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Title: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on November 27, 2006, 05:52:25 AM
Tom fidgeted nervously with the fold of material above where his navy blue shirt was tucked into his jeans, touching his brown belt and clearing his throat, his booted feet switching position as he shifted his weight from one foot to the other.  "Well... what do you think?" he asked Reed forcefully, his hands finally settling on his slim hips.

The fucker was being uncharacteristically quiet, though perhaps the vampire might have chosen the timing of his tour better.  Reed had only got off the plane from Australia a little over an hour ago (his timing had been perfect as he\'d arrived just after sunset, allowing Tom to pick him up personally) and been presented with a strong, lingering hug at the airport before being whisked away on the motorbike that had been bought specifically to impress (there\'d been a reaction upon sighting it, at least).

Since they\'d stepped into Tom\'s house, though... there hadn\'t been a lot of chance for discussion, since the vampire had launched into his pride-filled tour with gusto, describing every change he\'d rendered in the little house quite succinctly (in his opinion).  They\'d seen every room, except the basement that held the coffin - even he knew Reed wasn\'t ready for that just yet - and concluded in the bedroom, because it had the most features to talk about.  He\'d resisted going into too much detail on the camera system, though, feeling oddly shy about describing it once they were in the room.  He didn\'t even turn it on, too unnerved by his friend\'s silence to strut it out with his usual arrogance.

Plus, it had finally hit him - by that stage - that Reed was finally here.  Back in the city, responding immediately to his invitation to come and visit.  They hadn\'t even so much as texted each other since the disastrous New Zealand trip three months ago, yet Reed had agreed he\'d come check the house out without any apparent second thoughts (none that he\'d voiced, anyway).  Right about now, Tom was also realising he\'d conveniently forgotten that they\'d concluded their rib-breaking rafting experience with an angry fight about the mortal racing to his death without care and the immortal feeling he should change his ways because he valued his friend too greatly to lose him to frivolous chance.

To prove how greatly he valued him, the vampire had left the bed they\'d shared for one day and flown back to America as soon as night fell, leaving everything unresolved.  He could also see now that it had - perhaps - been a tad shortsighted of him not to purchase another bed to furnish one of the spare rooms with, after all.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on November 27, 2006, 06:30:19 AM
Reed found himself absorbed by the house as he was taken through it.  This was something that reflected Tom\'s personality and even though it suited him, Reed would not have believed that the vampire would decorate a house this way.  Or, to be truly honest, he\'d never believed Tom would buy a house at all, let alone get it fixed up to his liking and then show off to his friend.
 
There was unfinished business between them, and it would be finished.  Reed was adamant about coming to a conclusion for the conversation they\'d left in the air all that time ago.  On the plane he\'d kept it in mind but the drone of the engine and the constant necessity to stay in his seat had him sleeping most of the way here, so his mind hadn\'t turned over it too much.  Now, with the house shown to him (and the way Tom hugged him at the airport), the conversation seemed nowhere near as important.  Reed was feeling like they\'d just had a snap at each other and that was that.  There was no need to bring it up again.
 
The bedroom, however, deserved a comment.  "Are you going to buy a website or something?" Reed asked after looking at the cameras which Tom mentioned but didn\'t go into too much depth for.  "Charge people to watch you fuck?"
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on November 27, 2006, 06:58:12 AM
Tom laughed, but it didn\'t reach his eyes, the hollow sound reflecting what he was feeling when his friend didn\'t say anything else about his pet project.  Did that mean the mortal did or didn\'t like the house?  He couldn\'t tell and was too disappointed that no opinion had been offered to solicit one.

"Y\'know, I never thought of that?  I figured if I charged everyone for their copy of the DVD, I\'d be able to make a decent commission but maybe you\'re right; I should give Nimm a call and see what her thoughts on getting me web access are."

He stepped over to the foot of the bed and flopped back on it, resting his upper body on his elbows so that he could still keep eye contact with Reed.  His tone was noticeably bitter because he couldn\'t be fucked hiding it; he was pissed off that he hadn\'t started the tour in the bedroom and ended somewhere else, so that he was less of a mark for off-handed insults.  He was also pissed off that Reed didn\'t have the brain capacity to realise that the housing project was special to him and he was a bit touchy on the whole subject.  He glowered at the brunette instead of saying anything else to him, not realising that he looked like a very tall child having flung himself down on his bed to have a sulk.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on November 27, 2006, 07:05:21 AM
Reed hadn\'t finished discussing the house however, and as Tom threw himself backward on the bed, Reed sat upon the foot of it.
 
"You\'ve put a lot of time into it," he declared, recognising that Tom was serious about this place.  Reed, however, would\'ve been a great deal more enthusiastic about the building if it was situated in any other city.  The fact that Tom had put a lot of effort into setting up a home here meant that he was staying put.
 
He\'d picked the one place that Reed didn\'t like, and he didn\'t like that but there was fuck all he could do about it.  It was Tom\'s money after all.  His life (or unlife).
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on November 27, 2006, 05:07:34 PM
Slightly mollified that the topic of his house had been returned to, Tom\'s blue eyes slid sideways to regard Reed lazily through his lashes.  "Aaand... ?" he drawled, unabashedly prompting the mortal to continue with whether he believed the time put into the house was well-spent or not.

What the vampire didn\'t understand was why it mattered so damn much.  He knew how much effort had gone into the place and he was very well aware that it was a stunning and cosily modern home on the inside, covered by a deceptively gauche exterior that wouldn\'t ever earn it a second glance.  Not only was it beautiful internally, it was an entirely clever design that would protect his identity and keep itself safe when he went abroad.

For some reason, though, he couldn\'t rest until Reed told him as much.  Tom had been unsettled and nervous for the entire time between calling his buddy and picking him up at the airport; nerves like that didn\'t die quickly - especially with the beautifully-tanned mortal being so tight-lipped about everything.  He was obviously still carrying a grudge over their last parting but Tom was prepared for that; he\'d done a lot of thinking (and even a little planning) on that matter and he had a way out... of sorts.  A line of conversation he might pursue, at least.  He just wanted his damn compliments on the house, first!
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on November 28, 2006, 06:11:57 AM
Reed didn\'t answer right away but he turned to look at Tom\'s prone position instead.  Raising an eyebrow because of the prompt, a question came to mind
 
Fishing for compliments, Tom?
 
but Reed wasn\'t feeling like being an asshole right now.  He just wanted to relax right now, and Tom\'s house, even being in the city they were in, was a nice place.
 
"It paid off," he drawled, a smile twisted on his lips before he turned his head away.  "It\'s like a fucking designer home."
 
Perhaps that was why Reed also had mixed feelings about it.  He was more comfortable in casual, messy homes.  Like his beach house, with magazines thrown around and junk lying everywhere.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on November 28, 2006, 06:50:33 AM
It wasn\'t a lot of words but it was enough homage paid to have Tom beaming.  "Thank you," he said graciously, as if he hadn\'t begged for the positive comment in the first place.  He could feel his thoroughly satisfied expression on his face, his cheeks pulled back so far his dimples were on display and he wondered vaguely just why those few little words made him so happy he was grinning like a loon.

Because it\'s Reed, dickhead.  He\'s here and he likes it and... he\'s here finally.

He had the sudden urge to launch himself at Reed and wrestle him until the bed was a disaster but he couldn\'t quite overcome the recollection of how hurt the mortal had been when last he saw him.  Stupidly, idiotically hurt... and nearly drowned.  It gave him pause.  "How\'s your rib, by the way?" he asked, tilting his head back slightly so he could look Reed over.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on November 28, 2006, 08:01:43 AM
"Yeh, I\'m healed," Reed said, dismissing the question.  There wasn\'t even bruising left so he didn\'t even feel a twinge.  "Not like I haven\'t broken anything before," he added with a laugh before he decided to move on from that part of the conversation.
 
"So what do you do for fun here?  Still visiting that nightclub?  What was it called?  Cult?"
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on November 28, 2006, 09:17:06 PM
"Risk," Tom corrected with a derisive snort, sitting up and swivelling to face his companion, mouth twisted wryly.  He couldn\'t help but shake his head, thinking Reed had got the name wrong deliberately - \'Cult\' certainly sounded like an antagonistic substitute.  Something to deter him from commenting on the whole broken rib incident again, no doubt.

"I\'ve been there a few times, yeh.  As for fun... well, that\'s why you\'re here," the vampire smirked, reaching out to prod the tips of his fingers into Reed\'s stomach.  "Not a lot to do here once you get over the convenience of it, it\'s just another place to live.  Care to liven things up?" he taunted, now tapping the mortal\'s cheek in between gut digs.

When it came down to it, he still didn\'t feel right launching into a full, roll-around wrestle without any lead-in; it was like sex without foreplay.  Especially with Reed and the discussion about their unique relationship they\'d had when last together.  Taunting was therefore his way of initiating contact, in the most relaxed manner possible.  He figured it was preferable to a kiss, a bite or a grope, at least.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on November 28, 2006, 09:24:35 PM
For Reed to be totally honest with Tom would be to admit the flight here had tired him out.  Even though he\'d slept most of the way here, he hadn\'t slept well on the nights prior to getting on the plane, unable to contain his excitement at seeing Tom again, though still a little pissed about the way they\'d last left it.
 
He was tight lipped because he was tired and not feeling his usual perky and highly antagonistic self.  Seeing Tom again had been good, the motorcycle had been very cool, the house had made him wary.  There was something about Tom having a house that simply felt wrong.
 
"Fuck off," Reed said, slapping Tom\'s prodding finger away.  "I\'m not here for your fucking amusement," he said, but then realised he was, so he turned it around.  "I\'m here for you to entertain me.  I\'m your guest, asshole"
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on November 28, 2006, 09:58:13 PM
Tom snorted again, debating whether he should go ahead and tackle Reed anyway but eventually deciding against it - the Australian was a bit too cranky for that right now (though fucked if he knew why).  Besides, it would look like he was wanting an excuse just to hug or feed and that wasn\'t the case.  Really.

"I know, I know," the vampire answered dismissively, trying to think of \'host\' type things to do.  He flopped down on the bed again, this time with his head and shoulder up against Reed\'s hip and thigh.  After a moment, he raised a finger as if he\'d just thought of a point to object to - or advertise, as the case was.  "I\'ve got all your favourite foods in the cupboard and the fridge," he offered proudly, "and there\'s plenty of space in the wardrobe for you to keep your clothes."

He smiled, dropped his hand and then frowned.  "Oh but... I didn\'t buy you your own bed yet, because I didn\'t know what you\'d want.  Didn\'t figure you\'d mind sleeping here for tonight, though?" he finished hopefully, tilting his head to look up at Reed\'s face.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on November 29, 2006, 06:28:14 AM
"Favourite food?" Reed mocked, but grinning anyway.  Fuck, Tom was being thoughtful.  What was that about then?  It pleased Reed very much but he wasn\'t going to be giving up the opportunity for a good teasing.
 
When the comment about the bed came up, Reed gave Tom a pondering look, trying to figure out what his comment had meant.
 
I didn\'t buy you your own bed yet, because I didn\'t know what you\'d want.
Surely he should\'ve bought a bed to give Reed an option between what he might want?  Unless he meant the kind of bed Reed liked, but that was nonsense.  He was being driven into Tom\'s bed!  This was a surprise.
 
"I don\'t mind," he said, his gaze searching and his smile twisted.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on November 29, 2006, 07:56:31 AM
"We can go get something tomorrow night if you want," he finished contentedly, relaxing his head back against Reed\'s warm body and looking along his own at the post his feet were currently propped up on.  "I just didn\'t know whether to go king or queen - the room I wanted to do next is pretty big but I figured you might like a whole lot of other furniture in there and I\'d ask first."

He let the statement hang between them, nervous and relieved to have finally expressed his true thoughts.  He didn\'t want this to be Reed\'s only visit; he was interested in setting up a room for him to stay more often than that.  A lot more often and for reasons he\'d been daydreaming about but wouldn\'t dare broach for a while yet.  The room information was enough of an insinuation, at this point.  He found himself so uptight about what Reed would say to (basically) being asked to live with a vampire - when they weren\'t out adventuring, of course - that he hastily blurted out the next thought that entered his preoccupied mind.

"So what\'s your body clock like, anyway?  Is it day or night in Australia at the moment?  Did you want to go to sleep?  Feel free to take a shower!"  Well, okay; the next four thoughts that came to mind were suddenly fired out of his mouth in an effort to lessen the impact of his proposition.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on November 30, 2006, 06:05:24 AM
Reed, who was well aware that he\'d been offered something akin to living here with Tom if he was going to be having his own furnished room, looked at his friend rather intently, feeling his stomach flip-flopping, but he couldn\'t decide if it was because he was excited or anxious.  Every other time he\'d had an offer made to him about living with someone he\'d refused and then gradually stopped seeing them.  Committment was a dirty word.
 
But... this was Tom.  Tom and their other buddies pretty much had more of a committment out of Reed than anyone else in the world, because hanging with them was fun.  Hanging with Tom though, on a personal level, had fluctuations.  They would fight, Tom would abuse him, Reed would get over it because of the sexual element.  Well, now they would fight, Tom would drink from him and they\'d fuck.  It was as pretty close to a relationship as they would get.
 
He was going to ask if the room was going to be set up like one of Reed\'s many domiciles around the world, for him to come and go as he pleased, but then Tom interjected a heap of other shit and let Reed off the hook.
 
"If it\'s night here, it\'s day there, but I slept on the plane so I\'m wide awake," Reed explained, though he was still a little unsettled, as long plane trips usually had some impact on him.  "Shower sounds good," he admitted, and stood up so that he could stretch and make his way to his luggage, for a change of clothes once out of the shower.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on November 30, 2006, 06:15:57 AM
"Right," Tom said, feeling inane and yet again disappointed that his big revelation had been glossed over.  That was the way it was with Reed, though.  He was never one to give much away and, truthfully, that had been what attracted the vampire to him over all the other guys in the first place.  He never waffled shit, he didn\'t feel every bit of silence needed to be filled and he didn\'t fuck around when he had something to say, he just said it.  Much like himself... until now, when he\'d gone all fucking nancy, of course, getting his stupid ass worked up into some stupid knot thinking about making things a bit more permanent with his buddy.

Like, eternally permanent.

"You know where the bathrooms are," he murmured dismissively, but waved a hand towards his ensuite to the left - well, over his head considering his current position.  "The towel on the bottom rail is yours - it\'s clean," he added, making it obvious he\'d expected Reed to share his bathroom, too.  He fell silent then, turning his head so that he could watch his friend get a change of clothes and... generally just walk around... in his house.  He\'d been envisioning it so long, it was hard to believe it was finally real.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on November 30, 2006, 06:37:04 AM
Reed used the ensuite, figuring that if he was sleeping in Tom\'s bed (!) he would use Tom\'s bathroom too. His stomach was still flip-flopping as he pushed the bathroom door shut, not bothering to close it properly because he couldn\'t be bothered. Once he was in the shower, he rubbed his stomach to try and settle it down. Apprehension, he supposed.
 
Did Tom really ask me to live with him?
 
It hadn\'t been a question though. The arrogant fuck had just made declarations of Reed\'s room and what Reed might like in there. The pussy hadn\'t actually come out and asked.
 
It\'s exactly the type of shit you\'d pull
 
Yeh, he recognised the stunt as one similar to his own, if he\'d wanted to make Tom the same offer. He\'d followed the guy around for a year, after all, knowing about the vampirism and curious enough about it to hang with his mate beyond the regular get togethers. He\'d paid for the priviledge of course, in both money and blood, paving Tom\'s way for him. Tom obviously had money of his own, to be able to afford doing up a house like this, but Reed didn\'t care what he spent it on - he\'d always thought Tom didn\'t have any substantial savings though. That was an assumption he\'d had to reel in, fast.
 
Under the flow of hot water, he rubbed his face and then soaped himself up. He took his time and washed his hair, twice. Then he simply stood under the spray and daydreamed.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on November 30, 2006, 06:58:17 AM
Tom rolled over on the bed and located his remote, intending to watch some cable... and then lamenting the fact that he hadn\'t installed an automatic door opener for the wardrobe.  He got up and opened the door, sat back on the bed and flipped.  Nothing interesting was on (he decided immediately), so he switched to looking through the cameras and checking out how he could zoom in on Reed\'s luggage, watching the bed and doing some daydreaming of his own.

He got bored of that within about ten minutes, though, and started zooming in on the bathroom door with the cameras... when even that didn\'t summon his friend out of the shower after another five minutes passed, he began to get suspicious about what the fuck Reed was doing.  Then he began to worry that perhaps he\'d fallen asleep under the spray and then slipped and hit his head... but no, he had vampiric hearing, he would\'ve noticed a thud.  He was entirely too paranoid about his friend\'s life now... but that didn\'t stop him from dropping the remote on the bed, hastily getting up and walking in through the half closed door, swinging it open without a qualm.

"Dude!  Get your hand off it, if it hasn\'t happened now, it\'s just not working!" he announced with false cheer, part of him still worried that something was wrong... but no, as he looked through the clear glass of the shower stall, he saw that Reed was perfectly fine (and perfectly fine looking) beneath the shower\'s spray.  Tom\'s hands went to his hips as he looked the tanned brunette over, surprised to be finding himself admiring his physique - for a mortal, he certainly knew how to look after himself.  "What the fuck are you doing in here?  Don\'t they have showers in Australia or something?" he demanded, giving a wry smile and a shake of his head.

He\'s okay... you\'ve gotta\' stop fucking worrying he\'s gonna\' drop dead on you now!
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on November 30, 2006, 07:09:58 AM
Reed had a very simple retort.  He held up his middle finger on the shower stall door for Tom to admire, and remained under the spray.  He wondered what Tom\'s hurry was, surely he could find things to do while Reed showered?  What did he use to do before Reed was in the country?
 
Once he decided Tom had admired his finger for long enough, he brought it down and then looked through the steamy shower door at Tom.  Splashing some water on it to see his friend\'s expression, he had a very spontaneous request to make which he didn\'t think Tom would go for - but nowadays?  It was hard to tell.
 
"You can help make it happen, if you like," he grinned before waggling his tongue at him.  Half of him expected Tom to say something witty and then leave the bathroom, the other half expected Tom to take him up on his offer.  His heart pounded a little harder as he awaited the reaction.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on November 30, 2006, 07:27:13 AM
Tom snorted laughter, looking Reed over thoughtfully, instinctively inclined to tell him to jam his offer and walk out because of that brazen finger.  But if he had to be honest with himself, he\'d have to admit that it wasn\'t like he hadn\'t anticipated this happening... wasn\'t like he hadn\'t rolled around in his damn big ass bed fantasising about drinking Reed and fucking him in it, wondering what they could get up to with no pressure to hide from their buddies, not a soul in the whole city likely to disturb them...

He\'d come to some conclusions about himself in that time, too.  Well, it\'d been months, after all, and he\'d done quite a lot of (uncharacteristic) soul searching and thinking... inspired initially by his lacklustre interest in pursuing random fucks and feedings, compounded by his constant thinking about Reed.  Yeah, he\'d come to some conclusions, alright.

"Sure," he agreed, nonchalantly shucking his pants (he\'d removed his boots and socks when he\'d got home) and shirt.  He left them on the bathroom floor where they fell and opened the glass door, stepping into the large shower space (he\'d purposely made it big, designed to fit two).  He crowded Reed, ducking his head under the water to ensure he was fully wet, then wiping his face off with both hands.  He grinned as he then reached out to grab the other, intending to pull him up against him by the hips, front to front.  He didn\'t see the point in mucking around, if he\'d been invited, after all.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on November 30, 2006, 08:13:51 PM
Reed, who\'d both wanted this to happen and also not,
 
What kind of contradictive freak, are you?
 
wondered where Tom\'s easy acceptance of sexuality between men, had come from.  Sure, they\'d been together a couple of times, but it had been largely hetero-based curiosity and more than a minor portion of blood blackmail.  So, why was Tom here in this shower, hugging him, rubbing cocks together like it was turning him on?
 
Who the fuck are you?  You buy a house, settle down in a city, invite me over and imply committment, hug me in the shower, look like you\'re ready to fuck.  Where is Tom?
 
"You\'re an unpredictable cunt," Reed said, but reached down and squeezed Tom\'s ass with both hands before licking a trail up his chest.
 
Fuck me
(and he has, real nice)
he\'s gorgeous
Why should I complain?
Don\'t fight it, just go with it
Give him something
You know you want it too
 
"Drink from me," Reed said into the rush of hissing water.  It wasn\'t an offer or request.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on November 30, 2006, 09:03:32 PM
Releasing a breathy chuckle at being told he was unpredictable and impressed that Reed could turn right around and prove he was by requesting the drinking straight up, Tom grinned obligingly.  He gripped the mortal\'s chin between his thumb and fingers (not harshly but neither was it a loving gesture) with his left hand, and tipped his head in that direction.  He leaned in and prodded Reed\'s throat with his tongue tip, enjoying the pulse of the vein beneath.  He also enjoyed the way his buddy smelled; all clean and wet and... Reedish... so he lingered there with a softer, lapping tongue for a moment or two but...

He bit soon enough.  The first drop caused his grip on the mortal\'s hip to strengthen quite a bit, and the vampire to undulate against his victim

How the fuck is he so sweet?  That\'s just... mindblowing... every time... how could I think about stopping this shit?  I must be fucking crazy.

as a shiver of awareness rippled through him.  He knew Reed would be able to safely lose quite a bit of blood, but he didn\'t want to be greedy now and rule out anything later or tomorrow night, so he attempted not to bite too deeply, not to use too many fangs, he just tasted lightly... but... Reed just tasted so good that... he found it hard to remain in control.

After one mouthful, in fact, Tom\'s left hand released Reed\'s jaw, snaking up along his face to get a grip on the longer strands of hair on the top of his hand (a feat he would never dare attempt if he didn\'t know that Reed had just washed it and he wouldn\'t get chewed out for ruining his precious styling).  The power of the blood seemed to be filling him instantly  

Does it get quicker to thrill me, the longer I go without tasting him?


as he closed his fingers on the brown hair and moved Reed\'s head very gently and slightly in time with his swallows.  His right hand snuck around and squeezed an ass cheek, his fingers sliding up and down the crease teasingly.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 01, 2006, 06:10:14 AM
With his heart racing and understanding that the adrenalin coursing through his veins would probably give Tom an extra thrill, Reed surrendered himself willingly, surprised to find how strong his desire for this was.
 
When Tom bit, and moved against him, Reed released a half-sigh, half-groan and his hands automatically went around Tom\'s shoulders. Tom rubbing against him while drinking was a great sensation, one he encouraged with movement from his own hips.
 
More touching and Reed found himself as lost in it as he was in sex
 
as lost as you were with Ryan when you called out Tom\'s name
 
Ryan? How the hell had he remembered his name? Those others he slept with were unimportant. It suddenly struck him that Tom was very important to him.
 
important enough to live with him?
fuck it
don\'t think about that shit now
just... Enjoy
 
Reed scratched his nails finely across Tom\'s shoulders and mirrored Tom\'s grip in his hair. He hoped this would end satisfyingly for them both. So far it had for the past couple of times, he wouldn\'t mind making a habit of it. He moved his ass back and forth, against Tom\'s fingers and then forward to meet groin to groin, feeling spoiled.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 01, 2006, 06:57:51 AM
Although the blood was seeping, the taste of it was so good, Tom found himself actively sucking from the vein, encouraging it to come in hot bursts that splashed against the roof of his mouth that he then pressed against with his tongue.  He\'d never been one to wax lyrical about the tang and texture of a victim\'s blood (except a baby\'s... that was a delicacy in its own right) but his mind was concocting all sorts of psychedelic images to go with every mouthful of Reed.

It was damn unsettling and not anything he\'d expected.  He thought it might have something to do with the fact that he was feeling along with the tasting; in his mind he was seeing blooming masses of colour (nothing specific, just colours) but in his body there were greater reactions, emotions surfacing; happiness and... contentment and excitement.

It was too much, he was too attached.

He bit his lip harshly - before he could think too much about it - bleeding onto the wound and prying at it with his tongue until it closed, releasing his hold on Reed\'s hair, softening his grip on his ass... calming down.  He needed to calm down

reassess, fuck

and get a handle on things.  After a few moments pressing his lips against Reed\'s skin, sliding them up and down while he stroked his hair and caressed his hip, Tom steeled himself and moved back, forcing a smile onto his face.  He didn\'t feel it, despite feeling so good a moment before.  He was... confused.  His goal had been clear, fuckit; his thoughts far less muddy when not facing the reality of his lover.  He remained touching the mortal, but there was some space between them, so he could look into his deep brown eyes.

"Thanks," he said simply, finding it was inadequate for what he was experiencing, but enough to have something out there for Reed to react to.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 01, 2006, 07:04:10 AM
Reed was disappointed that Tom had pulled away, and this was apparent in his gaze even through the dreamy quality of his stare.  It was like waking up before getting enough sleep.  He was frowning lightly but couldn\'t exactly be angry at Tom for doing exactly as Reed asked.  Maybe he didn\'t know Reed had wanted to fuck?
 
Maybe Tom is still the Tom you know
 
Reed let go of Tom so that he could run his hands over his hair, pushing it back and out of his face, looking at the vampire through the wash of the shower, wondering why the other stopped.  He wasn\'t feeling light-headed or anything.
 
He wanted to say something, anything, but couldn\'t think of what to say so just stared back, wondering what Tom was seeing in his expression.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 01, 2006, 07:28:49 AM
Once Reed moved, Tom\'s spell was broken and he let go of the mortal, reaching for the soap because his hands suddenly felt very empty.  He ducked around Reed, standing behind him so that he could use the spray

and you don\'t have to look at his face back here

without interference.

This wasn\'t going to plan at all.  It was his own fucking fault, too.  He\'d created an expectation through his teasing, initially, letting Reed think there was a sexual element to his feeding off him... and then there was for him, too, through the trickery of it.  In making Reed want him, he\'d turned the tables and wanted as well... so there\'d been a couple of heady feeds and fucks before... New Zealand.  Where shit had started to crash down on Tom and make him see that he had it within his grasp to make Reed a lot less fragile... and that had seemed a fabulous idea when he was here, alone in his house.

It\'d seemed simple.  A few last feedings, some sex and then he\'d turn Reed undead (with his agreement... probably).  After that, he\'d anticipated a new depth to their companionship but he\'d figured the sex would die down because there\'d be no more feedings and they\'d be closer on a sire-fledgling level anyway.

Now he found it not so simple, because Reed was warm and tasted beautiful and felt divine and he liked the tension and unpredictability of it.  Ah, who was he kidding? He loved the unpredictability of it and that element would be gone if he... killed Reed.  He hadn\'t expected it, though; Reed was a guy - not his sexual preference but his... life preference?  How the fuck did that shit work?

He glowered at Reed\'s neck while he negligently soaped himself up, acknowledging that he didn\'t have a clue about what he was doing.  It had been much simpler when he hadn\'t given a shit about the mortal race, not one of them.  But apparently one was enough to bring down his defenses and show him a different side of existing.  He\'d certainly never had such enjoyment out of his life, until Reed came along and really... all he wanted was to hang onto that.  Because it was actually kind of cool to share shit with someone that wasn\'t going to be dead in the next ten minutes.

Spontaneously, he stepped forward again, wrapping his arms around Reed\'s middle and resting his forehead on his left shoulder, front pressed intimately to back.  He wanted to express his confusion, his deliberations

more sharing... great

but couldn\'t.  He needed to know what he wanted before he dragged Reed through this stupidity.  Reed would laugh and call him a fucking idiot for caring, even if he tried to justify his fluctuating emotions by explaining it was the first time he\'d ever cared about anyone but himself - and Reed was in the same damn boat!  Still, he knew there\'d be teasing.

"I\'m glad you came," he said softly.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 01, 2006, 07:38:21 AM
But I didn\'t cum
 
was immediately on his lips but he bit it back, knowing that he\'d be fucking up seriously if he made light of a serious moment.  Was this the kind of shit that he wanted?  It seemed it was, because he liked the fact that Tom had said that (even though on a shallower element it pissed him off), but how long would that last?  Maybe they\'d have a bit of fun on a more intimate level, maybe it would even last for a while, but they were who they were, and Reed knew his attention span.
 
Short.
 
The longest relationship was... fuck, what relationship?  He\'d never been there, done that.  Why would he?  He\'d had casual partners he\'d come back to fuck, but even they drifted away over time.  His most committed relationship were his friendships with Tom and the rest of their buddies, and even then he wouldn\'t\'ve cared too much if one of them had died.
 
"I missed you too, you fucking retard," Reed said, betraying some of his indignation from missing out in the shower while also acknowledging that he didn\'t regret being here.
 
He was confused.  Maybe he was already in a relationship with Tom.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 01, 2006, 04:11:20 PM
Missed me?  Is that what this is? This erratic bullshit.  Missed him...
 
The vampire gave a breathy chuckle, delivered against Reed\'s left ear as he raised his head to nuzzle against it, amazed by how the words made him feel.  It was so lame but he liked being missed, it felt good to be told that he\'d been thought about.  It was reassuring to know that it hadn\'t all been one sided and although he couldn\'t understand the exact nature of it, just knowing satisfied something hesitant within.
 
"Yeah?" he murmured.  "What\'d you miss about me?"
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 03, 2006, 07:27:06 AM
When faced with the question
 
Everything
 
Reed couldn\'t find an answer that he felt was appropriate.  He thought about it for a moment, then listened as the silence extended beneath the spray of the water.
 
"The whole world is made up of losers.  You\'re not one of them."  What was he trying to say.  That Tom was worthy?  He supposed that would have to placate the vampire.  If Tom wanted specifics, well, Reed would tease the fuck out of him.
 
He thought about how they were positioned.  As soon as Tom wrapped arms around him, Reed\'s own had covered over them, keeping them in place.  He\'d done it without thinking about it, without realising it.  Body language should be telling Tom everything, right?  Reed liked being in his arms - sappy, but true.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 03, 2006, 11:35:31 AM
Tom laughed fully at the non-specific wording, finding himself back in a place he felt entirely comfortable with his buddy; the realm of jest.  He walked Reed in a little circle so that he was facing the smooth, tiled wall that didn\'t hold the taps and showerhead and began winding his arms in and around Reed\'s as he spoke.

"I\'m not a loser?  That\'s all you\'re giving me?  That\'s what you missed about me?" he murmured, nipping Reed\'s ear and flicking it with his tongue as he finally reached the mortal\'s hands and lifted them away from their bodies.  He pressed Reed\'s palms flat against the tiles with his hands atop them, pinning them in place beneath entwined arms.  "Nothing else?" he prompted, rubbing his crotch against his buddy\'s ass.

It was exactly the type of teasing he\'d always done but the difference between what he\'d once done and now, was the fact that he sported a semi because he knew how good the follow through could be.  He half wished it weren\'t the case, so that Reed might believe he wasn\'t about to do anything - and definitely not until he was told in detail what had been missed.

"I missed the way you tasted," he whispered, draped over Reed\'s back and still licking around his ear while he spoke, chest muscles rubbing slow circles across and around shoulder blades.  "I missed the warmth and the feel of you around me," he hissed, with a protracted grind that only made him harder.  "And," he said, suddenly a lot brighter and pulling himself away from Reed as much as he could (while still keeping his hands in place), "I missed you when I found this really cool overhanging rock that\'s like four stories high out in the woods and I didn\'t have a spot partner to abseil down it.  It\'s good you\'re here," he chirped, smirking at the back of Reed\'s head, playing him knowingly.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 03, 2006, 05:51:53 PM
Mmmn, yes
 
He liked where this conversation was headed, liked the fact that Tom was much better at the sappy shit than he was, so that way Reed didn\'t feel stupid even with his tiny offering. As he was told how he was missed, he prepared himself a better response to give Tom, so his friend could feel the same warmth at hearing nice shit said about him. Tease him if he wanted specifics? Reed was prepared to let that go, simply because of the surprisingly nice way it felt to be told the things he had.
 
Until, of course, Tom pulled away and spouted some crap about seeing a rock that he wanted to climb. Reed knew he was just being toyed with, the sudden subject change and Tom\'s withdrawal was pretty fucking obvious, but it still had an immensely negative effect on Reed, who lowered his hands from the shower stall wall and shifted so that he was leaning with his shoulder against it, looking at the wall in front of him, seeing Tom peripherally. He was pissed off at his buddy, seriously pissed off for turning a vulnerable moment into a joke.
 
Where\'s my fucking sense of humour gone?
 
Maybe this was why he never had relationships, because as soon as they began to bud and flower, he found he couldn\'t be teased anymore.
 
Fuck that, I don\'t mind being teased just
Not when I don\'t know where I stand
 
Still angry and upset, he took a breath while still facing the wall and managed to smirk over his shoulder at Tom.
 
"You\'re just saying you can\'t do anything without me," he replied blithely, teasing back even while his chest felt hollow and his gut was wrenching. Why the fuck was he feeling this way? Couldn\'t he just feel like he was pretending to feel? Bemused and light-hearted? It would make things easier.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 03, 2006, 06:08:15 PM
Tom\'s head tilted as he watched Reed pull away completely, surprised because... well, he hadn\'t expected his tease to go like that at all.  He\'d anticipated being growled at, ground into and maybe even begged (yeah, he liked the begging bit alright), but his friend didn\'t look in the mood to do any of those things.  He didn\'t look happy at all, in fact and the longer Tom watched him, the more obvious it became.

Still, it wasn\'t like he hadn\'t dealt with an angry Reed before.  He laughed off the comment but had a very serious answer for it regardless.  "Not can\'t.  I just... don\'t want to," he shrugged, grinning approvingly at his buddy.  "Shit\'s boring as hell without you," he said offhandedly, stepping back and under the spray.  He began soaping properly and adjusted the taps but found he was fighting a losing battle - the water was definitely going cold.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 03, 2006, 06:14:51 PM
As Tom stared at him, Reed stared back and soon enough Tom had an answer as he always had an answer and then continued to shower.  Reed, who wasn\'t in the mood after being worked up (and then down), was feeling like the shower water - first heated, then cooling down.
 
I\'m just tired
 
Yeh, tired, that was the reason, that would work.  The flight had tired him out.  Fuck that shit, he knew it was crap, but he clung to it as a desperate man would for an easy explanation.
 
He stepped out whilst informing Tom:  "You\'re fighting a losing battle," because he could feel the water turning tepid.  He realised that his words could also mean for his state of mind as well, but that shit was way too deep so shook his head (much like a dog) and then grabbed a towel to finish the job properly.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 03, 2006, 06:25:39 PM
The vampire raised his eyebrows as Reed went past him with a snippy comment, wondering what he was talking about.  He didn\'t even contemplate that the mortal was talking about the water, he thought maybe he was warning Tom not to bother trying to cheer him up because he was beyond that.

Well, he\'d see about that.

Once he\'d finished washing away soap - from bits that had been cleaned thoroughly just a short while before he went to pick Reed up from the airport (and therefore didn\'t need another clean but it had been habit to do so... and some parts had build up that needed to be rinsed away, anyway) - Tom turned the water off and joined his friend outside the stall.  He grabbed his (still damp) towel, watching the brunette thoughtfully.  He was certainly getting the cold shoulder so he wasn\'t quite as confident at dispelling the bad mood as he had been.

"Ready for bed?" he asked, thinking Reed was tired and being fussy, as they all had a habit of being after an international flight.  It was nothing unusual, but the fact that there weren\'t four other guys here to deflect the crankiness made it more noticeable.  He guessed.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 04, 2006, 07:53:39 AM
"No," Reed replied succinctly, not looking at Tom as he rubbed the towel across his hair and then his skin, drying himself thoroughly and without fuss.
 
What\'s going on with you?
Sleeping when you still have time to kill?
You have a fucking day of sleep and you want more?
 
"There\'s a lot of night left," he said after a long moment, then frowned at his buddy.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 04, 2006, 08:05:46 AM
Tom grunted, raising his eyebrows and avoiding making the point that he believed Reed was in need of a nap.  He treasured having his head attached to his body, after all.  "So you want to go out, then?" he queried, wanting clarification before he advanced the conversation.

He was becoming exceedingly cautious as they went along, realising that perhaps he\'d completely lost the insinuation that he wanted to go to bed with Reed - and not for sleep - somewhere along the way.  What the fuck did he care whether it was night or day?  His house was completely sun proofed, time passed without him knowing exactly when it was - and he\'d been surprised to find himself up in the daylight more and more often, after he\'d spent nights alone and doing nothing but sleeping - and he hadn\'t thought Reed wanted to venture into the city.  He\'d cartainly made a lot of noise about hating it last time.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 04, 2006, 08:13:56 AM
"No."
 
He didn\'t want to go out, not in this city.  He was grumpy now about being stuck in this house while Tom turned into Not-Tom and there was no place else to go that didn\'t involve leaving himself prone to all the other freaky night-creatures that lived here.
 
Was that how this city had started?  A few more than usual had settled down, which attracted more and more until vampires like Tom felt at home with others of his kind?
 
He finished drying himself and left the bathroom, telling Tom he\'d be unpacking.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 04, 2006, 08:24:40 AM
Tom melodramatically contemplated the ceiling, with outstretched arms and a \'Why me, Lord?\' expression that didn\'t bear any more than an antagonised growl - low in his throat so Reed wouldn\'t see how frustrated with him he was getting - before he grabbed his clothes and followed his friend out of the bathroom.
 
"So you want to unpack - then what?" he asked, trying to remain calm but it was apparent his patience was wearing thin. "Cos\'... y\'know... you\'re my guest and all and what you say goes! If you tell me you want to ride around on my bike for three hours, you can do it; if you tell me to go buy you a three course meal of steak and bat droppings, I\'ll do it; if you tell me to take you to the highest point in the city and blow you, I\'ll do it... but you gotta\' give me some idea what you want, dude!" he declared exasperatedly, watching Reed\'s meticulous movements closely.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 10, 2006, 12:39:10 AM
Reed ignored Tom until the last suggestion came,
 
blow me?
 
causing him to hesitate for a moment, surprised by what the other had said before dismissing it as usual Tom bullshit.  It was weird having Tom bouncing around him, calling him a guest and demanding to be given orders.
 
"The bike sounds good," Reed said as he picked up a trio of folded t-shirts and transferred them into a drawer.  He didn\'t look at Tom as he said this, waiting until after the shirts were put away before he stood up straighter and looked at his buddy.  There was still more to unpack but he figured that the vampire might have something to do or say in the face of Reed\'s anti-social behaviour.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 10, 2006, 12:47:34 AM
Tom\'s jaw set and he stalked out of the bedroom (flinging his clothes ruthlessly onto the bed as he did, not caring that he was naked as he prowled around).  He went to the lounge room, where he kept his keys in a crystal bowl on an end table, for it was the mid-point to most directions and doorways in the house.  He snatched his bike keys up and strode back down the hall to his room, where he dangled them sharply in Reed\'s face.

He realised then that he hadn\'t moved fast enough to stay ahead of his hurt that his friend wished to leave his presence already; neither had an answer to the dilemma that that caused inside him arisen in his haste.

"Here," he barked, expecting the mortal to snatch the keys away and make a hasty retreat and not wanting him to but unwilling to say so.  He was a guest and cranky, after all; he needed to be appeased.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 10, 2006, 12:51:19 AM
Reed snatched them as predicted, but he didn\'t make a hasty retreat.  Instead, he got angry and got into Tom\'s face.
 
"What the fuck is up with you, man?" he said, frowning and spreading out his arms, the hand that didn\'t hold the keys was palm out in a gesture of appeal.  "I don\'t know how to act with you hovering all over me and fucking... storming around."
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 10, 2006, 01:04:00 AM
Tom frowned through his glare, taking an unsteady step back and ruffling a hand through his hair, the other attached to his hip.  He tried to think of something argumentative to say, but found that he was done with avoiding shit and couldn\'t even bring himself to prolong the antagonism.  Not that he couldn\'t be bothered; he didn\'t want to fight with Reed.  It took him a few moments of silence to process that little realisation (and quite a lot of hair pulling, too).

"I\'m sorry.  I don\'t want to make you.... I don\'t wanna\' upset you.  Fuckit," he swore softly, worriedly, both hands now dropping to his hips and his shoulders drooping marginally.  "I just want you to be happy, that\'s all.  I\'m glad you came, I like having you here, I want you to be happy here," he said honestly, voice still low and serious.  "I know it took a lot for you to come because you hate this place but I\'m just so grateful I feel like... like I should make it up to you or something.  Thank you.  And so far I\'ve done a fucking shit job," he laughed ruefully, "so I dunno\' how the fuck to make it better now, except by giving you whatever you want."
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 10, 2006, 01:11:05 AM
Reed stared at Tom like he\'d just grown two heads.
 
he\'s babbling sensitive new age shit
he loves me, man
no way he\'s Tom
I hate committment
you both hate committment
sounds like he wants more out of me regardless
 
Reed didn\'t know what to say.  He continued to look at Tom and then finally tore his eyes away so he could look back at his suitcase.
 
could just throw all my shit back in here
leave take off go away exit outta here
 
"I should finish unpacking, then," Reed said in a voice that sounded like a lot of punch had been taken out of it.  Tom had smacked him in a sensitive place and Reed didn\'t really have enough in him to retaliate.  Driven by the statement he\'d made, he returned to putting his clothes away, as though Tom had just said the most normal thing on the planet.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 10, 2006, 01:23:57 AM
The expression on Reed\'s face was
 
aghast
 
enough to make Tom wither inside. He walked back to the bed, leaving Reed to fill his cupboard with his clothes and feeling like he\'d been kicked in the balls. He pulled his jeans on without underwear, just because he felt he needed the protection, the barrier, and fast. He sat on the bed then, leaning casually against the headboard and staring at the television, taking a moment to register through his thoughts that it was focussed on the bathroom doorway.
 
He really was fucking things up. He wanted to be closer to Reed, to sire him and share a lot of years together, having fun, but the minute he\'d said something akin
 
not even akin, a far distant cousin to what you really want and feel but on the same family tree and... it was enough... even so far away... not even close to grandma vampirism and inviting Reed to come play on your team for eternity
 
to how he felt, his buddy had clammed up and gone all... stiff. There was an air of awkwardness about them, thickening the atmosphere of the room and making him hate the fact that he\'d ever even opened his mouth. The worst part was, the only way to fix it (as far as he saw) was to explain... and he was fucked if he was going to continue in that vein tonight.
 
Reed had just got off the plane, had just set foot in his home for the first time and he (like a fucking moron) had been hinting that he wanted stuff from him on a more permanent basis from the get-go. He hadn\'t been able to specify but he was beginning to see how that was bad. That Reed had got... some sort of other impression
 
because vampirism was the logical conclusion and he should\'ve figured it out? You fucking idiot, review! You said you were glad he was here and talked about him having a room in your house. He thinks you want to have his babies or something and he has no fucking clue what to do with that - or you. You freaked him out!
Ohhhh.
 
and was now just waiting for... a proposal of marriage or something? Fucking hell. He flicked through the cameras and took them out of their zoomed modes one by one, altering the perspective he\'d previously gained on Reed\'s luggage into an overall view of the room and them in it, not really watching but waiting for his friend to say something or do something instead. He\'d obviously done enough talking for one night (or ten).
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 10, 2006, 01:34:26 AM
Reed finished packing in silence, feeling like he was under the microscope and being very tense because of it.  Self-awareness was a real bitch when all he wanted to do was relax.  He\'d come here looking forward to spending time with Tom and hanging out, chilling out, only to find Not-Tom had invaded his buddy and wasn\'t going to leave anytime soon.
 
Was it this city?  Was there something here that affected supernaturals?  Like a chemical in the air that made them want to grab a partner and settle down?  He wouldn\'t\'ve believed it if Tom hadn\'t been acting so... well, funky.
 
He finished unpacking, hefted his suitcase into the closet and shut the door, felt a lump in his jeans pocket and wondered what the hell it was, and ended up fishing out the keys to Tom\'s bike.  Ah.  Habit had taken over and he\'d shoved them into his pants to get them out of the way.  He used them as an excuse to approach Tom now, and handed them to him.
 
"Not really in the mood for a bike ride, to be honest," he said, offering a tiny and very uncertain smile.
 
Please?
can we just go back to being normal?
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 10, 2006, 01:42:27 AM
Tom gave a small smile and took the keys, tossing them onto the bedside drawers near his left hip.  "No problem," he said casually, clearing his shirt and underwear off the bed with a swipe of his leg and indicating the area beside him with a thumb as he said, "you should probably rest a while anyway.  I would\'ve been paranoid about you operating my delicate machinery so soon after getting off the plane.  You\'d probably drive it on the wrong side of the road and crash or some shit

and die... yep, you\'d die
Fuck,
stop it!

so I\'d have had to go with you anyway," he said, managing a laugh that sounded casual.

He averted his gaze to the television, watching as it switched from cameras to cable and some stand up comedian started making jokes about fast food.  He wanted to turn the lights out - he had a switch for them all built in beside him, as well as in the wall near the door - but wasn\'t sure that that would relax Reed, either.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 22, 2006, 06:22:19 AM
Reed sat on the bed and swung his legs up, taking the same position as Tom, right beside him.  Instead of thinking about all that had transpired between them so far, he focussed on the current activity.  Tom was right, he was tired and it was hard to think, and likely he wouldn\'t have been too hot riding Tom\'s super-sensitive sportsbike.
 
Reed paid attention to the television for a bit, grinning or chuckling at the jokes he tended to find really funny, not in the mood for big guffaws.  His attention wandered though, and for some reason after his gaze flitted around the room, his stare landed on the clasp of Tom\'s jeans, and at the small creases in Tom\'s stomach where he was slightly bent in his laid back position.
 
What did he want?  What did he really want?  A fuck before bedtime?  Yeh, that couldn\'t hurt.  What then?  If Tom wasn\'t lying about that rock perfect for abseiling, then they would go to it tomorrow night.  That would be good, too.  Hanging out together, that was all he wanted.  No confusing shit, no talking it over, just letting it happen naturally.  That was what he wanted.
 
"Let\'s climb into bed and turn out the lights," Reed said, lifting his gaze to Tom\'s face for a moment before hopping off the bed and getting himself naked once again, looking forward to sliding between the sheets and maybe something would happen, and hopefully nothing would be said.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 22, 2006, 04:41:00 PM
Tom crooked an eyebrow, looking Reed over as he removed his clothes but averting his gaze before he saw too much, not wanting to upset the mortal by making him think he was perving. Sure, they\'d been close to doing stuff in the shower but he\'d fed and fucked it up by talking too much; he didn\'t think making a move would be welcome after all that.
 
"Sure," he grunted and did exactly the opposite to his buddy\'s request - he reached down to the panel in his bedside table and switched off all the lights with his left hand first. He dropped the remote from his other and used it to undo his jeans at basically the same time, obviously thinking that the benefits of multi-tasking would outweigh the effect of him wriggling around on the bed looking like an idiot, yanking the covers from beneath him while dislodging his pants from his long legs and kicking them onto the floor. He left the TV on so that Reed had some light to go by until he got into bed, finding the mortal was settled long before he was done sliding down, fluffing pillows and organising his lower half to be covered by the top sheet. He ignored the rest of the blankets; he was neither hot nor cold, but there was a bit more dignity to being under some covers, plus it was likely to make Reed feel more comfortable.
 
Not that he obviously had any idea about what Reed was thinking or wanting at this stage... he just figured he was best to play it safe for the time being.  He supposed the fact that the king sized bed left plenty of space between them was a good thing, in that respect (even if he wished to be a lot closer to Reed\'s tantalising warmth).
 
"You want the TV off?" he asked, turning his head to look at his beautifully tanned companion - though his complexion wasn\'t at its most favourable in the reflected light of the large screen. Somehow, the mortal managed to make it look good, though. "I\'ve got a nightlight in the bathroom for you, it stays on twenty-four hours because it\'s one that responds to ambient light, so you shouldn\'t be too lost, no matter when you wake up." The alarm clock on Reed\'s bedside table would define that time for him, as well as cast a reddish glow around the bedroom - every light was more noticeable in a house that lacked all natural influence in that area - but he\'d known from having Nimm working on the interior with him that it wasn\'t enough when all the lights were off. The darkness in the house was complete even in broad daylight.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 23, 2006, 06:54:20 AM
"Yes," he replied for the television.
 
He didn\'t say anything else, merely lay down facing Tom, his head on the pillow, knowing that the vampire wouldn\'t instigate anything. Reed wasn\'t too hopeless when it came to solving why he wouldn\'t. Reed had rejected him a few times already after all, with that weird speech and then the teasing in the shower that had gone wrong.
 
Should he instigate? He wasn\'t sure. He thought about it, how he would slide over and use his hand to seek the hard muscles of Tom\'s chest, imagining moving it downward and working up wood in Tom\'s groin. He watched Tom for a very long moment, trying to decide. If he went for it, then Tom would hopefully feel better about how they were, maybe not say more shit like that, but then, maybe he\'d see that as a go ahead to vomit out more feelings and hints of commitment. If he didn\'t go for it and just turned around and slept, Tom would feel like shit but it was a guarantee that he wouldn\'t go there. Mind, he might feel the pressing urge to make it up to Reed by going overboard again.
 
Either way there was a risk. Reed figured he might as well do what he wanted.
 
Sliding over between the sheets, he worked himself over to Tom and pressed up against him.
 
"Shut up," he ordered, even though Tom hadn\'t said anything. His hand did exactly as imagined, floating over the muscles of Tom\'s chest, while Reed started to get turned on already, twitching and grinding against Tom\'s thigh. His hand drifted further down and took a hold of Tom, fingers massaging and working at the vampire, attempting to build him up to something they could use.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 23, 2006, 09:06:16 AM
Oddly, as soon as Tom was told he couldn\'t speak, he had an awful lot he wanted to say, though he recognised it was mostly inane shit - like asking Reed what he was doing.  It was very obvious what Reed was doing, there was no point in voicing such a question; he was using Tom the way Tom had used him for blood.  Reed\'s use couldn\'t be the same, but the vampire felt that the spirit of it was, and there was something balanced in that.

Besides, he\'d never had the mortal start things off and definitely not like this.  It had always been Tom who\'d teased, Tom who\'d toyed while he drank - and then, more recently, Tom who begged shamelessly for the privilege of being with the mortal in any and every way he could.  Having Reed attend to him in such a deliberate fashion wasn\'t particularly romantic (for want of a better word) but it definitely served its purpose, for the stark sexuality of it hardened him swiftly.

He flicked the television off and dropped the remote onto his nightstand, then turned to face Reed better, watching him intently in the darkness.  It took next to no time for his vision to accommodate the gentle light bleeding into the bedroom from the bathroom at his back, though he wondered if Reed\'s eyes would be able to adjust so quickly and found himself staring at the mortal\'s mouth, trying to decide if a kiss was a good idea.  In this moment, he\'d surprise the brunette and be able to judge if it was a welcome introduction into their play or not... without giving it any more thought (for time was of the essence and doubts were rampant), Tom leaned down and pressed his lips to Reed\'s, kissing him briefly and then pulling back (realising only then that he could have masked the move by trailing his lips down to Reed\'s neck, but he didn\'t regret it, for he had a better view this way) to guage his reaction.

His body had moved of its own volition when the TV went off and he\'d rolled over, pressing eagerly against Reed\'s warmth, his hand finding it a novel thing to investigate the plane of the mortal\'s muscled back before sliding down to grip his ass and encourage the grinding against him.  He wondered what was expected of him but couldn\'t ask, which was as annoying as it was thrilling (because he\'d never bowed to anyone\'s wishes but his own in bed and to do so for Reed filled his chest with a foreign sensation of heat - that was strangely satisfying).  The vampire was beginning to suspect that he\'d be on the receiving end tonight and... that seemed like a pretty good idea to him right now, as well.  Because he couldn\'t speak, it seemed right that Reed was in control of all aspects of this union... but his expression was far more predatory than meek as he watched the mortal.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 23, 2006, 06:25:20 PM
Reed accepted the kiss, thinking that there was more and surprised when Tom pulled away.  His lips parted slightly, his tongue peeked out to wet them and then his breath followed, deeper breaths of desire, the kind that came well before the panting.
 
His fingers continued to work Tom; his fingertips massaging and stroking before the palm of his hand would twist around the hardened silken cock, fingers lightly trailing inside his thighs and under his balls before more attention returned to Tom\'s cock.  Reed was hard enough and glad that Tom was receptive and not pushing him away, though he half suspected that as things continued and Tom realised what Reed\'s intentions were, he might have the tables turned on him.  That was okay too, but he was interested in what his mostly-hetero buddy would do.
 
His own vision adjusted a greal deal slower than Tom\'s.  Shapes and shadows defined his dark world while Tom saw detail.  Reed didn\'t need to know expression, he just needed to know action.  So far all was good.  There would be very little foreplay in this, Reed wasn\'t in the mood to tease and be playful, he just wanted to fuck.  Lifting himself up and then over, he worked himself upon Tom\'s body so that his legs were in between Tom\'s, sacrificing the hand-job so that he could hold himself up with both arms, rubbing their bodies together, humping groins, then licking across Tom\'s mouth (the only teasing he was likely to be doing) before kissing.
 
They\'d need lubricant, and he guessed that Tom would have it accessible, but would his friend seek it out and offer it up or would Reed have to look for it himself (or ask for it if there wasn\'t an obvious place for it)?  He continued grinding and rubbing, a hand reaching down to urge one of Tom\'s legs to bend at the knee.  If they were going to continue in this position, Tom would also have to make himself accessible.  There would be a great deal of vulnerability involved.
 
Do I want him to stop me so he can fuck me?  Am I taunting him or testing him?  Will I turn this against him if he doesn\'t allow it?
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 24, 2006, 12:10:04 AM
Tom got the message pretty damn clearly and he reached into the drawer by his shoulder to obediently offer lubricant after his leg was shifted. He was tense simply because he wasn\'t entirely certain what was going to happen and how pleasant it might be - he\'d never contemplated even being in this position and... executing things in this fashion, frankly - but he didn\'t stop Reed and he didn\'t say anything as he held the small black container towards his friend.
 
The feeling of being used only intensified and he was awed by the sensations being aroused in him. He supposed he should be offended or demoralised, but it wasn\'t like he hadn\'t been in Reed\'s position before, didn\'t think he deserved this. He even had the urge to offer a set of handcuffs from the second drawer to the mortal, to finalise his submission and bind his hands like his tongue had been... but he didn\'t (for the time being). The cannister of lube would be enough for that - it declared openly that he didn\'t object to what was about to happen (even if it did make him nervous as hell), that he understood what he was in for, even if the logistics of it escaped him.
 
How different could it be from a woman sticking a vibrator in his ass, anyway? He was obviously going to find out and he lifted his hips slightly, both feet flat on the bed to support him (bent at the knees), keen to have the sweet torture of grinding come to a halt, in order for the penetration to begin. He couldn\'t help but wonder, as he did, if it would be anywhere near as enjoyable as being on the other side of the equation... and was unable to relax completely until he found out.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 26, 2006, 01:12:20 AM
Reed had to kneel up when the lube was offered, and deftly he uncapped it and spread some onto the index and middle finger of his right hand.  He felt a wash of unreality while he did this, with Tom thrumming with need below him.
 
Tom.
His Tom.
 
Capping the bottle and tossing it aside so it remained within reach (for he would need it again), he held onto one of Tom\'s cheeks with his free hand, squeezing it and allowing his right hand better access to Tom\'s tight puckered hole, feeling somewhat reverent that he would be the first man to do this.
 
A cheap, fast fuck had changed to a big deal now that Reed understood the quality of Tom\'s decision to allow him this.  Not that it was going to slow Reed down too much, he was horny as hell.
 
His middle finger slid in first, finding Tom tight and not relaxed at all.  He wriggled his finger around, shifting all the way in and then stroking that place on the inside which would have Tom writhing.  He waited for Tom to relax his muscles a little more before adding his index finger, and soon he was finger fucking his friend while thinking of the next step, scissoring them while pulling out, keeping them together while pushing in.
 
Man, this was both amazing and bizarre, and he stared at Tom beneath him, not taking his eyes off him, in case he blurred into somebody else.  If Reed was fooling himself and having some kind of hallucination, injecting Tom into someone else\'s place, then he would roll with it.  He knew this was real, but was still amazed by it.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 26, 2006, 01:26:56 PM
When Reed knelt, Tom\'s hands slid off the mortal and floated about aimlessly, eventually finding purchase on two rungs of the wooden headboard above him.  Unlike his friend

lover

he couldn\'t make eye contact and was busy staring at the ceiling.  It made the anticipation bearable if he wasn\'t watching what was happening to him and could, instead, merely process it as it came.

He found very quickly that he was completely unprepared for this experience, vibrators in his past or not.  Women had tried to inspire this sensation in him with mixed results - generally enjoyable ones, in their favour - but none had come close to matching it.  Reed knew exactly where to touch and precisely how to stroke; again, Tom was floored (and aroused) by his skill, left to become a clenching, roiling, straining mess of want, dependent on the mortal\'s every whimsical finger brush for the arousal he was fast becoming a slave to.

It wasn\'t entirely pleasant, because it took him a while to settle into the groove and allow himself to be taken by it.  Until that point, the sheer power of the emotions had his skin crawling with conflicting sensations of lust and repulsion, his ass clenching in an effort to reject the unnatural intrusion (even while his hips slid him down to meet Reed\'s thrusts), his jaw clenching and eyes blinking rapidly.  Something had made him look at Reed then, and the impact of the simple action set him immediately to rights.  There was such a great deal - an enormous deal - of passion and emotion evident in the mortal\'s expressive brown eyes as he stared down at him, that it washed over the vampire with an intensity that was frightening.

He looked back at the ceiling hastily, licking his lips and unable to rationalise the impact of just looking at Reed but acknowledging the consequences as his body started tingling with awareness.  Everything he saw in Reed was both exactly what he wanted at that moment and too overwhelming to consider... but his heart was obviously not travelling the path of his physical being so as long as he stayed in that zone - where he wasn\'t likely to be swept away with thoughts and emotions about Reed and what he wanted from him - it would all be sweet.  Very sweet, in fact.

His grip on the wood above his head tightening, Tom\'s eyes drifted closed as he relaxed into Reed\'s ministrations, heels digging into the mattress to aid his hips in rising and falling in time.  It was so much better than a woman attempting it.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 26, 2006, 03:33:45 PM
Reed let Tom settle into it, to accept it and respond as he was, not wishing to move onto the next step as greedily as he wanted to.  Still moving his fingers (but pausing ever so slightly as he reached over for the lube with his free hand), he continued to wriggle them inside Tom\'s body while uncapping the tube and pouring the cold water-based gel upon his own stiffened member, using his unco-ordinated left hand to spread it around while his right continued to ready Tom beneath him.
 
Oh, fuck he looked so hot.  Reed had always wanted this, to be here, to be fucked by and to fuck this man beneath him, knowing, knowing, that he never would have the chance.
 
Never say never
 
Here he was, lubing himself up while preparing Tom for the penetration of his cock.  Surreal and beautiful, looking at his friend grip the bedposts and writhing around like one of those fucking pornos he might\'ve watched on his high-tech bedroom television system.
 
His fingers pulled out... and he angled himself just so, pushing himself in while using both hands to spread Tom\'s cheeks apart before he had to brace his arms on the bed either side.  He could feel Tom\'s body stretching just a little further to accomodate him but didn\'t let up, grinding his hips forward all the way like a wonderfully warm, tight sleeve.
 
"Merciful God," Reed praised as he was in all the way, and waited for a moment for Tom to adjust.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 27, 2006, 01:37:56 AM
"Damn straight," Tom grunted his agreement, settling himself back onto the bed and forcing his grip on the headboard to loosen.  He was likely to rip the rungs out of the heavy, wooden support beams if he didn\'t, so much pressure was he putting on them in his effort to arch away from Reed.

The guy was relentless though, his dick just kept coming and coming - the vampire had never thought the mortal particularly hugely endowed but it felt like he was being fucked by a donkey right now.  The good thing was that it didn\'t hurt (maybe just his mental state of preparedness), the bad thing was that it did nothing for his relaxation processes.

Not a chick... definitely not a fucking chick...

The same thoughts went through his head repeatedly and he had to fight a few rising waves of panic about fucking a man into the bargain, so it was a miracle when he managed to calm down to the point where his muscles weren\'t rigid with tension, his back was once more on the mattress and his legs were able to rub against the warm torso wedged between them (in a gesture meant to show that he was fine but one that became one of seeking reassurance once he acknowledged how it soothed his frantic mind).

Reed... it\'s Reed, he won\'t hurt you, just stay cool, everything\'s cool and it\'s alright... he knows what it\'s like to be reamed, he\'ll do the right thing by you, just keep it together for a bit longer, give him a chance - you want him to give eternity with you a chance, you have to give him a chance... it\'s Reed, be calm...

He\'d touched the brunette plenty of times, spent years joking and fooling around with him - even fucked him on occasion, as it turned out - but nothing so far had been as hard as it was to open his eyes and look at Reed in that moment.  Mixed feelings swamped him again once he made eye contact and his instincts balked at the sight of a guy hovering over him

inside him

but he fought them down with fierce determination.  He forced a tight smile.  He unclenched his abdominal muscles and his ass.  Briefly, his eyes closed again and he did a head-to-toe body check to see that he was still in one piece, nothing had flown off or been awkwardly pierced by Reed\'s third leg and there was possibly some enjoyment to be had here.  He\'d always got off on the vibrators... this was even softer

BIGGER!  Fucking huge!  He\'s a horse, I swear!

and felt a bit more natural (plus there was that giddy sensation of lightness whenever his prostate was brushed) so he shouldn\'t have any problem with it - even if he wasn\'t entirely confident he\'d cum, Reed would.

Stamping down on a new wave of fears at what that would be like, Tom opened his eyes again, giving his body a bit of a wriggle and pleased that the uncomfortable sensation of being filled had passed.  It was alright; he trusted Reed.  Letting go of the headboard (flexing his clawed fingers as they moved), he wrapped them instead around Reed\'s muscled forearms, taking comfort from the warmth and strength there, stroking up and down them lightly (giving and getting more reassurance).  The little smile was still on his lips; he licked them and gave a brief nod, even though he wasn\'t sure a signal was even being waited on.  It felt right, though, so he did it.

Reed sure looked happy; Tom\'s lifeless heart swelled in his chest as he got used to watching the mortal\'s face for the purest source of comfort he\'d found so far.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 27, 2006, 07:04:44 AM
Happy wasn\'t quite the word, awestruck and reverent were closer.  Tom was letting him do this, and he\'d watched his buddy all the way, seeing the small clutches of panic, of dealing with the new sensations.  Reed knew it was better to just go all the way in, let Tom adjust, wait for him to say when it was okay to continue, to enjoy being inside and relish the moment-
 
there it is he wants more now it\'s okay to fuck
 
There was a remarkeable amount of control involved.  Funny how a quick fuck had suddenly taken a dramatic turn.  Reed hadn\'t thought about the fact this was Tom\'s first time, because it wasn\'t, though it sort of was.  He wasn\'t dumb enough to think Tom\'s girls hadn\'t toyed with Tom\'s ass, but he knew it was a big deal to have a cock in there.
 
me he\'s doing it for me he\'ll only let me just me
 
He moved his hips back slowly, feeling himself sliding out.  He didn\'t pull out almost to the tip because he half suspected Tom would clench at the wrong moment and push him out.  Then he speared back forward, a little faster than the first time, grinding his hips forward against Tom\'s body to stop himself from fucking fast and hard like he badly wanted to.
 
The feeling of Tom\'s hands on his arms was comforting to him as well.
 
"You okay?" Reed asked, which was quite possibly the first time he ever had, because every other time he\'d fucked he figured his partner could just deal with his style.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 28, 2006, 12:28:23 AM
Tom breathed a laugh, giving a practice clench to the rod buried in his ass.  "Yeah... I guess," he answered, sounding thoroughly uncertain and wavering between wanting it to just be done quickly so that it would be over and being afraid of it all happening so slowly that it was excruciating.  Oddly, he feared this pain, hated this particular breed of vulnerability and with every fifth beat of Reed\'s heart, he was having second thoughts about what he\'d agreed to.  He didn\'t stop it, though.  Yet.

"Getting there," he promised quietly, sliding his hands up Reed\'s arms and onto his back, lifting his upper body in an attempt to get closer.  Contact made him feel better, despite the noisy little voice in his head that insisted it was such a homo thing to hug while fucking.  He needed a hug; he pressed his lips to the mortal\'s throat, kissing and licking it while his arms wrapped around the warm-but-tense torso above him.  All that really contacted were their chests and his arms as his fingers roved across the bunched muscles of Reed\'s back like a blind man reading braille, but it was enough.  He rubbed his shoulders against Reed\'s, wondering if biting would calm him or just add confusion to the whole situation, finding nuzzling the throat erotic and something that fed the good sensations ebbing from the penetration.

He needed to concentrate on those, to amplify them so that he enjoyed this, rather than just endured it.  He cared about Reed too much to allow the latter to triumph.  He squeezed his ass again and wriggled his hips, realising that he\'d gone soft from thinking things over too much and that he needed to surrender to the primal instincts that had driven him to fuck like a rabbit for centuries.  He was sure they were still inside him... just paralysed by the fear - and that was no way to resolve this.  "Show me... what I\'m missing," he challenged, his mouth working its way up past Reed\'s jaw to his ear, where it nipped after his message was delivered.  He figured it was the fastest way to get a reaction and shut his thoughts the fuck down; he kissed down along the mortal\'s jaw then, wondering if he\'d turn his head and kiss him.  Wondering if that was what he actually wanted.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on December 28, 2006, 05:56:18 AM
Tom\'s consistently intimate gestures had Reed stunned, never guesssing that the vampire would be like this - responsive and emotional. The clenches got a low growl from Reed, the contact of their upper torsos made up his mind for him, if not the challenge that Tom made, coupled with a nibble on his ear.
 
It was enough for Reed to stop second-guessing and pull back before shunting forward, working up a rhythm that was wonderful for him and hopefully something Tom could enjoy. The kissing down his throat had him semi-suspicious that there would be a bite, and he didn\'t mind, despite his constant denials that it turned him on, it did so. He kept his head turned so that Tom had easy access to his throat.
 
This was sex at a raw level, depite the love the pair of them felt for the other, Reed was fucking Tom and he knew it. No matter how cuddly Tom got, Reed was now too horny to appreciate it fully further than wondering at it. Tom would soon learn (if he hadn\'t already), that when Reed was in control, it was all about the act itself with nothing left for any further connections.  And so he gradually sped up the pace, grunting with the force of entering Tom\'s body with every swift, hard stroke.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on December 28, 2006, 10:30:09 AM
Tom grunted also, his thoughts at last confined to a distant level of consciousness that wouldn\'t intrude any more.  It had to be that way, for him to not rebel and stop everything.  There were some good physical feelings - not enough to make him want to make a habit of this, but enough to entice him to carry on - so he tried to wallow in them.

They weren\'t strong enough to get him fully hard again (he had to - selfishly - wonder what the point of that would be, anyway) though, so he bit after all.  He hadn\'t drunk much earlier and was glad that Reed would therefore still have plenty to give now; he pierced the artery without thinking too much about it, attempting to keep it shallow but undone by the rapid pace the mortal was banging out.  The nick was singular (thankfully) but messy... his tongue smeared a good deal of blood around before he got his mouth over it.

Because the scent of blood was so strong - and the pulse of it entering him was soon perfectly timed with Reed\'s thrusts - Tom quickly found the lust he\'d been searching for.  The rhythm of being entered throbbed through him, the sticky chaos of blood drying on his cheek enamoured him, the sweet taste of his lover sliding down his throat invigorated him, creating a lovely web of sensuality about him and finally getting him to that familiar place in sex where he loved and lusted and rejoiced in being him, being part of this act.   His hands cupped Reed\'s ass encouragingly, legs wrapping around the mortal\'s - evidence of his burgeoning desire - as he drank his essence worshipfully.

With relief, he surrendered.

~*~

Tom was surprised at how shy he was feeling when it came time to get back into bed with Reed.  Though the sex had been fabulous in different ways - exactly as Tom assumed Reed had wished for himself, but ending in a blowjob for the vampire (who hadn\'t found it in himself to cum when being penetrated, despite the overall pleasure in the act) - there hadn\'t been a great deal said afterwards.

They\'d gone to the bathroom, Tom insisting that Reed use up what was left of the hot water (which had regenerated slightly since the hour before) to rinse off, before he climbed under the cold spray to awkwardly wash out his ass - a completely new and distasteful experience, drawing the lovely afterglow he\'d been in to a hasty end with its stark reality.  Still, the cold water hadn\'t bothered him and he\'d stayed in there until he was convinced he was clean all over and any feelings of insecurity had been swept aside.

Now, here he was - having turned out the bathroom overhead light - shyly climbing back into bed with his buddy and not really knowing what to say.  He took the initiative with action instead, sliding under the top sheet and close to the warm body, pressing himself against it.  He didn\'t contemplate what it might feel like for the mortal to have an icy corpse suddenly wrapping an arm about his waist and a frosty nose nuzzled against his temple, so intent on reassuring himself was he.
 
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on January 01, 2007, 08:09:48 AM
Reed flinched from the temperature change because he\'d been mostly asleep, waking only a little when Tom climbed into bed with him. He didn\'t move away though, for Tom being cold was not unexpected. He was colder than usual because of the shower, Reed had managed that mental connection, but after the heated and very physical sex and loss of blood to boot, Reed didn\'t have the energy to move away (let alone the desire, there was something about that arm around him he fould immensely comforting). He moved his own hand up so that he was holding Tom\'s arm near the elbow, keeping it in place while he let himself float back into the land of dreams.
 
~*~
 
He woke up first, his eyes springing open with a haste he felt throughout himself.  He was wired, and ravenously hungry.  Daylight still reigned but he had no idea of it, so complete was Tom\'s house.  At one stage as they\'d slept, he\'d shifted a few times in between dreams, and was near the edge of the bed while Tom slept
 
dead to the world
 
like the dead.  Reed frowned at the puns his own mind conjured for him and swung his legs over the edge of the mattress, sitting up and stretching, yawning at the same time and ending with scratching the back of his head.  He stood up and stretched again, cracking his back and neck as he did so before looking for and finding a pair of shorts to wander around the house in.
 
The first thing he did was to raid the fridge.  After cooking himself up a hefty meal he took it all into the lounge and picked up the universal remote, studying it for a bit before turning on the DVD and television, plus speakers.  The volume was thumbed all the way down so as not to wake Tom, though he figured his vampire friend had probably soundproofed each room - he\'d thought of everything else.
 
Thinking of Tom brought a smile to his face as he flipped through Tom\'s DVD collection, settling on an action flick about a group of criminals pulling off a job and watching that while he stuffed himself with food.  After the movie he returned the kitchen and washed up, putting away his plate.  Around this time night had fallen, though Tom\'s house felt like the same time all over.  Reed wasn\'t wearing a watch though, and he didn\'t have the urge to check any clocks.  The time was what it was, him knowing it wouldn\'t change anything.  He\'d made his decision not to go anywhere without his buddy, wanting to be in the house when Tom woke up.  It was only right, considering what the other had done for him last night.
 
It brought a smile to his face to think about it as he wandered around the place, looking at it in more detail for he\'d not really cared enough last night.  He picked a few things up and inspected them before eventually finding a door that Tom hadn\'t shown him, reaching for it just as the vampire spoke behind him.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on January 01, 2007, 07:44:19 PM
"Don\'t open that," Tom said hastily, slightly freaked out that he\'d come upon Reed just as he was about to open the basement door and find the coffin within.  He wasn\'t ready to share that yet, there was still a lot of settling in he intended for his buddy to do before they crossed that threshold.

He\'d got up, thrown dirty clothes in the hamper and pulled on a pair of underpants and jeans quickly before he\'d come looking for his partner.  He didn\'t want to admit how concerned he\'d been that the mortal might have decided he\'d go off and explore the city before night fell (because it was safest) and leave him to wake up alone.  It was bad enough facing an empty bed after what he\'d experienced in it the night before.  Even though the brunette was close to the basement, it was far preferable to him being gone; Tom strode quickly up to stand near him, hooking thumbs through two loops in his jeans.

"How long have you been up, sticky beak?" he asked Reed curiously, voice light with teasing as he lifted his chin and tilted his head, looking down at the shorter man from beneath lowered eyelids.  A grin he hadn\'t planned on split his full lips, evidence of the affection that surged quietly through his chest as he looked into shiny brown eyes.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on January 02, 2007, 05:41:46 AM
Don\'t open that?
 
Curiosity was piqued, springing to a level a couple higher than his original bored interest. He turned his innocent gaze onto Tom and watched as the other approached, a warm feeling in his chest that was reciprocal (without his knowledge) of the one Tom had. Why not? he was about to ask, but Tom\'s next question beat him to the punch.
 
"I don\'t know, a few hours," he guessed, unaware it had been a little over four hours that he was up but not really needing to be accurate. A dumbass grin broke his face in response to the one he received from Tom and he reached over to put a familiar hand on the vampire\'s chest, splaying his fingers and letting them fall down Tom\'s cool flesh to hook into the top of his jeans, tugging slightly. "What\'s in there, lover?" he asked, using the endearment calculatingly, wondering if Tom would pull a stunt of misinterpreting Reed\'s asking about the door for describing what was in his jeans.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on January 02, 2007, 12:08:42 PM
Tom was shocked by Reed\'s forwardness and by what he innocently took to be a come-hither question. As much as he was okay with what had transpired the night before, he wasn\'t ready to go back for more, yet. What he needed was time spent with Reed in the easy, jibe-delivering manner they usually associated with each other; he needed reassurance that what they\'d done didn\'t change anything and that his friend still accepted him. He didn\'t want sex or anything exceptionally meaningful so soon, and he wasn\'t sure how to tell Reed any of that, so he followed his instincts.

Swiftly, he plucked the mortal\'s hand away from his pants and swung it behind him, capturing his other hand with his free one and doing the same thing, at the same time. Gently, he pinned them in the small of Reed\'s back and was forcibly pressed up against him when he stepped in to achieve this, their arms tangled and a knowing grin - that was, thankfully, completely natural - on his face.

"Nothing that there\'s any time for right now," he chastised mildly, his nostrils flaring as he hovered so close over Reed and got a strong delivery of his familiar scent. "Not if we want to get to the shops before they start closing, anyway. I want you to pick a bed for the spare room, remember? Some furniture too - and yes, before you even say it, I do want you to always stay in my bed whenever you visit but if you arrive unnannounced, I can\'t guarantee it\'ll be empty so I\'d just rather have a backup plan. Besides, I like the idea that you\'ll have an influence in my place for all the time you\'re not here," he smiled affectionately into brown eyes, truthfully warmed by the idea that Reed would have picked furniture out to add to the decore of his house and left a personal touch behind.  He would need that, if they didn\'t see one another for months.

"And I figure that when you are here, I need to entertain you and I can\'t be fucked hiring so we need to get some adventure equipment, too. Some chutes, harnesses, abseiling rigs, diving stuff... that sort of thing. I\'ve got somewhere to store it now, so I may as well own," he shrugged, feeling he\'d presented his argument logically. "Sound alright?"
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on January 09, 2007, 07:17:32 AM
Nothing that there\'s any time for right now
 
It was a sentence that worked well enough for a closed door as much as it worked for rejecting a sexual advance.  Reed had meant his question for the door and believed that Tom had understood it as such, especially when the phrasing of the answer worked so well with the correct asking of the question.  There was no need to doubt it.
 
I can\'t guarantee
I do want you to always stay in my bed
it\'ll be empty
if you arrive unnannounced
 
Reed blinked.  Had Tom just told him that he was going to be fucking other people?
 
Women, he won\'t give up his women
No commitment
Fuck that he\'ll choose you over them
Not in bed
 
The mortal grinned and he shoved at Tom the only way he could, with a thrust of his hips while the muscles in his shoulders twitched in an attempt to free himself from Tom\'s hold.
 
"Sounds great," he replied, "now let me go or you\'ll be in for a world of hurt," he threatened jovially, attempting to get a knee up.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on January 10, 2007, 06:12:27 PM
Tom snickered, looking Reed over skeptically.  His hold on the mortal loosened, making it clear that he could pull away if he wished, but that the vampire was enjoying holding him close.

"You think you\'d have a chance?" he challenged, knowing that Reed had nowhere near the speed needed to get a groin kick in, before he blocked him.  "Even if you were a vampire, you\'d be hard pressed to land anything dangerous, let alone drop a world of hurt my way."  The redhead smirked, vaguely excited by voicing the reference to Reed being a vampire, even though it wasn\'t anything direct.  It was enough that he knew what was coming.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on January 10, 2007, 10:19:35 PM
"I can sneak one in," Reed smirked, "like in the middle of the day, fuckhead," he said with a laugh, backing up and pressing himself against the door that was taboo.  He wasn\'t thinking of the door now, however, for he was watching Tom in a predatory yet playful fashion.
 
He might be vulnerable to Tom now, but he had his advantage during the daylight hours, when the other was lethargic if not sleeping.  Reed kissed his middle finger while his eyes sparkled, looking like an overgrown kid (which was, in fact, a very accurate rendition).
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on January 11, 2007, 12:41:30 AM
The vampire pulled a face as if deeply offended by both the insult and the insinuation.  "Low blow!" he declared, a fist snaking out and grasping the hand that was displaying the bird, curled fingers and all.  He implied that he could crush it by giving it a gentle squeeze, but not enough to hurt the mortal.

It was enough of an insult that he was left with his middle finger raised and stranded outside of an enclosed hand, not allowed to wriggle out.  Tom grinned, the rest of his long body swaggering over to close the gap that Reed had put between them, when backing up to the basement door.  He liked the feeling of being bare-chested and looming over his friend, relishing the heat undulating towards him.

"Maybe I don\'t want you in my bed where you can hurt me after all!  Maybe I need to get a lock on my door, too.  Or... I guess I could just even the playing field and turn you into a vampire."  His grin was knowing but there was such a great amount of hope swirling through him as he tested these waters, that he couldn\'t sustain the arrogance for too long; he was dizzy, waiting to see the reaction he\'d get.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on January 11, 2007, 06:00:44 AM
The first comment had slipped by, but not without Reed\'s notice.  He\'d not paid attention to the comment because he\'d believed it just a flippant remark.  For Tom to say something along the vampire lines twice meant that there must\'ve meant there was something to it.  Reed didn\'t know how seriously Tom was considering such a thing, in fact he didn\'t believe that Tom would even offer, but Reed was still sensitive to the fact two comments had come out, very close to each other.  Was Tom curious about how Reed felt about his vampirism?
 
With his hand still in Tom\'s grasp but his middle finger bent and out of the way as much as he could make it, Reed watched Tom with a little more intensity than usual.
 
"Bored with being a vampire?" he asked, his chosen words too carefully selected to come off sounding as casual as he\'d intended.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on January 11, 2007, 04:19:56 PM
Tom blinked, then snorted a laugh, releasing Reed\'s hand in favour of lightly running the backs of his fingers over the mortal\'s sternum.  His other hand was hooked into Reed\'s shorts pocket.  The mortal\'s suggestion was so preposterous that it was easy not to give his thoughts away and to maintain his sense of humour - though he was now aware that he was laying it on a bit thick.. for not being ready to say anything at all.

"Don\'t be ridiculous.  Why - if I was sick of it - would I joke about making you one? Think I want to trade places with you, then off myself do you?"  He laughed warmly, genuinely amused by such a stupid notion.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Trillian on January 14, 2007, 07:20:11 AM
Reed smiled when Tom laughed, liking the initial direction of his answer; amusement.  Then when a certain phrase came out of Tom\'s mouth, along with a specific word
 
would I joke about making you one?
joke
 
Reed relaxed visibly.  He\'d entertained the idea that Tom was serious and his initial reaction to the offer had been... numbing.  Now his fingertips tingled with relief and he was free to poke Tom harshly in the gut.
 
"Then let\'s get some equipment and find something fucking insane to jump off," he said with a wild grin.
Title: Re: Unveiling
Post by: Existentially Odd on January 14, 2007, 11:56:48 PM
Tom agreed heartily, pleased to have got away with his insinuations but concerned on a very private level at the way Reed had got serious so quickly.  He tried not to think about it as they got dressed and went out into the night, but it was extremely difficult not to.

Apparently, the question he really wanted to ask was going to be the big deal he\'d been doing his damndest to convince himself it wouldn\'t be... and he had no clue how he might therefore broach the subject without a fight and procure the answer he wanted.  Reed had seemed pretty damn tense about the whole not being a vampire (or was it being a vampire?) deal, and reluctant to discuss it.

Tom, it seemed, would have to give the matter some very serious thought over the next couple of weeks.