Thanks to reviewers for reading this and enjoying it. A big thanks to Muzai for letting me borrow a few of her characters, Casey is hers not mine everyone else belongs to big companies.
Title: Repairs and repercussions chapter 14
Author: Tsumi
Rating: teen
Warnings: violence, possible slash, and possible character death, possible OOC.
Pairings: pending BeexSam, JazzxProwl,
Synopsis: the battle in Mission city ended the war or did it? What will happen to the Autobots and their new human allies. And what is happening to Sam?
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Part 14 Best friends Better off as lovers,0000000000000
Miles jerked out of a sound sleep to see a pair of glowing gold optics in a silvery spidery face. He almost screamed then stared for a second before remembering exactly where he was and why Halo would be on his chest like this. The little mech was chittering loudly sounding like a swarm of bugs running over metal over and over.
"Halo?" he stared at the odd silvery mech that had glued itself to Sam like a puppy. Who was at the moment sitting on his chest.
"We apologize for intruding Miles." a voice spoke from nearby, the teen looked toward the voice. In his doorway was the Earthborn known affectionately as DewBot. He was an odd shade of green with white and red swishes spelling out the words Mountain Dew when in his alt mode though in robot mode they were hard to read. Of course Miles loved the bot and thought it was the coolest thing ever and wanted it tattooed on his arms just like that; Every time he had mentioned it Sam reminded him about copyright infringement. Though the bot was huge with four arms and a mean visage he was one of the most well spoken of the ones he had met and was Ratchet's personal assistant at the moment.
"Ratchet ordered me to get you, and Halo here started to freak out and, demand to come." The bot told him as the boy pulled up his pants.
"That's okay DewBot come on." the blond human grabbed a shirt and ran his fingers though the tangles of his hair and rushed after the two mechs. He knocked on Sideswipe's hood as he went past the red car.
"Miles?" The red warrior asked seeing his charge in front of him and the other two close by. "What's going on?"
"Something's up come on even if your not needed you should be around." He informed his guardian.
"Fine I'm coming." he let Miles in and drove for the hospital with the other two in pursuit.
The hospital was in chaos, as soon as he stepped inside he saw people rushing around while the lights flickered. Miles ignored all of this and headed straight for the room where Sam lay in his coma, here the lights and machines had gone out completely. The room was lit only by a soft blue crackle of electric current that seemed to be caressing Sam's skin, the young man himself was still out cold and looked like he did not even feel the energy. Both Ratchet and Bumblebee's Avatars were there but neither seemed able to get past the blue flickers of energy. Not that this was stopping Bumblebee who kept trying to get to the bed and fading out before he got even a few feet into that energy.
"What's going on?" he asked Ratchet once he managed to get to the two of them. The room kept dimming and brightening with the energy, as did the two Avatars in the room and Sideswipe's outside the door.
"I believe Sam is waking up from his coma, the machines went wild an hour ago and I sent DewBot for you then Bumblebee yelled for me and this was happening, we can't reach the bed, as soon as we do our photonic arrays fade out." A flash of the energy passed through the Avatar and he vanished for a moment, then being restored mid sentence.
"So I should be able to get to him without getting zapped then you think?" He asked watching the light show as it crept along his friend's skin.
"Possibly, you are human and organic it should have no effect on you." Ratchet pointed out his Avatar going transparent for a moment.
"Great fine I'm going in if I don't make it tell Casey she can have all my stuff." he told them and did his best to make it to the bed, he was brushed by one lick of energy and felt a warm tingle but that was all. Halo who had decided to tag along on his shoulders, squeaked at the contact but seemed unaffected by the zap. In fact the little bot seemed to enjoy the zaps and did not try to avoid them.
Miles reached the bed and Sam who was still completely oblivious about his surroundings and reached down to slap him. The sound of his palm against Sam's cheek was loud like a clap of thunder and the result instantaneous. Sam's eyes snapped open and the crackles of blue faded out leaving the brunette staring up at his blond friend highly confused. The last thing he remembered were those red optics on him and the cold feeling as if he'd done something horrible.
"Miles?" he asked his green eyes were unfocused and he seemed confused.
"The one and only." Miles told him with a smirk. He had to admit Sam looked better awake than out cold even the blue flickers had stopped. Halo climbed down from Miles' shoulder to sit on Sam's pillow and chatter quietly.
The others approached cautiously as the lights were still dim. Ratchet frowned at the lights and turned to Sam. Bumblebee stood beside Miles while Sideswipe entered along with DewBot.
"Samuel are you alright?" Ratchet asked looking his patient over. Sam recognized the voice if not the form of the Autobot medic.
"Ratchet?" he looked in confusion at the man, he was medium height with graying hair and red plastic framed glasses. He wore a doctor's coat over a pair of bright red scrubs covered in green trucks.
"Yes Sam this room is too small for my full body." the Autobot medic pointed out.
"Right." he looked around not recognizing the room. "Where are we?"
"A base, we moved here a month ago while you were still in a coma, a lot of things have changed, and there have been newcomers you'll met them shortly."
"Okay." he muttered still very confused. He jumped when a weight settled on the bed and looked to see Bee's avatar there next to him.
"Bee?" he asked as the blonde stroked a hand through his hair.
"Yes Sam I'm here." the other said calmly sounding like he had not recharged in month himself.
"Miles if you would inform Samuel's family of his recovery." Ratchet said, as he looked his human patient over, the few wounds he had received while in the con's hands were fully healed, and his vitals were in good order. Except the fact his heart was beating a mile a minute but it was calming with the contact between the boy and his car.
"Right Ratchet see ya Sam, come on Guys let the medic poke and prod our resident hero." Miles told the other mechs dragging them out of the room.
"Aww I want to See Bee and Sam's conversation." Sideswipe whined.
"No." Miles told him as he dragged him away.
"Everything seems fine Sam but you should get some rest." Ratchet told the boy as he looked him over, the machines and lights had not come back on yet and no windows were in this room to light it up so the only light was the two Avatar's eyes and the golden optics of the small silvery mech halo.
"I need to talk to Optimus Ratchet." the boy insisted. He knew something was wrong and it was nagging at his mind.
"After you have rested." The medic tried to calm him.
"No now it's important." he said earnestly and Bee frowned. He was absently stroking Sam's hair with one hand in a calming gesture.
"Perhaps we should get Optimus, Ratchet, if Sam is so nervous."
"Fine I'll get him you rest."
"Yes sir." The scout told him as the older man left the two alone. "Ratchet's getting Optimus Sam please rest until he arrives."
"Alright." He said quietly as Bee stroked his hair softly.
Sam closed his eyes and lay back against the pillows moving slightly to lay his head on Bee's lap.
"I'm sorry I worried you Bee." he whispered into the soft hum of the other's leg. It still surprised him even in his tired state that it felt so solid like a human's leg and not the image of light and nanites it was formed of.
"It's not your fault Sam; I should have trusted my instincts; that Stockade could not be trusted." Bumblebee told him brushing his fingers through Sam's hair.
"Don't be mad at yourself Bee." Sam murmured.
Bumblebee shifted to lay behind Sam and pull him close to his chest. Sam sighed and smiled snuggling back into the embrace.
"I'm here and safe Bee, I'm always safe with you." The young human sighed.
"Not always Sam."
"Right now I am." He whispered.
Their conversation was cut off as the door opened admitting a tall man who had to duck to enter the doorway. He exuded an aura of command. He was slender but built like a martial artist with a healthy tan of one who spent a lot of time outdoors. His hair was so black it was almost blue with large blue eyes that seemed to glow. He wore a uniform similar to most of those worn here but with a red face like brand on the chest over his heart. Other decorations marking his rank sat below it though he ignored them most of the time his men followed him out of loyalty and love not just rank. He closed the door behind himself and looked at the two young men.
"Optimus sir." Bumblebee said sitting up and saluting his leader who smiled at him slightly.
"Optimus." Sam nodded shifting as well wishing he as not in a hospital gown.
"Sam Bumblebee it is good to see you are alright."
"Yes sir I have to tell you something."
"What is it Sam?"
"It's Megatron, he had returned that's what Soundwave wanted with me, to bring him back somehow they got the others up from the trench."
"I know Sam." the Autobot leader said calmly, he hated bringing so many others into their war, especially this human and their youngling.
"You do?" Bumblebee asked surprised at this news, not that he had not known of Megatron's return himself he'd felt it in his young spark.
"Yes I do." He nodded and placed a hand on Bumblebee's head comfortingly. "He'll attack wanting the AllSpark luckily they are unaware of your location at the moment."
"I don't want to cause this kind of problem." Sam said quietly.
"It is my fault Sam for handing you the cube."
"No Bee." Sam told his guardian.
"The fault is mine Sam the AllSpark should have been better protected rather than sent out into space."
"No it was necessary." The boy told them "the AllSpark had to go or it would have been worse. This time it should be easier after all now the AllSpark can communicate with you better."
"Sam?" his guardian looked at his questioningly as he smiled slightly.
"I'm fine Bee just tried." The boy assured him.
"Rest Sam, you as well Bumblebee we will speak later." Optimus said gently seeing how tired the human avatar of the AllSpark was from just speaking.
"Yes sir." Bumblebee saluted still prone on the bed and smiled as the older bot left.
Once Optimus was gone Sam cuddled back into Bee's chest again. The soft buzzing of the Avatar's skin was comforting to him.
"Have you rested at all Bee?" Sam asked knowing that his guardian had the habit of mother henning him and not taking too much care of himself.
"Not much." He admitted. Sam's safety and health was his first priority after all, and he had failed to protect him by letting Stockade trick him so he had spent all of his energy watching over his while he was injured.
"Recharge now Bee okay I'm going to sleep." He informed the scout.
"Yes Sam." He held the human close as he could; feeling his heart beat through the sensors in the avatar as well as scanning his vitals. Sam was okay and right here with them again with Bumblebee who cared a great deal for him. He stroked Sam's hair and hummed softly.
Drifting off Sam almost didn't recognize the song that Bee was humming.
I'd give up forever to touch you and I know that you feel it somehow, you're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be and I don't want to go home right now.
Smiling to himself Sam sighed. "I love you Bee."
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Miles banged on the door to the apartment barracks Sam's parents had been living in since they had been brought to the base. Finally Ron answered the door scowling, he and his wife had gotten little sleep since it had happened. Now someone was banging on the door at five in the morning.
"Miles what is it?" Ron asked seeing the blond standing there in his pants and a lab coat with the big green mech behind him. He recognized Sam's best friend Miles.
"Sam's awake, Ratchet told me to get you and his mom to see him." the boy reported looking like he was about to fall over on his feet.
"Good it's about time." Ron said grabbing his shoes.
"Ron?" Judy looked sat her husband concerned. He had been getting restless here and was blaming a lot of the recent events on the car. If he'd never bought that machine their family would not be in danger he was sure of it.
"Judy come on Sam's awake."
"My baby come on what are you waiting for?" she said storming out in her nightgown and robe.
They found Sam half-asleep being held closely by his guardian's Avatar who was humming quietly. The young man looked up and nodded to them before gently shaking Sam who blinked up at them sleepily.
"Mom, dad?"
"Sammy you're okay." His mother leaned down to hug him and he returned the hug sitting up after wards and looked at his dad who was glaring at the blonde beside him.
"It's good to see you are awake Sam as soon as they let you out of here we are going home." His dad told him and he had a feeling the man was not including Bee in that we.
"I can't go dad they need my help. And I'm not leaving Bee."
"It's that car's fault this happened." The man demanded pointing to the blonde.
"No dad it's great grandpa's he's the one who found Megatron." Sam told him yawning. "Bee's been protecting me as much as he can."
` "Some protection." He grumbled.
"Ron!" his wife stared at him. "Bee you've done well keeping an eye on my boy."
"Thank you Mrs. Witwicky." The blonde said smiling.
"Call me Judy dear."
"Yes M..Judy." he said quietly. He was not upset by Ron's words the man was entitled to worry about his son, though he would probably be mad if he knew the two's feelings for one another.
"Come on dear we should let Sam rest, Sam you get some sleep you too Bumblebee you look like you haven't rested in days."
"Yes mom."
"Yes ma'am."
She dragged her husband out of the room and back to their place putting him to bed and worrying about the two boys. She had not missed how close they had been sitting together or his Sam's hand had reached for Bee's as his father had spoken. She just hoped for the best for both of them.
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Miles simply smiled at them as he watched the parents leave.
"You feeling okay Sam?" he asked looking his friend over.
"Yeah, just tired."
"Then get some sleep and maybe that idiot guardian of yours will too, Bee has barley recharged since you were out." Miles told him.
"Fine I'll talk to you in the morning Miles."
"Night Sam Bee."
"Good night Miles." He smiled and settled back against Bee again as the other turned off the light and shut the door making sure there was a sign on the door for no one to disturb them. He shook his head not sure what to do about any of this he just hoped it would turn out all right.
"Don't leave me Bee." the boy whispered snuggling into his guardian's arms
"Never Sam." the other promised.
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Ratchet looked over the results from Sam's tests confused and only slightly aware of his fellow officer's presence. The results kept coming up the same no matter how many times he calculated it. Dormant the energy could remain inside an organic vessel but active it could easily over power the boy. Yet it was not, it was as if the energy was being damped enough by another source that it was never high enough to harm Sam.
"You have that look again." Wheeljack told him.
"What look?"
"Like you've found a puzzle you can't quite solve."
"I have, the energy of the AllSpark should not be able to remain in an organic vessel like it is, it should be too powerful, as it is it has changed Sam's physiology slightly to compensate and still is very slowly. But it's like the energy is being siphoned off somehow and it is not Bumblebee I've already checked him over it's touched him but he's not the one using it."
"What about that little Earthborn that is always with Sam, Halo."
"Impossible, earth materials should not be made to hold that kind of power, we don't even know what material the AllSpark was made of in the first place."
"Have you had a chance to look him over?"
"No he always disappears before I can."
"That might be why. If he is not what he appears to be he might be trying to hide it." Wheeljack said simply. "He is an odd little thing and his optics are different."
"He might I should ask Sam to bring him here after he is feeling better I might get a chance to look him over then."
"Right ."
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By noon everyone was aware of Sam's waking up and Sunstreaker found himself returning in the midst of it. Sideswipe was waiting for him as soon as he arrived with his charge nowhere in sight. He let the two humans go before resuming his robot mode and greeting his brother.
"Should I even ask?"
"Sam's awake."
"Good to hear maybe now the kid'll rest."
"We can only hope. Oh yeah Babe; Simmons wants to see you and the other guy."
"Thanks Sideswipe." She smiled. "Come on Trent this will be an interesting meeting."
"Does everyone here know about the alien thing?" he asked her.
"Yep, my dad doesn't know and Miles' mom has no clue Sam's parents learned after Mission City." Mikaela told him as they headed for the command center.
"Wait what was that about Mission City?"
"Just come on Trent, you'll find out."
At the command center they found Tom Banachek, Reggie Simmons, Optimus Prime, Prowl, and Jazz along with Will and Ironhide discussing what could only be Decepticon attacks. So the two young humans and Mech who came into the room. Trent found himself staring at the largest machine he had ever seen, ignoring the two humans he had not met before. The group looked at the young mech and his human companions quizzically as they entered Optimus recovered first.
"Sunstreaker I thought you had been told to take Ms. Banes ad Mr. DeMarco home." The deep voice seemed to reverberate through his very bones as he spoke.
"I did but the Seekers had other plans." The gold warrior said nonchalantly; ignoring the look his progenitor gave him as he spoke.
"Seekers?" Tom frowned at the name they gave the enemy planes with all of the news of their attack coming closer from the shore it was only a matter of time before they arrived here after all.
"Yes sir." they attacked us while I was transporting these two humans home, I'm afraid Frenzy made us reveal the alien robot part of the deal." He reported.
"I see." The older man and Autobot leader watched the young man as he stared at the group around them. Five mechs and three human men, as well as his ex- girlfriend, all of whom knew about this secret. Apparently so did Sam and Miles along with his uncle and aunt.
"This is why Mr. DeMarco is still with us and acting like a landed fish." Agent Banachek asked.
"Yes sir." Mikaela answered." Trying not to smile as Trent glared at the old man who had spoken. Tom Banachek was the highest ranking human on the base. Mikaela was used to his attitude as well as Reggie's, but Trent did not know the acidic wit of the two agents, yet.
"Look man I have no clue what is going on here or why those weird things were trying to kill me." Trent demanded.
"Relax Trent," Mikaela muttered.
"It's fine Mikaela, this is quite a shock at first after all."
"Yeah it is, and you didn't meet them while being chased by one trying to capture or kill you." She smiled pushing a strand of hair behind her ear.
"To true. Now what shall we do about this?"
"We can't just send them home again what if they are waiting or followed them here?" Will asked.
"That can be taken care of man." Jazz said with a shrug, a gesture he'd picked up from the humans he'd been hanging around.
"Jazz have Mirage and Hound look around." Optimus ordered his second who nodded.
"Already on it Sir though 'Raj is complaining about it 'cause he was recharging." Jazz had to shake his head.
"Too bad he's the only one who can work with Hound then." Ironhide told him. Mirage had long ago made it clear he was Hound's partner as well as mate and he was the only one who could work with the scout. The others respected that but if one was sent on a job the other had to go. He was almost as bad as the twins and their friend Bluestreak.
"So what about us?" Trent asked.
"You two will stay here a bit longer, until we decide how to get you back to the city without you coming to harm. Though Sam has woken up so you might be able to visit him."
"Sam's awake. That's great is he okay?" Mikaela said with a smile, which dazzled even the robotic males in the room.
"As far as Ratchet can tell."
"So can we see him?"
"Sunstreaker if you would escort them to the medical facility."
"Yes sir." The gold warrior would rather have gone out and gotten the cons that had attacked him, but for now he would do what he was told and then go out with his brother and do what he did best.
The hospital was in better shape than it had been that morning, not that the three of them knew what had happened. Miles was nowhere to be seen neither was Ratchet. Mikaela led the way to the room where Sam had been for months. At the door they found a small silvery mech closing it behind it's self. Seeing Mikaela it chattered and ran up to climb her leg.
"Hey Halo is Sam up?" she asked it and the little creature nodded enthusiastically.
"What is that?" Trent was staring at the little bot.
"Halo he's an XBox."
"Oh."
She knocked on the door and it opened showing the blond that had been in there with Ratchet the first time. He wore the same clothes though they looked rumpled and his bright blue eyes seemed to glow when he saw Mikaela.
"Miki, good to see you again Sam's just eating come on in." he stepped back reveling the room and Sam carefully eating what passed as food in the hospital. There was also a water bottle with an odd pinkish liquid he sipped between bites. He put the bottle down and smiled at Mikaela looking startled at the jock following her.
"Hi Trent."
"Sam." The guy looked as confused as he felt, he was also in torn and stained clothes with a bruise forming on one cheek and a few cuts on his arms. "I seem to have been kidnapped by Mile's car's sibling."
"Yeah I know the feeling." He said with a small smile.
"Sam I never kidnapped you." Bee said defensively from behind the two.
"Almost." Mikaela smiled.
` "That was a rescue as was Sunny's actions, we can not help it if it is easier for us to use our alt modes to rescue you humans." He told his charge as he walked over to the bed and removed the now empty tray.
"It seemed like a kidnapping." Trent said simply. "You're one of them too?"
"Yes I am Bumblebee, Sam's guardian and his Camaro." The boy shrugged slightly as he set the tray on a table by the door for later removal.
"I see." He said simply still confused but starting to get it.
"Sam how are you doing?" Mikaela asked interrupting the conversation.
"Better, I can eat food again, as long as I drink this stuff Ratchet gave me." He said sheepishly holding up the odd bottle.
"What is it?"
"I have no idea." He shrugged. "It's not bad though kinda metallic tasting."
"So what's this about guardians?" Trent asked the blonde while the other two talked.
"Well some of us humans are partnered off with the Autobots too kinda teach them about our world Bee was originally put with me to protect me from the Decepticons at first but he stuck around after what happened."
"What did happen this is about that stuff at Mission City isn't it?"
"Yeah."
"So that red guy's Miles' guardian then so what about Mikaela?"
"Don't have one only you boys need someone to watch them." she smiled. "Though I guess Longarm is kind of my guardian."
"Longarm?"
"The tow truck that works at the garage with me." She shrugged. "He's an Earthborn, this will make a lot more sense once everything has been explained." She told him seeing the confusion in his eyes.
"Okay." He was not sure if he wanted it to make sense, at this point he could almost tell himself it was all a weird dream.
"Sam get some rest I'll see if I can find Miles to help explain some of this stuff."
"Okay." He yawned and nodded "I'll see you later."
"See you Sam." Trent was dragged out of the room still not understanding a lot of what was going on.
Bumblebee had followed them with the tray and handed it off to a nurse as they walked along the corridor.
"Miles is probably at the garage with Dew and Sides those three have been busy lately that's probably where Sunny went to after all the twins haven't been around each other much lately."
"Thanks Bee, can you show Trent down there I want to talk to Sam."
"Of course Mikaela." He said with a smile and continued down the hall explaining a few things to the new human.
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Sam looked up as Mikaela entered, he smiled softly.
"Hey Miki, I'm sorry." He said taking another sip from the bottle.
"It's okay Sam, you still have the car right?" she told him walking over and sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Yeah too bad I couldn't keep the girl." He smiled.
"Well we're still friends." She patted his hand.
"You know that is the one thing every guys dreads hearing from a girl right?"
"Of course." She told him. "But then we never actually dated."
"Yeah I know, and well I…I don't know."
"You love Bee he loves you." She told him simply.
"How do you know?"
"Who do you think Bee talked to? He and I talked about it a lot while you were captured and once we got you back."
"Oh" he felt sheepish, he should have known bee and Mikaela would talk about things while he was out of it. "That's good, I should talk to Bee about it I guess."
"Yes you should, I should let you rest take care Sam." She leaned over and kissed his cheek before patting Halo on the head and leaving the room turning off the light as she left and leaving Sam to his thoughts.
He did love Bumblebee, which was a certainty, his guardian loved him according to Mikaela who had talked to him about it. He had no idea how the other bots would react to a human and Autobot relationship. His dad he knew would freak but hopefully his mom would help. Miles looked like he knew and approved. He really didn't care what Trent thought he did not even know why he was here. Would they be able to do anything either, Bee's Avatar was pretty solid, but how solid could it be? He knew they were far more advanced than any earth machine.
While Sam was mulling Bumblebee returned to the room locking the door behind him in the dark. He smiled seeing Sam laying back against the pillows and walked over to run his fingers through his human's hair. His human, Sam meant everything to him even beyond being his charge.
He was startled when the hand was grabbed and he was pulled down to the bed almost on top of his charge.
"Hi Bee."
"Sam, this cannot be comfortable for you."
"Actually it's nice, you make a good blanket."
"Thank you Sam." His skin felt slightly warm and the bot realized his Avatar was blushing.
"You're welcome Bee." He shifted slightly letting the other get comfortable and pull Sam close to his chest. This seemed to be the bot's favorite way of lying. With Sam's back to him and snuggled against his front. Bee's arms around his chest, Sam grabbed Bee's hand that draped over his side.
"We need to talk Bee."
"Yes Sam."
"I love you, but I have no clue what's going to happen with all of this and I don't want to lose you."
"I love you as well Sam and as long as I exist you will not loose me." Bee swore.
"What about the others? How will they feel?"
"Does it matter, I am a soldier I am old enough to do as I wish, though Prime has spoken to me about this."
"He has?"
"Yes, he has no problem with it though it's never happened to his knowledge before. He will support us."
"He will?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"You have the power of the AllSpark Sam he cannot deny you what you want none of our kind really can."
"That's not the only reason Bee, he is a lot more lenient to you than the others and it's not your age though every one says you are the youngest it's something else."
"Yes, he's my creator Sam, my parent." Bee finally answered after a long pause and the boy looked at him startled.
"And he doesn't mind?" this was a surprise as his own parents would no doubt ban him from his car if they knew he was in love with him.
"No." He held Sam closer, "he has never wanted me to fight or to do half the things I have done to try and prove I am a soldier like the others but he has always let me make my own mistakes "
"Sounds like a good parent." Sam told him simply. "So we agree we love one another now what?"
Bee smiled and pulled Sam's chin up to kiss him gently on the lips. Sam's response was quick as he kissed back. Gripping Bee's hand tighter. He sighed opening his lips at Bee's insistent tongue's caress. Squirming a little he turned to press himself fully against Bee feeling the reaction his movements had in the other he blushed slightly.
"Sam are you alright?" Bee asked pulling away from his mouth.
"Yeah I'm fine Bee." He smiled. "I love you, and I want to be with you." He said softly against his guardian's lips.