Hello my darling little darcy's! I've heard the requests, read the reviews and consensus is clear, we want this to be the family business. So without further ado I give you the next chapter.
Chapter 24: Baby steps and a complication
As sick as he was of the do-gooder school it had it's perks. Decent food. There was a floor no one used but Jimmy so he basically had his own place. And he could keep an eye on the pack without the runt bitching about stalking.
The only downside was the lack of… female companionship. He was used to having his needs met, and often. Apparently professor wheelchair knew when newcomers came in, even if it was just for a few hours. And it was such a hassle going out, driving all the way to the nearest town and getting a girl, Victor Creed wasn't meant to-
What. Is. That.
His animal perked up, catching the most delicious scent on the air in wafting up the stairs. His mouth almost watered with it, it was all they could do to stumble down from their territory to the main floor. Nose continued to inhale, tracking almost in a daze until they reached their goal-
Shit.
Marie woke up in her own bed, the scruff of Logan's chin rubbing against her neck and arm over her waist. She stretched a little, then turned to nestle against his chest.
"G'morning."
"Morning darlin'."
She smiled and pressed a kiss to his neck.
"Sleep okay?"
"Ah haven't slept this well in weeks sugah."
"You can sleep a bit longer if you want, I'll get us some breakfast-"
"No."
She wrapped her arms and legs around him and squeezed him tight, much to his amusement.
"Marie I have to leave the bed to get food."
"Ah'm comfy."
"What if I'm not?"
"Sucks to be you cowboy."
He chuckled and kissed her head.
"Thank you for staying last night."
"Thank you for not pushing for anything more than sleep."
"You're welcome. He wants to come out and see you, is that alright?"
"Rogue wants to see him too. Think we can trust them?"
He raised an eyebrow.
"Not a chance."
She giggled and let the gold swirl in her eyes.
The human let's us out and our mate peers up at us. We have not seen her since our fight.
"Hello."
"Hello."
Slowly, she tips her head back and to the side. Our mark has begun to fade on her skin. We lick at it but do not sink our teeth in. Mate smells confused and her eyes glance at us.
"You aren't ready for this."
"We offer ourselves-"
"No. We can wait. Marie isn't ready and neither are you."
Her lower lip trembles. We're reminded of the last time we tasted her, blood on our tongue and that lip between our teeth. This time we kiss it gently, and roll her so that she's sitting atop of us.
"Alpha?"
"Your alpha offers himself to his female."
There's hesitation before our little mate nods and leans down to kiss our throat. Her tongue flicks out, tasting before her fingers trail down our chest. She traces patterns delicately, traveling the muscle she finds. An exploration Marie started and the Rogue now finishes. Her lips follow the pads of her fingertips, making us ache and harden beneath her.
"Why did you leave us?"
"The human-"
"Is not the only one in this body. You left us alone mate."
The sadness in her eyes makes our chest tighten. How could we have caused that?
"We know. We.. we did not want to. But even we have doubts mate. And.."
"And?"
"And the human was correct. We wanted you safe."
One cool hand cups our cheek. We press our nose into the palm, inhale her scent.
"We are safest with you. With our mate, in his bed and in our den."
"We know that now."
"Our human will not forgive as easily." She rolls her hips against ours, smiling when we buck upward instinctively. "She spent the night in our bed." "That is not mating. That's softening. In fact this is probably the closest you'll come to it for some time." We growl up at her teasing expression.
"Why are you testing our control?"
"Because it feels good."
We inhale cautiously. She's aroused. Her pupils are dilating, she rolls her hips again and gives a little moan when she hits the right spot.
"Your human isn't ready."
"We aren't her."
"Rogue."
"Wolverine."
We scent her again, even as she tries to distract us with a kiss. Underneath the want, there is fear. We push her back gently and immediately it increases.
"Fine."
"Mate-"
"Not your mate. You didn't remark us and you left!"
She slides off and begins to get up from the bed.
"Rogue what-"
"If you don't want us then say so, don't pin it all on the humans. We are not a cub, you can tell us the truth."
And there it is. The reason for all this.
"You're worried we don't want you anymore."
She pauses and stares hard at the ground. The air is beginning to smell salty with tears.
"You left us."
"We told you-"
"We know what you said!" She snaps. It feels like we're separated by miles instead of just a few feet. But she hasn't run. Not yet.
"Then listen to what we say now. We love you. You're a part of us. We hunted for you, tracked for three days until we found you again. You saw us, you know we never stopped. We don't do that for just anyone."
"Then.. then why did you refuse us? Why don't you take us now?"
We pull her back down to our side.
"Mating should never be done out of fear. When we take you, we want it to be done because of love, not because you're afraid we may move on. We won't, mate. You're it for us, We will wait now and continue to wait until this rift between us heals."
"Even if red fur threw herself at you?"
"Even then?
"Completely naked?"
"We'd be disgusted."
"And tried to ride you?"
"Only one who rides us is The Rogue."
When we see a hint of a smile on her lips we know she's accepted us. Still, she smells awfully good. The human can handle our mate now since he's so big on control. We laugh a little switching back, even as he tries to yell at us.
Logan came back to, grumbling as he took the reigns. Marie followed, smiling shyly.
"For a minute there I thought we'd have a problem on our hands."
"What, don't like being on top?"
She matched his smirk with one of her own and stood up.
"Only when ah'm not allowed a ride cowboy." She headed to the bathroom and he headed outside for the hose. He was going to need water colder than what the shower could offer.
Later that morning they were back in the school, Marie looking for a textbook and Logan trailing her for no reason other than that he wanted to be close. It was relatively peaceful, until Victor burst into the library and dragged them both up to his room.
"Victor what the-"
"I fucked up. I fucked up so so bad. You have to help me!"
Marie tried to pull him to a chair, calm him down.
"I'm sure it's fine-"
"IT'S THE END DO YOU UNDERSTAND!?"
"Victor I really think-"
"Mr. Creed? Are you up here?"
Three heads swiveled to look at the door.
Shit.
DUN DUN DUUUUUUH. Who's at the door? Any guesses? Until next time little Darcy's. ;)