Priest Teddy fic finally done!
Title: Our Father
Pairing: Ted DiBiase Jr./Cody Rhodes, mentions of previous sexual relations between Cody/other random guys
Raiting: NC-17
Summary: Based on the comments Teddy made about thinking about going into the ministry. What if he had?
Disclaimer: All rights belong to the WWE
Warnings: Strong religious content! And perhaps a lot of sacriligious goings on...
Word Count: 7768
Feedback: Would be lovely
A/N: Gotta give a big shout out to Erica and Jane for coming up with this lovely little idea. I finally finished it! I hope this is good for you. *crosses fingers*
“Congrats man,” Cody said as he began walking down the aisle of the church from his seat in the back pew.
Father Ted DiBiase glanced up from his bowl of communion wafers that he was currently putting away to the person who just spoke to him. He thought he knew the voice, but it couldn’t be. There was no possible way that it could be… But it was. “Cody?”
Cody was nearly up to the altar, grinning from ear to ear. “It’s me.”
“What on earth are you doing here?” Ted began removing all his outer wear, placing his things on the table before him.
“I couldn’t possibly miss your first service as an ordained priest, now could I? No way in hell, man, not after the way you’ve been talking about it. I can’t think of anyone else that would be so excited to become a priest. Not that I know any other priests, but you, man, you wanted it.”
“Thank you.” Ted’s statement and smile were totally and utterly genuine. He looked back out amongst the pews, and his smile grew when he spotted his parents. They must have been sitting in the back next to Cody and encouraged him to go up and speak to Ted.
They stood up when they saw Ted looking out at them.
“How come I didn’t see you during communion?” Ted asked Cody.
“Aren’t you supposed to go to confession before receiving communion?”
“Do you have things to confess?”
“You don’t know the half of it,” Cody said with an added wink. “I’m a twenty-five year old gay man and a professional wrestler, what do you think?”
Ted’s parents were now standing next to Cody. “You held a great mass, just like I knew you would,” Ted Sr. told him, a proud smile on his face. “It sounded wonderful.”
“Well, I have held a service before. I had to move up the ranks and all that…” Ted said with a blush.
“Don’t be so modest, son! You should be proud of yourself!”
“Thanks, Dad.”
“Well, your mother and I were going to get some breakfast. Were you interested in coming? You too, Cody.”
“Sure,” Ted told him. “Just let me finish cleaning up here, get changed into something… less priestly, and then we’ll be set. You know where I live, just give me a call and meet me outside when you’re there.”
“All right,” Ted’s mum said. With that, they left the two men to talk as they exited the church.
“Isn’t that what altar boys and deacons are for?” Cody asked as Ted drained out the communion wine and cleaned out the goblet. “Why do you gotta do all the shit jobs?”
“Because I’m the new guy. Pretty simple, really.”
“Oh, they do that kind of thing in the church, too?”
“Sure do.”
“So, do you live here?” Cody apparently wasn’t calling it quit with the questions.
“Yeah, right there in the first pew with Jesus watching over me as I sleep,” Ted returned playfully.
“Haha, very funny. At least you haven’t lost your sense of humour.”
“Just because I’m now an ordained Roman Catholic priest doesn’t mean I’m not the same Teddy you’ve always known and loved.”
“Isn’t that sweet? So, you didn’t answer me. You living here with the others?”
“Yeah, in the rectory attached to this place. Well, ok, actually, not quite yet. I will be soon, I’m just in the process of moving in. Even though I liked my little apartment, this comes with the territory.”
“Can I go with you? Check out your digs and all that?”
“My digs?” Cody just shrugged. “Well, really, there’s not much to see there. Just some boxes is all, really.”
“So? I want to see where you’ve been living.”
“If you insist. You ready to go?”
“I’m ready when you are.”
“All right, then. Let’s go out there,” Ted said, pointing to the back exit. “I’m just up the street, so I normally walk there.”
“That’s fine,” Cody replied.
The two exited the church and headed across the path to the sidewalk which led them to Ted’s apartment. It was a pretty plain looking building, some bushes out in the front, but other than that it was… boring. They headed into the building and Ted turned towards the stairs. “It’s only one flight…” he explained, as though taking the stairs would be a problem.
“I’m not complaining.”
They reached the top of the stairs and stood in front of the door number 27. Ted got his key and stuck that into the lock.
“So, when exactly do you get to move in with the big dogs?”
“The big dogs? As in the other Fathers?”
“Yeah. You know, I bet they have big gay ass orgies and shit over there.”
“Cody! Father Liam is 70 years old! That’s the most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard!” Ted exclaimed, cringing at the thought.
“He’d just watch, then,” Cody amended.
Ted punched Cody in the arm. “Don’t be an ass.”
“Hey, you’re a fucking priest, you can’t punch people.”
“I can do whatever the fuck I want. Then I can go and confess all my sins and be absolved of everything.”
“Why don’t you do me, then?” Cody asked, winking at Ted and running a hand up his arm.
Ted grinned at Cody’s teasing. What a ham. “Maybe because I don’t want to do you.”
“Whatever, man. It’s your loss. Trust me, I’ve had loads of guys tell me just what a nice ass I have. Oh, shit, is it because I’m a slut you don’t wanna do me? I don’t have herpes, or anything.”
“We can talk about your potential STDs later, right now, though, we’ve gotta catch up with my parents.”
“Right, sorry, go get changed. You should keep the dog collar, though; it’s a good look on you.”
Ted left Cody standing in the middle of the pile of boxes while he went into the bedroom where he still had some scattered clothes lying around. He began taking off his shirt and pants as he hollered back, “Has anyone ever told you you’re a downright riot?”
“Believe it or not, yeah, people have.”
Ted didn’t say anything further as he pulled on some jeans and a button down shirt. A light blue one. He couldn’t do black, no, he’d never want to wear a black button down again; it was too much like his priest garb.
He headed back out into the joined kitchen/living room space where he saw Cody sprawled out on his old green couch. “You still have this thing?”
“Yeah. I don’t know what I’m gonna do with it once I move, though,” Ted told him, his eyes sad. This couch had been his best friend. During high school and college he found himself crashing on it most of the time. But the rectory was already furnished, and he had no real place to put it. And he certainly didn’t want to sell it off. But his parents didn’t really want it back, either. In fact, they couldn’t wait to get it out of their house once Ted moved out so they could finally get themselves a new one. He looked down at Cody lying over the couch and had an idea. “Do you want it?”
“Me? You’re giving me your trusty couch? Didn’t you name it?”
“No, I didn’t name it. Now get up, we have to go meet my parents outside,” Ted said, smacking Cody’s legs.
“I’m going, I’m going.” He swung his legs down so his feet were on the floor, sitting up at the same time. Once he stood, he was immediately being ushered out the door. They went back down the stairs and out the front door where his parents had their car waiting for them.
Ted walked around to the back driver’s side while Cody got in the back passenger side seat. They both got inside and shut the doors before buckling their seat belts.
“So, where were we going?” Ted asked.
“I was thinking Monroe’s, how does that sound?”
That was Ted’s favourite restaurant. They had the best sit down breakfast, lunch and dinner. Of course it sounds great. “Yeah, that works.”
“So, I’m surprised you managed to sit through an entire service,” Ted said to Cody.
“Oh, please, I was hanging off each and every one of your captivating words,” Cody told him. And that was the truth. Although he didn’t really care what Ted was saying, as long as he was saying something.
“Were you being sarcastic?”
“No, actually, he really was paying attention to you the entire time,” his mother chimed in.
“Thanks, Cody. It really does mean a lot, you being here.”
“Man, how could I not come? You’re, like, big time now. Next step cardinal, and then, picture this: Pope Ted DiBiase, Jr.”
“Yeah, now there’s something that’ll never happen.”
“What are you talking about? I’ve got big dreams for you.”
“Well, you can keep dreaming. I’m quite content being a priest.”
“Sure, for now. I mean, right now I’m happy they’re giving me an intercontinental title reign, but that’s still not the big prize. I want that WWE or world heavyweight championship.”
“Cody… Did you just compare being the WWE champion to being the Pope?” Ted asked, shocked and amused at the same time.
“Not exactly… Well, maybe a little bit… Ok, so, yeah, I guess I kind of did. But isn’t it all about being the big man in charge?”
“Yeah, not really… Like I said, I’m happy with being the big man in charge at my little church.”
“Whatever, man.”
Ted, Sr. pulled into the gravel parking lot of Monroe’s and threw the car into park, which automatically unlocked all the doors. “All right, we’re here.”
“Great, because I’m starving,” Cody declared.
The four went in the door and were greeted before being taken to their seats. They were handed their menus and the waitress asked, “Would you like any coffee or juice to start?”
All four of them wound up getting coffee. Once she left, they started browsing the menu, deciding what they wanted. Cody went with pancakes, eggs over easy, toast, hash browns and bacon, and Ted got the same, only he got his eggs scrambled and went with the sausage instead of bacon. Ted, Sr. got a Spanish omelet and Ted’s mum decided on an egg white and tomato and pepper omelet.
Conversation never really slowed, even once their food was delivered. They kept asking Cody how things were going with him and his wrestling career, which had taken off once he joined forces with Randy Orton, DH Smith and eventually Ted’s younger brother Brett to form a faction known as The Legacy. And while they had since broken apart, all their careers were going strong. He was currently the IC Champ, and was planning on holding it for some time to come, at least until he dropped it not too long before a match with Randy for the Heavyweight belt, where he would take it from the man who was his former leader. That was the plan, at least.
Since it had been a while, they were also asking about his parents and siblings, all of whom were doing great. “You should give my dad a call. When I told him I was gonna come out here to visit with Ted, he told me that he hadn’t talked to you in a while. I asked him why he didn’t just call you up, but he shrugged and said ‘I dunno,’ so you should probably do it, since he never will.”
“I’ll remember to do that.”
Once the bill was placed on the center of the table, Ted, Sr. picked up the bill, and Cody went for his wallet to pay for his own breakfast.
“Put that back,” Ted said when Cody tried to hand the cash over to him.
“But-”
“But nothing. We invited you out, we’ll pay for it.”
“Thanks,” Cody told them with a smile, putting the cash back into his wallet.
“How’d you get here, anyway?” Teddy asked Cody.
“I flew. See, a little over 100 years ago, the Wright brothers invented the airplane. Over the years the technology has been improved immensely and people can actually fly from one place to another.”
“Really? Wow, I must have been living under a rock. I had no idea!” Ted replied just as sarcastically as Cody had said it.
“Yeah, it’s amazing, isn’t it? But, really, I flew in yesterday and rented a car and found a hotel in downtown, not too far away from the church, so I just walked there. I figured it was a nice enough day to just go walking…”
“How long you planning on staying?”
“Well, I can’t stay for too long. I do have Raw to be at tomorrow. So, I’ll probably stay there another night and head out tomorrow morning bright and early. We’re only in-”
“You’re in Texas tomorrow, right?”
“Why, Teddy, do you watch me on the TV every week?”
“I really only watch it for Brett,” Ted teased. “But, yeah, of course I do. I can’t pass up seeing my best friend and brother up on the TV every week, now can I? Sure, some of the other guys give me a hard time about it, but my whole family is tied to the business, so most of them understand.”
“So, did you guys want us to bring you back to the apartment, or did you want to walk around? What’s up?”
Ted looked to Cody, who looked back to him and shrugged. “We’ll walk,” Ted answered. “Like Cody said, it’s a nice day to go walking.”
“All right, then. We’ll see you two later.”
“Bye!”
With that, Ted’s parents stood from their seats, pushed their chairs in and walked out of the restaurant.
“We should probably get going.”
“Why, do you have some more priestly duties to attend to?”
“I do have a mass later tonight. But we should probably get out of here, since I think the waitresses are giving us nasty looks. Either that or they’re checking you out.”
“Not like they’d have a chance with me. Girls have cooties.”
Ted began laughing. Some of the things that came out of Cody’s mouth, man, he wondered why he was friends with the kid sometimes. “Come on, we’ll go back to the apartment.”
“So, do you get to sit in the confessional booth?” Cody asked once they were outside.
“I do. And, no, I can’t tell you what people say.”
“Shit, where’s the fun in that?”
“It’s all confidential. If I told someone-”
“I don’t even know these people. Come on, I know there’s gotta be something you want to talk about. You must have some amazing stories. It’s not like I need names. Just the dirty deeds.”
Ted relented and said, “Fine, but nothing until we’re back in the apartment. Got it?”
“Sir, yes sir! And I’ll even tell you some of my good stories, how does that sound? Fair trade?”
“Sure, fair enough.”
They walked through the streets, heading back to Ted’s place during the humid Mississippi summer. The walk was mostly in silence, only a few scattered comments here and there breaking it. Finally back inside, Ted led Cody up to his room, and they both took seats on the couch.
“So, what was the first confession you got to hear?”
“I haven’t gotten to hear that many yet, since I haven’t been a Father that long, ya know? But the first one I heard was some little old lady, oh I still can’t even believe this one, this little old lady comes into the box and starts to confess about… How she lied to her husband… She told him the dog was… passing gas and making the room stink so bad, but it was really her because she had eaten too much broccoli. Cody, I don’t know how I managed to keep a straight face through that one.”
“That’s the kind of shit you hear in there?” Cody asked through his laughter. “How do you even reply to that?”
“I told her that the Heavenly Father had forgiven her for her over consumption of the offending vegetable. And I think I threw in an order for her to say five Hail Mary’s.”
“Holy shit, man. That’s funny. So, you heard any juicy ones yet?”
“Well, there was one guy that came in yesterday, actually. I know the guy, too, so I was shocked as hell when he started telling me about this one. He starts out talking about how he went out of town on a business trip, and then, while he’s out there, picks up a guy at a bar and has sex with him back in his hotel room. Then after, he kicked the guy out and called up his wife and two daughters.”
“Shit.”
“Shit, indeed. He also said that wasn’t the first time he had done that. He told me that every time he goes out on business he winds up sleeping with at least one guy. I feel so bad for his wife and kids, because I can’t say anything to them about him.”
“Yeah… Wow.”
“So, now I think it’s time for one of your stories.”
“Ok, let’s see… How about the one where Randy and I double teamed your brother, him in the back, me-”
“CODY!” Ted yelled, his eyes wide.
“Shit, I’m joking! I wouldn’t do that to your brother. And it’s not like I’d ever tell you if I did.”
“You’re such a shit head. Come on, don’t give me a heart attack like that.”
“Ok. Let’s see. I know. There was this time, oh, last month, when I brought this guy back to my room. We were in the middle of fucking, like, I was giving it to him hard, his head was all thrown back and he was moaning my name, when all of a sudden, Randy unlocks the room door, I always give him a spare key, just incase, and is like ‘Hey, Codeman, we gotta talk!’ So, there he is, standing in the door frame, leaving the door fucking wiiiiide open, and there’s me and this guy with my dick up his ass for anyone to see.
“So, I’m like, yelling at Randy ‘Either get the hell out or get the fuck in here and close the goddamn door!’ So, naturally, he came in the room. And he sits down in the chair next to the bed. The other guy is, like, completely speechless, and Randy says, ‘Are you gonna finish, or not?’ I didn’t have a problem fucking this guy with Randy there, not like he’s never watched me before, but this guy was pretty hesitant. He wound up leaving, the chicken shit.”
“Have I ever told you that you’ve only gotten cruder as the years go by? Really, it amazes me.”
“Nah, I’ve only gotten cruder since you told me you were actually really gonna do the priest thing. I’m shocked you still manage to put up with me.”
“I am, too.”
“But, let’s face it; you wouldn’t be able to get by without me.”
“Yeah, sure. So, that actually happened to you? What did he have to talk to you about that was so important?”
“Some angle idea for our upcoming storyline together. You know the one where I go for his belt? It was just in the works at that point. It was certainly the strangest talk I’ve never had with him, since I was sitting on the bed, completely naked… Before we got started I even had to go throw out the used condom… I mean, yeah, me and him have fucked before, but-”
“Wait, you and Randy…?”
“Didn’t I tell you, dude? I lost my virginity to him when I was fourteen.”
“He’s five years older than you!”
“Yeah, so what?”
“I guess I just forgot…”
What Cody didn’t say to Ted was that he always wished it had been him that had the chance to take his virginity. He could envision them together so well. If Ted had been his first, it would have been so sweet. Not that it wasn’t great with Randy, because it was, and he didn’t regret it in the least bit, but he could just see himself with Ted down at the edge of the pond in the back yard of his parents’ house, kissing, making love to one another.
“Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if you were in the WWE with me,” Cody said, changing the subject. “You’d probably be there keeping me in check. But, man, think about it. We could have been tag champs, and I bet you would have been in Legacy with us instead of DH.”
“Yeah, I doubt that.”
“Oh, please. You said it before: wrestling’s in your blood. You would have been a natural. But you chose God.”
“Nah. God chose me. This was my calling, Cody.”
“I can imagine, though, can’t I?”
“Of course. Sometimes I think about it too, but I know in my heart that I made the right decision going into the clergy. Sometimes I’ll think about what we could have done together, shoot, we could have taken the wrestling world by storm. But not now. This is what I’ve chosen to do with my life, and I plan on being with the church for the rest of my life.”
“Whatever floats your boat. How’ll you be able to handle that whole celibacy thing, though?”
“Worked pretty well for me up to this point in my life.”
“No fucking way! You’re seriously still a virgin?!”
“Uh, yeah. I went to a Catholic high school and college, then I started training for priesthood, knowing the whole time that I’d have to be celibate. I figured why bother ever getting laid in the first place?”
“How the fuck have you managed to last twenty-seven years without ever having had sex? I couldn’t imagine…”
“I know you couldn’t. Shit, you’re screwing anything with two legs and a penis.”
Cody loved the fact that Ted was so cool about him being gay. When Ted was 18, that’s when he told Cody he was going to go through with his dream of being a Catholic priest. And that’s when Cody came out to him. Yeah, it was two years after he had actually had sex with another man for the first time, but it had to happen at some point.
He had to tell him then, it was now or never, or so he felt. He had to do it to see how Ted would be around him. If his extremely religious self would suddenly turn on his best friend because of the simple fact that he preferred men to women, then, well, it was better that he knew then as opposed to having a falling out later on in their lives.
But Ted had no issue with it at all. Ok, well, he was slightly weirded out about it. For about thirty seconds. Then he realized that Cody was still Cody. He hadn’t suddenly become a whole new person. If anything he just became a better person for it.
“What can I say? I like sex. Oh, shit! If you’re serious about this whole sleep over thing, I gotta go check out of my hotel before I wind up getting charged for another night there.”
“Oh, well, did you want me to drive you over there?”
“You don’t mind?”
“Cody, you came all the way out here to surprise me at my first mass. The least I can do is drive you over to your hotel so you can check out to come spend the night with me.”
“Oh, so now I’m not just spending the night at your place, I’m spending the night with you?”
“Ass. You know what I mean?”
Damn. Yeah, sure, Cody may tease Ted constantly, taking everything Ted said and spinning it around to come across as something sexual, but it just seemed like Ted would never realize that what Cody said about them getting together was what he wanted to happen. One of these days he’d have to come clean, to confess his true feelings. Wait a second… Confess… That’s exactly what Cody would have to do.
“We going, or not?”
“Oh, yeah, right. Thanks again, Teddy.”
“It’s no problem. Come on,” Ted said, dragging Cody out of the room. “Where you staying, anyway?”
“Hampton Inn,” Cody answered.
“All right. We’ll be there in five minutes.”
And in five minutes they were indeed there. Cody headed in and, after grabbing his bags out of his room, checked himself out of it. He left the hotel and made his way over to Ted’s car. He opened the back door and threw his stuff in before going back up front. “Ok, we’re good.” He slid into his seat and shut the door, clicking his seat belt in place. “What are you gonna go do now?”
“Let’s just go hang out in the apartment. That ok with you?”
“That sounds great.”
They were back at the apartment complex in the same five minutes it took them to get to the hotel, and they were once more upstairs.
Cody kicked off his shoes and headed once more to the couch. Ted sat down on the opposite end.
“So, what did you say you have to do tonight?”
“I’ve got another mass at 6. I’m sorry, man, you know I’d love to be able to spend all the time you have here hanging out, but-”
“It’s ok. I’ll go to the mass.”
“Two in one day?”
“Gotta make up for lost time,” Cody joked. “Plus, I get to listen to your sexy ass self for another hour, how the hell can I pass that up?”
Ted felt a blush forming on his face. “Why do you have to do that all the time?”
“What, am I embarrassing you?” Cody nudged Ted with his shoulder and a smirk graced his face. “Hasn’t anyone ever told you that your accent is the sexiest thing on the planet?”
“Everyone else around here has the same accent,” Ted replied, still incredibly embarrassed.
“That shouldn’t matter, now should it?”
“How many guys have you told that to before?”
Cody sat back into the cushion and thought about his answer. “I, uh… Yeah, I have no clue. A lot. Guys love it overseas.”
“I don’t know how you can stand that. Just… Doesn’t it bother you going from one guy to the next, with no anything between you and whoever you decide to have sex with that night?”
“That’s just how it’s always been. It’s not like I’m looking for ‘the one,’ ya know? I’m still young; I just want to have some fun.”
“Randy taught you well, then.”
“He’s helped it along, yeah. But, really, I was the one that begged him, because I needed to know what it was like. Funny thing is, the only thing he really worried about was the age thing. He never once said he didn’t want to fuck me, all he said was that he could get into deep shit for it. So, is this, like, a confession?”
“It is a confession, sure, but not an official one. Which means I’m not obligated to keep my mouth shut about any of this. Of course, you’re also not confessing to God, and none of your sins are getting absolved.”
“That’s fine by me. At the rate I’m going, I’m bound to be going to hell no matter what I do. There’s no saving me. Especially since I’ll be a raging homo until the day I die.”
“Everyone can be saved.”
Cody smiled at Ted; he always knew what to say to make him feel better. It was like a gift. No, it wasn’t like a gift, it was a gift. “Thanks, man. Ok, then, on a better topic…”
“Yeah, that sounds good. How come you are so crude around me?”
“Because you’ve never told me to stop. And I don’t think you really care. Unless you do. And if you do, then just tell me, and I’ll stop. I mean, I’ll try to stop. But I like giving you a hard time about, oh, everything.”
“It’s fine.”
“Good, because I’d have a hard time trying to not be crude… Besides, I know you love it. You fucking love listening to me talk about my exploits. It’s cool. You don’t have to admit it; I just know.”
“Your exploits are fairly amusing, I’ll give you that.”
“For being a priest, you don’t seem too conservative.”
“You’re my best friend, I can’t be super conservative. But I’m conservative enough.”
“Do you have to pray every night before you go to bed?”
“I do a whole string of Hail Mary’s and an Our Father.”
“A string of Hail Mary’s… You mean you have to do the whole Rosary?”
“I do.”
“Even though you’re here all by yourself, you still do them? You never cheat?”
“Never.”
“Show me.”
Ted looked confused. Cody really wanted him to show him what he does? “What?”
“Show me how you pray.”
“Ok.” Ted stood up, and Cody did as well. He followed Ted over to a table, where he picked up his Rosary and a second one, since he always had some spares lying around. “Here,” he said, handing a blue one over to Cody. He held his white one in his hands and walked back over to the couch. “Kneel down.”
“I’ve heard that one before.”
“Cody! You ask me to show you-”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Ok, I’m kneeling down,” he said as he knelt in front of the couch.
Ted knelt beside him and told him, “I’m supposed to say a prayer for every bead on here every night. We won’t do all them now, since it takes a while… Ok, do you remember the Hail Mary from your Sunday School classes?”
“No.”
“All right, then, take hold of the first bead in between your thumb and pointer finger and repeat after me.”
He waited for Cody to hold the necklace correctly and then began. “Hail Mary, full of grace,” and paused for Cody to repeat.
“Our Lord is with thee.”
And they went through the brief prayer line by line, Ted reciting it for Cody to repeat. A second and a third time, moving up the string to show Cody just a little bit of what he did each night. There was no sign from Cody, either, showing that he was annoyed or that he thought it was utterly ridiculous.
After a fifth Hail Mary, which Ted no longer had to say, Cody had caught on pretty fast, Ted said, “Ok, I think that’s enough for now. If you’re staying here tonight, you’re welcome to join me in my evening prayers.”
“Maybe I will.”
“Really?”
“Maybe. So, didn’t you say you have to do an Our Father, as well?”
Yeah. You want to do one of those now, as well?”
“Yeah.”
“Do you remember this one?”
“I think I could follow along.”
Both men began to recite the Lord’s Prayer, taking it slowly as the words came back to Cody. “Our Father, who art in Heaven; Hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom done; Thy will be done; On Earth as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses; As we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil.”
At this point Cody fell silent as Teddy continued with the final three lines, “For thine is the Kingdom; and the power, and the glory; for ever and ever. Amen.”
“Amen,” Cody repeated.
“And there you have it.”
Cody climbed onto the couch and sat down once more. “Has anyone ever said that that prayer is really dirty? Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven? Well, I’ve been done a lot of ways, but, as far as I know, it’s never been like it’d be in Heaven.”
“Cody, you’re so… I can’t even…”
“I know,” Cody answered with a smirk. “Did I ruin the moment?”
“No, you just… You made it your own.”
They sat around for a while longer, watching TV, talking about whatever came to their minds, eating some lunch when they got hungry.
“When do you have to get to the church?”
“I should probably go now.”
“Ok, let’s go, then.”
“Oh? You want to come?”
“Yeah. I think I’ll just… hang out in the pews or something…”
“If you’re sure.”
Once they were in the church, Ted went out back to begin preparations for the evening’s mass. Cody walked around for a while, looking at the posted flyers.
“Hello, can I help you?” one man asked Cody, who did, admittedly, look pretty lost.
“Hmm? Oh, no, I’m just waiting for Teddy, oh, sorry, Father Ted… DiBiase.”
“You know the Father? I don’t recall seeing you around before. I’m Deacon Robert, by the way,” he introduced, sticking his hand out.
Cody shook the offered hand and introduced himself, as well, “I’m Cody Runnels. Or Rhodes, I’ll go by either… I’ve known Teddy, shi- shoot, since we were toddling around backstage arenas with our fathers.”
“Oh, you’re that man that Ted talks about watching on TV, aren’t you?”
“Teddy talks about me?”
“All the time,” the Deacon answered.
“I’m sorry, I just called him Teddy again. I’ll never get used to calling him Father Ted.”
“That’s because he’s not Father Ted to you. He’s always been Teddy.”
“True. Hey, so, what is a Deacon, anyway?” Cody asked, ever curious.
As the two of them talked, Ted walked out to the altar and spotted them, and he smiled. He couldn’t help but wonder just what it was Cody was asking Deacon Robert about. He guessed Rob had seen Cody wandering around and said hello. Little did he know how chatty Cody could get. He also threw up a quick prayer to the Man Upstairs that Cody would tone down his normal crudeness a notch or four…
People started filing in for the service, a few of them coming up to speak to Ted before it started. Cody went to find a seat, this time closer to Ted. Some people recognized him, saying hello, before sitting down.
The night mass went well, with Cody hanging on, once more, to each and every one of Ted’s words. Cody was amazed at how well Ted managed to keep his attention, especially since it was all talk of God and all that. He could have sworn he saw a blush on Ted’s face when he told them to pull out their hymn books. Was Teddy going to lead them in song? Oh, this was priceless.
Ted began to sing, and Cody was once more taken aback. He really had a nice voice. It was pleasant to listen to, just as smooth as listening to him speak. Cody’s eyes fell shut as Ted’s voice resounded through the church.
People began to pack up and leave once they had communion and said their final prayers. Ted cleaned up at the altar and raised an eyebrow as he saw Cody heading in the direction of the confessional booth. Cody caught his eye and tilted his head, asking silently if Ted was going to follow.
Cody sat down in the confessional box, hoping that Ted would follow. When he heard Ted get in the box on the other side, he began to speak, “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.”
“What are you doing in here?” Ted asked, not looking up through the gate to Cody.
“Confessing.”
“All right... When was your last confession?” he asked, as that was procedure.
“When I was in 2nd grade,” Cody answered.
“When you were seven years old?!” Ted replied, sounding more than a little surprised.
“Yeah, it was just before my first communion. So, I’m guessing you want to hear it all, then... Well, let’s face it, you already know everything."
“Then why are you here?” Ted asked again, this time looking through the screen directly at his life long friend.
Cody returned the look, forcing himself to gaze directly into Teddy's eyes as he answered, “To tell you the one thing you don't know.”
“So, what is it that I don’t know?”
“You have to promise me that you won’t say anything until I’m finished talking, ok?”
“Promise.”
“Ok. I know I tease you a lot about me being gay and saying things about how you want me and all that… But that’s the thing, Teddy, I do want you. I mean, how could I not? You’re gorgeous and you’re… You’re like forbidden territory.”
“I know,” Teddy whispered.
“What?”
“I said I know.”
“How…?”
“Trust me, I’ve known you long enough to know when you’re teasing for the sheer sake of teasing and when you’re being jokingly serious. Plus, look around at this, at what I do. I talk to people all the time. I’ve had to get to be good at reading them.”
“How long have you known?”
“A long time. A really long time. I’d say since the time you came out to me.”
“If you’ve known all this time, how come you never said anything about it?”
“What would I have said to you, Cody? I know you have a crush on me, could you please stop, since I’m going to be a priest and can’t act on anything?”
“Would you act on it? If you knew you weren’t going to be a priest, would you have acted on it?” Cody asked, locking his eyes with Ted and putting his hand on the screen.
“I… I don’t know…”
“Yes, you do know.”
“If I hadn’t known at that point I was going to be a priest… I think I… Yeah, I’d like to have acted on it.”
“Why didn’t you, Teddy? Why couldn’t you have said something back then to me?”
“I don’t know… I was scared, I guess… I couldn’t, I didn’t want to… I don’t know, Cody. But I did know I wanted to be a priest, and I just couldn’t let myself get involved with anyone, much less you because then I’d never be able to go back to you. Like I told you earlier, this is my calling. I was meant to be a priest, and if I were to have gotten involved with you, I know that I wouldn’t have been able to do this. Because I would be with you still, and I couldn’t stand not being able to touch you ever again,” Ted finished, placing his hand over Cody’s on the grate.
“Let me in there.”
Ted nodded and opened the front door, letting Cody out and into his side. Cody closed the door behind him and was instantly on Ted, straddling his legs as he crushed his lips down on Ted’s.
It was like nothing Cody had experienced before, and he had certainly experienced a lot. This was the man he had wanted for years. And, according to what Ted just said, those feelings had been reciprocated for about the same length of time.
“We can’t do this, Cody,” Ted said, pulling away. “I… We can’t have sex.”
“Then we’ll get around that,” Cody replied, placing another kiss on Ted’s lips. “Please, Ted, I need something. We don’t have to go all the way, really, we don’t. I’m not going to do anything that you don’t want to do. But… There’s nothing wrong with kissing, is there?” Cody asked, dropping another kiss on Ted’s mouth. This time he slipped his tongue out and ran it over Ted’s lips, begging him to part them, which he did. Cody’s tongue ran over Ted’s, exploring his entire mouth.
“No,” Ted muttered through kisses. “Guess not.”
Cody reached his hand down to feel Ted’s growing hardness through his garments, moaning when he felt Ted’s cock twitch in his hand.
Shocked at all these new emotions and sensations, Ted pushed Cody off of him. “That’s… No, that’s too much.”
“I’m sorry. I’ll go slower, ok?”
“I think we should stop this.”
“No! We can’t stop now.”
“This is all too much for me, Cody…”
“Just… Please, just let me touch you some more. And tell me any time you feel uncomfortable. And if you really need to stop, if it really gets to be too much, I’ll stop.”
“Ok.”
Cody went back in, this time letting his hand slip inside Ted’s robes, undoing some buttons so he could touch Ted’s chest and stomach. He let his hands run over the defined muscle that lay under the mound of clothing. “You need to stop covering up so much,” Cody muttered into his ear.
“I didn’t know this could feel so good.”
“There’s a lot you don’t know.” Cody brushed a nipple, and Ted gasped audibly. “See what I mean?”
“Yeah.”
“Is this why they don’t want you guys having sex? Because pleasure of the body corrupts the mind, or something?”
“I don’t know, I just do what I’m told,” Ted answered, too caught up in his feelings to even think about what Cody was asking him.
“Don’t you wish you had done this before?”
“With you?”
While that wasn’t exactly what Cody had meant, it worked. “Yeah, with me.”
“Yes,” Ted whispered.
Cody’s breath hitched when Ted gave his answer. He looked into Ted’s eyes and smiled. He then placed a kiss on Ted’s lips again before sliding off Ted’s lap, kneeling before him. “If you can’t handle what I’m going to do, don’t be afraid to tell me, and I’ll stop, I swear.”
With that, he lifted Ted’s robes, moving all the fabric out of the way, and quickly unbuttoning and unzipping the dress pants he had on underneath. A pair of black briefs covered him up even further.
“You wear too many clothes.”
“It’s not like we’re ever planning on doing this with someone,” Ted answered, awaiting just whatever Cody had in store for him. ‘Please, forgive me, God,’ he said in silent prayer before he felt Cody’s tongue on his dick.
It was as though something inside of him had been awoken. The sparks flew between them, with each trip Cody’s tongue made up and down Ted’s cock, it seemed like those sparks kept growing, kept getting stronger.
Ted had never felt anything like this before. He had his best friend’s mouth encasing his dick in a confessional box, the same confessional box that was meant to be a telephone line direct to God. Cody’s mouth was so… so hot and so wet around him. He really didn’t think he could last.
“Cody…” Ted moaned, causing Cody to pull off.
Cody smirked and soon was sitting back on Ted’s lap. He leaned his head forward and started licking at Ted’s ear. “I bet you’re wondering why I stopped.” He ground his hips forward, letting his jean clad crotch rub against Ted’s exposed cock. “That’s why.”
Ted groaned at the friction of the rough cloth against the sensitive flesh. When Cody did it again, Ted’s hips, seemingly of their own accord, jerked up, trying to get some more of that feeling. Cody’s mouth was back on his, and this time Ted let his tongue hesitantly explore Cody’s mouth.
Their hips were working together, Cody wanting to bring as much pleasure to Ted as he could, and Ted wanting to get as much for himself as possible. Cody was tight in his jeans, the fabric holding him back. But this was for Ted. Cody had to show Ted just how good he could feel. And he knew that with the way he was feeling, he wouldn’t be able to hold out much longer.
Ted was on the brink, the both of them knew it. It was so much to take in all at once, how could he not be close? Cody kept his mouth clamped to Ted’s when the orgasm finally ripped through Ted’s body, so any cries and groans would be lost inside his mouth.
Cody pulled back, having yet to come himself (he could take care of that soon enough), and smiled down at Ted. “How was that?”
“That… It felt so good, Cody.”
“Are you going to confess this? Next time you have to go to confession yourself, will you say this is one of your sins?”
“I don’t know.”
“It shouldn’t be a sin.”
“I acted on lust. That is a sin.”
“That’s all it is, then? Lust? It’s nothing more than that?”
“Well… No, to me… But in the eyes of God? You never know.”
“Do you still believe this is your calling? After all that, is this still what you think you should be doing?”
“Yes. This is what I was meant to do.”
“Then what about me?”
“I’d still like you to stay at my place tonight, if that answers anything.”
“You do?”
“Yeah, I do.”
“What’s going to happen with us now?”
“Are you still going to sleep around? A man in every town?”
Cody bit his lower lip as he thought of what Ted was asking. That had been his lifestyle for years. But if Ted wanted to have something, anything with him, then he’d change it in a heartbeat. “No.”
“Even though you won’t be able to see me often? Even though…”
“Ted, I’ll have something with you. I’ll give up sex for the rest of my life if I can just be with you. That’s assuming things would work out between us.”
“Haha. I think maybe we should get out of here.”
“Yeah…”
Cody stood up and let Ted out first, who took a little time to adjust his robes before opening the door. He looked around, thankful no one else was out there. Cody soon followed.
They walked up the stairs, and they both looked out at the pews. Cody turned around and glanced up at the cross with Jesus hanging off of it. He then looked to Ted and once more out at the pews. He got in close to Ted and whispered into his ear, “One of these days, I’ll have you fucking the hell out of me on that first pew as our old pal Jesus looks on.”
Ted’s eyes widened at Cody’s words. “Don’t say things like that!”
“Why? I know you want it.”
“That’s just it… I do.”
Pairing: Ted DiBiase Jr./Cody Rhodes, mentions of previous sexual relations between Cody/other random guys
Raiting: NC-17
Summary: Based on the comments Teddy made about thinking about going into the ministry. What if he had?
Disclaimer: All rights belong to the WWE
Warnings: Strong religious content! And perhaps a lot of sacriligious goings on...
Word Count: 7768
Feedback: Would be lovely
A/N: Gotta give a big shout out to Erica and Jane for coming up with this lovely little idea. I finally finished it! I hope this is good for you. *crosses fingers*
“Congrats man,” Cody said as he began walking down the aisle of the church from his seat in the back pew.
Father Ted DiBiase glanced up from his bowl of communion wafers that he was currently putting away to the person who just spoke to him. He thought he knew the voice, but it couldn’t be. There was no possible way that it could be… But it was. “Cody?”
Cody was nearly up to the altar, grinning from ear to ear. “It’s me.”
“What on earth are you doing here?” Ted began removing all his outer wear, placing his things on the table before him.
“I couldn’t possibly miss your first service as an ordained priest, now could I? No way in hell, man, not after the way you’ve been talking about it. I can’t think of anyone else that would be so excited to become a priest. Not that I know any other priests, but you, man, you wanted it.”
“Thank you.” Ted’s statement and smile were totally and utterly genuine. He looked back out amongst the pews, and his smile grew when he spotted his parents. They must have been sitting in the back next to Cody and encouraged him to go up and speak to Ted.
They stood up when they saw Ted looking out at them.
“How come I didn’t see you during communion?” Ted asked Cody.
“Aren’t you supposed to go to confession before receiving communion?”
“Do you have things to confess?”
“You don’t know the half of it,” Cody said with an added wink. “I’m a twenty-five year old gay man and a professional wrestler, what do you think?”
Ted’s parents were now standing next to Cody. “You held a great mass, just like I knew you would,” Ted Sr. told him, a proud smile on his face. “It sounded wonderful.”
“Well, I have held a service before. I had to move up the ranks and all that…” Ted said with a blush.
“Don’t be so modest, son! You should be proud of yourself!”
“Thanks, Dad.”
“Well, your mother and I were going to get some breakfast. Were you interested in coming? You too, Cody.”
“Sure,” Ted told him. “Just let me finish cleaning up here, get changed into something… less priestly, and then we’ll be set. You know where I live, just give me a call and meet me outside when you’re there.”
“All right,” Ted’s mum said. With that, they left the two men to talk as they exited the church.
“Isn’t that what altar boys and deacons are for?” Cody asked as Ted drained out the communion wine and cleaned out the goblet. “Why do you gotta do all the shit jobs?”
“Because I’m the new guy. Pretty simple, really.”
“Oh, they do that kind of thing in the church, too?”
“Sure do.”
“So, do you live here?” Cody apparently wasn’t calling it quit with the questions.
“Yeah, right there in the first pew with Jesus watching over me as I sleep,” Ted returned playfully.
“Haha, very funny. At least you haven’t lost your sense of humour.”
“Just because I’m now an ordained Roman Catholic priest doesn’t mean I’m not the same Teddy you’ve always known and loved.”
“Isn’t that sweet? So, you didn’t answer me. You living here with the others?”
“Yeah, in the rectory attached to this place. Well, ok, actually, not quite yet. I will be soon, I’m just in the process of moving in. Even though I liked my little apartment, this comes with the territory.”
“Can I go with you? Check out your digs and all that?”
“My digs?” Cody just shrugged. “Well, really, there’s not much to see there. Just some boxes is all, really.”
“So? I want to see where you’ve been living.”
“If you insist. You ready to go?”
“I’m ready when you are.”
“All right, then. Let’s go out there,” Ted said, pointing to the back exit. “I’m just up the street, so I normally walk there.”
“That’s fine,” Cody replied.
The two exited the church and headed across the path to the sidewalk which led them to Ted’s apartment. It was a pretty plain looking building, some bushes out in the front, but other than that it was… boring. They headed into the building and Ted turned towards the stairs. “It’s only one flight…” he explained, as though taking the stairs would be a problem.
“I’m not complaining.”
They reached the top of the stairs and stood in front of the door number 27. Ted got his key and stuck that into the lock.
“So, when exactly do you get to move in with the big dogs?”
“The big dogs? As in the other Fathers?”
“Yeah. You know, I bet they have big gay ass orgies and shit over there.”
“Cody! Father Liam is 70 years old! That’s the most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard!” Ted exclaimed, cringing at the thought.
“He’d just watch, then,” Cody amended.
Ted punched Cody in the arm. “Don’t be an ass.”
“Hey, you’re a fucking priest, you can’t punch people.”
“I can do whatever the fuck I want. Then I can go and confess all my sins and be absolved of everything.”
“Why don’t you do me, then?” Cody asked, winking at Ted and running a hand up his arm.
Ted grinned at Cody’s teasing. What a ham. “Maybe because I don’t want to do you.”
“Whatever, man. It’s your loss. Trust me, I’ve had loads of guys tell me just what a nice ass I have. Oh, shit, is it because I’m a slut you don’t wanna do me? I don’t have herpes, or anything.”
“We can talk about your potential STDs later, right now, though, we’ve gotta catch up with my parents.”
“Right, sorry, go get changed. You should keep the dog collar, though; it’s a good look on you.”
Ted left Cody standing in the middle of the pile of boxes while he went into the bedroom where he still had some scattered clothes lying around. He began taking off his shirt and pants as he hollered back, “Has anyone ever told you you’re a downright riot?”
“Believe it or not, yeah, people have.”
Ted didn’t say anything further as he pulled on some jeans and a button down shirt. A light blue one. He couldn’t do black, no, he’d never want to wear a black button down again; it was too much like his priest garb.
He headed back out into the joined kitchen/living room space where he saw Cody sprawled out on his old green couch. “You still have this thing?”
“Yeah. I don’t know what I’m gonna do with it once I move, though,” Ted told him, his eyes sad. This couch had been his best friend. During high school and college he found himself crashing on it most of the time. But the rectory was already furnished, and he had no real place to put it. And he certainly didn’t want to sell it off. But his parents didn’t really want it back, either. In fact, they couldn’t wait to get it out of their house once Ted moved out so they could finally get themselves a new one. He looked down at Cody lying over the couch and had an idea. “Do you want it?”
“Me? You’re giving me your trusty couch? Didn’t you name it?”
“No, I didn’t name it. Now get up, we have to go meet my parents outside,” Ted said, smacking Cody’s legs.
“I’m going, I’m going.” He swung his legs down so his feet were on the floor, sitting up at the same time. Once he stood, he was immediately being ushered out the door. They went back down the stairs and out the front door where his parents had their car waiting for them.
Ted walked around to the back driver’s side while Cody got in the back passenger side seat. They both got inside and shut the doors before buckling their seat belts.
“So, where were we going?” Ted asked.
“I was thinking Monroe’s, how does that sound?”
That was Ted’s favourite restaurant. They had the best sit down breakfast, lunch and dinner. Of course it sounds great. “Yeah, that works.”
“So, I’m surprised you managed to sit through an entire service,” Ted said to Cody.
“Oh, please, I was hanging off each and every one of your captivating words,” Cody told him. And that was the truth. Although he didn’t really care what Ted was saying, as long as he was saying something.
“Were you being sarcastic?”
“No, actually, he really was paying attention to you the entire time,” his mother chimed in.
“Thanks, Cody. It really does mean a lot, you being here.”
“Man, how could I not come? You’re, like, big time now. Next step cardinal, and then, picture this: Pope Ted DiBiase, Jr.”
“Yeah, now there’s something that’ll never happen.”
“What are you talking about? I’ve got big dreams for you.”
“Well, you can keep dreaming. I’m quite content being a priest.”
“Sure, for now. I mean, right now I’m happy they’re giving me an intercontinental title reign, but that’s still not the big prize. I want that WWE or world heavyweight championship.”
“Cody… Did you just compare being the WWE champion to being the Pope?” Ted asked, shocked and amused at the same time.
“Not exactly… Well, maybe a little bit… Ok, so, yeah, I guess I kind of did. But isn’t it all about being the big man in charge?”
“Yeah, not really… Like I said, I’m happy with being the big man in charge at my little church.”
“Whatever, man.”
Ted, Sr. pulled into the gravel parking lot of Monroe’s and threw the car into park, which automatically unlocked all the doors. “All right, we’re here.”
“Great, because I’m starving,” Cody declared.
The four went in the door and were greeted before being taken to their seats. They were handed their menus and the waitress asked, “Would you like any coffee or juice to start?”
All four of them wound up getting coffee. Once she left, they started browsing the menu, deciding what they wanted. Cody went with pancakes, eggs over easy, toast, hash browns and bacon, and Ted got the same, only he got his eggs scrambled and went with the sausage instead of bacon. Ted, Sr. got a Spanish omelet and Ted’s mum decided on an egg white and tomato and pepper omelet.
Conversation never really slowed, even once their food was delivered. They kept asking Cody how things were going with him and his wrestling career, which had taken off once he joined forces with Randy Orton, DH Smith and eventually Ted’s younger brother Brett to form a faction known as The Legacy. And while they had since broken apart, all their careers were going strong. He was currently the IC Champ, and was planning on holding it for some time to come, at least until he dropped it not too long before a match with Randy for the Heavyweight belt, where he would take it from the man who was his former leader. That was the plan, at least.
Since it had been a while, they were also asking about his parents and siblings, all of whom were doing great. “You should give my dad a call. When I told him I was gonna come out here to visit with Ted, he told me that he hadn’t talked to you in a while. I asked him why he didn’t just call you up, but he shrugged and said ‘I dunno,’ so you should probably do it, since he never will.”
“I’ll remember to do that.”
Once the bill was placed on the center of the table, Ted, Sr. picked up the bill, and Cody went for his wallet to pay for his own breakfast.
“Put that back,” Ted said when Cody tried to hand the cash over to him.
“But-”
“But nothing. We invited you out, we’ll pay for it.”
“Thanks,” Cody told them with a smile, putting the cash back into his wallet.
“How’d you get here, anyway?” Teddy asked Cody.
“I flew. See, a little over 100 years ago, the Wright brothers invented the airplane. Over the years the technology has been improved immensely and people can actually fly from one place to another.”
“Really? Wow, I must have been living under a rock. I had no idea!” Ted replied just as sarcastically as Cody had said it.
“Yeah, it’s amazing, isn’t it? But, really, I flew in yesterday and rented a car and found a hotel in downtown, not too far away from the church, so I just walked there. I figured it was a nice enough day to just go walking…”
“How long you planning on staying?”
“Well, I can’t stay for too long. I do have Raw to be at tomorrow. So, I’ll probably stay there another night and head out tomorrow morning bright and early. We’re only in-”
“You’re in Texas tomorrow, right?”
“Why, Teddy, do you watch me on the TV every week?”
“I really only watch it for Brett,” Ted teased. “But, yeah, of course I do. I can’t pass up seeing my best friend and brother up on the TV every week, now can I? Sure, some of the other guys give me a hard time about it, but my whole family is tied to the business, so most of them understand.”
“So, did you guys want us to bring you back to the apartment, or did you want to walk around? What’s up?”
Ted looked to Cody, who looked back to him and shrugged. “We’ll walk,” Ted answered. “Like Cody said, it’s a nice day to go walking.”
“All right, then. We’ll see you two later.”
“Bye!”
With that, Ted’s parents stood from their seats, pushed their chairs in and walked out of the restaurant.
“We should probably get going.”
“Why, do you have some more priestly duties to attend to?”
“I do have a mass later tonight. But we should probably get out of here, since I think the waitresses are giving us nasty looks. Either that or they’re checking you out.”
“Not like they’d have a chance with me. Girls have cooties.”
Ted began laughing. Some of the things that came out of Cody’s mouth, man, he wondered why he was friends with the kid sometimes. “Come on, we’ll go back to the apartment.”
“So, do you get to sit in the confessional booth?” Cody asked once they were outside.
“I do. And, no, I can’t tell you what people say.”
“Shit, where’s the fun in that?”
“It’s all confidential. If I told someone-”
“I don’t even know these people. Come on, I know there’s gotta be something you want to talk about. You must have some amazing stories. It’s not like I need names. Just the dirty deeds.”
Ted relented and said, “Fine, but nothing until we’re back in the apartment. Got it?”
“Sir, yes sir! And I’ll even tell you some of my good stories, how does that sound? Fair trade?”
“Sure, fair enough.”
They walked through the streets, heading back to Ted’s place during the humid Mississippi summer. The walk was mostly in silence, only a few scattered comments here and there breaking it. Finally back inside, Ted led Cody up to his room, and they both took seats on the couch.
“So, what was the first confession you got to hear?”
“I haven’t gotten to hear that many yet, since I haven’t been a Father that long, ya know? But the first one I heard was some little old lady, oh I still can’t even believe this one, this little old lady comes into the box and starts to confess about… How she lied to her husband… She told him the dog was… passing gas and making the room stink so bad, but it was really her because she had eaten too much broccoli. Cody, I don’t know how I managed to keep a straight face through that one.”
“That’s the kind of shit you hear in there?” Cody asked through his laughter. “How do you even reply to that?”
“I told her that the Heavenly Father had forgiven her for her over consumption of the offending vegetable. And I think I threw in an order for her to say five Hail Mary’s.”
“Holy shit, man. That’s funny. So, you heard any juicy ones yet?”
“Well, there was one guy that came in yesterday, actually. I know the guy, too, so I was shocked as hell when he started telling me about this one. He starts out talking about how he went out of town on a business trip, and then, while he’s out there, picks up a guy at a bar and has sex with him back in his hotel room. Then after, he kicked the guy out and called up his wife and two daughters.”
“Shit.”
“Shit, indeed. He also said that wasn’t the first time he had done that. He told me that every time he goes out on business he winds up sleeping with at least one guy. I feel so bad for his wife and kids, because I can’t say anything to them about him.”
“Yeah… Wow.”
“So, now I think it’s time for one of your stories.”
“Ok, let’s see… How about the one where Randy and I double teamed your brother, him in the back, me-”
“CODY!” Ted yelled, his eyes wide.
“Shit, I’m joking! I wouldn’t do that to your brother. And it’s not like I’d ever tell you if I did.”
“You’re such a shit head. Come on, don’t give me a heart attack like that.”
“Ok. Let’s see. I know. There was this time, oh, last month, when I brought this guy back to my room. We were in the middle of fucking, like, I was giving it to him hard, his head was all thrown back and he was moaning my name, when all of a sudden, Randy unlocks the room door, I always give him a spare key, just incase, and is like ‘Hey, Codeman, we gotta talk!’ So, there he is, standing in the door frame, leaving the door fucking wiiiiide open, and there’s me and this guy with my dick up his ass for anyone to see.
“So, I’m like, yelling at Randy ‘Either get the hell out or get the fuck in here and close the goddamn door!’ So, naturally, he came in the room. And he sits down in the chair next to the bed. The other guy is, like, completely speechless, and Randy says, ‘Are you gonna finish, or not?’ I didn’t have a problem fucking this guy with Randy there, not like he’s never watched me before, but this guy was pretty hesitant. He wound up leaving, the chicken shit.”
“Have I ever told you that you’ve only gotten cruder as the years go by? Really, it amazes me.”
“Nah, I’ve only gotten cruder since you told me you were actually really gonna do the priest thing. I’m shocked you still manage to put up with me.”
“I am, too.”
“But, let’s face it; you wouldn’t be able to get by without me.”
“Yeah, sure. So, that actually happened to you? What did he have to talk to you about that was so important?”
“Some angle idea for our upcoming storyline together. You know the one where I go for his belt? It was just in the works at that point. It was certainly the strangest talk I’ve never had with him, since I was sitting on the bed, completely naked… Before we got started I even had to go throw out the used condom… I mean, yeah, me and him have fucked before, but-”
“Wait, you and Randy…?”
“Didn’t I tell you, dude? I lost my virginity to him when I was fourteen.”
“He’s five years older than you!”
“Yeah, so what?”
“I guess I just forgot…”
What Cody didn’t say to Ted was that he always wished it had been him that had the chance to take his virginity. He could envision them together so well. If Ted had been his first, it would have been so sweet. Not that it wasn’t great with Randy, because it was, and he didn’t regret it in the least bit, but he could just see himself with Ted down at the edge of the pond in the back yard of his parents’ house, kissing, making love to one another.
“Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if you were in the WWE with me,” Cody said, changing the subject. “You’d probably be there keeping me in check. But, man, think about it. We could have been tag champs, and I bet you would have been in Legacy with us instead of DH.”
“Yeah, I doubt that.”
“Oh, please. You said it before: wrestling’s in your blood. You would have been a natural. But you chose God.”
“Nah. God chose me. This was my calling, Cody.”
“I can imagine, though, can’t I?”
“Of course. Sometimes I think about it too, but I know in my heart that I made the right decision going into the clergy. Sometimes I’ll think about what we could have done together, shoot, we could have taken the wrestling world by storm. But not now. This is what I’ve chosen to do with my life, and I plan on being with the church for the rest of my life.”
“Whatever floats your boat. How’ll you be able to handle that whole celibacy thing, though?”
“Worked pretty well for me up to this point in my life.”
“No fucking way! You’re seriously still a virgin?!”
“Uh, yeah. I went to a Catholic high school and college, then I started training for priesthood, knowing the whole time that I’d have to be celibate. I figured why bother ever getting laid in the first place?”
“How the fuck have you managed to last twenty-seven years without ever having had sex? I couldn’t imagine…”
“I know you couldn’t. Shit, you’re screwing anything with two legs and a penis.”
Cody loved the fact that Ted was so cool about him being gay. When Ted was 18, that’s when he told Cody he was going to go through with his dream of being a Catholic priest. And that’s when Cody came out to him. Yeah, it was two years after he had actually had sex with another man for the first time, but it had to happen at some point.
He had to tell him then, it was now or never, or so he felt. He had to do it to see how Ted would be around him. If his extremely religious self would suddenly turn on his best friend because of the simple fact that he preferred men to women, then, well, it was better that he knew then as opposed to having a falling out later on in their lives.
But Ted had no issue with it at all. Ok, well, he was slightly weirded out about it. For about thirty seconds. Then he realized that Cody was still Cody. He hadn’t suddenly become a whole new person. If anything he just became a better person for it.
“What can I say? I like sex. Oh, shit! If you’re serious about this whole sleep over thing, I gotta go check out of my hotel before I wind up getting charged for another night there.”
“Oh, well, did you want me to drive you over there?”
“You don’t mind?”
“Cody, you came all the way out here to surprise me at my first mass. The least I can do is drive you over to your hotel so you can check out to come spend the night with me.”
“Oh, so now I’m not just spending the night at your place, I’m spending the night with you?”
“Ass. You know what I mean?”
Damn. Yeah, sure, Cody may tease Ted constantly, taking everything Ted said and spinning it around to come across as something sexual, but it just seemed like Ted would never realize that what Cody said about them getting together was what he wanted to happen. One of these days he’d have to come clean, to confess his true feelings. Wait a second… Confess… That’s exactly what Cody would have to do.
“We going, or not?”
“Oh, yeah, right. Thanks again, Teddy.”
“It’s no problem. Come on,” Ted said, dragging Cody out of the room. “Where you staying, anyway?”
“Hampton Inn,” Cody answered.
“All right. We’ll be there in five minutes.”
And in five minutes they were indeed there. Cody headed in and, after grabbing his bags out of his room, checked himself out of it. He left the hotel and made his way over to Ted’s car. He opened the back door and threw his stuff in before going back up front. “Ok, we’re good.” He slid into his seat and shut the door, clicking his seat belt in place. “What are you gonna go do now?”
“Let’s just go hang out in the apartment. That ok with you?”
“That sounds great.”
They were back at the apartment complex in the same five minutes it took them to get to the hotel, and they were once more upstairs.
Cody kicked off his shoes and headed once more to the couch. Ted sat down on the opposite end.
“So, what did you say you have to do tonight?”
“I’ve got another mass at 6. I’m sorry, man, you know I’d love to be able to spend all the time you have here hanging out, but-”
“It’s ok. I’ll go to the mass.”
“Two in one day?”
“Gotta make up for lost time,” Cody joked. “Plus, I get to listen to your sexy ass self for another hour, how the hell can I pass that up?”
Ted felt a blush forming on his face. “Why do you have to do that all the time?”
“What, am I embarrassing you?” Cody nudged Ted with his shoulder and a smirk graced his face. “Hasn’t anyone ever told you that your accent is the sexiest thing on the planet?”
“Everyone else around here has the same accent,” Ted replied, still incredibly embarrassed.
“That shouldn’t matter, now should it?”
“How many guys have you told that to before?”
Cody sat back into the cushion and thought about his answer. “I, uh… Yeah, I have no clue. A lot. Guys love it overseas.”
“I don’t know how you can stand that. Just… Doesn’t it bother you going from one guy to the next, with no anything between you and whoever you decide to have sex with that night?”
“That’s just how it’s always been. It’s not like I’m looking for ‘the one,’ ya know? I’m still young; I just want to have some fun.”
“Randy taught you well, then.”
“He’s helped it along, yeah. But, really, I was the one that begged him, because I needed to know what it was like. Funny thing is, the only thing he really worried about was the age thing. He never once said he didn’t want to fuck me, all he said was that he could get into deep shit for it. So, is this, like, a confession?”
“It is a confession, sure, but not an official one. Which means I’m not obligated to keep my mouth shut about any of this. Of course, you’re also not confessing to God, and none of your sins are getting absolved.”
“That’s fine by me. At the rate I’m going, I’m bound to be going to hell no matter what I do. There’s no saving me. Especially since I’ll be a raging homo until the day I die.”
“Everyone can be saved.”
Cody smiled at Ted; he always knew what to say to make him feel better. It was like a gift. No, it wasn’t like a gift, it was a gift. “Thanks, man. Ok, then, on a better topic…”
“Yeah, that sounds good. How come you are so crude around me?”
“Because you’ve never told me to stop. And I don’t think you really care. Unless you do. And if you do, then just tell me, and I’ll stop. I mean, I’ll try to stop. But I like giving you a hard time about, oh, everything.”
“It’s fine.”
“Good, because I’d have a hard time trying to not be crude… Besides, I know you love it. You fucking love listening to me talk about my exploits. It’s cool. You don’t have to admit it; I just know.”
“Your exploits are fairly amusing, I’ll give you that.”
“For being a priest, you don’t seem too conservative.”
“You’re my best friend, I can’t be super conservative. But I’m conservative enough.”
“Do you have to pray every night before you go to bed?”
“I do a whole string of Hail Mary’s and an Our Father.”
“A string of Hail Mary’s… You mean you have to do the whole Rosary?”
“I do.”
“Even though you’re here all by yourself, you still do them? You never cheat?”
“Never.”
“Show me.”
Ted looked confused. Cody really wanted him to show him what he does? “What?”
“Show me how you pray.”
“Ok.” Ted stood up, and Cody did as well. He followed Ted over to a table, where he picked up his Rosary and a second one, since he always had some spares lying around. “Here,” he said, handing a blue one over to Cody. He held his white one in his hands and walked back over to the couch. “Kneel down.”
“I’ve heard that one before.”
“Cody! You ask me to show you-”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Ok, I’m kneeling down,” he said as he knelt in front of the couch.
Ted knelt beside him and told him, “I’m supposed to say a prayer for every bead on here every night. We won’t do all them now, since it takes a while… Ok, do you remember the Hail Mary from your Sunday School classes?”
“No.”
“All right, then, take hold of the first bead in between your thumb and pointer finger and repeat after me.”
He waited for Cody to hold the necklace correctly and then began. “Hail Mary, full of grace,” and paused for Cody to repeat.
“Our Lord is with thee.”
And they went through the brief prayer line by line, Ted reciting it for Cody to repeat. A second and a third time, moving up the string to show Cody just a little bit of what he did each night. There was no sign from Cody, either, showing that he was annoyed or that he thought it was utterly ridiculous.
After a fifth Hail Mary, which Ted no longer had to say, Cody had caught on pretty fast, Ted said, “Ok, I think that’s enough for now. If you’re staying here tonight, you’re welcome to join me in my evening prayers.”
“Maybe I will.”
“Really?”
“Maybe. So, didn’t you say you have to do an Our Father, as well?”
Yeah. You want to do one of those now, as well?”
“Yeah.”
“Do you remember this one?”
“I think I could follow along.”
Both men began to recite the Lord’s Prayer, taking it slowly as the words came back to Cody. “Our Father, who art in Heaven; Hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom done; Thy will be done; On Earth as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses; As we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil.”
At this point Cody fell silent as Teddy continued with the final three lines, “For thine is the Kingdom; and the power, and the glory; for ever and ever. Amen.”
“Amen,” Cody repeated.
“And there you have it.”
Cody climbed onto the couch and sat down once more. “Has anyone ever said that that prayer is really dirty? Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven? Well, I’ve been done a lot of ways, but, as far as I know, it’s never been like it’d be in Heaven.”
“Cody, you’re so… I can’t even…”
“I know,” Cody answered with a smirk. “Did I ruin the moment?”
“No, you just… You made it your own.”
They sat around for a while longer, watching TV, talking about whatever came to their minds, eating some lunch when they got hungry.
“When do you have to get to the church?”
“I should probably go now.”
“Ok, let’s go, then.”
“Oh? You want to come?”
“Yeah. I think I’ll just… hang out in the pews or something…”
“If you’re sure.”
Once they were in the church, Ted went out back to begin preparations for the evening’s mass. Cody walked around for a while, looking at the posted flyers.
“Hello, can I help you?” one man asked Cody, who did, admittedly, look pretty lost.
“Hmm? Oh, no, I’m just waiting for Teddy, oh, sorry, Father Ted… DiBiase.”
“You know the Father? I don’t recall seeing you around before. I’m Deacon Robert, by the way,” he introduced, sticking his hand out.
Cody shook the offered hand and introduced himself, as well, “I’m Cody Runnels. Or Rhodes, I’ll go by either… I’ve known Teddy, shi- shoot, since we were toddling around backstage arenas with our fathers.”
“Oh, you’re that man that Ted talks about watching on TV, aren’t you?”
“Teddy talks about me?”
“All the time,” the Deacon answered.
“I’m sorry, I just called him Teddy again. I’ll never get used to calling him Father Ted.”
“That’s because he’s not Father Ted to you. He’s always been Teddy.”
“True. Hey, so, what is a Deacon, anyway?” Cody asked, ever curious.
As the two of them talked, Ted walked out to the altar and spotted them, and he smiled. He couldn’t help but wonder just what it was Cody was asking Deacon Robert about. He guessed Rob had seen Cody wandering around and said hello. Little did he know how chatty Cody could get. He also threw up a quick prayer to the Man Upstairs that Cody would tone down his normal crudeness a notch or four…
People started filing in for the service, a few of them coming up to speak to Ted before it started. Cody went to find a seat, this time closer to Ted. Some people recognized him, saying hello, before sitting down.
The night mass went well, with Cody hanging on, once more, to each and every one of Ted’s words. Cody was amazed at how well Ted managed to keep his attention, especially since it was all talk of God and all that. He could have sworn he saw a blush on Ted’s face when he told them to pull out their hymn books. Was Teddy going to lead them in song? Oh, this was priceless.
Ted began to sing, and Cody was once more taken aback. He really had a nice voice. It was pleasant to listen to, just as smooth as listening to him speak. Cody’s eyes fell shut as Ted’s voice resounded through the church.
People began to pack up and leave once they had communion and said their final prayers. Ted cleaned up at the altar and raised an eyebrow as he saw Cody heading in the direction of the confessional booth. Cody caught his eye and tilted his head, asking silently if Ted was going to follow.
Cody sat down in the confessional box, hoping that Ted would follow. When he heard Ted get in the box on the other side, he began to speak, “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.”
“What are you doing in here?” Ted asked, not looking up through the gate to Cody.
“Confessing.”
“All right... When was your last confession?” he asked, as that was procedure.
“When I was in 2nd grade,” Cody answered.
“When you were seven years old?!” Ted replied, sounding more than a little surprised.
“Yeah, it was just before my first communion. So, I’m guessing you want to hear it all, then... Well, let’s face it, you already know everything."
“Then why are you here?” Ted asked again, this time looking through the screen directly at his life long friend.
Cody returned the look, forcing himself to gaze directly into Teddy's eyes as he answered, “To tell you the one thing you don't know.”
“So, what is it that I don’t know?”
“You have to promise me that you won’t say anything until I’m finished talking, ok?”
“Promise.”
“Ok. I know I tease you a lot about me being gay and saying things about how you want me and all that… But that’s the thing, Teddy, I do want you. I mean, how could I not? You’re gorgeous and you’re… You’re like forbidden territory.”
“I know,” Teddy whispered.
“What?”
“I said I know.”
“How…?”
“Trust me, I’ve known you long enough to know when you’re teasing for the sheer sake of teasing and when you’re being jokingly serious. Plus, look around at this, at what I do. I talk to people all the time. I’ve had to get to be good at reading them.”
“How long have you known?”
“A long time. A really long time. I’d say since the time you came out to me.”
“If you’ve known all this time, how come you never said anything about it?”
“What would I have said to you, Cody? I know you have a crush on me, could you please stop, since I’m going to be a priest and can’t act on anything?”
“Would you act on it? If you knew you weren’t going to be a priest, would you have acted on it?” Cody asked, locking his eyes with Ted and putting his hand on the screen.
“I… I don’t know…”
“Yes, you do know.”
“If I hadn’t known at that point I was going to be a priest… I think I… Yeah, I’d like to have acted on it.”
“Why didn’t you, Teddy? Why couldn’t you have said something back then to me?”
“I don’t know… I was scared, I guess… I couldn’t, I didn’t want to… I don’t know, Cody. But I did know I wanted to be a priest, and I just couldn’t let myself get involved with anyone, much less you because then I’d never be able to go back to you. Like I told you earlier, this is my calling. I was meant to be a priest, and if I were to have gotten involved with you, I know that I wouldn’t have been able to do this. Because I would be with you still, and I couldn’t stand not being able to touch you ever again,” Ted finished, placing his hand over Cody’s on the grate.
“Let me in there.”
Ted nodded and opened the front door, letting Cody out and into his side. Cody closed the door behind him and was instantly on Ted, straddling his legs as he crushed his lips down on Ted’s.
It was like nothing Cody had experienced before, and he had certainly experienced a lot. This was the man he had wanted for years. And, according to what Ted just said, those feelings had been reciprocated for about the same length of time.
“We can’t do this, Cody,” Ted said, pulling away. “I… We can’t have sex.”
“Then we’ll get around that,” Cody replied, placing another kiss on Ted’s lips. “Please, Ted, I need something. We don’t have to go all the way, really, we don’t. I’m not going to do anything that you don’t want to do. But… There’s nothing wrong with kissing, is there?” Cody asked, dropping another kiss on Ted’s mouth. This time he slipped his tongue out and ran it over Ted’s lips, begging him to part them, which he did. Cody’s tongue ran over Ted’s, exploring his entire mouth.
“No,” Ted muttered through kisses. “Guess not.”
Cody reached his hand down to feel Ted’s growing hardness through his garments, moaning when he felt Ted’s cock twitch in his hand.
Shocked at all these new emotions and sensations, Ted pushed Cody off of him. “That’s… No, that’s too much.”
“I’m sorry. I’ll go slower, ok?”
“I think we should stop this.”
“No! We can’t stop now.”
“This is all too much for me, Cody…”
“Just… Please, just let me touch you some more. And tell me any time you feel uncomfortable. And if you really need to stop, if it really gets to be too much, I’ll stop.”
“Ok.”
Cody went back in, this time letting his hand slip inside Ted’s robes, undoing some buttons so he could touch Ted’s chest and stomach. He let his hands run over the defined muscle that lay under the mound of clothing. “You need to stop covering up so much,” Cody muttered into his ear.
“I didn’t know this could feel so good.”
“There’s a lot you don’t know.” Cody brushed a nipple, and Ted gasped audibly. “See what I mean?”
“Yeah.”
“Is this why they don’t want you guys having sex? Because pleasure of the body corrupts the mind, or something?”
“I don’t know, I just do what I’m told,” Ted answered, too caught up in his feelings to even think about what Cody was asking him.
“Don’t you wish you had done this before?”
“With you?”
While that wasn’t exactly what Cody had meant, it worked. “Yeah, with me.”
“Yes,” Ted whispered.
Cody’s breath hitched when Ted gave his answer. He looked into Ted’s eyes and smiled. He then placed a kiss on Ted’s lips again before sliding off Ted’s lap, kneeling before him. “If you can’t handle what I’m going to do, don’t be afraid to tell me, and I’ll stop, I swear.”
With that, he lifted Ted’s robes, moving all the fabric out of the way, and quickly unbuttoning and unzipping the dress pants he had on underneath. A pair of black briefs covered him up even further.
“You wear too many clothes.”
“It’s not like we’re ever planning on doing this with someone,” Ted answered, awaiting just whatever Cody had in store for him. ‘Please, forgive me, God,’ he said in silent prayer before he felt Cody’s tongue on his dick.
It was as though something inside of him had been awoken. The sparks flew between them, with each trip Cody’s tongue made up and down Ted’s cock, it seemed like those sparks kept growing, kept getting stronger.
Ted had never felt anything like this before. He had his best friend’s mouth encasing his dick in a confessional box, the same confessional box that was meant to be a telephone line direct to God. Cody’s mouth was so… so hot and so wet around him. He really didn’t think he could last.
“Cody…” Ted moaned, causing Cody to pull off.
Cody smirked and soon was sitting back on Ted’s lap. He leaned his head forward and started licking at Ted’s ear. “I bet you’re wondering why I stopped.” He ground his hips forward, letting his jean clad crotch rub against Ted’s exposed cock. “That’s why.”
Ted groaned at the friction of the rough cloth against the sensitive flesh. When Cody did it again, Ted’s hips, seemingly of their own accord, jerked up, trying to get some more of that feeling. Cody’s mouth was back on his, and this time Ted let his tongue hesitantly explore Cody’s mouth.
Their hips were working together, Cody wanting to bring as much pleasure to Ted as he could, and Ted wanting to get as much for himself as possible. Cody was tight in his jeans, the fabric holding him back. But this was for Ted. Cody had to show Ted just how good he could feel. And he knew that with the way he was feeling, he wouldn’t be able to hold out much longer.
Ted was on the brink, the both of them knew it. It was so much to take in all at once, how could he not be close? Cody kept his mouth clamped to Ted’s when the orgasm finally ripped through Ted’s body, so any cries and groans would be lost inside his mouth.
Cody pulled back, having yet to come himself (he could take care of that soon enough), and smiled down at Ted. “How was that?”
“That… It felt so good, Cody.”
“Are you going to confess this? Next time you have to go to confession yourself, will you say this is one of your sins?”
“I don’t know.”
“It shouldn’t be a sin.”
“I acted on lust. That is a sin.”
“That’s all it is, then? Lust? It’s nothing more than that?”
“Well… No, to me… But in the eyes of God? You never know.”
“Do you still believe this is your calling? After all that, is this still what you think you should be doing?”
“Yes. This is what I was meant to do.”
“Then what about me?”
“I’d still like you to stay at my place tonight, if that answers anything.”
“You do?”
“Yeah, I do.”
“What’s going to happen with us now?”
“Are you still going to sleep around? A man in every town?”
Cody bit his lower lip as he thought of what Ted was asking. That had been his lifestyle for years. But if Ted wanted to have something, anything with him, then he’d change it in a heartbeat. “No.”
“Even though you won’t be able to see me often? Even though…”
“Ted, I’ll have something with you. I’ll give up sex for the rest of my life if I can just be with you. That’s assuming things would work out between us.”
“Haha. I think maybe we should get out of here.”
“Yeah…”
Cody stood up and let Ted out first, who took a little time to adjust his robes before opening the door. He looked around, thankful no one else was out there. Cody soon followed.
They walked up the stairs, and they both looked out at the pews. Cody turned around and glanced up at the cross with Jesus hanging off of it. He then looked to Ted and once more out at the pews. He got in close to Ted and whispered into his ear, “One of these days, I’ll have you fucking the hell out of me on that first pew as our old pal Jesus looks on.”
Ted’s eyes widened at Cody’s words. “Don’t say things like that!”
“Why? I know you want it.”
“That’s just it… I do.”