Captive Entanglements 20/?
Disclaimer: Andromeda, Harper, Tyr etc. Don't belong to me, unfortunately. No infringement intended.
Authors Notes: Rated R due to possible slash content and violence. I have been having some formatting problems, so if this comes out crazy bare with me.
In no way related to "Past Reflections." Takes place in Season One.
A House Divided
As soon as Harper's feet touched the ground once again he tried to run towards the door, only to be intercepted by Tyr.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Harper screeched panicking, clawing at Tyr's arm, which was still holding him about the waist. "Let me go!"
"Only if you promise me to stop acting like this." Tyr murmured in Harper's ear causing the engineer to quiet down abruptly and go limp in the larger man's arms.
"Fine, now release me." Harper answered softly without his usual belligerence in regards to Tyr. This response actually caused Tyr even greater worry about his mate. He released Harper gently and watched closely for any further escape attempts. None came. "Was that really necessary?"
"You tell me, Master Harper. Was it?" Tyr asked taking a step in the engineer's direction, resolutely ignoring the flinch this caused before Harper forced himself still. "Would you have spoken to me otherwise? Perhaps you would have taken to ignoring me all together."
"So what if I did?" Harper asked defensively. "It's not like we're really married or anything."
"Did you not listen to Dylan at all, Little Professor?" Tyr sat down gracefully next to Harper and pulled the startled human into his lap without warning. "For all intents and purposes we are indeed married."
When Tyr grabbed him, Harper tried to pull away but became trapped on the Nietzschean's lap. When that didn't work he turned around in Tyr's arms, not wanting to turn his back on a Nietzschean. Although now he could see Tyr's face it put them into a much more intimate position. For once Harper was speechless just staring at Tyr worriedly. After a few seconds he got some control of his seizing throat and spoke.
"You don't even like me."
"On the contrary. I have grown to respect your resourcefulness and while your sense of humor is a bit sarcastic for my tastes you are humorous at times. "
"Gleaming endorsements, Big Guy." Harper sneered. "But I don't like you."
"Do you not?" Tyr questioned, softening his voice into a deep rumble that shook the both pleasantly. "If that is so, I an curious as to why you would voluntarily offer your own body in my place for someone you do not like."
"I- I didn't know what would happen." Harper lied handily, ignoring Tyr's disbelieving snort.
"You knew perfectly well what would happen, Seamus. Yet you did it anyway. Why?" Tyr asked pulling the frozen engineer closer to him so that Harper could rest his head on Tyr's chest if he so chose. "You do not strike me as the selfless type, except for those you care about. Up until recently I did not think I was included in this selective group."
"You weren't." Harper blurted out looking vastly uncomfortable.
"Explain." Tyr ordered.
"I, you, er- never mind. It's not important." Harper mumbled suddenly blushing under Tyr's steady regard.
"Obviously it was important enough for you to act how you did." Tyr told him while pulling Harper's chin up so that he could look into Harper's eyes. When that didn't work Tyr tried a new track. "You will feel a bit better once you tell me."
"I already feel fine." Harper answered determinedly, keeping his fear from his face.
"That may work if I hadn't seen you curled into a ball in the corridor because you saw my armaments, child."
"I'm not a child." Harper spoke sulkily.
"Indeed." Tyr agreed easily rubbing Harper's back comfortingly. After a few moments Harper relaxed into his embrace even leaning back into Tyr's strong arms. "I would never agree to bond with a child or someone inferior, for any reason."
"Look Tyr now I know you're just trying to make me feel better. I'm a kludge in case you've forgotten." Harper hissed disdainfully, glaring into Tyr's chocolate colored gaze.
"You are Seamus Zalanzy Harper of Earth. As you tell us all the time you are an intelligent man-"
"I believe the word you're looking for is genius." Harper interrupted causing Tyr to smirk slightly.
"You are an intelligent man, a survivor and loyal to your friends above all else. You haven't been a kludge in my eyes since I saw what you were capable at the Battle of Witch Head. Just to make something clear, the Kodiak never kept slaves. Humans were consorts to our pride and respected artisans and workers. They were treated with respect and were well taken care of." Tyr explained watching as Harper's expression softened further. "Now we seem to be getting off track. You were about to tell me why you put yourself in a position to be raped by an inferior specimen such as Prade."
"Let myself?" Harper screamed furiously. "I didn't have much of a choice, I was tied to a bloody wall, if you hadn't noticed, Tyr."
"True but you deliberately antagonized Prade on my behalf."
"I don't have any idea what you're talking about."
"You couldn't be too surprised when Prade turned his… attentions your way." Tyr spoke over the stubborn engineer.
"Well what would you of had me do, Anastazi?" Harper sneered, grabbing onto Tyr's shirt with his hands pulling the Nietzsche's face closer to his own. "I saw your expression. If Prade had forced himself on you it would have broken you."
"I highly doubt that that inferior-" Tyr began only to be interrupted when Harper shook him again.
"I don't give a damn what you think would have happened, you were already going to shut down, Tyr. You can lie to yourself, but I saw your eyes, Big Guy. He would have broken you, maybe not in any obvious way, but it still would have happened." Harper explained, having lowered his voice gradually until the last word spoken was barely a whisper. "You wouldn't have been the arrogant, larger-that life pragmatist we all know and, er…"
"Love." Tyr completed the Earth saying softly, as Harper stumbled to an abashed stop. He was watching Tyr as if a deer caught in the headlights, totally frozen. "So do you?"
"Do I what?" Harper asked still distracted by Tyr's heated, intense gaze searing his face. This distraction grew when Tyr began rubbing Harper's cheek and chin softly with his thumb.
"Love me?" Tyr murmured causing his breath to blow softly against Harper's face, so close were they.
"Love you?" Harper asked breathlessly, flicking his gaze helplessly down to Tyr's slightly opened mouth. "You're an arrogant, superior ass- mmhph." Harper's tirade was cut off abruptly when Tyr placed his mouth over the long-winded engineer's. The kiss was gentle, almost chaste and only lasted a few seconds, just as Harper was beginning to respond favorably Tyr pulled away.
"It was only a yes or no question." Tyr murmured to the still dazed engineer, watching amusedly as Harper continued to watch Tyr in confusion.
Disclaimer: Andromeda, Harper, Tyr etc. Don't belong to me, unfortunately. No infringement intended.
Authors Notes: Rated R due to possible slash content and violence. I have been having some formatting problems, so if this comes out crazy bare with me.
In no way related to "Past Reflections." Takes place in Season One.
A House Divided
As soon as Harper's feet touched the ground once again he tried to run towards the door, only to be intercepted by Tyr.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Harper screeched panicking, clawing at Tyr's arm, which was still holding him about the waist. "Let me go!"
"Only if you promise me to stop acting like this." Tyr murmured in Harper's ear causing the engineer to quiet down abruptly and go limp in the larger man's arms.
"Fine, now release me." Harper answered softly without his usual belligerence in regards to Tyr. This response actually caused Tyr even greater worry about his mate. He released Harper gently and watched closely for any further escape attempts. None came. "Was that really necessary?"
"You tell me, Master Harper. Was it?" Tyr asked taking a step in the engineer's direction, resolutely ignoring the flinch this caused before Harper forced himself still. "Would you have spoken to me otherwise? Perhaps you would have taken to ignoring me all together."
"So what if I did?" Harper asked defensively. "It's not like we're really married or anything."
"Did you not listen to Dylan at all, Little Professor?" Tyr sat down gracefully next to Harper and pulled the startled human into his lap without warning. "For all intents and purposes we are indeed married."
When Tyr grabbed him, Harper tried to pull away but became trapped on the Nietzschean's lap. When that didn't work he turned around in Tyr's arms, not wanting to turn his back on a Nietzschean. Although now he could see Tyr's face it put them into a much more intimate position. For once Harper was speechless just staring at Tyr worriedly. After a few seconds he got some control of his seizing throat and spoke.
"You don't even like me."
"On the contrary. I have grown to respect your resourcefulness and while your sense of humor is a bit sarcastic for my tastes you are humorous at times. "
"Gleaming endorsements, Big Guy." Harper sneered. "But I don't like you."
"Do you not?" Tyr questioned, softening his voice into a deep rumble that shook the both pleasantly. "If that is so, I an curious as to why you would voluntarily offer your own body in my place for someone you do not like."
"I- I didn't know what would happen." Harper lied handily, ignoring Tyr's disbelieving snort.
"You knew perfectly well what would happen, Seamus. Yet you did it anyway. Why?" Tyr asked pulling the frozen engineer closer to him so that Harper could rest his head on Tyr's chest if he so chose. "You do not strike me as the selfless type, except for those you care about. Up until recently I did not think I was included in this selective group."
"You weren't." Harper blurted out looking vastly uncomfortable.
"Explain." Tyr ordered.
"I, you, er- never mind. It's not important." Harper mumbled suddenly blushing under Tyr's steady regard.
"Obviously it was important enough for you to act how you did." Tyr told him while pulling Harper's chin up so that he could look into Harper's eyes. When that didn't work Tyr tried a new track. "You will feel a bit better once you tell me."
"I already feel fine." Harper answered determinedly, keeping his fear from his face.
"That may work if I hadn't seen you curled into a ball in the corridor because you saw my armaments, child."
"I'm not a child." Harper spoke sulkily.
"Indeed." Tyr agreed easily rubbing Harper's back comfortingly. After a few moments Harper relaxed into his embrace even leaning back into Tyr's strong arms. "I would never agree to bond with a child or someone inferior, for any reason."
"Look Tyr now I know you're just trying to make me feel better. I'm a kludge in case you've forgotten." Harper hissed disdainfully, glaring into Tyr's chocolate colored gaze.
"You are Seamus Zalanzy Harper of Earth. As you tell us all the time you are an intelligent man-"
"I believe the word you're looking for is genius." Harper interrupted causing Tyr to smirk slightly.
"You are an intelligent man, a survivor and loyal to your friends above all else. You haven't been a kludge in my eyes since I saw what you were capable at the Battle of Witch Head. Just to make something clear, the Kodiak never kept slaves. Humans were consorts to our pride and respected artisans and workers. They were treated with respect and were well taken care of." Tyr explained watching as Harper's expression softened further. "Now we seem to be getting off track. You were about to tell me why you put yourself in a position to be raped by an inferior specimen such as Prade."
"Let myself?" Harper screamed furiously. "I didn't have much of a choice, I was tied to a bloody wall, if you hadn't noticed, Tyr."
"True but you deliberately antagonized Prade on my behalf."
"I don't have any idea what you're talking about."
"You couldn't be too surprised when Prade turned his… attentions your way." Tyr spoke over the stubborn engineer.
"Well what would you of had me do, Anastazi?" Harper sneered, grabbing onto Tyr's shirt with his hands pulling the Nietzsche's face closer to his own. "I saw your expression. If Prade had forced himself on you it would have broken you."
"I highly doubt that that inferior-" Tyr began only to be interrupted when Harper shook him again.
"I don't give a damn what you think would have happened, you were already going to shut down, Tyr. You can lie to yourself, but I saw your eyes, Big Guy. He would have broken you, maybe not in any obvious way, but it still would have happened." Harper explained, having lowered his voice gradually until the last word spoken was barely a whisper. "You wouldn't have been the arrogant, larger-that life pragmatist we all know and, er…"
"Love." Tyr completed the Earth saying softly, as Harper stumbled to an abashed stop. He was watching Tyr as if a deer caught in the headlights, totally frozen. "So do you?"
"Do I what?" Harper asked still distracted by Tyr's heated, intense gaze searing his face. This distraction grew when Tyr began rubbing Harper's cheek and chin softly with his thumb.
"Love me?" Tyr murmured causing his breath to blow softly against Harper's face, so close were they.
"Love you?" Harper asked breathlessly, flicking his gaze helplessly down to Tyr's slightly opened mouth. "You're an arrogant, superior ass- mmhph." Harper's tirade was cut off abruptly when Tyr placed his mouth over the long-winded engineer's. The kiss was gentle, almost chaste and only lasted a few seconds, just as Harper was beginning to respond favorably Tyr pulled away.
"It was only a yes or no question." Tyr murmured to the still dazed engineer, watching amusedly as Harper continued to watch Tyr in confusion.