear some of the rottening flesh, in the process cleafing as much pus as possible out of Morrison. The omega was trembling so hard. Jamie as well, had sweated from the intensity of what he was working on. He had to keep a steady hand. He needed to keep calm, and that meant ignoring the signs that his mate had been in distress, whi h was challenging in itself being an alpha.

Jamie had never wanted to eb an alpha, and in fact aftwr his secondary gender had shwon, some of the villagers even refused to come hear his teachings, rhinking alphas were too aggressive and did not deserve to be a priest. It hurt, but nothing could compare to the rejection of his marked mate.

The treatment lasted for a mere 15 minutes until Jamie was reasonably satisfied, but for them both, it was so exhausting it felt more like hours. Jamie finally finished the new stitches and collasped on the bed as well.

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Morrison whined and did his best not to squirm as his grip white knuckled around the wood of the headboard, fat tears falling down his face and collecting into a damp spot on his pillow. He sobbed and whimpered as he struggled to even stay conscious, the pain over whelmed him, Morrison had passed out around the five minute mark. At his threshold and over it four time's over, he snivled softly in his sleep and shuddered every few moments even after the deed was done. His bandage wrapped up again and infection free finally, though he wasn't exactly awake to celebrate it.

His hand still cradled the bulk of his small stomach, as much as he didn't want to be, he was still an omega- a pregnant one at that. No matter how much he hated himself, his situation, or Jamie, he couldn't fully hate the child that was growing within him. Whether it was against his will or not.

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Jamie had his eyes focused on the stitches he was doing the entire time. With Morrison's body still jerking unconsciously at times, he didn't notice his mate had passed out in the process. When he looked up and found Morrison unresponsive, panic overwhelmed him for a second. With a trembling hand, he tested for his vitals and let out a huge breath when he was reasonable convinced the omega just passed otu from teh pain. Perhpas that's better than forcing him to experience that excrutiating pain while awake.

Jamie took to take care of the mess, and while he was washing his bloodied hands, he noticed the protective hand on Morrison's belly. He smiled, his heart warmed by the endearing little gesture. Morrison really is an omega... and he was nurturing through and through, no matter the situation.

He quietly slid out of teh room, and boiled some water so he could give the omega a good wipe. Preferably not waking him from his "sleep"... the tears and sweat would feel awful if he had it on him all night.

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As he laid there, his belly made an indention in the bed where he laid on his side, sleeping through the touches his mate gave him. He was cleaned during his moments of unconsciousness that lasted long into the night, at least with him this silent there was no argument in having Jamie sitting around watching him. The shepherd's sleep was fretful, he whimpered when he took a breath and sank where he was in relaxation despite how tight his side felt after the stitches.

Morrison didn't awaken until the next morning.

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The precious moment of harmony had been so blissful, Jamie could hardly feel the time that had passed. It was the brid's chirp and teh gradual lighting up of the room from the rising sunt hat finally broke him from his hypotized state.

He got up quietly, popped his back and joints, and come to Morrison's side. With great care and respect, he pressed a small kiss on Morrison's tight belly, carefully avoiding the stitches, and left the room. He would have to restart his routine of praying for atonement.

This little interaction, however, at least had Jamie returning to his services. Crowds gathered to hear his preaching. The villagers took note of their priests' pale and quiet demeanor, but none commented.

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When the sun was at it's highest point in the sky is when Morrison woke up with a start, he hissed and turned his head away from the wall where he had curled himself up against, his skin covered in sweat from fever. He was suffering from an infection, though of course, he didn't know it as he whined softly and held his full belly, calling out for his sister as he did so almost thinking he was suffering from the heat. Though of course, he wasn't, he was pregnant, he opened his eyes and looked down at his rounded middle, then at the room around him that was more blurry than anything else,"Hello?!" He felt so alone and sick... He thought he was dying as he laid there.

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The service lasted almost an hour. Jamie wrapped it up as swiftly as he could, disappearing to the back before the villagers could stop him with questions. he was usually more approachable, willing to give his blessing towards people when they asked for it, but today he simply didn't feel like he had that right - he was a sinner, and to a certain extent he was afriad his blessings would only bring bad luck.

he came to the back fo the house and worked on his routines, then headed to Morrison's room ready to amek some breakfast. he had expected Morrison to be awake, so he entered as quiet as he could, hoping he woulnd't mind his presence too much. it surprised him when the room appeared still dark, and the squriming and pained moans of morrison startled him. "morrison?" he asked anxiously, still hesitating at the door until a faint yelp for help reached him. "morrison?" he asked again, this time more urgently as he came forward to feel him. "you have a fever..." he saw his unnatrually flushed face and tested his temprature. "must be the infection..... here." he helped him sit up. "drink." he said pressing the cool glass of water readily available beside him.

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The cathedral was almost the size of a castle in comparison to the house behind it which was like a shack almost, it had the basic necessities and it was even comfortable. Or maybe he was just delusional, he could be laying in the middle of nowhere for all he knew, the omega laid his head back and grumbled something. He had been calling for someone to help him, he couldn't get out of bed, he was trembling and could barely even lift his hand to grab the glass of water from the nightstand. Though he heard the church bells just outside, he turned to them and knew service was just ending,"Hello?!" He tried again but his voice was weak, the light from outside the door startled him and he squinted.

Though he recognized his face when the other came forward and pressed his hand against his forehead, he looked half confused as he looked up at him. "Where's my sister?" He asked him and grasped onto his arm, looking down and groaning as he was pulled upright, shaking his head though the alpha was holding him up. Taking a few slow sips of the water and gasping lightly as he still clutched onto the other,"It hurts so bad-"

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"your sister isn't here.... shh it's hurting because it's infected. don't move too much or you would only make yourself dizzy..." The priest was worried. Morrison was pregnnat so he dared not use any of the ordinary medicine on him, and the temperature was quite high. He dabbed a towel into the cool water and rinsed it, wiping down on Morrison's sweaty face. "shh... it's gonna be alright. you want any more water?" he asked, "i will check on your wound again..." he muttered and placed the cool towel onto Morrison's forehead, before moving forward to peel away his clothes. "you're gonna be fine... you're good." he said in soothing words like he always did with his patients.

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"Where is she? Where's my sister?" He asked,"I can't be here...not when I'm in heat... She's supposed to help me..." He was in the midst of a fever dream again, despite recognizing the other man, a cry of pain escaped him again as he tried moving too suddenly. The omega even forgot he was pregnant for a brief moment as he gripped him tight and looked up at him as he wiped his face. "Mmhm." He grasped onto his wrist tightly as he started undressing him and laid back again slowly as he relaxed, looking down and seeing his rounded belly. He slowly realized what was happening,or he thought he did, he was in so sick his mind wasn't working right,"No." He pushed the others hands away, he moved his hands to his belly,"Don't touch my baby."

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Jamie was surprised how Morrison asked adamantly for his sister, and wondered how Morrison survived his heats before this, perhaps without any suppressants. "shhh it's ok, it's gonna be alright, stay still." Jamie knew at this stage it was impossible to communicate iwth the sick ones, and opted instead to just repeat his words. He hissed when his wrist was grabbed, the strength of the omega still over him even with how weakend Morrison was, but thealpha knew how to deal with situations like this. "i have to check your baby to make sure things are alright... Morrison let go, i am not going to hurt the baby, the baby neesd my help now.." he said, trying to get some sense into Morrison.

Jamie wasn't sure what's the thing that had Morrison's guard down, but eventually the omega let go of his hand and drifted off, still muttering nonsense while Jamie took the time to peel away his clothes. The cut had swelled and was appearing red, but it didn't appear like sup was developing. He changed the bandages, covering it up again, and started wiping Morrison with cool water to help with lowering his fever. "morrison stay strong... you will have to be strong for the baby as well." he muttered, his eyes rimmed red as he was getign qutie worried over the situation.

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His family never put him on suppressants, they took him and his sister to a cabin in the middle of nowhere and had her help him through it. Them both being omegas made it easy to deal with almost, until something like this happened, his heat hitting when he was away from home. He whined and his head fell back as he laid there, his hand still clutching Jamie's arm before he loosened his grasp as he collapsed on the bed.

Morrison moaned softly as his wound was tended to, the omega's head rolling from side to side and hands going from the alpha to the bedsheets and then his belly again. His brows furrowed and he reached for the other again to grip him again, though he slowly sank back into a deep sleep.

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There was no way Jamie could move his hand away from Morrison's grip, so the priest tried to continue with wiping Morriosn down with cold water. It was tricky, and soon the preist was finding his other hand sore from trying to squeeze the twoel dry with one hand.

Jamie wasn't sure when he fell asleep on Morrison, his head resting on his arm where the wrist was clutched by teh omega, and his other hand still holding onto the cool towel. he was facing away from Morrison, the atmosphere incredibly tranquil considering their tensed relationshipw ith each other.

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Morrison slept for a while, almost a whole day and when he stirred, it was night again, he wasn't sure how long he had been there. Being sick made it almost impossible to keep track of time, even with his growing stomach, he wasn't even sure how far along he was. A hand stroked over his belly and he noticed that it was his own as he laid there on his side in the warm bed. His other hand beneath something warm, he looked up and saw a strangers back, a head of long blonde hair. He opened his mouth to say something but his mouth was dry and his voice was weak so he went silent again, turning his head to look out into the room. It was quiet, expect for crickets and light rain, reaching over with the hand that was on his belly for the glass of water on the table beside the bed. His hand was weak though and he struggled lightly before knocking it over onto the floor with a clink, he groaned in complaint. Laying back again with a sigh as his eyes closed again, tired just from that little movement.

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The hustle woke Jamie, the priest quickly raised up his head, the side of his cheek pressed against Morrison's hand had a huge red blotch on it. His messy gold locks were all over the place and he looked as goofy as he could be. "Morrison?" he asked, still bleary with sleep, he looked around and saw the glass fallen to the floor. "you want some wa'er?" he mumbled reaching for the cup, then took another glass to pour some water for Morrison.

The alpha just helped Morrison help, holding his upper shoulder to get him sit up a bit straighter to drink. He noticed the fever had died down and was quite relieved, unable to spot the other abnormalify from the omega.