Title: Phoenix Chapter Twenty-One
Author: Inca
Feedback: So I can dream - [email protected]
Rating NC17
AU Liam/William
Disclaimer: They don't belong to me, I just like to play with them
Spoilers: AU
Summary: Risen from the ashes, as an Angel




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((He swam laps in the giant aqua pool they had out the back and when
he dived under and opened his eyes he could see the stars across the
tiles, singing up at him. Will watched him from the pool side, layed
out on a deck chair, naked and pretty and white in the hot midday
sun.

But he wouldn't burn and he always stayed white. White as tissue
paper, and sometimes his skin would goosepimple and the fine clear
hairs all over his body would reach out for a touch.

Angel stepped out of the pool and shook himself off until he was
dry. Will blew him a kiss and he slinked over to him, cat-like, and
sat on his lap, purring loudly as Will petted him down his back. He
leant forward and rested his chin on Will's shoulder as the pat
continued and Will was getting rid of all his excess fur and it was
spiralling off into the not cold breeze and he was naked too. Will
scratched at the backs of his ears and then down his neck, smiling
his sexy smirk as he did, tongue curling out, and his hands
scratched lower and lower until he was scratching at the base of
Angel's tail. He moaned. Not scratching exactly, more rubbing his
fingernail back and forth…

Angel loved it and he wriggled up against the strong chest.))

"Angel? Angel. Angel, wake up baby." Someone was shaking his
shoulder.

He groggily opened his eyes. It was Will! Will was kneeling on the
ground shaking his shoulder. Come to pet him and scratch the base of
his tail maybe.

He yawned. "I'm ready now. I just dreamed about it."

When he looked up, Will was scurrying around trying to find paper
and pencils for him. He looked anxious and frazzled.

"What's wrong?" He asked, slipping out from under the bed and
sitting on the fresh covers. After a moment he pulled his pillow out
from under the bed and hugged it as he watched Will.

"I need you to draw me something."

He raised his eyebrows and flexed his sleep clumsy fingers. "Of what
Daddy?"

Will didn't answer, just looked at him from the corner of his eye.
Angel let his head fall back and posed for him.

He gave a tense smile and knelt down next to the bed running his
hand over Angel's thigh soothingly, moving the pillow away from his
lap.

He meowed. They were going to play. He waited for the rubbing to
creep to his awakening crotch.

Will put the paper on his lap and gave him the pencils. He still
wanted a drawing. Will's other hand was sliding up over his chin,
fingers creeping across his mouth. He looked worried.

"Angel … you won't like what I want you to draw, but I want you to
try for me, okay?"

Angel didn't like that. "What is it?"

"Baby … I want you to draw Harlen."

The stars songs bottomed out in his stomach, flipping it inside
out. "Noooo!" He started yelling but Will's hand was over his mouth.

"I need it Angel. Draw it now. Draw what he looked like that night."

Angel was hyperventilating and he needed to pee all of a sudden. He
thought he might wet himself. This wasn't better than the dream.
Maybe that was reality and this was a nightmare. He squeaked. Will
had said they were getting a pool. They were out in the sun. They
only way was to get back to reality.

He flopped back onto bed and closed his eyes, urging sleep.

"Liam! Get up." Hissed Will.

Now he was scared. This was horrible. Will wasn't ever mean to him.
He shook his head into the pillow.

"I need you to draw this for me. Be a good kitty and draw for Daddy,
alright? He needs it."

Angel opened an eye. Will was staring down at him irritated, face
frowned up in worry. His words were empty.

"You're scaring me." He whispered, under his breath.

"What?"

He choked back a sob. "You're scaring me. Send back the nice Will."
He said, hoping he wouldn't get a hit like from Steve or a slap like
from Mikael.

Mean-Will dropped to his knees beside the bed. "I'm sorry Angel,
baby, I love you, alright I do. I've just had a … I've had a bloody
hard night."

That sounded like Will. He decided to reason. "… Will … if I draw …
it, I wont like it. It will scare me."

"No reason to be scared baby, I'll be right next to you."

"No, Daddy I'd rather not, please don't be angry." He couldn't draw
it, he just couldn't, because then they'd leap out from the page and
they'd be holding their knives. He was protecting them. He was good.

"Angel. Please."

"Daddy …"

"Okay. Can you describe them to me?"

"Daddy nooo…"

"Angel!" he barked, his eyes wide. He looked like he was going to
cry but he sounded like he was going to hit him. His hands were
squeezing tight around his arms.

The stars didn't know what to do, they were running back and forth
past empty holes and couldn't advise him. His eyes started to water.

"I can't. Please William." They'd cut them up. And it would hurt.
Angel just knew it.

Will was gripping onto his hand so hard it was hurting. "Baby. I
want to believe you. I can't until you tell me what vampires look
like, can you understand that?"

"I want to go back to sleep." He stuttered. He was so frightened.

Will stared down at him, irritated and … disappointed. He didn't
understand. What would happen if… he couldn't talk about them.

"I love you. Stop that baby." Will's hand was over his mouth trying
to cut of the squeals he was making. He got a hold of himself and
stopped. "I love you. You know that?"

He closed his eyes and shook his head in the grip.

"I do love you. Very much. I don't like that you won't help me."

Angel started bawling. He was scared. Maybe … maybe this Will … it
was night … no, not Will, he knows Will …
He started gagging.

Will … it was dark.
They come when it's dark.

"Baby, what's wrong?" He asked, letting him go.

Angel seized the moment and jumped up, running out the door. He fled
down the hallway going through the maintenance door that was still
open, knowing it came out on the other side of the cafeteria –Will
had told him. He could hear his bare feet slapping against the lino
on the floor.

It was so dark. There was no one around. He was afraid. He span at a
noise and only saw dark corridors and shadows hiding behind shadows.

"Will!" he cried out before realising Will was who he was running
from. The idea made him crumple to the floor. He felt winded. The
stars were whipping bits of barbed wire around and it was hurting
his mind.

He crawled along the hallway, turning towards the art room, before
picking himself up and running again. He got to the wing and found
the doorways pushed open.

"Thankyou." He whispered to the stars.

"Angel!" he heard his name whispered behind him. "Angel, come back!"

He shook his head and ran into the art room, the door betraying and
noisy behind him. He ran in and tried to hide behind a painting but
it was too dark and then he realised a bed would be better for
hiding in the dark. There were no beds so he slid under one of the
tables, inching along the gritty ground until he was huddled, his
knees up against his chest.

The door groaned open. "Angel pet, you can't be out here. They're
gonna know. They lock you in at night. Come on sweets, I'll take you
back."

Angel could hear himself panting.

"Baby." His voice cracked. "I had a horrible day, and I know I was
bad and rude to you but … I'm sorry."

The stars were jarring and shivering in shock. They tried to sing
but they were just muttering, coughing, stuttering. Angel cried.

Will sniffed wetly. "Please come out from under there. I don't want
to pull you out. I want you to hug me." Another wet sniffle. "It's
just … I have to deal with everything myself and … It's hard baby.
I'm sorry, I can't have you mad at me. I just … Come out and hug me,
I need you."

Angel's heart found this very appealing.

"I'm sorry you had a bad day." He whispered, not wanting to give
away where he was, but having an innate urge to want to cheer Will
up, even if he was a vampire.

"I'm sorry too Pet."

"Are you a vampire?" Angel whispered.

"No pet. I can honestly say that I'm not."

"How can I believe you?" He whimpered.

He watched Will's feet, still in front of the door, not moving.

"Pet. I love you, I …" he sighed. "I couldn't have gotten into your
room without an invite, could I?"

"Yes."

"How?" he asked.

"My body invited you in."

"Alright." He said, devoid of any emotion. "Do vampires have a
heartbeat?"

"No." He thought for a second. "And they're cold."

"Come and feel me."

"Leave the door open." He said, comfortable in his knowledge that
Will didn't know where he was.

"Alright." He saw the door open up, the dark hallway beyond it. He
gulped.

"It's dark Daddy."

"I know. I was very surprised that you ran out into it. You're very
brave tonight." Will said, coming closer. He would look under the
table if he knew where Angel was, though. So he was hiding well.

Will pulled away one of the bench seats and Angel thought that was
lucky he did that, because he could get out easier. He slithered up;
terrified he was going to see those eyes staring back at him. All he
saw was the same gentle blue he'd always seen. His cheeks had tracks
of silver on them.

He looked nervously into the corridor, before walked stiltedly
forward and held his hand up. Will stared at it for a second before
holding it up to his very warm face and then pushing it under his
shirt so Angel could feel his heartbeat.

The stars sighed in relief and started humming.

"Thah-thump thah-thump." He sung along with it.

Will smiled and pulled him in for a kiss. Angel looked around and
saw how dark it was, and latched onto Will's neck.

"Daddy, it's so dark."

"I know. I'll take you back to your room okay, Angel-cat? Always
nice and safe there."

Angel's heart fluttered with relief. "Yes."

They walked back through the dark halls, a lot darker now he was
concentrating on them. Darker shadows. He could see them dancing out
of the corner of his eyes, dancing after them ready to strike.

"Come on Pet, you walked through here just before, remember?" Will
cooed when he stopped frozen at the maintenance hallway. "Angel,
baby, I'm not too fond of the dark right now, either, please hurry."

Angel tripped through the hallway and ran back to his room, Will
walking quickly behind him. He jumped into his bed and Will closed
the door behind him.

"I still need you to tell me, it's so important, please, nothing has
ever been this important to me."

"Tell you what?" He asked, confused. Tell him about the …

"Dark?"

"No, about Harlen, what he looked like."

Angel just stared at him. He didn't want to.

"I know you don't want to, but…" He swallowed and let out a little
giggle that sounded none too out of place in the ward. "I saw a
vampire today, Pet. Two of them." He whispered.

Angel started choking. He couldn't breathe; Will held his hand up to
his mouth to muffle the sounds.

Will's eyes started watering, but he was laughing as well. "And I'll
stay here with you tonight, I'll stay, if you tell me what they look
like."

No wonder Will was being so mean tonight. Vampires did that to
people.

They were allies now. Will believed.

The stars cooed. They wanted Angel to tell him. They were gentle and
soft like feathers.

He took a deep breath. "His face." He said thinking of Harlen.

"What about his face, Pet?" Will asked in a monotone.

He swallowed and cried out a little. Will's hand was hooked around
his chin, ready to cover his mouth if he was too noisy. "Teeth, like
razors, Eyes … yellow eyes … like a hawks." It was so cold; he could
feel himself jittering. The spiders were crawling up the bedside,
poised on their huge hind legs; ready to attack when he finished.

"And the skin … above their eyes, angry over bones…"

He saw a tentacle flop up against the window in the door and then
Will was suddenly sitting behind him, chest against his back, legs
around his, rocking him, one hand over his mouth and one squeezing
his throat.

"Shhh Angel, be quiet, come on, shhh."

He was trying to scream and he stopped. He panted through his nose
and Will laid them both down on the bed, on their sides, his hands
still over his mouth and throat.

"I believe you Pet, I believe every word you say. I believe, I
believe, I believe it. I'm so sorry I doubted you. I know you don't
lie." He rambled into his ear, hot breath tickling inside.

A joyous feeling bubbled up in his chest. Will believed him. It felt
so good, enough to make the tentacle and spiders disappear, drift
into non-existence.

"I love you Pet. I believe you."

He pulled the hand away from his mouth. "Did they hurt you?" Angel
asked, breathlessly.

"No, a girl, a vampire slayer saved me."

"Vampire slayer?"

"That's what she did pet." He giggled. "I think I'm insane now."

Angel smiled. He liked that idea. "Then you can stay with me
forever!"

He rolled back over so they were face to face and saw Will smiling
at him. "You can stay here with me, we'll share this room, and it
doesn't have a pool but that doesn't really matter in the big
picture does it? And … then we can eat together and kiss and rub up
against each other and purr all day long and we wouldn't have to
hide from the red ribbons."

Will leant forward and kissed him lightly, his hand around Angel's
jaw. "I'm so sorry for what they did to you." He rubbed his thumb
along Angel's bottom lip as he spoke.

"What?" Angel asked, confused. Who did what?

Will didn't answer. "Everything you said was true, and I can't
imagine the hell you've been through. I love you Pet."

"I love you too." He answered, not really sure what Will was talking
about, but understanding the last part.

He kissed him, happy that Will was staying the night. He wasn't
tired anymore. The stars were all picking up at the fact they were
joined now, completely agreed on everything. Will was brushing his
hair back with his fingers, his fingers running along his skin
nicely.

"Can we play Daddy?" He whispered after a while, his cock swollen at
being pressed against Will's body and all the memories that the
feeling unearthed.

"Play what, sweets?" Will asked softly.

Will's hands were running up and down his sides. It made him feel
like he had scales. Nice scales. Like that fish.

"Will you play with me with your fingers?"

Will smirked at him, his eyes still a little sad. "Roll over."

Angel cooed and pressed a kiss against Will's lips.

He shifted so he was lying on his back and felt Will pull off his
sweats. Will was still on his side, back against the wall, kissing
him, relaxing him by running his nails softly over his body and
making it goosepimple.

He lifted a finger and Angel sucked it into his mouth automatically,
swirling it around and making it slick. "Good Pet."

Yes. He was.

Will lifted his leg and he felt the digit circle his hole,
tantalising the sensitive skin. Will's other hand tickled across his
stomach under his bent back thigh, and started pulling at his cock.

Angel closed his eyes, feeling the electricity wash through him and
make his thighs twitch as the tip of Will's finger edged into his
anus.

He bit his lip and let it slide slowly through his teeth as his body
clenched around the thin intruder.

"What a good kitty." Will murmured. He slid the finger in and
out. "Good kitty, beautiful."

Angel purred. He loved it when Will called him a kitty. He
especially liked it when Will called him his kitty, but that was
rare.

"I want to be your kitty. A good purry kitty for you." He said,
emphasising the words that were spoken when the finger pushed in.

A thumb was pressing down against his perineum. His cock was
sheathed in palm and fingers and two digits were opening up his body
now.

"You were so brave for telling me that. I know it was hard." Will
said, calmly, like he couldn't hear the stars crashing around with
cake sparklers and singing in rapture and ensnared happily.

Angel managed a meow as Will shifted and crouched over him, his
knees next to Angel's shoulders. He leant down and licked wet and
messy across his balls and perineum, causing a stream of spit to run
down to his hole ease the prickly burn from his fingers.

"Oooooh" He moaned out at the hot wet running down across him. He
tried to tug Will's jeans off.

Will stood and undid his fly, toeing off his boots. Angel watched
from the pillow as he let the jeans slide down his pale thighs, and
meowed as the large semi erect cock came into view. He smiled at
Will seductively and sat up.

"No pet, stay there." He said, pulling his jeans and socks off.
Angel lay back down, watching Will's muscles work as he walked back
to the bed.

Will reached down, curving his fingers around the back of his neck
and guided Angel towards his cock. Angel eagerly opened his mouth
and sucked the head inside, gripping his lips around the ridge in a
tight ring, and worrying the slit with the point of his tongue as
Will groaned and hardened inside him. Will pulled out and climbed
back over him, knees on either side of his shoulders. Angel purred
at the sight and tilted his head to lick at the balls that were
directly over his face. He sucked one into his mouth as Will pulled
his thighs up and sucked Angel's cock halfway into his groaning,
vibrating mouth. He could feel Will's warm hands rubbing over his
thighs as he sunk further onto Angel's cock, surrounding it in wet
and suction and tongue. He started doing little thrusts he couldn't
control up into the mouth. Will lifted his hips a little, removing
himself from Angel's mouth and reached back angled his cock down to
point at Angel's lips and lowered his hips.
Angel opened his mouth and let the thick salt-lime length open him
up and slide into his throat. Will's hand clenched around the root
of Angel's cock as he panted above him for a moment, before sliding
down onto Angel's cock again and pumping his mouth up and down. His
rocking action fucked his cock into Angel's throat as Angel clenched
his hands around Will's thighs.

Will lifted off his cock, rolled Angel's hips up a bit more and
leant forward licking along Angel's exposed asshole, as the man
yelped and wriggled and grabbed onto Will's cock, pointing it back
so he could still suck and lick at the tasty prick.

He could feel the warm slick muscle sliding into his ring and his
body felt like it was a live wire. Uncovered and raw and sparkling
all the way through.
Sparklers.

Will was here now. He was here and he was loving him with his cock
in Angel's mouth and warm hands around his thighs and knees as
licked him from the inside out. He believed him. Nothing could go
wrong now.

He purred around the cock stretching his throat and Will's body
trembled and groaned.

Will's long thin fingers were back inside him now, fighting with the
slick tongue and the sparks inside him grew brighter. One of Will's
hands slipped around his cock and started to tease him, pulling the
skin back and forth, all twists and skilful fingertips.

He closed his eyes.

Everything was how it should be.

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