Chapter 5: Running On Empty

"Can I borrow some of your clothes?" Cole addressed the arriving whitelighter immediately, hoping he would not misunderstand anything and also that he will help him out.

Leo opened his wardrobe door, "choose," he said simply and energetically.

"What is the emergency now? Something wrong? Factions? Exposure? What?" Piper found the two men's behaviour strange.

"Yeah, what is the hurry?" Phoebe opened the door and slipped in, "Caligula told me you were the ones who disrupted the meeting and since Piper was nowhere to be found, I'd thought I'll find you all here. Hope it's not a private party. The conference is off anyway, the leaders can't agree on how many lower level trained suicide demons to sacrifice each for infiltrating the catholic church."

Piper sighed. Maybe it was better with her around, Cole would be more willing now that he had the "privilege" to see her...

But Phoebe, once again, had other ideas, "I wanna watch," she leaned on top of a chair, "like last time."

The last time meant Leo and Cole together, not a bad idea after all, Piper felt the excitement raising in her veins. She could have self satisfied herself on the spot just by the sight of those two of her muscular hunkies sliding on top of each other. It was definitely the next best thing after Cole's penetration rhythm. She walked behind her sister and unbuttoned her red summer dress, letting it fall onto the ground. The only person dressed remained Leo, but Piper took care of that too, landing him next to Cole a similar way she had done with the other man, "come on, you two," she urged them, taking Phoebe's hand and pulling her into the corner with her, making the stunned men finally understand what exactly the sisters wanted them to do.

"Can we not have some help here?" Leo asked the women, trying to make sure he didn't misunderstand.

"What is it with you guys today?" Piper complained. The only thing she really wanted was a quickie with Cole, but more and more complications got in the way. She cursed to herself for the third time as she remembered how her efforts with Cole gave no results earlier, but by the mere sight of Phoebe's naked breast he was immediately ready and able.

Leo looked at Cole, hoping he would think of something to get them out of the situation. Not that he wasn't used to homosexual relations, he was not only a soldier in war for quite a long time, but also spent the sixties and eighties as a real party dude. But he hardly thought that shoving his penis anywhere would be the gateway to heaven, if they weren't talking in figurative terms. However it was, he had to leave the decision to Cole, as he was more familiar with St. Peter's tasks.

Cole in fact, being familiar with the nature of the trials, knew that this couldn't have anything to do with it. He also knew that he might not succeed in completing whatever the Saint still had in mind to ask from them if he didn't go along and played his part. He was also well aware that he had to enjoy all that these alternate scenarios offered, as it might have been his last time being sent somewhere. Not to forget, his job in this particular dimension was to guide Leo. And so he will. First, he had to get the message through to him to accept his role here, calm him and convince him this was what they were meant to do. He had his powers, and if so, he should have had his suggesting power as well, the one he once used on some bureaucrat when trying to help Paige's office on an adoption case. He placed him palm on Leo's broad shoulders, letting the information pass through his hand into him quietly, in a way that wasn't noticeable to the sisters. He let the other man know all he was aware of regarding their situation, but let him decide for himself. His suggesting power included hypnotising people into doing practically anything, but that would have not been right under the circumstances. There was a long pause during which Phoebe repeatedly pressed them for action, but Cole had to wait for Leo to act to begin with. If all else failed, they could have shimmered/orbed out and found an explanation for why they did it later, but that could've shaken the women's trust in them and compromised the success of the particular test they were under.

Finally, Leo took a deep breath and returned Cole's earlier gesture by similarly touching his muscled shoulder, bringing him closer. As the demon was still resting his hand at the bottom of the ex whitelighter's neck, when Leo leaned close, the friendly gesture resembled a hug. Eye to eye, Leo nodded towards him slightly, giving his blessing on the show.

"Piper would agree big time, that I'm a little tense. How about a back massage?" Cole suggested, hoping it will set the tome, give them some time to get used to the idea and hand over the other man the leading role by sending him behind himself.

The suggestion suited the younger man under testing, who, although being born a few decades later than Cole, was much more experienced with same sex encounters for pleasure than the half demon. He started with lightly stroking the back of the neck of his guide to this dimension, adding his breath to the massage when coming close to his skin, looking like small kisses to the onlooker. Moving downwards onto Cole's shoulders and back, he pressed harder and harder, more and more rhythmically, with a more arousing rather than with a soothing effect. He didn't look into the girls' direction, that would've taken him off his stride. Maybe the Leo of this dimension he replaced did it the same way. Not that he never ever looked at Cole in a way that turned his sexual fantasies on before, but he had always stopped himself at the root, as such attitude wasn't appropriate in their family situation. But he sometimes did have thoughts about the future. The witches' life expectancy was limited, even if they survived all demon attacks and lived to an old age. Leo on the other hand was practically immortal and Cole was still very young in demonic terms. Well, that if they completed this trial with success. A momentary escape to the possible future wasn't to be dismissed though, and he started to enjoy the experience.

Cole was rather dismissive of what was happening to him. As a half human child in the underworld, he was often beaten and violated by older or more demonic kids at Raynor's school before he learnt how to stand up for himself. Instead of getting scarred for a lifetime, he had used his anger in whatever plan their teacher had in store for him and slowly earned his reputation as an unwavering killer. He also knew how to find pleasure in pain. But he didn't need to loose himself in the sensation to be seen as responding to Leo's touch, cause Phoebe was right in front of him. Simply thinking about her caused him spontaneous ejaculation at times, and he didn't have any problems matching Leo's performance with his own.

Piper clapped her hands in excitement, not minding the double mess on her bed, more impressed with Leo for a change than she was with Cole, "wow, how come you did it the other way round with Leo on top this time?" She grabbed her husband and pressed him down onto the pillows, "how about repeating that with me?" She teased, leaning over him to the drawer for a condom.

Phoebe was lying back on her seat from where she was watching the show, with only her fingers moving, sliding up and down on her intimate parts, the way Cole did with himself a minute ago.

The half demon took the bed sheet to clean himself as he slowly, unsurely made his way to her. He knelt down in front of her, and placed his hand on her working fingers, feeling out the rhythm and the place.

Phoebe's eyes shot open for a few seconds, but she was too much lost in the sensation to be able to resist him. She let her fingers slip out the way and her hands fall beside her lifelessly as she gave herself completely to the sensual heaven offered by Cole's long and soft fingertips.

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