fic - i backward cast my e'e part 14 [novella]
Title: I Backward Cast My E'e
Part: 14
Notes: I've hit my one year mark here. I believe that calls for a little fluff. (<-- total lie. i wrote this first, then noted the date.)
I Backward Cast My E'e
sequel-lite to for promis'd joy
Part 14
Almost as soon as Heero crossed the threshold to the store, he was assaulted by an eager-faced Duo. "All done now, right? Means you can be a naughty boy for the next four weeks, right?"
Howard chuckled. "Go on upstairs, you two."
Heero blinked back and forth between the two of them. "But you're still--"
Duo tugged his arm. "It's officially vacation, Yuy!" He unclipped the nametag from his collar and tossed it next to the register. "Howie can close up here, right?"
"Doesn't he ever get a vacation? Oh, you're invited over for Christmas, of course, Howard."
The older man perked right up. "Ooh, at the Bartons again?"
"Yep. Not like Odin and I are going to host a party."
"Mmm, that Cathy made a damn good stew..."
"She'll be glad to hear it."
Duo tugged somewhat more insistently on his arm and underscored his silent message with a pair of puppy eyes.
Howard shook his head. "Aw, go on up already, Heero, and take care of the boy. He's been horny or something since he got home today."
Duo stuck his tongue out at his uncle.
Howard was unimpressed. "Shoo. Promise not to go upstairs for at least an hour."
With one last glare in his uncle's direction, Duo pulled Heero toward the back of the market. "Come on, already! I need to destress!"
"What are you stressing over?" Heero dragged his feet, not out of reluctance but an attempt to slow Duo down to a lower energy state. They could probably both use a little sleep to overcome the late night work and study sessions of the past week. "Finals are over now."
"Ugh, you didn't see me bombing my fluids test."
"You did not bomb your fluids test," Heero reassured him patiently.
After getting upstairs and closing the door behind them, Duo turned and cornered Heero with a sly grin. "Yeah? Why? Gonna hack my records for me?"
Oh, if only programming were as glorious as Duo often made it out to be. Heero shook his head and stuck with the facts. "Because I have good taste in men."
Duo blinked at him, overworked brain chugging a little on figuring it out. When the implications finally revealed themselves to him, his smile widened in delight. "I know it's vacation and all, but wanna study some advanced fluids with me?"
Heero took a moment to taste his smile. It was warm and sweet and delicious. "I'm surprised you haven't made that joke before."
"Yeah, I know, right?" He laughed a little, thinking how well-behaved he had been for the last semester. "Man, must have been too busy then. Let's catch up." Indeed, he wasted little time in attaching his mouth to Heero's and reclaiming his territory. He'd had his senioritis in only small doses here and there, but none of it put a dent in his work ethic and desire to learn. He'd signed up for four years, and by golly, he was going to finish them right.
Heero broke away with a small chuckle. "Can I at least put my backpack down, first?"
The less to get in the way, the better, of course. Duo waved his hand airily in permission, and then happily took advantage of the fact that the usual parking spot of Heero's backpack was right next to the sofa. He got Heero to sit with a playful shove and then cheerfully straddled his lap, giving Heero time enough just to raise an eyebrow before making sure he had no breath with which to speak.
Breathing was inevitable, though, if a bit shallow and quick. "Howard wasn't kidding. You are horny today."
Duo snuck in another kiss or three before answering. "Hey, it's a guy's right to feel a little giddy after that last thing of the semester is over and done with."
"Pity we're not on the quarter system," Heero murmured, running a hand up Duo's back and down the length of his braid.
"One more opportunity per year, but definitely with its down side." He got his knees settled more comfortably and just coincidentally wiggled down in Heero's lap.
Heero's inhalation was swift, but his exhalation was measured. "Like?"
"Coming back from vacation to take exams. Wouldn't be able to enjoy half the vacation. And I would like to fully take advantage of my vacation." He smirked, and shifted his wandering hands up into Heero's hair, the better with which to tilt his head back for more of the good stuff. Heero cooperated with him most amiably, and he couldn't help the shiver down his spine at the thought of how well he had trained his Heero. He was lucky he was so busy kissing Heero that a bubbly little giggle couldn't escape him. Yes, Heero was quite the independent thinker, but there was something quite unbearably hot about knowing that everything Heero was sexually today had come out in response to him. Heero had learned to kiss with him. Heero had learned to slide his hands under his shirt and do very good things with him. Heero was learning to thrust up into him as Duo was grinding down. Duo moaned as Heero kissed a line down his neck to that spot that got him every time. "God, I wanna fuck you so bad sometimes."
Not what he might have said in some other situation, with half a moment's thought devoted to the words, but perhaps the lazy answer was equally thoughtless. "What's stopping you?"
He shuddered. "Was that an invite?"
His ear was soon host to Heero's soft panting. "...Maybe. ...Maybe not."
That heady little laugh finally got its chance to shine as he pulled Heero back enough to rub their noses together. "You're so adorable."
Heero seemed a little off balance, and almost perplexed. "...Is that what's stopping you?"
"Adorably, fuckably hot." He got halfway through another tonsil-tickling kiss before he remembered there had been a question somewhere in there. Stopping before he got too distracted, he took a few moments to get his brain out of his pants, enough to put together some coherent sentences. "Um, no. I guess your answer is no. I just... it's not like I'm 'waiting' for anything in particular, like getting married or something. I just kind of get the feeling that... when it comes to you... once I got started... I'd kind of want to keep on doing it. A lot. Which, you know, might get in the way of other things. Like eating or sleeping.... Have I managed to get you all hot and bothered?"
There was little reason to deny the look of faint awe on his face, but he still wasn't all that comfortable just outright owning up to it. "...Maybe more maybe than not."
The look on Duo's face could have been underlined with awe, but it was mostly overlaid with an amused, and almost even proud, grin, one apparently strong enough to cause Heero to find somewhere else to look. Duo's smirk took on a note of indulgence as he lightly finger-combed Heero's hair into a semblance of order and waited for Heero to ease up and meet his eye. Fuck, but he was so right about this guy. "Christ, Yuy, don't tempt me. I'm trying to be responsible here."
Heero shot him a wry look, but the flush on his cheeks made it come across as shy as well. "Exactly when do you anticipate not needing to eat or sleep?"
Duo chuckled, and rewarded him with a soft kiss. "Okay, fine. I maybe mean things more like, yanno, homework or whatever."
His hand, still up the back of Duo's shirt, moved enough to quite pleasantly remind Duo it was still there. "I thought it was vacation."
"God, you really are trying to tempt me." He shifted again in Heero's lap, this time really just to get more comfortable since it seemed he didn't really need all that much leverage anymore but hey, that was difficult to do without certain parts rubbing against others. "Mmm, no more late nights in the labs. No more eight o'clock classes. No more problem sets, no more reports to write up, no more project off-sites. No more wanting to bash Matt's head in."
"He wouldn't be able to finish his part of the work if you bashed his head in."
"Ugh, he's barely finishing it as it is. But twenty-eight more days before I have to worry about that again." A few more light kisses helped to purge those concerns.
Heero's hands slid soothingly up and down his sides. "You're only focusing on the bad things. You've been having a blast getting to fool around with that laser of yours."
"Oh, man, I wish it was mine. I asked Prof Lee if I could have it, but he totally shot me down."
"You hot and bothered for me now, or that laser?" His pouty little moan had put the whole thing in question.
Duo couldn't seem to get that smile off his face. "What, that's not a laser gun in your pocket?"
"Maybe I'm just happy to see you."
Nope, that smile wasn't going anywhere. "Mmm, I'm happy to see you, too."
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Part: 14
Notes: I've hit my one year mark here. I believe that calls for a little fluff. (<-- total lie. i wrote this first, then noted the date.)
I Backward Cast My E'e
sequel-lite to for promis'd joy
Part 14
Almost as soon as Heero crossed the threshold to the store, he was assaulted by an eager-faced Duo. "All done now, right? Means you can be a naughty boy for the next four weeks, right?"
Howard chuckled. "Go on upstairs, you two."
Heero blinked back and forth between the two of them. "But you're still--"
Duo tugged his arm. "It's officially vacation, Yuy!" He unclipped the nametag from his collar and tossed it next to the register. "Howie can close up here, right?"
"Doesn't he ever get a vacation? Oh, you're invited over for Christmas, of course, Howard."
The older man perked right up. "Ooh, at the Bartons again?"
"Yep. Not like Odin and I are going to host a party."
"Mmm, that Cathy made a damn good stew..."
"She'll be glad to hear it."
Duo tugged somewhat more insistently on his arm and underscored his silent message with a pair of puppy eyes.
Howard shook his head. "Aw, go on up already, Heero, and take care of the boy. He's been horny or something since he got home today."
Duo stuck his tongue out at his uncle.
Howard was unimpressed. "Shoo. Promise not to go upstairs for at least an hour."
With one last glare in his uncle's direction, Duo pulled Heero toward the back of the market. "Come on, already! I need to destress!"
"What are you stressing over?" Heero dragged his feet, not out of reluctance but an attempt to slow Duo down to a lower energy state. They could probably both use a little sleep to overcome the late night work and study sessions of the past week. "Finals are over now."
"Ugh, you didn't see me bombing my fluids test."
"You did not bomb your fluids test," Heero reassured him patiently.
After getting upstairs and closing the door behind them, Duo turned and cornered Heero with a sly grin. "Yeah? Why? Gonna hack my records for me?"
Oh, if only programming were as glorious as Duo often made it out to be. Heero shook his head and stuck with the facts. "Because I have good taste in men."
Duo blinked at him, overworked brain chugging a little on figuring it out. When the implications finally revealed themselves to him, his smile widened in delight. "I know it's vacation and all, but wanna study some advanced fluids with me?"
Heero took a moment to taste his smile. It was warm and sweet and delicious. "I'm surprised you haven't made that joke before."
"Yeah, I know, right?" He laughed a little, thinking how well-behaved he had been for the last semester. "Man, must have been too busy then. Let's catch up." Indeed, he wasted little time in attaching his mouth to Heero's and reclaiming his territory. He'd had his senioritis in only small doses here and there, but none of it put a dent in his work ethic and desire to learn. He'd signed up for four years, and by golly, he was going to finish them right.
Heero broke away with a small chuckle. "Can I at least put my backpack down, first?"
The less to get in the way, the better, of course. Duo waved his hand airily in permission, and then happily took advantage of the fact that the usual parking spot of Heero's backpack was right next to the sofa. He got Heero to sit with a playful shove and then cheerfully straddled his lap, giving Heero time enough just to raise an eyebrow before making sure he had no breath with which to speak.
Breathing was inevitable, though, if a bit shallow and quick. "Howard wasn't kidding. You are horny today."
Duo snuck in another kiss or three before answering. "Hey, it's a guy's right to feel a little giddy after that last thing of the semester is over and done with."
"Pity we're not on the quarter system," Heero murmured, running a hand up Duo's back and down the length of his braid.
"One more opportunity per year, but definitely with its down side." He got his knees settled more comfortably and just coincidentally wiggled down in Heero's lap.
Heero's inhalation was swift, but his exhalation was measured. "Like?"
"Coming back from vacation to take exams. Wouldn't be able to enjoy half the vacation. And I would like to fully take advantage of my vacation." He smirked, and shifted his wandering hands up into Heero's hair, the better with which to tilt his head back for more of the good stuff. Heero cooperated with him most amiably, and he couldn't help the shiver down his spine at the thought of how well he had trained his Heero. He was lucky he was so busy kissing Heero that a bubbly little giggle couldn't escape him. Yes, Heero was quite the independent thinker, but there was something quite unbearably hot about knowing that everything Heero was sexually today had come out in response to him. Heero had learned to kiss with him. Heero had learned to slide his hands under his shirt and do very good things with him. Heero was learning to thrust up into him as Duo was grinding down. Duo moaned as Heero kissed a line down his neck to that spot that got him every time. "God, I wanna fuck you so bad sometimes."
Not what he might have said in some other situation, with half a moment's thought devoted to the words, but perhaps the lazy answer was equally thoughtless. "What's stopping you?"
He shuddered. "Was that an invite?"
His ear was soon host to Heero's soft panting. "...Maybe. ...Maybe not."
That heady little laugh finally got its chance to shine as he pulled Heero back enough to rub their noses together. "You're so adorable."
Heero seemed a little off balance, and almost perplexed. "...Is that what's stopping you?"
"Adorably, fuckably hot." He got halfway through another tonsil-tickling kiss before he remembered there had been a question somewhere in there. Stopping before he got too distracted, he took a few moments to get his brain out of his pants, enough to put together some coherent sentences. "Um, no. I guess your answer is no. I just... it's not like I'm 'waiting' for anything in particular, like getting married or something. I just kind of get the feeling that... when it comes to you... once I got started... I'd kind of want to keep on doing it. A lot. Which, you know, might get in the way of other things. Like eating or sleeping.... Have I managed to get you all hot and bothered?"
There was little reason to deny the look of faint awe on his face, but he still wasn't all that comfortable just outright owning up to it. "...Maybe more maybe than not."
The look on Duo's face could have been underlined with awe, but it was mostly overlaid with an amused, and almost even proud, grin, one apparently strong enough to cause Heero to find somewhere else to look. Duo's smirk took on a note of indulgence as he lightly finger-combed Heero's hair into a semblance of order and waited for Heero to ease up and meet his eye. Fuck, but he was so right about this guy. "Christ, Yuy, don't tempt me. I'm trying to be responsible here."
Heero shot him a wry look, but the flush on his cheeks made it come across as shy as well. "Exactly when do you anticipate not needing to eat or sleep?"
Duo chuckled, and rewarded him with a soft kiss. "Okay, fine. I maybe mean things more like, yanno, homework or whatever."
His hand, still up the back of Duo's shirt, moved enough to quite pleasantly remind Duo it was still there. "I thought it was vacation."
"God, you really are trying to tempt me." He shifted again in Heero's lap, this time really just to get more comfortable since it seemed he didn't really need all that much leverage anymore but hey, that was difficult to do without certain parts rubbing against others. "Mmm, no more late nights in the labs. No more eight o'clock classes. No more problem sets, no more reports to write up, no more project off-sites. No more wanting to bash Matt's head in."
"He wouldn't be able to finish his part of the work if you bashed his head in."
"Ugh, he's barely finishing it as it is. But twenty-eight more days before I have to worry about that again." A few more light kisses helped to purge those concerns.
Heero's hands slid soothingly up and down his sides. "You're only focusing on the bad things. You've been having a blast getting to fool around with that laser of yours."
"Oh, man, I wish it was mine. I asked Prof Lee if I could have it, but he totally shot me down."
"You hot and bothered for me now, or that laser?" His pouty little moan had put the whole thing in question.
Duo couldn't seem to get that smile off his face. "What, that's not a laser gun in your pocket?"
"Maybe I'm just happy to see you."
Nope, that smile wasn't going anywhere. "Mmm, I'm happy to see you, too."
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