Caffeine - Thomas Vanek/Derek Roy
This was the small fic I wrote for the first challenge over at hockeychallenge: Beginnings.
Title: Caffeine
Rating: G
Pairing: Thomas Vanek/Derek Roy (Buffalo Sabres)
Disclaimer: I don't own these players, nor do I even know them in real life. I'm just a big fan.
Summary: Derek Roy can't find the high that he used to get from caffeine anymore - but can he find it in someone close to him?
It was a cold afternoon in the city of Buffalo. The snowfall was gently cascading from the sky, onto the concrete barren ground and couples took to the streets to look through shop windows. It was the middle of November - it seemed right that some people were already searching for Christmas gifts for their loved ones.
On the corner of the streets of Main and Washington, Derek Roy sat in a small coffee shop drinking his double latté that he always could get lost in after a long practice. Lots of men got lost in alcohol - for Derek, it was caffeine. It’s what kept him going throughout the day, and there was hardly a day where he could go without his double latté, or at least coffee. His ex had always scowled at him when he would make a pit stop at Tim Horton’s or Starbucks to buy some of it, his drug; said it wasn’t good for his health. He had known that, but couldn’t stop. It just made him feel better. It also made him think ‘Wow, do I sound like a caffeine junkie, or not?’, but he still didn’t mind.
This had been the first time in awhile that Derek had even touched a cup of coffee, though. He hadn’t realized how much he really…didn’t miss the taste of the moisture on his lips; the sugar and cream mixing with the coffee grounds to create a high more fantastic than what you could achieve from other drugs. His double latte tasted dull to him today, and he knew the exact reason why.
Thomas Vanek.
It had only been a few days since they were officially-unofficially dating each other. A few weeks before that, they had made love for the first time. Derek wasn’t sure how he felt about everything, considering he loved him and his other winger, Maxim Afinogenov. That fateful day, when Thomas had came up to speak with Derek after an away game, Derek had just known something was going to be brought up about them both.
“I want to be with you, Derek. Not being able to put my arms you for a good enough reason besides after scoring goals just isn’t enough for me. I want to feel the touch of your lips to mine, your skin against mine. I’ve been going crazy since we first met. I love you, Derek Roy. Will you be with me?”
How could he say no to say? Thomas had given him the most precious look, and Derek wanted to scream to the world ‘Yes! I am going out with the man whom I’ve adored for so long, and I love him with all my heart!’ He knew that wasn’t the whole truth, though. Derek still had feelings for Max, he couldn’t shake them off.
Staring down into the black pool that sat in his coffee cup, Derek thought about how he was now the boyfriend of the Austrian, after having said yes - reluctance coming from his heart, but his brain told him to go for it. He needed to put the past behind him, the many dirty thoughts he had shared of both Thomas and Max; the thought of the both of them trailing soft kisses down his chest as he sat in bed, the world passing by him without a care. He could see that fantasy so clear in his mind but…he had to let it go. He was Thomas’ now, not Max’s.
The only thing that worried Derek about beginning this relationship with Thomas would be that he would be the replacement for his caffeine.
It would reach the point where he wouldn’t be able to live without the other man.
Title: Caffeine
Rating: G
Pairing: Thomas Vanek/Derek Roy (Buffalo Sabres)
Disclaimer: I don't own these players, nor do I even know them in real life. I'm just a big fan.
Summary: Derek Roy can't find the high that he used to get from caffeine anymore - but can he find it in someone close to him?
It was a cold afternoon in the city of Buffalo. The snowfall was gently cascading from the sky, onto the concrete barren ground and couples took to the streets to look through shop windows. It was the middle of November - it seemed right that some people were already searching for Christmas gifts for their loved ones.
On the corner of the streets of Main and Washington, Derek Roy sat in a small coffee shop drinking his double latté that he always could get lost in after a long practice. Lots of men got lost in alcohol - for Derek, it was caffeine. It’s what kept him going throughout the day, and there was hardly a day where he could go without his double latté, or at least coffee. His ex had always scowled at him when he would make a pit stop at Tim Horton’s or Starbucks to buy some of it, his drug; said it wasn’t good for his health. He had known that, but couldn’t stop. It just made him feel better. It also made him think ‘Wow, do I sound like a caffeine junkie, or not?’, but he still didn’t mind.
This had been the first time in awhile that Derek had even touched a cup of coffee, though. He hadn’t realized how much he really…didn’t miss the taste of the moisture on his lips; the sugar and cream mixing with the coffee grounds to create a high more fantastic than what you could achieve from other drugs. His double latte tasted dull to him today, and he knew the exact reason why.
Thomas Vanek.
It had only been a few days since they were officially-unofficially dating each other. A few weeks before that, they had made love for the first time. Derek wasn’t sure how he felt about everything, considering he loved him and his other winger, Maxim Afinogenov. That fateful day, when Thomas had came up to speak with Derek after an away game, Derek had just known something was going to be brought up about them both.
“I want to be with you, Derek. Not being able to put my arms you for a good enough reason besides after scoring goals just isn’t enough for me. I want to feel the touch of your lips to mine, your skin against mine. I’ve been going crazy since we first met. I love you, Derek Roy. Will you be with me?”
How could he say no to say? Thomas had given him the most precious look, and Derek wanted to scream to the world ‘Yes! I am going out with the man whom I’ve adored for so long, and I love him with all my heart!’ He knew that wasn’t the whole truth, though. Derek still had feelings for Max, he couldn’t shake them off.
Staring down into the black pool that sat in his coffee cup, Derek thought about how he was now the boyfriend of the Austrian, after having said yes - reluctance coming from his heart, but his brain told him to go for it. He needed to put the past behind him, the many dirty thoughts he had shared of both Thomas and Max; the thought of the both of them trailing soft kisses down his chest as he sat in bed, the world passing by him without a care. He could see that fantasy so clear in his mind but…he had to let it go. He was Thomas’ now, not Max’s.
The only thing that worried Derek about beginning this relationship with Thomas would be that he would be the replacement for his caffeine.
It would reach the point where he wouldn’t be able to live without the other man.