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| Title: Wow Author: Hergerbabe Fandom: Xena Pairing: Cupid/Strife, Eris/Auto, leading to Joxer/Ares Rating: NC-17 Category: AU, romance Sequel/Series: Part of the Life Sucks Series, set immediately pre Life Sucks Archive: AJCS, Druid Notes: Ares� POV Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be unless I get really, really rich Summary: Ares gets a crush By special request :) For Lady Q and Christine Wow Ares sat in the cafeteria with his sister and his cousin not really paying much attention to anything. School had started again and school sucked, what else was there to do? There was a new kid starting, that had interest potential, especially as he was apparently only sixteen. Must be pretty brainy. Poor kid starting senior year at a new school two years younger than everyone else. He glanced around curiously, wondering where the new kid was, it was nearly time for class and� wow! Ares blinked. He stared at the young, slim boy, his lips parting slightly and his mouth going dry. The new kid was a slender, brunet with floppy hair and big, brown eyes. His nose looked as though it had probably been broken and he had a wide, soft-looking mouth. And he looked terrified. Ares bit his lip, not exactly his usual type, but for some reason, he found he couldn�t look away. The new kid was adorable. Ares blinked again. Had he really just thought that? �Hey, doofus!� Eris whacked him on the shoulder and he jumped. �He looks like he needs rescuing, why don�t you volunteer?� Ares flushed, �Huh, what?� �The cute one with all the books?� Ares quickly looked blank. �Oh, now come on, you�ve been staring!� she said in a sing song voice to tease him. �I have not! And besides, he�s sixteen!� Ares paused and flushed again as he realised what he�d said. �Uh huh, not staring my ass!� Strife chuckled. �Is he the new kid, who�s starting in our year?� he asked more seriously. Ares nodded slowly. �Oh man, I do *not* envy him! He�s prime Hercules fodder!� Ares frowned, not if he could help it! �We�ll see.� Ares spent the rest of the day watching the new kid, Joxer. He wasn�t sure whether to be annoyed about that or not. It wasn�t as if he didn�t have enough problems without feeling drawn to this boy. He�d gotten seriously close to flunking out of school the previous year and had had several warnings to pull his socks up this year. Damned teachers, they just didn�t understand. Fuck, *he* didn�t even understand, he just wasn�t that interested. He turned to Strife that evening, �Ask Cupe if he can keep an eye out for Joxer as much as possible.� Strife raised an eyebrow and smirked at him and Ares sighed. �Yes, okay, I think he�s kinda sweet and I don�t want the Jerk ragging on him, okay?� �Sure,� Strife chuckled, �Cupie hates bullying anyway, he�ll watch out for him.� �Good,� Ares nodded. @>*~ Ares stared out of the window out of sheer boredom. English sucked. It wasn�t that he didn�t like books, Ares loved books, but why was it always the crap ones that they had to read for class? For God�s sake, �The Great Gatsby�? What a pile of shit. American classic, yeah sure. Ares snorted, drawing a few glances. He glared round the class, his gaze softening when his eyes met Joxer�s. Ares smiled and Joxer flushed, looking away quickly. Ares sighed, sometimes having the reputation of being a hardass had it�s disadvantages. So far Joxer just seemed to view him with an edge of terror. He rolled his eyes. And what, exactly, was he thinking? Did he really think he stood any kind of a chance with a sweet guy like Joxer? A sweet, *young* guy. Ares flicked his book across his desk and started to doodle in his notepad, not even bothering to listen any more, until� �Well, Joxer?� Ares� head snapped up and he glanced over to the younger boy, who had turned an intense shade of red. The teacher had obviously just asked the kid something, the bitch! Didn�t she know how much Joxer struggled with his stammer? �W-w-well, it�s a h-hugely symb-bolic b-b-book, w-with underl-lying threads of m-m-money and l-love and p-p-pursuit of a s-s-single obs-sessive goal. It�s t-technic-cally brilliant, b-but to be p-p-perfectly hon-nest, it�s j-just bor-ring,� Joxer stuttered painfully slowly. There were titters throughout the classroom but mostly at his stutter, which just pissed Ares off. �I agree,� he said loudly, cutting off the teacher who looked as though she was about to start in on Joxer. �Yes, well *that�s* hardly a surprise now is it, Ares?!� Mrs Ledger snapped. �Well, Ares since you seem to find this class such a bore, perhaps you can write an essay detailing exactly what�s causing you the problem.� Ares groaned and dropped his head onto the desk, but he was glad he�d taken the attention away from Joxer. He risked a glance at the younger boy, and was surprised to catch him staring at him. But Joxer looked away too fast for him to attempt another smile. @>*~ Ares glowered in Hercules� direction as he watched the jock sneering at Joxer. Annoyingly, Cupid was nowhere in sight, but at least they were in the cafeteria. Hercules wouldn�t start anything there. He sighed when Joxer pulled out a notebook and handed it over to the Jerk and had to look away at the sheer misery of Joxer�s expression. It hadn�t taken his asshole step brother long to take advantage of Joxer�s intelligence and the fact that he couldn�t defend himself. He�d seen the results of one beating Hercules and his buddy had given Joxer before Cupid could stop them. He and Strife had spiked Hercules� Gatorade with vodka after that episode. Hercules had been so ill during football practice, it had been really quite satisfying. Ares glanced back at Joxer and caught the younger boy staring again. The look of misery, tinged with fear returned and Joxer ducked his head and hurried away. Ares sighed, things were not going well. It didn�t matter how many times he told himself that Joxer was sixteen, far too young and probably not even bi, let alone gay, he couldn�t help feeling more and more� gah! Why couldn�t he just admit it? He was falling in a big way. Ares rested his head in his hands and sighed again. Damn it all, this was not good. What the hell was he supposed to do about it anyway? It was bad enough that he had a crush, let alone one on someone so inappropriate. �Hey, Res?� Ares looked up as his cousin sat down next to him with a shit eating grin. Ares snorted and shook his head in amusement. �Nice lunch?� he smirked. �Mmmm, � Strife chuckled, �My favourite protein snack.� �You sick puppy,� Ares laughed. Strife grinned, �I try. S�up, anyway, why you moping?� Ares pulled a face, �Just watching the Jerk being a jerk.� Strife nodded in understanding, �Picking on Joxer again, huh?� �Yes,� Ares rolled his eyes. It wasn�t any use trying to hide his feelings from Strife, his cousin knew him too well. �He likes you.� �What?!� Ares stared at Strife disbelievingly. Strife shrugged, �I think he likes you, Cupe does too.� �Where the hell is this coming from?� Ares raised an eyebrow. �He stares at you, a lot. Look, I just think you should at least try talking to the kid,� Strife said earnestly. �Kid being the operative word here,� Ares growled. He didn�t want to have to think about whether Joxer might like him too. Strife made a rude noise, �He�s sixteen, plenty old enough. Come on, Res, me an� Cupe started out at sixteen.� Ares glared at his cousin. �Yeah, well you were lucky, I was sixteen when I started out with Apollo!� he snapped. Strife shook his head and sighed, �You�re not Apollo. You couldn�t hurt Joxer if you tried and you know it.� �Yeah, but he doesn�t, it�d be taking advantage,� Ares said sullenly. Strife sighed, �Geez, man, give yourself a break. He�s an intelligent guy, I�m sure he can make his own mind up.� Ares didn�t want to continue this conversation, so he got up. �Look, we�ll talk about this another time, okay? It�s just too much for me right now.� Strife nodded and Ares walked away, but he could feel his cousin�s eyes burning into his back. @>*~ Ares walked home from school, his bike was in the shop and besides he needed the time to think. As school progressed, his feelings towards Joxer had only increased and he was getting thoroughly depressed. Joxer was a beautiful soul, such a sweet, kind, funny guy, when he was allowed to actually talk at all. Ares just felt like a pervert when he found himself daydreaming about the kid. It just wasn�t right. He couldn�t risk trying to befriend the younger boy, it�d only make things more difficult, because there was no way he was going to take advantage, no way. Ares pushed open the door to the guest house with a heavy sigh and wandered into the lounge. He stopped in the doorway hesitantly, staring at Cupid and Strife moving together on the sofabed. While he knew the couple didn�t mind others being present while they were, uh, intimate, Ares wasn�t sure he could just ignore them like he usually did. Cupid cleared his throat and Strife glanced up at him. Ares bit his lip and frowned, feeling awkward and lost for words. He watched Strife bend over his boyfriend and whisper something. Cupid glanced up at him, then looked back at Strife and nodded. �Um, Ares, if you want to, like, you know, watch and well, whatever� ah geez,� Strife grimaced. �If you want to jerk off, we don�t mind,� he said hurriedly. Ares flushed and swallowed hard. �Excuse me?� �Well, I just� look Res, I know it must be really frustrating for you seeing us sometimes, you know? We just want you to know that if you need relief, we don�t mind. I mean fuck, Res, you let us screw right in front of you, you know?� Strife frowned. Ares almost felt like laughing. Now he felt really awkward, but unfortunately he was also intensely turned on. Clearing his throat, and avoiding looking at Cupid and Strife, he shut the door behind him and made his way into the room. Resolutely ignoring the couple, he switched on the TV and sat down to watch. It didn�t take long for Cupid and Strife to get over their own awkwardness and start kissing loudly and writhing together on the couch. Strife moaned and rolled onto his front, sticking his butt into the air. Cupid sighed and ran his hand down Strife�s back to his ass. He trailed his fingers between Strife�s asscheeks and Strife groaned loudly. Ares sighed and shifted in his chair. He closed his eyes, but the soft moans and sighs continued and he found himself getting harder and harder. In the end, he had to give up the pretence that he was watching the TV and tentatively turned his attention to the couple. They were oblivious of everything but each other as usual, and Ares didn�t feel quite so bad. He palmed his crotch as he watched Cupid work lube into Strife�s hole. Strife�s groans and the thrusting of his hips were just too much and Ares gave in to his need, unzipping his jeans and pulling out his erection. Ares licked his lips and tried to steady his breathing a little. He started to stroke himself slowly as Cupid pushed his cock into Strife�s body. Ares couldn�t help but wince a little, but Strife�s heartfelt gasp of pleasure made his cock jump a little. Cupid paused, stroking Strife�s back, completely embedded in his lover. Strife pushed himself up to his hands and knees and twisted his head back. �Fuck me,� he whispered. Ares swallowed hard and gripped his cock tighter as Cupid made a strangled noise and grasped Strife�s hips. Cupid pulled back smoothly and plunged back into Strife immediately. �Yes!� Strife moaned, �Please, Cupie.� Ares stroked himself faster, his hand matching the pace that Cupid set, thrusting hard in and out of Strife�s ass. �God, Strife,� Cupid panted. He reached round and wrapped his hand round Strife�s cock. Ares� gasp matched Strife�s. The couple started to move together faster and Ares watched in awe, he could feel the slow burn of his orgasm building and his balls tightened. As Strife cried out and shuddered, his come spurting onto the sheets, Ares came quietly, biting his lip to hold back his own cry as his body jerked helplessly. As the last tremors of his orgasm worked through him, Ares watched Cupid thrust hard into Strife then hold himself deep with a loud groan. He could see the trembling of Cupid�s body from his climax and then the couple collapsed onto the bed. Ares quietly reached for some tissues and cleaned himself off, then he quietly left the couple to their post-coital snuggle and hurried to his room. He lay back on his bed, feeling more than a little odd. He�d just gotten off to the sight of his cousin and his boyfriend. Okay, so it wasn�t as if he�d never gotten turned on by the couple before, but that was a weird line to cross. Especially wondering what Joxer would feel like at the same time. Ares hit the bed and turned over, trying to not think about the images his brain had conjured up. With a sigh, he got up and went to the kitchen to cook some dinner to try and distract himself. @>*~ Ares frowned, Joxer was wearing glasses. He never wore glasses. As the younger boy was sitting alone studying in the common room, Ares decided he wanted to have a closer look. He sat down opposite Joxer, pretending to ignore the other boy�s startled gasp. He smiled briefly then pulled out a magazine and started to read. Over the top of the magazine, Ares watched Joxer curiously. He couldn�t help but notice that Joxer�s eyes looked a little puffy and one was a little dark, as if he�d been smacked. Ares frowned. Joxer had been fine on Friday. It was unlikely Hercules or any of the jocks could have ragged on him at the weekend. They�d all been away on some football thing, much to Strife�s disgust and disappointment. Ares chewed on his lip thoughtfully, then he glanced up at Joxer again, meeting nervous, brown eyes. Ares sucked in a breath and quickly looked away. That puppy dog expression got to him every time. Taking another deep breath, Ares put away his magazine as calmly as possible and got up, hurrying away before his body betrayed him. @>*~ Later that day, he watched Joxer in the cafeteria, grinding his teeth as he watched Hercules and his friends humiliate the younger boy. He was vaguely aware of Strife and Eris talking, but when someone tripped Joxer, Ares had had enough and he stood up abruptly. Joxer�s glasses went flying and in the state he appeared to be in, he�d never find them. Ares picked them up on his way over and stopped in front of Joxer. Joxer froze and slowly looked up at him. Ares� heart clenched at the fearful anticipation in the younger boy�s eyes. �Lost something?� Ares managed to ask relatively calmly. Joxer nodded. �M-my g-glasses,� he stuttered. �Would these be them?� Ares asked quietly, holding them out. Joxer nodded, watching him fearfully. �Please, c-can I h-h-h�� Ares managed not to sigh when Joxer paused and swallowed, �Have them?� he said in a rush. It was all Ares could do not to pull Joxer into his arms and hug him. �As ya asked so nicely.� Ares dropped the glasses and hurried away before he did something stupid. �Res! Hey, Res!� Strife and Eris caught up with him in the hallway. �What?!� Ares snapped. �Ares,� Eris said softly. Ares stopped and sighed, turning to his sister. �Sorry,� he muttered. Eris hugged him, �Res, you�ve got to do something about this, okay?� �Do what?� Ares asked despairingly. �I don�t know, talk to him?� she suggested. Strife nodded. �He�s scared of me, Ris,� Ares rubbed his eyes to stop the prickle. �So make him not scared of you.� Ares stared at his sister and cousin. �I don�t know,� he replied quietly, then he walked away. He needed to be on his own for a while. @>*~ �You did what?!� Ares yelled at his sister. Eris folded her arms across her chest, �I invited Joxer over to help you study.� Ares sat down heavily. Now what was he going to do? �Look, Res, I saw a chance and I took it. Don�t you want him to know you properly?� Ares squeezed his eyes shut and sighed, �I guess.� �Good. Now, why don�t you go and get some pizza, he�ll be here soon,� Eris grinned at him. �Isn�t Cupe coming over tonight?� Ares frowned. �It�ll be fine, don�t worry, just go,� she shooed him towards the door. �Okay, okay,� Ares gave in. He couldn�t hold it against her, she was only trying to help. But now he was incredibly nervous. And just how exactly was he going to deal with this, when he wanted to be with Joxer so much? the end. The beginning? ^__^ You want to find out how he deals with it? Read Life Sucks ^__~ |
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