Title: Between time.
A/n; couldn't resist the urge. My head started to wonder, what happened in those three years he was with Nathanael, and those nine weeks and those ten years. Well these shots came to me.
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Dean sat in his precious impala, the music on the highest level as he roared down the highway. He glanced at the sign, he officially left Nathanael's territory. He entered Oregon driving towards Portland entering Katharine's territory. He pulled the car to a stop to the closest motel before leaving the room and entering the woods. He stripped down naked rolling around in the mud with a wrinkled face.
Dean looked at Nathanael following him through the trail. "The only way a wolf can lose the scent is if he or she is covered in mud. That's the only way, or to cover some one else's scent. But you can't cover if you have mated with someone else. Then the mate would know, and have a right to kill the one that slept with the mate."
"So the mates walk home free? That doesn't seem so fair." Dean said with a crinkled brow as he stepped over the thick mud looking up at Nathanael that looked straight at him with a cold face.
"It don't. The clan, does the punishment if mate can't… often punishment of death." Dean froze. "But you don't have to worry about that right?" Nathanael asked almost like a threat. Dean shook his head, trying to get the images of Ian ripping his head off.
"No I don't." he cringed and cleaned his throat chipping out trying sound as casual as possible. "So tell me more about this tracking…"
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Dean entered the small shower scrubbing the mud away gagging as he did so. That Katherine's clan would track him down was just a matter of time. Even if he would cover himself in mud 24/7 he couldn't cover the fact that he was a wolf or the clan of Nathanael, that scent couldn't be washed off but only replaced if he entered another clan. Which he couldn't do until his eight hundred years.
But the scent of Nathanael's sex was gone, it wasn't any shame of Nathanael's sex scent, but more his embarrassment, to be someone's bunk buddy. The other wolfs would sense that and class him one of the bunk buddies it was never the best way to impress. Some wolfs mission in life was to get laid with a leader so they could gain some power and respect.
Not even two days after he entered her territory there was a knocking on the door, out there standing was a big guy. "Katherine wants to se you." Dean nodded reaching out to grab his bag, he closed the door and walked towards his car. "No your…"
"No you listen to me. I'm not ditching my baby." The man looked at the car then at Dean nodded his head but pointed at him warningly.
"But you follow me."
"I know" Dean said offering a charming smile.
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Dean kneeled down submissive himself quickly, it was instinct if he been in his wolf shape he be laying on his back by now. It was a man Caesar a Greek man that was Katharine's mate that inspected him first. "You're young. Leaving your clan already? Why is that? A run away?" he question Dean that was showing his neck.
"I'm not a run away, I got permission."
"Of who? Your members? Only…"
"Nathanael." Dean kicked himself, but Caesar was quicker kicking him so he dropped on his back with a leg on his chest showing his teeth. Sometimes Dean just forgot, he was use to follow his own rules, now they were so many. He would follow instinct but that didn't keep his mouth from shutting up.
"You really need to learn your place." Caesar growled.
"Caesar let him go." Dean's eyes darted to the beautiful black woman standing there. He knew of her, she was once in Nathanael's clan. They meet in Europe a very long time ago. After her 800 years she started her own clan, on territory that Nathanael given to her. He paged that Nathanael and she was ones lovers. "Like you said he's young. He doesn't know any better." Dean looked into her dark eyes. "You can stay. You're free to hunt and eat with us, but I will contact Nathanael to say you're here." Dean bit back, clenching his jaws.
"I'm sorry, but that's a bad idea. I mean… like you said I'm young, I really don't need the special treatment. I can give you my word that I'm allowed." Dean said through gritted teeth. His eyes darted to a man about twenty with sun blond hair and grey eyes. His eyes got bound to the young man that crooked his lip into a smirk. He felt drawn to him.
"Okay. But if…"
"I promise." He interrupted wincing as Caesar kicked him.
"That's enough Caesar!"
"He needs to learn his place." Caesar said softly to Katherine his head down.
"That's not up to you. He will learn." He was left except the blond that kneeled down beside him with a soft smile.
"Either your very stupid or very very stupid." The man said with a smooth raspy voice, an accent of Texas in it.
"How can I not win there?" Dean asked with a grin. The blond smiled wide offering his hand helping him up.
"You don't. I'm Tom."
"Dean."
"You ´young´ to." Dean said sniffing him with a crooked grin.
"Yeah, a few years. Eight I think…" Dean smiled lopsided.
"I have a feeling you and me are gonna get along."
Dean looked around the big mansion, the others or most of them all were out with Nathanael, he and other lower in the rang where stayed put. Nathanael had gripped his arm ordering that he would stay Dean had narrowed his eyes snarling he wasn't someone you could keep from doing what he wanted to do. He was not some doormat, he'd rather be dead then be pushed around with.
Nathanael had soften ,saying that he had to stay he didn't want to worry about him while being out there. Dean had agreed to stay put, he sneaked into a room where no one was allowed in. "Are you searching for trouble or just having a hearing problems?" Dean twirled around seeing the black haired beauty. Raven. Dean winked at her that crossed her arms.
"You're not low rang why…"
"Cuz he said so, to keep an eye on you and Jimmy especially you. His exact words were, Raven stay put I don't want Jimmy breaking things and Dean trying to sneak around and breaking things."
"Ah you're the babysitter just so you know my dad tried that a couple of times… they all went screaming." He smirked wickedly.
"Oh and here I thought you were a sweet child." She cajoled mockingly. She crooked her finger so he would get closer.
"I am." Dean said pulling back her hair she slapped his hand away. "What?" he asked innocently.
"Don't try that innocent crap on me and I kick your ass." She nodded down the hallway that he would follow him. Escorting him back down stairs and Dean smirked checking her ass out.
"I knew a reason why I like you the most." His eyes darted up as the turned her head smiling mischievous before winking.
"Kinky boy."
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Dean laid on his belly and his head peaked up at Tom walked towards him stretching beside him, "never hurts with a little company." Tom said moving a little closer, the room was cold and Dean nodded moving closer. "How's the floor at Nathanael's?" Dean looked into the grey eyes.
"No one sleeps on the floor, we all have rooms. But its Nathanael." Dean said it explained it because Nathanael was the most powerful, owned the most territory then them all. Tom nodded, you always sleep here?" he asked with a frown.
"Yeah, for the last… years, yes." Dean nodded curling his body closer to Tom's heat, it felt good. Tom sniffed him on his neck and Dean stretched his neck, feeling a lick. Tom changed form as Dean did the same, Tom started to sniff at him more he obviously liked his smell, Tom smelled good to.
Dean stood up wresting with Tom his tail wiggling happy, much later sated with food and play he curled closer to Tom bonding with his new friend.
The next morning he woke up early Tom was nudging him awake his tail wiggling barking at him. Dean followed Tom out to the hunting grounds, they found a little family of bunnies they sated themselves with. Walking side by side their tails wiggling happily. Dean avoided the others only spending his time with Tom as much as possible was he knew he had to move on soon.
It was a night when Tom's licking him clean when Katharine came, "Dean." She said firmly both looking up alarmed, Dean wore his jeans and one of Tom's flannel shirts. Dean stood up in his human shape looking at her. "I need to speak with you." Dean nodded shooting Tom a look that looked at him a little worried still in his wolf shape. Dean petted Tom's head scratching behind his ear. "Now." Dean nodded quickly following her outside.
"I know I've been here long, longer then I thought…" Dean started to explain as he caught up to her.
"No that's not it. It's about Tom." Dean narrowed down his eyes at her. "You and him have bonded rather quite quickly." She talked to majestic like she had royal blood in her.
"Yeah…" he said warily.
"What do you think Nathanael will think of that?" she asked gesturing with her hand, they were out the woods the sounds of birds an animal far away soothed him.
"Many have friends outside their clan…" he explained calmly.
"No I mean you being so close to Tom. You being Nathanael's lover and all." Dean froze. "You thought I didn't know, please you smelled like him miles away. Oh don't worry the other don't know. Only clan leaders." Dean looked at her. "You didn't truly know, what has he told you exactly?" she asked with a frown on that smooth dark skin. She was freaking beautiful that it took his breath away.
"That you can cover yourself in mud to lose the other wolfs tracking you. As erase some one else's scent…" she nodded her head.
"True, but being with a leader doesn't wash off… well… it don't for years anyhow…" Dean stiffed like a stick. "So you don't think Tom's scent is on you right now?" she asked almost derisive.
"We haven't done anything and even if, Nathanael has no reason to be mad at me. I'm not his mate." Dean said firm and a little angry, he tried to show as much respect he could without pulling a tantrum. Sometimes he just missed his father hitting him behind his back.
"No but his lover."
"He had many." Dean snorted.
"True, but not as long as he's been you." She turned facing him her hands resting on her stomach in a posture that screamed royal. He had the urge to ask her.
"Not even you?" She laughed shaking her head.
"You think we we're lovers?" she asked with a half smirk. "True, Nathanael did give me this territory," she gestured around the woods. "He did gave me the power I needed to become a leader." She said with a crooked eyebrow sounding emotionless.
"He must have loved you… love you." Dean said feeling his heart sting.
"Yes, he does but not in the way you think, I was never his lover. Never once. But I wished it once apon a time yes." She looked away then breathed in deeply. "We never shared bed because he knew how I felt for him, I'm his family." She said softly looking into his eyes he wondered if anyone could be so freaking beautiful like her.
"After my 800 years I left broken hearted. In that time, I couldn't really walk freely now could I?" She said very bitterly. "He gave me the power to survive the wolfs but also people. Wolfs at that time couldn't be without a pact like you can today… but their not many that are strays… they just don't survive."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"So you know, that being with Tom is not…"
"I just said…"
"I know but what will Nathanael say…"
"He has no claim on me." Dean snapped angry.
"Then you don't know Nathanael, he does have claim on you. You think that mark on your wrist is common? You have two that are connected into one."
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Dean yawned lazy stretching out in his bed in his bedroom, he sat up alert as Nathanael entered his bedroom. Nathanael had been gone for the last few days, and Dean could truly say that he missed him. He didn't stop his huge dopy smile on his face, Nathanael just grinned at him one arm behind his back. "Hi" Nathanael said sounding very sneaky.
"What's behind your back?" Dean asked curious, Nathanael just smiled sitting next to him, he reached for Dean's hand, Dean looked down at his wrist were the burn mark was of Nathanael's sign. "You're so not burning me again." His go easy attitude faded and his face became cold.
"You weren't even awake."
"Yeah but I think I got a say about you burning my skin."
"It's a protection." Nathanael showed the a little box, "trust me." Dean looked at Nathanael in suspicion "c'mon trust me." Dean nodded his head. "Here." Nathanael gave Dean the pillow "bite on it."
"You're not burning me!" Dean snatched his arm back but Nathanael was quicker, he screamed in pain.
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No one in his clan had that mark, not the red one, the other was white which he woke up with. "So what, many must have…"
"Two, two have those marks on your wrist. You… and me." Dean's brow twitched. "So I ask you again. What do you think he will do not only to Tom but to you?"
"So what, I can't have friends now? Me and Raven…"
"Friends yes… but friends no. I'm not saying that you will ignore Tom just… back off, and that mark is not meant to be hidden." She grabbed his wrist where Dean had his leather bracelets. A silence grew between them, Dean's frown deep his lips wrinkled. "That necklace you wear you know that it's Egyptian right?"
"Yes, just like you." Dean said shortly denying the conversation that would come, "I think I've been over staying my welcome." He stated looking around anywhere but her.
"Dean I'm not trying to drive you away."
"I better leave."
"I insist that you stay at least the night and when you go… I recommend back to him."
"I'm not going back."
"Your stubborn man Dean, very foolish. I can let it slide… your disrespect, but if you meet others… watch your tong Dean or it will be ripped off." She warned Dean looked changeling against her.
"And why would you care? You think this mark mean anything? It don't, he doesn't love me Kate, I will never expect him to. I hardly think this mark will be permanent." She laughed right at his face.
"Your really that stupid or that naïve? How much do you even know about him? Nathanael is charming yes, fair yes, jealous oh yes, dangerous you bet your ass I don't know if you really seen him... many years from now… he's cruel when he's mad. He takes what he wants, nothing is impossible to him. I don't know why he let you go now... especially when you shared his bed this long."
"Its only been a few months Kate."
"Months?" she laughed, shaking her head "how long have you stayed here Dean?"
"A few days?"
"Try eight weeks." Dean's face dropped, "time for us doesn't feel that long. It goes quicker…"
"I have to find my dad…"
"No your going back." Dean glanced at her "you will before he will…"
"Will what? Others been gone for years."
"You truly are that stupid." Dean knew for one thing for sure, he wasn't going back yet. No not yet. But first he had to say goodbye to Tom before tracking his father.
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Dean yawned stretching his sore body, he felt oddly sore, his whole body burned. He opened his eyes Nathanael was still asleep a arm draped over him barley giving him room to move. He took the opportunity to look at Nathanael, he never really got a chance to watch him sleep. He always was awake before him, or woke up if he looked at him. Dean used his index finger to stroke Nathanael's nose bridge.
Nathanael's eyes fluttered open, "Nathanael?"
"Mmmm what's wrong?" Dean shook his head, even if he knew Nathanael loved him it was still hard to open up and it wasn't like Nathanael was the most open guys either. "Dean? Tell me."
"I feel weird." He blurred out. Nathanael brow twitched, "weird… I… forget it. Go back to sleep."
"Dean…"
"No just forget it."
"Dean." Nathanael warned in a you better tell me now or I will find out and I won't be happy that you didn't tell me in the first place.
"God your worse then my little brother when he was a kid, like a freaking dog with a bone! Dammit." Dean snapped edgy. Throwing the cover off. He stormed out the room and into his own luckily Nathanael didn't follow him. His body felt on fire he groaned and dropped to the floor.
Dean stirred looking up to se Raven's beautiful face, "heaven?" he asked grinning.
"Ha ha, funny you still have a since of humour after being poisoned." Dean frowned, "yeah… whatever it was… it almost killed you Dean you've been delirious for days."
"Who was in the room?"
"Me and Nathanael. No one else, he knew that we sort of get along." She almost whispered like it was a secret. He was in his room scented candles where set around the room. She offered a wood bowl with something green in it to drink. He wrinkled his nose in disgust but drank it anyway.
"What did I say?" suddenly feeling a knot in his stomach.
"You were calling out for your father mostly. Nightmares… about… the demon." She said softly. Dean looked her straight in the eye, "and… you… started to ramble about your mother…" Dean froze his eyes widen, "no one heard expect me and him I promise. I won't tell. I won't."
"Go away."
"Dean…"
"Go."
"Dean its okay…"
"Get the hell away from me!" he screamed the top of his lungs "get out! Get out!" he roared. She was quickly out the door he threw the wooden bowl at the door. He felt awful, he rolled out the bed falling on his four. His mother… Dean felt his eyes burn, his mother saw on the ceiling. His mother that use to sing to him every night, that allowed him to take a cookie to bed with him. His mom… his mom. He felt like someone stabbed him in the heart twisting it around.
"Dean."
"Go away." He begged he felt his eyes sting. Nathanael kneeled in front of him "I said…"
"I know what you said. C'mon big guy." Dean groaned as Nathanael lifted him up dropping him on the bed. "I need you to tell me what you've been eating." Dean looked into those blue eyes. "Dean?"
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why would some one try to poison me?"
"Their many reason why, I need you to tell me so I can find who's responsible." Dean's brow crinkled. He winced as he tried to sit up, his body still felt on fire.
"Fuck. I've been eating the same as the rest. Nothing more, drank what the others drink…" Nathanael nodded. "But…"
"But what…"
"Help me up."
"What?"
"Help me up dammit."
"Dean you need…"
"If you say rest I kick your ass."
"You can't."
"Screw you dammit, help me up." Nathanael scowled at him helping him up. Dean walked with shaky legs towards the chest, it was his guns and weapons. Those he used to hunt with, inside was also pictures the only he had of the past. "This, fuck why didn't I think of that…" Nathanael wrinkled his smooth forehead, Dean reached for his sock and grabbed an amulet showing to Nathanael that snarled at it.
Fuming with anger he growled pissed snatching it from Dean's hand showing it to Dean while shaking it pissed. "Why the hell do you have…"
"I've had it since I was fifteen." Dean said feeling suddenly small as Nathanael looked at him with those vivid light blue eyes.
"Did you…"
Dean quickly interrupted him, "I cut my finger with it… I was searching for my old journal…"
"Put it away Dean, that's dangerous for someone like you."
"Some one like me?" he asked darkly narrowing down his eyes.
"That's weak," Dean growled at him he didn't like to hear that he was weak when his whole life he tried to be anything then weak. "Dean stop it, you're one of the strongest people I know. You were a hunter for god sakes purely human. One of the best."
"Still."
"Huh?"
"Still a hunter." Dean said almost childish earning a soft smile from Nathanael.
"Still a hunter," he offered with a soft smile. "Dean." He breathed out "you scared me." Nathanael looked at Dean that tore his eyes from him. "Dean look at me… you scared the living shit out of me. I searched everywhere finding out how you been poisoned Dean. You can't scare me like that." Nathanael gripped Dean's arm firmly that shook it off.
"Uhm… sorry?"
"No Dean. You can't just do that!"
"It wasn't like I asked for it!"
"You should be more careful. Its not just bout you anymore."
"Their never was." Dean said short and cold.
"You know what I mean, your family you'd die for them in a second if you needed to… you never mattered… but Dean you have to learn to matter. I need you Dean. This clan needs you." Dean looked questionly at him. Nathanael smiled softly kissing him gentle on the lips it was a good kiss. That kind of kiss you felt to your toes making them curl. "This clan need you to keep me in line. Without you I get lost. I'm not gonna lose you." It was a promise the last words Dean stared into those light blue eyes that had a spell over him. He broke eye contact looking down before looking up with a grin.
"You know this is a mayor chick flick moment." Dean murmured with a grin his forehead pressing against Nathanael's. Nathanael nodded before kissing him again.
"I know." Nathanael chuckled, "but it doesn't count when you've been dying on me. Dean… I love you." Dean peaked up his eyes, suddenly feeling like a girl on her prom night. He felt his cheeks burn and hated it. "I love everything about you. There is nothing to not love. But I especially love your freckles on your nose and cheeks." Dean grinned not many noticed his freckles, to focused on his lips or body. Pretty boy was what they called him, hot sexy stunningly, beautiful. Cheesy or not Nathanael seemed to se beyond that, that's why Dean felt so naked under Nathanael's eyes.
"Is it your way to say I'm hot?" Dean asked cheekily as Nathanael winked at him helping him up and into the bed. "Shouldn't you be…"
"No I'm right where I want to be." He grinned Dean loved that, his finger poked on the corner of Nathanael's lip.
"I love that. The way the line on your mouth goes up, like your always grinning." Dean loved his feral grin that always screamed I'm gonna devour you and that grin was always shown to him, no one else. "That stubble, that hair you can never control it always wild. Your lashes so fucking black and up like a freaking girl, and those lips..."
"Looks who's talking." Nathanael chuckled, "Dean?" he asked after awhile after pulling Dean into his embrace.
"Mmmm"
"Nothing."
"Ok" Dean murmured sleepy. Two days after that when he got well Nathanael mated with him.
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Dean woke up wincing, his body burned, his ass freaking was on fire it had its own pulse and it was hitting hard. He crinkled his neck hearing a sound, then his eyes darted to the person beside him. He woken up many times with people by his side but never men, never men. Dean slowly pushed the cover of his throbbing body. It freaking hurt to walk he entered the bathroom and was he saw was a shock.
There was big purple bruises on his neck and chest and as he looked down there were some on his inner thigh that made him freaking blush hard. Then on his hip and as he turned he saw a big purple hicky on his ass. He bit his sensitive lower lip. They had been to eager.
With girls you had foreplay, but with Nathanael… he was a guy and it wasn't like he really knew him and before he would chicken out Nathanael had rolled them. Dean never thought in a million years he'd sleep with a man or that he would be the submissive one. He had battled for the role for the alpha male.
You did it every time, every time you saw a guy you challenged him it was pure instinct. And being with Nathanael… It brought forth those primal instincts. And Nathanael just oozed power and alpha status. As he tired to roll them Nathanael's teeth had dug into his skin and he submissive to Nathanael just like that.
He jumped startled as he emptied his bladder when Nathanael entered the bathroom, he kind of figured that one he would have left or was still asleep so he could sneak off. "Feel better?"
"Huh?"
"Your wound." Dean looked down at the bandages he hadn't even noticed them. "I should clean it." Dean just nodded in daze.
He felt sort of awkward as Nathanael cleaned the wounds "uhm… I should get going. I things to do."
"Is it your way to ditch me?" Nathanael asked amused "I bet girls just love that." Dean snorted.
"No I really have to…"
"Hunt. Sure. You do that." Nathanael said winking at Dean's shocked expression. "Se you around freckles."
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Dean chuckled mischievous signalling Raven that shook her head Dean nodded his head eager and she grinned nodding in agreement. She shook the can with whip cream giving it to Dean that smeared it on Ian's hand. Raven grabbed the feather tickling under Ian's nose. A matter
of seconds Ian's hand slapped on his own face with the whip cream.
"What the hell!" Ian barked pissed off. Dean laughed like little boy before running after Raven that laughed hard their laughter echoing. They ran faster as Ian was behind them. They where out the back door running faster.
"C'mon it was a joke."
"When I get you I'll snap your neck." Dean swallowed he would survive but it would hurt.
"Why me! Why not Raven?"
"Traitor!" she cried out laughing.
"You talked her into it!"
"That's not true!" Dean lied running faster trying to run faster then Raven so he would get her first they all stopped in their tracks sniffing the air. "Oh… their here." Dean turned his face at Raven that looked at him scowling.
"Maybe if we run really fast…" she tried and Dean grinned just knowing he rubbed of his childish thinking at her. He was a bad influence he really was he smirked proud over that. Dean nodded.
"We can try."
"Idiots they have already caught our scent. Raven the more you spend time with him the more brain cells pop."
"Hey!" Dean and Raved said offended. "I'm not dumb!"
"No you two just give Beevis and Butthead a whole new meaning!" Ian snapped annoyed. Dean snorted.
"Just because of that. We will blame you." Raven nodded her head childish and Dean grinned. They turned seeing Nathanael and the others dragging two dears, and a moose. "Dammit what is it with you and the sneaking around?" Dean said to Nathanael that grinned crooked at him then looked at Ian.
"Why do you have cream on your face?" Dean broke into the boyish laughter resting a hand on Nathanael's shoulder for support. Raven giggled then jumped back at Ian's growl at her.
"Well you se Beevis and Butthead thought it would be funny…"
"Why did you fall asleep in the first place?" Dean chipped in winking at Raven that grinned. The others left with the prey dragging it towards the mansion. "I'm telling you Nathanael, you left me with the worst baby sitter in the entire world." Dean said dramatically, grinning wickedly, he felt a little bitter over still having a freaking baby sitter but he was to tired of Nathanael explaining it was to dangerous and blab la bla.
"So, Dean gave you a hard time?" Nathanael asked amused to Ian that was red with anger and embarrassment.
"Yes!"
"I promise, I won't leave you with him like that again."
"Thank you!" Ian burst out relived.
"Hey I'm offended. He called me and Raven Beevis and Butthead do we look like them?" Nathanael looked at Dean amused.
"Well one of them were blond the other had dark hair…" Dean gasped playfully.
"Your breaking me man."
"Sure I am." He looked at Ian "you can go, and you Raven, next time try not to give in so quickly last next time at least a few hours." She sighed in fake regret.
"I'll try." She winked at Dean before running off her finger poking Ian's face tasting the cream before ditching away as Ian growled after her.
"Ah kids now days." Dean said leaning his weight on Nathanael's shoulder with his elbow resting on his neck.
"Yeah… kids like you." Nathanael said smiling before pulling Dean to a kiss that responded eagerly. "Freckles I almost suspect that you missed me." He grinned wide feeling that happy relaxed sensation he always felt around Dean. It was no secret that he was head over heels over Dean. Everyone in the clan seemed to love Dean just a little more their jealousy dying when he came back. They almost praised him.
His clan was much happier now, played more joked more. Even joked in front of him they still feared and respected him but was more comfortable around him not so stiff like puppets. Dean rubbed their nose together laughing.
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"Do you own anything else then black?" Dean asked his feet kicking up in the air as he sat on the edge of the bed watching Nathanael dress, feeling a little burn in his cheeks. He hated that. For Christ sake he seen Nathanael naked a thousands of times but still watching him like this without seducing him or being the tub or in their acts always made him blush like a freaking virgin.
"Nope."
"Think you would look hot in white boxers." Dean stated trying to sound un eager. Nathanael glanced at him as he pulled up his black pants. The black shirt was button as the black jacket. He was hot as hell, looking very elegant. "You look like a penguin."
"Don't worry pretty I only have eyes on you." Dean flushed red kicking Nathanael's leg gently. "Hey watch it." Nathanael scowled looking at Dean that was dressed already in his leather jacket boots with jeans and t-shirt and shirt.
"Everyone will be here right?"
"Yep everyone in Katherine's clan and ours."
Dean looked at the map "Nathanael… we are like thirty five… and you own like the entire Canada and every state around… how ya know no one…"
"Yeah in this house Dean… we're over five hundred." Dean looked surprised at him "I have homes all over Dean. We only stay here because its safer here."
"For me you mean." Dean asked a little bitterly.
"Yes."
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"Ok…"
"Dean listen to me, now as you're my mate… just try to act like Caesar."
"No he's mean." Dean said grinning boyish. Nathanael scowled at him, "I know what you mean." He said more serious, "believe it or not I know when fun time is over."
"Really? I had no idea."
"Very funny." Dean said bored but his eyes twinkled. "Your gonna meet Tom, Raven is eager we can become the three musketeers what ya think?"
"I think Beevis and Butthead is enough." Nathanael said a little sternly, Tom he wanted to know who this boy was the boy Dean hadn't shut up about for the last few days when he found out they would come. Dean snorted at him getting up Nathanael gripped his arm kissing his lips.
"This is important. Many want to know who I've chose you have a lot of pressure on you."
"Yeah, perhaps cuz they wanted to be chosen." Dean said bitterly, this life could sometimes kill him. Sometimes the road was much more easier, even killing demons almost getting yourself killed constantly watching over your shoulder was easier then this. He felt that he wasn't cut out for this life. Sometimes he cursed Nathanael for entering his life.
"Dean I chose you."
"I know. I know." Dean said snapping stopping the urge to scream out loud. Nathanael grabbed his arms pressing their foreheads together before pulling him into a kiss.
"This is who we are Dean. We. Its us. I know its hard for you, and I love your for trying. But this is important. And I know that you can do this. c'mon." Nathanael nudged Dean that nodded rolling back his shoulders counting backwards. Nathanael studied Dean that stretched out his twinkle in his eyes gone, serious face was on. Job mood was on.
They left the room, they got down stairs Dean had two steps behind Nathanael. He smelled the air the clan was coming closer. They were arriving, Dean felt a knot in his stomach he walked out were big tents were up, he had peaked into them before when they been set up they were filled with pillows and covers.
Soon the whole place were filled with wolfs he could smell them miles away. He felt eyes on him Raven were close by his side, looking very serious and deadly. Her black hair was pulled back with a red silk ribbon dressed in a red dress she was freaking beautiful. She looked at him and winked in an I know am hot but try to control yourself kind of wink.
Dean's eyes darted to the road smelling the air, his face light up like a Christmas tree he signalled Raven that nodded following him as he pressed by the others meeting up with the car. Out jumped Tom, Dean grinned wide opening his arms wide. He embraced his friend tight before breaking the hug showing him to Raven. "Raven this is Tom. Tom this is…"
"Dean." Dean twirled around seeing Nathanael, "Katherine is here." Dean hadn't even noticed her. He looked at her tilting his head down. He didn't need to go down on his knees because this was Nathanael's territory.
"I'm sorry Katherine I didn't notice you." He apologized feeling a sting as he did so, he didn't like to apologize and he as hell didn't like apologizing because something like this. She nodded her head.
"Its okay Dean, Nathanael lets head in I think it's about to rain." Dean watched them go waiting before they were out of reach before turning to Raven and Tom both had been on their knees.
"C'mon, I wanna show you this place…"
"Dean." Raven said. "You have to head in." she whispered hushed.
"Why?" Dean asked hushed to Raven that smiled stiffly so no one would pay then to much attention.
"Where is Caesar?" she asked all knowingly.
"He went after…" he trailed off "oh… Raven stay with Tom." He quickly hurried to the house again. When he entered Nathanael shot him a look and Dean looked quickly down. He glanced at Caesar that sat down and he did the same. After awhile after doing do what Caesar does was quite boring. He tried to pay attention never speaking himself to the others reporting to Nathanael about how things were going. Cane's name dropped time to time. Each time Dean felt a cold hand in his stomach.
"Cane will be deal with in time. We," Katherine said pointing at Nathanael, "we'll have meeting with all of the clan leaders and Cane's clan will be under watched."
"But ms Katherine its not only Cane its Miranda's clan to." Miranda she was an ally to Cane. Their was nine total leaders. There were no wolfs in lower America, the state line from California to North Carolina was unlived by wolfs expect strays. Dean felt like he was in twilight zone or something. This life was so different from his human life. Suddenly school math didn't seem so scary anymore.
He was sitting next to Nathanael trying to fight the feeling of yawn or tapping his leg. Somehow his leg must be starting to shake cuz he felt a firm grip on his thigh it was Nathanael's hand. He froze and Nathanael pulled his hand away and continued speaking, Dean hoped he wasn't completely red. Caesar spoke quite often, he had been in the army before. Dean looked up at Caesar.
"Well that's not true." He said, kicking himself from speaking, he swore he felt Nathanael's eyes burn a whole into his neck. "You have to burn and salt it not…"
"What do you know cub?" cub was a degrading thing to say. Sort of calling him stupid or something but much more harsher.
"Oh I don't know maybe because I'm a hunter?" he said sarcastically narrowing down his eyes at Caesar.
"Really? A hunter, now that's quite weak." Dean growled at him angry. He felt Nathanael's hand on his chest holding him put.
"Says the one that thinks you can get rid off spirit by..."
"I think you don't know what you are talking about."
"Caesar." Katherine snapped.
"What? He thinks he knows everything!"
"Hey I've been hunting since I was a kid!" Dean snapped angry but Caesar continued like he didn't even hear him.
"He's been sitting there not saying a freaking word, bored to his scull now he thinks…"
"Enough I said." Katherine said. Caesar leaned back defeated. Dean stood up leaving them angry. He went out it was raining he sniffed the air, it was a little harder but he tracked down Raven and Tom they were inside a tent.
"Dean? You should…"
"Well I couldn't stay." He interrupted, "fucking Caesar." Tom scowled at him.
"Hey that's one of my leaders."
"So what!"
"So don't disrespect them if I'm around." Tom said sternly. Dean nodded his head in understanding.
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Nathanael crinkled his neck, he felt bad for Dean, he sighed shaking his head brown locks falling into his eyes. He walked towards Dean's bedroom as he could feel his scent stronger there. He felt a little grouchy over that, he wasn't in their bedroom, sometimes he really hated the fact that he gave Dean the room. But if he hadn't Dean would find another place.
His eyes narrowed down as he felt stronger another males scent. He growled feeling fury inside of him growing, he became blind with rage. Feeling a much darker part of him come alive once again, he slammed the door open seeing Dean asleep on his bed. But that wasn't what put the fury in his body and soul but the other male sleeping there with an arm thrown over Dean like he had a claim over him. Dean was just laying there using his arms as a pillow sleeping on his belly peacefully but jumped up as the door slammed open.
Nathanael growled with long furious steps he walked to the bed easily lifting up Tom that screamed in shock and fear. He slammed the blond boy into the door with one arm choking him. "You know who he belongs with!" he growled feeling his blood boil.
Dean heard the door slam open confused and feeling his heart slam hard into his chest at the loud sound. He blinked a couple time barely registering that Nathanael picked Tom up like a rag doll slamming him up the wall his eyes more light blue, like a light house lamp. His eyes radiating with anger such rage Dean never seen in his entire life.
"Nathanael!" he called, scrambling out the bed he tried to rip the one hand that Nathanael was holding Tom with. Dean flew back and grunted in pain as he crashed against his table breaking it his cd's crashing down to the floor with him. He shook his head trying to shake back the darkness. He stumbled back getting thrown back again. He crashed as hard but this time the broken table's wood slammed his arm hard making his arm bleed as his scratched his side breaking the skin.
He felt his bone crack, he grunted "Nathanael stop it!" he pleaded, "what are you doing!"
"You know who he belongs with!" Nathanael growled pointing at Dean to Tom that was choking barley gasping for air. Dean stood up avoiding the push trying to drag Nathanael away. "Back off." Nathanael growled pissed pushing him back so he fell back. Dean cried out in pain feeling that crack become a snap. He spat out blood on the white carpet, he heard a drop and a gasp.
"Dean" he heard Tom gasp in fear. Then Tom cried out in pain. The door opened and Raven stood there in shock, she hurried to Dean covering the wound.
"Dean" she gasped looking up to Nathanael that was in conflict "please Nathanael." She pleaded "he hasn't done anything." Dean thought she pleaded for perhaps for Tom but he realized in her tone it was his life she pleading for. "They just fell asleep. I was here the entire time Nathanael, Tom fell asleep here and Dean was awake he wanted to watch the movie's ending." She explained quickly holding her hand up trying to protect Dean.
"I'm not going to kill him fool." Nathanael growled. He turned to Tom "you on the other hand…"
"Don't." Dean gasped. "Please."
"Shut up." Raven snapped covering his mouth. Nathanael smelled the air there was a scent there from Raven and no scent of sex or anything like that. He sniffed Tom angry choking him again. He had seen fear in Dean's eyes. "Out!" he ordered Raven that trembled standing up she tried to take Dean with her. "Leave him."
"Please Nathanael." She begged looking at Dean before getting the door slammed in her face. Nathanael walked over to Dean kneeling down Dean flinched as he came closer, there was terror in Dean's eyes as he lifted up him slamming him into the wall. He growled at Dean sniffing him.
"We didn't do anything. Please. He has nothing do to with this!" his instincts conflicting in war, the old hunter instinct of fighting back against the wolf that said surrender to your leader to the instinct of his heart that screamed please please.
"He has everything to do with this." He growled pissed, his teeth growing.
"You can't punish him for being my friend." Dean gasped feeling weaker he was limp in Nathanael's hold. "I didn't do anything." He said. The look in Nathanael's eyes put a such terror in his body. Fear, the man he loved, the first person he ever loved like this, with his soul and body could do this. He panicked in Nathanael's hold "let me go let me go let me go."
"Do you know what you've done!" Nathanael's knuckles hit the wall breaking the concrete making a big whole in the wall. "In my house! In my home! With everyone here! Are you really that dumb!" He roared shaking Dean hard feeling his blood pump fast through his veins.
"Please stop, let go you're scaring me please. Please." Dean pleaded in panic.
Nathanael felt his heart turn into ice, Dean was panicking a pure panic, his eyes wide his voice hitching breathing quickly making his blood pump faster which made him lose blood quicker. He let Dean drop to his legs but Dean's knees gave away and he dropped him completely on the ground.
He saw how Dean scrambled away from him and into a corner holding his head up above his face covering himself. Nathanael moved towards Dean "please don't" Dean cried out. Nathanael froze he moved at Tom that was gasping for air, if he killed Tom now he might lose Dean forever… but if he let him go he would be shown as weak. He broke Tom's legs and arms, he broke each finger as he spoke. "You." Crack "Are. Banned. From. My. Territory. If I ever catch your scent on my land again you wished I'd killed you tonight." With that Tom got kicked out the room he growled at him looking at some that was fleeing the house.
They lifted Tom up dragging him away from the house, Nathanael moved into the room were Dean was still in the corner. Just like a dog that been abused, to frighten to hurt to fight back only waiting for death. Nathanael made a howl signalling that everyone was out the door. He moved slowly towards Dean hunching down the fury and rage gone and replaced with worry, seeing his mate hurt because of him.
Dean flinched at his touch but Nathanael didn't give up "c'mon let me se." Nathanael pleaded smelling the blood stronger. Dean just curled closer to a ball Nathanael felt that sting again his body, his hand reached out to stroke Dean's head that trembled as he did so.
"Please please." He begged, his instincts killing him, the wolf said go to him the hunter screamed kill him! His heart said please don't. "Please. Leave me." Nathanael didn't move away but reached out to stroke his arm and he jumped away afraid. The eyes hunting him, the scent the feeling of Nathanael like that. He wasn't who he thought he was, he heard about it but never really believed that Nathanael was capable of it. At least to him... He was foolish enough to think he mattered. "I'm sorry." He whispered. "I forget my place." He whispered shaky.
Nathanael fought the urge to cry, "No Dean, I'm sorry… I just… saw him… I'm sorry I know you wouldn't…" he sighed heavily. "C'mon… I'm gonna lift you to the bed okay?" Dean shook his head avoiding Nathanael as he crawled. "Dean." He reached out seeing the flinch.
Dean crawled on top of his bed, no he corrected Nathanael's bed this wasn't his room. He looked away from Nathanael that sat beside him trying to touch him. He tried to move away but it hurt. "Don't." He growled suddenly. The hunter taking over. "Get out."
"Dean..."
"Get the fuck out." He growled never looking at Nathanael. He would leave this place and never look back, he wouldn't stay here any longer. He refused. Nathanael stood up.
"You can't move." Nathanael said matter of factly "your not going anywhere." He snapped, "you remember Dean who you are." He growled angry seeing Dean curl, whatever that got him the strength to growl at him left Dean. "I'll get Raven for you."
Dean laid in the tub, the water colouring pink. He was healing very fast but a few stitches were still printed on his skin. Dean sniffed the air and relaxed, Raven entered the bathroom kneeling down in front of him. "Hi" she said softly stroking his hair.
"Hi. Are you okay?" he asked worried she nodded her head. Dean worried about her, she could have been killed those three night ago… or was it three nights ago he was never sure about time. "He… hasn't hurt you right?" it was words he never thought would come out his lips.
"No" Raven says with the shake of her head, her hair pulled back in a pony tail and she sighed then smiled gently at Dean as she stroked his wet hair. "He asks about you all the time." That night had been her very own nightmare. She seen Nathanael mad many times but this time it was personal.
Dean looked at the cream white wall saying bitterly with a crooked lip. "I should have read the fine script in this whole mating thing." But it wasn't like he really knew what Nathanael was doing to him that night.
"Well…"
"Well what?" she licked her lips nervous her fingers tapping the edge of the tub.
"You know your eight hundred years? Well after that… your home free… if you've found some one else... Your old mate could surrender you to the new one…" Dean interrupted her looking at her.
"That's good. I think by then he will find a new one… or just kill me and take another." He said dully. Raven flinched shaking her head looking at him with her brown eyes.
"But"
"But what?"
"Nathanael… I don't think he'd let you go." She said looking at Dean, it was the truth she seen Nathanael with Dean he wouldn't let Dean go for anything.
"No your right. I think he'd kill me by then." Dean said flatly.
"No Dean… I think… he could have killed you that night… but he didn't… he called me a fool remember? Like it was an ridiculous idea to kill you and he was that mad Dean…" she licked her lips.
"Maybe it had been better if he had killed me, I'm not cut out for this. I'm a hunter."
"So are we."
"Rules…" he puffed out bitterly "I break them."
"He does love you." She argued.
"When my years are up… I'll leave… I'll go to Mexico…" he knew he sounded naïve or unsecure.
"He will caught your scent if you go to the other side of the world Dean, he would just get furious Dean he'd…"
"Hurt me?" he looked straight into those dark eyes.
"Dean…"
"He don't love me if he hurts me." Dean argued, "I'm not stupid, I've turned into one of those girls that stays with a abusive boyfriend or husband. The only twist in this that my can track me down." He puffed out a bitter laugh hitting the now cold water.
"I don't think he did it on purpose…" she tried to defend.
"Who's side are your on… wait don't answer." He said bitterly as he saw her look down in shame. He snorted pulling the plug out of the tub.
Raven shook her head, then took Dean's hand rubbing their palms together "se that, my scent is now on your hand. He can scent it, we can't but he can." Dean brow crinkled "you have no idea how powerful he really is…"
"I know that my power is not even on his toenail." He used that comparison before Raven shook her head.
"I'm sorry… but perhaps not even that." Dean looked at her standing up taking the towel around his hips. "He's the beginning of us all… well almost of us all." Dean brow got deeper. "You want to know? I'll tell you. His parents were human Dean his whole family was… well almost… his cousin was like him to… somehow I don't know but they were born this way. It's them that changed others. That in return changed others. But it is his cousin and him are the beginning of all of this." She squeezed his hand. "Don't you know how special you are?" she asked him truthfully. "Nathanael is a fair man he is. But he can be cruel as well."
"I know." Dean said rather pale.
"No you don't. I've lived here for the last nine hundred of years." She snapped, "I've seen his lovers. Seen how he treats them, I've seen people wolfs pine after him, but you… you got him Dean. He was out Dean… I was there Dean. I was there al along. I was in the bar. I saw you Dean. I saw you enter the bar, you never saw me... Nathanael took a look at you and he changed Dean. He changed." She said in awe.
"I saw you two play pool, I was there every night seeing how you two become friends." Dean frowned. "He changed Dean, he changed that night he first spoke with you. Never once once had I seen him smile or laugh. You did that in one night. I was there Dean, it was I that helped Nathanael to take care of you."
He looked at her in wonder, his brow crinkled. He shook his head trying to get her words out pulling quickly on his cloths. "He changed with you, did you know there was no playing here? No jokes…"
"That's because you all were boring." He offered a tight smile.
"Cuz it wasn't allowed. He wanted calm, didn't want anything to disturb him. We were like… a bad black and white movie and you came with the flat screen with colours. You put TV's in this house. You put movies here, music." She gestured with her hand, "you got away with everything, and you still do."
"Raven. I get your point. But I can never se him like I did before." He said honestly shaking his head and stepped out the tub entering the bedroom and pulled out his cloths that already was in his old bags.
"You're his mate." She argued almost angry.
"I know." He said softly, "I need to be alone Raven."
"Sure. Please Dean don't do anything stupid…"
"I know this clan needs me to keep him calm." He said bitterly.
"I need you Dean. You're my best friend. My only friend since I've changed and ever before that." Dean nodded his head she smiled sadly leaning over kissing his forehead he flinched back.
"The scent."