Fuck, complaining about it feels so petty and insensitive, but Duo is watching her with genuine interest, and he probably does want a distraction. The specialist they met with today must have been their last resort. "Stupid non-designated males who refuse to see a female alpha as an alpha instead of a female," Relena admits, and feels small and stupid for even being irritated. "They just want me to breed, and ideally that means with another alpha in their eyes. That’s all."
Alpha-alpha pairs can breed, but it's difficult. Female alphas tend to report a lot of dysphoria and mental distress at being pregnant, and they experience rut, not heat, so they often need special fertility regiments to even make conception likely. Though she'd like a mate—and would like to be a father—Relena has never had any desire to be a mother at all, and finds the idea repulsive. Given her research, that’s a pretty common sentiment among female alphas.
It does not stop stupid, non-designated men from thinking they're female before alpha and should be the ones carrying.
Duo gives a weak attempt at a chuckle. "It's almost like we've got the same problem on opposite sides of a cred," he says. "People shoving alphas at you, when what you'd want is an omega, and people demanding I get a new alpha when I already have the one I want."
Although she really hasn't had near enough wine to blame the idea that sparks on, if it upsets them, she's going to blame the wine anyway. Before she can think too hard or second guess herself, she says, “"hat if we could solve each other's problems?" she asks. Both Duo and Heero sit up a little straighter, but it's a listening posture, not a defensive one. She puts her hands up in a calm down motion anyway. "Just—hear me out."
If non-designated humans can experience a ticking biological clock pushing them to breed, and designated humans tend to experience that desire even more strongly, for primes, it is less a desire than a physical requirement. The inability inevitably leads to Prime Disorder, and there is only one known treatment. Or, "I would swear that this has some social commentary, some examination of social expectations vs. personal expression befitting of a Pride fic, but let's be real: we're here to see Heero and Relena knock Duo up."
My notes: Another omegaverse fic! Alpha Heero, Alpha Relena and Omega Duo. This fic is overwhelmingly fun, fluff and kink, with a bit of the trademark Gundam Wing angst, but I really dig the characterization of all three of the characters, and the thought that's gone into the worldbuilding. It's fun to see their dynamic as it emerges. And the sex is hot, which sure doesn't hurt.