"Contrapossto" Italian for 'Unbalanced balance' . Live Free or Die Hard. Matt/John slash.
"To Be Continued..."
John Mclane didn't know how it happened. One minute he had been told that as a Senior Detective, he had to be the one to go all the way to Camden to pick up an annoying- as- hell hacker. Then the next minute he was standing next to his ambulance, watching as fore- mentioned hacker got his knee bandaged up in the other ambulance. Suddenly, and John didn't know how it had happened in less than thirty hours, he had grown attached to the kid. He really didn't want to say goodbye, hell, he didn't really even want the kid separated from him for the short trip to the hospital.
It was truly too late for him to go through a mid- life crisis. Yeah, Holly had ruined him for life. He had been married to the woman for twenty- odd years and had had two beautiful kids with her. She had spoiled women for him. So, he had never considered dating again, much less dating men. He had counted on coming home to an empty New York apartment after a long day at the station to eat take- out until he was set to retire and even then John wasn't sure he'd ever retire. It was lonely sure, but still easier then dating again.
Then Matt had come along. He was a skinny, pale, hyperactive hacker, who had unknowingly been apart of a huge virtual terrorist scare. But he was easy on the eyes, John gave him that. He was also too smart for his own good; like his brain controlled him, not the other way around. John had no doubt that Matt was right when he had said that he really had no idea what was actually rattling around in that head of his. The kid had a comment about EVERYTHING.
It had been annoying at first, but John had come to expect the odd fact or impassioned, long- winded rant. It was what made a conversation interesting and an argument actually worth it. John hadn't had that in a long time. John looked over at Lucy's scrutinizing gaze.
"What?" John gruffed. Lucy just gave him a small secretive smile.
"I was just thinking about Matt..."
John hated how much he mentally perked up his ears and waged his tail at just the mention of Matt's name... He really did.
"... where he'd like to go for a first date---" John cut back in abruptly.
"Lucy, I don't want you dating Matt."
Her eyes were wide and her lips froze mid- word, then suddenly she burst out laughing. John had to clear his throat twice before she stopped. And she looked about ready to go off again, but calmed at his "get-to-the-point" glare.
"This is ridiculous, Dad. How can you both stand it? Wow, the ignorance..."
"...Luce..." John growled, very clearly tired of her game.
"You like him, Dad." John's eyes narrowed, but he didn't bother to respond. Lucy smirked.
"You like him, you like having someone to take care of and protect. And who better than a computer nerd who seems to attract trouble?" John lowered his eyes briefly.
"Lucy, I'm twice his age..." Lucy snorted.
"Dad, no offense, but you look better than a guy his age."
"I've got two kids and a wife---"
"---Ex- wife, Dad. And don't tell me that you're not over her."
"So, you just assumed that I'd turn to guys? Jesus, Luce."
"No, Dad. It just seems like since you need to be needed, --- and let's face it; I don't need you to protect me, Jack doesn't need to be protected, and Mom doesn't need to be protected--- Matt looks---"
"---What? Matt looks interested? The kid's doped up on Morphine, Lucy. He probably would have fallen in love with Gabriel if the kid had had the right amount of drugs at the time."
Suddenly, John saw his own "give-me-a-break-I-can-see-right-through-you" look that he'd used on perps before, aimed right back at him. John heaved a sigh. He didn't know if he should be proud or pissed because of the fact that Lucy was so clearly his daughter.
"So you say the kid might be interested, huh?" The smile she beamed him made him feel warm inside. Damn, he was going soft.
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A couple of days later, John was released from the hospital. He had to go back the next day to pick Matt up.
John had been preparing himself to argue until he was blue in the face or until Matt agreed to come back to his place while he healed up. John expected a passionate, intelligent, quick argument as to why Matt shouldn't, but that wasn't what the fucking hacker gave him.
The kid had just given John a dopey smile, twinkling eyes, and a low, "I'll pack my dolls."
Damn, if the kid wasn't intriguing him. He was something that John had always wanted... a challenge.
John spent the day cleaning his apartment and reluctantly preparing the guest bedroom, then he went to Matt's apartment and gathered anything that wasn't in pieces. John fit it all into a sole duffel bag. With nothing else to do, he checked the sizes on the few articles of clothing he did find and went to the nearest store to grab a few pairs of sweatpants and a couple of shirts.
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A day later, John had Matt settled in the guest room to sleep off the strong painkillers that the doctors had subscribed him. The kid had been weak, drugged, and tired and John reveled in the moments when the two of them stopped to let Matt rest on the way up from the car. The younger man had leaned against him trustingly and John had more than welcomed the warmth from the lanky form.
It wasn't until nearly two weeks later that Matt was able to do much of anything. He had learned to navigate crutches and had been a steady influence in the kitchen, cooking home meals that John couldn't wait to come home to.
John had given himself seven days of leave, after making sure that Matt would be alright by himself, before he pushed his way back into the station. The argument from the sheriff was cut short with one casual glance around at the chaos. But the sheriff put his foot down; his hours ended before six, end of story. Not that John minded, he was just as anxious to get back to Matt, as the sheriff was to get rid of him.
"Hey John." Was Matt's usual greeting tossed over one shoulder as he worked at the stove. Without thinking, John walked over and wound his arms Matt's waist and dropped his head to bury it in Matt's neck to inhale the hacker's comforting scent. The slim body stiffened, but John just tightened his hold and inhaled deeper. And just as suddenly as he had stiffened, Matt relaxed, the tension left his body as he dropped his shaggy head backwards onto John's shoulder.
The open trust and submission of the act, had John pulling the lanky body closer and sliding an arm possessively across the younger man's hips to pull those backwards also. Matt's low, needy gasp met John's groan as the hacker literally melted. When Matt exposed his beautiful throat to John's hot kisses, John released the hacker's hips; happy when Matt pushed back into him anyway; to reach up to tilt the hacker's face back toward his.
Matt's back arched when John covered the younger man's lips with his own. Slipping an eager tongue into the younger man's mouth, John let out a low growl and yanked the hacker's hips back further into his groin. When he felt John's interest, Matt broke the kiss with a gasp. John smiled when he felt the shudder run through the body in his arms before it relaxed; once again allowing Matt to drop his head to loll back on John's shoulder.
A gentle smile covered the hacker's lips and his eyes were dropped to half-mast, effectively sending a bolt of lust straight through John. Matt closed his eyes, gave a small moan, and whispered.
"I never thought that this could happen to me." John just nuzzled Matt's hair.
"You better get over it because I'm never letting you go." As John laid a gentle kiss to his younger lover's forehead, said younger lover just laced his fingers through John's where they were still stationed on his abdomen and chest.
At the mumbled, "Good," John could only close his eyes and gather the hacker even tighter against him and agree.
"Good."
A/N: This is my first Live Free or Die Hard fiction, but I've worn out one copy of the DVD already and have read all the slash fanfiction I could get my search engine on (I can recommend a site that has every bit of Slash fanfiction for this pairing! It's awesome!). So anyway, read, review, and tell me what you think.