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Section 11 –
“We’re gonna go talk to him”
(Will POV, Colby, Charlie, Don – Colby and Will have some things to say to each other.)
[Takes place shortly after the previous section]
Will leaned his cheek against Don’s hair and smiled with
contentment. Earlier tonight he and Don
had finally talked about some of the things they’d needed to. They’d vowed truth in their relationship, but
sometimes still avoided uncomfortable topics.
Only human
nature. Will stretched his long legs out and
propped them up on the coffee table. Don
snuggled closer to him, his eyes on the late news. Alan seemed to have taken off, probably to a
bar, driven out of the house by Will and Don’s earlier activities.
Mine. Will ran his thumb down Don’s arm. Mine. No one else’s. All mine.
Forever.
Don looked up at him and smiled, like he could hear what
Will was thinking. Don took Will’s hand
in his and kissed it then turned back to the news.
Will knew intellectually that this perfect state couldn’t
last forever. All relationships had
their bumps and tough patches. But the
memory of moments like this would get them through those bad times. And the
memory of what just happened upstairs.
Smiling, Will shifted position. His ass still ached pleasantly. Don had taken him hard and rough, pounding
him into the unforgiving bedroom wall. Will
was pretty sure that Don hadn’t planned on being so rough, but Will reveled in
the times he could get Don to lose control.
While Don had fucked him, it had taken Will a few moments to
realize that not all the sex sounds were coming from inside the room. He’d blinked then caught Don’s eye and
gestured towards the next room. Don had
grinned and given a little half-shrug.
Will remembered thinking, Whoa … serious
exhibitionist streak here …
Charlie’s whimpers through the wall had sparked an even
harder fucking from Don and it had taken all of the strength in Will’s arms to
stop himself from getting smashed flat into the
wall. Don hadn’t needed to touch Will’s
cock. With the hammering Will’s prostate
was getting and the incredible sexuality of the situation, Will had orgasmed
unaided when Don broke loose.
Don and Will had moaned together and another moan came from
the other side of the wall like an erotic echo.
Don had slammed into Will’s ass over and over until he was utterly spent. When he’d finally slowed, Will’s arms had
been shaking, his knees trembling, his cum dripping down the wallpaper.
Don had collapsed against Will’s back, murmuring incoherent
apologies mixed with satisfaction and adoration of various parts of Will’s anatomy.
As Will had gotten his breath back, he’d looked at the wall
and smiled. He probably should have kept
his mouth shut, since Charlie’s … voyeurism seemed like something Don never acknowledged,
but Will couldn’t help it. The look on Don’s face when Will had proposed
asking Charlie to join them next time was priceless. He didn’t know if Don took the proposal
seriously – or if Will was even serious in making it – but it was hilarious to
hear the scrambling noises from the other room as Charlie realized that he’d
been found out.
The sound of a key in the front door brought Will back to the present.
Charlie returning so soon? He’d figured that Charlie had raced off to
hump his boyfriend. The key continued to rattle. For some reason Charlie was having trouble
with the door. Finally the door sprang
open … and slammed against the wall.
With the instinct honed by many years as an agent, Will was
already pushing Don away and getting to his feet when Colby stormed into the
room, Charlie on his heels.
“Get up, you bastard,” Colby snarled. “How dare you?”
“Colby!” Don said quickly. “Will did it to prove something to me.”
“Prove what?” Colby said, his voice hard. “That he can paw any
man who comes along?”
“No, I explained it…” Charlie said helplessly, looking at
Don. “I told him that it was to prove
that I wouldn’t s-steal Will.”
“That’s crap,” Colby growled.
Will thought about arguing but he really didn’t care. He faced Colby squarely. “You know what,
Colby?” he snapped. “Now that you’re here,
I have a few things I’d like to say to you.” A jolt of pure anger shot through Will, making
his voice shake. “How could you seduce
Don and just dump him like that?”
Colby blinked at Will’s sudden offensive.
Will took a step closer to Colby and glared down at
him. “You mess with him then drop him
off a cliff. What the hell would have
happened if I hadn’t been there? The
first time you saw him was what, a week later?
I’m the only one who saw him at his worst.” Will’s vision went red with the memory. “I’m
the one who pulled him out of that room where he was tied, gagged, blindfolded,
cut, pierced, and crouched in a pool of his own blood. Damn
you for sending him there!”
“That was you?”
Charlie said faintly. “You’re the
one who saved Don?”
Will ignored him, all his focus on Colby. Colby stepped back from his fury and Will
followed, his fists clenched. He
snarled, “Where were you when he needed
you?”
Colby’s face went pale and tight, but in Will’s view, there
was no way Colby could feel bad enough for what he’d done.
“Will!” Don’s hand
was on his arm and Will thought about shrugging it off, seeing how his Aikido
matched up with Colby’s supposed expertise in hand-to-hand and jujitsu. This man had taken Don and dropped him in a
hole so deep it had taken every medical and psychological skill Will had to
pull him out. Will hadn’t known until
this very moment, when he’d been given an outlet for his rage, how furious he
still was at the situation Don had been in.
Colby met his eyes unflinching and the promise of blood hung in the air
between them.
“Will!” Don said again, his hand tightening. Will pushed Don’s hand away and studied
Colby’s stance, looking for weaknesses.
Colby tensed. Will’s eyes flicked
to Colby’s side but he didn’t seem to have his gun. At least anywhere visible. A knife somewhere, for
sure. He wondered if he could take
Colby down before he got to it. Colby
shifted, angling his body slightly to the right with most of his weight on the
left foot. Colby would want to move quickly
to grappling. Will’s body automatically
readied for a tenchinage or
heaven-and-earth throw.
“Agent Stevens!” Don’s voice was whip-sharp with command. “Stand down!”
Will blinked and looked at Don.
“Back off, you protective hardass!” Don ground out.
Will stared at Don. Don’s face was angry and, something else, disgusted? That second emotion made Will’s stomach flip
over. Trembling with the effort, Will
stepped back from the brink. He moved
away from Colby until his back was against the far wall. He reached for his breathing exercises and
the calmness he’d worked so hard to earn in Aikido.
“Cole?” Charlie said
cautiously from behind Colby. Colby’s
hands were still clenched into fists.
Charlie touched Colby’s arm.
“Cole?” he said again and the fear in his voice seemed to get through to
Colby. He broke his death-grip stare on
Will and looked back at Charlie.
Charlie wrapped his arms around Colby’s waist like he
planned on holding Colby back if Colby tried anything. Not that he’d make one bit of
difference.
Don glared at Colby and then at Will, pinning them both into
place. “This is stupid,” he
snapped. “You two are acting like … I
can’t think of a good analogy right now but something annoyingly
protective. Like two mother bears with
cubs. Charlie and I don’t need
protecting. Well, maybe Charlie does –“
“Hey!” Charlie protested.
“— but I sure as hell don’t.” Don turned his attention fully
to Will. “Are you going to wrap me in
cotton for the rest of my life because of one stupid – okay, one series of
stupid mistakes?”
Will frowned thoughtfully. Had he been trying to wrap Don in
cotton? Don really had no idea how
horrific it had been to pull him out of Channing’s dungeon, how frightened Will
had been that Don wouldn’t even make it through that first night, how many
times Will had bit back tears and anger when caring for Don’s broken body and
soul.
Still, that wasn’t the real Don. It was a damaged Don, an aberration. The Don he’d fallen in love with was strong
and capable, and nothing had changed that fundamental truth.
Will grimaced. “No,
no more cotton.” His eyes went back to
Colby. “Though that doesn’t excuse—“
Don threw up his hands.
“You don’t even think that I’m adult enough to be responsible for my own
messes!”
“But Don—“ Will started.
“‘But’ nothing!” Don snapped. “This stops right now. If you two have to go outside and beat the
crap out of each other on the front lawn, do it. But that better be the end of it or else
neither of you are going to be welcome at this house again.”
Don looked at Charlie who let go of Colby and nodded
firmly. Charlie stepped around Colby and
went and stood by Don, his arms folded.
Will swallowed. So we get to a rough patch already …
Will met Colby’s eyes across the
room. He saw the same frustrated need to
shelter Charlie as Will felt towards Don. Charlie definitely required more sheltering
than Don did, but there was only so much that they could do to protect the two
brothers from themselves, and from the world.
Will better let go of this protective drive quickly or else he wasn’t
going to let Don do his job anymore, the job that Don excelled at and
loved. Colby too had to let Charlie do
his work, even if that meant seeing terrible things or walking into a sniper’s
line of sight.
Will and Colby’s eyes locked and a wealth of communication
passed between them. Will suddenly
understood Colby and thought that he saw that same understanding cross Colby’s
face.
Will stepped slowly away from the wall and nodded. He forced his shoulders to relax. Colby’s fists loosened and he nodded as well.
Don looked back and forth between them, his trained eyes
examining them. “Okay,” he said with a
relieved sigh. “Good.”
“Are you going to beat each other up?” Charlie asked, his eyes still wide.
“No, angel,” Colby said tiredly. He pointed a warning finger at Will. “But you better not ever touch him again.”
Will held up his hands.
“Once was enough to prove my point.”
“Hmm,” Colby said, his green eyes
still wary.
“You’ve got your Eppes and I’ve got mine,” Will said with a wry smile.
“I think one is enough for anyone.”
A small smile lurked around Colby’s mouth. “True, very true.” He and Will might never be friends, but at
least there wasn’t going to be bloodshed.
Don rubbed a shaking hand over his head. “I need a beer.”
“Me too,” Will agreed.
“I’ll take one, too,” Colby said.
“Yeah,” Charlie said with shuddering breath. “Beers all around. I’ll get them.”
Charlie disappeared in the direction of the kitchen and the
three men looked at each other.
Colby’s eyes went to the TV which was now chattering about
sports scores. “Hey, Dodgers beat the
Angels.”
“Of course they did,” Don responded, slowly sitting back
down on the couch. “Penny was pitching.”
Will smiled to himself. Sports. Men’s equivalent of
‘talking about the weather.’ Out
loud he said, “Halos will get them tomorrow – Escobar’s pitching.”
“Escobar has lost his last seven games,” Don said carefully,
his eyes flicking between Colby and Will.
Will came and sat back down where he’d been just a few
minutes before. “Something’s wrong with
his right arm. Probably gonna have to go
on the DL.”
“But you still think Escobar can win?” Colby said, sitting himself on the edge of a
chair near the TV.
“Hendrickson is pitching for the Dodgers. Not having a good year,” Will said. He eased
himself back against the couch.
Colby nodded. “Wouldn’t know. More
of a football guy myself.”
Will smiled. “Never
would have guessed. You’re built like a
linebacker.”
“You went to college on a football scholarship, right?” Don asked, the strain
in his body finally relaxing.
Will put his arm around Don’s shoulders and was relieved when
Don moved closer. Perfection to rough patch to … Life as Don’s boyfriend will certainly keep
me guessing.
“Wrestling scholarship,” Colby corrected. “But the Army paid for my college more than
anything else.”
“Right,” Will nodded. “CID.”
“Yeah.”
Will hazarded a joke. “Quite a fall from there to
the FBI.”
“Well,” Colby said, a genuine smile coming to his face and
making him look much younger and more handsome. “It was a real demotion, but I make the best
of it.”
Don gave a small smile.
“Better watch what you say. I’m
sure I can find a worse job for you.”
“I hope the DEA doesn’t have any openings,” Colby said.
Will laughed. “Your
past is entirely too nice for the DEA.
We only take scum of the earth, didn’t you know?”
Don and Colby laughed, as much from the release of tension
than anything Will said.
Charlie stood in the doorway, four beer bottles in his
hands. “What are you laughing about?” he
demanded. “Are you talking about me?”
This time the laughter in the room was unforced and real and
Charlie handed around the beers with a big smile on his face.
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