Fic: Tangled 3/? (H50, Danny/Steve, OC's, Nc17)
Title - Tangled
Characters - Danny/Steve, Kono, Chin, OC's (Rick Steadman, Kau'i Keahi, John Dawson, Michael Petersen)
Rating - NC17
Warnings - BDSM, established Dom/sub relationships, torture, abuse, dark themes, slash
Summary - A case hits close to home as the team work to track down an attacker who has a personal vendetta against Richard Steadman.
A/N - Sequel to - ' Wear No Disguise'.
Chapters - One : Two : Three : Four : Five : Six : Seven : Eight : Nine
~
previously -
"Stay, please," Kau'i begged in a croaky tone. "Don't go anywhere."
Rick settled by him, caressed his face and waited as Kau'i slipped back to sleep, worn out and sleepy with medication and the ordeal of the last day.
~
"Rick," Danny said quietly so as to not disturb Kau'i. Rick turned where he sat, sad, tired eyes looking at his friend. Danny swallowed down hard, seeing Rick so ruffled and out of his comfort zone unnerved him. Over their time knowing each other Danny had come to look at him as a mentor and seeing him so vulnerable and broken was hard to face. "We're going to go now. We've a few leads and we need to get some speed on this if we want to track down David. We'll be back to speak to Kau'i about what happened."
Rick nodded his head, eyes not quite focused as he looked back at Kau again. "If you need anything I'll be here."
"John's just arrived," Danny explained. "He's going to give us David's last known address. Rick, if there's anything you need -."
"Just find him," Rick said, a growl under his breath. "Tell him I got the message and I'm going to make him answer for it."
Danny stared at the mans back, Rick bending over Kau'i and brushing fingers over his forehead, caressing his skin. Danny understood the hurt and anger, the retribution Rick needed. He just hoped in time, the need to get his own back would subside, perhaps as Kau'i began to recover and heal from what had gone on. Danny knew it was pointless to talk sense right now to Rick so he left quietly, hoping they would find this David and hoping when Rick found out he wouldn't do anything monumentally stupid.
~
"Don't get cocky boy," Master told him, a sweeping caress of a gloved hand brushing over his chest. "All this time I've spent training you and you still show impatience."
"Sorry Master," David replied, bowing his head in regret. His arms stretched above him, held steady by heavy chains, the cold metal cuffs chafing his skin. He knew not to get arrogant, his Master was pleased with him and he didn't want to spoil the reward by dissapointing him.
"You know all you need do now is wait," Master explained to him once more. "You're always so greedy. Show some pride in your acheivement."
A smile curled onto his lips and he lifted his head again, looking to his Master who stood before him, a hand curled around his hip to keep him steady as the other wrapped around his cock.
"Tell me again," his Master encouraged with a warm smile, knowing how much he enjoyed telling the story. "What did he sound like?"
David gasped as his Master's hand twisted and stroked him, tight and steady.
"At first he struggled, then he begged," David whispered out, his own passion making his breath sharp in his chest. "Then he broke."
"Did he cry for you?" Master asked, leaning in, lips brushing against his neck as David put his head back, hips pushing into his Master's hold, craving more.
"Yes," David whispered out, raspy and hoarse as he remembered. The pleas and the begging and the tears that soaked the blindfold and seeped out under it's folds. "They looked so sweet."
~
Chin and Kono had been busy, looking over surveillance outside the house as well as inside. John had given them an old address of David's to start with and Danny and Steve headed straight there as Kono worked on trying to track his movements through the system.
"We're at the place now," Danny said over the phone. "Looks like it hasn't been lived in for a while."
They'd been through the house but it was abandoned, dust sheets covering the furniture and no sign of having been lived in. The yard was overgrown and it definitely had been abandoned for a long period of time.
"Well, he's been in the area a few weeks at least," Kono informed him. "I've got credit cards used in stores around the area as well as gas stations."
"We could get a hit on what car he's using," Danny thought aloud. "Kono, you and Chin go to the last station he was at. Pull their security tapes, see what you can find. Has he used his card to stay at any hotels in the area?"
"No," Kono replied. "Just the stores, and the most frequent activity was a little under two weeks ago in a local one."
"So we could assume he's staying with someone while he's back here," Danny continued thinking aloud. "Okay, call us when you get there. Me and Steve will head back to HQ and speak to John, see if he has any well known friends or family in the area. Maybe he's visited someone."
~
John was unable to give them any more information. He sat miserably on the couch in Steve's office as they gently asked questions.
"It was a difficult break up for Rick, he was really crushed by it," John said, rolling a half full mug of coffee between his palms. "David left and that was the last I ever saw or heard of him. David insitigated the break up and the things he told Rick, things he said, it left Rick in quite a state. The Rick Steadman you know wasn't the man David broke up with. It took Rick a long time to get over it and start trusting himself to get involved with other people. Until Kau'i came along, Rick didn't trust himself to be in a relationship, not after David. I just don't understand why David has done this, it doesn't make sense. He broke up with Rick, so it can't be jealousy. After all these years, it can't be that."
"Maybe he came to think he'd made a mistake," Danny thought aloud. "Then when he found out Rick had moved on, it became personal. He was in a relationship with Rick, he knows the kind of man he is and how protective he would have been about Kau'i. David attacked him in the most devastating way he knew how to. He could have stolen from him, damaged his property, he had every oppurtunity to do that at the house as well as hurt Kau'i but he didn't. He got into the house, tortured Kau and left him for Rick to find, touching nothing else. Until we bring him in, we won't understand his motivation. But a subs jealousy can be just as equal and possesive as a Doms and this was personal."
"I just can't believe David could do this," John shook his head.
"You don't know anywhere he may be staying? Old friends, relatives? Anything we can go on?" Steve asked hopelessly.
John shook his head with a shrug and Steve sat back in irritation. He hated it when they were grasping at loose ends, but David it seemed had gone to ground straight after the attack on Kau'i. He took in John, he was burned out and he had a haunted look on his face after what he had witnessed.
"Okay, you should go home and get some rest," Steve sighed, there was nothing more John could do and he needed to settle his mind. "If you can think of anything -,"
"I'll call, I promise," John said standing up wearily.
Danny stood also and escorted him to the door with a hand on his shoulder.
"Thanks," he said as John walked away.
He turned back to Steve with a grim expression but they had nothing to go on and they were still waiting for any leads Kono and Chin came up with from the sweep of the house. Danny was reluctant to admit he doubted they'd gain much from what he'd seen there.
~
Steve was silent as they drove home. Danny kept glancing his way but Steve had stubbornly set his jaw and refused to be drawn into conversation. They were both frustrated that David had apparently dissappeared into thin air, no leads, nothing to go on. Meanwhile Kau'i continued to recover in hopsital, Rick was in constant vigil by his bedside and John was hopefully resting at home. And apparently Steve didn't want to talk about the more personal situation of the case - Kau'i's attack and the vulnerable position he'd been put in, the evident attack upon him simply because he was Rick's partner and sub.
As a cop, Danny found the entire situation gross and sickening. As a Dom, it affected him on a more personal and emotional level. Seeing Kau'i trussed up as he had been, the torture inflicted on him, it angered Danny that someone had taken advantage like that. He could relate to how angry, bitter and hurt Rick was because he knew he'd feel the same. Not only had his partner been brutally attacked, but someone had dared to harm someone he was deeply possessive and protective over. This David knew how it would effect Rick on that emotional level as a Dom. Everything pointed to a personal vendetta.
Steve wouldn't be drawn from his silent mood and for once Danny was reluctant to push things. Usually he'd be able to coax Steve into a place where he could open up and talk but considering the nature of the case Danny didn't want to tip things in the wrong direction. He'd let Steve open up on his own, when he was ready, however long it took.
~
"Can we just, talk," John sighed. He was exhausted after the day, everything tumbling into one. He couldn't shake the vision of finding Kau'i, the way he was attached to the rack, alone and in pain. Frightened. Michael put a hand on his shoulder, a steady grip as he pulled him close.
"We can always talk," Michael assured him, drawing him into his arms. It was a tight, firm hold which John sank gratefully against. "But I think you need more sweetheart."
John became flustered, resistant as he tried to pull back but Michael wouldn't let go, staring at him with an intense gaze. "Don't resist it John. Trust me, I want to help you. You should let me."
"Not tonight Michael, please," John said, even as his fingers wrapped into the lapels of his lovers suit jacket. He was resistant but also flailing and desperate to latch onto something solid and safe. He felt himself giving in even as he argued weakly, "I can't tonight. I don't want too."
Michael pulled abruptly away, casting him a hurt look and slight flicker of annoyance. John felt his heart sink a little more. He was confused and tired and needed to be held and assured by his lover, by his Dom, that everything was going to be okay.
"Michael," John said meekly, feeling his resolve dissolving as Michael turned away.
"Well if you don't want too," Michael replied solemnly, picking up his scotch glass, ice tinkling against the sides. "Then of course we won't. But you need to talk so talk."
John felt cold, he wanted to be held again and he could see he'd hurt his Dom's feelings in his refusal to submit. "It's not that I don't want too. That's not what I meant," John frowned, confused as he drew closer again, resting a hand on Michael's shoulder but Michael shrugged him off and pulled away before he could press even closer. "Please Michael, please. I need you right now."
"And I want to help baby but when you resist it makes it all the more harder for me to do that," Michael said in reply, turning to him and shaking his head. His look was one of dissapointment and hurt. "You said you don't want to."
"I didn't -," John said shaking his head. He was confused, the day had taken it's toll and he just needed to put it behind him. He sighed in resignation, shoulders slumping weakly as Michael waited for an answer. "I didn't mean it like that."
"So you lied?" Michael said pointedly.
"No," John shook his head, "No I'm just, confused."
"You're resisting me and you lied," Michael informed him, as if to help him clarify what was going on. John was too tired to argue and couldn't look him in the eye. Michael took pity on him, drawing close and putting an arm around him, resting John's lowered head against his shoulder. "You need to let me help you sweetheart. You know I can if you stop resisting. Look at you now, your desperate for help but you're pushing me away. Look at you, I hate seeing you like this, it's pathetic."
The words made John shudder with remorse. Michael was strict and demanding but through it, John had found, his submission had flourished with this man as his Dominant. Michael reminded him of Rick at times, always so self assured and confident of his abilities as a Dom. He had high expectations and was severe in his punishments but John revelled in the submissive state it created for him.
"Please Michael, Sir" John leaned against him, hands gripping at his waist. "Please. I'm sorry."
"I know sweetheart," Michael whispered before pressing his mouth to the side of his neck. He slid his hands up John's back and one curled up into his hair, latching on to the soft dark brown tufts. He pulled John's head back sharply, a glint of dominant fierceness in his eyes. "First, discipline for your resistance and punishment for lying. Then you can talk as you need and allow me to help you as you know I can."
He pressed a harsh kiss to his subs mouth, controlling and insistent. John melted into his embrace, unresisting and desperate for the help his Dom offered him. He wanted Michael to hold him and kiss him until the fear and upset was pushed away but the kiss was ended too quickly and he gave a whimper at the loss of contact.
"Go wait for me in the play room my boy," Michael told him, giving him a soft squeeze.
Reluctantly John left, body slumped in resignation. This wasn't what he'd wanted or planned for the evening. He'd hoped to have an early night where he could curl up with his Dom, safe and sound. But he submitted to his Dom's will, knowing he needed to be taken down.
~
"John?" Steve said with a frown as a strange voice answered the phone.
"No it's Michael," Michael replied, "Hello Steve."
"Oh hey, hi," Steve said in realisation. It made sense that John would have gone to his partner after his day. "Is John there?"
"No not right now," Michael replied. "It's been a stressful day for him as you can imagine. He told me what happened, it's a terrible thing."
"Yeah I know," Steve agreed, "It's been a shock for all of us."
"Of course it has," Michael replied. "Was it important that you speak with him right now? I could go and get him."
"No," Steve said quickly. "I just wanted to find out if he was okay but I'm sure you're taking good care of him."
"He's shaken up but yes, I'm taking care of him," Michael assured him. "It's just going to take some time."
"Yeah, it will," Steve nodded again. "Look I'll let you go. I'll call again in the morning to see how he's doing."
"Thanks Steve. I'll let him know you called."
Characters - Danny/Steve, Kono, Chin, OC's (Rick Steadman, Kau'i Keahi, John Dawson, Michael Petersen)
Rating - NC17
Warnings - BDSM, established Dom/sub relationships, torture, abuse, dark themes, slash
Summary - A case hits close to home as the team work to track down an attacker who has a personal vendetta against Richard Steadman.
A/N - Sequel to - ' Wear No Disguise'.
Chapters - One : Two : Three : Four : Five : Six : Seven : Eight : Nine
~
previously -
"Stay, please," Kau'i begged in a croaky tone. "Don't go anywhere."
Rick settled by him, caressed his face and waited as Kau'i slipped back to sleep, worn out and sleepy with medication and the ordeal of the last day.
~
"Rick," Danny said quietly so as to not disturb Kau'i. Rick turned where he sat, sad, tired eyes looking at his friend. Danny swallowed down hard, seeing Rick so ruffled and out of his comfort zone unnerved him. Over their time knowing each other Danny had come to look at him as a mentor and seeing him so vulnerable and broken was hard to face. "We're going to go now. We've a few leads and we need to get some speed on this if we want to track down David. We'll be back to speak to Kau'i about what happened."
Rick nodded his head, eyes not quite focused as he looked back at Kau again. "If you need anything I'll be here."
"John's just arrived," Danny explained. "He's going to give us David's last known address. Rick, if there's anything you need -."
"Just find him," Rick said, a growl under his breath. "Tell him I got the message and I'm going to make him answer for it."
Danny stared at the mans back, Rick bending over Kau'i and brushing fingers over his forehead, caressing his skin. Danny understood the hurt and anger, the retribution Rick needed. He just hoped in time, the need to get his own back would subside, perhaps as Kau'i began to recover and heal from what had gone on. Danny knew it was pointless to talk sense right now to Rick so he left quietly, hoping they would find this David and hoping when Rick found out he wouldn't do anything monumentally stupid.
~
"Don't get cocky boy," Master told him, a sweeping caress of a gloved hand brushing over his chest. "All this time I've spent training you and you still show impatience."
"Sorry Master," David replied, bowing his head in regret. His arms stretched above him, held steady by heavy chains, the cold metal cuffs chafing his skin. He knew not to get arrogant, his Master was pleased with him and he didn't want to spoil the reward by dissapointing him.
"You know all you need do now is wait," Master explained to him once more. "You're always so greedy. Show some pride in your acheivement."
A smile curled onto his lips and he lifted his head again, looking to his Master who stood before him, a hand curled around his hip to keep him steady as the other wrapped around his cock.
"Tell me again," his Master encouraged with a warm smile, knowing how much he enjoyed telling the story. "What did he sound like?"
David gasped as his Master's hand twisted and stroked him, tight and steady.
"At first he struggled, then he begged," David whispered out, his own passion making his breath sharp in his chest. "Then he broke."
"Did he cry for you?" Master asked, leaning in, lips brushing against his neck as David put his head back, hips pushing into his Master's hold, craving more.
"Yes," David whispered out, raspy and hoarse as he remembered. The pleas and the begging and the tears that soaked the blindfold and seeped out under it's folds. "They looked so sweet."
~
Chin and Kono had been busy, looking over surveillance outside the house as well as inside. John had given them an old address of David's to start with and Danny and Steve headed straight there as Kono worked on trying to track his movements through the system.
"We're at the place now," Danny said over the phone. "Looks like it hasn't been lived in for a while."
They'd been through the house but it was abandoned, dust sheets covering the furniture and no sign of having been lived in. The yard was overgrown and it definitely had been abandoned for a long period of time.
"Well, he's been in the area a few weeks at least," Kono informed him. "I've got credit cards used in stores around the area as well as gas stations."
"We could get a hit on what car he's using," Danny thought aloud. "Kono, you and Chin go to the last station he was at. Pull their security tapes, see what you can find. Has he used his card to stay at any hotels in the area?"
"No," Kono replied. "Just the stores, and the most frequent activity was a little under two weeks ago in a local one."
"So we could assume he's staying with someone while he's back here," Danny continued thinking aloud. "Okay, call us when you get there. Me and Steve will head back to HQ and speak to John, see if he has any well known friends or family in the area. Maybe he's visited someone."
~
John was unable to give them any more information. He sat miserably on the couch in Steve's office as they gently asked questions.
"It was a difficult break up for Rick, he was really crushed by it," John said, rolling a half full mug of coffee between his palms. "David left and that was the last I ever saw or heard of him. David insitigated the break up and the things he told Rick, things he said, it left Rick in quite a state. The Rick Steadman you know wasn't the man David broke up with. It took Rick a long time to get over it and start trusting himself to get involved with other people. Until Kau'i came along, Rick didn't trust himself to be in a relationship, not after David. I just don't understand why David has done this, it doesn't make sense. He broke up with Rick, so it can't be jealousy. After all these years, it can't be that."
"Maybe he came to think he'd made a mistake," Danny thought aloud. "Then when he found out Rick had moved on, it became personal. He was in a relationship with Rick, he knows the kind of man he is and how protective he would have been about Kau'i. David attacked him in the most devastating way he knew how to. He could have stolen from him, damaged his property, he had every oppurtunity to do that at the house as well as hurt Kau'i but he didn't. He got into the house, tortured Kau and left him for Rick to find, touching nothing else. Until we bring him in, we won't understand his motivation. But a subs jealousy can be just as equal and possesive as a Doms and this was personal."
"I just can't believe David could do this," John shook his head.
"You don't know anywhere he may be staying? Old friends, relatives? Anything we can go on?" Steve asked hopelessly.
John shook his head with a shrug and Steve sat back in irritation. He hated it when they were grasping at loose ends, but David it seemed had gone to ground straight after the attack on Kau'i. He took in John, he was burned out and he had a haunted look on his face after what he had witnessed.
"Okay, you should go home and get some rest," Steve sighed, there was nothing more John could do and he needed to settle his mind. "If you can think of anything -,"
"I'll call, I promise," John said standing up wearily.
Danny stood also and escorted him to the door with a hand on his shoulder.
"Thanks," he said as John walked away.
He turned back to Steve with a grim expression but they had nothing to go on and they were still waiting for any leads Kono and Chin came up with from the sweep of the house. Danny was reluctant to admit he doubted they'd gain much from what he'd seen there.
~
Steve was silent as they drove home. Danny kept glancing his way but Steve had stubbornly set his jaw and refused to be drawn into conversation. They were both frustrated that David had apparently dissappeared into thin air, no leads, nothing to go on. Meanwhile Kau'i continued to recover in hopsital, Rick was in constant vigil by his bedside and John was hopefully resting at home. And apparently Steve didn't want to talk about the more personal situation of the case - Kau'i's attack and the vulnerable position he'd been put in, the evident attack upon him simply because he was Rick's partner and sub.
As a cop, Danny found the entire situation gross and sickening. As a Dom, it affected him on a more personal and emotional level. Seeing Kau'i trussed up as he had been, the torture inflicted on him, it angered Danny that someone had taken advantage like that. He could relate to how angry, bitter and hurt Rick was because he knew he'd feel the same. Not only had his partner been brutally attacked, but someone had dared to harm someone he was deeply possessive and protective over. This David knew how it would effect Rick on that emotional level as a Dom. Everything pointed to a personal vendetta.
Steve wouldn't be drawn from his silent mood and for once Danny was reluctant to push things. Usually he'd be able to coax Steve into a place where he could open up and talk but considering the nature of the case Danny didn't want to tip things in the wrong direction. He'd let Steve open up on his own, when he was ready, however long it took.
~
"Can we just, talk," John sighed. He was exhausted after the day, everything tumbling into one. He couldn't shake the vision of finding Kau'i, the way he was attached to the rack, alone and in pain. Frightened. Michael put a hand on his shoulder, a steady grip as he pulled him close.
"We can always talk," Michael assured him, drawing him into his arms. It was a tight, firm hold which John sank gratefully against. "But I think you need more sweetheart."
John became flustered, resistant as he tried to pull back but Michael wouldn't let go, staring at him with an intense gaze. "Don't resist it John. Trust me, I want to help you. You should let me."
"Not tonight Michael, please," John said, even as his fingers wrapped into the lapels of his lovers suit jacket. He was resistant but also flailing and desperate to latch onto something solid and safe. He felt himself giving in even as he argued weakly, "I can't tonight. I don't want too."
Michael pulled abruptly away, casting him a hurt look and slight flicker of annoyance. John felt his heart sink a little more. He was confused and tired and needed to be held and assured by his lover, by his Dom, that everything was going to be okay.
"Michael," John said meekly, feeling his resolve dissolving as Michael turned away.
"Well if you don't want too," Michael replied solemnly, picking up his scotch glass, ice tinkling against the sides. "Then of course we won't. But you need to talk so talk."
John felt cold, he wanted to be held again and he could see he'd hurt his Dom's feelings in his refusal to submit. "It's not that I don't want too. That's not what I meant," John frowned, confused as he drew closer again, resting a hand on Michael's shoulder but Michael shrugged him off and pulled away before he could press even closer. "Please Michael, please. I need you right now."
"And I want to help baby but when you resist it makes it all the more harder for me to do that," Michael said in reply, turning to him and shaking his head. His look was one of dissapointment and hurt. "You said you don't want to."
"I didn't -," John said shaking his head. He was confused, the day had taken it's toll and he just needed to put it behind him. He sighed in resignation, shoulders slumping weakly as Michael waited for an answer. "I didn't mean it like that."
"So you lied?" Michael said pointedly.
"No," John shook his head, "No I'm just, confused."
"You're resisting me and you lied," Michael informed him, as if to help him clarify what was going on. John was too tired to argue and couldn't look him in the eye. Michael took pity on him, drawing close and putting an arm around him, resting John's lowered head against his shoulder. "You need to let me help you sweetheart. You know I can if you stop resisting. Look at you now, your desperate for help but you're pushing me away. Look at you, I hate seeing you like this, it's pathetic."
The words made John shudder with remorse. Michael was strict and demanding but through it, John had found, his submission had flourished with this man as his Dominant. Michael reminded him of Rick at times, always so self assured and confident of his abilities as a Dom. He had high expectations and was severe in his punishments but John revelled in the submissive state it created for him.
"Please Michael, Sir" John leaned against him, hands gripping at his waist. "Please. I'm sorry."
"I know sweetheart," Michael whispered before pressing his mouth to the side of his neck. He slid his hands up John's back and one curled up into his hair, latching on to the soft dark brown tufts. He pulled John's head back sharply, a glint of dominant fierceness in his eyes. "First, discipline for your resistance and punishment for lying. Then you can talk as you need and allow me to help you as you know I can."
He pressed a harsh kiss to his subs mouth, controlling and insistent. John melted into his embrace, unresisting and desperate for the help his Dom offered him. He wanted Michael to hold him and kiss him until the fear and upset was pushed away but the kiss was ended too quickly and he gave a whimper at the loss of contact.
"Go wait for me in the play room my boy," Michael told him, giving him a soft squeeze.
Reluctantly John left, body slumped in resignation. This wasn't what he'd wanted or planned for the evening. He'd hoped to have an early night where he could curl up with his Dom, safe and sound. But he submitted to his Dom's will, knowing he needed to be taken down.
~
"John?" Steve said with a frown as a strange voice answered the phone.
"No it's Michael," Michael replied, "Hello Steve."
"Oh hey, hi," Steve said in realisation. It made sense that John would have gone to his partner after his day. "Is John there?"
"No not right now," Michael replied. "It's been a stressful day for him as you can imagine. He told me what happened, it's a terrible thing."
"Yeah I know," Steve agreed, "It's been a shock for all of us."
"Of course it has," Michael replied. "Was it important that you speak with him right now? I could go and get him."
"No," Steve said quickly. "I just wanted to find out if he was okay but I'm sure you're taking good care of him."
"He's shaken up but yes, I'm taking care of him," Michael assured him. "It's just going to take some time."
"Yeah, it will," Steve nodded again. "Look I'll let you go. I'll call again in the morning to see how he's doing."
"Thanks Steve. I'll let him know you called."