"hm, that is very true." He murmured back in reoliy, laughing softly when he found that Easton's eyes wandered. He gladly gave him another kiss ultamatly deciding that if Easton was well enough to kiss him this much, then we wasn't in any immediate danger from his wounds. "Dear, I think you mean breakfast, we slept the moment we got here." He said, reluctantly letting Easton get up, but not without another kiss. "At this rate, I'm starting to think we'll never get out of this room." He laughed softly and slowly got out of them bed, shivering at the sudden loss if the Easron's and the bed cover's warmth. He stood in shaky legs and slowly shuffled to the window to open the curtains and to let light in.
"Esther told me you were wandering around." Mel greeted, as he strode inti the study, staying by the doorway for now. "If you were looking for Easton, I can bring you to him. This place is a bit of a maze sometimes." He chuckled lightnyly and nodded his head. "Come, you must want to see your friend after such a day we had."
Easton watched him shuffle across the room with a laugh. "You're so cute when you're cold, come here." he wrapped his hands around Abrose's waist and looked out the window as well. "You looked beautiful in the sunlight. I never got to tell you that. I've seen it so many times and it never gets old." He kissed his neck slowly before he moved up to his cheek. "Excuse me for being so touchy, Now that I've got you I never want to let you go…" he mumbled before looking back to the window. "It's such a beautiful day after such a tragedy. Let's get something to eat."
Nick looked back and cleared his throat. "I'm sorry I…I didn't mean to walk in on your sleeping. I just um I thought the room was Easton's. I'm sorry…again. It would be great if I could get to see Easton and Abrose." Nick took a long look a Mel before looking away. "I hope I didn't wake you up. My apologies if I did."
Abrose trilled softly and nuzzled into Easton's warm embrace. "Thank you sweetheart," he breathed, tilting his head to the side and closing his eyes, letting his body relax into Easton's hold. "Hm, I wouldn't mind staying in your arms forever." He opened his eyes slightly, watching the calm landscapes stretchinf across Mel's estate, a world of its own, seemingly completely separate from the rest of the kingdom. "Thought you are right, my dear, food is a very tempting right now." He tilted his head and pressed gentle kisses tibEaston's jawline.
Mel shook his head and waved a hand in dismissal. "Think nothing of it. I had only realized you were there when I awoke not an hour ago. It wouldn't have been so bad waking to you anyways, despite the ungodly hour you're up at." He teased gently, nodding his head as they were joined by a maid carrying a tray to Easton and Abrose's room. "I'll take it from here Denali." He thanked the older woman and balanced the tray in his right hand.
Easton grinned. "Yeah? I wouldn't mind laying with you all day either. Food does sound idea. I bet you taste even better." He teased. Easton hummed at the small kisses floating down his jaw. "You seemed to have missed a spot. It's a little more up. I think you can reach it if I tilt my head down a little and just…" he smiled as he held his hand lightly around the front of Abrose's neck, tilting him up so their lips would meet once more. He held this one for longer, melting into the touch of his lover's lips. Not wasting a second. "My hypothesis was correct you do taste good." he concluded.
Nick blushed. "I…um…I wouldn't mind waking up to you either. I mean um…I'm going to stop talking it's way too early in the morning for you to tease me like this Mel." He groaned and elbowed him softly staring at the ground as he walked. "Okay, for the record I only wake up early because of what I'm used to. It's an instinct at this point. I always have to wake up this early for guard stuff and what not."
"Have I now?"He mumbled, letting Easton guide him to his lips, a light gasp escaping him as he felt Easton's warm hand trace along his neck, barely even making contact. His toes curled at the lovely sensation of the kiss, lips patiently brushing over Easton's, savoring each and every moment they had together. After what seemed like a blissful eternity cut short, Abrise gently pulled away, hand lacing with Easton's as they faxed at each other for a moment. He laughed and shook his head "darling, I meant actual food, not me. Though I'm glad you me appetizing." He smirked and pressed a kiss to their joined hands, glancing over his shoulder when a light knock came to their door.
Mel feigned shock at being judged by Nick, a laugh escaping his lips as he danced away, carefully keeping the tray balanced in his hand. "Ah I see. So what you're telling is they subjected you to torture as a guard, getting up before the sun an what not." Mel shook his head and huffed a sigh "well, I hope that now you'll be able to find some well deserved rest, longer than what you're used to. Otherwise I don't know how we'll all deal with you roaming the halls so early in the morning." He offered a gentle smile. "You're not a guard anymore Nick, at least not here. If you wish to continue your bestowed duties outside my care, then who am I to stop you. But I do hope you know that here you are free from that job, as well as any hold the queen has had over you." He said softly, rounding a hall corner ad coming to a stop by a door, pausing, and then knocking lightly "I hope you two are awake by now, this thing is heavy." He called
Easton didn't want to move away from Abrose, so instead, he yelled, "Come in! I wonder who it could be I barely remember anything from last night…" he mumbled. Easton gave Abrose butterfly kisses all over his features.
Nick nodded. "I hope I can get some rest too. These two love birds won't stop kissing each other. I hate that I can hear what goes on every second of the day." He growled. "Even for a fae, the tray is heavy huh. I could've taken it for you if that was the case." Nick opened the door after he got permission, letting Mel go in first.
"Oh, Nick hey…I'm happy you're okay. I didn't know that Mel went and got you. I would've said hi when you got in, but I passed out. You're not hurt right?" Easton moved away from Abrose, but not before giving him a peck on the cheek. "It's so good to see you. Thank you for helping us." Easton looked over to Mel. Thank you as well."
Abrose giggled lightly at the small kisses, trying his best to return the ones that happen to fall on his lips. "Well, I hope it's at least Mel, considering we are in his home." He replied, resting his head against Easton's shoulder and carefully watching the door, just in case it was something unexpected like the few nights before.
Mel's would have made a joke about the rooms being so spread apart but his lips dipped down into a slight frown instead. "Well, considering what they had gone through in the past few days, it's understandable they'd be so attached to each other." He replied slowly taking a step away from Nick and towards the door, reminding himself for what seemed like the millionth time that Nick had been part of this whole situation up until the last few moments.
Abrose barely registered anything as the door opened. Yes he saw his best friend but he also saw the man who had dragged both Easton and him to a dungeon and then to what he had thought of as their death. Even if Easton had reassured him that Mick had helped in the end, he could push down the feeling of dread that washed over him when he saw Nick. To force himself out of that headspace, abrose forcefully looked at Mel, immediately calming down. He only had enough time to open his arms as he was rushed at and enveloped in the fae's arms. Ambrose buried his head in Mel's shoulder, immediately co.forted by his sweet scent. "Thank you." He whispered as tears weed on his eyes.
"I thought I lost you, Rose." Mel sobbed quietly, tears rolling down his cheeks as he held onto his friend. "When I saw you unconscious I…I thought you…"
Abrose shook his head as Mel lead them to the bed to sit. "Almost but no, I'm alright now."
Easton leaned against the wall as he talked with Nick. "So…" Easton looked at his body movement and watched the way he looked at Mel. "Mel huh." Easton grinned and hit his stomach. "You know he is very feisty and independent. I'm not so sure you can handle a guy like that. I mean Abrose is the same way. Abrose is the most adorable thing you'll ever lay eyes on." Easton sighed and watched Mel and Abrose interact.
Nick held his stomach in pain. "That's where my stitched were man watch where you're punching." Nick leaned against the wall after the pain soon went away. "I don't know what you're talking about. Even if I did like him it's not like he would like me back. I mean I destroyed any chance I have with him once I dragged you two lovebirds to jail. I'm sorry about that by the way."
Easton chuckled. "Oh I know I can smell the blood from when you were outside the door. You got messed up. Abrose can heal you if you'd like. I'm sure that would make you feel much better. It's okay. It's behind me now. I can't say the same for Abrose though. I can't speak for him. You did help us in the end and you didn't get away with out some sort of wound so I think you paid for it enough."
"Oh so you just punch me for no reason." Nick shook his head. "You didn't you. You're such a dick." He elbowed and him and look at Mel. "He is quite beautiful," he whispered. "I mean he's average. I've seen a lot like him, so he's nothing special. Except for the way he talks…maybe his flirting tactics are a bit clever…he seemed to glow in the sun…does Abrose ever appear like that."
"All the time…" Easton smirk at his best friend. "Look at you falling in love." Easton tucked him under his arm and ruffled his hair. "You so like Mel!'
Nick pushed him back covering his mouth. "Shut up! I am not!"
Ambrose and Mel curled up in the bed, Abrose lied where Easton had slept to soak up the warmth and Mel lied where Abrose had been. Abrose relaxed at the familiarity of sleep with Mel, having ways been comforted when with his friend. They had been doing this for years now, for when Abrise had felt too scared to sleep alone in his own home or when Mel had gone through a particularly bad relationship, they could always find comfort together.
Mel gently wiped away his tears and then Abrose's, and offered a soft smile. "Do you want to explain to how I suddenly have two face makes in my home." He mused, glancing up at Easton and Nick momentarily.
Abrose rolled his eyes "hush, you've had more far in here than just two."
Mel feigned offence, "not in this room!" He exclaimed, dropping down to a whisper.
"Well, one is taken. The other…seems to have some interest in you." Abrose nodded his head to Nick. Despite his own feelings about Nick being in the same home, abrose shoved those aside when he had looked at Mel. "But what happened with the one from the ball, they seemed very nice?"
Mel shrugged, "he was, extremely so. But he failed to mention he was also married so I sent him away. I have no intention of breaking up a marriage. I want to have one of my own one day without any doubt I'd be ruining someone elses life. But enough about that. You need to eat." Mel pulled Ambrose into a sitting position and pulled over the tray of food.
Easton jerked his head towards Abrose. "You should go apologize or give him some sort of an apology. I can tell he doesn't trust you." Easton let his foot rest on the wall along with his back. He crossed his arms over his chest.
Nick nodded. "Yeah, I should…" he pushed himself off the wall and walked over to Abrose and Mel. He turned his attention from Mel to Abrose and cleared his throat. "I know I did something unforgivable and I'm not asking for your forgiveness either. I don't think I even deserve it. I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for even putting you through something like that. I didn't know and that's no excuse I know. Even so…I wanted to say that I'm extremely sorry."
Easton smiled. He walked over and kissed Abrose's forehead. I'm going to get something to eat okay. Don't be in a rush to finish your food. Take your time." Easton turned Nick around and walked towards the door. "Personally Mel…I find it quite rude that you didn't bring food for me too. You're very biased." he huffed playfully before leaving the room. Nick waved and closed the door behind him.
Abrose obeyed and took a cup of tea, adding honey and cream before taking a sip, shivering in delight as 3the warmth of the drink comforted and relaxed his body. He looked as Nick approached the bed and slowly set his cup down. He nodded slightly, unable to keep eye contact for very long. "I believe you." He replied softly gaze flicking to Nick's side. "But I don't think I can forgive you just yet.i'm sorry." He took a sip of tea and nibbled at some bread until Easton came over. He nodded slightly and offered a small smile watching the two leave.
Mel rolled his eyes "little did he know this had enough for the both of you, but I guess that means more for me!" He giggled and tools pastry from the tray. "I never knew you'd end up with a fae, let alone the captain of the royal guard." Mel arched an eyebrow with a slowly smile spreading across his handsome features.
Abrose blushed and gently nudged his friend "he was more than I thought when we first met."
Mel emailed and nudged back. "I'm assuming he knows everything now?"
Abrose nodded slowly "yeah, I still haven't shown him my magic but we can save that for later when we leave and find somewhere else to live. Speaking of which, do you know anywhere safe to live? Where they might not care about someone like me."
Easton walked with Nick to the kitchen and gathered the food that was made for them. "I would much prefer your food over this Nick. Don't worry I'm not cheating on your cooking."
"Yeah yeah…" he scoffed and began to eat. Nick listened in on the conversation to see what they were talking about but was interrupted by Easton hitting his arm. "What was that for?" Nick groaned.
"Don't spy on them. It's not like I use my sight to see Abrose. So don't sky on them. Let them be." He laughed and joked with Nick while they were eating and once they were finished Easton figured he should go back to the room. "You should talk to Mel more. I'm sure he would love it if you played the guitar." He hit Nick's arm.
"What are you going to do, Where are you going to go. You can't stay here." Nick sighed.
"I know…Abrose said he would ask Mel. I guess that's what he's doing right now. I guess I should go back to the room now. We can talk later." he waved and walked strolled back to the room. He knocked on the door and waited for a response to come in.
After eating and explaining a few places that he thought were safe for Abrose to live with Easton, he gently pulled Abrose over to the desk in the corner, maps scattering the surface with pens and ink for note taking. Mel pointed to a circled area in the southern continent. "That where I'll be going in a few years. Once I have everything ready with Veda and know that everyone is safe, I'm moving all of us to Verrs." Abrose nodded slightly and looked at the surrounding places on the map, finding a few Mel had told him about. Mel chuckled beside him "can you blame me for wanting to keep you relatively close?" Ambrose shook his head, "no I can't, nor do I want live so far from you." Ambrose replied with a smile, eyes catching in a coastal town called Enally. "That seems nice, close to the water." He mused, seeing that there were forests surrounding the town and a mounting to the north. Mel nodded "I've been a few times. A beautiful landscape with lovely people, more fae than humans but very peaceful. I think you and Easton would like it." He said, heading to the closet and pulled a white silk blouse along with a matching corset a navy blue pants for abrose to change into. "Get dressed, I promised Nick a tour. I want you and Easton to come along to see the family." He said striding to the door as Abrose took the clothes and disappeared into the bathroom to shower and change.
He cracked open the door and looked up at Easton before waving him inside. "Rose just went to shower and change." He said, nodding to the door to the left.
"I never asked before how you were feeling. I can bring Veda in if you have any injuries you sustained yesterday."
(wrong character, it's still Mel in the room, not abrose XD)
(Omg…XD alright gimme a second I’ll redo it lol)
(it's okay! At first I thought easton just casually strolled in on abrose showering XD)
(XD)
Easton walked into the room. "Ah…I see. I assumed he talked to you about places right? Did you two decide on anything yet? I'm fine with anything as long as it's safe and away from here." Easton flopped down on the bed starring at the ceiling. He spread himself out on the bed while he stretched, "I'm exhausted but the more awake I am the more I can't fall asleep. Other than that I am perfectly fine. I know I got knocked out but you know that fae heal fast, when it comes to physical wounds. He heard the shower running from the bathroom and steps circling the shower. He blushed slightly, wishing he could stop thinking about abrose in the shower.
Mel nodded and pointed to two places on the map at the desk. "Abrose has taken a liking to Enally, the coastal fae town. I'm thinking of Verrs or Vala." He replied, glancing up and smiling softly "you both had a long day. We'll all rest for the most part today. I'll go out to Rose's house later today and see what's left if anything." He frowned softly before standing and heading to the door, "I'll come back in a few if you want to join us on the tour." He offered before closing the door behind him with a soft click.
Abrose got out of the shower half an hour later, having let himself indulge in the warmth for a bit longer than what he normally did. He had pulled on the silk blouse once his hair had dried a bit along with the navy blue pants.
"Hey Mel, can you help with the lacing?" He asked, trying to adjust the corset around himself, only glancing up when he didn't hear a response from his friend. He blushed when he saw Easton laying in bed, "ah, sorry dear, I didn't know you came back or that Mel left."
Easton sat up and cleared his throat. "I will help you with the corset…" There was a light shade of pink on his cheeks. He pulled laces and watch as it tightened around Abrose. "How tight do you want this? I don't want to tighten it so much that you can't breathe. "I didn't know you could get any more attractive my love." he hummed and kissed Abrose's temple. "You surprise me every day. So I heard about the place you wanted to go to, they seem perfect. We can get a place somewhere quite have our first date…again, live a life that you want by helping people and I can find what I want to do with my life. What do you think? Also, Mel is going over to your house to check if there is anything that needs to be brought along the trip." He gave him a kiss on the cheek before planting one on his lips.
Abeose sat at the edge of the bed, holding the corset to his chest as Easton tightened the laces. "That's good," he said over his shoulder, a small smile appearing on his features when he saw Easton blushing as well. "Thank you my dear, I'm glad I can still make you blush." He leaned into the gentle kiss and nuzzled into Easton's warmth. "Yeah, Mel told me about a few places that seem really nice. Getting place there would be great." He chuckled lightly "yes, dear. Then we can finally have our first date." He glanced up at Easton and nodded, "I think that sounds great, love. I just hope we can both find jobs once we settle." He replied laughing softly as he he gently cupped Easton's cheek, returning the sweet kiss
"I think we'll be able to find jobs and we can live the life that we both want." Eaton tied the strings and made sure they were perfect. "You always make me blush. He let the strings fall from his hand as he looked he was taken aback by the kiss. His eyes fluttered shut. He let one hand travel to Abrose's waist while the other was stationary on his cheek. He pulled away but kept their heads together. "You can't kiss me like that my love." A smirk grew on his lips. He pulled Abrose onto his lap so they were facing each other. He kept his hands stable on his hips. Easton tilted his head up slightly so he was looking at Abrose.
Abrose let out a small hum at being moved, his blush deepening as he settled on Easton's lab, legs straddling the fae's waist, "and why not my love?" He murmured softly, lightly brushing his free hand along Easton cheek. "And how would you like to be kissed my love?" He pressed a kiss to Easton's brow and nose, then just hovered over his lips, a teasing smile on his lips. "Poor creature, at my mercy." He laughed unable to keep a straight face as he said that. "I love you, you know that right? I don't know how or when but Ive come to love in a completely different way I've loved anyone else." He pressed a kiss to Easton's lips, wrapping his arms around Easton's neck
Easton didn't hesitate when he melted into the kiss. "I know, if words could describe how much I love you, I would've said them already, but they can't. Not even you could comprehend how much I love you." He whispered against Abrose's lips. He gave him small pecks on the lips before turning each kiss deeper by the second. Easton's eyes looked dazed as they would open and shut at times. "I'm distracting you, you should finish changing. I don't want to um…I mean I do, but not, you know." He looked down at his hands and played with them aggressively. "A-Anyway, um…" He blushed knowing he embarrassed himself.
Abrose hands found their way into Easton's hair, holding him close as he happily deepened each kiss. He gave a light him in appreciation before gently breaking away to breath. "You can distract me all you want, surely Mel would understand if we stayed in here all day." He offered a smile and gently lced their hands together "it's nice you're the flustered one for once." He pressed a final kiss to Easton's brow before moving off his lap and standing from the bed to adjust the blouse beneath his corset and to find boots. "Have to met anyone other than Mel yet?" He asked over his shoulder as he sat at the edge of the bed and pulled on socks and a pair of black healed boots
"Oh shush, you know what you do to me." Easton turned his head. "There are more people in the estate. I thought only Mel live here. I guess I learned something new." He looked at Abrose from head to toe. "You never cease to mesmerize me. You look beautiful. I feel like I never tell you that enough." He couldn't help but smile as he said these words. He chuckled. "I don't regret ever falling in love with you. I'm extremely happy you and your sarcastic and snarky comments came into my life. I don't know if you know but you were very sarcastic with me, but then again I was a dick, so I can't blame you."
