If You Give A Dragon Shelter Part 3
Days 2 and 3
Day 2
Learning
Jensen nearly screamed when he woke up and found Jared’s face inches from his own. He sat bolt upright and would have scrambled back accept that the couch was narrow and there was no where to go. Jared just lazily blinked at him and straightened up so that he wasn’t stooped over. He was sitting on the floor, his long legs crossed and cramped as they pressed against the side of the couch. Pauly’s head was resting on one on Jared’s knees and Jared was absently petting him.
“Right” Jensen sighed. “Did you get any sleep? Do you sleep?” Jared just continues to stare at him. Without blinking, which was just creepy whenever but doubly so in this moment. He sighed again and moved to get off the couch. “I have to use the john, nature always calls first thing in the morning” he talked even though Jared couldn’t understand him. It helped to not feel as awkward in the silence but in the presence of someone else. Also it took his mind off and switched his emotions away from his half hard morning wood.
As he made his way to his bedroom and the master bath it hit him that he had not shown Jared how to use the bathroom the day before. “I hope that you didn’t make a mess in my bed and found the bathroom and knew how to use it.” Any civilization that had tv’s or entertainment screens, or whatever to view things not physically present would hopefully have bathrooms. He resisted the urge to check the bed on his way by just in case. He could do it later if he really felt the need.
Jared followed him into the bathroom and no amount of ordering or pushing could get him to leave. It only made him slightly embarrassed when he had to pee with Jared watching him from a few feet back. But it also brought back a semblance of hardness to his cock that Jared was interested which made doing his business harder. He got through it and flushed the toilet before stepping aside and gesturing between it and Jared. “Do you need to go?”
Jared made no move to use the toilet so Jensen shrugged and when to wash his hands in the sink. When he looked in the mirror above the sink Jared was right behind him. “Today is going to be fun” Jensen was resigned to have Jared as his shadow so may as well start his lessons in all things human early. He squatted down and opened the cabinet beneath the sink and took out a spare tooth brush. Jared came up beside him as he unwrapped it a puzzled look on his face.
If Jared’s people didn’t brush their teeth it was a wonder he had any and that they were so white. Also, he would not be inclined to kiss Jared, not that he would do that. A little flash fantasy was fine but he’d never act on it and take advantage of Jared who might not have the same customs or might see him as a person of authority for taking care of him. Then he snorted and rolled his eyes at that thought. Jared was not built to see anyone like Jensen as having authority over him even in a strange new land.
Jensen was brought out of his thoughts when Jared made a noise that was probably him asking a question. It sounded question like to his ears. And something in the very back of his brain deep down said that Jared was inquiring about the use of the tool Jensen now held. He shook his head again and handed the tooth brush to Jared who took it delicately between his thumb and forefinger looking it over before returning his attention to Jensen.
Jensen picked up his own tooth brush and showed Jared how he held it until Jared copied him. He then put toothpaste on both brushed and had to set his brush down to stop Jared from trying to eat it. When he was confident Jared would not eat the toothpaste outright as food, he demonstrated how to brush he teeth, peeling his lips back and jutting his lower jaw out to better illustrate eve if it made the brushing hard. Jared looked disgusted at first, then curious and finally he tried to copy Jensen with only mild success but Jensen counted as a win since some teeth cleaning was better than no teeth cleaning. Jensen showed Jared how to spit out the foamy mess and rinse which he was all too happy to do. Jensen had to take a wash cloth to Jared to clean up the last of the foam and saliva from his chin.
He didn’t have any clean clothes for Jared but he needed some. Again, Jared refused to leave his side when tried to get Jared out of his room after grabbing fresh clothes from his dresser. He was able to make Jared turn around to face the wall while he dressed which made Jared sulk the whole time he made them breakfast after he was dressed. Jensen was out of bacon and sausage but he had eggs and oatmeal and bread. Jared had one piece of toast, a bowl of oatmeal and most of Jensen’s eggs. He really would need to go grocery shopping today. He wasn’t sure how he was going to do that yet with Jared attached to his side but he would figure that out later.
Jared followed him as he took Molly out to pasture without taking much interest in her. He wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing, if Jared’s people had something similar to Molly on their planet. And wasn’t that a thought, that of all the planets in all the galaxies there could be one that so resembled earth and its inhabitants and a quarter of Earth’s population thought that the moon landing was fake and no one would make it into space for long and that Earth was the only habitable planet. Period.
If he didn’t think Jared would be used as a science experiment before being cut into little piece for more study he would love to show some of those people what was what. Jared’s hand stroking his back brought him back to the present.
“Sorry Jared I didn’t mean to ignore you” he eased himself away from Jared and turned to head back towards the cabin. Jared’s touch had felt nice. A little too nice if he was honest. It had been some time since he had been touched with such care. Jared’s hand had been warm on his back even through his shirt and there had been just the right amount of pressure. If Jared were human he might consider partaking in more attention but he wasn’t. As pointed out when Jared tried to speak to him again in his own language.
“I have no idea what you just said but let’s go see if we can do something about that” he looked over his shoulder to give Jared a smile. Jared smiled back at him briefly and he wondered what Jared had said.
Once back in the cabin he sat Jared down in front of the tv and booted up his laptop. With a little research he found some streaming lessons of phonics and pre-K through kindergarten alphabet and reading lessons. He bought them and started playing them for Jared. Jared did not want to focus on the lessons. Especially since he had wanted to leave to do some chores around the house. In the end he sat pressed tightly to Jared’s side and practicing phonics and letters with Jared. When Jared could pay attention to the lessons and not try to caress him, they had to start and stop and repeat everything every few minutes. To make things more interesting the silver bands on Jared’s limbs turned liquid and merged with his which did the same. The silver material then connected them by their necks. He wondered again exactly what it was. Whatever it was it was helping Jared, allowing him to sound out the letters and small words more easily as time passed.
And time did pass because it was all to soon that his body started to demand lunch. Jared seemed grateful for the break as they went into the kitchen but his attitude soon turned to annoyed and sullen when he made them peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Jared didn’t seem to know what peanut better was and he laughed at Jared’s reaction when he gave him a spoonful. Jared had sniffed it and touched it before shoving the spoon into his mouth. Whatever it tasted like to Jared had him cooing and trying to chew on the spoon to get the peanut butter off it. He’d had to demonstrate licking it off for fear of losing his spoon. Jared the proceeded to smack his mouth as his tongue rolled around wildly much like a dogs when they got the same treat.
Jared seemed to take momentary offence at his laughter. He made it worse by giving Pauly a big spoonful of peanut butter so Jared could see what he looked like. Jared tried to spit out the peanut butter but he told him “No” very firmly and Jared managed to swallow the rest of it with only minimal tongue and mouth movement. However, he didn’t want to eat the sandwich after that and he had to apologize and eat his in a funny manner before Jared would eat his sandwich. Potato chips were also a new thing of Jared who enjoyed those just fine.
After lunch he decided to give Jared a break from his lessons. Jared had done well considering he had never heard English until the day before. Or at least that’s the way it seemed, he didn’t really know and wouldn’t until Jared has mastered English and could tell him if any of his species had visited Earth before. In the mean time he had work to do on his sculpture if he wanted to have it finished in time for transport to New York and Kim and Brianna’s party.
Jared was enthralled by his sculpture and he had to hold Jared back from trying to climb on it for a better look at some of the details. Many repeated and stern “No’s”, “Stops” and Jared’s name said in his best mom’s voice and well as hanging on to Jared until he calmed down were necessary. But at last he could let Jared go as he circled and started in appreciation.
Jared kept pointing back and forth between himself and the sculpture and repeating the word “Me”. He thought Jared meant mine and tried to correct him even though he was not going to let Jared keep the sculpture. Or let Jared’s silver bands or space ship eat it if that was what Jared had in mind. Which reminded him that before he could start his work, he had to feed Jared’s ship. He had not done so that morning because he wanted to show Jared how to do it. Or at least where to get the metal he’d allow the ship to eat. While he waited for Jared to be done with his inspection, he got a discarded cardboard box and began to fill it with pieces of scrap metal. He chose several different types of metal even though he knew that Jared’s ship wasn’t as picky an eater and its owner. When Jared finally focused his attention back on him instead of his sculpture, he handed Jared the box.
“Come on, let go feed your ship before you and your funky bracelets decided to eat my dragon.” He led the way out to the barn, seeing Jared looking over his shoulder at the work shop so often he thought Jared might trip on something he wasn’t watching out for. Not that there really was anything to trip on. Just some dips and divots in the ground from constant trampling by horse, mule and dog. When Jared figured out they were going to see his ship he hurried to catch up to him. When they entered the barn he didn’t seem to know what to do since his hands were full. He took the box back from Jared and watched as Jared went up to his ship and began to bet and talk to it. It hummed in return as he set the box down close to it.
“Jared” he said after he took a piece of copper from the box. When Jared’s attention was on him he slowly pressed the copper to the ship which slowly ‘ate’ it. Jared stepped back and took a hard look at his ship a look of confusion on his face. Apparently, this was something new for him. If the ship did not ‘eat’ metal on Jared’s world, what did it eat? Jared made grabby motions with his hands and said “Give” just like a toddler would. He reached down into the box and pulled out a piece of bronze which he handed to Jared.
Jared was a bit more quick and forceful while trying to feed his ship but the ship ‘ate’ at the same rate as before. When it was done with the bronze Jared leaned against his ship resting his forehead on its smooth surface and getting a small distorted reflection which was new to him. The ship hummed in various notes for a few minutes. When the ship stopped humming Jared turned and smiled at him before lunging forward and sweeping him up in a hug. It felt amazing to be held against Jared’s warm, firm, muscled chest with his strong arms around him holding him tightly but still gentle and he let himself bask in the feeling for a moment. Then he wiggled having to repeat the word down, as Jared had picked him up a bit as well and his toes were just scraping the floor. Jared seemed to understand but let him go reluctantly. When he was firmly back on the ground Jared knelt beside the box of scrap metal and began going through it collecting a few bits in his free hand. He seemed choosy of his bits but if the had talked with the ship, which he is sure what just happened, maybe the ship had told him which bits of metal it wanted. When Jared’s hands were full he stood up and fed the ship his handfuls and the ship took it all at once. It let out one loud note like a person burping and was silent.
He figured that was their queue to go so he took Jared back to his workshop and sat him and a bench before giving him a spare welders helmet and showing him how to use it. Once he was sure that Jared was wearing it properly and that he would leave it on he began work on the finishing pieces of the dragon. As he worked he noticed that Jared would get up from time to time and pace around the dragon and admire it. He’d also poke around in all the tool boxes, cabinets, and anything that seemed to open. At one point Jared found his sketchbooks and sat looking through them. He couldn’t tell what Jared thought of his work since the helmet covered his face but he swore he could feel that Jared was happy with what he was looking at.
He worked for a little over three hours before deciding that the last and final touches could be done the next day. He cleaned up his shop and took Jared back to the cabin. He needed a shower and at this point so did Jared. When they entered the bathroom Jared made right for the toilet and he had to turn his head so he would be watching Jared pee. He did get another quick look at his cock and it was still the same. Still very nice, and very big. Jesus, he needed to get laid.
Jared refused to leave him alone to shower when he had tried to explain what he needed to do with small words and hand gestures and examples. It was late in the afternoon, he was hot, dirty, tired, and resigned to the fact the Jared would be his shadow around the property so he undressed and got in the shower. He’d been in plenty of locker rooms so a brief flash of naked flesh going in and out of the shower with an audience didn’t bother him. But having an alien try to ogle you while you did so was different. He knew from when Jared had first woken up that there were some emotions of sexuality and that he looked pleasing to the eye of an alien. But again Jared was like a child on his world and he was not going to take advantage or Jared. And he was not going to let Jared take advantage of him!
Jared had stripped naked too and tried to get in the shower with him but he had used all his strength and loud deep voice to keep Jared out. Jared stood outside the shower looking in probably sulking but he didn’t attempt to get in again. He could see Jared’s silhouette and at the angle he was standing Jared was just in need of a lay as he was. He washed quickly just in case Jared changed his mind about joining him and when he stepped out and wrapped himself in a towel Jared looked as if he was about to put his clothes back on.
“Shower” he pointed at said shower and mimed washing. “You. Shower. Yes” he said as Jared shook his head. It took a little prompting and pushing but at least he had Jared in the shower. He turned on the water and closed the curtain. He was sure Jared had watched his silhouette closely while he showered so he hoped that Jared could figure out what to do. He watched as Jared at least used the washcloth he’d left behind to rub himself down and he used something on his hair. Eventually Jared opened the curtain to come out and he had to hurry to shut off the water before it got all over the floor. Jared knew how to dry himself when provided with a towel which was both good and slightly bad. He didn’t have to rub Jared down, but he didn’t get to touch Jared to rub him down.
When he’d pulled out a towel for Jared while the alien had been showering he’d spied an old bathrobe in the back of the cupboard. He gave this to Jared to dress in so that he wouldn’t have to get back into dirty clothes. He went back out into the bedroom and got dressed, this time with Jared watching. He figured there was no point in hiding since Jared had seen him naked now, and Jared didn’t find him disgusting.
Once dressed and with Jared in his robe they ended up back in the living room for more lessons. When he turned on his laptop to connect it to the tv there was a message waiting for him. Amazon informed him that his package had been delivered. He looked at the time to see that the post office was still open and would be for a little while yet. He needed those clothes and he needed to get groceries. Come hell or high water, he was going into town.
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Jared had spent the day by Jensen’s side learning his language. But in the future Jensen would have to learn Jared’s language. After all Jensen could not expect Jared’s whole planet to learn a new language just for him. It would be nice though to have a way to communicate with only his mate without anyone else understanding. Despite Jensen fixing him meals Jared was still hungry. He could not understand how a person Jensen’s size could eat so little. But he wouldn’t make an issue of it until tomorrow if Jensen kept giving him such small portions. He was also not tired like Jensen. He had gone to the room he had woken up in and stayed there for a while until he was sure that Jensen was sleeping. He then went back out into the communal room where Jensen had decided to sleep instead of sleeping with him. He wondered if the reason Jensen wouldn’t sleep with him was because they had not bonded yet. He stood over Jensen and watched as his fledgling symbiont flowed over and into his body. He knew that the symbiont was making the subtle changes that would allow them to bond and mate properly. But he did not know how much time that would take. It would have to be before his brothers came. He was certain they wouldn’t try to take Jensen from him but the other dragons on his plants might not see Jensen as his until they had properly bonded and mated. He would work on wooing Jensen to bond with him while he waited for his brothers. He sat on the floor next to Jensen almost all night but was distracted by his symbiont who wound its way to the device Jensen had used earlier to teach him Jensen’s language.
His symbiont seemed to connect with the device and they seemed to merge for some time. When his symbiont came back to him he retreated to his room to commune with it as it shared amazing things with him about Jensen’s planet. The device had metal parts with electrical impulses that worked like a brain and his symbiont was able to interface with it and learn. IT was now able to share all it had learned with him although it would take a little time since they couldn’t exchange words directly. Still, he would be able to communicate with Jensen easily within days. He spent the rest of the night learning.
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Day 3
Are Strange Happenings the New Normal?
Jensen started the day much as he had the previous one. Things progressed about the same as well except for the fact that Jared had more meat to eat and he finished the last bits of his sculpture. He took copious pictures of it before he began to dismantle it into large sections for shipping. A moving company hired by Kim would be coming out tomorrow to pack it up for transport to New York. Jared was helpful since he was strong and Jensen could direct him to help move pieces of sculpture around the barn. It also helped to occupy Jared’s hands and stop him from trying to constantly touch and pet him. The noise of the work and exertion made for shape breathing and less talking too. Since Jared had downloaded the encyclopedia and the dictionary he loved to talk in English. But mainly to try and explain that even through he and Jensen were different species from vastly different planets they were meant to be together. Mates.
It was a very animalistic term if he was being honest but Jared had referred to himself as a dragon so… He was sure what that was all about either. Jared looked nothing like the sculpture they had dismantled even if Jared tried to convince him otherwise. Jared had started to strip so that he could show him it was true but he had turned away and told Jared to keep his clothes on. But truthfully, he had wanted to see Jared naked. He’d turned away more so that the sight of Jared naked wouldn’t arouse him and Jared wouldn’t see his arousal.
In the afternoon Jared spent and hour in his ship which gave him time to shower and clean up around the cabin before his trip. Jared would be staying behind. Sam had called to tell him that she would be back before he left for New York. That meant that Molly and Pauly would not be here to be of concern for Jared. Jared would just have to be content with television, or reading, or just relaxing while he was gone. He would make boundaries for Jared like not going into the barn, which he would lock, and staying at the cabin and not going into town. Jared had no idea where town was but that was besides the point. Jared would just have to lay low until he returned. He’d only be gone two days and one night.
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Day 2
Learning
Jensen nearly screamed when he woke up and found Jared’s face inches from his own. He sat bolt upright and would have scrambled back accept that the couch was narrow and there was no where to go. Jared just lazily blinked at him and straightened up so that he wasn’t stooped over. He was sitting on the floor, his long legs crossed and cramped as they pressed against the side of the couch. Pauly’s head was resting on one on Jared’s knees and Jared was absently petting him.
“Right” Jensen sighed. “Did you get any sleep? Do you sleep?” Jared just continues to stare at him. Without blinking, which was just creepy whenever but doubly so in this moment. He sighed again and moved to get off the couch. “I have to use the john, nature always calls first thing in the morning” he talked even though Jared couldn’t understand him. It helped to not feel as awkward in the silence but in the presence of someone else. Also it took his mind off and switched his emotions away from his half hard morning wood.
As he made his way to his bedroom and the master bath it hit him that he had not shown Jared how to use the bathroom the day before. “I hope that you didn’t make a mess in my bed and found the bathroom and knew how to use it.” Any civilization that had tv’s or entertainment screens, or whatever to view things not physically present would hopefully have bathrooms. He resisted the urge to check the bed on his way by just in case. He could do it later if he really felt the need.
Jared followed him into the bathroom and no amount of ordering or pushing could get him to leave. It only made him slightly embarrassed when he had to pee with Jared watching him from a few feet back. But it also brought back a semblance of hardness to his cock that Jared was interested which made doing his business harder. He got through it and flushed the toilet before stepping aside and gesturing between it and Jared. “Do you need to go?”
Jared made no move to use the toilet so Jensen shrugged and when to wash his hands in the sink. When he looked in the mirror above the sink Jared was right behind him. “Today is going to be fun” Jensen was resigned to have Jared as his shadow so may as well start his lessons in all things human early. He squatted down and opened the cabinet beneath the sink and took out a spare tooth brush. Jared came up beside him as he unwrapped it a puzzled look on his face.
If Jared’s people didn’t brush their teeth it was a wonder he had any and that they were so white. Also, he would not be inclined to kiss Jared, not that he would do that. A little flash fantasy was fine but he’d never act on it and take advantage of Jared who might not have the same customs or might see him as a person of authority for taking care of him. Then he snorted and rolled his eyes at that thought. Jared was not built to see anyone like Jensen as having authority over him even in a strange new land.
Jensen was brought out of his thoughts when Jared made a noise that was probably him asking a question. It sounded question like to his ears. And something in the very back of his brain deep down said that Jared was inquiring about the use of the tool Jensen now held. He shook his head again and handed the tooth brush to Jared who took it delicately between his thumb and forefinger looking it over before returning his attention to Jensen.
Jensen picked up his own tooth brush and showed Jared how he held it until Jared copied him. He then put toothpaste on both brushed and had to set his brush down to stop Jared from trying to eat it. When he was confident Jared would not eat the toothpaste outright as food, he demonstrated how to brush he teeth, peeling his lips back and jutting his lower jaw out to better illustrate eve if it made the brushing hard. Jared looked disgusted at first, then curious and finally he tried to copy Jensen with only mild success but Jensen counted as a win since some teeth cleaning was better than no teeth cleaning. Jensen showed Jared how to spit out the foamy mess and rinse which he was all too happy to do. Jensen had to take a wash cloth to Jared to clean up the last of the foam and saliva from his chin.
He didn’t have any clean clothes for Jared but he needed some. Again, Jared refused to leave his side when tried to get Jared out of his room after grabbing fresh clothes from his dresser. He was able to make Jared turn around to face the wall while he dressed which made Jared sulk the whole time he made them breakfast after he was dressed. Jensen was out of bacon and sausage but he had eggs and oatmeal and bread. Jared had one piece of toast, a bowl of oatmeal and most of Jensen’s eggs. He really would need to go grocery shopping today. He wasn’t sure how he was going to do that yet with Jared attached to his side but he would figure that out later.
Jared followed him as he took Molly out to pasture without taking much interest in her. He wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing, if Jared’s people had something similar to Molly on their planet. And wasn’t that a thought, that of all the planets in all the galaxies there could be one that so resembled earth and its inhabitants and a quarter of Earth’s population thought that the moon landing was fake and no one would make it into space for long and that Earth was the only habitable planet. Period.
If he didn’t think Jared would be used as a science experiment before being cut into little piece for more study he would love to show some of those people what was what. Jared’s hand stroking his back brought him back to the present.
“Sorry Jared I didn’t mean to ignore you” he eased himself away from Jared and turned to head back towards the cabin. Jared’s touch had felt nice. A little too nice if he was honest. It had been some time since he had been touched with such care. Jared’s hand had been warm on his back even through his shirt and there had been just the right amount of pressure. If Jared were human he might consider partaking in more attention but he wasn’t. As pointed out when Jared tried to speak to him again in his own language.
“I have no idea what you just said but let’s go see if we can do something about that” he looked over his shoulder to give Jared a smile. Jared smiled back at him briefly and he wondered what Jared had said.
Once back in the cabin he sat Jared down in front of the tv and booted up his laptop. With a little research he found some streaming lessons of phonics and pre-K through kindergarten alphabet and reading lessons. He bought them and started playing them for Jared. Jared did not want to focus on the lessons. Especially since he had wanted to leave to do some chores around the house. In the end he sat pressed tightly to Jared’s side and practicing phonics and letters with Jared. When Jared could pay attention to the lessons and not try to caress him, they had to start and stop and repeat everything every few minutes. To make things more interesting the silver bands on Jared’s limbs turned liquid and merged with his which did the same. The silver material then connected them by their necks. He wondered again exactly what it was. Whatever it was it was helping Jared, allowing him to sound out the letters and small words more easily as time passed.
And time did pass because it was all to soon that his body started to demand lunch. Jared seemed grateful for the break as they went into the kitchen but his attitude soon turned to annoyed and sullen when he made them peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Jared didn’t seem to know what peanut better was and he laughed at Jared’s reaction when he gave him a spoonful. Jared had sniffed it and touched it before shoving the spoon into his mouth. Whatever it tasted like to Jared had him cooing and trying to chew on the spoon to get the peanut butter off it. He’d had to demonstrate licking it off for fear of losing his spoon. Jared the proceeded to smack his mouth as his tongue rolled around wildly much like a dogs when they got the same treat.
Jared seemed to take momentary offence at his laughter. He made it worse by giving Pauly a big spoonful of peanut butter so Jared could see what he looked like. Jared tried to spit out the peanut butter but he told him “No” very firmly and Jared managed to swallow the rest of it with only minimal tongue and mouth movement. However, he didn’t want to eat the sandwich after that and he had to apologize and eat his in a funny manner before Jared would eat his sandwich. Potato chips were also a new thing of Jared who enjoyed those just fine.
After lunch he decided to give Jared a break from his lessons. Jared had done well considering he had never heard English until the day before. Or at least that’s the way it seemed, he didn’t really know and wouldn’t until Jared has mastered English and could tell him if any of his species had visited Earth before. In the mean time he had work to do on his sculpture if he wanted to have it finished in time for transport to New York and Kim and Brianna’s party.
Jared was enthralled by his sculpture and he had to hold Jared back from trying to climb on it for a better look at some of the details. Many repeated and stern “No’s”, “Stops” and Jared’s name said in his best mom’s voice and well as hanging on to Jared until he calmed down were necessary. But at last he could let Jared go as he circled and started in appreciation.
Jared kept pointing back and forth between himself and the sculpture and repeating the word “Me”. He thought Jared meant mine and tried to correct him even though he was not going to let Jared keep the sculpture. Or let Jared’s silver bands or space ship eat it if that was what Jared had in mind. Which reminded him that before he could start his work, he had to feed Jared’s ship. He had not done so that morning because he wanted to show Jared how to do it. Or at least where to get the metal he’d allow the ship to eat. While he waited for Jared to be done with his inspection, he got a discarded cardboard box and began to fill it with pieces of scrap metal. He chose several different types of metal even though he knew that Jared’s ship wasn’t as picky an eater and its owner. When Jared finally focused his attention back on him instead of his sculpture, he handed Jared the box.
“Come on, let go feed your ship before you and your funky bracelets decided to eat my dragon.” He led the way out to the barn, seeing Jared looking over his shoulder at the work shop so often he thought Jared might trip on something he wasn’t watching out for. Not that there really was anything to trip on. Just some dips and divots in the ground from constant trampling by horse, mule and dog. When Jared figured out they were going to see his ship he hurried to catch up to him. When they entered the barn he didn’t seem to know what to do since his hands were full. He took the box back from Jared and watched as Jared went up to his ship and began to bet and talk to it. It hummed in return as he set the box down close to it.
“Jared” he said after he took a piece of copper from the box. When Jared’s attention was on him he slowly pressed the copper to the ship which slowly ‘ate’ it. Jared stepped back and took a hard look at his ship a look of confusion on his face. Apparently, this was something new for him. If the ship did not ‘eat’ metal on Jared’s world, what did it eat? Jared made grabby motions with his hands and said “Give” just like a toddler would. He reached down into the box and pulled out a piece of bronze which he handed to Jared.
Jared was a bit more quick and forceful while trying to feed his ship but the ship ‘ate’ at the same rate as before. When it was done with the bronze Jared leaned against his ship resting his forehead on its smooth surface and getting a small distorted reflection which was new to him. The ship hummed in various notes for a few minutes. When the ship stopped humming Jared turned and smiled at him before lunging forward and sweeping him up in a hug. It felt amazing to be held against Jared’s warm, firm, muscled chest with his strong arms around him holding him tightly but still gentle and he let himself bask in the feeling for a moment. Then he wiggled having to repeat the word down, as Jared had picked him up a bit as well and his toes were just scraping the floor. Jared seemed to understand but let him go reluctantly. When he was firmly back on the ground Jared knelt beside the box of scrap metal and began going through it collecting a few bits in his free hand. He seemed choosy of his bits but if the had talked with the ship, which he is sure what just happened, maybe the ship had told him which bits of metal it wanted. When Jared’s hands were full he stood up and fed the ship his handfuls and the ship took it all at once. It let out one loud note like a person burping and was silent.
He figured that was their queue to go so he took Jared back to his workshop and sat him and a bench before giving him a spare welders helmet and showing him how to use it. Once he was sure that Jared was wearing it properly and that he would leave it on he began work on the finishing pieces of the dragon. As he worked he noticed that Jared would get up from time to time and pace around the dragon and admire it. He’d also poke around in all the tool boxes, cabinets, and anything that seemed to open. At one point Jared found his sketchbooks and sat looking through them. He couldn’t tell what Jared thought of his work since the helmet covered his face but he swore he could feel that Jared was happy with what he was looking at.
He worked for a little over three hours before deciding that the last and final touches could be done the next day. He cleaned up his shop and took Jared back to the cabin. He needed a shower and at this point so did Jared. When they entered the bathroom Jared made right for the toilet and he had to turn his head so he would be watching Jared pee. He did get another quick look at his cock and it was still the same. Still very nice, and very big. Jesus, he needed to get laid.
Jared refused to leave him alone to shower when he had tried to explain what he needed to do with small words and hand gestures and examples. It was late in the afternoon, he was hot, dirty, tired, and resigned to the fact the Jared would be his shadow around the property so he undressed and got in the shower. He’d been in plenty of locker rooms so a brief flash of naked flesh going in and out of the shower with an audience didn’t bother him. But having an alien try to ogle you while you did so was different. He knew from when Jared had first woken up that there were some emotions of sexuality and that he looked pleasing to the eye of an alien. But again Jared was like a child on his world and he was not going to take advantage or Jared. And he was not going to let Jared take advantage of him!
Jared had stripped naked too and tried to get in the shower with him but he had used all his strength and loud deep voice to keep Jared out. Jared stood outside the shower looking in probably sulking but he didn’t attempt to get in again. He could see Jared’s silhouette and at the angle he was standing Jared was just in need of a lay as he was. He washed quickly just in case Jared changed his mind about joining him and when he stepped out and wrapped himself in a towel Jared looked as if he was about to put his clothes back on.
“Shower” he pointed at said shower and mimed washing. “You. Shower. Yes” he said as Jared shook his head. It took a little prompting and pushing but at least he had Jared in the shower. He turned on the water and closed the curtain. He was sure Jared had watched his silhouette closely while he showered so he hoped that Jared could figure out what to do. He watched as Jared at least used the washcloth he’d left behind to rub himself down and he used something on his hair. Eventually Jared opened the curtain to come out and he had to hurry to shut off the water before it got all over the floor. Jared knew how to dry himself when provided with a towel which was both good and slightly bad. He didn’t have to rub Jared down, but he didn’t get to touch Jared to rub him down.
When he’d pulled out a towel for Jared while the alien had been showering he’d spied an old bathrobe in the back of the cupboard. He gave this to Jared to dress in so that he wouldn’t have to get back into dirty clothes. He went back out into the bedroom and got dressed, this time with Jared watching. He figured there was no point in hiding since Jared had seen him naked now, and Jared didn’t find him disgusting.
Once dressed and with Jared in his robe they ended up back in the living room for more lessons. When he turned on his laptop to connect it to the tv there was a message waiting for him. Amazon informed him that his package had been delivered. He looked at the time to see that the post office was still open and would be for a little while yet. He needed those clothes and he needed to get groceries. Come hell or high water, he was going into town.
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Jared had spent the day by Jensen’s side learning his language. But in the future Jensen would have to learn Jared’s language. After all Jensen could not expect Jared’s whole planet to learn a new language just for him. It would be nice though to have a way to communicate with only his mate without anyone else understanding. Despite Jensen fixing him meals Jared was still hungry. He could not understand how a person Jensen’s size could eat so little. But he wouldn’t make an issue of it until tomorrow if Jensen kept giving him such small portions. He was also not tired like Jensen. He had gone to the room he had woken up in and stayed there for a while until he was sure that Jensen was sleeping. He then went back out into the communal room where Jensen had decided to sleep instead of sleeping with him. He wondered if the reason Jensen wouldn’t sleep with him was because they had not bonded yet. He stood over Jensen and watched as his fledgling symbiont flowed over and into his body. He knew that the symbiont was making the subtle changes that would allow them to bond and mate properly. But he did not know how much time that would take. It would have to be before his brothers came. He was certain they wouldn’t try to take Jensen from him but the other dragons on his plants might not see Jensen as his until they had properly bonded and mated. He would work on wooing Jensen to bond with him while he waited for his brothers. He sat on the floor next to Jensen almost all night but was distracted by his symbiont who wound its way to the device Jensen had used earlier to teach him Jensen’s language.
His symbiont seemed to connect with the device and they seemed to merge for some time. When his symbiont came back to him he retreated to his room to commune with it as it shared amazing things with him about Jensen’s planet. The device had metal parts with electrical impulses that worked like a brain and his symbiont was able to interface with it and learn. IT was now able to share all it had learned with him although it would take a little time since they couldn’t exchange words directly. Still, he would be able to communicate with Jensen easily within days. He spent the rest of the night learning.
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Day 3
Are Strange Happenings the New Normal?
Jensen started the day much as he had the previous one. Things progressed about the same as well except for the fact that Jared had more meat to eat and he finished the last bits of his sculpture. He took copious pictures of it before he began to dismantle it into large sections for shipping. A moving company hired by Kim would be coming out tomorrow to pack it up for transport to New York. Jared was helpful since he was strong and Jensen could direct him to help move pieces of sculpture around the barn. It also helped to occupy Jared’s hands and stop him from trying to constantly touch and pet him. The noise of the work and exertion made for shape breathing and less talking too. Since Jared had downloaded the encyclopedia and the dictionary he loved to talk in English. But mainly to try and explain that even through he and Jensen were different species from vastly different planets they were meant to be together. Mates.
It was a very animalistic term if he was being honest but Jared had referred to himself as a dragon so… He was sure what that was all about either. Jared looked nothing like the sculpture they had dismantled even if Jared tried to convince him otherwise. Jared had started to strip so that he could show him it was true but he had turned away and told Jared to keep his clothes on. But truthfully, he had wanted to see Jared naked. He’d turned away more so that the sight of Jared naked wouldn’t arouse him and Jared wouldn’t see his arousal.
In the afternoon Jared spent and hour in his ship which gave him time to shower and clean up around the cabin before his trip. Jared would be staying behind. Sam had called to tell him that she would be back before he left for New York. That meant that Molly and Pauly would not be here to be of concern for Jared. Jared would just have to be content with television, or reading, or just relaxing while he was gone. He would make boundaries for Jared like not going into the barn, which he would lock, and staying at the cabin and not going into town. Jared had no idea where town was but that was besides the point. Jared would just have to lay low until he returned. He’d only be gone two days and one night.
part 1 https://angelzfurys.livejournal.com/38597.html
part 2 https://angelzfurys.livejournal.com/39141.html