Disclaimer: I do not own Being Human.
Warning: This is one of those "Send Sally to Danny's house" fics. Sorry.
A/N: I got tired of waiting for this to be a storyline on an episode, so I wrote it myself. Could be read as a one-shot, but I might continue it if I get the urge.
"Mr. Samson puked on me again." Josh said, as he walked up to Aidan in the hall of the hospital. He had just changed into his second set of scrubs for the day.
Aidan just gave an "Mm" of acknowledgement as he flipped open a chart and balanced it in one hand.
Josh leaned forward to look at the chart and discovered the only thing inside were dividers and labels. He brought his eyes up to Aidan with a confused look. "Trying to look busy?" he asked.
"It's been a long day." Aidan said.
"It's 11 o'clock."
Aidan looked up, down the hall at nothing in particular as he thought for a second, shrugged, and said, "Day's half over."
Josh's eyebrows jerked up and he gave a short sigh. "Whatever, at least you don't smell like stomach acid and bacon."
Aidan leaned closer to Josh and took a sniff. "The bacon overpowers the acid."
"Oh, well, thanks, that's good to know." Josh was getting annoyed with the lack of eye contact. "The ladies love bacon!" he added louder than he meant to, catching the attention of a couple of nurses down the hall who just giggled. Josh sighed harder.
"You really need to stop wondering why you're single." Aidan said, still staring at the chart.
"Oh, now you're paying attention, just in time to insult me."
"Josh." Aidan snapped the chart shut and stood up straight, apparently realizing that Josh wasn't going to go away. "I had a visitor."
"A visitor." Josh repeated, waiting for him to continue. When he didn't, he encouraged him by guessing, "Rebecca?"
"No."
"Who, Bishop?"
"No, it was an old friend."
"I thought Bishop was an old friend."
"This one wasn't that old."
"So what, only 400 years instead of five?"
"Josh."
"If you want me to be serious, I need longer sentences to work with." He gestured as he spoke.
"Never mind, Josh, I'll just deal him myself."
"Deal with him? Is he someone that needs to be dealt with?"
Aidan shrugged.
"Okay, let me be more specific: Did he threaten to murder you or 'your dog', as they lovingly call me."
A doctor down the hall called to Aidan, who handed the chart to Josh. "We'll talk at home."
Josh tried a few times throughout the rest of the day to get him to talk. Mostly out of pure worry that there was yet another vampire in town who wanted him dead. Aidan skipped his lunch, claiming on the ride home that he got too busy, but Josh suspected he was avoiding him.
Sally greeted them at the door at home, and Josh immediately asked her to give them a moment alone.
"You guys just got here, I've been alone all day." she whined. She sat down on the stairs and they stood at either side of her.
"Come on, Josh, let's sit down and catch up with each other." Aidan said just to get a reaction.
Josh just stared at him as Aidan smiled.
"What did you do today, Sally?" Aidan asked.
"I sat in the kitchen for 6 hours trying to move an egg." she said, staring ahead with an unsatisfied look.
"Why did you start with an egg?" Josh couldn't help asking.
"Because I got over-excited with the pencil and broke a glass."
Aidan hid a smile of amusement.
"Anyway," Josh insisted. "Aidan and I need to have a solid-people discussion, so if you could just mist out for an hour or so, that'd be awesome."
"Josh." Aidan resisted laughing.
With a huge sigh, Sally disappeared.
"You really ticked her off now." Aidan took his jacket off and sat down on the couch.
Josh pulled his messenger bag over his head and dropped it by the stairs. "Is there a new vamp in town?" he asked. He sat down sideways next to Aidan, watching him, and realizing Aidan just wasn't feeling the eye contact today.
"I hate it when you say 'vamp'."
"I hate it when you avoid the subject."
"He doesn't even know about you, Josh, calm down."
"So he's an old friend." Josh began, deciding to try a different route. "You two used to, what, hunt together?"
"No, he was off human blood when we met."
"Okay…" Josh considered what to say next. He was used to having to work to get information from Aidan He propped his elbow up on the back of the couch and rested his head on his hand. "Is he working with Bishop?"
"No, he never owed anything to Bishop."
"So he just came around to check in with you?" Josh asked half-jokingly.
Aidan grinned. "He missed me."
There was a knock at the door and Josh got up to answer it. "Can I help you?" Josh asked the man standing on their stoop.
"I'm looking for Aidan."
Aidan jumped up when he heard the voice, and came to the door.
Josh watched Aidan smile at the other man, who returned it and gestured at the floor. "Can I come in?"
Josh's shoulders sank with the realization. He swallowed. "Oh crap."
"Josh." Aidan elbowed him in the side.
The man outside tilted his head up and took a deep breath through his nose. "Ah, he's a wolf. He knows, then?"
"Yeah, Josh is cool."
Josh didn't feel cool. Josh never felt cool, actually. He was still suspicious of the stranger, but the fact that he had called him a wolf instead of 'pup' gave him some bonus points.
"You can come in, Charles." Aidan said, stepping out of the way.
But before Charles took a step inside, he reached a hand out to Josh. "Nice to meet you."
Josh shook it, his manners taking over despite how hesitant he was to trust a vampire.
Aidan walked into the living room and Charles followed. Josh closed the door and stepped into the next room too.
"Hey, Josh, could you give us a few minutes? " Aidan asked, jerking his head toward the stairs.
Josh wanted to say no, that he wanted an explanation and to be assured that the vampire who now had access to his house wasn't going to eat him in the middle of the night. Or ever. But instead, he just gave a smile and a nod and headed upstairs. He walked to his bedroom door and opened and shut it from the hall.
"Does he know… everything?" he heard Charlie ask.
"He thinks you're going to kill him." Aidan said.
Charlie laughed.
"You still sober?"
"I broke a few years back, ate a fisherman in Alaska."
Silence. Josh had to see what was going on. He crouched down and leaned over to look through the railing until he could see them on the couch. Charlie had his arm on the back of it, behind Aidan, and was sitting sideways, just like Josh had been moments ago. The first thought in Josh's mind was to find something he could stake him with just in case he tried to bite Aidan. He started to move to start looking, but the thought 'Can a vampire drink another vampire?' stopped him and he became confused and distracted. Was Charles going to drink Aidan? Could he even do that? Would it kill Aidan? Before he could make a decision, Josh heard Charles speak again.
"But I'm better now." His face got closer to Aidan's, his nose ran along Aidan's jaw before his mouth settled on his neck. Josh's eyes were wide with panic for a second before he realized Charles had gone in for a kiss instead of a bite.
Josh got even more confused when Aidan's head leaned over to let Charles' mouth wander. More confused still when Aidan turned his head and kissed Charles on the mouth.
"Is Josh your roommate or a gentleman caller?"
Aidan smiled. "Trust me, he's just my roommate."
"Good." Charles said, resting a hand on Aidan's shoulder and slowly pushing him over. "Then you're all mine. We can pick up right where we left off."