Title: Requiem (Book two of Days of Blood Wine and Roses)

Pairing: Josef/Mick

Rating: Will range from PG13 to NC17

Warnings: May contain violence, language, adult themes, drug use, and male/male sex scenes.

Disclaimer: All publicly recognisable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.

Summary: The continuation of the story begun in Days of Blood Wine and Roses.

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Prologue

Winter 2085

It was a bitterly cold night, around 2.a.m, when Mick awoke to find Josef scurrying about in the kitchen. Brow furrowed with perturbed concentration, opening, and closing doors, and drawers of cupboards.

Mick stood watch for a moment, one hand at the ready if need be. Lest Josef launch into a fit of blinding rage when he couldn't find whatever imaginary object it was he was searching for. Necessitating the need for Mick to step in and offer physical restraint.

There was something different though. Mick continued to keep a close eye, trying to put his finger on what had changed.

Josef's movements had a sense of purpose to them.

And then Josef turned to Mick, his face couched in recognition, and spoke the first words Mick had heard him utter in almost ten years.

"I guess we're not in Kansas anymore then?"

Mick had tried to mentally prepare for this moment over the preceding months, and years. Constantly running through a checklist of possible ways he would respond, in preparation. And now that it had finally come to pass, he realised he didn't have a clue how to react. So he did the first thing that came to mind. He fainted.

Just before Mick hit the floor two distinct thoughts went through his mind. How happy he was that Josef was back. And he was never going to hear the end of this from him.