Succensere

Chapter Seven

Hi, wow sorry this took so FREAKING long... oi. I finally received inspiration to continue, thanks to Toushirou-chan, who wrote an amazing review! Yay! The song in this chapter is A Neverending Dream by Cascada (a totally amazing techno artist). I recommend listening to it while reading this, as that's what I did while writing it. Plus it's just an amazing song! It fits this so well...


Roy blinked a few times at the rumpled man currently occupying the other half of his bed. He watched the mismatched eyes as they flicked back and forth, taking in the ceiling tiles as if they were the most interesting thing in all of Central. The homunculus smiled wistfully, shoving his hands under his head.

"Um... Okay." Roy was tired; he didn't really want to deal with convoluted things like values. Despite the heaviness in his gaze, he found himself looking the other male up and down hungrily. He suddenly felt his own age, though it barely showed on the outside. Grudge looked no older than Maes had when he had...

Died.

Jesus, he had to remember that this was NOT the man he'd fallen for, that he'd missed so much... But he looked just the same. "Do you remember?" He blurted out after a few long moments of silence.

"Hmm?" Grudge looked sleepily at Roy, the tiny movement for all the world screaming that yes, this was Maes Hughes, returned from the grave. That he was all he had been and would be all the General had ever dreamed.

"I said, do you remember? Any of it? Anything about..." He looked away. The raven haired man couldn't finish. "Never mind, man, just... Nevermind." He ran a hand through the black mess on his head, his matching eyes slowly creeping up on the other male's gaze, hoping for an answer anyway.

"Yeah." the homunculus gave a lopsided grin. "Yeah, I remember it all. You don't want to know how." His eyes moved to Roy's right hand, the one in his hair. To the ring. He had just opened his mouth to speak when Roy noticed what he was looking at, and started playing with it.

"You know, I never told you... I had the money that night. I- the night you told me you'd proposed. " Roy looked at the other male, and Grudge sat up, arms straight out behind him for support. Worry lined his features. "I had this..." The general slipped the ring from his finger and held it between them for a moment before putting it back. "I'd forgotten and I just froze."

"Oh, Roy..." Grudge shifted to hold the now silent male. He'd had no idea, Mustang realized. Even now, with the power he seemed to have to see into minds, he'd not seen it. But that was over now. They were being given a second chance. He could finally show Maes how he truly felt. Looking up at him, he saw only the golden hue of his left eye, and when he inhaled, only the faint scent of the human he'd been created from was recognized by his senses. When he watched him move, all he saw were remnants of the past motions Maes had made.

He could pretend, if he wanted. And he so wanted.

I'm waiting for the night drifting away
On the waves of my dreams to another day
I'm standing on a hill and beyond the clouds
The wind's blowing still and catching my doubts

Mustang's hand moved to hold Maes's chin, to bring it down and capture the other's lips; he tasted faintly of cherries. He twisted in his friend's grip, straddling his waist, and pressed himself flush to the broad chest in front of him. Flattening his hands over it, he started to lick and nip at the muscled neck and throat before him, working slowly on building a purple mark on the soft skin there. He felt Hughes move to allow him better access, and savored the rough hands moving strongly over his back. A shiver racked him as a finger trailed down his spine, pushing him closer to the man.

I'm hunting all the night the slave to my dream
An illustrated scene descends in the steam
We're playing for the fights emotional games
I'm turning off my eyes and hiding my shame

Maes let a small moan escape when Roy ran his hands down to his hips and rocked against him, biting his lip nervously and looking away. The smaller male allowed himself to be thrown onto his back and covered protectively as the other man expertly moved his mouth over the smooth skin at his collarbone. He wriggled out of his shirt, letting Hughes keep going as far as he wanted, and worked his lover's top off, roving hands memorizing every curve and dip in the muscles as if he'd never see them again.

A neverending dream, a dream of you
I believe I received a sign of you
Tonight I want to hide my feelings too
As you do and I wanna be with you

The General ground against the Leiutenant, finally letting on how much he wanted him. He could feel how tight his pants were getting. His vision danced when his friend kissed him deeply, tongues dancing to a tango of their own devising. His fingers worked circles into Maes's chest and back, slowly making their way to his belt and removing it, while the other put his weight on the knee that rested between Mustang's legs and held him closer. His free hand wandered treacherously up and down the onyx eyed male's side, making his breath hitch.

A neverending dream, a dream of you
I believe I received a sign of you
Tonight I want to hide my feelings too
As you do and I wanna be with you

Hughes Grinned into Mustang's neck when he felt the man's wandering hand working its way toward his hard length. Not long after he felt the soft palm of Roy's hand on his member, he nipped one last time and returned the favor, running a finger the length of his friend's chest and abdomen, straight under the cloth and to his destination. He pumped the man slowly a few times, a thumb on the tip just slightly grazing it, before he simply did away with Roy's pants altogether. Mustang moaned loudly as the warm wetness of his lover's mouth came down on his entire length.

I'm waiting for the night drifting away
On the waves of my dreams to another day
I'm standing on a hill and beyond the clouds
The wind's blowing still and catching my doubts

The need within him grew as Maes continued his ministrations, and he begged for Hughes to just take him; he couldn't wait any longer. Licking his lips, he ripped the other male's pants away, breathing heavily. He slid his eyes closed as his lover prepared him, distracting him with a kiss so deep it threatened to drown him. A gasp escaped as Maes filled him, and for a nanosecond his world stopped dead before he began to buck onto the man above him, sending waves of sensation up his spine and over his skin.

I'm watching all the flowers dying away
In heated breath of life at the dawning day
I'm waking up in spring and kissing your face
The sweet moving thing I feel your embrace

He captured Maes's lips with his own as they moved, and Hughes responded with a hand to Mustang's hard length, pumping it in time with his thrusting and dragging a moan from Roy's throat. He rocked into his lover with all he had, moving faster and harder with each repetition. Relishing the searing heat of the Flame Alchemist, he lost himself in taking Mustang. Every inch of Hughes was on fire; nothing had ever felt like this. He moved to bite and suckle at Roy's neck, loving the undertone of char and cinnamon it left on his tongue.

A neverending dream...

Roy felt the explosion building at the base of his spine, like a snake curling to strike, when Maes shifted a tiny bit and hit him just right. He let out a wanton wail as the leiutenant pounded into that spot over and over. It was all he could do to clutch at the man above him and try to see beyond the stars that were dancing behind his eyes. It sprang so quick he barely had time to scream his lover's name as he came all over the both of them, tidal waves of pleasure washing him away. He felt Hughes filling him with his own spent seed, the sudden rush of warm liquid sending an aftershock to rack his body.

A neverending dream, a dream of you
I believe I received a sign of you
Tonight I want to hide my feelings too
As you do and I wanna be with you

"Mm... Maes..." Roy groaned with a sleepy smile. "I love you so, so much..."

A neverending dream, a dream of you
I believe I received a sign of you
Tonight I want to hide my feelings too
As you do and I wanna be with you

"Yeah," Grudge replied with a sad smile. Roy was snuggled asleep in his arms before he said the last, a tear slipping to nest in the General's hair: "But I'm not him..."

A neverending dream a dream of you
I believe I received a sign of you
Tonight I want to hide my feelings too
As you do and I wanna be with you...