Author's note: I won't keep you, I know what you all came here for. 😉

Marken: I have a good bit of fluff and cute storyline elements coming up between our favorite SOLDIERs, but I will be sure to add more where I can in the future too.

There are so many good things coming up that I want to share! Releasing only one chapter a week is almost as much torture to me as to everyone reading.

Beta Readers: Pixie, Kiza, and Discord.

I do not own FF7 or any of its characters. Talin, Unit 28, and some other side characters are mine.

Content Warning: Sexual content, Mild bondage, Power play, M/M

Chapter 27

Talin froze. Was this seriously happening? Angeal saw emotions fly across his face. Shock, excitement, confusion, need, and then the slow creep of worry. His enhanced hearing picked up the racing beat of Talin's heart and knew he needed to break the spiraling of thoughts in the teen's head. Shifting his position to prevent the boy from bolting, Angeal slowly leaned down to brush their lips together. The light touch broke Talin out of his frozen confusion.

As his brain snapped back into focus, the Cadet realized all at once that he was thoroughly trapped under the large SOLDIER. Twisting his arms out from under his head, his hands gripped the strong arms that caged him and pushed. The force of his shove would have done little to move the 1st but the man let himself be shifted just enough to give Talin some space.

"Wait...What, what about..." His brain scrambled trying to arrange words to make sense of what was happening. Talin's question was cut off by the small glint of laughter in those ocean eyes.

"What about the others?" Angeal asked for him and all Talin could do was nod. They were still so close that every breath tickled his skin. "I already spoke to them. Zack's permission has been extended to me, Genesis too... if you're interested." He paused and carefully leaned back in. Reassured when the redhead didn't try to push him away, Angeal lowered himself till their lips were teasingly close, almost touching.

Talin found himself drowning in the depths of those dark Mako eyes, they were so close it was all he could see, "So, I'll ask you again." He could feel the brush of lips with every word. "What do you want, Cadet?"

Talin knew what he wanted, and he knew that Angeal wouldn't lie to him. It would go against everything the SOLDIER stood for. Emboldened by that knowledge, it took only a moment for the teen to answer truthfully. "You."

"Good boy," The whispered praise had hardly registered before lips crashed down onto his. It wasn't like the gentle kisses that Zack had started with, these were full of passion that had been long denied. Tongues fought and teeth nipped as the kiss cut off any thoughts other than the need that was racing through them both.

At some point in the kiss, Talin realized he'd been moved but couldn't pinpoint when. He only realized it when he found Angeal's hips grinding firmly into his own and his legs hooked loosely around strong hips. The 1st had lowered himself to his elbows, sliding his forearms under the Cadet's shoulders and burying his hands into red hair. Catching a handful, he pulled gently to one side before moving down to kiss and nip his way along Talin's throat.

Talin was lost in the heat of all the sensations. So lost that he almost missed the whispered words between licks and kisses.

"Do you like that, Cadet?" The teen could only nod slightly against the hand in his hair but Angeal felt it. "Tell me what else you like. Zack let a few things slip, but I want to know everything," Removing his other hand from under Talin's shoulder, he slid it down his side to the hem of the shirt and slipped his fingers under the loose fabric.

The warmth of those fingers on his cooler skin gave Talin goosebumps, but the hand didn't move any further. Not as shy as he'd first been with Zack, Talin opened his eyes to meet Angeal's. The burn of passion within them was being held back by a silent question that he didn't need to hear to understand. How far do you want this to go?

As many times as he'd compared Zack to the older SOLDIER, never had he thought he would have a chance to make this comparison. He could feel the evident arousal, hardly contained by the black cargos, pressed firmly against him. Without needing to look, he knew it would be... more substantial than his current lover. Can I take that?

The thought was enough to cause him to burn even hotter. The answer wasn't a definite yes but most certainly an I'm gonna freaking try. Decision made, Talin arched his spine, pushing himself against that tentative hand, and groaned when it instantly moved to slide under his shirt.

Catching the increasingly heated sounds with a kiss, Angeal went to work with his talented fingers and quickly found his goal. "So sensitive, Cadet," every flick or rub of his fingers over Talins chest elicited a response and every grinding thrust of hips brought more heat into the teen's eyes. "Is this how you played with Zack?" An over-enthusiastic nod with Angeal's hand still fisted in his hair caused a wince and gasp between their passionate kiss. It gave the 1st an idea.

"Zack was your first, I'm sure he's been very gentle with you, hasn't he..." When Talin didn't respond, Angeal pulled back ever so slightly, the fingers that had been playing at the Cadets chest reduced to a single finger that now traced around one perked nipple. It didn't take long for him to get an answer after that.

"Ya, he's been gentle. Takes it slow." Squirming slightly at the teasing touches, Talin tried reaching up to pull the other back down. A grip like iron had his wrists pinned to the ground before he could reach and Angeal leaned down to whisper in his ear.

"Something else I heard, was that you like to be held like this..." A slight squeeze of his wrists, "and that made me wonder... If you like that, maybe you would like something a bit more... intense?"

Talin's heart felt like it was going to beat out of his chest. He had loved the play of power and strength between himself and Zack, got excited as hell when Angeal had first pinned him to the ground, but now, this was different. Zack was hot, like really hot, in bed, but Angeal talking dirty was a wet dream.

When Talin again arched up into the body above him, the SOLDIER smirked against the soft skin of his throat. "Is that a yes?" He licked wide and long from collar bone to jaw, turning the teen's answer into a groan. "Answer me, Cadet," His words were still quiet but held the sharpness of an order. "Do you want it gentle and slow," he slowly rubbed the pads of his finger over Talin's nipple, loosened his grip on the teen's wrists slightly, and placed feather-soft kisses along his neck.

"Or do you want it rough?" The grinding hips increased their pressure, his hand locked tight around slim wrists, fingers that had been rubbing now flicked and pinched, and the sting of teeth scraped along Talin's throat. "Tell me what you want." He knew the answer but was enjoying making Talin squirm.

At last, he heard one word gasped between moans. "I didn't hear you, Cadet..." He drew out the rank title as he continued his merciless attentions.

"Rough, Sir!" It was all Talin could do to answer past the pleasurable onslaught.

"As you wish..." It was a purr in his ear before the hands holding him disappeared. The shirt that had been pushed up to his neck was hauled up past his head but not off him completely. Instead, the long sleeves were left on his arms and the body was tied tightly around his wrists. In a blink, their position was changed again.

Suddenly on his knees, Talin flailed out with his bound hands till he felt a thick arm hook around his ribs. "Wha-" lips landed on his shoulder just as Angeal's other hand brazenly rubbed him through his light jeans. Already slightly dizzy from being spun to his knees so fast, the teen's mind reeled as his belt and pants were undone, shoved down, and that big hand wrapped firmly on his length. Before he could think, the hand began a fast pace that drove him quickly to the edge and over. Talin's lips were captured as he came, bucking wildly into the hand that continued to pump him through the orgasm.

Angeal held him gently as he came down from that high. Leaning him back against his bigger body for support, petting anywhere he could reach, and nuzzling that flame-red hair. It was only when his breathing calmed down a bit that the SOLDIER intimated that they weren't done.

The supporting arm around his waist moved to lay palm first on his chest, aiding his balance as Angeal leaned them both forward. Talin's eyes flew wide as he was made to settle on elbows and knees. Pants already pushed down from before, he was acutely aware of how exposed he was in this new position and fought a blush.

"Uh, 'Geal? I..." The rustle of fabric caused Talin to crane his neck, trying to look back. A pool of dark cloth was all he saw before a single finger traced up his bare hip, distracting him from everything else. That lone finger followed the muscled hip up to his lower back and then danced its way up his spine, weaving between vertebra as it went making shivers race up Talin's body.

The hot skin of Angeal's chest and abs pressed against his back and suddenly that wandering finger was a hand, firmly grasping the back of his neck. His legs were moved to accommodate the larger man behind him but his pants, still clinging to his legs at the knee, stopped him from opening them further. Something dripped on his hip but before he could react to it, he felt a slicked finger slide towards his ass.

Finding his target, Angeal circled it slowly once before stopping "You still want it rough?" The words were even, not an order, only a simple question. One last chance for Talin to back out. He didn't have to think before nodding this time.

"Yes, Sir."

The Cadet jerked against the restricting hand at his neck as not one, but two fingers were pushed steadily into him. Slow as they were being pressed in, the stretch it caused was sweet torture. Eyes wide and gasping at the thickness of those now probing digits, he jolted again and gave a cry of pleasure as they found and then pushed and rubbed expertly at his prostate. The grip on his nape tightened, it was all the warning he got before Angeal started his real assault.

Moans of pleasure turned to choked screams as the 1st angled his fingers and began pounding those thick fingers into the sensitive spot. Adjusting his aim to account for every shiver and squirm, Angeal didn't slow down when the cries turned desperate. Instead, he added another finger and pushed them deeper and faster.

"'Geal! Ple... Please! Oh God! Commander, please!" Talin's body was on fire. The grip on his neck was bound to leave a bruise but he could care less. All he could think of was how good it all felt and how badly he needed release.

Fingers slowing but still perfectly aimed, the SOLDIER pulled his young lover upright again. Hooking his chin over the Cadet's shoulder, he slid his free hand down to the painfully full erection and gripped it at its base. "What do you want, Cadet? Do you want to cum? Or do you want something bigger?"

Talin was near delirious with need, but knew that he didn't want this to end that quickly. "More! Please, more Commander!" The wolfish grin on the man's face went unseen but the sucking kiss he laid on the bruised neck made the heated length in his hand jump.

It twitched again as he pulled his fingers slowly out the redhead, making sure to give one last caress to the over sensitized prostate as he went. The teen's groan at the loss was enough to have made Angeal hard if he hadn't already been achingly ready forever ago. Nimble fingers of one hand stroked and teased Talin's erection while the 1st quickly undid his belt and pants. His own groan as he freed himself had the same effect on Talin, making him buck into the fondling hand. Pulling a small bottle from his pocket again, he slicked the lube over his length before stuffing it back away.

Angeal had never been happier for the small bottle of lube labeled 'sword oil' that had been given to him by Genesis. After being hunted down by one or another of his lovers in random locations, he had been given the bottle to carry in his cargo pocket and he made a habit to never forget it. Maybe he would need to get Talin one after this...Thoughts of a future spent hunting Talin down with his other lovers almost made the normally composed Commander pant as he focused back on his currently captured prey.

Hooking an arm around the still shaking teen, he lifted Talin with one arm and pulled his jeans down to his ankles, halted only by the laced military boots. Nipping and sucking on the neck in front of him, he again lowered him to elbows and knees before lining himself up. His momentary pause was meant to let Talin relax for what was coming next. He didn't expect the Cadet to push himself back and take the first inch on his own.

Both gasped and froze. Talin from the size, Angeal from the erotic view of this once timid Cadet taking him in and then continuing, inch by slow inch. About halfway, the Commander broke the carnal trance and tightened his hold on the narrow hips, preventing any more movement. Talin tried again to move, wanting to take more, to find out just how far he could go, but he was held as if by iron.

"What do you think you're doing, Cadet?" The words were a deep and darkly teasing purr. Pausing only long enough to let the question sink in, Angeal cut him off as he drew breath to respond. "You're not in control right now..." Pulling back, the SOLDIER withdrew himself till just the slightest bit was still inside, causing Talin to almost sob at the emptiness he felt from its absence.

Angeal wasn't sure who he was teasing more by delaying but he found himself nearing the end of his restraint. "I'm sorry. Please, I need..." Talin's shaking voice sheared off into a moan as Angeal rocked forward, sinking halfway in again and starting a shallow rhythm that never went deeper.

"You really want it? Think you can take all of it?" Between the moans and gasps, he heard a string of desperate promises that he could and would, but it wasn't a verbal answer Angeal had been waiting for.

In the middle of another choppy plea, the 1st felt the tightness around him loosen. "Then I'll give it to you..." Surging forward, he sunk to the hilt, leaving Talin breathless, and his iron clad restraint snapped. The speed of his thrusts and the strength behind them would have been damaging to a normal human, but his lover proved he was anything but normal.

A near roar spilled from Talin's throat as he rode that vicious pace. After the extended sexual torment, he was near insane and he pushed back to meet each plunge. It was so good. He was being filled to his limit and every slam of hips reached so deep that he felt claimed.

As his Cadet struggled to keep up, the Commander fought a losing war with his body. He was so close and, as much as he wanted this to go on longer, he reminded himself that it would not be the last time with this passionate redhead. Without warning, Angeal changed angle and pushed past Talin's prostate with every stroke.

The Cadet absolutely writhed under him and when it looked like he was trying to free his hands, he leaned in to assist in his own way. Grasping the hot and leaking length, he matched his strokes and thrusts and Talin lost it.

Voice too ragged for sound and pleasure too extreme, a silent scream accompanied the powerful orgasm that tore through Talin. Angeal pounded into the now tight and spasming entrance and the feeling of that heated passage shuddering and clenching around him sent him over. His own roar was anything but silent.

It echoed in the chamber as he lost his coordination and thrust wildly as he released. With one last slam of his hips, he buried himself and rode wave after wave of euphoria. Arms locked around the limp weight of his exhausted lover, the SOLDIER carefully rolled them to one side without pulling out and cradled the lean body against himself.

Neither had yet regained their breath when he at last pulled free of the warmth surrounding him, causing jade green eyes fluttered open. Rolling his head back a bit, Talin was able to look up and finally see his partner's sweat damped hair and the satisfied little half-smile that pulled at kiss swollen lips. There was no need for the regular ego fluffing questions of 'Did you enjoy it?' or 'Was it good?'. Angeal just smirked and Talin couldn't help his chuckle as he held up his still bound hands to be released.

"Next time, I wanna be in charge." The raspy words made the big chest under the Cadet's head rumble with a small laugh. When he finished removing the abused shirt from Talin's wrists, Angeal rolled onto his side before leaning down to claim a slow kiss. It was gentler than any of the previous ones, but was still tinged by their hunger for one another.

When they came apart for air, Talin found himself trapped... again. He really needed to stop losing focus while making out..."You think you could overpower me and take charge?" The words cut through the fog caused by the kiss like a knife. That same teasing purr from earlier and the darkly sexual heat in the man's eyes made the teen freeze. Such a look was so unfamiliar on Angeal's rugged features that he felt his heart race and body shiver in excitement.

"I... No. I want you to... to let me take charge... I want to..." He trailed off, unable to finish his thought under such an intense gaze. The twisting of Mako in the deep blue irises spun faster and Talin felt like he was being pulled under by a riptide in the ocean.

The moment held them suspended till the SOLDIER cracked. With a deep chuckle that wanted to be a laugh, he rolled them both till Talin lay atop his wide chest looking down at him. "If you want it, then I'm sure we can find handcuffs strong enough to hold a 1st." What he didn't bother telling him was that Genesis already had a pair. Several actually.

Talin's mind and body warred between disappointment at the sudden change of mood and gratitude that they wouldn't be going for another round so soon. Giving up on trying to continue the conversation, the Cadet settled his head on one strong shoulder and let his body relax. The only thing that bothered him was the rather large amount of liquid he felt slowly dribbling from within him. Not too much later, that discomfort outweighed his relaxation.

Angeal could tell from the subtle squirming what the issue was and shifted Talin to the ground next to him before calling out to the VR system. "Computer, end simulation, maintain door lock, and open recovery locker 4." The world around them fizzled out moments later as the Commander's order was processed. Quick as he could, Angeal extracted himself from their cuddling and was back with a small towel from the locker and a bottle of water.

"Didn't know those were there." Talin mumbled as he accepted the scratchy cloth and did his best to clean up. Tossing the towel into a dirty bin in the same locker, he pulled his pants up from his ankles and checked them over. Thanks to the position they had been in, his pants had been spared the stains that would have been a dead giveaway, but the other physical effects weren't so easy to hide.

The Cadet knew he was going to be sore, had expected no less from what he'd asked for, but how was he supposed to walk through a floor full of SOLDIERs with a limp and several far too obvious marks on his neck?

Seeing the problem long before Talin realized it, Angeal just smirked and pulled the panicking redhead into a kiss to distract him. "You want to stop at my place for a shower before heading back?"

"Ya, but we gotta get there first without people seeing this." and he motioned to his exposed neck.

"Don't worry, way ahead of ya." He handed the bottle of water to the teen and had him douse his hair in it before hooking a clean towel over his neck and shoulders. Last but not least was the limp which was solved when the muscular 1st scooped Talin up in his arms to carry him back.

Together, they made their way up to the 50th floor, blaming an exhausting VR training session when they bumped into someone that asked. Thankfully, it had only been two of Angeal's Materia students who quickly let their instructor go to care for the 'poor Cadet'. Once in the apartment, they chucked their clothes into the dryer with a deodorizing capsule and hoped into the shower.

Showering together was more relaxing than it had been with Zack. Instead of picking up where they left off, the SOLDIER gave his utmost attention to cleaning up the mess he had made of them both.

After drying off as quickly as they could, Angeal gave him two small potions. They weren't enough to remove the deeper aches in his body, but Talin noticed that the bruises and hickeys had cleared away along with his limp. By this point, they had been gone for several hours and guiltily hurried back to Sephiroth's apartment after redressing.

The cry of "It's about time!" rang through the living room and they were quickly confronted with an irritated Genesis. "What in the name of the Goddess took you-" The red Commander's eyes flitted from one to the other noting their wet hair, the unmistakably satisfied look in Angeal's eyes, and Talin's slight blush.

Just before he could launch into a string of questions, long arms wrapped around his middle and hoisted him off his feet. The General carried the flustered man back to the couch before settling him securely in his lap. "Come now Gen, you mustn't be angry with 'Geal for enjoying his birthday present a bit early. Or is it that he got there first?" The sputtering nonsense that tumbled from the normally eloquent 1st's mouth made them all laugh.

Crystal green eyes followed Talin and Angeal as the pair came to settle on the couch and were never long absent from them even when Zack came back into the room. The same teasing and pestering that occurred after Zack started seeing the Cadet was now returned upon the older SOLDIER in kind.

While Zack took another stab at his mentor, Genesis curled up in Seph's lap and leaned up to whisper in his ear. "I'm glad that Angeal took the leap and enjoyed himself, aren't you?" The sincerity of the words was evident but, when the General looked down to reply, the heat in Gen's eyes betrayed him. He was truly happy for his oldest friend but he was also consumed with the idea of finding the same enjoyment.

Quirking an eyebrow at the translucence of the redhead's feelings, he nodded and then replied quietly. "I am." Arms snaked up around his neck bringing them closer.

"And yet you still won't entertain the idea yourself?" Genesis' words were like the whisperings of his deepest thoughts. The same question had come up before and he held firm to his answer now just as he had then.

"For as long as I am his teacher, I will never be his lover. A mentor does not think of their student in such ways..." When Genesis pulled back to look up at him again, he smirked. The slit green eyes had already refocused onto the student in question. With a minor huff of annoyance at the foolishness of his partner, the Commander gave up and joined in pestering Angeal.

Continued glances at the quiet General proved more and more that, while he might be truthful in his wish to keep separate the roles of teacher and lover, the rest had been false. Deny yourself as much as you want, love, but you really shouldn't lie about your desires...