"Get in, losers, I'm driving this time." Jaxon said to his mates after they had said their goodbyes to the members of Midnight Pack.
"I don't like where this is going." Darian muttered, slamming the trunk shut.
"Do you even know how to drive?' Leon accused him.
"I don't remember putting it up for discussion." He asserted flippantly, walking over to take the keys from Darian.
Of course he fucking knew how to drive, if he didn't love them, he'd drive off without them.
They both got in the backseat, looking sceptical but deciding to not question it, maybe they gave him too much of a leeway sometimes but Jaxie always got his way.
"Try not to kill us, babe." Leon muttered, throwing his upper body over Darian's legs but he was too tall for the small space so he had to curl up.
"Don't put ideas in his head." Darian said seriously, looking concerned.
Jaxon just let all of their annoying words bounce off his back.
It had merely been a couple weeks since they were mated but they acted like couples who had been married for years.
He guessed that was what happened when you got mated to your best friends.
"I hope you have your seatbelts on." He teased, basking in the brief flashes of terror on his mates faces before they realised he was messing with them.
He had been expecting their relationship to have bumps and potholes every couple steps but instead they all worked perfectly together.
It shouldn't have come as much of a surprise considering they spent most of their time around each other before so there wasn't much of a difference now, well except that now they were mates.
All of them had each other's marks.
"You can take your hand off the door's handle now." Leon murmured to Darian after Jaxon had been driving for a while, they were now making their way to the outskirts of Cone.
Jaxon slowly turned around, murder in his eyes only to find them snickering. "I want to smack the both of you." He said seriously, concentrating on the road again.
Their response was an absent hum and he glanced at the rearview mirror to see that Darian had bent forward to kiss Leon, this kind of content was exactly the reason he had wanted to drive, now he just had to manage to multitask and not crash the car.
He just smiled indulgently at them though, flicking his gaze back to the road, taking in a deep breath.
They hadn't even been gone from Pine Creek for a whole month and yet he felt like they had been gone forever.
Everyone back at the Pack were aware that they were all together but they didn't know that they were mated yet, surprises were important after all.
~*~
The three of them chose to move into a larger apartment on the fourth floor to fit all three of them and the first day back had been ridiculously hectic, between the welcoming, the congratulations and moving in, they had practically fallen into bed after a boisterous dinner with everyone showing up.
Leon had insisted on checking up on his Warriors the next morning, Darian tagging along.
Jaxon had been banned from coming in to work for at least a full week so while his mates went out at the crack of dawn, he slept in instead, already missing their warmth.
The Warriors were elated to have their leaders back, eager to get back to training with them.
Darian hung back and watched Leon easily take control like he just took a day off and wasn't gone for literal weeks.
He couldn't believe he had almost lost him for good.
"...D? D, you good?"
Leon's voice snapped him out of his thoughts.
"Huh?" He blinked at his mate, his eyes dropping to his mark on his tanned neck.
"I was asking if you were up for a warm up run." He repeated himself.
"Sure." He agreed, walking over to Leon's side.
The rest of the Warriors just looked on curiously, wondering if anything changed now that their Heads were mated.
Usually their warm up runs were just the Heads violently competing against each other while they jogged leisurely behind them.
They all took off their shirts in preparation to shift, everyone trying not to stare at the two Heads and failing miserably.
It wasn't because of their build or Leon's tattoos, they had seen enough of that, no it was the amount of hickies they both sported.
Darian stretched while Leon gave out orders, the usual, just giving them the distance they would have to run to and a time limit.
After he rounded up, they both shifted and tore into the woods, disappearing out of sight far too quickly.
Luke just watched them blankly. "I guess some things just don't change."
~*~
They did this every training and they still couldn't decide who was faster because it was never certain, sometimes Leon was and other times it was Darian and then there were times they couldn't decide who had gotten to the end point first.
As usual, they had been moving too fast and went a couple metres past the endpoint, usually they would walk back to wait and see the speeds of the Warriors.
They shifted back in sync but before Leon could suggest they return he glanced up at Darian, a suspicious light in his eyes when he saw the look that the other sported.
"Not a chance, D..." He started to protest, backing up as Darian approached him. "... no, fuckk..." his protest trailed off on a moan when Darian backed him up against the trunk of a tree, pushing his thumb down on one of his mating marks.
He leaned to the other side to mouth at the other one, kissing Leon only when he was sure that all of his murderous intents were long gone or at least he was too distracted to try and bite Darian's tongue off.
"Babe- t-the warriors..." Leon managed to say in between Darian's nonstop kisses.
"Let's finish up before the time limit then." He drawled, slipping a hand lower on his body.
"Fuck you." He whispered breathily.
"Anytime, love." Darian quickly replied without batting an eyelid, kissing down Leon's bare upper body.
Leon threw his head back a bit, tugging at Darian's hair a bit harshly. In response Darian sank his sharp teeth into Leon's nipple, making him slap a hand over his mouth to muffle his sounds.
'Oh, he was going to get Darian back for this.'