Fic: The Next Morning, Chapter 7 -Worn Out (CSI Miami, Ryan Wolfe/ Eric Delko)
Title: The Next Morning, Chapter 7 -Worn Out
Author: FinnishSphinx
Rating: PG
Fandom: CSI Miami
Pairings: Ryan Wolf/ Eric Delko
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: They are not mine, just using them for
amusement...
Eric slumped on the bed face first and tried to get his breath to even out. Of course
he had known Ryan was few years younger than him, and kept himself in good shape,
but Eric would have never guessed Ryan would turn out to be the one person who
could completely wear him out. After all, a good session of horizontal, or occasionally
vertical, samba had always been Eric`s favorite kind of exercise. Eric had met his
match, that much he was willing to admit, but Ryan better prepare for retaliation.
As soon as Eric could move again.
Eric grinned and let his mind wonder, enjoying the feel of worm body pressed against
him from the back. When they had been just co-workers, Ryan had always seemed to
be slightly reserved. Not cold or unfriendly, but kept everything about him tightly
under control. That hadn`t changed too much, but Eric had discovered just how
uninhibited and inventive Ryan could be when they were alone. Eric`s quick-fun-
and-get-out-fast pick ups had been replaced by all night marathons, which left
him wondering where Ryan got his durability. As if to underline his trail of thought,
he felt Ryan`s hands wondering over his back, and settling to caress his ass.
"You gotta be kidding me..." Eric chuckled. "You just can’t get enough of me."
"Are you complaining?"
"Hell no. I was just thinking....." Eric buried his face in the pillow in embarrassment.
"Thinking about what?"
"I always thought I would be the more aggressive one." Eric was now laughing out loud.
"I`m the one with all the experience and all that. But I like it when you take charge."
"I`ve noticed. I told you before; I need to be in control. But you like that, don`t you..."
Ryan gave Eric a mischievous smile.
"You need to ask? I thought my reactions speak for themselves."
Ryan planted a light kiss on Eric’s shoulder and continued downwards.
"They do. Now that you mentioned it, I have noticed some quirky reactions on
your part."
"Like what?"
"Every time I kiss your back, your legs come apart."
Eric started laughing. "Hey, that happens when you kiss my front, too!"
"You wanna demonstrate that?"
Eric let out a theatrical sight. "You`ll have to carry me to work tomorrow,
if I`m still alive in the morning."
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The following morning turned out to be more nerve wracking than either Eric
or Ryan had anticipated. Their little show the previous night was the talk
of the lab. Both men exchanged normal good-mornings on their way to the
locker room, but it was obvious their co-workers were dying to ask about it.
It was not really a surprise, that the first one to address the issue was Valera,
who bursted into the locker room few minutes after them, with Calleigh in tow.
"So, you two are officially together now, right? You wouldn’t believe the buzz
in the lab." Valera was practically bouncing with excitement.
"I would, actually. What are they saying?" Ryan asked. He hadn’t had that
many good friends in the lab before, but he wanted to keep the ones he had.
"Just good." Valera paused. "Well… mainly good. And those who don’t like
it know they better keep it to themselves. Under the current regulations they
could get in trouble. By the way, did you hear about Cooper? Somebody told
me he had been banging his head on his keyboard. Now that I think about it,
it`s probably the only kind of banging he has had for a long time."
Calleigh had been quiet, just looking at Eric like a irritated but happy big sister.
Finally she took a step forward and gave him a big hug. "You know, I should
really give you a good spanking for this. Those leads you gave me… I can see
what you meant by them, but how was I supposed to know!"
She took a step back and slapped Eric on the shoulder.
"Be warned, do this again and you are in big trouble."
"Go easy on them."Valera giggled. "They have enough troubles already."
She took a long look at two panic struck faces and smiled. "No, I don’t mean
Horatio, he didn’t even seem to be very surprised. I meant Natalia. She had
a day off yesterday, remember? You should have seen her face when she
came in this morning and heard what everyone was gossiping about. I thought
it was my duty to explain to her exactly what happened. I even illustrated it
for her."
"Illustrated?" Ryan had no idea what she was talking about.
"Yeah, luckily I had some shots of it on my cell phone."
"You took pictures?"
"I definitely did, and they are pretty hot stuff, so thanks for that."
"How did she react?"
"Well, it was colorful. First she turned red, than grey, than white. But I think
the green suited her best, it just matched her hair so well. By the way, do
you boys want me to make you some copies of those pics? I already have
some for my personal use."
Both men were now turning red with embarrassment, while both women
were laughing hysterically at their discomfort. The blush fest ended
abruptly, when the door was slammed open.
"Having fun, are you?" Boa Vista looked like a living replica of a thunderstorm.
She hardly noticed others in the room, her eyes were fixed on Eric. "The whole
lab is laughing behind my back because of your little scheme."
"What scheme?" Eric had been pretty sure Natalia wouldn’t take this well, but
couldn’t figure out what she was talking about.
"Everyone has heard about yesterday, and they think it`s because of me!
I know what they are saying. How could you go so low just to torment me!"
"We are not tormenting anyone, and what do you mean low?"
"I mean, that you are actually willing to take advantage of Ryan and use him
in this farce-"
Suddenly Natalia stopped and tilted her head to the side. "Or are you both
in on it? You two pretend you are hooking up, just to make me look bad!"
That was the last drop and Calleigh raised her voice.
"Natalia, would you just stop. Nobody is pretending anything, and this
has nothing to do with you."
"Yeah, right." Boa Vista snorted. "Two guys I happened to date just happen
to get involved. What’s the likelihood of that!"
"Would you leave us alone for a minute?" Calleigh said to the boys and
Valera. Her tone made it clear it was not a request. All three collected
their things and left the locker room.
Calleigh closed the door and looked at Natalia.
"What exactly is your problem? The fact that those two are together or
that neither one of them wants you?"
"It`s not - " Natalia started but Calleigh cut her rant from the start.
"Listen to me carefully. Eric and Ryan are together, and it is not a plot.
They are serious about this, and you better accept it. Actually, you have
no choice but to accept it." She paused. "Maybe that`s the thing that
bothers you. Eric is serious about Ryan, and wants to this to last.
Did he want that with you? Did he tell people at work about your
affair?"
"No... they... I just..." Natalia looked like a broken balloon, all her rage
was now gone. "I just thought that sooner or later we would get back
together. When we broke up it was so... Well, it was what it was, but
I was willing to forgive him."
"Forgive him? How do you always manage to make everything someone
else’s fault? Face it; you lost you chance a long time ago, and its gone.
If you really want to find someone to blame, you really should go straight
to the source. Take a good, long look at any mirror and it`s staring right
back at you."
Calleigh grabbed her coat and left.
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