Smoke & Lightning, Heavy Metal Thunder (48/?)
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Title: Smoke And Lightning, Heavy Metal Thunder (48/?)
Authors: bloody_adorable and eviltwin
Fandoms: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jensen Ackles / Jared Padalecki.
Rating: Adult
Wordcount: 3,557
Summary: AU. Jared's a classic case of rich kid gone wrong, whose only sense of family comes from his motorbike, the guy he rents a garage from to live in and the precinct cops who know his face better than most already. Jensen's a hard-working student whose family are helping push him towards great things. What happens when their two worlds collide, and will Jared's troublesome nature be too much for Jensen to handle?
Disclaimer: None of the following is true in any way, and no profit is made from this work of fiction.
An apology for once again being a day late. I haven't been very well, unfortunately. Anyway, here's the next chapter, along with a reminder to check out our advent calendar!
http://j2advent2008.livejournal.com
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
Jensen had almost thought he might get away without any more sex for the rest of the day, but then Jared announced halfway through breakfast that he was dragging him to Eric's while he got his nipples re-pierced and a tattoo consultation. After that, he knew that getting too turned on to bear it was probably inevitable.
They headed out to Eric's place within the hour, Jensen making Jay promise that he would behave before they set off. He knew he probably wouldn't, but it was worth a shot. It felt good to be on the bike again. Jensen thought he might have to get his own license for one, for when he started school after the summer, as he couldn't imagine driving a car there and back each day. The bike was more free, and the feel of the rumbling metal between his legs and the leather of Jared's jacket beneath one hand was a huge turn on.
Eric's looked a little busy for a Sunday, but Jensen supposed that now the weather was starting to pick up again then it was only natural. Jared parked the bike and Jensen felt the vibrations of it settling down echo through his body as he got off it. He followed Jared up to the doors, checking out a couple of new designs on display in the window before going inside.
Eric smiled widely when he saw them both, grabbing Jay's hand and shaking it before he pulled him in for a quick hug. "Jay, it's good to see my best customer out and about again."
"Good to be here again, man. Figured I'd bring Jen too in case he saw something he might want."
Jensen smiled at that. Jared clearly knew what he was thinking and, apparently, so did Eric. "New on in the window, huh?"
He nodded. "Looks like you had me in mind."
"Had it in mind last time I saw the pair of you together. Just took me 'til now to have the time to do it justice. Say the word and it's yours."
"Definitely," Jensen replied, feeling a tug of excitement as he watched Eric move to take the design down from the window.
"When?" Eric asked, as they followed him to his work area.
"Uh, before I graduate? I'll be done with papers and tests so.. Second weekend in May?"
Eric checked his diary quickly. "Have to be after hours, both days. I'm busy otherwise."
"Sure, no problem."
"Both of you, right? 'Cause I'm just assuming now that Jay wants the other half."
"You know me too well," Jared agreed.
"Tattoo a person enough times and it becomes second nature. But today it's piercing?"
"Yeah. They healed up pretty quick. Couple of weeks."
"From what I heard about what you got up to, it was probably just as well. C'mon then, let's do this. And no funny business from either of you boys."
"I promise to be good," Jay told him. "Just can't say the same for Jensen. The boy's some kind of deviant."
"Shut up," Jensen laughed, shaking his head.
Jay laid back on the bed, after pulling his shirt off and dumping it to one side. "It's true. You get turned on by this, don't deny it. See the way you're looking at me right now? You're already wishing we were fucking right this second."
Jensen shook his head again, told Jay he was deluding himself. "I've seen hotter sights," he said, getting up on the chair opposite where Eric was now stood.
"Yeah, but I already told you that Eric won't let me get naked when he has other customers."
"Jerk."
"Are we doing this or are you two just going to bitch each other out all morning?" Eric asked, interrupting Jared's retort.
"We're doing this," Jared said, firmly, and laid back.
Jensen watched in fascination as Eric cleaned off Jared's nipples, felt his dick stirring as he watched him prep the needle he was going to use. He knew that Jared would probably want to test the new rings out before he let Jensen go for the day, and he was looking forward to it more with each passing moment. The piercing itself looked like it should have been uncomfortable, but when Jensen lifted his eyes from Jared's chest to his face, he saw that he was being watched with a pleased half-smile. Jared licked his lips, tongue darting out, and Jensen shifted in his chair. He caught the look that Eric gave him then and quickly stood, wanting to have an excuse to look elsewhere for a couple of seconds so he could compose himself again. He listened to Eric and Jared plan the cover-up of the crow tattoo on the latter's back, but he was distracted by the thought of what he would be doing once they got back to Jeff's place. What would be done to him.
"You look about a million miles away," Jared whispered, his mouth brushing against the shell of Jensen's ear. It startled him, he hadn't realized that Jared was done, and he let himself be pulled back into Jared's arms and tilted his head slightly so that the other man could kiss his throat.
"Just a couple miles," he answered. "Thinking about your bed."
"Be there soon enough. How long can you stay?"
"Long as you want," Jensen answered.
The week without Jared was harder than Jensen thought. It seemed he was still a distraction even if he wasn't there, but after a couple of late night phone calls he thought he would be able to manage it. Chris came over every other night to study with him, which helped his concentration because he wouldn't let him drift off into a daydream until everything was done. His sister sat with him each night, working on her own homework and otherwise sitting quietly, thinking about who knew what. He had noticed she'd become quieter since the move, which was a worry. He thought that having Jared over that weekend to help with some decorating would probably cheer her up.
His mom seemed okay, at least. She had plenty of friends in spite of Alan and it hadn't taken her long to use her connections to get herself a job that paid what she needed. Stevie had been right; there were a lot of things that they had been used to which were now sacrificed in favor of more necessary things, but nobody seemed to mind. The atmosphere without Alan around was better, they all knew that. Even Josh was more talkative towards his brother now, and brought Cathy over for dinner twice during the week. They were getting on with decorating their own place and Jensen knew that now they were engaged, Josh was looking to start a family with his future wife.
He had passed on Stevie's invitation to all of them for the wedding, which was scheduled to be in a couple of weeks' time. Stevie was just slim enough that her slight bump wasn't too obvious yet, and she wanted to get married before she no longer fit into the dress that she had picked out. The plan for the wedding was that Stevie would come to the condo and stay with Donna and Kenzie the night before, while Jensen would go and stay with Jeff and Jared, straight after school. He was looking forward to it. A chance to see everyone together again, and to see Jeffrey get everything he wanted, just like he deserved. If there had been a way for Jensen to show his gratitude to the man, he would have. He just didn't think that there was anything that could quite get through how thankful he was to have both him and his son as part of his life.
Jared called early Friday night, while Jensen was still doing his homework. He was due over first thing the following morning. Jensen had a feeling he was looking to bring that forward and it seemed he was right.
"Guess what I did today."
Jensen looked down at his paper. One thousand words left to go. He could probably manage that within the next hour. "What?" He asked, settling back in his chair and cradling the phone against his ear.
"I got that tattoo that I talked about with Eric. The coverup? I thought maybe I could come over tonight and show you it. Stay the night. You think your mom would mind?"
"Maybe if you gagged me," Jensen murmured, with a low chuckle. "What're you doing getting tattoos, anyhow? Shouldn't you be doing something constructive?"
"I tried constructive and I hurt myself, so Stevie told me to stop. Jeff reckons I'm a pain in the ass when I'm helpful."
"Ah, he could be right. Mom's not here right now, anyway. She took Kenzie to the movies, to try and cheer her up."
"So, that's a yes, right?"
"Yeah, but I've got some homework still to do so if you get here before I finish, then you're going to sit there and be real quiet and not try and jump me in any way."
Jared laughed quietly at that. "Scout's honour."
Jensen knew he probably didn't mean it, so he asked Jared to get them some beer and chips on his way over, just to delay him a little bit more. As soon as he hung up he got on with his studies, knowing that he would have to finish it now otherwise he wouldn't get a chance. He managed it, and quickly sent his mom a message to let her know that Jared would be there when they got back. He knew she would check once she got out of the movies, to make sure nothing terrible had happened.
About forty-five minutes after he had said goodbye to Jared on the phone, the other man showed up at the door of the apartment with a six pack in one hand and a bag of doritos in the other. "So I got everything you asked for. You done studying?"
Jensen nodded. "Just." He stepped aside to let Jared in, holding on to the edge of the door when Jared leaned in for a kiss.
"Good."
They shut the door, and Jared followed Jensen into the lounge. His mom had done a lot in the last couple of weeks to get the place looking spotless, but it looked much more lived in than the house they had been in. Jared liked it immediately. When he saw the wide couch in front of the large TV, he liked it even more. Jensen saw him looking and grinned.
"Mom managed to rescue a few things from the house. Didn't take long to let Dad know that he wasn't keeping everything."
"I'm liking your mom more and more," Jared said. "What're we doing?"
"We could watch a movie or just... I don't know."
"I'm thinking 'I don't know' sounds good."
Jensen had figured as much. He turned the TV on anyway, just for some background noise, and then pulled Jared down onto the couch with him. The beers were dropped onto the floor, along with the chips, and both were quickly forgotten as the two men got comfortable. Jensen felt like this was how his home should be, having Jared's arms loose around him and Jared's mouth hard against his.
"Missed you this week," Jared murmured, as they pulled apart.
"Missed you too."
"How's your studying been going?"
"All right. I'm trying to believe that there's only a month and a half 'til graduation. Trying to work out what the hell we're going to do after that."
"Don't worry about that right now. I'm not being lazy, I swear. I'm saving up."
"How? You back working at Mickey's? You never said-"
"I'm not back there. Not yet. I might pick some shifts up after the summer, but before then I need something that's not so rigid. And I need my Saturday nights free so I can come see you."
"I guess. So what're you doing? Robbing banks again, huh?"
Jared laughed at that. "Damn, you guessed. I'm fixing bikes and cars. Nothing full time, just.. Friends of friends. Eric's friends, mostly."
"Well, that's good, right? Keeps you busy."
"Not too busy to keep me from you, though."
"Speaking of Eric. Are you going to show me this tattoo?"
"Hmm. Wait until we go to bed. I'll show you then."
Jensen managed a quick agreement before Jared's mouth was on his again. They pulled apart almost guiltily when, an hour later, Jensen's mom and sister returned home. Jensen sat up, half-on Jared's lap, and grabbed a beer from the six-pack on the floor. He looked around as his mom came in, closely followed by a slightly happier looking Kenzie.
"Hey, dork. How was the movie?"
Kenzie smiled at the teasing and Jared moved over so that she could sit between them both to tell them just how the movie was. Donna left them to it and headed for the kitchen, telling them all loudly that she was going to fix up some supper and if anyone didn't want any then they should say.
A few hours later, after Kenzie had fallen asleep and been carried to her room by Jensen, the rest of them decided it was time for bed. Donna said good night and went on ahead, and Jensen led Jared to a door off the opposite side of the lounge. His bedroom was at the front of the apartment, well away from the others, and he was glad for that tonight. Jared undressed the moment the door was shut behind them, and Jensen quickly followed. He turned Jared around before he could kiss him, touching the still-new tattoo that now covered where the crow had been. Eric was clearly some kind of genius now, because Jensen couldn't even tell which part the crow had been now, amongst the darkly shaded shark that now sat there. It was mostly in shadow, surrounded by green strands of what Jensen supposed was meant to be kelp.
"You like it?"
"Yeah. I like it. At least it won't get you in trouble, huh?"
"Depends what kind of trouble you mean."
"Bed first. Then maybe we can make some trouble between us."
Jared laughed. "Sure."
They woke late the following morning, warm and sated and ready for more. Jensen held back a quiet laugh as Jared slid down underneath the covers and then quickly pulled the quilt up to his mouth to cover it when Jared started sucking his dick. He felt Jared's hands on his thighs, holding him down, and relaxed into the touch there even though everywhere else was far from relaxed. He could tell that Jared was jerking himself off at the same time, and he whimpered quietly into the quilt at the thought of it. It was strange, having to be so quiet, and strangely more erotic. Jensen was ready to come in a shorter time than usual, but he forced himself to hold back. He didn't know if that made it worse or better when he finally let go, but he did know that he had to clamp his teeth together so hard that his jaw ached just to keep himself from crying out.
Jared licked him clean and edged his way back up again, his own hand still on his dick, pumping it slowly.
"You want me.." Jensen didn't finish the question, just wrapped his fingers around Jared's and helped him until he too was coming, hips jerking as he covered their hands with his release.
It took them a few minutes to calm down enough to be bothered to move, and they cleaned up when they did. Jared pulled on his clothes from the night before, Jensen found some clean stuff that he was sure had belonged to Jared before anyway, and then they went out into the lounge and found Kenzie playing video games.
"Where's Mom?"
"Out. Chris called, said he'd be here in a half hour. I told him you were too busy with Jared to answer the phone." She smiled her 'I'm-so-innocent' smile at them, then turned back to her game. Jensen rolled his eyes, but said nothing.
"You want some breakfast before he gets here?"
"Love some. What's Chris coming over for?"
"Help me decorate my room. Don't know if you noticed, but the walls are kind of white still."
Jared grinned, eyes going to the back of Kenzie's head to see her reaction as he said, "Didn't notice much of anything, what with all the sex..."
Kenzie dropped her controller and looked round at them, her eyes wide. "You don't have to talk about that stuff in front of me!" She told him.
"Yeah, yeah. I know you want to hear all about it really. Can't tell you, though. Your Mom might kill me. That and we need to have breakfast."
"You do know it's nearly lunchtime, right?"
Jensen ruffled her hair, despite her protests when he did. "We work to different hours than you do. You'll find that out when you grow up."
She wrinkled her nose at him, scowling. "Ha ha. Shut up."
Jensen turned to Jared. "Hey, she sounds like you do."
They left her poking her tongue out at them, as they went into the kitchen to get some food.
Chris arrived right on time, dead on noon, and soon the three of them were in Jensen's room with the paint he had stowed away a few days previous, contemplating the bare walls. Jared started on moving and covering furniture, away from the walls, while Chris prepared a couple of trays of paint and the rollers. Jensen, meanwhile, chose some music to play while they worked and made sure all the little things that had been out were away to avoid any paint spattering on them.
"So, what're we allowed to do here?" Jared asked, as soon as they were ready to paint.
"Well. Mom said anything I wanted. So long as I didn't paint the walls black."
"No black?"
"None. Only because she knows I'm not going to be in this apartment for long once the holidays start."
"Right. Because we're getting our own place." Jared grinned as he said it, and Jensen could see that he was still pleased by the fact that he wanted them to be together for a long time. That he had planned it.
"Exactly. You have any ideas, then?"
"Oh, yeah. I got some ideas. I'll do this wall and you can do the rest."
"That's the biggest wall," Chris pointed out. "You sure?"
"I'm sure. This will be the accent wall."
"Accent wall?" Jensen echoed.
"Yeah. I read about it somewhere. Yes, Jensen, I'm still reading."
"Didn't say a word. And okay. You can do the accent wall. Enjoy."
"Holy sh-"
"Kenzie."
"I'm sorry, but.. Why couldn't you let Jared do my room?"
"Because if you had anything like this on your walls then Mom would probably kill us both."
Chris had to agree with that, but he was still impressed. Three of the four walls of Jensen's room were a pale, warm orange colour. The fourth had been left white, but Jared had painted a tattoo design on it in blue, red and green. The bright colours made each edge look sharp. The effect was somewhat fantastic. Jensen wasn't entirely sure yet that his Mom would agree, but he loved it and Chris assured him that she would be fine with it once she knew that.
"So how come you all got more paint on each other than on the walls?"
"Are you going to stop asking dumb questions and go call Mom? Find out where she is?"
Kenzie gave an exasperated sigh, but left them alone.
"Do you want me to go?" Chris asked, as Jared slid his arms around Jensen as he stayed where he was, admiring the wall.
"Stay for dinner at least. It's fine, man. Jay can control himself."
Chris laughed at the look Jared gave him over Jensen's shoulder, then. "Yeah, I don't think he agrees with you. But I'll stay for dinner, then I gotta get going. Promised Dani I'd take her out tonight. Late showing of some horror movie."
"Rather you than me," Jensen told him. He wasn't particularly bothered about watching horror movies. He would if Jared wanted to, but would probably be likely to spend the whole time trying to distract his boyfriend away from it.
"It'll be good, I'm sure. And if it's not, sure we can entertain ourselves."
Jared intended to go home after dinner, let Jensen have some time with his family, but he got so comfortable with Jensen on the couch when they were done eating, that he couldn't be bothered to move. Donna didn't ask him to, and neither did Jensen, and that made his mind up for him. He didn't leave until midday the following day, with quiet kisses and promises on the stairwell and a need to see Jensen once more as soon as he was out of the door. As soon as he was gone, Jensen hit the books again, knowing that he needed to make every hour that he could count. At least until the weekend, when he would see Jared again.
--TBC--
Title: Smoke And Lightning, Heavy Metal Thunder (48/?)
Authors: bloody_adorable and eviltwin
Fandoms: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jensen Ackles / Jared Padalecki.
Rating: Adult
Wordcount: 3,557
Summary: AU. Jared's a classic case of rich kid gone wrong, whose only sense of family comes from his motorbike, the guy he rents a garage from to live in and the precinct cops who know his face better than most already. Jensen's a hard-working student whose family are helping push him towards great things. What happens when their two worlds collide, and will Jared's troublesome nature be too much for Jensen to handle?
Disclaimer: None of the following is true in any way, and no profit is made from this work of fiction.
An apology for once again being a day late. I haven't been very well, unfortunately. Anyway, here's the next chapter, along with a reminder to check out our advent calendar!
http://j2advent2008.livejournal.com
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
Jensen had almost thought he might get away without any more sex for the rest of the day, but then Jared announced halfway through breakfast that he was dragging him to Eric's while he got his nipples re-pierced and a tattoo consultation. After that, he knew that getting too turned on to bear it was probably inevitable.
They headed out to Eric's place within the hour, Jensen making Jay promise that he would behave before they set off. He knew he probably wouldn't, but it was worth a shot. It felt good to be on the bike again. Jensen thought he might have to get his own license for one, for when he started school after the summer, as he couldn't imagine driving a car there and back each day. The bike was more free, and the feel of the rumbling metal between his legs and the leather of Jared's jacket beneath one hand was a huge turn on.
Eric's looked a little busy for a Sunday, but Jensen supposed that now the weather was starting to pick up again then it was only natural. Jared parked the bike and Jensen felt the vibrations of it settling down echo through his body as he got off it. He followed Jared up to the doors, checking out a couple of new designs on display in the window before going inside.
Eric smiled widely when he saw them both, grabbing Jay's hand and shaking it before he pulled him in for a quick hug. "Jay, it's good to see my best customer out and about again."
"Good to be here again, man. Figured I'd bring Jen too in case he saw something he might want."
Jensen smiled at that. Jared clearly knew what he was thinking and, apparently, so did Eric. "New on in the window, huh?"
He nodded. "Looks like you had me in mind."
"Had it in mind last time I saw the pair of you together. Just took me 'til now to have the time to do it justice. Say the word and it's yours."
"Definitely," Jensen replied, feeling a tug of excitement as he watched Eric move to take the design down from the window.
"When?" Eric asked, as they followed him to his work area.
"Uh, before I graduate? I'll be done with papers and tests so.. Second weekend in May?"
Eric checked his diary quickly. "Have to be after hours, both days. I'm busy otherwise."
"Sure, no problem."
"Both of you, right? 'Cause I'm just assuming now that Jay wants the other half."
"You know me too well," Jared agreed.
"Tattoo a person enough times and it becomes second nature. But today it's piercing?"
"Yeah. They healed up pretty quick. Couple of weeks."
"From what I heard about what you got up to, it was probably just as well. C'mon then, let's do this. And no funny business from either of you boys."
"I promise to be good," Jay told him. "Just can't say the same for Jensen. The boy's some kind of deviant."
"Shut up," Jensen laughed, shaking his head.
Jay laid back on the bed, after pulling his shirt off and dumping it to one side. "It's true. You get turned on by this, don't deny it. See the way you're looking at me right now? You're already wishing we were fucking right this second."
Jensen shook his head again, told Jay he was deluding himself. "I've seen hotter sights," he said, getting up on the chair opposite where Eric was now stood.
"Yeah, but I already told you that Eric won't let me get naked when he has other customers."
"Jerk."
"Are we doing this or are you two just going to bitch each other out all morning?" Eric asked, interrupting Jared's retort.
"We're doing this," Jared said, firmly, and laid back.
Jensen watched in fascination as Eric cleaned off Jared's nipples, felt his dick stirring as he watched him prep the needle he was going to use. He knew that Jared would probably want to test the new rings out before he let Jensen go for the day, and he was looking forward to it more with each passing moment. The piercing itself looked like it should have been uncomfortable, but when Jensen lifted his eyes from Jared's chest to his face, he saw that he was being watched with a pleased half-smile. Jared licked his lips, tongue darting out, and Jensen shifted in his chair. He caught the look that Eric gave him then and quickly stood, wanting to have an excuse to look elsewhere for a couple of seconds so he could compose himself again. He listened to Eric and Jared plan the cover-up of the crow tattoo on the latter's back, but he was distracted by the thought of what he would be doing once they got back to Jeff's place. What would be done to him.
"You look about a million miles away," Jared whispered, his mouth brushing against the shell of Jensen's ear. It startled him, he hadn't realized that Jared was done, and he let himself be pulled back into Jared's arms and tilted his head slightly so that the other man could kiss his throat.
"Just a couple miles," he answered. "Thinking about your bed."
"Be there soon enough. How long can you stay?"
"Long as you want," Jensen answered.
The week without Jared was harder than Jensen thought. It seemed he was still a distraction even if he wasn't there, but after a couple of late night phone calls he thought he would be able to manage it. Chris came over every other night to study with him, which helped his concentration because he wouldn't let him drift off into a daydream until everything was done. His sister sat with him each night, working on her own homework and otherwise sitting quietly, thinking about who knew what. He had noticed she'd become quieter since the move, which was a worry. He thought that having Jared over that weekend to help with some decorating would probably cheer her up.
His mom seemed okay, at least. She had plenty of friends in spite of Alan and it hadn't taken her long to use her connections to get herself a job that paid what she needed. Stevie had been right; there were a lot of things that they had been used to which were now sacrificed in favor of more necessary things, but nobody seemed to mind. The atmosphere without Alan around was better, they all knew that. Even Josh was more talkative towards his brother now, and brought Cathy over for dinner twice during the week. They were getting on with decorating their own place and Jensen knew that now they were engaged, Josh was looking to start a family with his future wife.
He had passed on Stevie's invitation to all of them for the wedding, which was scheduled to be in a couple of weeks' time. Stevie was just slim enough that her slight bump wasn't too obvious yet, and she wanted to get married before she no longer fit into the dress that she had picked out. The plan for the wedding was that Stevie would come to the condo and stay with Donna and Kenzie the night before, while Jensen would go and stay with Jeff and Jared, straight after school. He was looking forward to it. A chance to see everyone together again, and to see Jeffrey get everything he wanted, just like he deserved. If there had been a way for Jensen to show his gratitude to the man, he would have. He just didn't think that there was anything that could quite get through how thankful he was to have both him and his son as part of his life.
Jared called early Friday night, while Jensen was still doing his homework. He was due over first thing the following morning. Jensen had a feeling he was looking to bring that forward and it seemed he was right.
"Guess what I did today."
Jensen looked down at his paper. One thousand words left to go. He could probably manage that within the next hour. "What?" He asked, settling back in his chair and cradling the phone against his ear.
"I got that tattoo that I talked about with Eric. The coverup? I thought maybe I could come over tonight and show you it. Stay the night. You think your mom would mind?"
"Maybe if you gagged me," Jensen murmured, with a low chuckle. "What're you doing getting tattoos, anyhow? Shouldn't you be doing something constructive?"
"I tried constructive and I hurt myself, so Stevie told me to stop. Jeff reckons I'm a pain in the ass when I'm helpful."
"Ah, he could be right. Mom's not here right now, anyway. She took Kenzie to the movies, to try and cheer her up."
"So, that's a yes, right?"
"Yeah, but I've got some homework still to do so if you get here before I finish, then you're going to sit there and be real quiet and not try and jump me in any way."
Jared laughed quietly at that. "Scout's honour."
Jensen knew he probably didn't mean it, so he asked Jared to get them some beer and chips on his way over, just to delay him a little bit more. As soon as he hung up he got on with his studies, knowing that he would have to finish it now otherwise he wouldn't get a chance. He managed it, and quickly sent his mom a message to let her know that Jared would be there when they got back. He knew she would check once she got out of the movies, to make sure nothing terrible had happened.
About forty-five minutes after he had said goodbye to Jared on the phone, the other man showed up at the door of the apartment with a six pack in one hand and a bag of doritos in the other. "So I got everything you asked for. You done studying?"
Jensen nodded. "Just." He stepped aside to let Jared in, holding on to the edge of the door when Jared leaned in for a kiss.
"Good."
They shut the door, and Jared followed Jensen into the lounge. His mom had done a lot in the last couple of weeks to get the place looking spotless, but it looked much more lived in than the house they had been in. Jared liked it immediately. When he saw the wide couch in front of the large TV, he liked it even more. Jensen saw him looking and grinned.
"Mom managed to rescue a few things from the house. Didn't take long to let Dad know that he wasn't keeping everything."
"I'm liking your mom more and more," Jared said. "What're we doing?"
"We could watch a movie or just... I don't know."
"I'm thinking 'I don't know' sounds good."
Jensen had figured as much. He turned the TV on anyway, just for some background noise, and then pulled Jared down onto the couch with him. The beers were dropped onto the floor, along with the chips, and both were quickly forgotten as the two men got comfortable. Jensen felt like this was how his home should be, having Jared's arms loose around him and Jared's mouth hard against his.
"Missed you this week," Jared murmured, as they pulled apart.
"Missed you too."
"How's your studying been going?"
"All right. I'm trying to believe that there's only a month and a half 'til graduation. Trying to work out what the hell we're going to do after that."
"Don't worry about that right now. I'm not being lazy, I swear. I'm saving up."
"How? You back working at Mickey's? You never said-"
"I'm not back there. Not yet. I might pick some shifts up after the summer, but before then I need something that's not so rigid. And I need my Saturday nights free so I can come see you."
"I guess. So what're you doing? Robbing banks again, huh?"
Jared laughed at that. "Damn, you guessed. I'm fixing bikes and cars. Nothing full time, just.. Friends of friends. Eric's friends, mostly."
"Well, that's good, right? Keeps you busy."
"Not too busy to keep me from you, though."
"Speaking of Eric. Are you going to show me this tattoo?"
"Hmm. Wait until we go to bed. I'll show you then."
Jensen managed a quick agreement before Jared's mouth was on his again. They pulled apart almost guiltily when, an hour later, Jensen's mom and sister returned home. Jensen sat up, half-on Jared's lap, and grabbed a beer from the six-pack on the floor. He looked around as his mom came in, closely followed by a slightly happier looking Kenzie.
"Hey, dork. How was the movie?"
Kenzie smiled at the teasing and Jared moved over so that she could sit between them both to tell them just how the movie was. Donna left them to it and headed for the kitchen, telling them all loudly that she was going to fix up some supper and if anyone didn't want any then they should say.
A few hours later, after Kenzie had fallen asleep and been carried to her room by Jensen, the rest of them decided it was time for bed. Donna said good night and went on ahead, and Jensen led Jared to a door off the opposite side of the lounge. His bedroom was at the front of the apartment, well away from the others, and he was glad for that tonight. Jared undressed the moment the door was shut behind them, and Jensen quickly followed. He turned Jared around before he could kiss him, touching the still-new tattoo that now covered where the crow had been. Eric was clearly some kind of genius now, because Jensen couldn't even tell which part the crow had been now, amongst the darkly shaded shark that now sat there. It was mostly in shadow, surrounded by green strands of what Jensen supposed was meant to be kelp.
"You like it?"
"Yeah. I like it. At least it won't get you in trouble, huh?"
"Depends what kind of trouble you mean."
"Bed first. Then maybe we can make some trouble between us."
Jared laughed. "Sure."
They woke late the following morning, warm and sated and ready for more. Jensen held back a quiet laugh as Jared slid down underneath the covers and then quickly pulled the quilt up to his mouth to cover it when Jared started sucking his dick. He felt Jared's hands on his thighs, holding him down, and relaxed into the touch there even though everywhere else was far from relaxed. He could tell that Jared was jerking himself off at the same time, and he whimpered quietly into the quilt at the thought of it. It was strange, having to be so quiet, and strangely more erotic. Jensen was ready to come in a shorter time than usual, but he forced himself to hold back. He didn't know if that made it worse or better when he finally let go, but he did know that he had to clamp his teeth together so hard that his jaw ached just to keep himself from crying out.
Jared licked him clean and edged his way back up again, his own hand still on his dick, pumping it slowly.
"You want me.." Jensen didn't finish the question, just wrapped his fingers around Jared's and helped him until he too was coming, hips jerking as he covered their hands with his release.
It took them a few minutes to calm down enough to be bothered to move, and they cleaned up when they did. Jared pulled on his clothes from the night before, Jensen found some clean stuff that he was sure had belonged to Jared before anyway, and then they went out into the lounge and found Kenzie playing video games.
"Where's Mom?"
"Out. Chris called, said he'd be here in a half hour. I told him you were too busy with Jared to answer the phone." She smiled her 'I'm-so-innocent' smile at them, then turned back to her game. Jensen rolled his eyes, but said nothing.
"You want some breakfast before he gets here?"
"Love some. What's Chris coming over for?"
"Help me decorate my room. Don't know if you noticed, but the walls are kind of white still."
Jared grinned, eyes going to the back of Kenzie's head to see her reaction as he said, "Didn't notice much of anything, what with all the sex..."
Kenzie dropped her controller and looked round at them, her eyes wide. "You don't have to talk about that stuff in front of me!" She told him.
"Yeah, yeah. I know you want to hear all about it really. Can't tell you, though. Your Mom might kill me. That and we need to have breakfast."
"You do know it's nearly lunchtime, right?"
Jensen ruffled her hair, despite her protests when he did. "We work to different hours than you do. You'll find that out when you grow up."
She wrinkled her nose at him, scowling. "Ha ha. Shut up."
Jensen turned to Jared. "Hey, she sounds like you do."
They left her poking her tongue out at them, as they went into the kitchen to get some food.
Chris arrived right on time, dead on noon, and soon the three of them were in Jensen's room with the paint he had stowed away a few days previous, contemplating the bare walls. Jared started on moving and covering furniture, away from the walls, while Chris prepared a couple of trays of paint and the rollers. Jensen, meanwhile, chose some music to play while they worked and made sure all the little things that had been out were away to avoid any paint spattering on them.
"So, what're we allowed to do here?" Jared asked, as soon as they were ready to paint.
"Well. Mom said anything I wanted. So long as I didn't paint the walls black."
"No black?"
"None. Only because she knows I'm not going to be in this apartment for long once the holidays start."
"Right. Because we're getting our own place." Jared grinned as he said it, and Jensen could see that he was still pleased by the fact that he wanted them to be together for a long time. That he had planned it.
"Exactly. You have any ideas, then?"
"Oh, yeah. I got some ideas. I'll do this wall and you can do the rest."
"That's the biggest wall," Chris pointed out. "You sure?"
"I'm sure. This will be the accent wall."
"Accent wall?" Jensen echoed.
"Yeah. I read about it somewhere. Yes, Jensen, I'm still reading."
"Didn't say a word. And okay. You can do the accent wall. Enjoy."
"Holy sh-"
"Kenzie."
"I'm sorry, but.. Why couldn't you let Jared do my room?"
"Because if you had anything like this on your walls then Mom would probably kill us both."
Chris had to agree with that, but he was still impressed. Three of the four walls of Jensen's room were a pale, warm orange colour. The fourth had been left white, but Jared had painted a tattoo design on it in blue, red and green. The bright colours made each edge look sharp. The effect was somewhat fantastic. Jensen wasn't entirely sure yet that his Mom would agree, but he loved it and Chris assured him that she would be fine with it once she knew that.
"So how come you all got more paint on each other than on the walls?"
"Are you going to stop asking dumb questions and go call Mom? Find out where she is?"
Kenzie gave an exasperated sigh, but left them alone.
"Do you want me to go?" Chris asked, as Jared slid his arms around Jensen as he stayed where he was, admiring the wall.
"Stay for dinner at least. It's fine, man. Jay can control himself."
Chris laughed at the look Jared gave him over Jensen's shoulder, then. "Yeah, I don't think he agrees with you. But I'll stay for dinner, then I gotta get going. Promised Dani I'd take her out tonight. Late showing of some horror movie."
"Rather you than me," Jensen told him. He wasn't particularly bothered about watching horror movies. He would if Jared wanted to, but would probably be likely to spend the whole time trying to distract his boyfriend away from it.
"It'll be good, I'm sure. And if it's not, sure we can entertain ourselves."
Jared intended to go home after dinner, let Jensen have some time with his family, but he got so comfortable with Jensen on the couch when they were done eating, that he couldn't be bothered to move. Donna didn't ask him to, and neither did Jensen, and that made his mind up for him. He didn't leave until midday the following day, with quiet kisses and promises on the stairwell and a need to see Jensen once more as soon as he was out of the door. As soon as he was gone, Jensen hit the books again, knowing that he needed to make every hour that he could count. At least until the weekend, when he would see Jared again.
--TBC--