Dragon Effect - Making Love
ArwingYoshi (7:41:47 PM): Anders had been debating with himself for days. Whenever he wasn't working on patients, he was thinking about Hawke. He told himself that it was just because the asari was his only friend here, but it seemed like that wasn't just it. He cared about Hawke, and if Shepard failed, if the galaxy was doomed, he only had a limited amount of time with him. What did he have to lose? If Hawke said no, then he could accept that.
Once he was done with work, Anders stopped off to get a bottle of wine before he made his way to Hawke's apartment and knocked on the door.
CinnabarDrake (7:46:00 PM): Carver was the one to get the door this time. "Oh, it's you," he said to Anders, sneering at him. "You might as well come in, I guess."
ArwingYoshi (7:49:24 PM): Anders frowned at the blue asari as he entered the apartment. "Is your brother home?" He asked.
CinnabarDrake (7:52:08 PM): Carver looked surprised and maybe just a little bit mollified at Anders' wording. Just the tiniest bit. "He's in the back," he said uncertaintly. "I'll go get him."
He left Anders in the tiny apartment's front room, giving the human a curious look over his shoulder. Hawke appeared less than a minute later, grinning when he saw Anders. "This is a nice surprise," he said.
ArwingYoshi (7:57:41 PM): Anders had gotten better about not instinctively using female pronouns when it came to Hawke and Carver. Though he still couldn't help but think of other asari as female, just on default.
Anders smiled back when he saw Hawke. "I brought some wine for us to share," He said, holding up the silver bottle. At least asari didn't have to worry about different amino acids.
CinnabarDrake (8:01:47 PM): "Really?" Hawke's smile grew wider as he took the bottle from Anders. "Come into the kitchen, then," he said, nodding towards the right door. "I'll find us some glasses." And thank the goddess that he and Bethany had cleaned it yesterday.
ArwingYoshi (8:06:28 PM): Anders followed him to the kitchen, setting the bottle on the table and sitting down in the nearest chair. "So how are you today?" He asked.
CinnabarDrake (8:14:24 PM): "I'm doing all right," Hawke said, pulling a couple glasses out of the cupboard and setting them on the table. "Things have been looking up for us lately --" Meaning his family. "--Wish we could say the same about the rest of the galaxy."
ArwingYoshi (8:33:11 PM): "I'm glad," Anders said. "For you, I mean." He poured the wine for them both. "Funny thing, the galaxy. Like you said, people are making the most of their time now, and throwing caution to the wind."
CinnabarDrake (8:38:38 PM): Hawke shrugged, pulling his chair around so it was closer to Anders. "It's too much to think about. The idea that we could lose everything we've worked for, everyone we know..." He shook his head slightly. "I know I don't want to think about it."
ArwingYoshi (8:45:30 PM): "Or that we could die without doing some of the things we've always wanted to," Anders said, sipping his wine.
CinnabarDrake (8:47:17 PM): Hawke gave him a small, knowing smile, picking up his glass and taking a sip. "Should I take that as a hint?" he asked.
ArwingYoshi (8:50:25 PM): Anders smiled. "For all you know I'm talking about bungee jumping from the Council tower," He said.
CinnabarDrake (8:52:02 PM): Hawke grinned. "I'm not sure C-Sec would go for it, but I'm game if you are," he joked. But only partially. If Anders wanted to jump off a tower with him...he'd at least give it some very serious thought.
ArwingYoshi (8:53:47 PM): Anders smiled, but then he turned serious after taking another sip of wine. "I've been thinking," He said. "About us."
CinnabarDrake (8:54:51 PM): (how am I supposed to verify that my DLCs were installed?)
CinnabarDrake (8:55:04 PM): (I never thought I'd say this, but this is one instance where the DAO UI is better)
ArwingYoshi (8:55:34 PM): (if you look at your achievements, there should be some specifically for the DLC)
ArwingYoshi (8:56:13 PM): (or if you want to dive into a game, you should get journal entries for them once you reach a certain point)
CinnabarDrake (9:00:52 PM): "Have you?" Hawke asked, his expression softening. "That's funny, so have I."
ArwingYoshi (9:03:16 PM): "Who knows how long we have left?" Anders asked. "And, well... I've decided that if we could die tommorrow or next month, or even next year, I don't want to die without telling you how I feel."
CinnabarDrake (9:05:16 PM): "And how's that?" Hawke asked quietly. He put his glass down and covered Anders' hand with both of his own.
ArwingYoshi (9:09:22 PM): Anders took a deep breath. "I care about you... a lot," He said. "And not just as a friend."
CinnabarDrake (9:32:29 PM): Hawke smiled, squeezing Anders' hand. "I care about you too," he said. "I have for a while now. I...just wasn't sure what to do about it," he admitted. "It feels like I've known you for years."
ArwingYoshi (9:34:46 PM): "I feel the same way," Anders said. "You're the first asari I've felt this way towards." He'd looked at asari in magazines and oggled an asari dancer or two, but that was just lust.
CinnabarDrake (9:41:31 PM): "I'm not sure I've fallen for you this quickly if we'd met under different circumstances," Hawke said. He had to be honest about this. "But I have fallen for you."
ArwingYoshi (9:46:45 PM): "So have I," Anders said, squeezing the asari's hand. "Funny what the fear of probably death will do."
ArwingYoshi (9:46:53 PM): probable*
CinnabarDrake (9:48:55 PM): Hawke grinned slowly. "So...does that mean you want us to be together...?"
ArwingYoshi (9:52:55 PM): "It does," Anders said. "I've wanted to be with you for a while."
CinnabarDrake (9:53:26 PM): "I want to be with you too," Hawke said, and sighed. "There's just one problem."
ArwingYoshi (9:54:12 PM): Anders' eyebrows rose. "What is it?" He asked, silently praying that Hawke wouldn't turn out to have some deal-breaking kink or was already seeing someone.
CinnabarDrake (9:55:23 PM): "I share a bedroom with my two younger siblings," Hawke said, looking mournful. He couldn't keep it up for long though, cracking a wide grin.
ArwingYoshi (9:56:07 PM): "Oh. Oh dear," Anders said. "Right, I can see how that would be awkward. And I sleep in an open bunk down in the holding docks with the other refugees."
CinnabarDrake (9:57:49 PM): "I was wondering about that," Hawke said, snickering quietly. "So what should we do? Rent a room somewhere?"
ArwingYoshi (10:02:46 PM): "We can do that," Anders said. "Seems a bit shady, but what can you do?"
CinnabarDrake (10:04:26 PM): "I'm sure we're not the only ones in the Citadel with this problem," Hawke said, squeezing his hand. "There's a family three apartments down that's squeezed ten people into their place, as far as I can tell."
ArwingYoshi (10:12:00 PM): "Wow," Anders said. "Trust me, I'm alright with a hotel room."
CinnabarDrake (10:13:10 PM): "I'm glad to hear it," Hawke said, snickering quietly. He quieted after a moment, looking into Anders' eyes. "When did you want to...?"
ArwingYoshi (10:16:53 PM): Anders blushed. "Whenever you want to," He said. "We can do it tommorrow, or even next week."
CinnabarDrake (10:18:12 PM): "I was hoping for a little sooner than next week," Hawke said, trying not to laugh again. "Maybe...tonight...?"
ArwingYoshi (10:21:01 PM): Anders smiled, sipping up the rest of his wine. "Tonight would be perfect," He said. "I just have to warn you, I haven't exactly been up close to naked asari, and a magazine I read twelve years ago isn't much to go on."
CinnabarDrake (10:27:15 PM): Hawke grinned at him. "It's not that complicated, I promise." He glanced down at the tabletop. "Though I haven't exactly been up close to any naked humans, either."
ArwingYoshi (10:34:56 PM): "So this will be a first for both of us," Anders said, screwing the lid back on the wine. "I know a place in the Wards we could rent a room at."
CinnabarDrake (10:36:02 PM): (tami and i agree that the cerberus logo looks like a vagina)
ArwingYoshi (10:36:15 PM): (...huh)
ArwingYoshi (10:36:17 PM): (it does)
CinnabarDrake (10:36:19 PM): (XDDD)
CinnabarDrake (10:36:37 PM): (good luck unseeing that XD)
ArwingYoshi (10:36:42 PM): (XD)
CinnabarDrake (10:37:18 PM): "Great," Hawke said, draining his glass. "Let me just get my coat and boots on."
ArwingYoshi (10:38:43 PM): "Take your time," Anders said. He supposed he was going to have to tell Leandra that he was taking her son out again and they wouldn't be back until tommorrow.
CinnabarDrake (10:42:59 PM): Hawke could take care of that. He poked his head into the room his mother shared (uneasily) with Gamlen and let her know that he was going out with Anders and she shouldn't wait up. Then he pulled on his boots, exchanged a few snarky words with Carver, and was pulling his jacket on as he rejoined Anders.
"I'm ready," he said, smiling at up him.
ArwingYoshi (10:49:06 PM): Anders smiled back, taking him by the arm and leading him out of the apartment.
The hotel was in another branch of the Wards, and they had to take a cab there, all the while Anders grew ever more anxious. When they finally reached the place, Anders paid for the room and led Hawke inside. "Alone at last."
CinnabarDrake (10:54:00 PM): "Finally," Hawke said. He felt nervous too; he'd fooled around with other asari before (though never anything serious, of course) but never a human, much less a human male. He hoped he wouldn't be too awkward.
He waited until Anders had put down the wine bottle and room key before stepping closer, putting his arms shyly around Anders' waist.
ArwingYoshi (10:58:57 PM): Anders returned the embrace, smiling down at Hawke. Since he didn't have any words on him, he simply leaned down and kissed Hawke on the lips.
CinnabarDrake (11:01:12 PM): No words was all right with Hawke. He kissed back, eyes sliding closed. After a moment he parted his lips, a voiceless invitation.
ArwingYoshi (11:05:39 PM): Anders slipped his tongue into Hawke's mouth. At least this wasn't any different than kissing a human. His hand slowly trailed downward to squeeze Hawke's ass.
CinnabarDrake (11:15:36 PM): Hawke made a soft sound, hyper-aware of Anders' hands close to the base of his spine. He stepped back after a moment, leading Anders back towards the bed.
ArwingYoshi (11:21:09 PM): Anders sat on the edge of the bed, reaching down to take his boots off, followed by his jacket and shirt.
CinnabarDrake (11:27:21 PM): Hawke slipped his jacket and boots off as well before sliding closer to Anders, putting his arms around him from behind. "Your chest is so flat," he said, a little embarrassed by his own interest in the differences between their two bodies. He stroked it slowly, running his fingertips through the light dusting of blond hair.
ArwingYoshi (11:33:59 PM): Anders opened his mouth in a silent moan as Hawke's hands ran across his chest. "That's the human male body for you," He said. Speaking of which, his pants already had a tent forming between the legs.
CinnabarDrake (11:36:52 PM): "I like it," Hawke said, kissing Anders' neck. He tried gently rubbing one of Anders' nipples, wondering if it was as sensitive as his own.
ArwingYoshi (11:39:47 PM): Anders gasped. "Yes... that..." He whispered, stroking his lover's purple arm.
CinnabarDrake (11:44:31 PM): Hawke grinned against Anders' skin, encouraged. He pinched and rubbed both nipples before pressing closer, his still-clothed breasts pressing against his lover's back while he kissed a line up Anders' jaw.
ArwingYoshi (11:47:12 PM): Anders leaned his jaw into the kisses, moaning and gasping in reaction to the attention being paid to his nipples. Eventually he turned so he could cup and squeeze one of his lover's breasts.
CinnabarDrake (11:54:10 PM): Hawke moaned quietly, instinctively leaning into his lover's hand for a moment before pulling away just long enough to pull his shirt off. "Now..." he whispered, taking Anders' hand and putting it back on his breast.
ArwingYoshi (11:55:51 PM): Anders squeezed Hawke's breast again, and then pinched the nipple. "How's this?" He asked.
CinnabarDrake (11:58:11 PM): "Good," Hawke gasped. He put his arms back around Anders, pulling him closer and kissing him deeply. His fingertips slowly stroking the length of his lover's spine.
ArwingYoshi (12:02:40 AM): Anders moaned into the kiss, playfully batting the asari's tongue with his own. He settled his hand on Hawke's back, one at his shoulder blades and the other just below the spine.
CinnabarDrake (12:06:46 AM): Hawke moaned loudly, arching against Anders. "Oh yes," he gasped, wriggling his hips to press that special spot more firmly against his lover's touch.
ArwingYoshi (12:12:39 AM): Anders smirked, stroking that spot more insistantly. "Sensitive, hm?"
CinnabarDrake (12:15:29 AM): "Yeees," Hawke moaned, clinging to Anders. He tried to return the favor, fingertips slipping below the line of Anders' waistband and rubbing the base of his spine, but nothing happened. "Not you though, huh?" he asked, breathless and maybe just a little disappointed. He'd just have to find his lover's real sensitive places.
ArwingYoshi (12:17:08 AM): "Humans aren't usually sensitive there," Anders said. He then added slyly. "But there are other places where we are." He kissed his lover's shoulders.
CinnabarDrake (12:21:02 AM): "Oh really?" Hawke asked, grinning wickedly, and slid his hands down his lover's chest, until one pressed against the tent forming between Anders' legs. "Such as here, maybe?" He rubbed gently, not wanting to be too rough by accident.
ArwingYoshi (12:24:06 AM): Anders moaned as the hard flesh was teased. "Yes..." He moaned. Anders gently pushed Hawke's hand out of the way so he could unzip his pants and slip them off, along with his underwear, leaving him naked.
CinnabarDrake (12:27:56 AM): It wasn't the first penis Hawke had ever seen -- thank porn for that -- but it was the first he'd ever seen in the flesh, so to speak. He reached out to touch again as soon as Anders was done undressing, stroking the length and experimentally wrapping his hand around it.
ArwingYoshi (12:29:29 AM): "Mmm..." Anders closed his eyes, enjoying the touch. "That's definately sensitive... Play with the head a little. Don't be shy."
CinnabarDrake (12:32:29 AM): "Like this?" Hawke asked, kissing Anders' jaw as he tried a firmer grip, rubbing the head with his thumb.
ArwingYoshi (12:33:52 AM): Again, Anders moaned aloud. "Yes..." He gasped, thrusting up a little into his lover's hand, the tip beginning to glisten with precum.
CinnabarDrake (12:36:37 AM): Hawke groaned quietly himself, watching Anders' face. "That good, huh?" he purred, stroking his lover's length more confidently.
ArwingYoshi (12:38:08 AM): "Oh yes..." Anders groaned, before smirking down at his lover. "Do I get to see what's under your pants?"
CinnabarDrake (12:41:15 AM): "If you want to," Hawke said, a little nonplussed. "It's not all that interesting, though." His hands went to his belt, unbuckling it and sliding his pants and underwear down.
ArwingYoshi (12:45:35 AM): "Call me curious," Anders said, watching Hawke undress. Well, it certainly looked enough like a vagina. Now it was his turn to experiment. Anders touched two fingers to Hawke's genitals, gently probing.
CinnabarDrake (12:49:16 AM): Hawke lay back, watching Anders curiously. "I don't think it's going to fit, if that's what you had in mind," he said, a little regretfully. Anders' touch felt good on his skin, but no more so than anywhere else on his body.
ArwingYoshi (12:52:51 AM): Anders gently pressed his fingers inside Hawke, and, sure enough, they didn't fit all the way in. "I think you're right," He said, pulling his fingers out. "And I don't see a clitoris here either."
CinnabarDrake (12:59:57 AM): "I'm not even sute what that is," Hawke said, grinning slightly. He put his arms around Anders, tugging him down until they lay pressed together, chest to chest. "But we probably don't need one."
ArwingYoshi (1:11:25 AM): Anders smiled down at Hawke, pressing their bodies together. "It's a sensitive little nub of flesh women have on their genitals," He said. "Since you don't have one, I'll just touch you anywhere and in any way you want."
CinnabarDrake (1:17:35 AM): "You're already touching me in a way I want," Hawke said, grinning at him. "Let me just..." He closed his eyes, affectionately stroking Anders' back as he concentrated on establishing a connection between them.
ArwingYoshi (1:21:14 AM): "Should I prepare to embrace eternity?" Anders teased, closing his eyes as Hawke started to glow. He knew enough about asari to know that line. Already he was starting to feel the effects, rubbing his length against Hawke's stomach for added stimulation.
CinnabarDrake (1:25:06 AM): Hawke snickered, almost losing his concentration. "Sh-shut up," he muttered, lightly smacking Anders' back. But he was starting to feel it too, Anders' sensations carried along his nervous system like they were his own. He pressed closer, holding his lover tightly as the glow intensified.
ArwingYoshi (1:32:47 AM): Anders moaned softly as he felt them connect. It was unlike anything he'd ever felt. Human sex was good, but this... this was something else. Something just as good.
CinnabarDrake (1:37:57 AM): That was the idea. Hawke echoed Anders' moan, deliberately rubbing against his length and gasping as the sensation echoed through both their bodies. He stroked his lover's back, the touch setting his own nerves alight.
ArwingYoshi (1:41:24 AM): Anders slipped his hand under Hawke's back, touching that spot on his lower back, and felt it himself. So that's what it felt like. The skin-on-skin contact was always wonderful, but to feel it from both ends made it even better. He kissed his lover's shoulders.
CinnabarDrake (1:44:50 AM): "Oh yes," Hawke moaned, though whether he said it out loud or not even he wasn't sure. "Anders..." He writhed against his lover, a hand sliding up Anders' back and into his hair, making Hawke gasp and laugh quietly at the prickly, tingling sensation.
ArwingYoshi (1:48:03 AM): Anders licked Hawke's neck, moaning from the shared pleasure. He couldn't help but think that this made things easier, actively knowing when he was pleasing his lover.
CinnabarDrake (1:50:17 AM): Hawke couldn't agree more. He pressed a hand in between their bodies, wrapping it around his lover's length, and this time he was able to touch Anders just the way his lover liked, wresting a moan out of his own throat.
ArwingYoshi (1:58:42 AM): Anders rocked his hips into the hand, groaning his lover's name in between kisses. Soon his eyes clenched shut and he moaned as loudly as he could as he came.
CinnabarDrake (2:02:09 AM): Hawke cried out too, shuddering hard against his lover's body as he felt Anders come. It triggered his own peak, and the dual sensations rocked through them both, keeping them pressed together until slowly the connection behind to fade. Hawke blindly kissed Anders' neck, shaking.
ArwingYoshi (2:04:41 AM): Anders went limp as he felt their connection die down, even though he would have liked to stay that way forever. He rolled off Hawke, smiling and basking in the afterglow. "That was... wow."
CinnabarDrake (2:08:41 AM): "Yeah," Hawke breathed. "I never felt anything like that with other asari." He rolled into his side, grinning breathlessly at his lover.
ArwingYoshi (2:13:09 AM): Anders draped an arm over Hawke. "That's because I'm a fantastic lover," He said, stroking his lover's side.
CinnabarDrake (2:14:26 AM): "You really are," Hawke said, meaning it wholeheartedly. He cuddled close, slowly kissing and nuzzling his lover's neck and chest. "I love you," he whispered.
ArwingYoshi (2:18:16 AM): "I love you too," Anders said, holding the asari close. "Hope you're up for some experimenting next time. And for future reference, you can get in here next time we meld if you want," He added, pointing to his head. He'd gotten a few flashes of memory that obviously weren't his own, but he hadn't wanted to pry.
CinnabarDrake (2:20:57 AM): "I didn't want to push," Hawke said, pleased. "But if you're okay with it, I don't mind if I do." He ran his fingers through Anders' hair, remembering how nice that had felt while they were joined. "What do you mean, 'experimenting?'" he asked, interested.
ArwingYoshi (2:25:40 AM): Anders smiled. "Next time," He promised. He wanted to know what went on in that head of Hawke's. "Well, there are other ways to stimulate the penis even without a vagina or using your hand."CinnabarDrake (2:28:41 AM): "Is this a human thing?" Hawke teased him. "Wanting to stick your sexual organs anywhere they'll fit?"
ArwingYoshi (2:33:47 AM): "Pretty much," Anders replied. "Sex is different depending on who's involved, such as if the participants are the same gender."
CinnabarDrake (2:38:50 AM): "I guess that makes sense," Hawke said. "It's different when two asari get together too, especially if we're just playing around. Some people don't like having their memories touched at all, some people like being massaged during the melding...everyone's a little different."
ArwingYoshi (2:42:49 AM): "When two men have sex, they make up for a lack of vagina by using hands or mouth," Anders explained. "Or sticking their dick up the back entrance." He reached around and stroked Hawke's ass.
CinnabarDrake (2:45:10 AM): Hawke's eye ridges rose in surprise. "You're kidding," he said. But Anders didn't look like he was kidding.
ArwingYoshi (2:49:53 AM): "Nope," Anders said, resuming stroking Hawke's arm. "I've been with both human men and women. I've been on both ends when it comes to sex with men. It's actually not that bad, if you know what you're doing and bring lube."
CinnabarDrake (2:51:52 AM): "Oh," Hawke said, a little uncertainly. It wasn't that he didn't trust Anders -- he did -- he just couldn't wrap quite wrap his head around it. "Well, it does sound like you know what you're doing," he said, nuzzling his lover's chest.
ArwingYoshi (3:03:09 AM): "We don't have to jump right into that," Anders assured his lover. "So, now you can say that you've had human."
CinnabarDrake (3:04:40 AM): "And you've had asari," Hawke said, relaxing. "Not bad, for a first time for both of us."
ArwingYoshi (3:07:53 AM): "I could get used to nothing but asari for the rest of my life," Anders said. "Whether it lasts for another few months or another hundred years."
CinnabarDrake (3:11:16 AM): "I'm glad," Hawke said, sliding an arm around Anders and holding him tightly. "Because I'm in no mood for letting you go."
ArwingYoshi (3:13:20 AM): "Even though, if we do survive this, you'll still outlive me by at least a thousand years?" Anders asked, holding his lover equally tightly.
CinnabarDrake (3:13:54 AM): "Shh," Hawke said, kissing his lover's collarbone. "I'm enjoying the moment."
ArwingYoshi (3:15:23 AM): Anders closed his eyes and smiled. "I love you," He said again, kissing his lover's forehead.
CinnabarDrake (3:16:17 AM): "I love you too," Hawke murmured, nuzzling closer and letting himself drift off.