Merry Christmas Grayson Girl and snarky fox! You two, and a few others, wanted to see more of Red X/Speedy in "Terms" and so here is the FIRST of three drabbles that takes place after "Back Where I Belong", maybe you would like to go back and check the
last part of the last chapter to remember where we left of…;o) I hope you'll like this and the other two as well!

No warnings... unless you are a furniture dealer...


Moving in

The rapid, steady banging noise made Robin wince.

"Again?"

Slade, who was stretched out next to him on the bed, chuckled, making Robin's irritation flare.

"You did have to offer them a place to stay until Red had found an apartment, and it did have to be on this floor?"

"Yes. We owe them. And about their rooms, would you want Red X or Speedy skulking around on the lower floors? Or amongst the employees for that matter?" Slade asked dryly.

Robin shuddered. They had more valuable and sensitive things in the building then he could count… a thief and a hero could do great damage.

"No." he reluctantly agreed.

"Up here they at least can't access the other floors without supervision…" Slade continued like he hadn't heard Robin agreeing. It sounded like he was trying to convince himself. "Only the ground floor and the garage… one would think they would take that as a hint…"

"But it's been two weeks!" Robin complained. "How long does it take to find an apartment anyway?"

"Red is picky." Slade shrugged. "I'll talk to him." he added as he saw Robin's glare.

"Good. I'll talk to Roy. He has to get that boyfriend of his under control…" Robin muttered.

"Boyfriend? He finally caved?" Slade grinned.

"Nope." Robin chuckled, "But it's only a matter of time. You villains are so damn persistent…"

Slade suddenly rolled on top of him.

"Hey, what?" Robin objected.

"I'm just taking control of my boyfriend and being persistent." Slade leered hungrily. "And besides, your lip is completely healed by now…"

"Am not!"

"Am too!"

"Am not!"

"Am too!"

Robin sighed. Breakfast wasn't exactly the quiet, cozy affair it had used to be.

Slade glanced up at the two red-heads and shook his head.

"Tell me Robin, when did we have kids?"

"Can't even remember being pregnant…" Robin shook his own head sadly.

"Oh, no, these are definitely adopted. Nothing with our genes would behave like that." Slade stated firmly.

"Oh, don't be mean, daddy!" Red X grinned. His grin faltered just a little bit at another glare from the older man. "Not daddy? Father? Papa? No?"

"Definitely not."

"Good thing, or I'd be banging my brother." Red said, making Robin choke on a piece of toast, and Speedy burst out laughing.

"I think it's time for the kids to leave the nest…" Robin said pointedly, but with a smile in his eyes. The older teens were a handful, but he had come to really like them both… smaller doses of them would be a good thing, though.

"Hear that, love? Mummy's kicking us out."

Slade rustled the paper as he tried to disguise the chuckle he couldn't repress.

"I'm not your love, thief." Speedy snorted.

"Am too!"

"Am not!"

"Am too!"

"That's it! Robin half rose from the chair. "Get your asses out of here and find that apartment or I'll swear to God I'll separate you two!"

One pair of deep blue and one pair of light green eyes blinked at him in astonishment.

"Hey, you can't do that!" the teen with the blue eyes objected.

"Yes, Roy I can!" Robin threatened.

"Oh, mummy looks like she's gonna spank us… I think I'll like that…" Red X purred.

"Just for that I'm gonna find out what your real name is, and until I do, I'll be calling you Arnold!" Robin smirked.

Speedy burst out laughing again. He had told the group his name after throwing away his mask, but Red X had simply refused, and insisted that he was simply 'Red'. He argued that if Dick preferred to be called Robin, he could choose as well. The others hadn't prodded, a name wasn't really that important anyway…

"Kay, Rob, We'll get the message… come on, Arnold, let's hit the real estate agents… We'll find you a place…"

"You mean 'us'?" Red said hopefully, standing when Speedy did.

"No, you."

"No, us."

"No, you."

Robin could hear the argument continuing down the hall. Slade still chuckled quietly and Robin gave him a pointed look.

"Too bad…" the teen sighed and stretched leisurely. "I was thinking about you, me, the honey over there and this table… but now the kids have given me a headache. See you." Robin stood up and sauntered out of the room, leaving Slade to have nothing to chuckle about at all.

Roy and Red returned a few hours later, looking rather flushed.

"You did it in the elevator again, didn't you?" Robin said accusingly.

"Only a bit!" Red X objected. "And guess what! We've found a place!"

"Great!" Robin said, really feeling like celebrating. "Where?"

Red pointed.

Robin frowned, turning towards the window.

"What… on the south side?"

"No, that building!" Red exclaimed happily. "And look, it's on grapple hook distance… if you miss us!"

Robin groaned and turned to Slade for help. The man shrugged. They had said anywhere, and that was it.

"We can move in next week." Red said, grinning.

Speedy had perhaps missed the first 'us' comment, but not this one.

"I'm not gonna live with a thief." he muttered, crossing his arms.

"Hate to break it to you, but you kinda already do…" Red smirked.

"I have my own room!"

"Yeah, with a bed you have never slept in… and besides I was talking about mum and dad…"

Robin winced. Red wasn't passed that joke yet...

"Oh." Speedy looked a bit taken aback, glancing in Robin's direction. "Well, I'll find a place too…"

"Sure you will, babe…" Red X smiled. "But in the mean time… wanna go shopping for some furniture? It's on the folks!"

Speedy hesitated for a moment and then shrugged.

"Sure… got the floor plan?"

"Yeah… what for?"

"What do you mean? We need measurements! Have you thought about a color scheme? A style? Do you remember where the radiators were placed? The heating will work best if-"

Red X placed a finger on his reluctant boyfriend's lips.

"Shhh… what I'm after right now… is a fucking… big… bed. Let's go try some out."

"I didn't think you meant literary…" Speedy objected, as he was pulled down on one of the beds on display in the store.

"This is the only way to try out a bed… look, the others are doing it too!" Red explained, making Speedy glance around.

Yeah, the few other customers were carefully prodding, sitting and stretching out on the different beds scattered in the vast display room.

"Yes, but they all look uncomfortable, they aren't exactly trying to make out with their partn- company."

"Well, I got to try it out for what it will be used for, right?" Red said, sounding very reasonable, while bothering Speedy's earlobe with his lips.

"May I help you, gentlemen?"

They looked up to see a tall, frowning sales-clerk who looked like he had overdosed on lemon juice.

"Help us?" Red X said, looking stunned. "Well… yes… if you insist, although I'm not sure my boyfriend likes threesomes…"

"I'm not- you've had a threesome?" Speedy's curiosity got the better of him.

"Well... sort of…"

The archer's full attention was on Red now.

"How can you 'sort of' have a threesome? One of you fell asleep?"

A blush on Red X's face, a very rare sight, made his curiosity peak.

"Well… I got approached in the bar… a guy and his girlfriend had some sort on anniversary, and she had always wanted to do it with two guys, ya know… I was kinda her present…"

Speedy chuckled. He wasn't jealous… if Red would have tried something like that now, though, he would get his balls handed to him in a bloody paper bag.

"So what went wrong?" he asked, suddenly having an epiphany. "You did the guy, didn't you?"

"It kinda just happened…"

Speedy threw his head back and laughed.

"You 'kinda just happened' to fuck a straight guy while his girlfriend watched? Oh, my god, you're my hero…"

"Well, he enjoyed it… and so did she… a lot." Red X looked smug. He then frowned. "I'm not a bloody hero."

"Are too."

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Am not."

"Are- oh, where did the sales man go?"

Red X looked around.

"That was kinda rude, wasn't it?"

"Yeah…" Speedy suddenly wore a dangerous smirk and pushed Red down on his back. "You don't have to buy a bed in this store, do you?"

"No… why?" X asked.

"Because I'm gonna get us kicked out… possibly involving the police…"

"I can't believe we had to bail you out of jail!" Robin almost wailed, pacing in front of the two subdued teens on the couch. "What the hell were you thinking?!"

"Well, I mostly thought something like 'oh, yeah, oh that's good, more, more, mmmm... I-'"

"Shut up, X!" Robin snapped. "And Speedy? Really? How do you explain yourself?"

"Well, I was thinking along the same lines as Red, and-"

"YOU WERE NAKED ON A BED IN THE FREAKING WINDOW OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE FURNITURE STORE IN THE CITY!" Robin now bellowed.

"We were not naked!" Speedy objected.

"No, Roy still had his socks on!" Red agreed.

"And besides, we didn't notice the window…"

"No, but half the bloody city noticed YOU. Have you any idea how many hits you are getting on You Tube?"

The redheads glanced at each other.

"The last one to the computer, bottoms!" Red yelled and they were out of the room in a split second.

Robin stared at the now empty sofa and sighed.

"The kids are giving you trouble?" Slade asked behind him. As Robin only sighed deeper, Slade approached, drawing him flush against his chest. "What did they do now?"

"They made me feel old." Robin muttered.

"You are younger than they are." Slade chuckled, shaking his head.

Robin was quiet for a moment and then seemed to perk up some.

"Come." he said, dragging Slade towards the elevator.

"Where too?"

"The roof."

"Why?"

"Sex."

Slade didn't ask any more questions.

Red X's place was just perfect, Speedy thought. A penthouse apartment with high ceilings, enormous windows, a private elevator and several working fireplaces. He was studying one of those high ceilings at the moment, as he was sprawled on his back across the bed. A few hours ago he would have thought they would never make it into the bedroom at all… well, now they knew that the other rooms worked as well. The gym especially. The equipment in there had been a housewarming present from Robin and Slade, but Speedy didn't think that the use him and X had put them through was quite what the other pair had had in mind… or maybe Robin's comment about sturdy benches wasn't quite that innocent? Speedy grinned and the body next to him curled up a bit tighter against him.

It was morning. He had stayed the night. Not good. He should have been back at Slade's and Robin's place, or better yet, out looking for a place himself. He had some cash hidden away for a rainy day…. except it didn't feel like it was raining… Strange… anyway, it wouldn't get him a place like this, but a decent rental in one of the cheaper neighborhoods… he guessed he could find a day-job, and at night… well… he had plans for that too.

He better move. Be gone when Red woke up. Yeah. It would be for the best.

Speedy carefully started to shift, but an arm wrapped itself around his waist. Red muttered something and began to move against him. Speedy grinned. Damn, this kid wasn't even awake and he was still horny! As a pair of lips latched onto his earlobe, Speedy moaned himself, feeling certain parts of his anatomy come to life and show an interest.

Damn… what's one more time…? They would fuck and then they would talk. He would get Red to understand… understand how hopeless this was, how different they were, how this could never work out…

"Morning babe…" a sleepy voice whispered in his ear.

"Morning…" Speedy mumbled back, had turned around, facing his bedfellow.

Red met his eyes, but then frowned like he had seen something in there he didn't quite like.

Speedy found himself gently being pushed back, as Red kissed his ear again, working his way to his mouth. It still surprised Speedy that Red X was such a good kisser. He had thought the thief was selfish, but, even though he was prone to snatch the last pizza-slice, he was more than generous in bed… and his kisses was something else…. maybe because they didn't kiss much outside of the bedroom… they bickered, shared looks and smiles and touches, but usually no more than that. Speedy wondered if it was his fault. He had to push the thief away, after all, and, even though he objected, maybe Red felt it too…. that it was impossible…

His thoughts were interrupted by lips on his left nipple. Speedy opened his eyes, not sure when he'd closed them, keening as Red's teeth bit down with just the right amount of pressure. They were both hard by now, but Speedy avoided the thief's erection as his hands played over Red's hips, tracing the angles, sneaking further behind to caress an ass-cheek… Red was on top of him now and Speedy willingly opened his legs. He didn't know if it was his 'turn' to bottom or not, they really didn't keep track. What happened, happened, but he let Red be in charge now.

Suddenly Red rolled to the side, dragging Speedy with him until they had switched positions. The archer felt Red's legs around his hips, drawing him closer.

"I'm ready."

The whisper was more like a gasp, but Speedy hesitated. Ever since he had, unknowingly, taken Red's virginity rather forcefully, he had tried to be more gentle with him, something that greatly upset the thief at times. Speedy were slowly getting over it, but still couldn't feel confident that his partner really was ready. He was scared to death of hurting him.

As he came in contact with the other's opening, though, he felt how slick it was. The nimble thief had probably managed to prepare himself without Speedy noticing, not unlikely as he had zoned out for a while.

"No condom…" Speedy objected and started to get up to look for one.

"It's okay…" Red moaned and his thighs tightened around Speedy. "You said you were clean, and I am too… don't you trust me?"

Speedy hesitated, met Red's eyes and found that…

"Yes. Yes I do…" It was so simple really. He did.

Red smiled and then moaned as Speedy started pushing in. For once Red didn't snort at him to go faster, and Speedy thought that he might be sore. Looking down on his face, however, with its half closed eyes, there was no hint of pain, only bliss.

It was nice, moving slowly. Soft gasps escaped them both as they moved together, finding a rhythm. Red clutched Speedy closer, arms and legs almost painfully tight around his body. The archer felt his pleasure building and moved faster, Red meeting his thrusts every time.

"Red…. Red… I…" Speedy panted. Climbing, still climbing… no… no he was being pulled now. No way to get out of it, only one way forward…

"It's… it's Alex…"

"A…lex…Aaaaah!"

They came at the same time, fueled by each other's lust. As Speedy moved to the side, so did Red, keeping them connected. Red's arms and one leg were still wrapped around him, and Speedy felt like he was something precious the thief had just stolen. He was being held. Hard.

"Don't go." the whisper was almost inaudible. Speedy looked into a pair of big light green eyes, which were slightly shiny. "Don't leave."

The hero sighed, as sound of defeat if nothing else.

"I won't."

The End.