This is just a little nothing I came up with after watching last night's Raw. I'm always a sucker for the idea of forbidden romances instead of the usual lovely couple so I just had to write this. Enjoy.

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He needed to see Zack and make sure he was alright.

That was the only thought that was keeping him sane and in touch with his most sensible side. He needed to make sure his friend was okay… that he was going to pull out of this one.

'This is all your fault.'

Shaking his head as a way to escape those haunting words and clenching his jaw until it hurt, John Cena walked pass the nurses' station and headed straight towards the room he knew Zack was in.

He hadn't needed to arrive with the younger man to the hospital to know what room he was in, he had just needed to make one call to know everything and now, hours after he was moved to that room, John finally decided to make a visit.

It was long overdue and he knew it, but for the past hours of his life he has been battling with dark demons that wanted to consume him inside out and he didn't have it in him to visit Zack in that state.

No, he has needed to calm down first…

Breathing hard through his nose and pushing the door open, John took that first glance at the man laying over the hospital bed. He looked as if he was sleeping; eyes closed, features relaxed in a deep slumber as his usually spiked hair lay limp over the pillow.

"What are you doing here?"

Hearing the reproachful words but refusing to look at the source of them, John pursed his lips hard and focused his blue eyes on his friend.

"I came to see if he was alright." He said simply, his voice coming out as flat.

Snorting, the woman who has been sitting at the chair besides the bed let go of Zack's hand and faced him.

"Alright? He has a broken back, John! Of course he is not alright." Hissing through clenched teeth, Eve said, her liquid emerald eyes burning a hole in the older man's skin.

At those words, John closed his eyes and breathed in. Yeah, he already knew about the broken back… but he had wanted to make sure, to corroborate it with his own eyes.

"Are you happy about that? He might not wrestle again and it's because-"

"Of course I'm not happy about it!" He spat interrupting her, his hands closing into fists as he moved his face towards the woman.

He was angry, he had wanted to erase all traces of anger before showing up there but it has been futile. Eve's words were riling him up and he just had to make a mental countdown in his head to calm down.

"This is your fault and you know it. I don't even know with what face you dare to show up here, John. Just leave…"

"He is my friend and this is not my fault."

And in his mind he wanted to believe that it wasn't, quite the contrary. He has done everything he could to help his protégée; at first he has put a word on his favor with management, he has given his spot as a main eventer for the younger man to have a shoot at proving himself and he has even gone as far as to put his stamp of approval on Zack's ways of making himself be noticed.

After that he also did everything he could to keep him safe, but unfortunately Zack's friendship with him also made the former US Champion an easy target and yeah, Kane has used him to get to him. Meaning that everything that John has made for him ended being Ryder's demise.

"I never wanted this to happen." He said almost brokenly, looking at Zack.

"But it did, and the only one to blame here is you." Eve said, getting up to her feet and walking to him. "So why don't you just leave him alone. You've done enough and he doesn't need you here."

Slowly moving his face towards her, John's eyes fluttered half close as he stared at her intently. She looked tired, her make-up had long ago faded away with what he believed could he her tears and her eyes were bloodshot.

Looking at her made him feel a new bolt of anger hit him from head to toe and he snorted bitterly. "So I shouldn't be here? Eve, I've been friends with him longer than you started to notice him so if there is someone who shouldn't be here, it's you."

"Who do you…" She started to say angrily, but John brushed her off and continued to speak.

"The man has been after you since forever and it wasn't after he won gold that you started to hang by his side day in and day out. Well I have newsflash for you, he lost the gold so why don't you leave him and start pestering someone worthy of you?"

At his words, Eve lifted a hand and slapped him right in the face. It stung, but he probably would have let it go in any other occasion… but those demons that wanted to win over him stepped forward and made him act in the wrong.

Taking her by surprise, he grabbed her by the hair and pushed her to the bathroom. The door has been wide open and at reaching distance so it was easy to get her there.

"What do you think you are doing?"

Next thing he did, he did it without thinking clearly; he just closed the door, cornered her against the sink and kissed her.

At that Eve hit him hard on his chest, her small hands beating at him in unmercifully as an attempt to push him off. But as much as she tried, John just pressed harder against her.

Moving his hands to the back of her head, John forced his tongue into her mouth. Deep in his mind he knew he was in the wrong and not only because he was forcing a kiss on someone, but because this was Eve, the girl his friend was infatuated with.

The same friend that was lying brokenly in a hospital bed because of him…

But there was no reason that could make him stop, he was releasing his anger in the form of this kiss and since she was the one who pushed his buttons this time, it was only fair that she was at the receiving end.

With his mind clouded and his anger rising, John pushed his tongue even deeper, moving it against her warm one and savoring her taste.

She tasted like coffee and it came into his mind that she must have been drinking tons of it as she stood vigil over Zack and that almost made him feel guilty.

Almost…

But not wanting to think any more about gilts, John moved his hands to her waist and lifted her off the floor to put her over the sink; once there, he accommodated himself between her legs and pushed against her until the back of the head was resting against the mirror.

After that he kept kissing her, he kissed her until her hands on his chest gave up on hitting him and instead moved around his neck, until her face stopped trying to sneak away and she was just tilting it to the right so he could have more room to kiss her at will… until she was kissing him back with the same force that he was kissing her.

The primitive side of him continued to devour her with his kiss and feeling himself stirring to life at the way things were going, John groaned into her mouth and pushed his hardness into her.

Her response was a favorable one, she arched her back to him and her fingers moved to the back of his head, keeping him close and deepening the kiss. But then, he finally pulled his face away to look at her.

Her eyes were a stormy pool of green staring into his, her lips were parted and reddened by the abuse his inflicted on them and her cheeks were flushed. Her breaths were also a bit labored like his own and it took a moment for him to regain his composure.

His demons flew away and he was left confused and ashamed.

"I'm sorry… I shouldn't have…" Mumbling under his breath, John took a step back and ran his hand down his face.

"No, you shouldn't have." Eve said in a whisper, sliding off the sink and getting back on her feet.

"I know… I don't… I'm sorry…" Swallowing hard down and turning around, John walked out of the room. Only that this time he didn't even had it in him to spare Zack a glance; he just walked out without looking back.