Warning: Contains mild explicit content.

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The day before he landed on the shores of the Earth Kingdom, his desire had become too great to contain.

He retreated to his quarters, as the captain he had private quarters, and summoned the lieutenant to his chamber.

"You summoned me?" the lieutenant asked. He tried to sound as if he didn't know the reason for his summoning, but a twinkle in his eye gave away that the lieutenant knew what the captain was after. From the smirk on his face, the captain deduced that the lieutenant had been waiting for this moment.

"Yes," the captain said, rising from his chair, "I need to speak to you."

"It took you long enough," the lieutenant huffed, grinning cheekily.

The captain narrowed his eyes, he wondered for how long the lieutenant had known.

"For how long…"

"I wonder what the men will think of you," the lieutenant said, "if I would tell them why you summoned me. I wonder if they will start asking questions. I think they'll start to question the way you use your authority."

"What would the brass think if they heard that you used your authority over your subordinates to force them into your bed…"

"You would have the right to refuse," the captain said.

Talking with a voice more suave than the lieutenant had ever heard, approaching him step by step, desire also grew in the lieutenant's heart. It was after he started noticing that the captain took an interest in him, that he started taking interest in the captain, even though the captain was far older than him.

"And you would except that?" the lieutenant asked. "I thought you were more of a man."

"Oh well," he sighed, turning away from the captain whom he craved, "that's just too bad."

He walked towards the door, leaving the captain behind.

The captain, however, didn't let him get away, acting against what he had said.

"You're not getting away this easily," he hissed, pinning the lieutenant against the wood of the door.

"Such anger," the lieutenant teased. "You must be a beast in…"

"Shut it and stop resisting," the captain hissed, "there is no way out now."

"You want me to surrender to you?" the lieutenant asked, whispering in his assailant's ear. He groaned in response.

"Make me!"

The captain acted on the lieutenant's taunting, holding him against the door with one arm, while he tugged the leggings, which water tribe warriors wore as pants, down. The lieutenant struggled against the captain's firm grip, kicking with his legs and attempting to pull himself away from in between the captain and the door, but he failed.

"And suddenly you're quiet," the captain huffed, fumbling around a little. His cold hands touching the lieutenant in his nether region, forced a gasp out of the youngling.

The gasp was more than the captain could take, he needed to sate his needs. He loosened the belt around his waist and pulled down his own leggings. The lieutenant tried to peek at what he was facing, but the captain pushed his free hand underneath the lieutenant's chin, shoving his face towards the ceiling.

"Now don't struggle," he said as he released the lieutenant's arms.

The lieutenant didn't do what was asked of his, waving around with his arms in the hopes of hitting the captain, but he hit nothing.

He felt the captain's hand running along his back, down to his bottom. He felt how the captain's hand spread his cheeks, he felt how something slowly entered him. It was painful, thought the captain was surprisingly gentle at first.

The captain lasted for only a minute, he heard the captain's climax nearing. His breathing was fast and shaky, until he ended up groaning.

"I can see you've been out of the running for some time," the lieutenant said condescendingly. "That was hardly impressive…"

It hit a sore spot, the captain was angered and started pumping again, this time without mercy. It pained him at first, how harsh the captain was treating him at that point, but it was as he wanted it to be.

By that time he had long stopped struggling, and the pain turned into slight pleasure. He embraced the captain and enjoyed the time to come.

"You lasted longer this time," he whispered in the captain's ear. "But you've got a lot of catching up to do, to make up for the time you've lost in the past."

"So far," the captain said, "you've only been commenting on how long I lasted, how much pleasure you got out of it… is that all you want in the end?"

"Do I want more, you ask? Maybe," the lieutenant answered, "that's up to you. Is there room for…"

"Love?" the captain asked. A shiver ran through him, upon mentioning the word. He was doubting if he'd ever be able to love the man with whom he was, if he hadn't been able to forget about his deceased wife. Perhaps he could in the future.

"I don't know," he said, adding after being silent for a long time: "I'd be willing to try…"

"Don't rush it," the lieutenant said, kissing the captain on his forehead. "I can wait."

The lieutenant left the captain in his quarters, to think about all that had happened. All dreams the captain had before that moment, didn't return. For the first time in years, the captain didn't wake up during the night, afraid or happy, instead he slept through the night, waking up happy and well-rested in the morning.

In his journeys through the Earth Kingdom, the lieutenant accompanied him for some part. During that time, they grew closer to one another and love started to play a bigger role between the two of them.

After being separated for a short time, the captain realized that he had left behind what happened between him and his wife, though he could not forget. However, he knew that it was time to move on, without forgetting.

So he did, he told the lieutenant of his love for him, without needing to feel guilty about betraying his deceased wife. The war was all that could separate him from his newfound love from that moment forth. The question was if it would.