Underline the Red

Art of Faber Castle and Caleb Crawford by morbidlizard https://not-poignant.tumblr.com/post/710945852883107840/in-celebration-of-the-first-chapter-of-underline

### Link

https://archiveofourown.org/works/45511924/chapters/114514660

## Reading Order

### Next

Underline the Black

***Underline the Red*** is a *Fae Tales Verse AU* and part 4 of *Underline the Rainbow*. It is an omegaverse AU focusing on Faber Castle and Caleb Crawford*.* Chapters are currently being published early on Pia's Patreon, but the serial has begun updating on Ao3 as well.

## Summary

Faber, an overworked beta with a major case of omega envy, meets alpha Caleb one evening in a bar in the little tourist town of Margaret River in Western Australia, after a day of stressing over a bushfire coming dangerously close to the facility where he works. On a whim, he decides to seduce and let himself be seduced by an alpha, only to realise he's definitely bitten off more than he can chew.

## Characters

### Caleb Crawford

#### Appearance

Caleb smelled of 'cloves and something earthy . . . He was smaller than most alphas, but stunning. His straight dark brown hair in a stylish quiff, his medium-brown skin clear and accented with thin gold-rimmed spectacles that framed the golden eyes that were particular to only certain alphas. He wore a bright orange-red button-up short-sleeved shirt, and black pants. He looked…fashionable.' Faber noted that Caleb was almost beta-sized. Caleb had dark chest hair.

#### Personality

Caleb was very forward and pushy. Caleb had a strong relationship with his family, particularly his mother. Caleb seemed to like pretending that Faber was an omega.

#### Life

Caleb came to Margaret River before a job interview to get a lay of the land, and Faber warned him against staying, due to the various issues in the area.

### Dr Gary Konowalous

#### Personality

Gary pretended he wasn't as stressed as he was, and Faber could tell.

### Faber Castle

#### Appearance

Faber was 20 years old at the start of the story. Faber usually styled his hair, but it could fall out of its pristine condition after a busy day at work. He had blonde red hair.

#### Personality

Faber found certain peak alphas, like Gary, enthralling, and didn't want to leave their orbit. He felt the same with Caleb. Faber was jealous of omegas, and wanted to be with alphas, rather than pairing off with betas, as was expected. He preferred having brutal working hours. He was very formal, and liked order. Faber didn't like that Caleb pretended Faber was an omega. Faber's parents were seemingly homophobic.

#### Life

Faber's father and grandfather were newscasters, and his mother is from Oxford, England. There was only one peak alpha at Faber's school, and Faber thought Caleb reminded Faber of him. Faber started working for Gary when he was around 19, around a year before the story start. Faber's parents passed away before the story start, and he took ownership of their home.

## Locations

### Boar Grillz

A tapas bar in Margaret River that's around 45 minutes from Hillview.

### Faber's home

Faber's father tore down the old house 35 years prior to the story start, and rebuilt on the property. The current house was 'a beige brick house that was terribly outdated now but had been fresh and new in the nineties.' It had a long driveway with 'old peppermint trees and dying grass'.

### Margaret River ("Margs")

Margaret River is an area of 'of artisanal goods and surfers' that's around 45 minutes from Hillview. Boar Grillz is one of the bars there.

## Omegaverse Worldbuilding

### Betas

Betas aren't as pushy as alphas.

'Betas were the majority of the population – the vast majority – and they were expected to pair off with each other. They didn’t have to deal with heats, they didn’t have to deal with the even rarer phenomenon of ruts. They didn’t have exacerbated vulnerabilities' like omegas did.

Betas don't produce the hormones to trigger alpha knots.

### Omegas

Omegas produce hormones to trigger alpha knots.

## Gallery

Art of Faber Castle and Caleb Crawford by morbidlizard https://not-poignant.tumblr.com/post/710945852883107840/in-celebration-of-the-first-chapter-of-underline
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 not\_poignant. “Underline the Red.” *Underline the Rainbow. Archive of Our Own,* 5 March 2023. https://archiveofourown.org/works/45511924/chapters/114514660. Chapter 1.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 not\_poignant. “Underline the Red.” *Underline the Rainbow. Archive of Our Own,* 14 March 2023. https://archiveofourown.org/works/45511924/chapters/115101919. Chapter 2.