See chapter 1 for details and if there are any warnings I'll ask you to check the A/N at the bottom…
Blood, Lust and Magic
Lust 029
Sitting on the floor of the sitting room, Dave holds Thumper on his lap and ruffles Snowy's fur as they all watch Kurt laying out on his front and concentrating on the colour palette on the portable work screen. He's completely engrossed and taps on the screen with purpose, Dave can sense the thoughts and feelings that Kurt's going through right now and it's fairly similar to the sticky bricks.
So far they've picked the colours for the whole lower level and Kurt was finishing up with selecting the curtains. The man still had some seriously good taste in decorating and was having so much fun that Dave doesn't have the heart to veto any of his choices, luckily they're all amazing.
It hadn't taken Kurt long to get the hang of swopping colours on the work screen and the Familiar had taken over the chore of picking out the colours. They now had all the paint for the walls on order, most of the curtains and the furniture of table with matching chairs, a sofa and an entertainment centre on back order.
Within minutes Kurt had handed Thumper to Dave and it seems the toy wasn't interested in decorating anymore than Dave was, much to Kurt's annoyance, which was fucking cute.
Observing Kurt being so absorbed in his 'game' Dave can see minute movements in the man's face, they're tiny and he wouldn't notice them on other people, but this is Kurt, and his face isn't anywhere near as frozen and blank as it used to be.
He makes a mental note to tell the therapists and then Kurt's finished and holding out the screen to him. He makes a fuss of the choice and nods accepting it and praising Kurt.
Master is pleased with the colours he has found. He is very clever and Master does not like doing this job of hunting colours to put together so he has helped Master a lot.
Not rabbit is amused at him and he huffs at her, she was no help at all, she did not care about the colours. Big black dog wags its tail and he hugs the dog and rubs its ears for it. Only then does he take not rabbit back, she just laughs at him.
"Awesome," Master leans over and kisses his cheek, "Thanks Kurt, it's gonna look great."
He asks Master what they are going to do next, "Well, we're going to have lunch and then you're having a nap," he does not want a nap, he wants to play. "Tough," Master gets to his feet and offers and hand to him, "You're getting tired, I can feel it through the bond, you're going to have a nap, and then you'll have lots of energy to run around with Snowy when you wake up."
He likes to run around with big black dog.
Accepting Master's orders he follows Master to the kitchen and then goes to the fridge where his goo is kept, he takes a pot of goo and eyes up the juice, but Master will not let him have juice at lunchtime. He takes a cup and goes to the sink instead and waits for Master to fill it with water for him.
"Hey you got your own lunch," he gets another kiss, "Seriously Kurt I can't believe how far you've come."
God to think that Kurt couldn't even feed himself to start with, Dave grins as the man sits and scoffs the goo down. The dietician is supposedly working on some meal plans, and they'll be delivered readymade, all Dave will have to do is heat them up and the man can have more normal food soon.
And Kurt is getting far more stubborn too. Dave blesses whoever made Kurt so sweet natured, as long as Dave explains the why Kurt goes along with it, but he's starting to argue back, to resist doing as he's told. It's a good sign but Dave just knows it's going to test his patience to the limit.
When the Familiar is finished Dave sends him off to go to the toilet and go to bed. The padding of footsteps and the echo of his thoughts lets Dave know where Kurt is as he's left behind to clear up. Picking up Thumper he puts the toy on the kitchen counter as he washes up.
Sensing sheets on Kurt's skin he smiles and sends Snowy up, it'll occupy Kurt for a short while and the man can fall asleep for an hour or two.
Pulling the plug in the sink so the water drains out Dave lets the lunch things air dry and ambles to the work screen, he's downloaded a few articles and some work memos, he'll read them upstairs with Kurt.
Peeking in the bedroom door Kurt's curled up in the bed with Snowy at this feet, and that's something Dave is going to have to sort out, the hound is going to have to learn to sleep either downstairs or at least on the floor.
Stretching out on the bed Dave puts an arm around Kurt who instantly snuggles into him, and Snowy creeps over until he's over Dave's feet, the pressure is kinda nice and Dave isn't in a hurry to push the hound off the bed.
Lifting the screen up Dave reads up on the latest discovery in the Enchantment areas, those guys are always fiddling to see if items can be created and Enchanted for less money. They've come up with a way to treat paint for cars and other metal items, the paint is less likely to let rust develop and is extremely chip resistant, it all sounds good up to the point that Dave reads the costs involved and he winces at the horrendous price, damn, no one's going to be able to afford that.
Snorting he shifts to the new spell creation thingy and rolls his eyes at the new spell that's been developed, or more likely adapted, that can be used to sort water and a certain particulate, which he studies and yep its a derivative of another spell.
"Idiots," he mutters and flicks through some memos from the centre complaining about people parking in visitor parking spaces, yet again. They should take the numbers of the cars and fine them, they'll stop doing it after that.
A flash of something out of the corner of his eye has him gathering power and prepping a protective shield, but Snowy has only tilted his head and woofs a type of greeting. Turning his head Dave can see the hound is staring at the chair nearby and the only thing on it is Thumper.
Frowning Dave scans the area with his eyes, he can't find anything else and he shrugs turning his attention back to the latest news about the plumbing and how magic shouldn't be used on it or there will be trouble.
Opening up the last memo he groans at the orders banning all Wizards from leaving the centre for the next week. Maybe he can talk someone into letting him take Kurt out if Dave promises not to do any magic, as using magic would trigger any hornets nearby to attack.
Yawning he turns off the screen and wiggles on the bed deciding to join Kurt in a nap too. The quiet of the house and waves of peace floating down the bond soon have him dozing off, he'll shut his eyes for a few minutes.
To open them some time later and checking his watch finds an hour has passed. Kurt's starting to stir and Dave reaches out to run his fingers through the man's hair, he looks so peaceful there with Thumper in his arms and Dave stares at the toy for a few seconds, then at Snowy who's rolled over on his back and is twitching his paws in a dream. The dog must have brought the toy over for Kurt.
Getting them all awake and downstairs Dave opens up the back door so the man and dog can bound out into the garden. Kurt's got Thumper in one hand and he shakes his head at Kurt's energy and enthusiasm.
If they're not allowed out of the centre on Saturday and Sunday he'll take Kurt to the kiddie centre, maybe Az and his son will come on a playdate or something, or Burt and Carole could come and Dave could cook for them.
Not rabbit is not happy that he forgot her when he went to bed, Master had found her and put her on the side, but then Master forgot her too and she had to come to them on her own.
He tells her he is sorry and they make up.
Then big black dog is there and they have to chase big black dog as Master laughs at them.
A/N: Sorry for any and all mistakes, I've tried to catch those I could, but I'm only human.
I would like to point out that toys moving on their own creeps me out so much that as a kid I had to lock my toys in the cupboard at night so they couldn't eat me – that may explain a few things about me.
