Part 1
Part 2
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| A small beam of light leaked in through a tear in the canvas, sending a bright stream of sun into Cole�s groggy face. Again, he was alone in an American medical tent, stark naked except for a wool blanket pulled up to his chest. He lifted his heavy lids and blinked, shielding his eye from the offending ray. He tried to sit up, but grimaced in pain as he felt a thick burning deep in his back. He laid back for a moment, breathing heavily as the tearing in his skin put pressure on his lungs. He gasped, inhaling sharply as he tried once again. He cried out, screaming as he heard his own flesh ripping apart from the wounds in his back. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Sweet Jesus!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He clapped his hand over his mouth when he heard the English curse escape his lips. A single salted droplet dripped out of the corner of his eye as he squeezed them shut. The flap of the tent was flung open, allowing a cool breeze to blow up the bottom of the blanket and up his bare legs. A man entered, his blonde head bobbing as he ducked beneath the low entrance of the tent. Cole couldn�t make out the features of his face, but the piercing blue eyes he had seen the night before when they had brought him here revealed the man�s identity. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "You speak English?" the man asked crisply, enunciating each syllable with cool courtesy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole nodded lightly, his head spinning as he smelled the heady scent of lye soap that radiated off his savior. "Where am I?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "An American base camp fifty miles north of Paris," the man replied slowly. "The tank you and your German comrades were in was blown up by an American fighter while you were retreating from battle. You were the only survivor." The blonde pulled up a wooden crate and sat down next to the cot. Cole could see the stethoscope around his neck and the red X on his uniform and sighed with relief and confusion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "But I wasn't in a tank..." he uttered incoherently. "I was behind the trees... hiding... shimmered out to the tank, then the plane..." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He trailed off as his vision became clearer and he saw the soldier for the first time. He was tall, slim but muscular, with a strong, squared jaw and slightly cleft chin. Cole giggled as he realized how drugged he was, seeing the man�s almost angelic features contort in his altered sight. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "What do you mean, 'shimmer'?" Cole could hear the soldier ask him the question, but his voice was distant. "How did you 'shimmer' to the tank?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole could tell he was genuinely curious, and thought, in his drugged stupor, that it couldn�t hurt to tell one person, a mere mortal at that. He sighed and feigned a frustrated look, as though the concerned medic should�ve known exactly what he was talking about. AI can move from place to place, just like that!� Cole snapped his fingers, snickering as his thumb and forefinger slipped across each other. "And I can make fire in my hand..." He lifted his palm upward, grinning as blonde gasped at the sight he beheld. His fingertips flickered with bright blue lightening, dying after a few crackles. "Pretty neat, huh?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo paced outside the medical tent in silence, wringing his hands together in anxious habit. He had heard rumors about the type of magic that the Nazis had enlisted when the war began. Dark magic, evil magic. Leo wasn't sure of which the man in the tent subscribed to, since he considered dark and evil two separate entities. While he hoped that the mysterious, handsome German was no more than the common parlor magician, he couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to be with a genuine magical creature. The man in the tent, if he was what Leo thought he was, certainly wasn't human. But from what Leo had seen beneath the blanket, he was all man. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo sighed and went back into the tent. After he had seen the sparks a few hours earlier, he had excused himself politely and gone directly to his superiors with the information, where they proceeded to ask him questions like, "When was the last time you had any sleep?" and "Have you been eating enough?" Leo had heaved and given up on them, returning to his post outside the tent for another hour of deep contemplation. He was curious; no, intrigued with the stranger from the other side. He had an aura about him that showed conflicting emotions, his evil blood running thick with turmoil. Leo almost felt bad for him, but refused to give into his charms completely. There was always that nagging doubt which he held in his heart, that retraction from other people that he had had since Brian, but Leo felt a connection with the injured soldier. Come strong yearning connection that he could feel deep within the bowels of his soul. It pulled at him and he tried to break free, but the longing to speak with the husky-voiced officer was too strong. He flung aside the flap and watched as the man tried to sit up. He was grimacing, his knuckle white while he gripped the thick blanket in clenched fists. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo stepped forward and gently pushed back on his shoulders. "Relax, lie down. You can't go anywhere with those lacerations on your back. They'll get infected." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The officer scoffed, loosening up his muscles slowly. "Do you really think that a little infection could hurt me?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo frowned, and cast out his bait, hoping to lure the man into revealing his true identity. "Couldn't it? I mean, you�re only human.�" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "If you only knew..." was the only reply he received. "What's your name?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| �Wyatt. Leo Wyatt.� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Cole Turner,"Cole extended his hand in a formal gesture of friendship. "Thanks for helping me out there. Not many of your people would have." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Yeah, well... before, when I told you about the explosion, you said something about shimmering... was it true?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole's cheeks burned bright red all the way up to his ears. He had given himself away while they had him too drugged to know what he was saying. Damn. "I don't know what you're talking about." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "But I saw you! The sparks in your hands, you said you could move from place to place in the blink if an eye!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Shhh!" Cole hissed. "Not so loud! Do you want to the entire camp to know? Alright, you caught me. Are you happy now? You caught the mighty demon who's too weak to escape. Torture me if you want to. You'll never get anything out of me." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo, too stunned for words, sat back on his crate in silence. "I'm not going to torture you," he said after a moment. "I'm not going to tell anyone about you either." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole faltered. "Huh? Why?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I don't know... I just can't I feel-" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Wyatt!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo stopped as a familiar voice bellowed his name. He winced and glanced back at Cole. "I have to go. They're calling me... you're not going to while I'm gone are you? Because I'd like to talk to you some more, and those cuts won't heal without proper bandaging." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole smiled and nodded, touched that the 'enemy' could be concerned for his well-being. "I'll be here." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "They told me to question you," Leo said when he returned an hour later. "They want to know everything that you know, and then some." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I don't know that much, really. I just followed orders. I did what they told me, no questions asked." Cole turned himself into his side so he could look Leo in the eyes without straining his neck. He grimaced for a second then relaxed as he noticed that Leo had sat forward on his seat, his eyes full of concern. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Are you okay? Do you need some more morphine?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole laughed and shook his head. "No, no more drugs. I'm too free with my tongue when narcotics inhibit my reasoning. Look at what happened earlier... but I appreciate your concern." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo blushed and sat back, coughing into his hand. "Ahem. Well, that�s my job." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "You sound too interested in my well-being for it to be 'just your job'. You're curious and you know it." Cole let a small smile creep across his face. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Another blush flooded Leo's features. He grinned sheepishly and nodded. "Well, yeah, I guess I am. I mean, who wouldn't be? I've never met a... a..." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "A demon? No, I don;t suppose that you would have. What do you want to know?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Anything you want to tell me." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole sighed. "Okay. Well, first, I guess, there's the Source..." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The conversation drew itself out far hours, with Cole explaining the inner workings of his home in the underworld while Leo sat in quiet fascination, popping up every once in a while to ask questions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "So, wait a minute. You were born in America? How'd you end up here?" The sudden realization that they had more in common then he thought piqued Leo's interest. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "My mother was a demon. After she killed my father, who was a mortal actually, she took me and we lived in the underworld. Despite my human half, I managed to end up just a rung below the Source on the demon hierarchy. It's kind of ironic." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo thought for a moment, piecing together the bits of information that Cole was slipping him. "So, if you're half human, then you have human feelings like compassion and love, right? Does that mean that you have the potential to be good? Like, live a normal life and get a job and everything? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Theoretically," Cole replied. "But it's not just a potential. I could have killed you at any moment, without hesitation, in the past few hours, but I didn't. That's my human half showing through. Any other demon, especially the upper level demons, would have snapped your neck like a twig." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo nodded, not really understanding. "Why didn't you even try? I mean, it's not you knew who I was or anything." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "For one, you saved my life, and two, well... I don't know. I just couldn't. You're too..." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Handsome? Charming? Witty?" Leo threw out some of his finer points as suggestions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I was thinking more along the lines of prying and inquisitive, but those could work too," Cole said with a laugh. He paused as he saw Leo smile widely, his seemingly flawless teeth glinting. "You are really handsome..." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The smile disappeared from Leo's face and he backed away from the cot, sitting as far back on the crate as he could without falling off. He lowered his eyes to the springy grass beneath his boots and coughed. Was Cole interested in him? He didn't know, but the innuendoes were flying faster than bullets and it scared him out of his mind. He hadn't felt this kind of connection before, a mix of emotional, physical, and spiritual mind games that stopped him in his tracks. It was exhilarating yet frightening at the same time. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I'm sorry," Cole said, interrupting his thoughts. "I thought you were-" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Oh, I am..."Leo interjected. "It's just... my last relationship ended recently. He... he was killed during an air raid about a month ago. I'm still kind of reeling. I thought that I loved him enough to be able to save him..." Leo brought his hand to his face, shielding his stricken expression from Cole. He tried to stop the tears as they fell from his eyes, but they crept through his fingers like snakes, winding down his wrist to splash onto the ground. He felt a firm hand grip his knee, gently reassuring him. He wiped his cheeks before looking up again, where he met Cole's tender gaze. His deep blue eyes shined with life, brimmed with pleasure and dripped with courage. Leo could feel the energy that Cole had radiating through him, forcing the corners of his mouth to turn upward in an affectionate smile. He leaned forward slowly, taking in the remnants of Cole's foreign cologne. He felt Cole's hot breath on his neck as he inched closer and pressed his lips against the ragged stubble on Cole's face. He traced his jaw with kisses, tilted his head to one side, just far enough so that he could sink his teeth lightly into Cole's earlobe. He nibbled there for a moment, reaching up with one hand to massage the muscles in Cole's sculpted chest. The hand that had once been at his knee climbed farther up his leg, tickling his inner thigh with gentle fingers. He could feel Cole straining to reach farther, yearning to touch him in places far more erotic. Leo heard Cole wince beneath his lips as they moved down his jaw and pulled back, breathing heavily while pushed Cole's hand away. "Don't. Let me." Leo got off the crate and kneeled on the ground in front of Cole. He gently pushed him onto his back, rolling him over on the cot. Leo traced the muscles in Cole's arms with his tongue, leaving a path of kisses up to his elbow before he moved his legs into a crouch and leaned farther over the incapacitated man's body. He took Cole's closest nipple into his mouth and sucked, taking it firmly in his teeth and pulling. Cole moaned softly and placed one hand on Leo's back, massaging his shoulder though his shirt. He could feel a dozen small ridges beneath his fingers, and he traced them as Leo moved to his other nipple, which had hardened in the night air. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Leo�" he whispered."What's this on your back?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo paused and rested his forehead on Cole's abdomen. "War wounds. Let's leave it at that." As Cole was about to reply, Leo occupied his mouth again with the nipple. He drew his tongue down the center of Cole's chest, pushing the wool blanket down to his hips. He giggled as he felt Cole shudder when he dragged his fingers down his sides. He stopped to sweep softly in and out of his belly button, and toyed with the dusky hairs that sprinkled his stomach just above his waist. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As Leo's lips explored each part of his body, Cole felt the heat rising through his face and ears, running through his veins all the way down to his toes. His cock, which had once hung flaccidly between his legs, hardened beneath the weight of the blanket. He began to breathe more intensely, urging Leo down between his legs with each gasp. He grabbed the corner of the blanket and tossed it onto the ground. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo stood and made his way to the end of the cot. He paused and watched as Cole spread apart his thighs, leaving his stiff length bared for him. Leo gulped as he felt his own cock rise up, pushing against the clasps of his trousers. He knelt on the ground and leaned forward, pulled his chin along the inside of Cole's leg. He stopped just inches away from the pulsing erection, and smiled as he blew a soft puff of air against the tender flesh of Cole's balls. The wounded man shuddered, a wave of chills running up his spine. The cold wind was instantly remedied as Leo took him in his mouth, wrapping his lips over the first two inches of Cole's swollen member. He groaned and squirmed beneath the weight of Leo's head, feeling the blood rushing to his face. White spots clouded his vision and raised his hips to give Leo a wider path between his legs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The strain of his pants became too much to bear as Leo felt Cole adjust his body on the cot. He took one hand, while the other gave Cole several quick, upward thrusts along his shaft, and undid the buttons of his pants, allowing them to fall to the ground at his knees. The front of his boxers stood erect, and he released the final button. His flushed hard-on protruded from the scratchy material of his army issue underwear. He took it in one hand and gave himself a few uneasy strokes, causing it to harden further in his palm. He turned his attention back to the dick that hung from his mouth, and stuck his tongue out to caress it gently before he pressed his teeth down lightly on Cole's member. The soldier emitted a low groan. Leo smiled to himself and tilted his head to the side as he ran his tongue along the entire length. Cole quivered and lifted his hips again in anticipation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo paused as he returned to Cole's tip, debating silently about whether or not he wanted to do what he was about to do. He shook away the doubt and released Cole's genitals from his hand, using it to knead his pectoral muscle roughly as he pushed more of Cole's cock into his mouth. Inch by inch, the dick was enveloped into the warmth of Leo's lips. He could hear Cole gasping for as his cock pressed up against the back of Leo's throat. Leo grinned and pulled his head back, allowing the length to slip out of his mouth. He pounded his shaft furiously between his legs as he lapped at Cole's airily before taking it in his mouth again. He nearly swallowed the massive object as it brushed the back of his throat again. Leo could feel Cole's thigh muscle tighten beneath his hand as he sucked hard on his cock. He saw his toes curl and heard him pant loudly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole heard the sucking noises between his legs as the blood roared in his ears. He had to cover his mouth to keep himself from crying out Leo's name, but still let out a groan of sheer ecstasy as he emptied himself into Leo's waiting mouth. His entire lower half went numb as Leo proceeded to suck every drop out of his shaft, then released him to hang loosely in the air. He felt his cock go limp as he heard Leo sigh. He stayed down at the end of the cot in a crouch as Cole listened to him finish himself off into the grass. He stood after a second and pulled up his pants, then walked back towards Cole's head. Cole saw Leo's mammoth shaft hanging from his underwear, still half erect and red from rubbing. He wiped the corners of is mouth and sat back down on the crate. He left the fly of his trousers open as he leaned forward. Cole gave him an affectionate grin, which Leo returned genuinely. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Well?" he asked. "How was I?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole rolled his eyes back into his head as he recalled. "Amazing. If all Americans are as good as you, I'm switching sides." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo smirked and pressed his lips against Cole's, kissing him as he had never kissed anyone else; not even Brian. He could almost hear the sparks flying. The chemistry was there, but what of love? Was this just a fling with a rugged stranger who piqued his interest, or was there something more here? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo pulled back and gazed at Cole longingly. "I wish you would. Then we wouldn't have to sneak around, or worry about consequences, or be worried that we might never see each other again. All you'd have to do is stay; tell us what you know about the Germans and stay." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole guffawed and turned his face away. "You have no idea what you're asking of me." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Don't I?" Leo retorted. "I'm asking you to give up your evil ways to come and live with me, to be free from the Source, this King of All Evil as you so eloquently put it. How hard a decision could it be?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Harder than you could ever know! If I give it all up, if I switched sides, then they'd come after me. They'd hunt me down and kill me. I'd never be safe, not with you or with anyone. You couldn't protect me, and I'm afraid that I could never protect you. I don't want to put you on the front lines in a battle that isn't yours." Cole sighed and retrieved the blanket from the ground. He covered himself up and hugged the ends to his chest. Leo reached out to take his hand, but he yanked it away sharply. "I have obligations, Leo. I have loyalties and responsibilities to the other side. If I just let all that go, I'd be giving up a piece of myself. I'm not a human, and I never will be. I lived for half a century in eternal darkness with only a flame to guide me, but at least I had that and I was thankful. I can't just abandon my duties or my comrades. I can't and I won't. End of story." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo nodded curtly, knocking over the crate as he stood abruptly. "Fine. I thought there was something here, Cole. I thought that you and I had a connection, an understanding. I guess I was wrong." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I thought we had an understanding as well. I thought you understood that I was evil. You're not the only one who thought wrong." Cole grunted as he pushed himself up onto his elbows. "You got your hopes up Leo, and look what's happened. Don't blame it on me, because you're the one with the false dreams. Maybe you ought to be more careful when you go flinging you heart at a person you hardly know." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo bit his lower lip and brushed away a tear before it could fall down his cheek. "Yeah, I guess I should." He wheeled around and threw aside the tent flap, leaving a flustered Cole to smack himself as he realized his mistake. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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