Later that evening, Drew lets himself into the house. He inhales the delicious scent of chili and cornbread and heads into the kitchen. "Evan, can we talk?"
"What's there to talk about? You think I'm being a brat."
"You are. I don't get it. Why do you care?"
"It doesn't matter. Just... go back to her."
"I came home to work this out with you." Drew lifts the lid on the chili, inhaling the aroma. "Delicious. Is it ready?"
Evan looks at him. "Yeah."
Drew pulls a bowl out and dishes some up. After he grabs a slice of cornbread, he sits across from Evan. "Talk to me, please, Evie."
Evan sighs and looks down. "What do you want me to say? I hate that you're dating her. I never see you anymore and when I do see you, we fight."
"I know. I'm tired of fighting with you. Kelly and I are going to throttle back a little. She asked me to move in with her. I can't leave here. Even if it's just for next door."
Evan smiles a little. "Promise?"
"I promise." Drew reaches over, squeezing Evan's hand. "Look, after I finish eating, let's go out and get a beer."
"I'd love to, but..."
Drew nods. "Right. We both have stuff to do in the morning."
"Exactly." Evan squeezes Drew's hand. He looks down and licks his lips. "Drew, there's something else I have to tell you."
"I already know your secret."
"No, you don't."
"Evan, I know how you feel about me. You're not great at hiding it."
"I'm not talking about that, Drew."
Drew raises an eyebrow. "Then what?"
"You're not going to believe me, but... I've lied to you for too long." Evan takes a deep breath. "I'm a witch."
Drew snorts. "Come on, Evan. Be serious."
"I'm a witch. My dad's side of the family passes it on to every other generation. My brother and I are both witches. We inherited our powers when we turned sixteen. Because I'm the eldest I have the most powers."
"You cannot expect me to believe this."
"Drew, goddammit. You're Scottish. You told me once you believed in fairies."
"When I was a child! Then I grew up!"
Evan sighs and concentrates his power. A bubble appears in front of Drew and his face pales. Evan smiles a little and flicks his fingers sending the bubble towards Drew. When it touches him, it pops in a shower of snow that evaporates before it touches anything but Drew. "Believe me now?"
"How did you do that?" Drew frowns at him and shakes his hair, little water droplets flying off.
Evan sighs and raises his hand, freezing the water droplets before they can go anywhere. "Really? You're going to doubt this?" He flicks his hand again and the water droplets fly back to Drew, splashing against his face. "Do you still doubt me?"
"Evan, magic isn't real! I don't know how you did it, but it's a parlour trick."
"Parlour trick?" Evan tilts his head up and before Drew can speak, he's being pressed to the ceiling. "Is that a parlour trick as well?"
"Fucking hell!" Drew glares at him. "What the hell Evan?"
"I'm a witch, you bastard. Why won't you believe me?"
Drew shakes his head. "It's not real!"
Evan lets go with his powers and Drew is dropped to the floor. Evan winces at how hard Drew hits. "Was that real enough for you, Drew?" Evan turns and stalks out, slamming the door.
Drew climbs to his feet and stares after Evan. Evan's a witch. Fucking hell, Evan is a fucking witch. Drew grabs his phone and calls an old friend. "Sheamus?"
"Aye. To whom am I speaking?"
"Drew McIntyre, mate."
"Ah. Drew. Had a feeling you'd be calling soon enough. Did your loved one finally show his true self?"
"Stop with the psychic shit, Sheamus. He's really a witch?"
"I told you before. He's one of the most powerful witches alive right now. Granted, that power may or may not fade depending on... well, what happens in the future."
"What happens?"
"I can't tell you. Not this. It's to do with your friendship with him and I won't lead you to make the wrong decision."
"Damn you, Sheamus."
"Now, Drew. We both know that's already the case." A low laugh sounds through the phone. "Drew, do yourself a favour."
"What's that?"
"Duck." With that, Sheamus hangs up.
Drew growls and turns only to be smacked in the forehead by a flying piece of cornbread. He glares around the room, but he's alone. "Fucking Sheamus." He sighs and takes a few deep breaths before he goes in search of Evan. He finds him in the middle of the living room, all of the furniture floating off the ground and spinning around him. "Evan?"
"Just go away, Drew. I can't control this."
Drew ducks a flying chair and drops to the ground. He shimmies forward, standing up when he reaches Evan. "Evan, you can. Focus. Look at me." He waits until Evan's looking at him and he smiles. "I believe you. An old friend of mine is psychic. He told me it was real. I've not always believed his visions and I usually ended up regretting it." He leans forward, brushing his lips over Evan's forehead. The furniture crashes to the ground and Drew lets out a sigh of relief. "There, see. You controlled it."
Evan leans against Drew. "Right. Controlling it would've been putting the furniture back where it goes."
"Good enough. It's not spinning through the air." Drew wraps his arms around Evan. "Come on. Let's get you to your room."
"Dinner..."
"Forget it. I'm guessing you ate before I came home and I ate. Good enough. By the way, would it have been you who hit me in the head with cornbread?"
Evan chuckles. "Uhm. Whoops? At least it was the cornbread, 'cause I was actually picturing dumping the whole pot of chili on your head."
"Glad it was the cornbread then." Drew smiles at him and leads him up to his room. "Lay down, Ev."
Evan lets Drew guide him onto the bed and he pulls at him using his magic. "Lay with me. Just for a bit, please?"
Drew nods and slides under the covers, pulling Evan against him. "Sleep, Evan. We'll talk more when you wake up."
Drew wakes up to a constant buzzing. He sits up and looks around, frowning when he realizes he's in Evan's room and Evan's not in here. "Ev?"
Evan walks in from the hallway. "You're awake."
"Yeah. Is that my alarm?"
Evan blinks and the noise turns off. Drew just frowns at him and Evan smiles sheepishly. "Yeah it was. I turned it off."
"With your magic?"
"Yeah." Evan blushes a little. "Why?"
"Isn't there some rule about not using your magic for personal gain?"
"You've been watching Charmed again, haven't you?"
"Shut up. It was a good show."
Evan smiles. "Yeah. Sure. You weren't watching it for the three hot chicks on it?"
"Not at all." Drew grins at him. "What's on the agenda for today? I already know the museums are closed 'cause of the holiday."
"I don't know. I need to head out to my circle and work on my magic."
"Want some company?"
"I'd love it." Evan beams at him and turns his head, turning the light on. He grins wider. "I just... You should know that my powers can go really weird. Not just flying furniture, but..." He licks his lips. "I've had to buy us like five different sets of dishes 'cause the glass would all melt when I'd try to fix the breakages."
"I wondered what happened to the chipped plate." Drew laughs. "I'd like to go with you and maybe learn a little more about what you do."
"Okay. I'm going to go get my stuff together. I'll meet you outside?" Evan waits for Drew's nod before he heads down to the kitchen. He opens the pantry and pulls out his backpack. After he doubles checks that his athame, salt and candles are in the bag, he heads out for his jeep. Drew's leaning against it, laughing with Kelly.
Evan walks up, even as his stomach feels like it just plummeted to the ground. "Hey Kelly."
"Hi Evan. Drew said you two are going fishing? I'd love to come. It's been so long since I went fishing."
Drew smiles at him. "I would love to have Kelly come with."
Evan sets his backpack in the passenger seat. "Change of plans. I'm meeting someone. Sorry Drew. See ya later." He climbs behind the wheel and pulls out before Drew can climb in with him. "Knew it was too good to be true," he mutters, slamming on the brakes when someone walks across the road. "Why don't you watch what you're fucking doing?" His eyes widen when he sees Teddy standing there.
Teddy laughs and walks around, opening the passenger door. "Since you nearly ran me over, I'm going with you." He moves Evan's backpack to the back seat. "By the way, you had a red light, that's why I was crossing."
"Oh." Evan blushes a little. "Sorry. My roommate..." He sighs. "I thought he and I were good again but..."
"Ah. He have a girlfriend or something?"
"Yeah." Evan ducks his head before focusing back on the road. "I'm gay."
"And you're in love with him."
"Have been for most of our friendship."
"Sucks man." Teddy reaches over and touches Evan's shoulder. "But if you know he's straight..."
"He and I were... we were going to go fishing." Evan flinches a little at the lie. He's always sucked at lying to people about almost everything. "It was going to be just us. I know he's not into me and never could be. I just wanted to spend time with my friend. He invited his girlfriend along."
"Ah. And you hate her?"
"It'd be a hell of a lot easier if I could hate her. But she's so fucking nice, I can't help but like her." Evan shrugs. "Do you believe in magic?"
"The song?"
"What? No." Evan laughs. "Like witches and witchcraft and spells and stuff."
Teddy looks at him. "I knew it."
"What?
"I knew it. You're a witch. You're a fucking witch." Teddy grins. "That's awesome man. So can you show me what you can do?"
"You're not freaked out by it?"
"Nah. My best friend is a witch. So is his wife." Teddy laughs a little. "So... will you show me what you can do?"
"Sure. I'm heading out to my circle now if you want to come?"
"I'd love to."
Evan just keeps smiling, taking little peeks at Teddy. Part of him had wondered whether Teddy would be a good friend or not and now it appears like he gets to find out.
A few hours later, he's laughing as Teddy picks him up and carries him through the woods to the nearby stream. "Teddy! Put me down! I didn't mean for you to get wet!" He can't stop laughing though and as soon as they reach the stream, Teddy dumps him in. Still laughing, Evan tries to stand only to slip and land back in the stream.
"Ha! That's what you get for making it rain on my head!" Teddy laughs too and reaches down to pull Evan up. He quickly finds himself sprawled out over Evan as the stream rushes around them. "Brat." He stops laughing, staring down at Evan.
Evan lays his head back in the stream and smiles. "Yeah, well. You dumped me in the water." He jumps when the water starts rushing higher. "I am sorry I made it rain on you." He looks up at Teddy and licks his lips. "Teddy."
Teddy leans down, kissing Evan until he has to pull back or risk drowning them. He raises an eyebrow when the water immediately recedes. "Uh."
Evan blushes. "Sorry. I can't always control my powers." He sighs. "I... Why'd you kiss me?"
"Because I wanted to. Because I thought you wanted me too. I'm sorry, Ev."
"Don't apologize, Teddy. You're the first person who's ever wanted to kiss me." Evan smiles a little, sadly.
"Wait. You've never had a lover?"
"I didn't say that." Evan pushes himself to his feet when Teddy climbs off of him. "You're the first person who's wanted to kiss me. I've been fucked lots. None of them want to kiss." He shrugs. "I'm used to it."
Teddy reaches out and strokes his thumb over Evan's cheek. "Well, I want to kiss you some more. What do you say we go back to your place, dry off and then spend the night making out? No sex, just lots of kissing." Teddy grins.
Evan nods. "Okay. Yeah." He smiles and wraps his arms around Teddy. "Thank you."
"For?"
"Wanting me." Evan shrugs a little. "Help me gather my stuff together?"
Teddy nods and they head back to the clearing. After they gather all of Evan's tools up, they head back to the jeep. It's not long before they're back at Evan and Drew's house. Evan blushes a little. "Still want to come in?"
"Did you think I'd change my mind?"
"Kind of." Evan looks at him and smiles.
"Nope. Not changing my mind." He slides out of the jeep and grabs Evan's bag. "So, should we order pizza or head straight for your bedroom?" He glances up when someone shoves him. He turns, taking in the six foot six guy, long hair, almost pretty. He nods a little. "Hey. You must be Drew. I'm Teddy."
"Who the fuck is this, Evan?"
Evan slides out of the jeep and walks around, taking Teddy's hand. "He just told you. He's Teddy. A friend of mine. Or am I not allowed to have friends? Didn't you tell me just yesterday you don't care if I bring guys over?"
Teddy leans over, whispering in Evan's ear, "Calm down, Ev. You just blew out a tire on your jeep."
Evan laughs a little and leans against Teddy. "You know what, Drew. I've had to listen to you and Kelly almost nightly. So, if you'll excuse us, Teddy and I would like to be alone in my bedroom." He takes a deep breath when Teddy wraps an arm around his waist and he leads Teddy into the house and up the stairs to his bedroom.
Once there, Teddy watches as Evan begins pacing the room. He smiles a little and takes off his shirt and shorts, lying back on Evan's bed. After a few seconds pass, Evan stops and stares at him. "Teddy..."
"C'mon, Evan. Climb on the bed with me. No sex, I mean it."
Evan smiles and strips to his underwear, climbing on the bed and curling up against Teddy. He shifts just enough to kiss him softly. "I don't want you to think I'm doing this to spite Drew. You're the first guy I've ever really wanted besides Drew."
Teddy grins and slides his hand over Evan's back. "Good." He slides his hand down to Evan's ass and pulls him on top of him. "Now, can I kiss you without us talking about your roommate?"
Evan blushes a little and leans in, kissing Teddy. After a few moments, Teddy's rolled them so he's on top and Evan can't help but grind up against Teddy. He shudders a little as his cock twitches. He pulls back and looks up at Teddy. "I... Oh. Teddy."
Teddy smiles, shifting to move down Evan's body. He kisses his way over his chest and stomach, sliding a finger past Evan's waistband to rub lightly over his hole. "Evan. Fuck you're so gorgeous. Can I..."
"You said no sex." Evan squirms a little. He can't deny he wants Teddy, but he also doesn't want to rush this.
Teddy nods and moves back up his body, his hands going to Evan's hips. "Good point." He leans in, kissing Evan hungrily as they grind together.
It's not long before Teddy's coming in his underwear as he continues to grind down against Evan. Evan gasps, pushing his hips up. "Oh fuck, Teddy!" Evan's entire body tenses as he comes.
Teddy smiles and leans in, kissing him. "Mmmm." He opens his eyes and looks to the side. "Uh, Evan. You want to put us down, gorgeous?"
"Huh?" Evan blinks at him and looks to the side. He laughs a little. "Sorry. Not sure how. Not really sure how we got up here." They're floating a good eight feet off the bed.
"You've never had this happen before?"
"Once when I was dreaming about... but no. Never with anyone else in the room."
"Hmmm." Teddy scoots off to the side and looks down. "Okay. So much for the theory that this neat little levitation trick only worked on you."
Evan laughs and reaches for Teddy. He grabs him and they spin around, both yelping a little and clinging to each other. "Whoa."
"Okay. Don't do that again." Teddy grins and grabs Evan's ass. "This could be fun. Wonder what it'd be like to have sex up here."
Evan laughs and rolls them again, wrapping his legs around Teddy. They stop spinning and Evan lies on top of Teddy. "Okay. Gonna try to get us down."
Teddy shakes his head. "Let me suck you. Please?"
"Teddy... no." Evan smiles at him. "Not right now. Let me get us down."
"Okay, Boo." Teddy kisses him softly. "Ready when you are."
Evan takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. He closes his eyes and they slowly start to drift down. Teddy grins looking over his shoulder as the bed starts getting closer. They're just about five feet from the bed when the door bursts open.
"What the fuck are you doing, Evan?!" Drew yells.
Evan lets out a little yelp and they crash to the bed. Teddy grunts and scowls at Drew as Evan pushes off of him. "Are you okay, Teddy? I didn't smush you too bad, did I?
"You didn't at all, Boo." Teddy slides his fingers through Evan's hair and tugs him down for a deep kiss. "Deal with your roomie while I go and clean up."
Evan nods and turns to Drew as he and Teddy climb off the bed. "What the fuck, Drew!? You have no right to just burst in here and interrupt."
"You had your boyfriend on the fucking ceiling! And he wasn't the only one. I was fucking floating on the ceiling, dammit!"
Evan blushes a little. "Sorry. I am sorry. I didn't even know I'd done it to me and Teddy. Just when we... Well, you don't want to know the details. I'll try to control it better."
"You should've asked someone to cut your powers off." Drew sighs and looks Evan over, his stomach clenching at the idea of Evan being in love with someone who's not him.
Evan frowns, looking down. "I'm sorry that you're being affected by my powers. I'll try to get better control."
Drew starts to reach for him, his hand dropping to his side when Teddy walks back in, wearing only a towel. "Make sure you do." He walks out, slamming the door behind him.
Evan bites his lip, trying to stop the tears. Teddy notices and he crosses to Evan, wrapping his arms around his new boyfriend and Evan turns, wrapping his arms around Teddy. "He hates me now. He said he wouldn't care if I brought home a guy, but he obviously cares. He thinks it's okay for him to bring home girls and I can't bring home one guy."
Teddy smiles a little, rubbing Evan's back. "Boo, he's jealous. He's always had you all to himself. You've always been here, waiting for him. He knows how you feel about him, right?"
Evan nods. "He said he knew. Said I was obvious about it."
"See. He could always count on you being there to love him, even when his girlfriends dumped him. Now you're moving on, or at least he thinks you are."
Evan looks up at him. "You think?"
"I know." Teddy dips his head, kissing Evan softly. "Now, c'mon. You need a shower and then we can crawl into bed and I'll hold you while we get some sleep."
Evan nods, smiling a little. "Too bad you already showered."
Teddy laughs softly. "I'd be happy to wash your back for you."
A few days later, Evan's powers are under better control than ever before. He laughs as he and Teddy play basketball. "Ha! I win again!"
"You cheat, Boo." Teddy grabs Evan around the waist and tackles him to the soft grass. "I'll make you pay for using your magic to beat me."
"Can you two not do that on the lawn?" Drew snarls at them as he walks by, Kelly wrapped around him.
Evan looks over. "Sure. As soon as you and Kelly stop fucking in the living room when I'm in the kitchen. And don't even try to deny it. I know sex when I hear it. If you didn't have your cock in her pussy, it was in her mouth." Evan glares as he gets to his feet. He grabs up the basketball, flinching when it explodes.
Kelly yelps and jumps towards Drew. "Why does weird stuff always happen when I'm around here?"
Drew narrows his eyes at Evan. "Evan's a witch."
Evan's stomach drops. He'd told Drew that in confidence, not so his supposed best friend could use it against him when they fought. Evan turns away, tears in his eyes at the betrayal.
Teddy gets to his feet. "Drew, don't be an asshole."
Drew at least has the decency to look away. At Kelly's questioning glance, he shakes his head. "Shit happens, Kel. Come on. Let's go to your place." He guides her across the lawn.
Teddy wraps his arms around Evan. "C'mon, Boo. Why don't we go to my house? You can show me some more magic." He grins and dips his head, kissing Evan's neck.
Evan nods, looking back at Drew and Kelly. Drew happens to look back at the same time, mouthing the words, "I'm sorry," at Evan.
Evan nods again, sliding his arm around Teddy's waist. "Why don't we go out to my circle? I was talking to my mentor and she suggested trying to control my powers during sex would work better in my circle, at least until I get the hang of it."
"Sex in the woods? Kinky. I like it." Teddy grins and dips his head, kissing Evan. "C'mon, I've still got your magic pack in my car."
Evan laughs, shaking his head as he follows Teddy to his car.
The next few months go by with similar incidences, though Evan gains more and more control, as long as Teddy is around. Drew learns to not bring his newest girlfriend, Brie, by as long as Teddy's not home. He and Kelly had broken up mostly because he defended Evan too much for her liking. He could already tell that his relationship with Brie would be the same, though shorter. She tended to freak out whenever they heard Evan and Teddy having sex and Evan turned out to be very vocal with Teddy.
Teddy kisses Evan's forehead as he gets out of bed. "Boo, I'm going to get a drink. Don't float away while I'm gone." He grins to himself as he heads downstairs to the kitchen. He grabs a glass out of the cabinet and pours himself some chocolate milk. He leans against the counter, shifting a little. Evan loved taking control and Teddy had to admit, he enjoyed it when Evan did. He glances up as Drew walks into the kitchen. Thankfully, Teddy had remembered to slip his boxers on. "Hey Drew."
"DiBiase." Drew glares at him. "Tell me something. Why is the son of the most prominent witch hunter in the world fucking a witch?"
"Because I'm not my father. I don't hunt witches." Teddy finishes his milk, rinsing his glass and putting it in the dishwasher. "And for the record, go ahead and try to use the fact that my Dad's a witch hunter to get Evan to break up with me. It won't work. I don't hide who I am and where I come from from my friends, much less my lover." Teddy moves across the room and backs Drew into the wall. "So, I don't want to hear it, Andrew Galloway."
Drew swallows hard. "How'd you know?"
"My father's a witch hunter. My big brother's a witch hunter. The name Galloway is said in rather reverent tones in my house." Teddy steps back, crossing his arms over his chest. "Your family tree is worse than mine. At least my family didn't start the Salem Witch trials or the European Witch Hunts. And he doesn't know, does he? Does your psychic friend? Is he aware of how much danger he's in?"
"He's psychic. Of course he knows who I am."
Teddy snorts. "You don't have a clue, do you? Psychics are great at telling other people's futures, but they can't predict their own or that of those closest to them. So try again." He shakes his head. "Excuse me, I'm heading back to bed."
"I'll find a way to get him to dump you."
"Maybe you will. And maybe he'll finally be able to tell you to go to hell." Teddy shakes his head and goes back upstairs. He crawls into bed with Evan, smiling when his lover curls around him. "Fuck me, Evan. I'm in deep shit. I'm so in love with you it hurts and the worst part? I know I don't mean as much to you as you do to me." He shakes his head and rubs his hand over Evan's back as he closes his eyes and falls asleep.
Evan yawns as he stumbles into the bathroom the next day. He rubs at his eyes, frowning a little. Teddy hadn't been in bed when he'd woken up. He didn't expect Teddy to be there all the time, but he did expect Teddy to wake him up when he left.
After he takes care of his normal morning routine, he heads downstairs, glancing at Drew who's sitting at the table. "Good morning. Where's Brie?"
"Had to go to work." Drew looks up at him. "So, how much do you know about DiBiase anyhow?"
"Enough." Evan rolls his eyes.
"So you've met his family?"
"No. And I don't know if I will." Evan rolls his eyes as he pours some coffee then puts a couple of pieces of bread in the toaster. "Not because I don't want to, or because he doesn't want me to, but because I don't want them to be uncomfortable."
"So, he told you that his father is one of the well-known witch hunters in the world?"
"He did." Evan smiles a little at Drew's expression. He's never seen Drew look so pissed off. "Besides which, I know the name DiBiase. I also know Teddy is named after his dad. It doesn't take a genius to put two and two together. I don't care. Teddy's not a witch hunter. Teddy works at Target for fuck's sake." Evan rolls his eyes. "Besides, Drew, it's not like you've told me everything about you."
"That bastard! He told you my last name's Galloway, not McIntyre?"
Evan takes several steps back. "What? You're a Galloway?" He swallows and looks behind himself. "Fuck."
"You didn't..."
"Teddy never said anything." Evan checks behind himself. "I need to go. Now." He runs upstairs and pulls on some clothes, throwing a few things in a bag before he runs out the front door. He hadn't grabbed his keys for his car and right now he's not sure he should go back into the house so he starts running down the road towards Teddy's.
