Summary: Y/N's close friend, Finn Bálor, feels unusually moody and downright angry after Bray Wyatt dumps a bucket of blood on him after their match. But Y/N knows just the thing to relax him. Finn, however, has another idea.
Disclaimers: I own nothing or anyone associated or affiliated with NXT or WWE. I own only the original characters. This is just a fictional story that came from my imagination.

Content Warning: Some blood

The Demon Whisperer

Having just finished with a degrading diva's bikini photo shoot to promote SummerSlam, I sat down in a folding chair in one of the arena's hallways, and watched Finn Bálor's match against Bray Wyatt as I clipped my long dark hair up into a messy twist.

Finn had become one of my best friends since I debuted with WWE about a year prior. I secretly had the hugest crush on him—actually, I was head over heels in love with him. But he didn't seem all that interested in dating or relationships. I figured he was just completely focused on his career—many of the guys were. But man... When I got to be around him, he'd make me feel so... alive. And happy. Despite his frequent moody spells, thanks to a certain demon that resided in him.

Finn was absolutely gorgeous. Actually, that would be an understatement. He was breathtaking. And most times he appeared to know it. But other times he seemed rather shy.

His vivid blue eyes would light up and flash when he was happy, but could darken and go black in the next instant—whenever Bálor wanted to make an appearance. Whenever I'd speak to him and he turned to face me... Well, when I had his attention, I most definitely knew I had his attention. He'd focus so intently on me and what I was saying that sometimes manufacturing coherent sentences was near impossible.

Lost in my thoughts of Finn, I became vaguely aware of Bray Wyatt's voice shouting:

"This is what happens when you send a boy to do the devil's work!"

My eyes shot up to the monitors again, and I watched in horror and disgust as Bray made his way over to the corner of the ring and unceremoniously dumped a bucket of what appeared to be blood, over Finn's head. Immediately, Finn began struggling and flopping around as if the blood was actually hurting him.

My hand darted to my mouth as I gasped. Angry that Bray had done something so vile to my friend, I ran down the hall to the women's locker room and grabbed the biggest towel I could find for Finn, and then headed to gorilla to meet him.

As I rounded a corner, I nearly collided with Bray's chest in my hurry to reach Finn. Recoiling in disgust, I glared at him and muttered, "You are absolutely repulsive. Blood," I asked, eyeing the rusty old bucket he still held in his hand. "Seriously?" I turned to finish my run to gorilla, when I heard Bray cackle pleasantly, and a hand grabbed my wrist.

"Now, what's your hurry, little lamb?" His preacher-like drawl sent chills up my spine.

My temper flew past it's breaking point and I swung around, connecting my open palm with his face. "Don't freaking touch me!"

Finn suddenly appeared next to me—out of nowhere, it seemed.

"Get away from 'er, ya psycho bastard," he shouted, drawing his fist back at Bray. His eyes flashed between blue and black for a few seconds. He obviously was battling his demon side. Bálor was clawing to get out.

"Finn, no!" I dropped the towel I'd been holding for him, and lunged for his wrist with both my hands—ignoring the sticky red substance coating him—and held on for dear life. "He isn't worth it. Go to Angle and get a rematch scheduled for SummerSlam. After that stunt..." I glared at Bray's grinning figure. "I'm sure Kurt will set it up."

Like clockwork Kurt hurried up to us then, and eyed both Finn and Bray wearily. "Get on out of here, Bray," he said. "You and Finn obviously have unfinished business." He shifted his gaze over to Finn then, and said softly, "Come with me to my office, Finn. We'll have a talk."

"I'm not goin' anywhere till he is gone and away from y/n," Finn nearly shouted, pointing his finger at Bray.

"Don't worry, Finn," Bray taunted. "My beef ain't with your sweetie. It's with you."

I rolled my eyes. He clearly was just trying to piss Finn off and get his focus off SummerSlam. However, he finally did turn around and start to walk down the hallway. The building went dark—pitch black—for several seconds and then the lights came back on.

Bray was nowhere to be seen.

Sighing, I bent down and picked up the towel I'd dropped earlier and wiped at Finn's face with it. "Here," I told him gently. "This will have to do till you can get in the shower."

"Come on, Finn," Kurt said again. "Let's go talk."

"Okay," Finn nodded, as he took over on wiping his face and chest. When he was able to see a little more clearly, his sapphire gaze shifted to mine and he scowled at me. "You an' I are goin' t' chat later, lass."

"What? Why? I don't-"

"Ya've no business antagonizin' Wyatt like d'at," he blurted in a heated tone. "He's probably t'ree times yer size! Do ya know what he could've done t' ya?"

"He didn't do anything, Finn," I said, trying to calm him down. "Just... You need to try and chill out."

"'Chill out'," he repeated, his eyes threatening to go black. "I need t' 'chill out'?"

"Yes," I said, my temper flaring again. "Nothing happened, and you're over-reacting."

"I'm over-reacting?!"

Feeling a headache brewing, I pinched the bridge of my nose. "Finn, seriously. I think you need to go talk to Kurt and get a shower. Then we'll talk. Rationally."

"She's right, Finn," Kurt spoke up. "We'll talk, and then you can get cleaned up. Now, let's go." His tone left no room for argument. Finn finally turned to leave with him, but not before muttering, "You should put some clothes on. Why da hell are ya runnin' around nearly naked, woman?"

"Photo shoot," I uttered, glancing down at my red bikini. Why is he so angry at me, I wondered as he stalked off behind Kurt. What did I do?

"You need to get the demon under control," Alexa Bliss giggled as she walked by. "He's out for blood."

"Why me," I asked. "What can I do about it?"

Alexa stopped and leaned against the wall with me. "Why you? Honey, if you don't know by now that Finn's sweet on you..." She trailed off with a soft chuckle and a flip of her hair. "No pun intended. As for what you can do about it... Hell if I know. Maybe you could cheer Finn up. I mean, it makes sense to me... If Finn's happy, maybe Bálor will calm down."

I sighed. "Maybe you're right. I'll try to think of something. Thanks, Alexa."

"Don't mention it," she smiled, and patted my shoulder. "I'll catch ya later."

"See ya," I returned.

I was already deep in thought. How in the world was I going to help Finn?

Legos!

It came to me instantly. We could go back to the hotel after he showered, and I would get him to build something. It'd get his mind off Wyatt and make him think of home—Ireland. It was a perfect plan!

Minutes later, Finn came down the hall and was still trying to wipe at the drying blood on his skin. I met up with him, and forced a smile to test out his temperament.

He scowled. "Why're ya smilin', woman?"

I shook my head. "No reason. Come on. Let's go get you cleaned up. Then we're gonna do something fun to cheer you up."

"D'ere is no 'let's' when it comes to me cleaning up, lass," he snapped. "I'm getting a shower. Ya can't help me wit' dat."

I could've sworn he blushed.

"Oh, don't be a big baby. I'm in a bathing suit, and you... Well... I'll promise to not look down. Deal?" Not giving him a chance to argue, I tugged on his wrist, leading him to the showers. "Besides, there's no way you'll be able to get all that gunk off without some help."

"So ya wanna see me completely naked, eh, beautiful?"

I scoffed. I didn't have to see Finn's eyes to know that Bálor was now present. "Bálor, go away," I ordered as I pushed Finn into the shower room. "This is not about you, believe me."

Surprisingly, Bálor listened to me, because Finn spoke then and I detected some awkwardness in his tone. "Uh, y/n... What if someone walks in here an' sees us?"

Hmmm... He had a point. I looked back at the door to see if it had a lock.

Jackpot. It locked, and it had a "Closed For Cleaning~Come Back In 1 Hour" sign.

"Ah-ha!" I took the sign, briefly showing it to Finn and opened the door. Poking my head out, I made sure no one was around and being nosy. Then I hung the sign on the knob, shut the door and promptly locked it. "Satisfied?"

"I guess dat'll work," he replied, and placed his hands on his hips. "I'm still angry at ya, y/n," he said, changing the subject quite abruptly. I could see he was still fighting the urge to let Bálor loose.

"Strip, Finn. Then get in the shower stall. We'll talk as you get clean."

"Brón maith," he uttered under his breath as he took off his boots and knee pads. Then he was tugging his wrestling trunks down and I waited too long to look away.

And then... I couldn't look away. At all.

Finn's abs had always captivated me, but his thighs and butt were definitely nothing to sneeze at. They were quite luscious, actually. The muscles on this man! How could someone literally have muscle creases in their thighs that flashed all the way up to their butt? He'd barely move his legs and these sexy lines would appear out of nowhere, blinking at me like a neon sign.

"Ya broke yer promise, lass," Finn said in an odd tone of voice.

My eyes shot up to his face, and I could already feel my face burning like fire. He was watching me as I watched him. His gaze was intense; unreadable.

"S-sorry," I stammered. "I-I... I didn't mean to look..."

"Like what ya see?"

I groaned as I stepped into the stall with Finn and closed the door. "Seriously, Bálor! Get the heck out of here! And stay out!" I shook my head and sighed, glancing up at Finn as I started the shower water. "How in the world do you have a private conversation with him lurking around?"

"I usually don't," Finn replied, watching me get his shower water ready.

"So..." I nudged him underneath the shower head and got him to tilt his head back so I could wet his hair down and rinse away most of the blood. "How do you date? Or... do other stuff with the opposite sex?"

"I haven't dated in...years. I mean, well... Bálor has had his flings, but I... I just never figured out how t' deal wit' a relationship, when he's always buttin' in." He rolled his eyes. "It got pretty awkward—trying to romance a girl. And den he'd start flirtin' wit' her because I 'wasn't doin' it right'."

I reached over to grab some of the 2-in-1 shampoo plus body-wash he had setting on a shelf in the stall, and poured a ton of it into my hands before reaching up and working it through his hair.

"Sounds like 'ol Bálor is a tad jealous, if you ask me," I smiled at him. I saw his eyes flicker between blue and black like a strobe light, and I lost my patience. "Bálor, I swear if you come out again, I'm going to slap the taste right out of your mouth!" I heard a low growl emerge from Finn's lips and I chuckled, shaking my head. "You don't scare me, big boy. You never have, and never will. Leave." Finn's eyes settled with his bright blue sparkle, and I giggled as I tilted his head under the shower head again, to rinse his hair. "He's just a big spoiled baby."

"Ye're da only one he lets get away wit' treatin' him like d'at." He reached up to wipe some water from his eyes. "Anyone else...he'd bite d'eir heads off. Maybe even maim 'em." He looked pensive, as if something had just occurred to him.

I turned him around once his hair was rinsed out, and then poured some more shampoo-slash-body wash onto a washcloth. "Wow, this stuff smells really awesome," I commented, beginning to scrub at his back and trying to wash away the dried blood. I finally reached his lower back and then passed him the washcloth. "Here. You finish up with your chest and lower half, while I give you a shoulder massage. You're way too tense."

He took over cleaning himself and I gently dug my thumbs into his shoulders and rubbed along the hard muscles of his back, using the soapy lather to help my fingers glide over his skin. He growled again, but this time it was a sound of pleasure. I pressed my thumbs into his spine, gently, but firmly and let them slide down the firm length of his back.

"You need to get yourself a woman who can manhandle that demon of yours." I told him with a chuckle. "A woman who'll put up with him, or put him in his place. If you find someone who can do that, you'll have a real keeper, because Bálor is a complete jackass-"

I cried out softly as Finn spun around and grabbed me. I was shocked to instantly find myself pinned to the tiled wall by his strong body. Shower water rained down on us both, and now I was soaking wet in my bikini. "Bálor, please," I whispered, my heart pounding in my throat. My breath was coming in brief snatches. I became completely aware of what the demon could do to me, if he chose to overpower Finn and fully materialize.

I kept my gaze down, afraid of what I'd see in his eyes. "I'm sorry. I have a big mouth, and it runs a little to freely sometimes. I just-"

Finn's voice was soft when he finally spoke. "D'ere is only one woman I've seen put Bálor in his place, lass. And she's a woman I've wanted from the first moment I saw her."

He didn't say anything else. Until he lifted my chin with his finger, forcing me to look at him. I gasped at the passion I saw burning in his blue eyes.

Bálor wasn't present. It was completely Finn.

"You," he finally whispered, struggling to lose his accent enough to enunciate the word. "It's you, y/n." He moved in even closer, ignoring the spraying water above us. "I love ya." While I stood there in shock, he reached up and unclipped my hair, letting the bulk of it fall to my hips. Within seconds I felt my hair plastering against me. "And ya love me, too," he added confidently.

"H-how do you know that," I asked, completely dazed. It was true, but I'd never told anyone I had feelings for Finn. I'd kept it a secret.

He chuckled slightly and kissed the tip of my nose.

"Ya t'ink Bálor—as powerful as he is—can't read minds, Mo grá?

I felt my mouth gape open. "S-so... you've known how I felt, all this time?"

"Uh-huh."

I couldn't help but smile at the playful tone in his voice.

"Why... Why didn't you say anything to me? Why didn't you ask me out? Why-"

His mouth silenced mine with a soft kiss.

I shivered, despite the hot shower water that drenched us. He slowly pulled away, and looked me in the eye. "It hadn't occurred to me how well ya handle Bálor, love. I was afraid he'd eat ya alive." His sensuous lips curved up in a smile. "But, I t'ink he's actually pretty fond o' ya too."

I smiled back at him. I felt my chest tighten with everything I was feeling. The man I loved, loved me in return. All was right with my world.

"I do love you," I whispered, realizing I hadn't actually told him yet. "More than anything."

His grin broadened at my words and I suddenly became aware of a deep pressure at my stomach. I glanced down and saw that my declaration apparently made his body happy as well.

He leaned down and brushed his lips over my neck. "D'at sign ya hung on da door... It said t' come back in an hour?"

I giggled, knowing exactly where his thoughts were headed. "Yes, it did."

"And we've only been in here maybe ten minutes?" His lips trailed to my shoulder.

"Uh-huh."

"And maybe nobody's even been by here and seen da sign yet..."

His teeth nipped at my collarbone and I couldn't stifle the whimper that tore from me.

"Sounds like a very reasonable deduction."

"So..."

"Shut up, and make love to me, Finn," I said softly, reaching up to kiss him.

And he proceeded to do just that.

Translations:

"Brón maith." ~ "Good grief!"

"Mo grá" ~ "My love"