Betrayal, Parts 3 and 4
Again, NC-17 just in case.
Mowett/Pullings, Mowett/Rowan
Cross posted to
pullett
Part 3- Tom's POV
All in all, it had been a strange night. Tom stood at watch, thinking about what he thought had just happened at dinner. Rowan had been flirting with Will! His Will!
He knew that look. He had seen Will return it. He couldn't believe it. He wouldn't believe it! Will wasn't interested. He couldn't be. Not for all the tea in China. Will loved him. "You and no other" he had said. Tom closed his eyes. I'll just get that thought out of my head.
When his watch was over, he decided to go talk to Will. Will would laugh and tell him he was being foolish. Yes, that is what would happen. He drew near to Will's cabin. Something was odd. "So why don't you just relax and let yourself go?" Tom stopped in horror. That was Rowan's voice! "Your turn."
Tom pushed the door open a crack, and peeked in. He couldn't believe his eyes. His Will stood by the hanging cot, naked, putting some kind of oil on his growing erection. Rowan was on his belly, waiting and begging. Tom wanted to shout, tell them to stop, to run away. But he couldn't take his eyes off them. He watched in horror as Will slid himself into Rowan over and over. The moans of both men were like little daggers into Tom's heart. But he was becoming aroused himself- just as he had while watching the Captain and Bonden. He watched as Will's fine buttocks pumped between Rowan's legs. He wanted Will do to do that to him. He wanted to do that to Will!
Will cried out his pleasure. Tom had entered the room completely by then, and could not hold back the tears any longer.
"Will, how could you?"
The two men on the cot looked up in shock. Will's eyes went wide. "How long have you been there?"
"Long enough. So much for 'you and no other"."
"It's not what it looks like!"
"Go to hell!" Tom fled for his own cabin. He crawled into his cot, sobbing. Still, he had that arousal to deal with. Something about what he had witnessed had excited him. He touched himself while thinking about it- but his climax gave him no pleasure at all. How could Will have betrayed him? What had he done? He cried himself to sleep.
Part 4- Forgiveness
Several weeks passed. Tom and Will could barely look at each other. Will wasn't eating. He did his ship duties and that was it. His guilt had sucked all the life out of him. Rowan noticed, and begged Tom to forgive them both.
"I don't blame you, lieutenant. Just him." said Tom.
"He is so broken over this. He would die for you. I'd give anything for that kind of love. Don't throw it away because of one stupid mistake!"
Tom sighed. Rowan was probably right. He just wasn't ready. But he would forgive...
He went back to his cabin and found a note under his door. It read:
Tom- you wanted another poem. Here it is. It's not really a poem. It doesn't rhyme, and the metre is non existent, but it's what I feel.
Only you make me feel
Feel like living
Like a man
Feel like anything at all.
You and no other.
The love of my life
the reason I go on
the first thing I think of
the last before I sleep
You and no other.
Now I've ruined that. I have nothing left. I'm sorry.
Will
Tom read the "poem" over and over again. Could Will be planning what he was thinking? He ran to the quarterdeck where Will was pacing.
"Will! Don't do it! Don't kill yourself because of me!"
"Tom, what- no, no, Tom! I'm going to ask for a transfer off of Surprise."
Tom was relieved, but only for a moment.
"Why? Did you really think I couldn't forgive you? That I didn't still love you?"
Will's eyes teared up. "Yes. What I did was unforgivable. You made that clear. I have to go."
"No, you don't. You know me. Quick to hurt, slow to heal. I've forgiven you. Stay. I don't want you to go. I love you. You and no other!"
Will laughed. "You read my note."
"Bad poetry. Not like you at all." They both laughed. Tom kissed Will. "And I have to admit, I enjoyed watching you in a way."
"TOM!!!"
"Yes. I want you to teach me what Rowan taught you."
Will grinned. "We'll have to be careful. I'll lose control when we're finally together."
The Surprise's mission was only somewhat successful. But the crew was granted some shore leave. Rowan declined his so Tom could go ashore with Will.
They found a public house to stay the night. No one batted an eye when the two men snuck into a room together.
"Alone at last." Will laughed.
"What to we do now?" Tom asked nervously.
Will blushed. He kissed Tom deeply. Tom returned the kiss with a passion he hadn't known he was capable of. Before long, they were tearing at each other's uniforms. They stood together, naked, belly to belly, barely breathing.
"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Will asked gently. Tom nodded, and they went to the bed. They lay there, touching and kissing. Tom lay beneath Will eagerly. Will lifted him up, and entered him as carefully as possible. Tom winced a bit, but they soon moved together in rhythm. Will moaned as he came inside of Tom, then rolled off of him. "Your turn." he said sweetly. Tom laughed, and did everything Will had shown him. He thrust into Will over and over, enjoying the fricition, and his orgasm was the most incredible he had ever felt.
They held each other for a long time. Will ran his fingers through Tom's chest hair. "You are so beautiful." he whispered. Tom laughed. "So are you."
"You and no other. Remember that, Tom."
"I will. Always."
Of course, it could not always be. Tom had been promoted to Captain, and when he finally got his own ship, he would leave Will and Surprise. That was the way things were in the Royal Navy. But that day had not yet arrived. They would enjoy the time they had.
The end!