AN:
A song from album Recycler by ZZTop.
Penthouse Eyes:
Ero was surprised about who showed up beside Tekla when she came by his room to take Sophie back home. In the form of an upset Jack insisting to know why he left him and Jamie alone during the party. Tekla wouldn't stick around to help the boys out since she had children to get back home. Leaving both to face off not really caring if they started to bicker when her back was turn. Fine back it was since her choice in formal gown with low back and thin straps across her shoulders. Just wouldn't be enough to gain attention to young males to focus on each other.
"You letting me in or we doing this out here?" Jack wasn't moving.
"Shouldn't you are with that kid your always talking about," Ero moved aside. "Since always seemed more interesting then me?"
Ero ended up having lips sealed in a similar way he done to Jack during their first time when pulled toward winter spirit. By being pulled toward Jack when curved part of his staff ended up around his neck. Through use of quick yank Ero was forced into a kiss that had him yielding to Jack. Would have lasted longer if drunkenly song weren't being sung by someone neither boy wanted to face.
"You can come in...Just promise me you aren't going freeze the doors known over like you did last night." Ero gave Jack his way.
"Nothing set in stone yet." Jack ended up smirking.
"Get in while I get you change of clothes." Ero removed Jack's staff from around his neck while he made his way toward Jack's room.
When he turned away from Jack he sword to MiM that Jack grabbed his ass before stepping passing threshold into Ero's room. Leaving the fellow youth to enter the bedroom across the hall going straight for the closet. In which he entered to start searching for sleep wear and change of clothes Jack to wear the next day. What he found was an outfit similar to what Jack usual wears he would found up with other pieces of clothing. He brought with one him after exiting the room he would end up closing door to and removing.
Before making a quick stroll over to his own room making sure to close his own door before unwanted guest entered. He made sure to activate the locking mechanized that was a singular circular of magical an influence. Asking if he wanted opt use the bathroom first him since he needed to study. Slowly turning around tightly clenching Jack's folded clothes that lay within his hands. A sight he was greeted with upon searching his own room for Jack with his eyes left him wordless.
"Thought I get comfortable." Jack greeted Ero with simple nod as he slipped out of his pants.
He would end up placing over his blue hoodie upon the food board where his staff currently rested against a trunk. Before pulling back the quilt that laid upon the bed asking if Ero was joining him any time soon. Making sure he cracked that pearly white smile that still drove Toothiana and her small fairies nuts (and secretly Ero) toward Ero's direction.
"Give me a minute." Ero had to fight feelings of arousal.
He stiffly made his way toward a table and chair set he used as his personal workstation where he laid out Jack's clothes. Before making a beeline for his own bed where Jack waited patiently doing a trick by altering his clothes. Earned him a whistle from Jack before he decided to crawl in under the covers and give into to sleep. Before could lay down and drift off to peaceful slumber Jack interrupted.
"You better be a roll of set of coins poking my lower back." Ero wasn't in the mood.
"Let's think that," Jack ended up spooning Er from behind. "Now..."
This had Ero turning in Jack's arms knowing he couldn't get anywhere with certain piece of Jack's anatomy in his back. Making him come to face the person who wasn't letting him go no matter how uncomfortable he was. Not like he could fight back the chills that natural coldness Jack's body carried being he was so close to him. Making the point Ero was trying to get out to Jack due to pleasant thrill he was getting.
"You aren't wearing you snowflake thingy..." Jack noticed odd behavior Ero was emitting.
"Blame my adaptable body." Ero dips his head between him and Jack.
This led to Jack releasing Ero to allow him to take a sitting position against the mountain of pillow against the headboard. While explaining that during their first time his body entered a period of adjustment of sorts. Readying each cell on atomic level for the possible mate Ero had chosen in fellow Guardian like Jack.
"One of the many effects any time I'm around your bare form..." Ero grabbed a pillow to cover his face.
"You get horny?" Jack bluntly stated.
"YES!" Ero screamed into the pillow muffling his voice.
Jack ended up pulling the pillow from Ero's face enough he could lick his newly pierced earlobe complement Ero on. Groaned Jack earned from pale pink lip further peaked Jack's curiosity in that sexual matter. Just wouldn't get anywhere when North's voice from other side Eo's bedroom door did ruin the mood. Making Ero pulls away from Jack and get out of bed calling out who ever was at the door. To wait while he materialized more appropriate clothing while releasing the magical locks. That kept door shut and unwanted intruders out unlike what was happening.
Out of his room Ero stepped to face objective Tekla was before disagreeable North in quite upset mood. Who wasn't happy with the sight he saw upon Ero's left ear after just learn what happen. Ended up being out to rest when Ero mustered up the courage to inform North he wanted this. Making it known he was ready for the responsibility that was coming when these piercing were put on him.
"He growing up." Tekla couldn't help start to cry.
"You becoming man soon." North couldn't believe it took 300 years.
"Can we talk about this tomorrow morning?" Ero whispered.
He ended up pointing out this time night any form of conversation was hindering his own sleeping and would wake others up. This had him tightly embraced by North making it clear they were going to talk tomorrow at breakfast. Tekla ended up telling North to hurrying up since she beauty sleep for her full schedule for tomorrow. Didn't mean she would pas up a chance to say her goodnights to Ero while handing him self. Wanting him to pass the item over to Jack that also held something for him whenever Jack felt like looking inside.
Had North putting Ero back onto his feet with his arms full readying to head back into his room if Jack hadn't joined them. By opening Ero's bedroom door half way asking if their business was done in sleeper pants. Pulling off the bed head look didn't help Ero's wandering eyes while North started coughing uncomfortably. Tekla was the one that got North going advising the boy's the same way Hakase had been in just hours ago.
"Coming?" Jack stood there in the door's frame.
"At least you wore clothes." Ero couldn't stop looking Jack over.
As he passed Jack handing over a leather bag stating that satchel was a gift from Tekla with something inside. That Jack would ended up kicking the Ero's bedroom door closed holding the bag. Not once asking if he could up since he would following Ero to his bed and joined him. Place the bag on near where he had laid his staff choosing to mess with the item later. Lying next to Ero after crawling the covered from the other side of bed. Repeating the same gesture he had down before by drawing Ero's body back toward his.
"We're not..." Ero got a laugh out of Jack that had puffs of air breathed onto his neck.
"Don't worry," Jack couldn't help yawn. "North's intrusion...ruined the mood."
Ero one more ended up turning around in Jack's arms promised Jack was going to get surprise the next morning. Smile that spread across Jack's face had him guessing it was what he wanted just a few hours ago. To only end up drifting off to sleep with his arms still wrapped around Ero. Both would soon be visited by streams of separate sand of gold coloring bringing their dreams to life. As if they shared the same dream scrape image of other appeared above their head.
Tekla danced around the dinning table pulling off her apron looking over many dishes she had created that morning. She woke before North wanting to get a start on her day by busying her self in the kitchen for their guests. Getting a few Yetis to wake up on so the work on her schedule and be forced to help her out. Meant delivering her hung over recipe to her guests that drank a little too much during the whole party. A few took over just to get away from her dictator-like attitude when she got in to the mood to cook. Leaving helpless few to wear hairnets and be told what ingredients to get for whatever recipe she was using.
When everything was done on to the table dish she had set up dish would be placed before they were dismissed. Allowing her to is left alone to settle in and start to welcome who ever wanted to wander in to join her to eat. This meant talking a one of the seats next to the side of the head seat. Knitting whatever piece of clothing with her needles humming a happily tune to pass the time.
"Knit one, pearl two..." She sung in this sing song voice.
To only be alerted when she started to see her own breath and she started to involuntary shiver when temperature dropped. Up looked from her half-done scarf to find Jack and Ero upon his staff flying in the room. Ended when Jack in cautious matter started lowered the staff close enough to the ground Ero could remove him self. Followed by Jack shouldering his staff not once forgetting to show off when dismounting the piece of wood.
"You two in good mood..." Tekla noticed a glow about them.
Ero blushed profoundly left Jack to smirk while staring at Ero before spinning on heel of one of his bare feet. About to say how he was woken up by under cover action from Ero's mouth on his 11th appendage. If the ravings of someone carrying an Australian accent didn't have the two. Seeking some where to seat down before Bunnymund waked into the room asking what was to eat.
"Any one gets the numbers of trunk's license plate that hit me?" Bunnymund asked unable to handle the monstrous headache he now has.
"You not drink like troubled alcoholic," Tekla points one of her knitting needles at him. "You not be this way."
"Shouldn't you are giving that advice to North?" Ero asked.
Jack couldn't help but agree with Ero remembering the MANY drinking games that both North and Bunnymund partook in. This had Tekla shushing the two of them about subject they shouldn't be sticking their noses in. Insisting they take the first two seats by her while she offered to pack a plate of vegetarian themed food. Bunnymund would take offer seeing he had to return to the Warren to over look his crops, portal area, and catch up on his sleep.
Leaving Tekla to put down her needles to fetch a plate and start putting a meal to go while filling the boys plates. Stopping only once with idea of Ero going to live with Bunnymund for a while to learn living habits of Pooka, and maybe learn some magical garden tips. Some how Bunnymund agreed to the idea of having extra set of hands around. Leaving Jack to start choking on his first fork full of food upon hearing what Tekla and Bunnymund had to say. To only drop his fork completely when Ero agreed with a date on when he should go.
"After Christmas to end of Easter is reasonable with everyone?" Ero asked tapping his fork on edge of his plate.
"Only if you come back straight away since I not want anywhere Bunnymund when he enters Mating Season." Tekla swings her needles around.
"I don't in ankle biters." Bunnymund looked at Ero.
"I'm this way because of my over MOTHER." Ero corrects Bunnymund.
Ero went on to say around 150+ years ago when he reached psychically reached his 17th year Edwyna hindered his growth. By casting one of her many forbidden chantments upon eve of his 17 birthday. Using a made up excuse she didn't want experience harsh reality of being adulthood, or grow up in to be corrupt adult.
"Only she can break horror-able spell on you." Tekla never liked hearing that story.
"At least you were able to work around your limitation?" Jack started to worry.
"Now I am." Ero smiled toward Jack.
He would have leaned over in his sit is lights in the room giggling of someone across from his seat didn't make heads turn. Since before them was a 20-something year old with her hair in up do while wearing mini-dress and open toed heels. Even her nails and jewelry matched the shades of azure she wore.
"Call me the Guardian of Rebirth or Sheila for short." She sighed looking over Jack and Ero.
"More like an ornery hag in heels." Bunnymund mumbled.
"You want to go bald or lose the ability to procreate?" She stabbed a bread roll.
Sparks would have flown between to two since Sheila and Bunnymund never got along when it came to certain subjects. One of them being the heavy blame Bunnymund had toward Sheila about extinction of his species. She could have stopped by altering the out come for few to have survived. Wouldn't have left him to be the only living Pooka in existence with secret void in his hear. Second had to be his torturous Mating Cycle he goes through without a mate share intimate moments with. He would go into heat every time after the Easter holiday passed for him. Absence of a companion to display affections of love in productive or sensual matter was lonely feeling. Beside there were many more of them to list since neither one showed a liking for each other. To only have the intestine staring contest they had been sharing to end due comment from North.
"Sleep with each other already," Were his expect words. "Would relieve tension between you two, no?"
"Nicholas!" Tekla couldn't believe what North said.
"May make him less grumpy." Jack couldn't help but start to laugh.
"Why does this remind me of when my mother slept with rim Reaper." Ero lost his appetite.
Shocked expressions both of them had sent Sheila into a puff of blue smoke screaming her lungs out. Bunnymund froze in place with left side of his fur-covered face twitched every now and then. To not even end when Tekla hands a brown paper bag filled with food before Bunnymund. Got snatched up and by Pooka with a blushing face stuttering with his words about leaving. Since he ended up tapping one of his paws on the ground under him forming one his magical tunnels entrances. He would hop into wishing all a good day with the bag of Tekla's cooking inside. Not once returning or reopening the tunnel's entrance too uncomfortable about certain subject.
"I think he broke him" Jack joked.
"More like his brain froze from the shock of imaging him self with someone like Sheila," Ero whispered. "He needed to leave to defrost."
Both of them ended up laughing before being asked what was so interesting by Hakase take seat Sheila had occupied. His dressed was completely different from the medieval style clothing he was wearing last night. Upon his frame were more modern day pieces of clothing from Dark Jeans to v-neck sweater on him. He still wore calf length riding boots made of leather with his long hair simply tied back.
"Bunnymund being told to do dirty Sheila." Tekla swings serving spoon around.
North agreed with his wife about some form of attraction being between Sheila and Bunnymund that needed to be admitted. Ero and Jack in a jokingly matter ended up adding their on two sense to the conversation. Hakase looked to North to be filled in major chuck of chat he missed. This had Hakase's eyes open wide at what was told to him before Tekla passed slammed a mug before him.
"You want to sleep on sofa tonight?" Tekla asked North clenching her serving trey.
Hakase ended up taking up the mug of herbal tea Tekla had brew for him while Ero and Jack ate in silence. Leaving the room to be very quiet for any other spirit to enter in good mood that would turn sour. Not once looking toward the new staring contest that had taken place between Tekla and North. Came to an end when a late arrival fell from a portal appearing on he high ceiling of dining area. Out fell familiar face of Lorre and his travel bag made of some type of rug material. Right above Hakase's lap this Lorre would land his self he practice opening portals using shadowy element.
"Got my message?" Hakase asked Lorre with a smile.
"You try closing up the house in hunted forest." Lorre caught his bag.
"Your angry still turns me on..." Hakase had a bread roll perfectly thrown into his mouth.
Person who tossed the roll was Tekla since she needed up dropping the basket the roll came from. Asking Lorre with her signature smile if he wanted to be shown to a room by her instead of one of the Yetis. This was offer Lorre took her up on since he wasn't in the mood for Hakase's perverted greeting. Just before he left the dinning room area or Hakase's lap for that matter. He faced Jack giving him a late congrats on finally joining the ranks of his fellow guardians and not being at the Celebration. To only be told by Tekla that were left over alcohol and food he could have.
To only have the conversation change completely after she and Lorre left the area when North addressed Ero. Bringing up the pieces of magical earrings found embedded within the flesh of his upper ear lobe. That Hakase proudly stated was long waited phrase that finally happened after the long wait. Jack's option about the pieces of jewelry was kind of added to Ero's attraction. Would have brought a smile to Ero's face and possible kiss between him and Jack if moment didn't call for him to concentrate. Needing to prove a point with tow conflicting men he looked up to.