Right same as always at the beginning, I don't own any of these characters, but I wish I did especially Sportacus and Robbie. This is just a bit of fun fluff and my first real big slash with Lazy Town characters. If you have a problem with either fluff or slash I suggest you go no further!
The gift of my heart.
Part one, the first appearance:
When he had been a younger man, Robbie Rotten had actually really faithfully believed in fairy godmothers and the happily ever after of fairy tales. Although the villain was now quiet grown up, deep down in his heart he hadn't ever stopped believing in them, the slender man was just careful to never confess this fact to anyone. He had always hoped that someday he might live his own fairy tale but Robbie knew that as the villain it was highly unlikely even if he did that he would get the happy ending his heart so yearned for.
This belief in fairy tales wasn't the only thing that Robbie was careful to never confess there was also something else that he kept very quiet and this was that as much as the villain pretended to he didn't actually hate Sportacus, he was in fact head over heels in love with the blond hero. As far as the villain was concerned it was far better for the hero never to know how he felt about him, but oh he could dream about what it might be like for the hero to love him in return. However on the surface the dark haired man continued to act like he hated the hero, it hurt him to behave like that but the villain knew it was all for the best.
Today though was a special day for the dark haired man, it was his birthday, not that anyone else in Lazy Town was aware of this fact. His birthday was on the exactly the same day that the first day of the annual Lazy Town balls, for the next three nights the grandest even in the Lazy Town calendar would occur. Like some sort of naughty child Robbie would sneak out of his lair and watch the residents of Lazy Town dance the three nights away, dressed in their splendid dresses and smart suites. The dark haired man would observe them, the fun, the joy and every year he would find himself longing to dance in the arms of the town hero at the ball.
These three days and nights were the only time of the year that the villain would cause no kind of trouble for any one in town. Oh how he longed to go to the balls, but despite the fact he was always invited to the balls he never went to them, the dark haired man knew that if he did actually attend everyone would be on edge wondering if he was planning on doing something rotten so instead he did not go but watched.
All alone in the silence of the layer which now more than ever marked his friendless state the villain brought out his birthday cake gently he lowered it to the table and blew out the candles on the cake. Slowly the villain made his birthday wish. "I wish that I could go to the Lazy town balls and dance with Sportacus." He didn't expect the wish to get granted after all he was a villain and they didn't deserve to get their wishes granted.
Quickly the dark haired man looked up, there was a sudden strange feeling of energy in the room, a swirl of silver glitter quiet suddenly occurred in the middle of the room, as it fell away the glitter left a woman in grey with silver wings and white hair standing before the stunned Robbie. "You're . . . a . . . a fairy god mother!" The villain stuttered out staring at her quiet openly.
"Yes Robbie I most certainly am, and I have come here in order to grant your wish, for you love your hero so very dearly and truly."
The villain flushed slightly at her words and then smiled at the fairy before him. "Thank you so much lady!"
The white haired woman smiled back at him slowly she drew out a long white wand, and gestured towards Robbie with it. Swirls of glowing silver dust wrapped up round Robbie slowly he closed his eyes and felt the magic sweeping over him.
"There you're all done." The fairy godmother said to him.
Nervously the dark haired man opened his eyes and looked down at himself, he wore tight fitted trousers that seemed to be almost glued to his legs and over them were knee high black leather boots that clung to the lower leg. Slowly he drew his gaze to his top half, he was outfitted into a fine white shirt, a silver and black elegant waist coat and then over this was a black evening tail coat that made the most of his tiny waist. Tied round his neck was a crisp white cravat that had a silver pin threw it of a crescent moon.
Wondering what other alterations the fairy had made, Robbie turned to the mirror, his ebony black hair cascaded down his back in long waves which were tied neatly back. On top of his head sat an elegant tall black top hat with a silver band round it. The purple dust that usually surrounded his eyes was replaced with silver making them look even greyer, and also on his face was a simple black domino mask effectively concealing him and drawing even more attention to the grey of his eyes.
Something about the way he was dressed made the villain stop slouching, he stood, tall, elegant and poised. Robbie felt amazing, was it even possible that this handsome stranger in the mirror was himself? "Oh my... I look... Like a gentleman" He said with wonder.
The fairy god mother couldn't help but chuckle at his startled reaction. "Well off you go, just remember like in all tails the magic will only last till midnight. Don't worry, no one is going to recognise you or even look at your invite when you hand it in, that is also taken care of by the magic."
"It is perfect, thank you so much!"
"You are most welcome now off you go and enjoy you're self."
With a true smile on his face Robbie turned, he quickly left his layer and headed out to the first of the three balls. When the villain arrived at the town hall the ball was already well under way. Quietly Robbie handed his invite across to the man on the door and just as the fairy godmother had predicted the man didn't even look at it.
Slowly and a little apprehensively Robbie stepped onto the stairs that lead down into the ball, as people caught sight of him silence descended over the room, every pair of eyes save those of the town hero's came to rest on the villain. The tall man couldn't help but feel slightly nervous but remembering the fairy godmothers promise that no one would recognise him he stood even taller and slowly started down the stairs into the ball room.
Noticing the sudden stillness in the room, Sportacus turned away from his conversation with Ziggy to see what was had happened to cause the unexpected hush. As Sportacus's sky blue eyes fell on the elegantly dressed man in black and silver they widened, this ebony haired man was so handsome, it was as if someone had reached into Sportacus's fantasies and breathed life into one. The continued quiet had caused the tall slender man to stand nervously at the bottom of the stairs, aware of his unease from being the centre of so much attention Sportacus walked towards him. At the foot of the stairs Robbie noticed the hero's approach, he swallowed hard, when Sportacus was near enough the dark haired man dropped him an elegant bow and the blond returned the gesture with equally graceful bow of his own.
Grey eyes met blue, softly the hero smiled at the man before him, as if suddenly remembering why they were all there the orchestra struck up a waltz, the hero's smile grew and he held a hand out to the other man. "Would you do the honour of dancing with me?" Sportacus asked him gently.
The tall man blushed but took the offered hand in his. "I would be delighted to except your invitation."
Carefully the hero drew the other man to him, the pair then swept effortlessly out onto the dance floor together. Robbie felt as though he was in heaven, Sportacus was a wonderful dancer, not that the villain had expected anything less for the sports mad elf and it was amazing how they seemed to fit together perfectly. As they circled the dance floor together the villain looked down at the hero, to find his blue eyes gazing back at him, Robbie was happy to see that those eyes were full of light and happiness. "I've not seen you at any of these balls before." The hero said to his partner.
"No but I have seen you, I've watched you dance and have fun here every year."
At this comment the hero couldn't help but wonder who this man was, surely if such a handsome man had been watching him he would have been aware of it? "Really, well now that I have you all to myself I shall be very sure to make the most of it."
Robbie blushed slightly and then spoke softly. "I am sure that most, if not all of your time will be taken up by your fair lady."
"Who do you mean when you say my fair lady?" Sportacus questioned softly, as he danced them out of the ball room into a small private garden.
"I refer to the young lady all in pink." He answered softly; Robbie was too lost in his partner to have noticed the change in scenery.
It was now the blonds turn to blush. "She is only my friend sir, not my lady, I have no interest in any ladies at all. I do however have a deep interest in you."
"An interest in me . . ." The taller man said softly as the dance slowly came to an end.
As they came to a halt and the villain looked round her realised they were outside the ball room in the town halls private garden and what was more the two of them were all alone. Robbie was also very aware of the fact that despite the fact they had stopped dancing the hero had not let go of his hold on him yet. Slowly and clearly reluctant to do so Sportacus released his dance partner but stayed standing opposite the taller man.
"Yes of cause I have an interest in you; it's as if you have stepped out of my very dreams and into reality." Sportacus looked up into Robbies grey eyes. "Just who are you?" The hero asked him puzzled.
"No one, I am just a dream come to life as you said, something that will vanish before the light of dawn can touch it." The taller man said delicately, looking away from Sportacus's penetrating blue gaze.
"No you can't be! Please don't say that! You're real, I know you are!" Sportacus said voicing his objections to those words very forcefully, he captured one of the man's pail slender hands in his and pressed it to one of his own cheeks. "Please I just want to know who you are. I'm begging you a name, that's all I ask of you just a name."
This action on the hero's part caused the villain to find himself once again staring into the hero's sky blue eyes. "I . . ." Robbie began, however he did not get to finish answering Sportacus's request.
As at that moment Stephanie came sailing out into the garden, the beautiful pink ball gown she wore shimmered in the moonlight and made the most of her young figure. "Ah Sportacus this is where you had gotten to, I was hoping that you would dance with me."
The hero reacted as if Stephanie's voice had struck him the blond quickly dropped Robbie's hand and turned towards the young woman plastering a smile on his face as he did so. "Yes of cause I will dance with you Stephanie." Quickly Stephanie reached out, she took hold of one of Sportacus's hands and pulled the unresisting hero back inside a large almost triumphant smile on her face as they went.
Once they were gone Robbie leant back against a wall and let out a deep relived sigh, it was going to be a lot harder than he had thought it was going to be to hide from Sportacus who he really was. Mostly because as soon as the hero turned those big blue eyes on him, the villain just wanted to confess everything. Robbie shook himself slightly, telling Sportacus would do no good, because as soon as the hero knew who he really was the hero wouldn't ever look at him in such a romantic way again, the villain was very sure of that and he wanted to be able to enjoy this romantic time with teh other man for as long as possible.
A short while later the dark haired man returned to the ball, he watched with a pang in his heart as the one he loved circled the floor holding someone else. Robbie sighed again, he had to be patient this after all was only the first night, there were still two more to go, that was plenty of time to enjoy himself and make a store of wonderful memories, memories of a love he would never actually get to have in his life.
Nervously Trixie dressed in a soft gold gown came over to where Robbie stood watching Stephanie and Sportacus dance. She coughed politely, the tall man turned to her, Trixie smiled up at him and then spoke. "I was wondering if maybe you would like to dance with me sir."
The dark haired man blinked with momentary surprise before bowing to the brunette. "Of cause I would be more then honoured to dance with such a fair young lady." Robbie took Trixie out onto the dance floor and they began to dance together.
Sportacus had just come off of the dance floor with Stephanie and once his gentlemanly gesture of returning the young woman to the side of the dance was done he instantly began to seek a certain tall dark figure. The hero quickly spotted the one man he had ever had any interest in, dancing with Trixie, the hero felt a stab of jealousy go threw him at this sight. The blond realised very quickly that he really didn't like to see the taller man with someone other than himself.
The hero watched and waited, as the song began to end, Robbie and Trixie arm in arm made their way off of the dance floor chatting animatedly. Unable to take his eyes off of the man in black and silver Sportacus made his way round the side of the dance floor and to finally where the pair stood talking. The hero interrupted their conversation by saying. "Excuse me Trixie I was wondering if I might be able to steal your partner away for another dance with me."
Slowly both the brown haired young woman and the dark haired man turned towards the hero, Trixie looked up at the tall man, whose grey eyes were locked on the hero before him and she smiled. "Yes of course you can steal him away for a dance."
Sportacus reached out he took the other man's hand, the hero pulled the unresisting ebony haired man close to him and then swept him out onto the floor. The hero's tight grip on him caused the taller man to look down at him with some concern. "Is something wrong Sportacus?"
"Yes something is very wrong sir, I have to admit that didn't like watching you dance with someone else and that is most unlike me."
He smiled down at the blond with understanding in his silver eyes. "I also didn't like to watch you dance with someone other then myself."
The hero smiled up at the ebony haired stranger with relief. "Well at least we are agreed on that fact."
"Yes we are Sportacus." As their dance began to draw to a close Robbie suddenly noticed the time it was half past eleven. "Goodness I have to go."
With no further explanation to the hero, the villain made a hasty exit, once he was out of the building Robbie set off back to his home at a run. As he went the dark haired man heard footsteps, he turned to see Sportacus chasing after him, his heart lurched and the villain desperately racked his brains for a way to stop Sportacus from catching him and seeing him change back into his normal villainous self. Just as he was about to panic an idea popped into Robbie's head, and as he ran the tall man loosened the cravat, losing the moon pin as he did so, the dark haired man knew that he couldn't stop to retrieve the pin or Sportacus would catch up to him. Quickly the dark haired man finished undoing the cravat and dropped that too, hoping both of these items would be enough to distract the hero from his pursuit of him long enough for the villain to vanish just as he told Sportacus he would.
Sportacus was rapidly gaining ground on the man he was chasing when he saw something glinting in the moon light, the hero being as chivalrous as he was stopped to pick the item up, it was the taller mans cravat pin and then a little way on was the cravat which Sportacus also retrieved. As the hero looked up from these finds he couldn't see the other man any were a sadness filled the heart of the blue eyed hero, as just as the dark haired man had said he would, he had vanished before the light of day had even touched him.
Sportacus closed his hand round the moon shaped pin and the cravat he let out a deep sigh. "Who were you and will I ever get to see you again?" The hero asked the night air, he knew that since the tall man had left so close to midnight that magic had to be involved in this some were and he couldn't help but wonder just who was using it to hide from him and why.