JT/Rock Fic
Title: Neath' the stars of Cheyenne
Fandom: Crossfire Trail
Pairings: JT/Rock
Warnings: Slash, m/m, sex
Rating: R
Summary: JT and Rock get some alone time when Rafe sends them on a two man drive to Cheyenne, But much to Rock's dissapointment, JT plays hard to get..
Author's note: This fic is a gift for my good friend terrorinyertub.
"You Boys be carful out there." Rafe said standing on the front porch, watching Rock and JT saddle their horses. " We will." Rock told him. " Don't worry, Rafe, we'll be back by Monday." JT said, mounting his chestnut gelding. " You take care of him, Rock, Don't let him out of your sight, there's some mighty bad men up in Cheyenne.
" He's safe with me." Rock promised, and got on his red stud. " You got the map I gave ya, JT?" " Yes sir." " Alright, remember, drive those fifteen head up to the army post then come straight back, I'm gonna need your help when that guy comes for the oil next week." " Yes sir." Rafe waved to them. " see ya boys next week." They tipped their hats and Rode North to Cheyenne, taking fifteen fat steers with them.....
" Are we supposed to turn at the creek, or go across it?" " take the cattle on through it, I'll follow behind ya." JT instructed, looking at the Map that Rafe had given him. " Who made You, leader of this drive?" Rock joked. " I did, remember I'm from texas, Cattle's how I make my livin, that makes me more qualified to lead this drive than you."
" Have it your way, love, as long as You'll let me lead after we set up camp tonight." JT rolled his eyes. " Is sex all you think about?" " Only if its as pleasurable as it is with you." He kicked his horse into a gallop, and rode past him, giving him a playful slap on the ass.
" Would you knock it off already." Rock turned his horse, laughing. " whats wrong Love, you've been acting like this all day." JT gave him a stern look. " Look Rock, Rafe gave us an important job to do, that comes first, you can think about sex all ya want after we get these cattle to cheyenne."
Rock snorted. " Cowboys." he said mockingly. " Irishmen" JT mocked him back. Rock grinned. They forded the creek and started up the mountains. " How far to the army post?" Rock asked. " Thirty Miles." JT replied, eyes focused on a steer that was ready to make a run from the herd. Rock eyed him, grinning from ear to ear. " I've never seen anyone look better on a horse than you do." JT sighed. " didn't I tell you to stop with the sex talk."
" Oh, don't pretend you don't love it." He said, riding up beside him and pressing a quick kiss to his cheek. " Rock, I'm damn serious, knock it off, we got work to do, now focus." Rock chuckled quietly to himself.
They rode all day long through the ruggid mountains, till sundown. when they finally made camp the moon was already shining bright. " beautiful night, isn't it love?" Rock asked, trying to look innocent, though his intentions were quite clear to JT.
He looked up from his plate, an ammused smile on his face. " It's a nice night, but you ain't gettin me in that sleepin role with you if thats what your thinkin, you've got first watch tonight." Rock moved closer to JT and put an arm around his shoulder. " Come now love, It's far to cold for you to be sleepin alone."
" Rock, Stop" he pushed his arm off. " How many times have I gotta tell you, I ain't havin sex with you till we get the job done, get that through your head already and quit tryin to seduce me, cause it ain't gonna work."
JT got up to go check on the horses. " playin hard to get are ya?" He asked laughing. JT blushed red and kept walking. Rock just laughed, and laid back in his sleeping roll. He'd get him to sleep with him, he thought, there was no way he could keep this serious act up for a whole week. he knew JT to well, and serious was not his thing, not at all, JT was the kind that liked to have fun. he liked to laugh and goof off when he got the chance.Yep, he thought. He'd be in bed with that boy before the week was up.......
The next morning Rock awoke to the sound of cattle lowing and bacon frying. He sat up and looked around for JT, who was down at the creek washing up with his shirt off. Rock filled a cup with coffee and got up. he walked down to the creek and leaned up against a tree. " mornin, good lookin." JT turned around sunddenly. " Hey!" he grabbed his shirt and slipped it back on. " who said you could watch me take a bath.!?"
Rock smiled. " Don't get angry love, remember I've seen a lot more of you than that." he said grinning. " what did I tell you about talkin about that Rock." " Come on JT, you know you want to just as much as I do, Why don't we go for a swim?" he suggested smiling mischieviously. " No! Now damn it Rock, I told you, no sex till after we sell these cattle."
He strapped his gun belt back on and started walking back to the horses. Rock took him by the arm and whispered in his ear. JT grinned and shook his head. " Talkin dirty ain't gonna change my mind Rock, Now get your horse and lets get goin." Rock sighed and folowed him up to where the horses were tied.......
They drove the cattle down the other side of the mountain and came into a long green valley. JT looked around them, suddenly very alert. " whoa boy." he pulled the reins back on his horse. " what is it." Rock asked. " hush, just listen." He listened for awhile but he didn't hear anything.
" What, I don't hear anything." " Thats what I mean..." he turned his head to Rock. " Its to quiet." They sat there with the cattle just listening. when suddenly the ground began to shake, and the sound of pounding hooves echoed through the mountains. JT's eyes went wide.
" Cirlce The cattle Hurry!" Rock and JT hurried to circle the cattle. And as soon as they were done the buffalo came into view. " Holy Shit." JT mouthed. there were hundreds of them and they were heading towards them at full speed. " Whatever You do Don't get off your horse!" He shouted as they buffalo rushed past them. they were right in the middle.
Buffalo were on every side of them, the cattle were frightened but they stayed in their circle. JT and Rock stayed sitting on their horses, Watching the buffalo run all around them. " GET A GOOD LOOK! THIS IS SOMTHIN YOU WON'T SEE AGAIN!" Rock told JT. Suddenly one of the buffalo took a wrong turn and was running straight for them.
" SHIT! GET A GUN!" JT opened up his rifle scabbard a took out the gun that Rafe had given him. it was a close range shot and he couldn't miss. The buffalo was less than thirty yards from them and coming up fast. " SHOOT!" Rock shouted. The big gun bucked against JT's shoulder as it went off and the buffalo went down and slid to a stop right next to JT's horse.
The end of the buffalo herd came up and they all dissapeared into the distance. JT was still shaking with fear. " Well.... That sure was close." he said voice shaky. " yeah," Rock said chuckling. JT began laughing to. they both laughed for a long time. they laughed until their eyes watered. " well,.." JT said rubbing his eyes. " Guess we better get goin." " Yeah," Rock agreed. they gathered the cattle and headed north once again......
The next day When they came into the thick timber on another mountain, The cattle were getting tired and wanted to stop and Graze. " Well, no use goin on if they don't wanna move, lets stop here for awhile." JT got off his horse and tied him to a tree. Rock swung off his horse and tied him next to JT's.
JT laid down on the grass and closed his eyes, Rock laid next to him and closed his eyes as well and it wasn't long till he drifted off to sleep....... When he woke up it was the middle of the afternoon, He sat up rubbing his eyes and yawned. suddenly hearing the click of a gun hammer he turned his head.
"Howdy." a rough looking blonde man stood a few feet from him. Rock tried to get up. but the man shot and a bullet hit dust next to his hand. " You best stay put mister." the man came closer. " what do you want?" Rock asked a little frightened. " I think you know."
The man chuckled evily.
Rock looked around for JT but the boy was no where in sight. " What have you done with him!?" Rock demanded. " I ain't done nothin with nobody,." The man stood over him, pointed his gun at Rock's chest. " now here's whats gonna happen, I'm gonna take these here cattle off your hands and I'm gonna turn them horses loose, but since I'm in a good mood today I don't believe I'll kill you..... that is unless you try to run."
Rock chuckled " Friend, Your not goin anywhere with these cattle." " Oh, is that right." he put his finger to the trigger. but when a shot was fired it was the outlaw that was killed. the man toppled over and behind him stood JT, smoking pistol in hand, shaking with excitment.
" Rock, your damn lucky I showed up." He put his pistol back in its holster. " we don't have time to burry him, he's bound to have buddies somwhere, so we should get goin." " sounds good to me." They mounted there horses and gathered the cattle together, once again headed for the north.......
That afternoon they set up camp net to a small stream in the forest. JT sat chewing on a peice of Jerky and looking the map over.
Rock was watching his every move. " Love?" JT looked up. " what?" he asked. " Won't you come lay with me? just for a minute." JT sighed. " Rock, no, We can't be distracted, We still got work to do."
" JT, I need you, I can't go this long with out touching you." " Its just two more days Rock." Rock sighed and lowered his head. " Fine." he said obviously dissapointed. JT sighed and continued looking at the map. He felt bad, but they needed to focus on the drive, the last thing he wanted to do was to let Rafe down,.... but then again, he wanted to sleep with Rock More than anything right now."He took a bite of his jerky and took another look at the map. Luckily he wouldn't have to wait long before they made it to Cheyenne.....
The next Day they were only a days ride away from The Cheyenne army post. And in the middle of the afternoon the came upon the most beautiful view they had ever seen. A wide clear waterfall ran down in between to rocky cliffs and at the bottom was a large blue river, wich was surprizingly calm. The trees on the mountains were begining to change to their fall colors, and the river was surrounded by the beautiful colorful trees.a hot spring was nestled beneath the water fall, next to the river.
" Wow." JT whispered, looking at eveything. Rock looked at him and smiled. " beautiful isn't it?" " it sure is." they swung off their horses and walked to the river bank. " I ain't ever seen nothin like it." Rock glanced at him. " God, I wish there was someway, I could burn this into my mind and never forget it."
" Well,.." Rock said, taking him by the arm. " There is one way." JT turned to face him. " would do ya say we go swimmin." JT blushed. " Rock,.remember what I told you, we can't .." " Oh, yes we can." he gripped his arm tighter and dragged him towards the river. " Rock no.... stop!" he demanded. " Not a chance." he dragged him farther and farther and then he tripped over a root and they both went tumbling into the bright blue water.
Rock came up laughing, spittting water out of his mouth. JT glarred at him angrily. "Damn it Rock! these are my only clothes!" Rock just kept laughing. " Don't worry, they'll dry out,." he said pulling JT to him. " Take them off love, Come on, You know you want this." This time JT didn't reject his suggestion, and he didn't scold him for talking about sex again. He simply began unbuttoning his shirt and slipped it off.
Rock smiled and slipped off his own shirt, then began unbuttoning his pants. They laid their clothes on the river bank. and while the bright wyoming sunset glittered off the water fall, creating a rainbow across the bright blue water, they made love. Finally, for the first time in weeks. They made love....
JT laid his head on Rock's chest as they laid together in the hot spring by the river. Rock tilted his head and kissed him, twisting his fingers into the boy's dark silky hair. When they slowly pulled away, JT looked into Rocks eyes, his own blue eyes filled with passion, and trust.
" I missed this." he whispered. " I know love, I have to." he said pressing his lips to JT's again, They were sure That they would never forget this place, not ever.....
The last day of the drive they were only five miles away from Cheyenne, when they ran into some old friends. Red Cloud and some of his warriors. They explained to him in the native language ( wich was taught to them by Joe) that they were bringing the cattle into Cheyenne, and they offered to help them.
The boys accepted their offer, for to the natives it was un honorable to deny any offered help. The souix warriors helped them bring the cattle to the outskirts of town and then heade back to their village, after the boys thanked them and gave them some leftover buffalo meat for their help ofcourse.
" Well, guess this it." " yep, end of the drive.". " well, lets drop these steers off at the army post and head for home." " You took the words right out of my mouth love." They rode into town with the cattle and went down the street to the army post. JT got off his horse and knocked on the door. A man in uniform opened the door. " can I help ya son?" " Yes sir, my name's John Thomas Langston, Were here with your beef." " Oh, your Covington's boy, well, I'd invite ya in, but were a bit busy. wait here for a second."
" Yes sir." JT waited and in a few minutes the man came back with a wad of cash. " here ya are, give my thanks to Mr. Covington." "I will sir." he shook the mans hand and then he and Rock headed out of town. " well, love, we finished the job, now can we make some plans for tonight?" JT chuckled. " Hell yes we can."....
That night, JT finished undressing and slipped underneath the blankets with Rock. " Alright Rock, I'm all yours." Rock smiled and took JT's hand in his. " What would you like me to do love?" He gently kissed his neck and ran his free hand, down the length of his body..... JT looked at him, blue eyes bright. " Make love to me." He whispered. Rock smiled. "for the rest of our lives, my love." He wrapped his arms around JT and as th stars glittered in the big frontier sky, they're love making went on, all through the night, lit by the light of the full moon. And JT realized This was right where he belonged. here with Rock, for the rest of theyre lives......
THE END
Fandom: Crossfire Trail
Pairings: JT/Rock
Warnings: Slash, m/m, sex
Rating: R
Summary: JT and Rock get some alone time when Rafe sends them on a two man drive to Cheyenne, But much to Rock's dissapointment, JT plays hard to get..
Author's note: This fic is a gift for my good friend terrorinyertub.
"You Boys be carful out there." Rafe said standing on the front porch, watching Rock and JT saddle their horses. " We will." Rock told him. " Don't worry, Rafe, we'll be back by Monday." JT said, mounting his chestnut gelding. " You take care of him, Rock, Don't let him out of your sight, there's some mighty bad men up in Cheyenne.
" He's safe with me." Rock promised, and got on his red stud. " You got the map I gave ya, JT?" " Yes sir." " Alright, remember, drive those fifteen head up to the army post then come straight back, I'm gonna need your help when that guy comes for the oil next week." " Yes sir." Rafe waved to them. " see ya boys next week." They tipped their hats and Rode North to Cheyenne, taking fifteen fat steers with them.....
" Are we supposed to turn at the creek, or go across it?" " take the cattle on through it, I'll follow behind ya." JT instructed, looking at the Map that Rafe had given him. " Who made You, leader of this drive?" Rock joked. " I did, remember I'm from texas, Cattle's how I make my livin, that makes me more qualified to lead this drive than you."
" Have it your way, love, as long as You'll let me lead after we set up camp tonight." JT rolled his eyes. " Is sex all you think about?" " Only if its as pleasurable as it is with you." He kicked his horse into a gallop, and rode past him, giving him a playful slap on the ass.
" Would you knock it off already." Rock turned his horse, laughing. " whats wrong Love, you've been acting like this all day." JT gave him a stern look. " Look Rock, Rafe gave us an important job to do, that comes first, you can think about sex all ya want after we get these cattle to cheyenne."
Rock snorted. " Cowboys." he said mockingly. " Irishmen" JT mocked him back. Rock grinned. They forded the creek and started up the mountains. " How far to the army post?" Rock asked. " Thirty Miles." JT replied, eyes focused on a steer that was ready to make a run from the herd. Rock eyed him, grinning from ear to ear. " I've never seen anyone look better on a horse than you do." JT sighed. " didn't I tell you to stop with the sex talk."
" Oh, don't pretend you don't love it." He said, riding up beside him and pressing a quick kiss to his cheek. " Rock, I'm damn serious, knock it off, we got work to do, now focus." Rock chuckled quietly to himself.
They rode all day long through the ruggid mountains, till sundown. when they finally made camp the moon was already shining bright. " beautiful night, isn't it love?" Rock asked, trying to look innocent, though his intentions were quite clear to JT.
He looked up from his plate, an ammused smile on his face. " It's a nice night, but you ain't gettin me in that sleepin role with you if thats what your thinkin, you've got first watch tonight." Rock moved closer to JT and put an arm around his shoulder. " Come now love, It's far to cold for you to be sleepin alone."
" Rock, Stop" he pushed his arm off. " How many times have I gotta tell you, I ain't havin sex with you till we get the job done, get that through your head already and quit tryin to seduce me, cause it ain't gonna work."
JT got up to go check on the horses. " playin hard to get are ya?" He asked laughing. JT blushed red and kept walking. Rock just laughed, and laid back in his sleeping roll. He'd get him to sleep with him, he thought, there was no way he could keep this serious act up for a whole week. he knew JT to well, and serious was not his thing, not at all, JT was the kind that liked to have fun. he liked to laugh and goof off when he got the chance.Yep, he thought. He'd be in bed with that boy before the week was up.......
The next morning Rock awoke to the sound of cattle lowing and bacon frying. He sat up and looked around for JT, who was down at the creek washing up with his shirt off. Rock filled a cup with coffee and got up. he walked down to the creek and leaned up against a tree. " mornin, good lookin." JT turned around sunddenly. " Hey!" he grabbed his shirt and slipped it back on. " who said you could watch me take a bath.!?"
Rock smiled. " Don't get angry love, remember I've seen a lot more of you than that." he said grinning. " what did I tell you about talkin about that Rock." " Come on JT, you know you want to just as much as I do, Why don't we go for a swim?" he suggested smiling mischieviously. " No! Now damn it Rock, I told you, no sex till after we sell these cattle."
He strapped his gun belt back on and started walking back to the horses. Rock took him by the arm and whispered in his ear. JT grinned and shook his head. " Talkin dirty ain't gonna change my mind Rock, Now get your horse and lets get goin." Rock sighed and folowed him up to where the horses were tied.......
They drove the cattle down the other side of the mountain and came into a long green valley. JT looked around them, suddenly very alert. " whoa boy." he pulled the reins back on his horse. " what is it." Rock asked. " hush, just listen." He listened for awhile but he didn't hear anything.
" What, I don't hear anything." " Thats what I mean..." he turned his head to Rock. " Its to quiet." They sat there with the cattle just listening. when suddenly the ground began to shake, and the sound of pounding hooves echoed through the mountains. JT's eyes went wide.
" Cirlce The cattle Hurry!" Rock and JT hurried to circle the cattle. And as soon as they were done the buffalo came into view. " Holy Shit." JT mouthed. there were hundreds of them and they were heading towards them at full speed. " Whatever You do Don't get off your horse!" He shouted as they buffalo rushed past them. they were right in the middle.
Buffalo were on every side of them, the cattle were frightened but they stayed in their circle. JT and Rock stayed sitting on their horses, Watching the buffalo run all around them. " GET A GOOD LOOK! THIS IS SOMTHIN YOU WON'T SEE AGAIN!" Rock told JT. Suddenly one of the buffalo took a wrong turn and was running straight for them.
" SHIT! GET A GUN!" JT opened up his rifle scabbard a took out the gun that Rafe had given him. it was a close range shot and he couldn't miss. The buffalo was less than thirty yards from them and coming up fast. " SHOOT!" Rock shouted. The big gun bucked against JT's shoulder as it went off and the buffalo went down and slid to a stop right next to JT's horse.
The end of the buffalo herd came up and they all dissapeared into the distance. JT was still shaking with fear. " Well.... That sure was close." he said voice shaky. " yeah," Rock said chuckling. JT began laughing to. they both laughed for a long time. they laughed until their eyes watered. " well,.." JT said rubbing his eyes. " Guess we better get goin." " Yeah," Rock agreed. they gathered the cattle and headed north once again......
The next day When they came into the thick timber on another mountain, The cattle were getting tired and wanted to stop and Graze. " Well, no use goin on if they don't wanna move, lets stop here for awhile." JT got off his horse and tied him to a tree. Rock swung off his horse and tied him next to JT's.
JT laid down on the grass and closed his eyes, Rock laid next to him and closed his eyes as well and it wasn't long till he drifted off to sleep....... When he woke up it was the middle of the afternoon, He sat up rubbing his eyes and yawned. suddenly hearing the click of a gun hammer he turned his head.
"Howdy." a rough looking blonde man stood a few feet from him. Rock tried to get up. but the man shot and a bullet hit dust next to his hand. " You best stay put mister." the man came closer. " what do you want?" Rock asked a little frightened. " I think you know."
The man chuckled evily.
Rock looked around for JT but the boy was no where in sight. " What have you done with him!?" Rock demanded. " I ain't done nothin with nobody,." The man stood over him, pointed his gun at Rock's chest. " now here's whats gonna happen, I'm gonna take these here cattle off your hands and I'm gonna turn them horses loose, but since I'm in a good mood today I don't believe I'll kill you..... that is unless you try to run."
Rock chuckled " Friend, Your not goin anywhere with these cattle." " Oh, is that right." he put his finger to the trigger. but when a shot was fired it was the outlaw that was killed. the man toppled over and behind him stood JT, smoking pistol in hand, shaking with excitment.
" Rock, your damn lucky I showed up." He put his pistol back in its holster. " we don't have time to burry him, he's bound to have buddies somwhere, so we should get goin." " sounds good to me." They mounted there horses and gathered the cattle together, once again headed for the north.......
That afternoon they set up camp net to a small stream in the forest. JT sat chewing on a peice of Jerky and looking the map over.
Rock was watching his every move. " Love?" JT looked up. " what?" he asked. " Won't you come lay with me? just for a minute." JT sighed. " Rock, no, We can't be distracted, We still got work to do."
" JT, I need you, I can't go this long with out touching you." " Its just two more days Rock." Rock sighed and lowered his head. " Fine." he said obviously dissapointed. JT sighed and continued looking at the map. He felt bad, but they needed to focus on the drive, the last thing he wanted to do was to let Rafe down,.... but then again, he wanted to sleep with Rock More than anything right now."He took a bite of his jerky and took another look at the map. Luckily he wouldn't have to wait long before they made it to Cheyenne.....
The next Day they were only a days ride away from The Cheyenne army post. And in the middle of the afternoon the came upon the most beautiful view they had ever seen. A wide clear waterfall ran down in between to rocky cliffs and at the bottom was a large blue river, wich was surprizingly calm. The trees on the mountains were begining to change to their fall colors, and the river was surrounded by the beautiful colorful trees.a hot spring was nestled beneath the water fall, next to the river.
" Wow." JT whispered, looking at eveything. Rock looked at him and smiled. " beautiful isn't it?" " it sure is." they swung off their horses and walked to the river bank. " I ain't ever seen nothin like it." Rock glanced at him. " God, I wish there was someway, I could burn this into my mind and never forget it."
" Well,.." Rock said, taking him by the arm. " There is one way." JT turned to face him. " would do ya say we go swimmin." JT blushed. " Rock,.remember what I told you, we can't .." " Oh, yes we can." he gripped his arm tighter and dragged him towards the river. " Rock no.... stop!" he demanded. " Not a chance." he dragged him farther and farther and then he tripped over a root and they both went tumbling into the bright blue water.
Rock came up laughing, spittting water out of his mouth. JT glarred at him angrily. "Damn it Rock! these are my only clothes!" Rock just kept laughing. " Don't worry, they'll dry out,." he said pulling JT to him. " Take them off love, Come on, You know you want this." This time JT didn't reject his suggestion, and he didn't scold him for talking about sex again. He simply began unbuttoning his shirt and slipped it off.
Rock smiled and slipped off his own shirt, then began unbuttoning his pants. They laid their clothes on the river bank. and while the bright wyoming sunset glittered off the water fall, creating a rainbow across the bright blue water, they made love. Finally, for the first time in weeks. They made love....
JT laid his head on Rock's chest as they laid together in the hot spring by the river. Rock tilted his head and kissed him, twisting his fingers into the boy's dark silky hair. When they slowly pulled away, JT looked into Rocks eyes, his own blue eyes filled with passion, and trust.
" I missed this." he whispered. " I know love, I have to." he said pressing his lips to JT's again, They were sure That they would never forget this place, not ever.....
The last day of the drive they were only five miles away from Cheyenne, when they ran into some old friends. Red Cloud and some of his warriors. They explained to him in the native language ( wich was taught to them by Joe) that they were bringing the cattle into Cheyenne, and they offered to help them.
The boys accepted their offer, for to the natives it was un honorable to deny any offered help. The souix warriors helped them bring the cattle to the outskirts of town and then heade back to their village, after the boys thanked them and gave them some leftover buffalo meat for their help ofcourse.
" Well, guess this it." " yep, end of the drive.". " well, lets drop these steers off at the army post and head for home." " You took the words right out of my mouth love." They rode into town with the cattle and went down the street to the army post. JT got off his horse and knocked on the door. A man in uniform opened the door. " can I help ya son?" " Yes sir, my name's John Thomas Langston, Were here with your beef." " Oh, your Covington's boy, well, I'd invite ya in, but were a bit busy. wait here for a second."
" Yes sir." JT waited and in a few minutes the man came back with a wad of cash. " here ya are, give my thanks to Mr. Covington." "I will sir." he shook the mans hand and then he and Rock headed out of town. " well, love, we finished the job, now can we make some plans for tonight?" JT chuckled. " Hell yes we can."....
That night, JT finished undressing and slipped underneath the blankets with Rock. " Alright Rock, I'm all yours." Rock smiled and took JT's hand in his. " What would you like me to do love?" He gently kissed his neck and ran his free hand, down the length of his body..... JT looked at him, blue eyes bright. " Make love to me." He whispered. Rock smiled. "for the rest of our lives, my love." He wrapped his arms around JT and as th stars glittered in the big frontier sky, they're love making went on, all through the night, lit by the light of the full moon. And JT realized This was right where he belonged. here with Rock, for the rest of theyre lives......
THE END