rp for changehistory: life swings like a pendulum back and forth between pain and boredom

[hadtobeahero]

If you got right down to it, Peter was getting a little stir-crazy. Understandable, given that he and Adam hadn't left the house when they could avoid it, both of them too afraid of being grabbed by Nathan and his men, but it didn't change facts. The walls felt like they were closing in, and in the off minutes where he didn't quite feel like

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Adam knew there was a lot going on out there...it was still a vague sort of concept, out "there", in his head. He'd retreated too firmly when he'd managed to get away from Arthur, ran too far at least metaphorically, and pulled away from all of them. He wasn't going to be caged again, not after what he'd gone through, and most certainly not for any of them, not for those who'd put him there in the first place. If they'd not caged him, or let him follow through with his plan, or any number of things...

There was still bitterness there, and he pushed it down when Peter was around, not wanting to let it spill into them, spoil things between them, but when it came to wanting to help those people, they were truly those people. Oh, he'd be up for stopping Nathan if he came for them, if he tried to take Peter, or him, but it was hard to mobilize himself to give a damn about Parkman or the rest

[hadtobeahero]

Echoing the sigh, he sunk into him slowly, arms going around his waist in turn. His head fell to his shoulder, breathing in the scent of him, and then he was turning his head up to watch his face, still not sure what to say. What could be said, without sounding trite.

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Adam gave him a slightly twisted smile and shrugged. "Well, now that I've gone and completely depressed us both...maybe we should do something to cheer ourselves back up?"

[hadtobeahero]

He shifted a bit in Adam's arms, raising his head from his shoulders so that he could arch his eyebrow. A small, crooked smile turned his lips, a few things they could be doing springing to mind, and then he was looking away, flustered. Adam, clearly, was a corruptive influence.

"You, uh, have anything in mind?" he managed after a moment of staring at his chest.

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Adam watched the smile and the eyebrow and then the flustered look that chased across Peter's face. His mind hadn't actually been going anywhere beyond maybe watching a movie or going out for dinner, but now that he had that look in his eyes, Adam found his lips curving in a smirk.

"I'm sure I could come up with something."

[hadtobeahero]

He nudged at Adam's shoulder with one of his, the smile still on his mouth. "You're a bad influence, you know that?"

Not that he hadn't done his fair share of sleeping around or flirting awkwardly with people even before Adam, but still. It worked better for him to blame the immortal.

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"I have been accused of it more than once," Adam allowed, with a wry smile, nudging him back, before lowering his head to steal a kiss.

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He sighed, tilting his head to return the kiss, arms around him tightening just a bit to keep him close. He couldn't have Adam getting away so easily after stealing for him, after all.

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If Peter didn't want him retreating, Adam wasn't retreating. He wouldn't go anywhere, so long as the boy wanted him. Some days he didn't know how long that might be, how long until Peter wondered just what the hell it was he was doing, but for now, Adam would take everything he could get. He let one hand slide into Peter's hair, pleased it was finally growing from where Elle had shorn it, and kissed him a bit more firmly.

[hadtobeahero]

Making a soft, pleased sound he tilted his head into his fingers ever so slightly, not really wanting to break the kiss but unable to stop the shift. He loved having his hair played with too much and, like Adam, he was glad it was growing back out. It had been too short for far too long.

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Adam chuckled, letting him pull that much away, his lips trailing to Peter's jaw instead as he kept his fingers playing through his hair, tangling then releasing, always gentle and more of a tease than anything else.

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Another sigh, and he was turning his head into Adam's mouth a bit, eyes still closed from the kiss. He stood there for a moment, savoring it, fingers ghosting up and down his spine slowly, and then he was pulling away just a bit. "We should, uh, go inside or something," he murmured, sounding unhappy with the idea, despite the fact it was probably a good one.

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Adam smirked, just slightly, dipping his head to nip at his jaw. "What, you don't want to put a show on for the neighbors?" That would draw far too much attention to them, and possibly bring them to Nathan's when they were arrested for indecency or something. Right.

He sighed and pouted. "We really need to move somewhere more fun."

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He made a soft noise at the back of his throat, the sound bordering on a moan, and pushed up into his mouth as he pulled away.

"We should," he agreed after a moment, rocking back away from him as reality set in. And while he asked, he didn't leave Adam much of a chance to argue, already tugging him back inside. "Bedroom?"

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Adam followed more than willingly, inordinately pleased with the younger man's eagerness and initiative. A smirk settled on his lips a bit as he let himself be tugged, though, really, the bedroom was almost too far, and the second they were inside again, he pulled Peter close, kissing him again. "If we have to go that far..."

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Peter returned the kiss, a small disappointed noise slipping out of him as Adam pulled away again, even if it was only to talk. He pressed his lips to his again, briefly, and then it was his turn to pull away. "What were you thinking?"

Dusty, old attic hadn't exactly crossed his mind.