Disclaimer: Ok, we all know this song and dance routine. Weren't mine, aren't mine, and never will be mine. But hey, a girl can dream, right?
AN#1: Ok, any homophobes, turn back now. This IS slash, and it WILL contain adult situations. Don't like, don't read. Con crit is welcome, and flames should be at least 3ft high. It gets cold in Berwick during the winter. And the gas bill is atrocious.
AN#2: This chapter and onwards will not be following the episodes. The story may or may not dip back into the episodes, I'm not sure yet. It all depends on what the show writers have in store for us.
AN#3: Reaalllllyyyy sorry for the delay. Writer's block, big time. Really sorry.
AN#4: Went and rewrote slightly so that the basilisks are now called Nagas. Just cause it was bugging me.
Henry crouched low next to a bookshelf in the library, stalking his prey. His body thrummed with barely contained energy, his senses dialed up all the way. Scent, sight, hearing, all focused on his prey, sitting on a table, and his avisary, sitting next to it. His mouth watered in preparation of taste. The muscles in his legs bunched and contracted powerfully, and he was off. Before his avisary could react, Henry was halfway down the hallway, prey clutched in his hands.
"Henry!" Ashley bellowed. "Give my back my cookies!"
"Catch me is you can, Ash!" Henry shouted back, and then bolted for his room.
It had been a very rewarding hunt.
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"Mom!" Ashley snarled, stomping into Helen's study, "That's it! I've had it! I'm enrolling Henry in obedience school!"
Helen looked up from her desk and grinned, "What did he do this time?"
"Hunting. He stole my cookies. I swear to God, I'm gonna start carrying around a water gun so I can squirt him in the nose. That, or a rolled up newspaper."
"Well, how about a hunt of your own?"
"Really?" Ashley's eyes lighted up. "What and where?"
"Up in northern Europe. An abnormal has been killing off livestock. There haven't been any human fatalities yet, but there have been injuries."
"Okay. But when I get back, I'm getting Henry a shock collar."
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Will was up a tree. Literally.
When he had been a teenager, whenever he needed time to clear his thoughts, straighted out his emotions, he had always been climbing up a tall tree with a book or two and some snacks. He's sit up there all day, reading and throwing stuff and unsuspecting passerby, and think. Now, as an adult, he still found comfort in finding a tall tree for an hour or two of reading and meditation.
Which was how Will found himself halfway up the tallest tree on the Sanctuary's grounds. Thinking about Henry.
The bushes around the trunk of his tree rustled, gaining Will's attention. A few seconds later Henry (speak of the devil) came into view, nose flared and up in the air.
He's following my scent, Will realized. He ignored the way his stomach did a flip.
"Where the Hell'd he go?" Henry muttered, casting around.
Will grinned. He had been planning to eat the apple he had brought with him, but this opportunity was too good to pass up. With an air of deliberateness, Will carefully took aim...
"OWMOTHERFUCKINGGODDAMMIT!" Henry shouted, clutching his ass with on hand, whirling around, looking for Will. "When I get my hands on you, Zimmerman..."
Will snickered softly, then frowned as Henry's head cocked to the side.
"Found you!" Henry declared, looking up at Will's perch in the tree.
"Your control of your sensed is getting better."
"Yeah," Henry bent over and picked the apple up. Will watched and licked his lips. "You know, I was going to share my cookies with you, but now..."
"Cookies," Will's eyes narrowed, "Chocolate chip?"
"Double chocolate chip."
"Only 'hunt' the good stuff, eh?" Will teased. "Look out, I'm coming down."
Will tossed his books down at Henry's feet, making him jump back, and followed them, slipping down the branches and trunk like he was born to them.
Henry gave him an appraising look.
"Are you sure you aren't an abnormal? A shifter-monkey, maybe?"
"Yeah, I'm sure," Will said, dropping down the last few feet to the ground. "You should really stop hunting Ashley's food, Henry. She's gonna smack you one."
"Ah, I'm safe from her for a few hours. Actually, that's why Helen sent me to find you. Ashley just called, said she caught whatever she was hunting for. Should be back around five. Anyway, Helen wants you to do a full psych eval on it."
Will gave a mental sigh. So Henry hadn't come looking for him on his own. And still hadn't said anything about the kiss. An idea popped into his head. He looked at his watch.
"It's almost two, now," he started for the mansion, "That leaves plenty of time for me to kick your ass at Tomb Raider and finish off the cookies. Destroy all evidence, as it were."
"Alright," Henry said with a grin, gesturing for Will to lead the way.
Will did so, sighing mentally once again. It seemed Henry was going to ignore the kiss. His heart sunk.
Which was why it was a pleasent suprise when Henry caught his wrist, spun him around, and kissed him gently.
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Ashley sighed as she heard the banging in the back of the van. The damn thing was awake again. Either she had accidently packed the weak tranqs, or the abnormal had a very high tolerance. As the abnormal slammed around in the back some more, Ashley found herself loosing her temper.
"That's IT!" she snarled as a paricularly hard slam almost sent her off the road.
She grabbed on of her juns and twisted around in the driver's seat, catching a glimpse of white fangs and enraged, all-to-human eyes. Without hesitation, she squeezed the trigger. The abnormal snapped at the tranq now buried in it's shoulder, then swayed and fell as the tranq took effect.
Ashley smiled and continued driving.
Finally, peace and quiet.
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"You're gonna fall."
"No, I'm not! Dammit, Henry, stop!"
"You're gonna fall if it takes me an hour to make you."
Will lay on his stomach on his bed next to Henry, glaring at the TV, his mouth set in a silent snarl as he tried to protect the game controller from Henry's hands. Henry looked him over, then grinned and poked him in the side. Will yelped, his hand slipped, and he watched in horror as Lara Croft fell to her death.
"Dammit, Henry, I was almost to the final boss battle."
"I know," Henry grinned, finishing off on of the cookies from the plate on the floor. "C'mon, gimme the controller. It's my turn."
Will gave him a slow once-over, then slid the controller under his belly.
"No."
"Will."
"No."
Henry pounced, one hand gripping Will's arm, the other sliding under Will's midsection and flipping him over. Will dropped the controller to the floor, out of Henry's reach, and grappled with him.
After a few minutes, Will ended up sprawled on his back, with Henry on his knees straddling Will's hips, one hand pinning Will's over his head, the other mercilessly poking him in the sides, making him giggle and writhe helplessly. Will bucked upwards, dislodging Henry, who, in return, lost his balance and collapsed over Will. Henry started to sit up, locked gazes with Will, then, hesitently, leaned back down and pressed his lips against Will's. Will smiled, then urged Henry's lips open with his own, licking his way into Henry's mouth.
Henry's eyes slid closed, focusing on Will's smell, taste, the way Will's hand slid to the back of his neck and tangled in his hair, the other hand grasping at his hip.
Will groaned, loving the sweet, slick slide of tongue on tongue, the feel of Henry's weight on him. He slid his hand from Henry's him and...the door opened.
"Jeez, guys, get a room!" Ashley exclaimed.
Henry reluctantly pulled his mouth from Will's and glared at Ashley.
"We do. You're in it."
"Yeah, yeah. Will, as soon as you're done with the mutt there, I got an abnormal for you to eval."
Ashley made a big show of leaving and closing the door.
"Damn blonde," Henry grumbled. Will, still trapped underneath Henry, snickered.
Henry smirked, nuzzled him nose into Will's neck and breathed in his scent, then gave a soft bite to where Will's neck met his shoulder.
"Mine."
Will gasped, both at the possessive word and the flare of arousal from the bite, and Henry smirked some more as he rolled off him, slapping Will's hip.
"C'mon, Will, job to do."
"Bastard," Will muttered, smiling.
Henry just grinned.
Whew, first kissing scene ever. Do ya think it's any good?