Thanks to dizzy lizzie and a guest for the lovely reviews. Don´t want to keep you waiting any longer for the next chapter. Although it´s a short one.
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When Damon awoke he was lying on a couch in a room he didn`t recognize. Remembering what had happened he shot up, panic setting in. Even more so when a wave of dizziness washed over him. A warm hand on his chest pushed him back down. "Easy there. He did quite a number on you." Damon recognized that voice instantly. He breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed back against the couch. "Ric. What happened?"
Ric sat down at the edge of the couch and looked down on him. "I left the Grill shortly after you. On the way to my car I heard the gunshots and being a curious guy, I went to investigate. What I found was you, lying on the ground in a dark alley, John standing over you with a gun. Didn`t take a genius to figure out what was going on. Luckily he was so focused on you that he didn`t hear me approach. It was quite easy to pick up an empty bottle and knock him out. He`ll survive, but he´s going to have one hell of a headache when he wakes up." the teacher said with a chuckle.
Damon grinned as well and tried to sit up again, groaning when his body protested. "I got the bullets out, but the wounds took some time to heal." Ric let him know. "Yeah, stupid fucker soaked them in vervain." the vampire ground out, only now realizing that he was bare chested. He regarded the teacher with raised eyebrows. "You undressed me. Just couldn`t help yourself, huh?" Ric rolled his eyes. "How was I supposed to get the bullets out with your shirt on?" Okay, good point. Damon still chose to believe it was only an excuse.
Alaric got up and took a seat in the nearby chair instead, bringing some distance between them. The sight of the vampire`s naked chest was way too tempting. Especially up this close. He watched Damon who settled himself more comfortably on the couch. "How long was I out of it?" the vampire asked. "A couple of hours, I guess." The teacher wasn`t really sure. He hadn`t been paying attention to the time, had been too preoccupied with watching the vampire if he was honest with himself.
Finally Damon seemed to notice his surroundings, because he looked around the room with a frown. "We`re in my apartment. I wasn`t sure, but obviously that invitation thing also works when the vampire is unconscious and being carried over the threshold." he told the vampire, who smirked at him. "So I only had to get shot to get you to invite me in? Wish I`d known." he joked and Ric couldn`t help but chuckle.
"Yeah, well.. this was closer than the boarding house. And I couldn`t just leave you unconscious and bleeding there in the alley. After all, you still owe me an apology." Damon shifted on the couch, fixed him with that intense stare. The teacher stared back. He couldn`t tell how long they sat like this, just looking at each other, until the vampire finally sighed and said: "I`m sorry." He sounded completely honest. Ric accepted the apology with a nod. He hadn`t thought Damon would really say it, let alone mean it.
Again silence reigned, stretched. Got uncomfortable. After a while Damon got to his feet slowly. "I should go." Ric`s heart clenched. He didn´t want Damon to leave already. The fear he had felt at seeing the vampire on the ground in that dark alley was still too near. Had shone him all to clearly how much he still cared for Damon. "You don`t need to."
The vampire looked surprised. He hesitated a little. "Gonna need some blood to heal properly. I`m still a little weak from the vervain." he admitted quietly. Ric got up as well and took a tentative step towards him. "All the more reason to stay." His heart was pounding all of a sudden. He had no idea what he was doing. Damon was looking at him strangely. "I still need blood." he repeated. Ric held his stare. "I know."
"Are you serious?" Damon asked. The teacher shrugged, like it was easy. A tiny voice inside his head was screaming at him to turn back, but he ignored it. "I guess I can spare a little. You won´t need all that much, right?" he checked. Damon nodded. "Just a bit." The hunger in his eyes was almost frightening. Still it didn`t make Ric change his mind. "Are you really sure about this?" the vampire asked. Ric nodded. "Take what you need." he said, baring his neck to the vampire, wondering what the hell he was doing. He must be insane. But he just couldn`t stop himself. Damon was in front of him now. Ric could see his eyes changing, blue was replaced by black, dark veins appearing underneath. Suddenly he felt a sliver of fear, as he remembered the last time a vampire had bitten him. Remembered the pain of the bite. Damon seemed to sense this.
"I won´t hurt you. I can make it feel good. If you let me." he promised, his voice dropping to a seductive whisper. He pushed Ric back onto the couch and straddled his hips. The teacher gasped at the sudden contact. Damon´s eyes, now back to their usual stormy blue, shone with promise. He leaned closer and captured Ric`s lips with his. The teacher responded immediately, deepening the kiss. His hands moved over the smooth skin of Damon´s back. Damon´s fingers made quick work of the buttons on Ric`s shirt and Ric shrugged out of it.
He moaned at the feeling of skin on skin and his cock hardened, straining against the fly. It would`ve been embarrassing if he didn`t feel the answering hardness in Damon´s pants. It had been way too long. He´d missed this way too much. The vampire`s lips left his, moved over his jaw, to his neck. His tongue darted out, licked along the vein and Alaric moaned low in his throat. Damon´s hips were moving, rubbing against Ric`s, one of his hands was playing with the hair at the back of the teacher`s neck, while the other clutched his shoulder. And then he sunk his fangs into the tender skin of Ric´s neck without warning.
Alaric groaned and bucked up into the vampire. The sudden, sharp pain was quickly replaced by waves of intense pleasure. Damon´s mouth moved over the wound languidly, while his hips picked up the rhythm, rubbing against the teacher. Ric gripped the vampire`s buttocks, pulled him tighter against himself, arching into the movement. He was losing it quickly, the pleasure coursing through his body nearly unbearable in its intensity. He shivered at the delightful friction, moaned Damon´s name. And then he was coming hard, shuddering in pleasure, coating his jeans. Almost simultaneously he felt the vampire tense in his arms, his cry muffled against the skin of Ric`s neck.
Damon pulled away, licked over the wound one last time and then looked down at the teacher. His eyes were slightly glazed over and he looked like he always had after they`d had sex, except for the last drops of blood still coating his lips. Ric closed his eyes and let his head fall back with a groan. He startled a little when he felt Damon´s lips on his, but returned the kiss eagerly, not caring that he could taste his own blood on the vampire`s lips.
The bite-mark on his neck was itching, tugging. Ric touched it gingerly, noting surprised that the wound was closing. He pulled back to look at Damon in shock, who grinned down on him. "Relax, it was only a drop. I`m not turning you. Yet." Deciding to ignore that last little comment, Ric concentrated on another question. "How…?"
Damon grinned and demonstrated how he got his blood into Ric`s system, by biting his own lip, drawing blood, before leaning down to kiss the teacher once more. Figuring that it didn`t matter, since he had already tasted Damon´s blood, albeit unknowingly, Ric returned the kiss, breaking away only when the need for air got too great.
Alaric looked up at the vampire, still perched in his lap and had to admit that he´d missed this. Not the feeding part of course. Damon had never bitten him before. But he`d missed this closeness. Being able to let go completely, to concentrate on nothing but the sensations coursing through his body, thanks to Damon.
Shifting a little he grimaced at the sticky mess in his jeans. "I need a shower." He felt himself blushing, slightly embarrassed that he`d actually come in his pants. That hadn`t happened to him since his teenage days. Damon shot him a wry smile. "Yeah, me too." He actually sounded a little sheepish, which in turn made Ric feel better about the whole situation. "Not sure if my shower is big enough for two, but if you wanna test it…" he offered. Damon´s grin turned predatory. He was on his feet in seconds, pulled Ric up as well. "Show me the way, then."
Over the course of the next half an hour Ric found out that his shower was indeed big enough for two and that vampire blood didn`t only have healing qualities, but obviously worked like some weird sort of Viagra as well. Or maybe that was only thanks to Damon.