NOTES: this is definitely going to be a multi part work :) I hope everyone enjoys!! happy Fatherâs Day to my favorite dilf. The idea behind this was for Vought to try and leash/placate/occupy Soldier Boy while simultaneously rehabilitating his image for their own gain. How do you do that? With a hot wife and kids, of course! Welcome family man soldier boy <3
TW: no smut (yet), stunt marriage but Ben is in it to win it, discussions of having a child (per contract stipulations), reader who is clearly out of her depth, sweet moments with Ben, Vought being Vought
The thick, leather-bound folder sat in front of you on the polished glass table like it weighed a hundred pounds. Gold trim along the spine. Vought branding etched into the leather. At the top of the first page â not in legal typeface but embossed like a wedding invitation â were the words: Public Placement Agreement
You blinked. Smiled like you understood.
You didnât.
âWell?â said the woman to your right, the one with the pearl cufflinks and the chemically perfected teeth. âThis is the big moment.â
You nodded, fingers twitching nervously against the hem of your skirt. You had worn pale blue because they said it photographed well. Soft. Feminine. Approachable.
Theyâd been saying that word a lot lately.
Another executive spoke up, some silver-haired man in a navy suit youâd only met twice before. âYouâll get final say over styling, of course. We want you to feel like yourself. Thatâs very important to usâthis is a partnership.â
Partnership.
Like youâd both come to the table with equal leverage.
You swallowed. âAnd⊠just to make sure Iâm understanding correctlyâthis is fake?â
The room paused.
The woman with the pearl cufflinks laughed. Just once. Sharp and smooth.
âWell,â she said, flipping a page for you. âThe marriage is real. Legally. But the nature of the relationship? Thatâs entirely up to you.â
A pause.
You stared down at the line that said:
Parties entering this agreement acknowledge a public-facing union with Mr. Benjamin Hargrove, otherwise known as Soldier Boy, as of the effective date and commit to full availability for associated media, domestic, and narrative development obligations.
ââŠDomestic?â you repeated.
âDonât worry about that,â said Pearl Cufflinks. âYouâll have a team managing your wardrobe, your schedule, your comms. Youâll even have a personal assistant to help with the, umâtransition.â
You wanted to ask transition into what?
Instead, you nodded again. You were good at nodding. It was what had gotten you this far. Obedient. Polished. Background actress pretty.
They said he had preferences. Said he liked women who smiled with their teeth. Liked a little curve to the hips. Liked when they had to look up at him. And a whole laundry list of other things that you apparently ticked the boxes for.
You hadnât known any of that when you sent in your headshots. You hadnât even known what the role was. Just that it was high-profile, long-term, and required âmature discretion.â
Now there was a ring box beside the contract.
âSoldier Boy is very excited to meet you,â said one of the men.
You flinched slightly. You hadnât realized he wasnât already here.
And thenâ
You felt it. A shift in the air. The subtle crackle of attention. Your eyes lifted toward the doorway. There he was, strutting into the room without a single care in the world. Plopping down in the seat on the other side of the table. And nowâ
Across from you sat your future.
Soldier Boy in the flesh â sprawled in his chair like he owned the whole damn building. Trademarked uniform and all. He was bigger in person. Broader. Louder, even when he wasnât speaking.
But he was speaking now.
To you.
âI asked âem for a blonde at first,â he said, tipping his chair back. âBut they said you had better⊠chemistry scores.â
You blinked. âChemistry?â
He grinned. âFertility panel. Real strong numbers, sweetheart. Real breeder stats.â
The pen in your hand slipped slightly. No one at the table flinched.
âIâexcuse me?â you asked, heart thudding.
Pearl Cufflinksâyour supposed liaisonâcleared her throat like this was completely normal. âClause 12(b),â she said smoothly, flipping the contract binder toward you. âThe child provision.â
Your eyes locked on the text:
In accordance with Image Rehabilitation Strategy Phase III, the couple will agree to attempt conception within the first fifteen months of legal union, with successful pregnancy preferred by Q4 of Year One
Ben gave a low whistle. âThatâs corporate for Iâm knockinâ you up, doll.â
You stared.
One of the menâsome VP of Partnerships or something that sounded equally as made upâleaned forward. âThis is a long-term narrative. America loves a family arc. Soldier Boy comes home. Soldier Boy finds love. Soldier Boy becomes a father.â
âSoldier Boy fills you fullâa patriotic cum,â Ben added, unbothered. âPut that on a Hallmark card.â
Your mouth opened. Closed.
âOf course,â Pearl continued, âwe do understand that fertility journeys can be unpredictable. So in the event natural methods prove unsuccessful, Vought reserves the right to discuss alternatives: IVF, IUI, surrogacy, donor sequencingââ
Ben made a noise â sharp, low, amused. Then he stood.
âYeah. No,â he said flatly. âWeâre not doinâ any of that shit.â
âSoldier Boy,â one of the lawyers began cautiously, âthese are standard fallback clausesââ
âI donât care if itâs fuckinâ scripture,â Ben muttered, already moving around the table. âItâs. Not. Happening.â
He stopped behind you, broad hands resting on the back of your chair.
âYou think Iâm gonna let some stranger shove a needle into my wife? Pump her full of hormones? Knock her up with a fuckinâ turkey baster?â He laughed, dry. âCâmon now.â
His voice dropped.
âI donât share. I donât outsource. And I sure as hell donât let someone else handle whatâs mine.â
He leaned down, eyes locked on the page in front of you.
âNo IVF. No clinics. No surrogate. No test tubes. If weâre makinâ a baby, weâre doinâ it the natural way, like God intended. In my bed, on her backâ
You swallowed hard.
Pearl tried to keep control. âThe clause is conditional, Soldier Boy. Simply there for liability protection.â
Ben grabbed the pen. âGreat. Then we wonât need it.â
He dragged a thick, black line straight through the entire paragraph. Then he turned the page.
âWhile weâre at itâŠâ
He started crossing things out.
âThis one? Separate quarters. Like hell. Sheâs my wife, not a fuckinâ tenant.â
Scratch.
âPrivacy provision? Nah. You want alone time, sweetheart?â He glanced at you over his shoulder, eyes sharp. âYou can have it when Iâm dead.â
Scratch.
âMedia stipulation: âmaintain independent identity as a solo public figureââŠâ He scoffed. âSheâs not a fuckinâ talk show host. Sheâs Mrs. Soldier Boy. Thatâs the brand.â
Scratch.
He flipped one more page. Slowed.
âThis one says if I get âindefinitely incapacitated,â youâre allowed to request a contract reassignment.â He raised an eyebrow. âThat means if I die, theyâll let you remarry to some other asshole.â
He didnât even bother with the pen. He ripped the page out.
You jumped slightly.
Ben handed you the pen, calm as anything. âThere. Much better.â
Pearl blinked. âSoldier Boyââ
He didnât even look at her. âIâm not negotiating how to be a husband.â
Then, quieter â for you:
âYou marry me, you take my name, you have my kid. Thatâs the job. And Iâm not lettinâ some boardroom water it down.â
You stared at the torn page. The dark slashes. The heat of his hand still on your chair.
He looked down at the contract again. His thumb dragged lightly across your upper arm.
âThis partâs not for Vought,â he said. âItâs for me.â
Then, softer â but no less final:
âI want the real thing. The wife, the rugrats, the marriage. No labs. No third parties. No chemicals. Just you. Me. The good old-fashioned way.â
The room was holding its breath.
You stared at the signature line. And thenâbecause you didnât know what else to do, because no one was stopping him, because some twisted part of you wanted toâyou signed your name.
Ben let out a low whistle, pleased beyond words. âDamn, sweetheart. I gotta admit, that was sexy as hell.â
The ink on the page was still drying when you looked up and asked, soft but clear:
âSo⊠is that it?â
Pearl Cufflinks glanced up, caught mid-note. âPardon?â
You gestured vaguely to the table. To the ring box. The silence. âI mean⊠thereâs no ceremony or anything?â
That earned a pause. A little shuffle of papers. A couple of glances.
One of the men â the one with the overly whitened smile and the Vought lapel pin â cleared his throat.
âThereâs a civil judge we work with,â he said smoothly. âHeâs discreet. Heâll sign off retroactivelyâjust a formality. And next week, weâve got a full shoot scheduled: custom gown, natural lighting, branded media rolloutââ
Ben snorted.
It wasnât subtle. It wasnât quiet. It cracked across the table like a gunshot.
He hadnât said a word since youâd signed. Just stood with his arms folded, watching the suits talk about your future like it was a marketing pitch.
Now he straightened up.
âYouâre tellinâ me,â he said, voice flat, âyou walked this girl in here, made her sign her life and body away to you jackles, and didnât even plan a fuckinâ ceremony?â
Pearl gave a stiff smile. âItâs all been arranged, of courseââ
âNo,â he cut in. âIt hasnât.â
He walked toward the table, slow and purposeful. âA photoshoot ainât a wedding. A judge whoâs never met her doesnât mean shit. Thisââ He gestured to the folder. ââthis is a contract. Thatâs not the same thing.â
Then he looked at her. âCan I have a minute with my wife?â
Pearl blinked. âWeâd be happy to schedule a shortââ
âThat means get out.â His voice didnât rise. It didnât need to. It landed like a slammed door.
There was a beatâthat quiet, tense little moment Vought people always had when dealing with unstable assetsâand then they were moving. Scrambling politely. Gathering files and devices. Disappearing without another word.
The room emptied. The door clicked shut.
And just like that, the whole temperature changed. Ben exhaled, rubbed a hand over his jaw. Then he turned to the ring box.
He picked it up like it mattered. Opened it slow.
You watched as he reached for your hand.
âI picked this myself. Took me two hours to get one of those Vought weasels to bring out something that didnât look like a damn geology project.â
You didnât speak. But Ben didnât need you to.
âMy ma wore somethinâ like this,â he said, not looking at your face. Just your hand in his. âShe wore it âtil the day she died. Didnât matter if they fought. Didnât matter what she gave up. That ring never came off.â
Your chest tightened a little.
He lifted his eyes and met yours. âI figured if I was gonna do this, Iâd might as well do it right.â
His palm was warm, steady. Then, with surprising care, he slipped the ring onto your finger.
Not performative. Not rough.
Just final.
âThere,â he murmured. âNow it counts.â
You stared at the ring, at the way his thumb brushed the base of your finger like he was sealing it in.
He didnât let go.
âYou scared?â he asked.
You nodded. Just barely.
He nodded too. âGood,â he said. âMeans you have a brain.â
You looked up at him. âAre you?â
Something in his face shifted â not a smile, not exactly. But there was something there. Something real.
âThis feels like the first good decision Iâve made in fifty fuckinâ years.â He squeezed your hand, not hard. âSo donât make me regret it.â
It didnât feel like a vow.
It felt like a warning. And a promise.
And, somehow, that was the closest thing to love youâd heard all day.
The elevator opened directly into the penthouse.
No hallway. No lobby. Just the soft hush of clean floors and city lights and the kind of silence that felt like it had been waiting for you.
Ben stepped in first, tossing his jacket somewhere over the arm of a wide leather chair without a second glance. âGo on,â he said, looking back at you. âYou can come in. Place donât bite.â
You crossed the threshold slowly.
The space wasnât what you expected. Warm. Lived-in. Expensive, yeahâbut not staged. There were boots by the door, a half-unpacked duffel near the couch. A record player in the corner, the needle resting mid-album.
It didnât feel like a PR setup.
It felt like someoneâs home.
âYou live here?â you asked, voice catching just a little.
Ben gave a low hum, heading toward the kitchen. âYeah, sweetheart,â he said, pulling open the fridge. âWe do.â
That hit low in your stomach.
You didnât even notice him pour the drinks until he was walking back with two glasses in one hand â whiskey, no ice.
He handed you one. âTo the blushinâ bride,â he drawled, clinking his glass against yours. âLookinâ like a fuckinâ dream in that little blue dress. Bet half the legal team couldnât stop starinâ.â
You took a sip to hide your nerves.
He watched you over the rim of his glass. âYou bring anything lacey? Or did the Vought PR fairies forget to prep you for the wedding night?â
Your cheeks burned. âI didnât know this was the wedding night.â
Ben grinned. âSweetheart, you signed the paper. You got the ring. You walked into my home. If it ainât tonight, itâs soon.â
You said nothing, sucking in a deep breath as your eyes took in the room.
He stepped closer, eyes on you â not pushy, but there.
âStill nervous?â
You nodded. Just barely.
His voice dropped lower. âGood.â
You looked up, startled.
âMeans itâs real,â he said. âYâalways feel the nerves before things that matter.â
Then, after a beat â âCâmon.â
You followed him down the hallway, passing soft lighting, shelves of records, walls that felt quiet. Like they held things no one else got to see.
He stopped at a door, pushed it open.
âThis is yours,â he said. âIf you want it to be.â
The room was clean, simple. Comfortable. Neutral tones. A bed made up with fresh sheets. A lamp turned on low. A robe hanging on a hook. Pajamas folded at the foot of the bed â white and crisp.
You looked at him. âYou set this up?â
He crossed his arms with a huffed laugh. âI didnât pick the fuckinâ duvet or anything. Got someone to make it decent. Didnât seem right, throwing you into my bed like a stray dog without giving you a choice.â
Your throat went tight at the idea of him thinking about his. Planning it, to some degree.
âI figured you might wanna take a breath,â he added. âOr sleep with the door locked. For a while.â
You glanced back at the bed. âAnd if I donât?â
He smiled. âYou donât ever have to sleep in your own room if you donât want to.â
Your heart jumped. âBut if I do?â
He shrugged one shoulder. âI wonât cry about it.â Then he paused. Let the quiet stretch. âBut I wonât exactly be thrilled either.â
You met his eyes â green, steady, utterly without apology.
Then, softer, just for you: âI want you close. Thatâs not a secret.â
He nodded toward the door behind him. âBut you can take your time. Iâll be in the other room. Shirt off. Lookinâ devastating.â
SYNOPSIS: "Listen." He grabs her chin, tilts her face to meet his eyes. "Listen to me." The three gunshots are cracks of lightening in the enclosed space. make her flinch, eyes widening as her fingers clutch onto his jacket. "You didn't kill him. I did." Jason says, turning her face to the body. ""Your hands are still clean." He steps back in her line of view, eyes serious and fierce.
NOTE: I'm semi happy with this I fear
MASTERLIST
It was an accident. It was an accident. It was an accident!
She didn't mean it, she would never, it's just...just that she was scared, and she acted on instinct, and-and Jason had told her what to do in situations like this, times when she might be in trouble on the off chance that he wasn't around to handle it.
Her knowledge of the human body is limited, but even she can tell that the bloody knife clutched in her right hand nicked something important. The man at her feet should not be bleeding that much, red trickled out in spurts and nightmarish wet gurgles.
Shaky hands fumble with her phone, fingers slick with blood trying to type in the passcode. A sob punches out of her chest as the liquid makes her thumb harder to register. The blurriness from the tears don't do anything to help her vision either.
A groan comes from somewhere to her right, the sound tightening the band across her chest. The alley walls are too close, the air is too thick and she can't breathe.
Crimson smears her cheek when she presses the phone to her ear, hyperventilating.
"Hey, what's up, baby?"
He picks up on the third ring, and she collapses against the grimy brick wall. She latches onto the voice, lets it ground her enough to find her voice.
"Jason." She sobs out. The knife clatters on the alley floor, a punch of noise in the sudden silence. "Jay..."
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His spine straightens at the noise, hands stilling with the wrench still in hand. Immediately, he's sliding himself out from under the car he's working on and wiping his hands clean, phone pressed to ear instead of on speaker.
"What's wrong? Fuck, are you hurt?" He demands immediately. Icy dread creeps around him when all he gets as a response is something incomprehensible, and quick, small gasps. "Breathe, angel." He says, pulling up her location. Jason's brow furrows when it shows her in some random alley. There's nothing else to think about because the next moment he's grabbing his helmet, swinging a leg over his bike and kicking off.
"I'm coming, all right? Just need you to stay on the line with me." He tries to keep his voice as steady as possible, biting back the fear and the hint of green rage creeping along the edges of his vision. Someone had made her sound like that and he wasn't there. "Are you safe?" He asks, and the silence that follows nearly makes his heart stop.
"I think." A wobbly voice whispers hoarsely. "It's...it's over, Jay. I didn't..." Her voice breaks and he curses out loud, mind racing. Jason pushes his panic down and hones it into that sharp focus he only ever reaches for when he's on patrol, stepping on the accelerator.
'It's over'
The words play in his head like a broken record as he talks to her, coaxing her to breathe, reassuring her the best as possible while possibilities wreck havoc on his judgement. If someone touched her, if they so much as breathed on her, he swears. No kill room be damned, Jason would cut their fucking hands off.
The bike finally swerves into the alley, and he's off of it before it even fully stops, one hand on his holster, eyes scanning the alley with a desperation he's not felt in forever. There's no active threat, none that he can make out.
Jason doesn't give the body on the ground a moment's glance, instead hones into the figure curled up into herself against the wall a few steps to the side.
"I'm here." He says lowly, immediately crouching next to her. Large, warm hands find her shoulders, prying her upright from how she's curled into herself. He cups her cheeks, frantically looking her over. His thumb wipes away the smear of blood on her face, and the caged, thrashing leash of his anger settles down marginally when he sees no wound under the gore.
The wounded noise she makes makes his throat close up, and he hates himself a little as he tightens his grip to keep her in place against the wall when she tries to lurch forward in his arms.
"I've got you, baby. One minute." He assures, taking a few seconds to smooth a hand over the rest of her body, just to be extra sure. When he doesn't find an injury, he exhales and crushes her against him, chest to chest. Fingers tangle in her hair, rubbing soothingly down her spine. "You're okay, I'm here." His voice is fierce.
A few moments pass, but instead of calming down, her breathing seems to quicken again much to his confusion. "Tell me what's wrong." He finally says, firm but gentle. "What happened? Someone attack you?" When she pulls back, he lets her, still keeping her within arms length.
"Jay." Her breath hitches, shaking her head, eyes drifting to the body close by. Her face twists up again and Jason is quick to start connecting the dots.
"Did he do something?" He keeps his eyes on her.
"He tried." She finally says. "But I...you taught me if it happened to- but he wouldn't let me run-" She gasps, and Jason lets her talk, rubs her arms up and down, brow pinched in worry. "I panicked and he had a gun- and I-..." Her eyes flicker off to the side.
Jason follows her gaze to the bloody knife.
Her initials engraved in the hilt.
Jason had scratched them himself before gifting it to her 'just in case', a couple months ago.
"Fuck." He breathes, as everything clicks. "Shit, baby, it's-"
"I killed him." The sob that heaves out of her is gut-wrenching, and Jason's pulling her to his chest immediately. "I killed him!" She gasps wetly. "I didn't mean to, I...I didn't want to!"
He takes a deep breath, tilting his head back to look up at the sky for a second. Taking a life was never easy, it didn't matter whether it was in self defence or not.
Jason still remembers his first. A hungry kid roaming the streets years ago, shivering from the cold and picking through one of the dumpsters behind a run down movie theatre. He remembers the owners coming out and yelling at him, lunging in anger when Jason lashed out. He remembers pushing. He remembers the crack of a skull against the metal lid. He remembers staring transfixed before vomiting what little he'd managed to scrounge that day.
He presses her tighter against him. She wasn't like him, wasn't like any of them. His girl was no killer, not with how soft hearted she was, and Jason would never want this life for her in any world.
Exhaling slowly, he surveys the scene beside them once more...and does a double take. The artery the knife nicked looks fatal, there's no way anybody was getting that man to a hospital before he bled out, but the way his chest moved in small, marginal gasps said there was still some life in him.
There's something about the life he lives that hardens you, takes away your optimism and fragility. It's why Jason is able to make the decision he does so easily.
He stands slowly, pulling her up with him and twisting her to face the gory scene. "You didn't kill him." He says, squeezing her against his side.
"I did." She says, and Jason knows if she doesn't calm down soon she's going to pass out.
"Listen." He grabs her chin, tilts her face to meet his eyes. "Listen to me." In one smooth motion, he pulls out his gun from the holster around his hip and clicks the safety off.
The three gunshots are cracks of lightening in the enclosed space. make her flinch, eyes widening as her fingers clutch onto his jacket. There's a groan, and then it cuts off.
"You didn't kill him. I did." Jason says, turning her face to the body. It's still, no movement, dead eyes staring up at the cloudy sky. He steps back in her line of view, eyes serious and fierce.
"No- that...but I-"
He interrupts. "Your hands are clean. I killed him. Not you." His voice softens as she starts shaking again, burying her face into his chest. "Understand?"
After a few moments, she nods against his chest, still unsteady, but less shaky than before.
Lips press to the crown of her head, firm and grounding. "I've got you. I'll take care of it." He mutters against her hairline, slowly guiding her away from the scene.
When her hands shake, he's there to hold them steady. When she wakes up with a cry during the night, he's there to hold her back to sleep.
And she lets him, leaning on her boyfriend and letting him mutter soothing nonsense, soft and gentle in a way he only ever is with her.
samâs gotta be huge right? like so big that you feel impossibly full before heâs even in you all the way? he gets you on your hands and knees on the edge of the bed and youâre so stretched and gasping for air, your body subconsciously trying to crawl away so you can catch your breath, and all soulless!sam does is grab your hips and say âwhere do you think youâre going? you wanted this didnât you? your cunt sure does. sheâs fucking dripping at the thought of taking this all. be a good whore and stay still.â
oh. 100%. but like. there's just something so good and diabolical about soulless!sam winchester being so fucking nasty about fitting all of himself in you..
he's just about half-way in your already aching cunt, large hands gripping tightly onto your waist so you can't try to get awayâ again. and you have to just shut up and take it, as you know all-too well what happened the last time you tried to protest your complaints. it didn't end well. "need you to stay still for me, baby," he demands, stifling a groan when you whimper, biting down on your bottom lip to stop yourself from crying out. he shoves more of himself into you, stretching you out more. "can't have me hurting her now, can we.."
he's always been so kind and gentle with you, like you're some injured baby bird, but notâ neverâ like this. and when you try to tell him you're tired, that he's already fucked you enough and your poor cunt can't take any more, all he says is, "but she's so wet for me, isn't she? and youâ looking at me in the bar like you were going to jump me right then and there, weren't you?" to which, you can only nod, fat tears beginning to drip down your face.
but the tearsâ and the aching, and the stretching, and the painâ are quickly forgotten, as you find yourself face-down in the sheets, blindly grabbing at the them for stability, moaning loudly as he buries himself balls-deep in your squelching cunt with each thrust. "not going to hurt youâ you know that." he says it so carelessly, because, really, he doesn't mean it, but you take no notice of it; just beg him to fuck you faster, deeper, harder. feel him right up in your guts, his cock stuffed so snugly in your tight hole. "so perfect for me, babyâ no need for the tears at all.."
like before frank even walked in the room he could hear whimpers and moans from the door, he wasnât concerned or anything he was just coming in to check on you guys and as soon as he walked in he just saw peter behind you, his hand tightly gripped on your hip and the other on your backâ deepening your arch.. your face smushed into the bed and your ass upđ”âđ«
just delivering the harshest thrusts and making sure his cock was reaching deeeep inside you, and all you can do is whine and take it as he makes you cum for the fourth time :( frank kind of just watches for a moment before he steps in, seeing your face all wet and hears all the soundsâyour ass slapping against peters stomach, how sloppy your pussy was after creaming so much on him and your whimpers for peter to slow down :(( aghhh just music to franks ears, âsl-slow down peter I canât.. canât cum anâanymore!â it makes him so hard.. he would join in and make you cry some more if he didnât know any better, but he does so he helps you out.
as soon as you hear the older manâs footsteps toward the bed you gripe and reach your hands out for him, âdaddy..â, knowing heâs come to help you, almost missing how peters hips come to a slow stop. âalright pete, sâenough now go take a breather.â frank says in such a stern tone that itâs almost enough to pull peter out of it, heâs breathing hard and looking at frank with his cock still deep in your throbbing hole, eyes still consumed with the color black. âsnap out of it kid im not gonna tell you again.â, and they have a staring contest for a second or two before peters senses come back, the younger mans eyes widening as he looks around, seeing you all teary eyed and on your hands and knees in front of him :(
he immediately pulls out with a wince and hugs you, feeling so bad for losing control like that.. âoh no im so sorry baby, i-i didnât hurt you did I?â he says pulling back to look at you, observing your face and feeling relieved when you shake your head, âno! it was just too much..â and he kind of just says heâs sorry a bunch until frank intervenes.
âyeah sheâs okay kid, sheâs okay. just went too hard on erâ. letâs go get you cleaned up sweetheart..â, frank picks you up from the bed and takes you to his room, cooing at you when you flinch at the arousal drooling down your legs.
frank puts you down once you guys get to his room, tells you heâs just gonna start the bath for you to get cleaned up but you just feel a throb in between your legs :/ so when frank comes back you tell him exactly that with a pout, âit feels so achey frankie, need you to make it go away..â
âmake it.. make it go away? oh i got ya doll, sâalright daddyâll take care of you.â, and soon youâre on his bed all sprawled out, still naked from being with peter. you could see the bruises he put on your hips from where he was holding you, your thighs all sticky and your pussy so puffy, frank almost grimaces when he sees how rough peter got with you. âjesus baby..â, frank mutters as he feels through your slippery folds, lips all sore and swollen from the friction peter caused. âpeter did a number on you huh sweet girl? got all mean and made a mess of this pretty little pussy..â, you frown and nod so fast thatâs it bring a smile to franks face, he chuckles as he rubs your clit a few times and dips his head down.
your hips buck up when franks lips latches on to you, sucking on your sensitive little bud and groaning, youâre so wet. your hole still stuffed from peter and spilling out your cum, feeling so tender everywhere from how much you came and franks slurping up all of it.
itâs almost embarrassing how much you squeal when you feel the older manâs tongue slither around your cunt, licking stripes all over and groaning :/ you hiccup when he comes up from your thighs, his chin covered in slick, âfeelin any better princess? that ache go away yet?â
you know you could cum again if frank kept up with his licking, and even if your âacheâ did go away. âmm not yet daddy.. need you to do it again, please?â and frank could only smile at you as he bends down again, bringing your legs on top of his shoulders and holding them with his biceps, working to soothe his hurting girls pussy!!
âmake it.. make it go away? oh i got ya doll, sâalright daddyâll take care of you.â, and soon youâre on his bed all sprawled out, still naked from being with peter. you could see the bruises he put on your hips from where he was holding you, your thighs all sticky and your pussy so puffy, frank almost grimaces when he sees how rough peter got with you. âjesus baby..â, frank mutters
summary: some desires are easier to indulge in than resist. and after a long day of playing knight and princess at the renaissance faire, Matt finally gets you all to himself.
warnings: 18+ mdni, age gap, roleplaying, oral (fem!receiving), edging, piv sex
notes: hi... did you miss them? ~this flashback takes place directly after chapter 17~
word count: 3.5k
the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good; sensual self indulgence
He knew he was supposed to be tired. The faire had been hours of smells and crowds and noises, an attack on his delicate senses. The constant stream of input had left him with a slight ringing in his ears as the two of you finally made your way to his quiet penthouse.
It wasn't all bad. Mostly, he'd just listened to you. The little catch in your breathing whenever heâd touched your waist and pulled you closer while the two of you wandered. The soft jingle of those ridiculous little charms every time you moved. And, unfortunately for whatever remained of his self control, the way youâd continually called him "your knight".
He'd like to say wasnât sure what had possessed you to start that game in the first place, but he knew. You liked teasing him. Youâd discovered pretty quickly that he was remarkably easy to fluster when it came to you. And ever since then, you had apparently decided to make a hobby of it.
You stopped suddenly in his hallway, catching him by the lapels of his coat and pulling him into a kiss. Matt smiled against your mouth, hands settling at your waist. When you finally pulled back, you stayed close enough that he could feel your breath against his lips. âSo am I still in trouble?â you whispered.
His smile widened. âSweetheart, you have no idea.â You giggled and he kissed you once more. Slow and warm and impossibly tender. Then your fingers slipped into his. âCome on, my most loyal and handsome sir Matthew.â Matt laughed under his breath, squeezing your hand. âYeah,â he murmured, following you toward the bedroom. âIâm coming.â
The bedroom door clicked shut behind you, and his own hands were already moving. He guided you backward with steady pressure until your back met the wall, following close, letting the solid warmth of his body settle against yours.
One palm braced beside your head while the other slid down to rest at your waist, fingers splaying over the boning of the corset. Heâd been starving to touch you like this all day. After listening to other people steal even the smallest pieces of your attention, having you here-finally alone-made his chest feel tight.
He dipped his head and breathed you in, nose brushing just behind your ear. The second you lifted your hands to remove the crown, the faint movement in the air caught his attention. He went still, heart kicking against his ribs as you set it aside. The quiet clink of metal on wood.
âWhy remove it, princess?â he asked, voice low and already slipping back into that slightly more formal tone youâd been teasing eachother back and forth with at the faire. He could hear the smile in your voice when you spoke. âBecause I donât want to break it⊠not after what I want my knight to do to me tonight.â
Mattâs breath left him in a slow, shaky exhale. Those words landed low and hot in his stomach. His fingers flexed against your waist as he fought the urge to just grab and take. He was still aiming for gentle, for the softer version of this game, but the long night of wanting you was pushing hard against his patience.
Instead of answering right away, he leaned in and kissed you. His tongue slid in briefly, and then his teeth were catching your lower lip in a playful bite. One hand cradled the back of your head so the wall wouldnât hurt you, and the other dragged you closer until your hips pressed to his. Your body fit perfectly against him, and it made a low sound rumble in his chest. When he finally pulled back, his breathing was rough.
âJust want to make you feel good,â he murmured against your lips, voice warm but a little strained as he tried to keep the sweetness in it. âTo serve my princess in whatever way she desires.â
He kissed you again, slower this time, then let his mouth trail down your throat and lower, to the soft swell of your breasts spilling over the corset. Every slow, open mouthed kiss there pulled another shaky breath from you. He could smell your skin, the lingering sweat, and the faint sweet tang of your arousal already starting to color the air. His heart was pounding now. It was getting harder to stay sweet when all he wanted was to drop to his knees and bury his face between your thighs.
When he lifted his head, his voice came out playful. âMay I take you to the bed, my beautiful princess?â
You nodded, cheeks warm, and Mattâs mouth curved into a small smile as he waited for you to speak- a somewhat vulnerable one that he could only ever give you. "Please, Ma- my lord."
âAs you wish, princess.â
He slipped one arm beneath your knees and the other around your back, lifting you with effortless ease. He carried you across the short distance to the bed and laid you down gently, settling you high in the center of the mattress so your head rested on the pillows.
The second your back met the duvet, Mattâs hands were at your skirts, bunching the heavy fabric upward in slow, deliberate handfuls. Every shift of the material made the tiny gold chains and pendants still fastened at your hips chime softly. He could hear them clearly-each delicate clink, the whisper of soft fabric against skin-and it wound tighter and tighter around the ache between his legs.
He settled on his knees between your thighs, shoulders covered by the coat he still had on. He bent over you, and the position brought him low enough that he could smell you much better, warm and sweet and unmistakably aroused. The scent hit him so hard his cock gave a heavy, insistent pulse against the front of his pants.
Matt exhaled shakily through his nose. One hand slid up the inside of your thigh, thumb stroking the soft skin just below where he really wanted to be. He leaned in closer, close enough that his breath ghosted over the thin barrier of your underwear. âTell me what you need,â he said, voice lower now, rougher around the edges. He pressed a slow, reverent kiss to the inside of your thigh, then let the next words come out taunting. âAnd Iâll give it to you.â He was such a fucking liar.
You whimpered, and he could hear your fingers tightening in the duvet. âPlease, my knight, your mouth. I need you to- to touch me, properly. Iâve been aching for you all day.â
He groaned and sat back up on his knees enough to shrug the coat from his shoulders, leaving him in only the loose white button up. He lowered himself properly onto his stomach between your thighs, hooking his arms beneath them and dragging you a fraction closer.
Matt pressed his face in, nosing slowly along the damp fabric of your underwear. A low, helpless groan vibrated out of him the moment he breathed you in properly.
âFuck,â he muttered, the word muffled against you. His voice came out rougher than he intended. âYou smell so good, princess. Youâve really have been like this all day, havenât you?â He felt you shift with a chocked gasp, and a fresh wave of your scent hit him. "M- Mhm," was all you could manage in response. His hips rolled, rutting into the bed while he simply breathed you in.
âYou tortured me all day,â he said, lips brushing lightly against the soaked cotton. You released a shaky exhale as he dragged his nose along your covered slit again, deliberately slow. âSo I think Iâll make you wait a little longer princess. Wanna play with you first.â
Before you could say anything he opened his mouth and started lapping at you through the fabric. Long, firm strokes of his tongue that pressed the soaked material against your clit. The taste, even muted like this, made him groan again. You moaned, and he could hear the tiny, telltale clench of your cunt around nothing, wet and fluttering, desperate for something inside. It drove him a little insane.
Matt mouthed at you harder, sucking lightly through the fabric while you whined, then pulled back just enough to speak. âListen to you,â he murmured. âMaking all these pretty sounds for your knight. My princess is so wet and she only has herself to blame.â
He licked another slow stripe, hips still rolling lazily into the mattress, chasing the barest bit of relief while he denied you the same. âTell me how sorry you are, maybe then Iâll give you what you want."
âI'm sorry-please, my lord⊠pleease stop teasing me.â You started whimpering. Soft, desperate little sounds that slipped out every time he dragged his tongue over the soaked fabric. Your thighs tried to close around his head but were stopped by his shoulders.
He lifted his head just enough to speak, voice low and edged with that mean little thread he hadnât really allowed himself to show you before. âLook at you,â he murmured, pressing a kiss to the wet spot heâd made. âCalling me your lord, your knight⊠while you beg like this. Iâm below you in every way that matters, princess. Just your sworn man. And here you are, pleading for me like Iâm the one who holds the power.â
Another slow lick through the fabric. He could taste you even more now, the cotton nearly translucent. âSay it again,â he ordered softly.
You did, voice breathy, the title slipping out again. âI want you so badly, please- my lord- I canât take it anymore.â Matt grunted in response.
âThatâs it. Beg for your knight like the spoiled little princess you are.â
He hooked his fingers into the waistband of your underwear and tugged them down in one smooth motion, peeling the ruined fabric off one leg and leaving it tangled around the other ankle.
Matt didnât make you wait any longer. He lowered his mouth and licked a long, deliberate stripe up your bare cunt, groaning at the first real taste of you. His tongue was flat, dragging slowly from your entrance all the way to your clit before he sealed his lips around the swollen bud and sucked.
One arm stayed hooked under your left thigh, holding you open. The other hand slid up to slide two fingers against your slick folds, spreading you gently so he could lick deeper, tongue circling your entrance before pushing inside with a slow, deliberate thrust. He moaned at the way you clenched around the wet intrusion, the flutter of your cunt sending a fresh pulse of blood to his already aching cock.
He pulled back just enough to speak, lips shiny, breath hot against you. âTell me how it feels princess. Am I pleasing you, or do you want more?â You only keened in response and tried to lift your hips. Matt buried his face again, alternating between broad strokes of his tongue and gentle suction. He could stay here for hours.
You were getting louder now. soft, broken cries turning into desperate, breathy moans. You were close. Matt pulled back just enough to speak, lips glistening, voice low and surprisingly steady. âNot yet,â he murmured against your slick skin. âYouâre not coming until Iâm inside you. Do you understand?â
Your answering whimper and quiet "Please... Matthew..." only made him smirk. He dove back in, sucking your clit with slow, deliberate pressure before licking broad stripes up and down your folds. He kept you spread open with one arm while the other finally slid back between your thighs. Two fingers teased your entrance before he pushed them inside you, curling them into that spongey spot that always made you gush for him while his mouth returned to your clit.
The moment he felt you clamp down hard around his fingers he stilled his movements, breathing hot against you. âAh-ah, you better not come, princess. I can feel you clenching around my fingers.â He waited a few more seconds while you squirmed, and then started languidly moving his fingers again while his tongue resumed its circles.
Suddenly you were trying to grind against his face again, more insistently now. He released a startled moan at your desperate movements and didn't even try to pin you with his arms. Your ankles crossed over his upper back, caging him in. God, he wanted this. Wanted you to ride his face properly, to use him, to climb over him and take what you needed until your thighs shook. This was the closest youâd ever gotten to that.
For a few moments he forgot everything-forgot the rule heâd set, forgot the teasing. He just let you grind, and licked at you messily with your slick and his borderline drooling everywhere as his tongue chased every movement of your hips. It wasnât until your moans pitched into something almost frantic that he remembered.
Matt pulled back with a gasp. You were right there-teetering-and the frustrated whine you let out nearly made him cream his pants. He sat up on his knees, hands already moving to the front of his trousers. He shoved them down just far enough to free his cock, wrapping his hand loosely around the base. The relief of his own touch made him exhale shakily.
He just held himself, thumb sweeping over the head absently as he focused every working sense on you. He listened to the rapid beat of your heart, and felt the way your body had risen in temperature. Then he noticed the subtle shift in your breathing.
You were watching. Staring at his hand on his cock. Mattâs grip tightened instinctively. He gave himself a slow stroke from base to tip, then another, working himself a little now that he knew you were looking. The slide of his fist was slick with the mess of precome heâd made, his cock leaking like a faucet. âWatch, princess,â he said, voice still edged with that playful tone. âThis is what you do to me, sweetheart."
He wished so badly to see your face, and catalog every reaction while his hand moved in steady, unhurried strokes. He was breathing hard, face still flushed, but the feeling of you watching him like this made him groan low in his throat. He could feel how badly you wanted him inside, you were absolutely throbbing.
âMatt-" you choked out, "My lor- I donât care what you call yourself right now. Just fuck me stupid ple-ease!â
That was it.
Mattâs restraint snapped like a cut, taut thread. A low, guttural sound tore out of him as he surged forward, hooking your legs over his shoulders in one rough motion. The new angle pressed your thighs back, opening you completely for him. He braced one hand on the headboard above your head, the other gripping the base of his cock as he lined himself up. He pushed in with one long, deliberate thrust.
The stretch was perfect, so fucking tight he had to grit his teeth to keep from coming on the spot. His hips rocked forward until he settled flush against you, and the little jingling charms at your waist sang with the movement, each tiny chime dragging across his senses like gentle fingertips. âFuck- princess,â he groaned, head dropping back over his shoulders for a second. âYou're perfect.â
He didnât give either of you time to adjust. Matt pulled back and drove in hard, setting a fast, relentless rhythm from the very first thrust. Your legs bounced against his shoulders with every snap of his hips. He fucked you exactly like youâd begged-deep, fast, almost brutal in his need.
âGod, sweetie" his voice came out low and a little strained, the last soft thread of the game he honestly was barely clinging to anymore, "a princess shouldnât- shouldn't be giving herself like this." His lips curved after hearing the moan he punched out of you with his next thrust. "Your knightâs too old for you, but Iâm-hah-too selfish to stop.â
His free hand slid down to grip your thigh, pushing it towards your chest to hold you open as he pounded into you. Every thrust punched a breathy whine from your chest, and Matt drank every single one in.
He quickly became lost in the way you took him. Every time he bottomed out he felt the way your cunt squeezed around him, like you were trying to pull him even deeper. The sensation coupled with the beautiful sounds you made was making his head spin.
Your breathing had changed, your moans were quickly turning into something higher and more frantic, and you were gripping him like a vice. Mattâs hand tightened on the headboard until the wood creaked. He groaned, "Fuck, you feel so good Iâm-nggh!â
He was barely holding on and a jolt of panic shot through him. Not yet-fuck, not yet. You had to come first. He grit his teeth, forcing himself to keep the punishing pace even as his balls tightened. His voice came out strained and shaky. âPrincess- sweetheart, please. Iâm-Iâm so close.â
You moaned his name loud and desperate, âMatt- baby!" Then your body locked up, and the shrieking moan you let out pushed him straight over the edge right after you. He groaned your name as he came, hips jerking erratically while he buried himself deep and flooded you. Thick pulses of cum spilled inside you, the warm feeling of filling you was so fucking good it made his whole body shudder.
He couldnât bring himself to stop. Even when the overstimulation started bordering on too much, he kept the deep, rolling thrusts going, using the last of his strength to keep you coming, to make it last. He'd never heard you scream like this and it was intoxicating. âShit- sweetheart,â he panted, voice hoarse and wrecked. âThatâs it, come for me, juuust like that.â
Only when your tremors started to ease did his hips finally slow to a stop. He stayed buried inside you for a moment, chest heaving, legs shaking from the intensity. Matt pulled out with a shaky groan, his cock slipping free from the mess of both of you. He carefully drew your legs off his shoulders and gently set them on the bed. The second he was clear he basically collapsed.
His body was heavy with the exhaustion that came with being fifty two and fucking like he was twenty years younger. He dropped onto the bed beside you with a low groan. For a moment he just lay there, his chest heaving. Then he reached for you, tugging you close until your head was tucked under his chin and your body was pressed along his side. The exposed skin of your chest was warm and damp against his own rumpled clothes, and even though he was still catching his breath, having you in his arms felt like the only thing that mattered.
He was sweaty. You were sweaty. The sheets were a disaster, and he could feel the way his cum was already starting to leak out of you and onto the bed. It was sticky and messy and uncomfortably clingy, but he couldnât bring himself to move yet. Matt pressed a slow kiss to the top of your head, one hand stroking lazily down your corseted spine.
âGod, sweetheartâŠâ he murmured, voice rough with fatigue. You made a soft, tired sound of agreement, and he smiled against your hair. His eyes were half lidded, body already sinking into the mattress like it weighed twice as much as usual.
For a few quiet seconds, neither of you said anything. Matt simply held you, his fingertips moving lazily up and down your back, until you shifted against him with a tiny, exhausted sigh. âYou okay?â he murmured. You nodded against his chest. âMhm.â Then very weakly you mumbled, âYouâre completely insane Matt.â
His mouth twitched against your hair. âYouâre the one who told me to fuck you stupid.â You scoffed and gave him a tired little shove that accomplished absolutely nothing. He laughed, catching your hand and pressing a kiss to your knuckles before tucking you back beneath his chin.
Heâd honestly be content to just pass out like this, despite the impractical clothing still seperating you both. Sticky. Aching. Completely wrapped around you. But then you mumbled something about a bath and Mattâs head lifted a little, suddenly more awake.
A bath, with you. The two of you hadnât done that before- never shared one. The idea of you naked and wet in the water, skin slippery under his hands, sent a fresh little spark through him despite how tired he was. He could already imagine it. Your body, your skin the softest thing he'd ever touched, water trailing down your chest, the way youâd lean back against him and let him hold you in the warmth. He wanted that. Badly. Not only because the thought of feeling you like that was enticing as hell, but because he simply wanted to stay close to you for a little longer, wanted the excuse to keep touching you. To be gentle with you after how hard heâd just taken you.
A slow, fond smile curved his mouth. âYeah,â he said, voice low and a little grated from exhaustion. âA bath sounds good princess.â
Internally he was already sold. The idea of having you curled up against his chest in the tub, both of you clean and warm and sated, felt like the perfect way to spend the next hour. He gave you one more lazy squeeze, pressing another kiss to your temple.
âLead the way, sweetheart.â
notes: EEEEEEK I MISSED MY BABIES SO MUCH. writing smut in Matty's POV is always fun đ€ hope you all enjoyed.
i'm not sure how often i'll be posting bonus chapters, but the next one that has my attention to hopefully continue working on is a mega chapter allll about their children. and possibly one of reader's pregnancy?? maybe some baby making smut too but idk... we'll see
also yea i couldn't help the princess bride reference. i mean cmon, black suit Matty is literally Westley
Synopsis: you do the âcan I have permission to eatâ trend infront of their family.
Pairings: Dick, Jason, Tim, AK!Jason, Wally
Warnings: mild suggestive stuff at Timâs part, Dick wants to flirt with everyoneâs girl, ooc, Arkhamverse Jasonâs is just a mess.
DICK GRAYSON
- Dick finally had the courage to take you to his family, you took that courage and stomped on it. It was supposed to be a somewhat regular day for him. So why are you framing him infront of his family?
- âDick, can I eat?â You said innocently when Alfred finished putting down the dessertsâyour eyelashes batting at him. The entire table went quiet, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
- âwhat do you mean? Of course you can!â Dick was internally panicking, he can see Bruceâs disappointed face and his brothers giving each other weird glances. What were you doing to his poor, sensitive heart?
- âreally? Thank you! I know Iâve been eating too much dessert latelyââ
âIgnore Dick.â Bruce cut you off, pushing another dessert tray your way. âYou can eat as much as you want without Dickâs permission.â Bruce said, his voice was calm but you could swear you could hear a twinge of irritation from his voice.
- âBruce! I wouldnât do that!â Dick tried to desperately get his family to listen to him. Did Tim know it was a social media prank? Yes. Was he gonna tell the others? No. He likes seeing Dick panic to try and explain himself while his partner is obviously trying to hold in their laughter.
JASON TODD
- âcan I have permission to eat, Jason?â
- oh goddamnit what were you doing now, in-front of his family? Seriously? Great, now theyâre gonna use this as another way to make fun of him. âWhat? You donât need permission!â He yells, shoving 5 different dessert filled trays your way before his family members could react.
- âwowww JasonâŠstarving your girl? I never took you for the cruel type!â Dick teased, punching Jasonâs arm before Jason punched Dickâs face. âOw, what the hell!? You hit her like that too assholeââ annndd Jason punched his face
- âDick is right. Why are you making your girlfriend ask you for permission, Jason?â Bruce muttered, his brows furrowedâbut everyone knows heâs not really serious. He already deducted it was a prank from your silent giggling, and Dickâs unserious reaction.
- âitâs notâI donât make herâSHE DOESNT NEED TO ASK!â As funny as it was to see your boyfriend panic and try to explain himself to his family, you also just wanted to hold him and tell him you were just messing with him.
- you couldnât hold it in anymore and snorted out loud, covering your mouth immediately when you realized what you didâyour face going crimson.
- âsee! Sheâs laughing!â He quickly pulled you into a bear hug, not caring about it his familyâs prying eyes. âDonât say stuff like that again..â he whispered, cheeks red.
TIM DRAKE
- âdo I have permission to eat?â oh you little shit he knows what youâre doing.
- âwhat does she mean by that, Tim?â Jason asked, his brows furrowed. You and Jason werenât the closest people, but if Tim was doing anything to hurt someone he should care about. Then heâd beat the hell out of his brother if he has to.
- âno no, itâs a social media trend. Where they pretend like their significant other makes them ask permission to eat food.â Before anyone in the family could talk, he instantly pulled up a video of it to show his family.
- suddenly the tension in the room was goneâyou could see the family visibly calm down, before going back to their dinner, which went well for the rest of dinner. Except for Dick trying to flirt with you
- but you think Tim would let you get away with trying to prank him? Absolutely not. When you got up to say your goodbyes and go back to your apartment. Tim instantly snatched you away to his room, heâll show you what bossing you around really means.
Arkhamverse!Jason.
- why did you decide to do this to this guy.
- âhey Jason, can I have permission to eat dessert?â You ask nervously. He looked back at you with wide eyes, did he mistreat you without knowing? Has he told you to ask permission and he just forgot? Either way, this is not a good look for himâespecially since he was trying to show his family that heâs changed.
- âYes? I donât see why youâre asking.â He huffed out, avoiding his familyâs judgmental eyes.
- Bruce was contemplating on holding you here, take you away from Jason until you could solve this out. He never took Jason for the type of man to do this, he really is disappointed. âJason, go get us pink salt from the kitchen, Alfred mustâve forgetten it.â Jason knew Bruce was using this as an opportunity to try and talk to you, he stayed still for a moment before silently getting up and getting this âpink saltâ.
- âare you okay?â Dick shot up, holding your shoulders and checking you for any evidence of physical scars. God, you didnât think his family would be this serious. Maybe this prank was a very bad mistake.
- âyes! Iâm fineâŠjust bad habits, Jason didnât do anything.â You feel so guilty for lying, but I think if you said it was a prank none of them would look at you quite the sameâespecially Jason. Why do they treat him like a ticking time bomb? Has he had any malicious history?
- eventually the dinner ended and you and Jason had a very awkward ride home. âWhy did you say that?â He muttered, âasking me for permission, I meanâŠare you scared of me?â
- âNo! No, Jason id never!â You reassured him, oh god you were feeling more and more guilty by the second. This is the last time youâll prank any of them like that again, why is this family so edgy? âItâs just bad habits I got from past relationships, itâs nothing against you I swear.â
- Jason had a hard time believing you, but you saw his grip on the steering wheel soften. âIâll kill them for you, just ask.â A strange thing to say, but I guess guys just get violent quicker.
- âitâsâŠfine..? Letâs just go home, I wanna feel your body on mine.â You whisper, giving him a kiss on his cheek. He wonât admit it, but you can see how red his cheeks got instantly. âWhateverâŠâ
WALLY
- you were Dickâs sister, you knew that Wally might get his soul reaped the moment those words left your mouth, but that just makes it all the funnier.
- âWhy arenât you eating, (name)? Do you not like the food?â Your brother asked, his mouth full with whatever salad heâs eating right now.
- âoh, Iâm waiting for Wallyâs permission.â You said calmly, as if this was a normal occurrence for you. Suddenly all eyes landed on Wally, who just choked on a bit of his food.
- âWhat?! Baby! You donât need to ask me, I swearââ but he got cut off by a very irritated Grayson. âAre you forcing my sister to ask you for permission to eat Wallace?â Oh Dick was about to kill him.
- âNononono! Itâs a misunderstanding, here!â He immediately gave his food to you, dumping his entire plate on yours. âI wonât even eat for the rest of the dinner, have all my food! You deserve it more than me.â Please donât get Batman on me please donât get Batman on me please donât get Batman on meâis all his head could think about.
- âthatâs what I thought, West.â Dick sat back down. His arms crossedâbefore he could say another thing, you exploded out in laughter. âIt was a prank! Donât kill Wally!â You shouted out, choking on your own laugh.
- âthat wasnât funny!â Wally whined, turning his full attention to you. âI thought Dick was gonna actually knock me out then take me to the bat cave to get tortured by Batman!â
- âwhat? I was gonna punch you, but I wasnât gonna do that!?â Dick exclaimed, holding back his own giggles just hearing Wallyâs insane fantasy.
- âitâs not my fault! Batman is like one of the scariest members of the league. Thereâs a rumor that he defeated a hundred men with only a knifeââ
âReally? Have I now?â Bruce chimed in from behind, causing Wally to flinch. âHi Batman..?â
- âWhat?! Baby! You donât need to ask me, I swearââ but he got cut off by a very irritated Grayson. âAre you forcing my sister to ask you for permission to eat Wallace?â Oh Dick was about to kill him.
Tags !: fem! reader x jason todd, eating out, piv, unprotected, wrap it b4 u tap it!
Jason Todd and the way he touches your thighs while eating you out. He said he wouldn't take long and it's just prep until you find yourself pined by his hands hold onto the back of your knees that are pressed up your boobs.
His tongue sucking, prodding and licking you. Your slick is running down his chin as you just hear the nasty sounds coming from your lower half. Jason's hips keep grinding into the mattress causing it to squeak.
His boxers are getting sticky the bedsheets bellow him starting to form a little wet patch. You felt your pussy start to spasm and a weird sensation. You squirted and came on his face. He pulled away, his face drenched and licking his lips.
"Do that again f'me...? Please baby..." Jason hurried to peel off his boxers bringing you into a kiss purely full of tongue and teeth.
"C'mon baby put your legs up f'me..." Jason's voice was sooo groggy. It was so fucking sexy you just couldn't help but do what he told you.
"That's it..." He started pushing his tip in slowly and bottomed out.
"Oh my gosh... Jay... s' too big...!" You moaned out. He started moving his hips repeatedly slamming into your ass. Your nails running down his back. Jason's face was buried in your shoulder kissing you.
"Fuck you feel too good..." He moaned. His hips moving faster as he brought you into a kiss that was softer than the other.
"Please baby... cum on my cock... please..." You nodded over and over again jaw going slack as you threw your head back. Then he hit that spot and you just started crying out of sheer pleasure, his hips tightened up and gently grabbed your face moaning into the kiss as his tongue entered your mouth.
When he pulled out a white ring was formed around his cock, and the view he was presented was your sweet pussy in full display for him. Just so full of him he almost was about to start another round until he realized you were tired.
He ended up leaving an hour or two after to go patrol you didn't really count as he ran you a bath and washed your hair gently. His hands running through your scalp nicely. You fell asleep in a a hoodie of his.
Later...
Jason decided to take a well earned shower at the end of his patrol at the batcave. Either way he had to go to a debrief after so it was like he had a choice. He ended up coming out in some sweats and a tank only for Tim to gag and Damian give him a side eye. Steph and Duke whispered to each other giggling as Cass smirked at him.
"Damn how busy were you before you came here Jason?" Steph snickered only for Jason to roll his eyes.
Dick patted him on the back, trying to hide his laughter, "Jay, you might wanna check your back, but hey good job buddy!" He said in between wheezes.
"The fuck are you on about dick hea- he looked at his back in the reflection of one of the many monitors of the bat computer.
"You're all immature!" His cheeks were getting redder as the batfam broke into laughter.
summary : when frank comes home late from a mission after being hit by a suspicious powder, he wonders why he can't bring himself to take his hands off of you.
warnings : SMUTTTT !!!!!, minors please dni, somnophilia (oops), size kink, praise kink, needy!frank, desperate!frank, rough!frank (the list goes on honestly), p in v, unprotected sex, overstimulation, some angst. (both characters in this fic are fully consensual)
word count : 16 k (oops ?)
a/n : based off this gem of a rq and not proofread (as always what do yall expect) also yes this is an au where frank alr works with the avengers sue me
The warehouse is quiet.
Too quiet.
Frank knows better than to trust quiet.
He moves through the darkness with practiced efficiency, boots barely making a sound against the cracked concrete floor. His pistol hangs low at his side. Every muscle in his body is loose, ready.
Three men. One on the catwalk. Two below. He counts them automatically. A fourth steps out from behind a stack of shipping crates.
Frank doesn't hesitate. The first shot echoes through the building. Then everything explodes. Gunfire ricochets off steel beams. Someone shouts. Another body hits the ground.
Frank ducks behind a forklift as bullets tear through the rusted metal above his head.
"He's over there!"
"Move!" One comes around the corner too fast. Frank catches his wrist, twists until something snaps, and drives the man into the wall hard enough to leave a crack in the drywall before finishing the fight with brutal efficiency. Another rushes him with a knife. Too slow. A sharp elbow. A disarm. Done. The warehouse falls quiet again. Frank scans the room.
OneâŠ
TwoâŠ
ThreeâŠ
Four.
All down.
His breathing is steady as he steps over the bodies toward the office overlooking the floor. Whoever had been running tonight's operation had been smart enough to stay hidden. Until now. The office door bursts open. An older man stumbles out, coughing violently, clutching something metallic in his hand. Not a gun. A canister. Frank raises his pistol.
"Don't." The man smiles. Not afraid. Almost⊠relieved.
"You should've stayed away." Frank fires. The man jerks backward. But not before his thumb slams the button. The canister hisses. A burst of fine crimson powder erupts into the air. Frank instinctively turns his face away.
Too late.
The cloud engulfs him. It coats his jacket. His neck. His face.
He coughs once. Twice. The powder tastes metallic. Bitter. Like copper and ash.
"What the hellâŠ" The old man collapses before he can answer. Silence settles over the warehouse once more.
Frank waits.
Five seconds.
Ten.
Nothing.
He wipes the red dust from his cheek onto his glove.
"âŠWeird." He holsters his weapon. Checks the room one final time. Collects the drive he'd come for. Then heads for the exit. Halfway across the parking lot⊠Something feels wrong. At first it's subtle. His collar suddenly feels too tight. His jacket heavier than usual. He unzips it. The cold November air should help.
It doesn't. By the time he reaches the van, heat is blooming beneath his skin. Not outside. Inside. Like someone lit a match behind his ribs. He frowns.
"Jesus.." He slides into the driver's seat. Starts the engine. The heater is off. The windows are down. Still⊠He's sweating.
His pulse pounds in his ears. His shirt sticks to his back. The skin along his neck prickles. Burns. The drive home becomes a blur of red lights and clenched teeth. By the time he parks outside the house, he's gripping the steering wheel so hard his knuckles ache. His vision swims. His breathing comes too fast. Every inch of him feels feverishly hot. Like his blood has been replaced with molten metal. He nearly stumbles climbing the porch steps. The key misses the lock twice before he finally gets the door open. The house is dark. Quiet. Safe. He closes the door behind him and leans against it, breathing hard.
The familiar scent of home hits him immediately. Lavender detergent. Fresh coffee lingering from that morning. And you.
Somewhere upstairs. As if pulled by instinct alone, Frank starts climbing. Each step feels heavier than the last. His skin burns. His heartbeat refuses to slow. His wedding ring feels too hot against his finger. The hallway swims in and out of focus. He reaches your bedroom door. Pushes it open. Moonlight spills through the curtains. There you are. Curled beneath the blankets. Fast asleep. One of his old black T-shirts hangs from your shoulders, slipping enough to reveal one bare shoulder against the pillow. Your hair is spread across the sheets. One hand tucked beneath your cheek.
Completely unaware that your husband is standing in the doorway.
The heat that was solid in his chest spreads down and down to rest between his legs.
You grumble in your sleep, shifting your hips upward. The duvet slips off, revealing the soft curve of your naked thigh, and the soft pink lace of the panties laying beneath the shirt.
The sight of you, so soft and vulnerable in the moonlight, is like a physical blow. The heat that was simmering in his groin explodes into a full-blown inferno. His cock, already half-hard from the fever, thickens and strains against the confines of his jeans, a sudden, urgent ache that steals his breath. He grits his teeth, his hands clenching into fists at his sides.
What the fuck is wrong with me?
He should go to the bathroom.
Turn on a cold shower.
Stick his head under the water until this⊠this thing passes. It has to be the powder. A delayed reaction. Some kind of chemical weapon designed to incapacitate.
He knows this, logically. He knows it.
But his body doesn't care about logic.
His feet move of their own accord, carrying him silently across the room. He tells himself he's just checking on you. Making sure you're okay. Making sure the house is secure. It's a lie, and he knows it. He's drawn to you like a moth to a flame, and he's terrified he's about to get burned. He stops at the edge of the bed, his shadow falling over you. You shift again in your sleep, a soft sigh escaping your lips, and the sound goes straight to his cock. It's agony. It's the sweetest sound he's ever heard. He reaches out, his hand trembling, his fingers hovering just above your shoulder. He just wants to touch you. Just a little. Just to feel the warmth of your skin, to ground himself.
His fingertips make contact.
It's a mistake.
A jolt of pure, unadulterated pleasure shoots up his arm, so intense it's almost painful. Your skin is so soft, so warm, and the contact sends another wave of heat crashing through him. He can't stop the low groan that rumbles in his chest. He snatches his hand back as if he's been burned, his breathing ragged.
'"Fuck." he rasps, hand going for his jeans, palming himself shamelessly.
He should go.
Go sleep on the couch, wait for this to pass.
But then you shift again, turning your back to him fully, the shirt riding up your waist and god- Frank almost comes in his pants. The heat threatens to consume his whole body, and he falls forward, fingers tangling in the mess of sheets as he tries to reign in his self control.
But the thin thread that usually is his self control is a mere scrap tonight, and it breaks in the span of an instant. Before Frank can even realise what he's doing, he's shedding his outer layer of clothes, leaving him in his boxers, and he slides into the bed with you, his body seeking your warmth.
You shift again, and the scent of your hair, your skin, it hits him like a drug. The need is immediate, primal, and so sharp it drowns out the last of his thoughts. He curls around you from behind, the mattress dipping under his weight, his arm heavy and hot as it wraps around your waist and anchors you to him. You make a soft, sleepy noiseâsurprised, but not afraidâjust as his hand slips beneath the taut hem of the black T-shirt. He palms your stomach, sliding up to cup your breast, and you arch into his touch out of instinct. A silent plea for more. Frank presses his face into your hair, breathing you in, jaw clenching against the urge to rut like an animal right then and there. He wants to be gentle, slow, but the heat inside him is so pure, so urgent, it takes everything just to keep from tearing the panties from your hips and driving himself into you. His cock is hard, hot, and leaking, pinned between you and the sheets. You squirm back against him, a wordless encouragement, and the friction is a mercy and a torment. You groan in your sleep as Frank softly peels the fabric of your panties to the side, a sleepy huff leaving your lips. Frank canât resist.
He pulls his boxers down and without a second thought, grabs his cock in one hand and pushes it towards your folds. Frank pushes the head of his cock through your folds, dragging it through the slick heat, and the sensation is so overwhelming he almost blacks out. He can feel the precum leaking, painting your skin, and he wantsâfuck, he needsâto be inside you. But youâre so soft underneath him, breathing slow and deep, eyelashes trembling against your cheek, that he hesitates at the last second. Your body is so warm, so inviting, and the urge to just take is a living thing in his blood. He lines himself up, gripping the meat of your hip so tight heâll leave bruises.
The first push steals his breath. Youâre so wet, so impossibly tight, the resistance making him groan into your shoulder. Your body wakes in slow motion, hips shifting unconsciously, a low whine leaking from your lips as he pushes in, stretching you inch by impossible inch. Heâs big, always has been, but tonight heâs swollen, almost angry in his hardness, and the way you squeeze him is enough to make him see stars.
âGod, baby,â he grunts, voice all gravel and hunger. Heâs halfway in when you wake, startled, breath catching and body tensing in his arms.
âFrank?â Itâs a question, sleepy and confused. He buries his face in your hair, his breath shuddering through your roots.
âSorry,â he mutters, but thereâs nothing sorry in the way he grinds against you, pushing deeper. âNeed you so bad. Canâtâcanât fuckinâââ He groans, the sound guttural, primal. You writhe, caught between sleep and the sudden, aching fullness inside you.
âFrank, whatââ You cut yourself off with a gasp as he bottoms out, the head of his cock kissing your cervix, the heat of him splitting you open. The stretch is so much, so sudden, your body clamps down, trembling. He holds you tight, one hand splayed over your belly, thumb rubbing circles just below the hem of your shirt.
âShh, thatâs it, you take it so good,â he says, voice low in your ear. He starts to move, shallow thrusts at first, testing your give, your grip. Every time he pulls back, your walls try to drag him in, greedy for more. Your hand scrabbles for the sheets, hips arching back helplessly, and Frank loses whatever fragile grip he has on self-control. He thrusts hard, burying himself inside you over and over, each slide slicker, hotter, more desperate.
âFuck, sweetheart, youâre so tightâsqueezing me so fuckinâ goodâlook at you, taking every inch. My girl.â The praise slips out like a confession, rough and needy. You shudder, the words hitting you somewhere deep.
âFrankâoh, god, Frank, itâsââ He finds your hand and laces his fingers through yours, anchoring you as his pace picks up. His cock fills you, stretches you, and every thrust knocks the air from your lungs. Frank feels his heart hammering inside his chest, a booming drum against your spine. The grip he has on your hip is vice-like, holding you in place while he fucks into you with a pace that would shame him in the morning, but right now heâs too far gone to care. Thereâs only the velvet clutch of your heat, the way your body yields and draws him in, and the choked, breathless sounds you make every time he bottoms out. Youâre whimpering now, the little noises you usually try to swallow down coming out bright and desperate. The sound of it is like gasoline on fire. He feels every inch of you, every pulse, every tremor, and he canâtânot for the life of himâslow down. His cock is thick, splitting you open, and you clamp around him so tight his vision goes white at the edges. He canât tell if heâs drooling or if itâs sweat slicking his lips, but heâs got his mouth buried in your neck and he grinds his teeth together, trying not to lose it in the first minute.
âJesus Christâfuck, baby, youâre so fuckinâ perfectââ He bites the words into your hair, his lungs on fire. âCanât stop, need to fill you up, needââ You just moan and buck back against him, your body greedy for every inch he gives you. Frank can feel you trembling, the way your thighs strain and your ass rocks against his hip, seeking out every thrust. He keeps telling himself to be gentle, to ease up, but every drag of your heat over his cock is ecstasy. He hammers into you, chasing the buzz building at the base of his spine, rolling his hips so deep you whine his name into the mattress.Frank canât get enough. The words burned into the meat of his brain, pulsing there with the same desperate, animal rhythm heâs using to fuck you. Heâs not even thinking about the mission anymore, about the canister, about the city he probably just infected with whatever the hell this is. Heâs thinking about you, the shape your body makes under him, how you cling to him like you know exactly how close he is to breaking.
Heâs close. So close it hurts. Every time your pussy milks him he wants to howl, wants to make you scream his name so loud the neighbors call the cops, wants to rut so deep into you it fucks the fever right out of his bloodstream.
Youâre gasping now, not even trying to muffle it. The sound is everything. Itâs everything. He grinds his cock into you, one hand tangled in your hair, the other clamped over your hip, using you to chase his own high. Youâre so wet he can hear it, obscene and messy, every slam of his hips into yours punctuated by the filthy slap of skin on skin. He can feel you getting close, your muscles spasming around him, and he wants to drag it out, wants to make you come so hard you see stars, but heâs losing it. Heâs never felt this out of control, like something in that powder rewired every nerve in his body, lit up every one of his instincts. Heâs not just thinking with his cockâhe is his cock, every fiber of him tuned to your body and the way you fuckinâ tremble underneath him.Thereâs no way youâre going to last. Not at this pace. Not with the way his cock fills you, the way his words break over your skin and pool in your belly, thick and sweet and filthy. Youâre awake now, fully awake, and every inch of you is burning. The heat radiates off Frank like a fever, a wet, hungry furnace clamped to your back, and you never want it to end. He doesnât slow down, not even when youâre keening his name into the pillow, not even when your body jerks and tightens and you come so hard you see black behind your eyelids. Frank just holds you tighter, shushing you, telling you how fucking good you are, how perfect, how youâre made for him, and the words turn your bones to water.
He doesnât stop.
Heâs not going to stop.
You can feel itâheâs close, heâs shaking, and the hand he has on your hip digs in hard enough to bruise. His thrusts grow ragged, desperate, and you know heâs about toâ He curses, voice thick and hot in your ear.
âFuck, fuckâsweetheart, canâtâcanât stopââ The heat in your belly doesnât fade. If anything, it intensifies. Youâre high on it, delirious, and still you want more. Frank doesnât let up. He pulls you tighter, shifts your hips up just so, and starts to move again, slower this time, but just as deep. You whine, nails digging into the sheets, but he just pets your thigh, soothing and rough all at once.
âThatâs it, baby. Take it. Take all of me.â He sounds ruined, but thereâs a pride in itâa marvel at how much he can give you, how much you can take. You can barely think, every inch of your skin stretched taut with need. He sets a rhythm, brutal and sweet, and his fingers find your clit, rubbing circles that make you shake. You lose track of time. Thereâs nothing but Frank and the feel of him inside you, the sound of your bodies and his breath and the words he canât keep to himself:
âso fucking tightâso goodâmy girlâmy perfect girlââ and it never ends. He loses it first.
Heâs never come this fast, not even as a dumb teenager, but tonight itâs like every nerve in his body is wired straight to his cock. He slams in, buried to the hilt, and lets out a groan thatâs half agony, half worship. The first spurt of cum is so intense he shudders, vision blurring. His body stills, and his breath is so heavy on your neck. Your whole body is shaking and you whine as you pull yourself off him and turn to face him.
His whole body is covered in sweat, and his brows are pinched in pain.
The joke you were going to make about him missing you too much dies in your throat as concern spikes up through your chest.
âFrankie ?â You ask, trying to reach out to touch him. The second your hand touches his bare bicep, his hips rut towards you and a loud unabashed moan leaves his lips. His large hand comes down and wraps around his cock, his fist pumping around his length as he pants.
âFrank, what-â
âShit, shit, baby- I think - I think- I think somethinâs wrong with me.â He writhes on the bed, clearly uncomfortable. âI thought- maybe if i- i thought itâd go away-â He moans, his eyes flying open to stare at you.
Yeah. Itâs defintely not gone away.
The tension in his jaw is visible, the way his hand moves over himself so desperate, so unlike the usual Frank. Not controlled, not carefulâjust raw and frantic. Youâve seen him after missions, shaking with adrenaline, but never like this. His cock is flushed, almost angry, the head slicked and red, and heâs rutting into his fist with a single-mindedness that makes your mouth go dry.
You try to reach for him again.
âSweetheartâdonât. I canâtââ His voice is all gravel, unsteady. He looks at your hand like itâs fire. âIf you touch me, I swear to godââ He shakes his head, but itâs a threat with no teeth, because the next second he grabs your wrist, the grip almost bruising, and yanks you into his lap. The world goes sideways, your thighs splayed over his, the shirt riding up to your hips. His mouth is on you, not soft or sweet but open and desperate, biting at your collarbone, dragging his teeth down the slope of your shoulder. You giggle, delirious.
âIs this a new kink I donât know about?â
âFuck.â Heâs red in the face, hair stuck to his forehead, pupils dilated so wide it swallows the blue. âI shouldnât touch you. Iâmâ Iâm fucked up. I should go.â But he doesnât go. Heâs already got you pinned a, his cock rutting against the crease of your thigh, leaving smears of precum all over your skin. Heâs shaking so hard it vibrates through the bed. You try to wriggle out of his grip, but itâs like moving under a sandbag.
âBabe, maybe we shouldââ Frank just grunts, He pants into your skin like heâs drowning and youâre the only air.
âNeed you,â he mumbles, the words slurred and low. âNeed to fuck you, please, Iââ He cuts off with another moan, huge hands hauling you up so the head of his cock slips between your folds. Youâre already aching, slick from the first round, but now you feel an answering heat, an insistent, hungry want thatâs not entirely your own. He doesnât guide himself insideâhe lifts you and drops you down, and the stretch is so sudden you yelp.
âOh my god- Frank-â He buries his face in your neck, breath ragged.
âGod, baby, so fucking tight,â he breathes, hips bucking up, driving you down to the hilt. Itâs a lot, more than usual, and you have to cling to his shoulders just to keep from being fucked straight off him. Frank sets a brutal rhythm, all upward thrusts, his thighs flexing beneath you. He mutters into your skin, endless filthy praiseâ
âso good, so fucking good for me, made to take me, youâre perfect, fuck, my perfect girlââand your body canât help but respond, the words turning to liquid heat in your belly. You ride him, helpless to do anything but take and take, the pleasure almost overwhelming. Heâs relentless, fucking up into you so hard you see white at the edges of your vision.
âCanât stop,â he grits out, voice nearly gone. âCanâtâfuckâcanât stop unless you want me toââ He makes it a question, somehow, but you just dig your nails into his back and rock into him, letting him know you want more, need it as bad as he does. Youâre so full you can barely breathe, every inch of your insides stretched around him. Itâs more than you can remember, somehow, thicker, longer, and when you look down you see the way heâs split you open, the obscene bulge where his cock seats itself deep inside. The sight of it thrills you, makes you want to be ruined. Makes you want to take all of it, every frantic thrust.
You start to break â the way you always do when he gets like this, when the praise pours out like itâs the truth of him, when the thick hot weight of him pounds you open and the world narrows to the sound of your bodies slapping together and the hunger in his voice. You dig harder into his shoulders, nails scoring lines down his back, and his grip on your hips is bruising, anchoring you in place, and all you can do is hang on. The whole bed rocks under the violence of it, and your breath shatters, every exhale coming out as a broken whimper or a plea. Frankâs head tips back, his neck corded and slick with sweat, face gone slack with animal need, and you see the wildness burning bright behind his eyes. Itâs too much, and itâs not enough, and you can feel the orgasm rising, savage and relentless, the friction of him inside so hot it verges on pain. You canât think, can barely remember your own name, and Frankâs hand stays splayed flat on your back, fingers digging in, holding you down as his hips jackhammer up, merciless and perfect. You lose track of how many times you come, the edge blurred into a single long frantic wave, your staring eyes and raw throat and overheating skin all proof that youâre still alive, still tethered to this earth by the iron will of the man fucking you apart.
You collapse against his chest and he doesnât slow, not even when you start to cry, the tears hot on your cheeks, the sobs punched out by each new thrust. He fucks you through it, each new climax wringing your insides tighter, until youâre trembling, clinging, babbling his name over and over. And he matches you, each time you squeeze down his cock he shudders, the veins in his neck standing out. Frank drags you higher on his lap and fucks up into you, hard enough you see stars. You sob, nails digging bloody half-moons into his shoulders, but the pain is good, itâs grounding, itâs proof that this is real and happening and not some fever dream. Heâs soaked in sweat, skin slick and burning hot, and you feel him pulsing inside, the head of his cock battering places you didnât know you had. He wonât stop. He canât. His hands grip your waist and throttle you down, using you as leverage, rutting in single desperate slams that make your vision flicker white. You think youâre going to pass out. You want to. But he fucks you alive.
âMâsorry-â He rasps, his chest tense. âMâso sorry, mama-â He rasps, mouth grazing over your collarbones. His hips piston up, his cock splitting you on every thrust, and youâre so oversensitive itâs a miracle you donât faint. Frankâs got you held up like a rag doll, hands locked around your waist, flexor tendons standing out in relief under his skin, and heâs making these animal noises deep in his chest, almost a whine, like even the shame canât touch the need thatâs got him by the throat. You try to say his name but it comes out as a wail, your body wrung dry, so full of him it feels like heâs rearranged your ribs. He thrusts up again, hard, and you see black behind your eyelids, a hot flash of white that rips through the mush of your brain and leaves you blank except for the feeling of him, the heat of him, the words he pours into your ear in a frantic, hungry spill.
âSo good, baby, soâfuckânever felt you like this, youâre fucking perfect, so perfect, fuck, mama, look at you, taking all of me.â You do. You force your eyes open, and the sight of where your bodies meet should be obscene, but itâs gorgeous, itâs art, the way he disappears into you, the way you clamp down on him, shuddering and limp at the same time.
He canât stop. Itâs not just that he doesnât want to â his body wonât let him. You see the panic in his face, the way he tries to slow, but every time he bottoms out, every time your heat milks him, itâs like heâs possessed.
He comes again, the heat of it flooding you, and you yelp, the sensation so much you spasm around him, another little aftershock wringing through your pelvis. Frank doesnât even have enough air to groan â he just shivers, teeth grit and eyes squeezed shut, and then he slumps, just barely, his grip loosening a little. Your whole body slumps forward, and you grip onto his hair, whimpering at the soreness between your thighs. Frank groans, shaking his head. You gulp, looking up at him.
âAre you- Are you okay ?â You ask. Youâre limp on his chest, so full youâre leaking down his balls, but even that spills more want into his bloodstream. He lifts you, and your cunt makes a wet, lewd pop as his cock drags out, thick and purple and smeared with both your releases. Frank is still hard. Still leaking. Still burning under every inch of skin. He tries to slow his breath, the drag of air through his lungs, but itâs like trying to wrangle a livewire with his bare hands. The need doesnât fade. It only coils tighter, meaner, sharper against the base of his spine. Heâd always prided himself on self-control, on discipline, but whatever was in that powder, itâs bending him backwards over his own rules, turning every nerve ending into a live fuse. Youâre sprawled across his chest, boneless and slick, but the scent of you is gasoline in the furnace. He looks down, watches the way his cock stands, angry and thick and still twitching above the mess heâs made of you. He thinks: he could die this way. Heâd be fine with it. You nuzzle your face into his neck and laugh, lightheaded.
âAre you seriously stillââ He grunts.
âDonâtâdonât look at it.â You do. Both of you. Your hand drags down his chest, tracing the ridges of his bodyâslick with sweat, shuddering in the aftershocks, so alive itâs almost painful. You move to touch his cock and he flinches, a sharp inhalation, but he doesnât stop you.
âFrank, youâreâoh my god.â You squeeze your hand around the shaft, thumb swiping over the slit, and Frankâs whole body seizes. He nearly throws you off in the spasm, but youâre still locked around his hips, and the movement only grinds you down over his lap, cock slipping between your folds in a slick, obscene slide.
âFuckââ Heâs biting down on his own knuckles to keep from making noise, but itâs helpless. Youâre laughing, delirious with the power of it, and the sound is a hook in his ribs. He wants to be embarrassed, but itâs gone, burned out of him by the liquid hunger that soaks every thought. He needs to be inside you again. He needs it like air. All you want is to collapse, to melt into the mattress. Frank doesnât give you the chance. Not even a full breath later, heâs up on his knees, cock still rock-hard and glistening. He drags you by the hips until youâre on your back, knees crooked open, and spears himself in one brutal thrust, splitting you apart again.
âFuck- Iâm sorry-â He rasps. The sensation is so sharp you see stars, a shriek punched out of your chest when he bottoms out, rutting into you like heâs never going to stop.The pressure is so much, all at once, Frankâs vision tunnels. He canât even hear above the roar of blood in his ears. The bed rattles. The whole goddamn planet could rattle apart and he wouldnât stop. Heâs fucking you through the mattress, through the next dimension. He canât catch a full breath. He gasps for air and tastes your sweat, your scent, the ozone tang of the fever now churning through him like black fire. Youâre screaming. The raw, high sound of it rips the last discipline out of him. Some part of him tries to be gentle, tries to hold back, but his body goes on autopilot, rutting harder, faster, every thrust shoving his cock deeper into you, until it feels like heâs turned you inside out. You go limp, then rigid, then limp again. The only thing holding you together is his hands. He braces his forearm across the small of your back and folds you in half, his weight crushing you into the ruined tangle of sheets. Heâs got you locked in, locked down, and the only thing you can do is take it, over and over, every stroke. Your sobs go silent, lungs emptied, and youâre reduced to shuddering and twitching, a gooseflesh wreck. It should scare him, and somewhere, deep behind the thick fog of want, it does. But your body milks him, clings to him, wants him just as much.
Youâre still trying to crawl up his cock, even as itâs too much, even as you whimper âpleaseâpleaseâFrankââ and he loses the thread of what youâre even asking for. You come again, your pussy clamping so tight he almost blacks out. The bedframe slams against the wall, a steady drumbeat to the obscene, wet slap of your bodies. Frankâs not sure thereâs anything left to give, but his balls ache and his cock throbs and heâs still not done, not even close. Heâs barely human, all muscle and bone and nerve endings, and heâs so deep in the need itâs like swimming blind. The pulsing heat should fade, but it doesnât. His cock stays hard, the ridge of it throbbing against your walls, and you can taste the panic in the way he looks at you, eyes wild, brow shiny with sweat. Youâre so full it feels like youâll split, like heâs pounding straight through your core. He fucks you with a single-minded desperation, every thrust a promise he canât break, and you ride each wave with him, helpless to do anything but take and take until your mind blanks out and your body remembers nothing but the shape of him inside you.
Frankâs world is the inside of your cunt. Heâs got no purchase outside it. Every time he tries to slow, just breathe, itâs like the fever burns hotter, pushes him right back to rutting into you like heâll die if he stops. Youâre not even crying anymore; the sound you make is a dull, broken gasp at every shove into your center, and still youâre so fucking good for him, you take it, you take him, you always do. Heâs never been rough with you like this, never let himself, but thereâs no pulling back, nothing but the thick slap of skin and the way your body folds around him, greedier than anything Frankâs ever known. Sweat pours off him, mouth gone dry, every muscle in his arms and gut straining to keep you locked onto his cock.
You shudder your way through three orgasms. Four. He loses count, can only track the relentless pulse at the base of his cock, the way every new wave of your desperation clenches him tighter, tries to milk him dry. He wants to say heâs sorry, wants to fucking stop, but if he stops heâll die right here, naked and empty with nothing but want. He crushes you to his chest, presses his brow to yours, and his voice shreds in his throat.
âHoneyâfuckâdonât know whatâs wrongâcanâtââ He canât finish. He reaches down, grabs your thighs, and pushes them up, your knees by your ears, so he can watch his cock disappearing into your ruined cunt. The sight turns his brain to static. He fucks you through his own softening, the rawness of it sending his balls tight, a pulsing ache so deep itâs like punishment. You blink up at him, eyes wide and glassy, lips parted in a soundless plea. Frank heaves in ragged breaths. He wipes the sweat out of his eyes with the back of his hand, but itâs useless, just keeps coming. You try to touch his face, but your hand falls limply to the pillow.
âCanâtââ you try, voice so hoarse itâs a rasp, âFrank, too muchââ
âI know, baby, I know,â he chokes, but he doesnât stop, canât stop, the rhythm just slows, each push in and out a new kind of agony. Youâre so full youâre leaking, the pale mess of him painting your thighs, every thrust making a fresh drip down to the sheets. He canât get enough of it. He canât get enough of you. He thinksâmaybe, if he comes again, this will break. Maybe itâs just a matter of getting it all out of his system. Frankâs hips keep going, chasing something neither of you can name, deeper and harder, until even the friction starts to blur into a numb, syrupy ache. Youâre not sure your body can take another orgasm, but Frankâs cock doesnât slow, doesnât even twitch toward softening inside you. Heâs still diamond-hard, still rutting in mindless, ragged thrusts, the tip of his dick punching against your cervix so sharp you nearly sob. You want to stop, want to tap out, but you canât say the words, not with the way his body cages yours, his forearm braced above your head. Every time you so much as gasp for air, he hushes you, whispers more praise into your skin.
âGood girl, fuck, youâre such a good girl, babyâso tight, squeezing me, you wanna make me come again? Huh? Want me to fill you all the way up?â His voice cracks, goes thin and desperate, and you almost come just from the sound. The praise is a wire wrapped around your spine, drawing you tighter, tighter, until the next orgasm hits like a rubber bullet and rips a wail out of your chest. Frankâs cock doesnât give you a break to even register the aftershocks before heâs already pounding you through another. Your thighs shake, your calves spasm, even your toes curl up tight. Youâre crying again, you think, but itâs not from pain, not really. Itâs because your bodyâs hit max capacity and refused to let go, and Frankâs not slowing down, not even to catch his breath. The bed frame is a lost cause, the cheap wood splintering against each slam of Frankâs hips. You grip the pillow, face buried in the wet cotton, and try to ride it out.
You want to tell him to stop, to check if heâs okay, but every time you try, you just get another mouthful of âFrank, fuck, Frankââ
Heâs panting so loud his breath sounds like a threat. His hand finds the back of your neck, palm warm and damp with sweat, and holds you down, grinding his cock so deep you shiver. The sound that comes out of him isnât human: a full-body groan, like coming is the only relief left in the world. His cock throbs, thick and pulsing, and you feel the heat spill inside you, a flood that has you clenching, wringing every drop out of him. He collapses on top of you, and you shudder in pain, your body begging for a break. Frank groans, his shoulders shaking. He peels himself away from you, shaking his head, his chest heaving.
Heâs in pain. You can tell.
He faces the wall as he tries his hardest to settle his breathing, and you can see his cock, pressed against his stomach- still red and hard and bulging. Your insides churn with ache, and you whine.
âFrankie-â
âN-No, baby, i gotta- I gotta stop.â He rasps, shaking his head. But his body disagrees. Frankâs hand finds the headboard and he grinds the heel of his palm into his brow, eyes clenched, like that might squeeze the need out of his skull by force. He tries to turn away, but your hand is there, cupping his jaw, so gentle he almost sobs from it.
âItâs okay.â Your voice is thin, spent, but thereâs not a trace of fear in it. Only worry. Only the same devotion heâs always known, the kind that makes his chest ache on a normal day, and now itâs a knife. You look up at him, lashes stuck together with tears and sweat, and he sees itâwhat heâs done to you. The red handprints on your thighs, the way your lips are bruised from your own teeth. Heâs never hated himself more. He tries to say your name but his throat seizes, a dry, animal noise spilling out, and it takes everything not to punch a hole through the fucking drywall just to have something to break. You crawl into his lap, soft and warm and so goddamn patient, and rest your head on his shoulder. The touch is an IV drip straight to whatâs left of his self-control. He wraps his arms around you, desperate to keep you safe, but the second your cunt grazes his cock heâs hard againâno pause, no mercy. Your body folds around him, open and wrecked and beautiful, and the urge to fuck you into the floorboards is so strong itâs all he can do not to bite your shoulder until it bruises. Heâd always thought himself a man of limits. Rules. But this is new country. This is past the boundary of pain and into the realm of need thatâs got no words. He wants to stop, but his cock is already rutting against your heat, and youâre slick, still so wet he can feel the mess soaking his thighs. You ease back, the weight of you on his lap, and thread your hand through his hair.
âFrankie, youâre burning up,â you whisper. Your palm settles on his chest, like you could press the fever out of him with enough pressure. But itâs not just fever. Itâs a bombâticking. He canât remember the last time he felt this powerless.
âGod, itâs that fuckinâ red powder- I donât- I donât know what was in it-â
âItâs okay, Frankie.â You huff.
âNo, itâs not fucking okay !â He yells, whining as his hips rut up, chasing the feel of your pussy clamped on him. His eyes fly open, and he takes you in. âBaby, look what iâve fuckinâ done to ya.â He rasps, shaking his head.
âFrankie-â
âPlease- get- get off me, mama, please- I donât wanna hurt you anymore, i-â You see Frankâs resolve start to buckle. The panic in his eyes crashes up against the tidal wave of need thatâs got him rutting into you even as he begs for distance, for mercy, for anything to keep you safe from his own treacherous body. You shift in his lap and he moans, the sound so raw and petulant it threatens to break your heart. You bury your face into his neck, lips pressed to the salt and heat there, and you try to anchor him with your words.
âIâm not afraid of you, Frankie. Youâre not gonna hurt me. I want to helpââ Youâre cut off by a shudder as his cock twitches, fat and fever-hot, pressing up against your drenched folds. Even through the haze of soreness, you canât help but want him, the way he fills you, the way he worships every inch of you with his eyes and hands and words. He tries to scoot back, but you wrap your arms around his shoulders, locking him in place.
âFrank. Look at me.â He tries to obey, but the shame is a physical force, tethering his chin to his chest. You take his face in both hands and lift it, so heâs forced to see youâyour ruined makeup, your puffy lips, the tears still drying in sticky trails down your face. He trembles, and the glassy, pleading look in his eyes is almost more than you can bear. You force yourself to smile. âItâs not you, Frankie. Itâs whatever they hit you with. Youâre not going to break me. I know you.â You guide his hand so it cups your hip, thumb stroking over the place where his fingerprints are already bruising your skin. âLet me help you. Please.â A sob racks his chest, but you donât let go. You shift your hips, the soreness blooming into a fierce ache, but the sharp stretch of him splitting you open is its own kind of mercy, a reminder that youâre real, that heâs real, that everything that has you gasping and groaning and crying is because the man you love canât stop loving you back, even when it shreds him to the bone. He mutters somethingâcould be your name, could be some broken apologyâbut you cut him off by grinding down, forcing the thick head of his cock inside again. You both moan, the sound a harmonized exhale of pain and relief and want. You ride him slow, savoring the way his hands grip your ass, the way his mouth stutters against the hollow of your neck.
âBabyâfuckâdonât wannaâdonât wanna ruin youââ he whimpers. Youâve never seen him lose it like this. The red powderâs got him raw, desperate, every boundary burned away by the chemical fire in his veins. His face shines with sweat and tears, and his voice is so cracked and pleading it makes you want to cry for him. You whine as you overstimulated clit bumps against his pubic bone and you shake your head.
"Just- ah shit, wanna help-" You manage, your face drawn up in pain.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck-" Before you can understand what's going on, you're ripped off of him, and your cheek meets the pillow as your ass is propped up. Frankâs got you on your stomach, ass in the air, and the whole world narrows to pressure, his hands locked around your hips so hard you can taste the bruise forming. Heâs inside you before your brain catches upâa single mean thrust, bottoming out, and your mouth opens but nothing comes out except a stuttered gasp. He doesnât move at first, just holds you there, cock throbbing so deep you can feel it behind your navel.
His voice is a raw scrape: âSorry, sorryâcanâtââ and then he fucks down, fucks through you, every stroke hard enough to punch the air from your lungs. You try to brace your hands but your shoulder gives out, leaving you cheek-down on the pillow, drool pooling in the crook of your mouth. You think you might cry, but it turns to a wail instead, a high desperate sound muffled by the bed. Frankâs not slow, not at allâheâs relentless, hips snapping, spine bowed over your back, the heat of him rolling off in waves. He mutters your name into your hair, worship and apology in every syllable, but he doesnât stop, not even when your thighs seize up and your body starts to shake.
Itâs like heâs in a race to fuck the poison out of himself, a self-punishment as much as a need. He doesnât just pound, he grinds, the fat ridge of his cock scraping every hypersensitive spot and making you see colors behind your eyelids. He gets a rhythm going, a brutal, unyielding cadence thatâs all force and no mercy, the wet slap of skin so loud it drowns out your own whimpers. Heâs saying somethingâmaybe a prayer, maybe a curseâbut your ears ring too loud to tell. Frankâs rhythm shudders, then redoubles, each thrust a new promise he canât keepâheâs sorry, heâs trying, but his body wonât even let him lie. All you can do is take it. Your hips knock forward with every impact, your knees gone numb, your hands scrabbling at the sheets. Heâs a furnace at your back, sweat dripping from his jaw onto the nape of your neck. Your cunt is raw, fluttering, so full of him you feel like his cock is splitting your spine in half, pulse after pulse hammering your insides. The praise keeps coming, wrecked and hoarse, every word scraping the meat of your brain:
âThatâs it, mama, god, youâre so good for me, fucking perfect, fuck, fuck, look at how you take itââ His hands bracket your waist, thumbs pressing so hard youâre sure youâll wear his fingerprints for days. The bed gives a death rattle under the both of you, and for a second youâre sure you might break through the floor. Itâs not just the pain, itâs the stretch, the impossible misshape of him inside you, the friction grinding against nerves you didnât know you had. Each time he bottoms out, your whole body spasms, jaw slack, and your eyes roll up until all you see is white. You want to say itâs too much, you need to say itâs too much, but your throat canât find the air. All you can manage is a strangled sob and a whimper, the sound burrowing straight into Frankâs brain. Heâs so loud you barely hear yourself. He canât stop moaning, every inhale a curse, every exhale a plea for you to hold on, to keep going, to save him from this. His cock throbs inside you, thick as a goddamn fist, and you feel every vein, every twitch.
You canât even squeeze him now; youâre so open, so obliterated, but he uses you anyway, cocking his hips to make sure he grinds against every raw inch of your walls. Itâs a mercy when you come againâyour pussy fluttering, a helpless, shivery clamp that wrings a keening noise out of both of you. He feels it, all of it, the heat and the pulse and the way your body tries to milk him dry, and it snaps something vital in him.
He shoves forward, so deep you swear you can feel him in your stomach, and he grunts a broken âfuckââ as he spills inside you again, so much it leaks out the second he starts to move. He doesnât soften. Not even a little. He leans over, body caging you in, his huge hand coming to cradle your head, gentle and sweet and so at fucking odds with the way he rails you from behind, over and over and over. You think you might faint. You hope you do, but Frank wonât give you the out. He drags you up onto your knees, keeping you impaled, your ass flush against his hips. His chest is a solid wall at your back, every breath a ragged hurricane. You lean into him, and the only thing keeping you from sliding forward is the white-knuckle grip heâs got on your hip. Every muscle in his arm is bunched and trembling, and you canât see his face, but you can hear him, every breath a broken, bruised whimper. The pressure inside you is so intense it feels like heâs going to split you, and the wet mess leaking out onto your thighs is obscene, but you canât stop clenching, canât stop reaching for every last inch he gives, even when it knocks a raw scream out of you.
Heâs not talking anymore; heâs just animal, all want and motion, the drag of his cock so deep it makes your vision rattle. Heâs fucking through every stop sign his brain tries to throw up. Itâs not angerâheâs not rough, not really, not even when the thrusts get mean. Heâs wounded, desperate, every snap of his hips a white flag of surrender to whateverâs in his blood. Thereâs a low, guttural moan in the back of his throat that never quite makes it outâjust a vibration that crackles down his spine and into yours.
The only words he manages are yours: your name, and then sorry, then your name again, and then âplease, please, please,â like thereâs a finish line he can barely see.
You try to push up, to arch back into him, and he groans like heâs in pain. The new angle gives him enough to work with that he slams in even deeper, punching the air out of your lungs. The slap of your bodies is filthy, echoing off the drywall. Youâre not sure you can take it, but every time you think youâll fall apart, he tightens his fingers and pulls you closer and you break in a new way, shattered and made again in the space of a heartbeat. His cock is so hard it feels like a weapon, the head swelling every time your pussy convulses around it. Youâre so full itâs like heâs rearranging your guts, and the ache is a raw, sweet line from your cervix to your clit, every stroke against that spot another quicksilver jolt.
He keeps mutteringââfuck, fuck, fuck, baby, good, thatâs it, take it, take it, pleaseââeach phrase more frantic than the last. His balls slap your clit with every thrust, a wet, brutal rhythm that leaves you shaking. You canât move, not really, just grip the sheets and let him fuck you through the next dimension. Your body responds with a will of its own, cunt fluttering, greedy, and he all but howls, the pitch of his voice climbing as you milk him. He wraps a hand over your mouth, not to silence you, but to keep himself from biting into your shoulder. Your vision blurs at the edges, black stars exploding behind your eyes with every brutal slap of Frankâs hips. You donât remember the last time you took a breath that wasnât torn from your lungs; you donât remember the last time you wanted anything as bad as you want him to finishâjust finishâso you can collapse and glue your bones back together.
He holds you locked against his chest, your knees straining and your hands scrabbling for the headboard, but your arms are noodles, your muscles shaking with nothing left to give. He fucks you like heâs trying to get through to the other side, like if he just goes hard enough, deep enough, the chemicals will burn themselves out and heâll stop being an animal. The sounds coming out of him are wild, nothing youâve ever heard in your own bedâraw, grunting, half-sobbed apologies and broken praise.
âFuck, fuck, fuck, please, baby, need you to take it, needâcanâtââ Frankâs voice is a rasp, a snapped wire, and you can feel his cock twitching, so hard you think he could split you in half with it. Each time he bottoms out, it punches a fresh scream out of you, but you clamp your jaw down, try to muffle the madness of it. Heâs never rough with you, not like this, never so greedy, but you get it. Something is wrong, and you want to helpâwant to be the answer, the antidote, the safe place for him to burn out and come back to himself. He holds your waist so tight you can feel each ridge of his fingerprints, bruising you into memory. You want to say it hurts, but the words wonât come. Your pussy is on fireâraw, stretched, so abused itâs gone numb and then come back to life even sharper. The mess is everywhere: leaking out around him, slicking your thighs, running down to stain the sheets. All you can do is ride the waves and hope you donât drown.
The only noise in the room is the animal rhythm of bodies and Frankâs voice, disbelieving and desperate: âSo fucking tight, fuck, mama, so good, canât stop, canâtâplease donât make me stopââ He thrusts so hard your hips jar forward, your face mashed into the bed. You start to sob, not from pain, not really, but because itâs too much, because youâve never seen him like this, never heard him cry out with so little control. You want to help, thatâs what mattersâhelp him, take all of it, prove youâre strong enough. You push back into him, arching your ass higher, and the noise he makes is so grateful it breaks your heart.
âGood girl,â he says, voice shredded and hoarse. âPerfect, youâre perfect, fuck, sweetheart, doing so good, just gottaââ He loses the thread, ruts into you so deep your vision whites out. His cock pulses, and you feel a new rush of heat inside, and that does it. You clench down, body wracked by the kind of orgasm that hurts, hurts so good you see stars.
He lets you drop back down against the mattress, and you struggle to keep yourself upright. You scream yourself hoarse, your pussy clamped down vice-tight. You feel everything, every pulse and stretch and starburst, and Frank howls against your shoulder. The noise doesnât even sound like himâitâs wounded and messy, his breath burning loud in your ear. You canât move, canât breathe, can only let him use you, rail you, like heâll die if he doesnât get it all out. The aftershocks wonât stop, not for you, not for him. He stutters through another frantic thrust, and you feel his cock jerk, another hot wave of come flooding you, and you go limp in his hands, deadweight against his chest. He keeps moving, barely half a second between one orgasm and the next, and youâre sobbing into the pillow, your senses so blown you canât tell if youâre still coming or if the world just feels that sharp now. You want to beg for mercy, but Frank doesnât have any to give. His grip shakes. His whole body shakes. He clings to you like heâll fall apart if he lets go, every inch of him slick and hot, pressing you into the mattress until youâre shaped to it. You can hear the edge-of-panic in his voice, the way he repeats your name and sorry and âbaby, I canâtâcanât stop, canât stop.â Heâs terrified of himself. You know it, and it makes you want him more, want to fix it, take the ache out of him even if it means breaking yourself in the process.
He lifts you higher, knees scrabbling to keep you upright, and then heâs fucking up into you again, as frantic as the first time. Itâs a miracle youâre still wet, still open, but the heat between your legs is unrealâslippery, raw, your clit throbbing with every slap of his body. You donât think youâre meant to come this many times; itâs like your nerves are fried, but every time his cock grinds against that spot inside you, you jolt and seize and scream. The room smells like sex, thick and musky and everywhere. Youâre distantly aware of how filthy it is, how you both sound like animals, how you must look wrecked beyond repairâbut Frank wonât even let you hide your face. He grabs your jaw, turns your head so youâre looking at him, his eyes wild and glassy and pleading.
âNeed you,â he says, and it sounds like a confession. âCanâtâplease, baby, donât let goââ You nod, tears streaming down your cheeks, because you canât talk, and the way he looks at youâlike youâre the last thing tethering him to the planetâmakes you want to endure a thousand more hours of this, if itâll help. You squeeze around him, even though youâre not sure you can take any more; you brace your arms against his, let him rut into you until you both lose track of time.
Frankâs hand slides up the back of your neck, fingers in your hair, not pulling, just holding. Like if he lets go, heâll float away. You feel his lips at your skin, a blur of kisses and apologies, but itâs not enough to gentle the pace. He doesnât slow, doesnât soften, just fucks you through every last bit of resistance. You canât even squeeze him, but he doesnât need itâheâs so big youâre stretched taut, every vein and ridge inside you, scraping against a spot that makes your eyes roll up. He leans over, flush against your back, and you feel the tremble in his chestâlike heâs sobbing, too. His whole body shakes, and you realize with a lurch that heâs crying.
You turn your head, try to see him, but all you get is the hot rush of his breath in your hair, the way he chokes on another âsorry, sorry, baby, fuckââ before slamming in so deep you swear heâs fucking your soul out of your body. He doesnât stop. Not even when you start to tremble, then seize up, body clamped so tight around him you think it might snap him in two. He keeps moving, relentless, grinding you to dust on the inside and the outside, and the sounds coming out of his mouth break open something raw in your chestâa wet, hiccupping sob choked down between every thrust. He feels everything too much, all at once, and it hurts, you can see it in the way his hands shake against your skin, the way he buries his face in your neck like heâs trying to hide from himself.
You want to tell him itâs okay, that you want it, that you want him, but your tongue is heavy, glued to the roof of your mouth. All you can do is take it, take him, every brutal inch, and hope it helps. The room is a blur: lamp tipped on its side, blood pounding in your ears, the hot animal stink of sweat and sex and desperate, chemical need. Youâre so full it hurts, but you keep clenching, greedy for more, even as your muscles threaten to give out.
He pins your wrists to the mattress, fingers threaded through yours, so tight it burns. You twist under him, searching for leverage, but he flattens you, cages you, and thereâs no air left in your lungs. His cock pistons in, then out, a punishing, friction-sharp rhythm that makes you see strobing white. You feel it all: the stretch, the obscene wet slap, the pulse of blood behind your clit, the way your body tries to force him out but canât. For a second, you wonder if itâs permanent, if youâll ever be able to close again without the imprint of him inside you. He keeps his hand on your throat, not squeezing, just holding, grounding himself with your pulse as he chases that feeling through you. The pressure behind your eyes is unbearable; you canât tell if youâre lightheaded from the lack of air, or from the way he pounds you, relentless even as your body goes limp.
âAh shit, ah shit- baby- He rasps. You can feel his body burning so unbelievably hot that it burns your skin.
âShit, baby, i think iâm gonna come-â He rasps, and his hips pick up speed. Youâre not sure if youâre even conscious when it happens; your body is numb but your brain is a live wire, the noise in your skull too loud to parse. He moves again, humping at you in little, frantic jerks, already hard, never soft. He sounds panicked, desperate, like heâs drowning and needs you to save him.
âPlease, baby, fuck, please,â he gasps, and you push back into him, let him set the new rhythm, not even thinking. Youâre beyond pain, beyond thought; just animal, just wet and open and clenching down because you have nothing else to give. You feel every inch, every vein, every frantic stutter of his cock, and itâs like you were made for this, for him, for the way he fills you up and burns you clean from the inside out.
Frankâs cock jerks inside you and the heat floods out in a wave, so much come you can feel it forcing its way out past the seal of you both, drooling down your thighs and pooling under your knees. He collapses against your back, and the world goes silent except for the crash of his heartbeat and the rasp of his breathing. He doesnât pull out. He doesnât move at all, not even to loosen the grip heâs got on your wrists. For a second, you think heâs passed out. Then you hear itâa soft, broken noise in the hollow of your shoulder, the kind of sound that only comes out when the body runs out of things to burn. He shudders, the shift of his body smearing sweat and spit and tears down your back. Youâre both shaking, but his is an aftershock, yours is still the quake. He buries his nose in your hair, inhaling like it might save him. A minute passes. Then another. Heâs still inside you, and you can feel every twitch, every minute pulse, like your walls are mapped to his heartbeat.
âBaby,â he croaks, and his voice is so small you almost donât hear it. âJesus. Fuck. Are youââ He canât finish. Heâs breathing like heâs been sprinting for miles. You canât breathe right. Every inch of skin feels flayed, body spasming around the thickness of him still buried in you. Frank is nothing but heat and bone and the low, sick whimper echoing in your ear. You donât know if youâre crying, but your face is wet and your teeth ache from clenching. Youâre glad you didnât say noâglad you could take it, for him, whatever this is. Youâre glad to be the thing he needs, even if you donât understand the why of it. He doesnât move. Not one millimeter. You try to flex around him, a weak squeeze, and he makes a soft, torn sound. Thereâs shame in it. You donât have to see his faceâyou can feel it in the way he goes slack against your back, the way his arms drop away from you like heâs afraid of his own hands. He pulls out so slow you want to scream, cock dragging against your swollen, battered walls, and the afterrush of everything floods out between your thighs. You collapse onto the wet, ruined sheets, legs so dead you couldnât move if you tried.
âShit, shit !â He rasps, gently reaching for you and flipping you over to your back. The haze that filled his eyes is gone now, and he looks at your body in pure horror.
Bruises.
Bite marks.
The indentation of his fingers.
You blink into the light. Youâre vibrating apart, every nerve raw and humming. Frankâs hands hover, then drop. Heâs kneeling above you, shaking, looking down like heâs a monster whoâs just drawn a bloodline in the sand and crossed it. Frank stares at the marks on your hips in horror, mouth open but no words coming out, breath rattling. He drags a hand over his face and looks at you, really looks, and his eyes go wide and dark like heâs seeing you for the first time.
âJesus, baby, Iâfuck, Iâmââ He canât even say it. His hands flutter, wanting to reach, not daring. Youâre splayed open, cold now that heâs not filling you, the wet between your legs turning sticky against your skin. Itâs obscene, the way your body wants him even now, the ache in your cunt still a live wire, pulsing. You press your legs together but heâs left you so stretched thereâs nothing to squeeze. Frank scrambles off the bed and almost falls, legs shaking, cock slapping wet against his thigh. Heâs pale and sweating, haunted, retreating from you like youâre radioactive. In the bathroom you hear him gag, then the faucet running, then another low, choked noise thatâs all guilt and fear.
You lie in the mess and wait. The ceiling is just a white blur, your blood humming in your ears.
You could sleep forever.
Or die.
Either would be a mercy. You roll to your side, wince at the wet slap between your thighs, the way your body wonât hold you together. Your hand comes away sticky, smeared with both of you. You wipe it on the sheets, a halfhearted gesture, and laughâquiet, ugly, edged with hysteria.
Frank comes back in, eyes rimmed red. Heâs holding a towel and a bottle of water, both with the same careful gentleness that he used to carry your favorite takeout after a long shift. He doesnât look at you while he presses the towel between your legs, mopping up the worst of the mess. His hands are shaking so bad he canât get it right, so you grab the towel, dig it in yourself. The rough scrape hurts and you do it anyway.
He sits on the edge of the bed, as far from you as he can get without falling off, and stares at the wall.
âI donât know what the fuckââ he starts, but his voice cracks. âIâm sorry. I donât know what happened. Iâm so fucking sorry.â Frank's voice cracks on the last word, the sound swallowed by the thick, oppressive silence of the room. He can't look at you. His gaze is fixed on the wall, but he's not seeing the paint or the framed photo of your wedding day. He's seeing the imprint of his hands on your skin, the way your body went limp under his, the sounds you made that were half pleasure, half pain. He's seeing a monster wearing his face.
"Frankie," you start, your own voice a raspy whisper. You push yourself up, ignoring the screaming protest of every muscle. The sheet sticks to you, damp and cold. "Frankie, look at me." He flinches like you've struck him. He doesn't turn.
"Don't. Don't⊠don't be nice to me right now. I don't deserve it."
"Deserve's got nothing to do with it," you manage, swinging your legs over the side of the bed. The world tilts, and you brace a hand on the nightstand. "What happened? The powder. You said something about red powder." His shoulders hunch. He runs a hand through his sweat-damp hair, the gesture sharp and agitated.
"It was during my stupid mission. In the warehouse. Some old bastard⊠thought he was carrying a piece but he wasn't. Had a canister. I shot him, but he⊠he popped it. Red dust. Got all over me." He finally turns his head, and the devastation in his eyes makes your chest ache. "It was nothing at first. Just⊠weird. Then driving home⊠it was like a fire got lit inside me. A fever. And then⊠and then I saw you."He says it like a confession. Like seeing you, safe and asleep in your bed, was the catalyst that turned a chemical reaction into an act of violence. To him, it was.
"Okay," you say slowly, trying to piece it together through the fog of exhaustion and lingering arousal. "So it was a drug. Something that made you⊠like this."
"I didn't want to hurt you," he says, the words rushing out, thick with unshed tears. "I swear to god, I tried to stop. I tried to leave the room. I tried to⊠fuck, I don't know what I tried. Every second I was fighting it, but my body⊠it wasn't mine anymore. It was just⊠need. And you were there." You reach for his hand, and he lets you take it, his fingers cold and limp in yours.
"We need to figure out what it was. What it's doing to you." Your mind races, sifting through the limited options. The fever, the relentless⊠need. It's beyond anything you understand. "Frank⊠we should call Bruce. He knows this stuff. Chemicals, weird science, biological reactions. He could help." The reaction is instantaneous and violent. Frank snatches his hand back as if you've offered him poison. He's on his feet, pacing the small space at the end of the bed like a caged animal. The movement is jerky, still fueled by a residual tremor in his limbs.
"No. No fucking way."
"Frank, be reasonable," you plead, trying to stand, but your legs give out and you sink back onto the mattress. "You were burning up for almost three hours. We don't know if this is⊠if it's actually over, or if it's going to cause damage to you long term. He's the smartest guy we know. He could probably identify it over the phone."
"I said no!" he snaps, the voice of the Punisher cutting through the raw, wounded man from a moment ago. He stops pacing and glares at you, but the anger is all directed inward. "You think I'm gonna call that green freak and tell him I lost control? That I drugged myself and used my wife like a goddamn fleshlight until she passed out? You think I want him to know what I did to you?" The words are ugly, brutal, and they hang in the air between you. But you hear the fear underneath. The shame.
"Frank, it wasn't you," you insist, your voice gaining a little strength. "It was whatever was in that canister. Bruce would understand that."
"I don't care !" he shouts, running both hands through his hair in frustration. "I'm not telling him! I'm not telling anybody! The last thing I need is⊠is a lab coat poking at me while I explain how I couldn't keep my dick in my pants!" He stops, his chest heaving. He looks at the mess on the bed, at the marks on your skin visible even in the dim light, and the anger drains out of him, replaced by a crushing wave of self-loathing. He sinks to his knees at the foot of the bed, far enough away that he can't touch you, close enough that he can see the damage.
"Forget fucking Banner right now," he says, his voice quiet now, broken. "Forget everybody. Just⊠just let me take care of you. Please. We can call whoever the hell you want in the morning, sweetheart, i just-" He looks up at you, his eyes pleading. He rests his forehead against the mattress, his whole body trembling with the force of his regret. "I'm so sorry, baby. I'm so sorry." You run your fingers through his hair.
"It's okay, Frank." He shakes his head so hard it almost looks painful.
"No." His voice is barely audible. "No, don'tâŠ" Another shake. "Don't say that." You frown.
"Frankâ"
"I hurt you." The words come out flat. Certain. Like a verdict that's already been handed down. "I've spent years making damn sure I never did." He laughs once. It's a horrible sound. Empty.
"You knowâŠ" His eyes stay fixed on the floor. "I've broken bones with these hands." He holds them out in front of him. They won't stop trembling. "I've killed with these hands." His fingers curl into fists. "But every time I came homeâŠ" His voice cracks. "âŠI left all that outside." He looks up at you then, eyes red and swollen. "I never wanted you to be scared of me."
"I'm not."
"You should be."
"I'm not."
"I left bruises on you." You instinctively glance down. Finger-shaped marks are already darkening across your wrists and hips. Frank follows your gaze. Whatever composure he'd managed to hold together shatters.
"Oh, GodâŠ" He covers his face. "I did that."
"You were drugged."
"I did that."
"It wasn't your choice."
"It was my hands." His breathing starts to hitch. Not panicked. Not angry. Just⊠broken.
"I've spent every day since we got married trying to be gentle with you." He laughs bitterly through tears. "Remember the first time I helped you out of the shower after you sprained your ankle?" You nod. "You kept telling me I was holding you like you were made of glass."
"You were."
"'Cause I was scared I'd hurt you." Another tear slips down his face. "I've always been scared I'd hurt you." His shoulders begin to shake. "I know what I am."
"No."
"I do."
"Frank."
"I know what I've done." He presses the heels of his palms into his eyes. "I can live with what I've done to people who deserved it." His voice drops to almost nothing. "I don't know how to live with doing it to you." You slide carefully off the bed. Every muscle protests. Your legs are unsteady. Frank notices immediately. His head snaps up.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm coming here."
"No." He backs away on instinct. "Don't."
"Frank."
"I'm filthy."
"No."
"I don't deserveâ" You ignore him. You kneel in front of him anyway. It hurts. He notices that too. His face crumples.
"BabyâŠ" You take his face in your hands. He tries to pull away. You don't let him.
"You have never once hurt me on purpose." He closes his eyes.
"That doesn't make this disappear."
"No. It doesn't." You rest your forehead against his. "But neither does you punishing yourself." His breath catches. "I married a man who checks the water temperature before I get into the shower." A tiny smile threatens at the corner of your mouth. "The man who apologizes if he bumps into me in the kitchen." He lets out a watery laugh."The man who still asks before touching me if he thinks I've had a bad day." Another tear rolls down his cheek. "That's my husband." You squeeze his hand. "Not whatever you think that powder turned you into." For a long time he doesn't answer.
Then, finally.... He leans forward. Just enough to rest his forehead against your shoulder. His entire body starts shaking.
Years of discipline. Years of control. Years of refusing himself the luxury of falling apart.
Gone.
He cries. Quietly. Like he's ashamed to even make noise. You hold him. Running slow circles across his back. Neither of you knows how long you stay like that. Eventually, his breathing evens out.
"I'm so tired," he whispers.
"I know."
"I'm scared to sleep." You pull back enough to look at him.
"Why?"
"What if it isn't over?" The fear in his eyes is raw. "What if I wake up like that again?"
"You won't."
"You don't know that."
"No." You brush damp hair back from his forehead. "I don't." A beat. "But if something's wrongâŠ" You lace your fingers through his. "âŠwe'll face it together." He nods once. Reluctantly.
You convince him into a hot showerânot together, just enough to wash the chemical residue and sweat away. He insists on checking the water temperature for you before you step in, a habit so familiar it almost makes you cry. Afterwards he helps you into one of his old T-shirts and fresh pajamas with painstaking care, asking every few seconds if you're hurting, if you're dizzy, if he's moving too fast. When you finally crawl back into bed, he doesn't touch you. He lies on his back, rigid, leaving almost a foot of space between you. As though he's afraid his own skin might betray him again.
You reach across the mattress. Find his hand. He startles.
"It's okay," you whisper.
He hesitates before turning his hand over and intertwining your fingers. Neither of you says anything else. Exhaustion eventually wins.
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Morning arrives gray and quiet. You wake first. Frank is wrapped around you so tightly you fear he might actually suffocate you.
One arm is around your waist.
The other is tucked protectively beneath your neck.
One leg is hooked over yours.
You're fairly certain if someone tried to kidnap you, they'd have to take Frank with you. You blink up at the ceiling.
"âŠFrank." A sleepy grunt. "You are crushing me." Another grunt.
"No, I'm not."
"You absolutely are."
"I'm protecting you."
"From oxygen?" His eyes stay closed.
"âŠMaybe." You smile despite yourself.
"Frankie."
"Hm?"
"I need circulation."
"You've got circulation."
"My left arm is completely numb." He cracks one eye open.
"That's because you're dramatic."
"Oh, I'm dramatic?"
"Very." You wiggle experimentally. Every muscle below your waist immediately protests. You hiss through your teeth. Frank is fully awake before the sound has even finished leaving your mouth. His entire body goes rigid.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"What hurts?" You sigh.
"My everything." His face falls. Immediately.
"OhâŠ" He sits up so fast the mattress bounces. "I'm sorry."
"Frank."
"I'm soâ"
"Frank."
"I shouldn't haveâ" You reach over and flick him lightly on the forehead.
"Ow."
"Good." He rubs the spot with exaggerated offense.
"You flicked me."
"You were spiraling."
"I wasn't."
"You apologized three times in six seconds."
"I could've hit seven." You can't help laughing. The sound makes his shoulders loosen just a fraction. "There's my girl."
He reaches toward you automatically. Then hesitates halfway. His hand hangs awkwardly in the air. You notice. Without saying anything, you take it yourself. His fingers close around yours immediately.
"I'm sore," you admit.
"I know."
"But I'm okay."
"I know."
"You look like you're about to throw up."
"I might." You roll your eyes.
"If you pass out before breakfast, I'm divorcing you." That earns the tiniest smile.
"You'd miss me."
"I would."
"You love me."
"Unfortunately."
"Hm." He nods once. "Still marrying me again."
"Maybe."
"Definitely."
"Depends."
"On?"
"Whether you make coffee." Without another word, Frank stands.
"I'll make coffee."
"And pancakes."
"I'll make pancakes."
"And bacon."
"I'll make bacon."
"And you're doing dishes." He points at you.
"Now you're pushing it." You grin.
"There he is."
"Who?"
"My grumpy husband."
"I was always here."
"You disappeared for a bit." His smile fades.
"I know." The room grows quiet again. You squeeze his hand.
"We're still here." He nods.
"We're still here." An hour later, the kitchen smells like coffee and burnt toast. Frank glares at the toaster.
"It betrayed me."
"You forgot to push it down."
"I was distracted."
"By?" He glances at you.
"You walked funny." You freeze halfway to your chair.
"âŠExcuse me?"
"You winced."
"I did not."
"You absolutely did."
"I tripped."
"You tripped while standing still."
"I was thinking."
"You were limping."
"I was not limping." Frank raises one eyebrow. You sigh dramatically.
"I was⊠walking thoughtfully." He snorts into his coffee.
"Thoughtfully."
"Exactly."
"You've got a hitch in your step."
"I hate you."
"No, you don't."
"No." You smile into your mug. "I really don't." His expression softens again.
"I'm sorry." You point your fork at him.
"That's apology number⊠honestly, I've lost count."
"I'm serious."
"So am I." You reach across the table.
"I know you are." He looks at your joined hands. Then down at his plate.
"I've neverâŠ" His voice trails off.
"I know."
"I've always worriedâŠ" He swallows. "âŠabout bringing that part of my life home."
"You never did."
"I almost did."
"You came home because you trusted me."
"I came home because I didn't know where else to go."
"And that's okay." He nods slowly.
"Still hate that you're hurting."
"I'll survive."
"I know."
"I've survived your cooking."
"The toast wasn't that bad."
"It achieved a level of carbon previously unknown to science."
"It was artisanal."
"It was charcoal." He chuckles quietly. The sound feels like sunlight. After breakfast, Frank disappears into the laundry room. A minute later you hear,
"âŠSweetheart?"
"What?"
"Where're the freezer bags?" You blink.
"The⊠freezer bags?"
"Yeah." You find him standing over yesterday's discarded clothes with a pair of barbecue tongs.
"âŠFrank."
"What?"
"Why are you holding my kitchen tongs?"
"I'm not touching that stuff."
"You literally fought an entire warehouse."
"Bullets don't usually come covered in mystery chemicals." Fair point. You hand him a box of large zip-top storage bags. He carefully picks up his shirt with the tongs.
"You know," you say, leaning against the doorway, "Bruce is never going to let you live this down." Frank stuffs the shirt into the bag.
"He says one wordâ"
"He'll say at least twelve."
"I'll leave."
"You can't."
"I absolutely can."
"You need him."
"I know." He seals the bag with excessive force. "I'm just not happy about it." You laugh.
"I'm putting money on Tony finding out within the hour." Frank looks horrified.
"âŠDon't even joke."
"I'm serious."
"He'll make a PowerPoint."
"He'll make merch."
"He'll name the chemical after me."
"'Castle Syndrome.'"
"'Frank's Bad Decision Dust.'"
"'Horny Powder.'" You burst out laughing. Frank pinches the bridge of his nose.
"I hate all of you."
"You haven't even left the house yet."
"I'm getting a headache in advance." You tuck the sealed evidence bag into another airtight container.
"There." You smile up at him. "Ready?" Frank takes a long breath. His eyes drift briefly to you, checkingâagainâthat you're steady on your feet.
"You sure you're okay to go?"
"I'm sure."
"You'll tell me if you're hurting?"
"I will."
"You promise?"
"I promise." He studies you for another second before nodding. Then he picks up the container with the contaminated clothes as though it contains a live grenade.
"Let's go." You slip your hand into his free one.
"And maybe," you add, "let's not open the conversation with 'Hi, Bruce, I accidentally got dusted by horny cocaine.'" Frank groans.
"âŠI'm driving."
"You say that like it solves the problem."
"It solves my problem."
The drive to the Avengers Compound is unusually quiet. Normally, Tony would have received at least three sarcastic voice messages by now. Today, Frank's hands stay locked around the steering wheel. Every few minutes, he glances sideways.
"You okay?" You nod.
"I'm okay." Five minutes laterâ
"You sure?" You smile faintly.
"I'm still okay." Another red light.
"You dizzy?"
"No."
"You nauseous?"
"A little." His grip tightens.
"Frank."
"What?"
"You've asked me twenty-three questions."
"I have not."
"You absolutely have."
"âŠTwenty-two." You snort. He doesn't. He's serious. Painfully serious. You reach across the center console and squeeze his forearm.
"I'm fine." His eyes remain on the road.
"I know."
"No." You shake your head. "You don't." He finally looks at you for half a second.
"I don't know anything right now." Bruce is already waiting when the two of you arrive. He takes one look at Frank's expression and immediately frowns.
"âŠFrank."
"Banner." Bruce's eyes move to you.
"You alright?" You answer before Frank can.
"I'm sore." Frank visibly winces. Bruce notices.
"So⊠why don't we start from the beginning?" Frank sets the airtight container on the lab bench like it's an unexploded bomb.
"I brought the clothes." Bruce blinks.
"âŠGood?"
"I wasn't touching 'em."
"You carried them with barbecue tongs," you add. Bruce looks between the two of you.
"âŠYou carried contaminated evidence with kitchen utensils?" Frank crosses his arms.
"They're stainless steel." Bruce pinches the bridge of his nose.
"I'm⊠not sure that's the issue." Frank shrugs.
"They were clean."
"They're definitely not anymore."
"They're in the dishwasher." Bruce sighs.
"I'm suddenly very concerned about your dishwasher." Despite everything, you laugh. Frank looks relieved just to hear it. Bruce pulls on gloves and carefully removes Frank's shirt from the bag. The fabric still carries faint reddish stains near the collar.
"Hm." He transfers tiny samples into a glass dish. The lab falls quiet except for the hum of machines. Frank paces. You sit on one of the stools, trying very hard not to shift your weight. Every muscle in your hips protests. You ignore it. Frank notices anyway.
"You alright?"
"Yep."
"You just made a face."
"I was⊠thinking." Bruce looks over his shoulder.
"Thoughtfully?" You glare.
"He's infected everyone." Frank almost smiles. Almost. Bruce spends another several minutes scanning the residue, and taking a blood sample from Frank. Then he pauses.
"âŠWell." Neither of you likes that tone.
"What?" Frank asks immediately. Bruce adjusts the image on the monitor.
"It's⊠not exactly what I expected."
"What is it?" Bruce folds his arms.
"The compound appears to be an engineered biochemical aerosol." Frank stares.
"In English." Bruce sighs.
"It hijacks several neurochemical pathways simultaneously."
"âŠEnglish."
"It artificially stimulates areas of the brain associated with sexual arousal, reward, impulse suppression, and temperature regulation." You blink.
"SoâŠ" Bruce clears his throat.
"It's⊠essentially a weaponized aphrodisiac." Frank looks horrified. Bruce continues, almost apologetically. "An extremely aggressive one."
"âŠYou're telling me I got hit with sex pollen?" Bruce hesitates.
"âŠScientifically speakingâŠYes. Your sex drive went into overdrive."
Silence.
Frank rubs both hands over his face.
"Fuck's sake. I got taken out by horny fairy dust." The lab doors slide open.
"Please tell me somebody said 'horny fairy dust.'"
Tony.
Of course.
He strolls in carrying a coffee the size of a flower vase.
"I leave for one meetingâŠ" His eyes land on Frank. "âŠand somehow Castle has managed to invent a brand-new category of workplace incident." Frank groans.
"I knew it." Tony points dramatically.
"I called it!"
"You weren't here."
"I psychically called it." Bruce mutters,
"I absolutely did not tell him."
"I have ears."
"You have surveillance software."
"I have excellent surveillance software." Tony finally notices you.
"You okay?"
"I'm fine." He nods. Then his eyes catch something near your shoulder where your oversized T-shirt has slipped. A dark bite mark. He winces.
"âŠWow." Frank immediately turns.
"What?" You instinctively pull the collar up.
"Nothing." Frank's face drains of color. He'd seen the bruises. He hadn't seen that. Tony opens his mouth. Closes it. Opens it again.
"I'm gonna make exactly one joke." Bruce sighs.
"Tony."
"I'm exercising tremendous restraint."
Bruce looks back toward the monitor.
"Based on your blood sample, i'd say the toxin has been cleared from your system." He says. He looks back up at Frank. "Do you have any idea how ?" Frank freezes beside you. His ears go bright red.
"Uh.. Well.." he starts, his gaze fixed somewhere on the floor tiles. "There was⊠a lot of⊠liquid intake." Tonyâs coffee freezes halfway to his lips. His eyes widen in dawning, gleeful comprehension. Bruce, bless him, just looks confused.
"Liquid intake?" Bruce asks, pushing his glasses up his nose. "Hydration is good, but I'm not sure how that would metabolize a complex neurotoxin this quickly. We're talking about a half-life ofâ"
"He doesn't mean he drank a lot of water, Bruce," Tony cuts in, his voice dripping with suppressed laughter. "He means Mrs Castle here had a lot of liquid intake." He makes a vague gesture towards Frank's groin. Frankâs entire face is now the color of a stop sign.
"Stark, I swear to Godâ"
"What ? You gonna hit me because you came in your wife ?"
"Tony !" You hiss, stepping between them before Frank can actually make good on the promise in his eyes. "He's not the only one who came, you know. It was a team effort." Tony blinks. Frank, who had been coiled to strike, freezes so completely you can hear the blood rushing in your ears. He slowly lowers his fists, turning his head to look at you with an expression of pure, unadulterated shock. Tony, however, recovers instantly. His grin becomes a thing of legend.
"A team effort," he repeats, savoring the words. "I like that. Collaborative problem-solving. Very Avengers of you. So, just to be clear for my notes, was this a⊠simultaneous deployment, or a series of controlled bursts?" Bruce finally catches on, and a horrified blush creeps up his neck.
"Tony, for the love of God, stop."
"No, no, this is a legitimate scientific inquiry!" Tony insists, pointing a finger at Frank. "Because, and I'm just spitballing here, you didn't know this would work, did you, Castle? You just went for it. You looked at a situation involving a weaponized aphrodisiac and your solution was⊠what? More sex? Rougher sex? Did you have a hypothesis? 'If I just rail her into next week, maybe the chemical bonds will break from sheer force of will?'" Frank's jaw works, but the rage is being replaced by a deep, soul-crushing mortification. He looks at Tony, then at you, then at the floor.
"It⊠seemed like a good idea at the time, I couldn't exactly control it." he mumbles, the words barely audible.
"It seemed like a good idea," Tony crows, delighted. "The man's entire tactical genius boils down to 'it seemed like a good idea at the time'! I'm putting that on your tombstone. 'Frank Castle: He Had A Good Idea Once.'" You can't help it. A small, helpless laugh escapes you. Frank shoots you a wounded look, but you just pat his arm.
"He's not wrong," you whisper. 'You did come home quite charged and didn't really think." Bruce, desperate to regain control of his lab, clears his throat loudly.
"Okay. Fascinating as this⊠post-op analysis is, we should discuss the aftereffects." He looks at you, his expression professional but tinged with concern. "The chemical was designed to lower inhibitions and increase physical endurance. The⊠physical activity⊠would have been intense. You should be checked over. Just to make sure there are no⊠internal injuries." Frank's head snaps up, his face a mask of renewed horror. He looks at you, his eyes wide with a fresh wave of guilt.
"Jesus," he breathes. You feel your own cheeks heat up. You wave a dismissive hand, trying for nonchalance and probably failing.
"Oh, I'm⊠I'm fine. Really. Just⊠a little tender."
"Tender?" Tony jumps on the word. "Tender is for steak! Jesus, sweetheart, you have a bite mark on your shoulder ! I frankly don't even want to see what you're hidin' under them clothes."
"Tony, I swear to Godâ" Frank starts, but you cut him off.
"I'm fine. I swear." you manage, your throat dry.
"Listen, i know this is awkward but-"
"Seriously, Bruce. I'm fine." You say. Bruce pushes his glasses up his nose, his expression shifting from concerned to deeply uncomfortable.
"I know you are, but I need to be sure. We don't have enough data on the transmission vector of this compound. Frank's blood is clear, but we only tested his. The toxin was primarily absorbed through his respiratory system and skin. However, the⊠fluid transfer⊠creates a new variable." You frown.
"What variable?" Bruce sighs, looking like he'd rather be anywhere else on earth.
"We don't know if the compound can be passed between hosts like a sexually transmitted disease. Frank's system may have flushed it out, but if there's any residual trace in his semen, and if it's still viable⊠it could reinfect you. Or worse, it could mutate. We have no precedent for this." The lab goes dead silent. Tony, who had been smirking with self-satisfaction, slowly lowers his coffee mug. The humor drains from his face, replaced by a dawning, clinical curiosity that's somehow even more unnerving.
"Whoa," he says softly. "Reinfection. Mutation. So, what you're saying is, Castle's⊠cure⊠might actually be the carrier for round two?" Frank looks like he's been physically struck. He stares at Bruce, his face a mask of horror, all the blood having drained from it. He glances at you, his eyes wide with a fresh, sickening wave of guilt. It's one thing to have lost control in the heat of the moment; it's another thing entirely to have potentially poisoned you with it.
"So⊠what?" Frank asks, his voice a hoarse rasp. "What does that mean?"
"It means," Bruce says, choosing his words with extreme care, "that until I can run more simulations and analyze the data, you should⊠abstain. From any and all sexual intercourse. Just to be safe. We need a clean baseline to make sure she's not carrying it either."
"Abstain," Frank repeats, the word sounding foreign and wrong in his mouth. Tony, ever the helpful one, chimes in.
"Yeah, you know. No more 'collaborative problem-solving.' No more 'controlled bursts.' You're on a mandatory dry run, Castle. For science." You can't help it. A small, hysterical bubble of laughter escapes your lips. It's either that or cry. Frank looks at you like you've grown a second head.
"Sorry," you choke out, waving a hand. "It's just⊠the timing." Frank just stares at you, then at Bruce, then at the floor. He looks utterly defeated. He came here for answers, for a clean slate, and instead, he's been handed a life sentence. He nods, a short, sharp, jerky motion.
"Right. No⊠that. Right." He turns to you, his expression a mixture of apology and profound misery. "Let's⊠let's go." He doesn't wait for a reply. He just turns and walks out of the lab, his shoulders hunched, his steps heavy. You shoot a helpless look at Bruce, who just gives you a sympathetic shrug, and then at Tony, who has the decency to look at least a little bit ashamed. You hurry after Frank, catching up to him just as he reaches the elevator. The doors slide shut, enclosing you in the small, silent space. He doesn't look at you. He just stares at the numbers counting down, his jaw clenched so tight you're surprised his teeth don't crack.
"Frank," you say softly. He doesn't respond. "Frank, it's okay."
"It's not okay," he says, his voice low and rough. "I⊠I hurt you. And now⊠now I can't even⊠touch you."
"You can touch me," you say, reaching out and placing a hand on his arm. "Just not⊠that." He lets out a short, bitter laugh.
"Might as well be the same thing." The elevator doors open, and he walks out into the garage, heading straight for the car. He's quiet on the drive home, staring out the window, his jaw working. You can almost hear the gears turning in his head, replaying every humiliating moment. When you get back to the apartment, he heads straight for the kitchen, pulling a beer from the fridge. He twists the cap off and takes a long swallow, leaning against the counter.
"He's never gonna let it live it down, is he?" Frank asks, his voice low and rough.
"No," you say gently, moving to stand in front of him. You take the beer from his hand and set it aside, then wrap your arms around his waist, resting your cheek against his chest. "He's going to have PowerPoint presentations. There might be merch. He's probably already designing a logo for 'Frank's Bad Decision Dust.'" Frank's arms come around you, holding you tight. You feel him let out a long, shuddering breath.
"I'm sorry," he says, his voice muffled in your hair. "For all of it. For⊠last night. For this morning. For⊠all of it." You pull back just enough to look up at him.
"Hey. Look at me." He meets your gaze, his eyes filled with a familiar, weary self-loathing. "We're okay. You hear me? We're okay."
"I hurt you."
"And I'm sore," you admit. "But I'm not broken. And you didn't mean to. It wasn't you."
"It felt like me," he says quietly.
"It wasn't," you say, your voice firm. "It was the⊠fairy dust." You can't help but smile a little. "The horny fairy dust." A tiny smile touches his lips, so faint you almost miss it.
"Horny fairy dust," he repeats, shaking his head. "Jesus."
Frank when Matt takes a bullet: oh my fcking god, you takinâ bullets for these sonsabtchs now? Itâs not good enough to just not kill them, you gotta jump in front of other people giving them what they deserve?! *shoots someone in the head to make a point*
Frank when Peter takes a bullet: Iâve seen a lot of bravery, but this was something special. Youâre a nice kid. *cries a little*
yesterday, you and bruce had an argument. nothing major, just a slight one. and today he was apologizing to youâ in his own way
âbruce! slowâ fuuuuck, slow down!â
youâll be damned if he slowed down. your mind was dizzy from bruceâs mouth practically leeched on your cunt, his tongue lapping your clit at a pace that made breathless gasps of his name leave your gaped lips, almost seeing stars in your vision.Â
his large arms were hooked under your legs and pulled you closer, making sure you didnât move an inch and that your legs were still spread while he got to work
âim so sorry for the other dayâ bruce murmured, his tongue not stopping for a second and way too focused on how good you tasted. âwasnât in my right mind, mmâ
he moaned a low sound of pleasure from how good you tasted, burying his face in between your legs more and applying more pressure with both his tongue and the tip of his nose. that sent a buzz through your body, a moan immediately leaving your lips before you could control yourself
bruceâs blabbers didnât stop and in fact, only grew with each second of suffocating his face in your pussy, apologizing while talking about how good you tasted at the same time.Â
and all your efforts of trying to at least be stubborn all went down the drain the moment your orgasm washed into his mouth, so intense it had you arching your back more to his mouth.
even as you soaked his chin and mouth, bruce didn't stop for a second and licked every drop of your mess with a victory smirk hiding between your legs
{summary}You come home with new clothes and decide to give Bruce a private fashion show. Heâs tiredâat first.
{content}bruce wayne x reader, established relationship, fluff, soft intimacy, domestic moment
Wayne Manor is quiet in that heavy, late-night way that settles after everything is done.
Bruce looks like he barely made it through the door before collapsing onto the couch.
Tie gone. Sleeves rolled. Shirt open just enough to show the line of his chest. One arm draped over the backrest, the other covering his eyes like heâs trying to shut the entire world out.
You stand in the doorway with a shopping bag hooked around your wrist, watching him for a second, already smiling.
âDonât fall asleep,â you say.
âNot sleeping,â he murmurs. âPower conservation.â
âGreat,â you hum. âBecause I just got back from shopping.â
A pause.
Then his arm slides down just enough for one eye to peek at you.
ââŠYouâre kidding.â
âNope.â
Now he fully looks at you, interest cutting straight through the exhaustion. âAnd you went alone?â
âI wanted honest feedback.â
A slow smirk pulls at his mouth. âThat sounds like a mistake.â
You shrug. âWeâll see.â
He shifts, sitting up a little more, dragging a hand through his hair. âAlright,â he says, voice low, waking up. âCome on then. Impress me.â
You grin. âOh, I will.â
The first outfit is a dressâand not a shy one.
It fits like it was made to be noticed, hugging your shape, catching the light as you walk in without saying a word.
Bruce straightens.
Actually straightens.
His arm drops from the couch, posture sharpening as his eyes track you in, slow and deliberate like heâs already recalculating something.
You stop in front of him, thenâwithout breaking eye contactâdo a slow turn.
âThoughts?â
He leans forward immediately, elbows on his knees, hands clasped loosely like heâs trying to behave.
âThatâsâŠâ he exhales, dragging his gaze back up to your face, ââŠnot casual shopping.â
You smile, tilting your head. âYou donât like it?â
âI didnât say that.â
âThen say what you mean.â
His eyes flick down againâthis time not subtle, not rushedâthen back up, sharper now.
âI think,â he says slowly, âyou walked in here knowing exactly what that dress does.â
You take a step closer. âAnd what does it do?â
He leans back just slightly, like heâs forcing space between you. âMakes me reconsider letting you out of the house alone.â
You laugh. âPossessive already?â
âObservant,â he corrects.
The second outfit hits harder.
A fitted topâsoft but cut just low enoughâand a skirt that moves with every step, brushing your thighs like itâs part of the act.
This time, you donât stop far away.
You walk right up to him, then pivot, letting the skirt flare slightly before settling.
Bruce lets out a quiet breath that almost sounds like a laugh.
âOh, thatâs not fair,â he mutters.
You glance at him. âWhat?â
âThat one moves.â
âItâs a skirt, Bruce.â
âYou know exactly what I mean.â
You grin and do another turn, slower, exaggerating it just enough.
He leans back, dragging a hand over his mouth like heâs trying to hide the reactionâand failing.
âCareful,â he says, voice dropping. âYouâre starting to test my patience.â
You step closer, stopping between his knees now. âYou said you wanted to be honest.â
âI did.â
âThen be honest.â
His hands come upânot touching you yet, just hovering at your hips like heâs deciding.
Then, lightly, he taps the fabric of the skirt.
âThis oneâs trouble.â
âWhy?â
His gaze lifts, dark and steady. âBecause you know Iâd follow you anywhere in it.â
That lands.
By the third outfit, the game has changed.
You walk in like you own the roomâjeans fitted perfectly, top just cropped enough to show a hint of skin when you move.
Bruce doesnât even pretend to relax this time.
Heâs watching you before you fully step into the light.
You stop in the middle of the room.
Wait.
ââŠWell?â you prompt.
He studies you for a second, then gestures lazily with two fingers.
âCome here.â
You raise a browâbut you do it, slow steps, deliberate.
You stop just in front of him.
His gaze drags over you again, slower this time, heavier.
Thenâ
âTurn around.â
Thereâs no hesitation in his tone.
You smile a little, but you obeyâturning slowly, knowing heâs watching every second of it.
The jeans fit perfectly.
And this time, he doesnât hide it at all.
âYeah,â he says, low, almost to himself.
You glance over your shoulder. âYeah?â
His hand comes up, not grabbingâjust resting briefly at your hip, grounding you there as his eyes stay exactly where they are.
âThatâs my favorite,â he says.
You turn back, crossing your arms. âYouâve said that twice now.â
âI mean it this time.â
âOh, so the others didnât count?â
âThey did,â he says, standing nowâfinally closing the distance, âbut this oneââ
His hand brushes lightly along your side as he steps past you, close enough that you feel it.
ââthis one you wore for me.â
Your breath catches slightly, but you recover fast. âYouâre very confident.â
âIâm usually right.â
ou disappear again, and this time itâs quiet for just a little too long.
Bruce doesnât sit.
He triedâbrieflyâbut that lasted all of ten seconds before he pushed up from the couch, pacing once, then stopping, then dragging a hand down his face like heâs trying to get a grip.
âYouâre taking your time,â he calls out.
âGood things take time,â you call back.
âThat sounds like a threat.â
âIt is.â
He huffs a quiet laughâbut thereâs no real patience left in it now.
By the time you come back, heâs already halfway across the room.
You donât walk in right away.
You lean against the doorway, one shoulder pressed to the frame, the shopping bag dangling from your fingers like it weighs nothing.
But your expression?
That gives you away.
Bruce slows.
His eyes flick to the bagâthen back to your faceâand whatever he was about to say dies instantly.
ââŠWhat is that look?â he asks.
You shrug lightly, pushing off the frame and stepping toward him. âFinal piece.â
âAnother outfit?â
âOh, itâs an outfit,â you say, voice softer now, just a little more deliberate.
Thatâs enough to shift something in him.
He stops a step in front of you, close enough that the air feels different.
âYouâre not wearing it,â he points out.
âNot yet.â
Your fingers hook into the edge of the bag, opening it just slightlyâbut not enough for him to fully see.
Just enough.
Just a hint.
His gaze dropsâand catches.
Thatâs all it takes.
His breath stills.
ââŠYouâre serious,â he says.
You bite back a smile. âI usually am.â
He looks at you again, slower this time, like heâs recalibrating.
âYou walked in here,â he says quietly, âand decided to do all of that first.â
You nod once. âBuild-up matters.â
A short, disbelieving laugh escapes him. âYouâve been setting me up?â
âMm. Pretty much.â
Thereâs a pause.
Then he reaches for the bag.
You pull it back just slightly.
âAh,â you say. âCareful.â
His eyes narrowânot annoyed, just⊠focused now.
âYouâre really going to make me work for it?â
You tilt your head. âYouâve been enjoying the show.â
âI have,â he admits. âBut I think Iâm done watching.â
You take a slow step back.
âShame,â you murmur. âThe best partâs next.â
Thatâs when you finally let him take it.
He doesnât even fully pull it outâjust enough to confirm what he already knows.
And the shift is instant.
Whatever restraint he had left? Gone.
His grip tightens around the fabric still half-hidden in the bag, jaw setting as his eyes lift back to youâdarker now, locked in.
ââŠYou planned this,â he says.
You smile, backing up another step. âOf course I did.â
âFor tonight.â
âFor you.â
That lands harder than anything else.
You turn before he can answer.
Not fast.
Not rushed.
Just confident.
âI can go try it on,â you say over your shoulder, voice light againâbut thereâs something underneath it now. âIf you want a better look.â
You hear the shift behind you before you even reach the hallway.
The quick step.
The change in his breathing.
You make it exactly two steps past the doorway before his hand closes around your wristânot rough, but firm enough to stop you.
âYou donât get to walk away after that,â he says.
You glance back, feigning innocence. âAfter what?â
âThat.â
You smile slowly. âYou seemed interested.â
His other hand comes to your waist, pulling you back just enough to erase the space you created.
âInterested?â he repeats, low. âThatâs one way to put it.â
You lean back just slightly into his hold. âThen what would you call it?â
A pause.
Then, closerââDone waiting.â
Your breath catchesâbut your smile doesnât fade.
âBedroomâs still that way,â you remind him softly.
âYeah,â he says.
And this time he doesnât hesitate.
The bag is still in his hand, but itâs barely relevant now as he turns you with him, guidingâno, steeringâyou down the hallway with steady intent.
Your laugh slips out, quieter now, cut short as the bedroom door opensâ
MDNI - suggestive, ends with fluff, talk of consent, no intercourse, mentions of menstruation, blood, mention of other bodily fluids.
"Are you blushing, Dafodill?"
Frank teased you as he spread your legs wide to reveal the bloody mess betweed them. Your pussy was stained a dark red and your clit was swollen. Your thighs tried to clench together but he held them open, eager to enjoy the sight of your sensitive little hole clenching around nothing. He leaned forward to pry your hand away from your embarrassed face.
"Blood don't bother me sweetheart. Trust me" Frank admited with a crass chuckle.
You knew that, logically. Even with an inkling of what he told you about his Punisher life, the most pg.13 that he could spare, you knew that violence and carnage was an every day thing in Frank Castle's life. He's came to you covered in it. You wondered if it's his or someone else's, but you didn't ask.
Still, your period blood felt like the most disgusting thing. You felt gross. Why couldn't he understand that?
"I'm on my period, Frank. I don't know...it's not the blood. It'sâ" you whine as you scoot against the pillows.
"I'm not blind. I can tell you feeling a bit under the wheather. It's okay," he massaged your thighs slowly, "I'll be real gentle with you, sweetheart, y'know that"
"I know.."
"What's the matter?" He asked.
He pressed his lips against the apex of your stomach up to your neck. You squirm underneath his heavy, wide frame. He murmurs in your ear prying for an answer, his voice gruff and gravely. Finally you give in.
"I'm embarrassed," your voice was small, "and I am scared you're going to think that I'm disgusting. I mean, it's not very...feminine to be bleeding all over you"
Frank cocks his head to the side as he looks over your body, then back up your face, "Sweetheart, babygirl. Let me tell you something. You're a woman, and that's as feminine as it fucking gets"
"I-"
"You could shit and throw up on me and I'll still think you're the hottest thing around. Sweetheart, you shouldn't be embarrassed. It's normal"
"That's nasty, Frank" you laugh.
He smiled, "Look, all I'm saying there ain't nothing to be embarrassed about, sweetheart. But if you don't want to do anything tonight, that's fine. You want me to make you some chilli?"
"...you're not mad?" You questioned as you pulled a cover over yourself.
"Course not, you think I'm new to this?" He scoffed as he got from the bed and threw a pair of gray sweatpants on, "don't worry 'bout it"
He pinched your cheek before he caressed your hair with a calloused hand, his touch gentle. You could tell that he was still hard in his sweats, but it didn't matter.
"You want beans or no beans?"
"I'm fine...but beans"
"That's my girl," he pressed a kiss to the top of your head before heading off to the kitchen.
You fell asleep before he could bring you a bowl.
â
Kinda short but I might continue with actual period sex. Hope you enjoyed reading.
Frank cocks his head to the side as he looks over your body, then back up your face, "Sweetheart, babygirl. Let me tell you something. You're a woman, and that's as feminine as it fucking gets"
âą {content} bruce loves using your butt as a pillow
It's past two in the morning when you hear the shower shut off in the bathroom just off the bedroom, which means patrol ran long again, which means you already know how the next ten minutes are going to go.
You don't move from where you're sprawled on your stomach across the bed, book propped open in front of you, one leg kicked up lazily behind you. You're three chapters deep into something you should've finished last week, and you have exactly zero intention of losing your page.
The bathroom door opens on a puff of steam. You don't look up.
"You're still awake," Bruce says, voice rough with the particular tiredness that comes after a bad night â not injured-tired, just done-tired, bone-deep.
"Mm. Waiting for my husband to come home from his little nighttime hobby."
"It's not a hobby." He pads across the room in nothing but sweatpants slung low on his hips, hair still damp, and you know without looking that he's got that faint crease between his brows he gets when a night's been long but not disastrous. You've learned to read him in increments like that.
"Vigilante crime-fighting is absolutely a hobby, Bruce. You don't get paid."
"I get paid inâ" he pauses, clearly searching for something "âcivic pride."
"Devastatingly funny. Truly, Gotham's got jokes."
He huffs something that's almost a laugh, and then the mattress dips beside you, and you already know what's coming a full two seconds before it happens.
"Don't you dareâ"
Too late. His hand lands square on your backside with an easy, familiar smack, and you yelp into your book.
"Bruce!"
"What." He says it like the most reasonable man alive, already sliding a hand over the spot he just smacked, squeezing once, unbothered, like he's checking the mail. "It's right there."
"It's attached to me, that's not an invitationâ"
"It's always an invitation." He says this with the calm, insufferable confidence of a man who has never once been told no and meant it. Which, fine. He hasn't.
You swat weakly behind you, more out of principle than actual objection, and he catches your wrist, presses a kiss to your knuckles like an apology he doesn't mean even a little, and then â inevitably, gravitationally, like this is just where the night was always headed â he folds himself down and drops his head right onto your butt like it's a goose-down pillow he paid four figures for.
"Oh my god."
"Comfortable," he mumbles, already sounding half a step from unconscious. His arm slings loosely over the back of your thighs, anchoring himself there.
"You have an entire pillow. Several, actually. I've counted."
"None of them are this good."
"You're insane. You are a grown man. You run a multi-billion dollar company and dress up as a bat and you are currently using my ass as a headrest."
"Priorities," he says, muffled, eyes clearly already shut.
You sigh the sigh of a woman who married this exact behavior with her eyes wide open, and go back to your book, one hand idly dropping to card through his damp hair because â fine. Fine. It's not like you're going anywhere.
"How was patrol," you ask, mostly just to feel him talk, the low rumble of his voice vibrating faintly against you.
"Quiet. Couple of break-ins. Jason wouldn't stop narrating everything over comms."
"That tracks."
"Alfred left a plate for me. I didn't eat it."
"You're eating it tomorrow before you leave this bed, I don't care whose butt you'd rather be using as furniture."
"Deal," he says, already three-quarters asleep, thumb tracing a slow, absent line against the back of your thigh. "Love you."
"Love you too, you enormous menace." You turn a page one-handed, careful not to jostle him. "Squeeze my butt again and I'm telling Alfred."
"He already knows."
"Bruce."
He just smiles against you, eyes still closed, and doesn't move an inch.
you show up at Franks boat where he has unexpected guests
warnings: smut MDNI!
The marina air smells like diesel and low tide. The dock creaks under your boots as you approach Frankâs boatâa trawler thatâs seen better decades, its paint chipped in the places where bullet holes were patched over.
You donât knock. You never do anymore. The habit formed somewhere between the third night you stayed over and the fifth morning he made you coffee without asking if you wanted any.
You duck through the cabin doorway, a six-pack sweating against your fingers, andâ
Thereâs a man in red and blue spandex sitting at Frankâs kitchen table.
Heâs hunched over a mug like itâs the most normal thing in the world. The mask is half-rolled up, exposing a jawline that belongs on a college brochure. A half-eaten sandwich sits on a paper plate near his elbow.
Your brain stutters.
âFrank, thereâs aââ Your voice catches, climbs. âSpider-Man? At your desk?â
The kidâbecause he is a kid, Jesus, heâs got to be nineteenâjerks upright. His wrist flicks on instinct. A thick white strand shoots across the cabin, and your body reacts before your mind catches up.
You pivot, shoulder dropping, and the web splats against the bulkhead where your head was half a second ago.
The six-pack hits the floor. Cans roll.
âOh GodâsorryâIâm so sorryââ Peterâs hands fly up, palms out, web-shooter still clicking. âYou moved really fast, I didnât mean toââ
âHey.â
Frankâs voice cuts through like a blade through rope. He fills the doorway to the back cabin, one hand braced on the frame, the other hanging loose at his side.
His eyes track from the web on the wall to your face to Peter, and something in his jaw tightens.
âKnock it off. I know her.â
Peterâs arms drop. âYou know her? You didnât say anyone was comingââ
âDidnât know she was coming.â
Frankâs gaze lands on you. Holds. Thereâs a question tucked behind the irritationâa narrow-eyed what the hell are you doing here that he doesnât need to voice because you can read it in the set of his shoulders.
âThe hell are you doing here?â he says anyway.
You gesture at the web-slinger still half-sprawled across Frankâs chair.
âI was going to surprise you. Clearly that was a mistake.â
âYeah. Clearly.â
âYou couldâve texted.â
âYou donât answer texts.â
âI answer texts.â
âYou answered one text in three weeks, Frank. One. It said âok.ââ
His mouth twitchesânot quite a smile, but close. âIt was a good text.â
âIt was a word.â
Peterâs head swivels between you like heâs watching a tennis match. âIâm sorry, whoâwho is this? Is this yourâare you twoâ?â
âShut up,â Frank and you say in unison
âNo, Iâm serious, because MJâs in the back and I donât know if this is a security thing or aââ
MJ emerges from the rear cabin right on cue. Sheâs got a book tucked under her arm and an expression that suggests sheâs already catalogued every exit on the boat.
Her eyes land on you, flick to Frank, then back to you.
The boat suddenly feels very small.
Your stomach drops. Itâs not jealousyânot exactly. Itâs that specific, sharp-edged confusion that comes from walking into a situation you had no framework for.
Frank doesnât have guests.
Frank doesnât do guests.
And now there are two of them, one of whom is a woman with a sharp gaze and a knowing tilt to her mouth, and Frank hadnât mentioned any of it.
âWhoâs this?â you ask, and your voice comes out flatter than you intended.
Frank exhales through his nose. âKidâs girlfriend.â
Peter makes a sound like a strangled cat. âSheâs notâweâre notâI mean, weâre friends, weâre just friends, sheâs not myââ
âSure,â MJ says, deadpan. âJust friends who hide on boats together.â
âMJ.â
You fold your arms. âSo youâve got a woman in your boat. A woman you didnât mention.â
Frank rubs the back of his neck. The gesture is tired, not guilty. âThe kid needed somewhere to hide the girl. Iâm the solution, apparently.â His hand drops. âI donât know her.â
âFrank doesnât know me,â MJ confirms, like sheâs entering testimony into a court record. âWe met approximately forty minutes ago. He offered me a bottle of water and then told Peter his situational awareness was garbage. It was very touching.â
Peter points at you. âOkay butâwhoâs she? Frank, who is she? Because she dodged my web like it was nothing, and normal people donât do that, and if sheâs like, a secret agent or something I feel like I should know before I eat more of your tunaââ
âShut up,â Frank says, louder this time.
The cabin goes quiet. The boat rocks gently against its moorings. A seagull screams somewhere in the distance.
Frank looks at you. Something shifts in his faceânot softening, exactly, but settling. The tension in his brow doesnât disappear, but it reorients, like a rifle finding its target.
The dock has stopped creaking.
Somewhere across the water, a tugboat sounds its hornâlow and mournful, the kind of sound that makes you understand why sailors used to believe in ghosts.
Peterâs sitting on the edge of the dock, legs dangling over the water.
Heâs been quiet for almost three minutes, which seems like a personal record.
You lean against a piling, arms crossed against the night chill.
The city glitters across the bayâManhattanâs skyline a mouthful of bright teeth.
âSo,â Peter says. Doesn't finish the sentence.
âSo.â
âThat thing you did earlier. With the web.â He turns his head, and even through the mask you can see heâs been chewing on this. âYou dodged it.â
âI did.â
âPeople donât do that.â
You shrug. âMaybe your aimâs getting worse.â
âMy aim isâmy aim is phenomenal, actually. I have, like, proportional reflexes. Itâs a whole thing.â Heâs gesturing now, hands mapping invisible diagrams in the air. âIâve tagged guys mid-backflip. Guys with guns. One time I webbed a grenade out of the air and I wasnât even looking.â
âImpressive.â
âSo howâd you do it?â
The water licks at the pilings below. A ferry blinks in the distance, slow and indifferent. You let the silence stretch just long enough to watch him lean forward, weight shifting, shoulders tightening.
âTrade secret,â you say.
âThatâs notâyou canât just say âtrade secretâ andââ
âI can.â
âAre you enhancedâŠ? Is that it? Because Frank knows a lot of people, and some of them are definitely the enhanced type, and if youâve got some kind ofââ
âSpiderman.â
He stops.
You smile. Itâs not a mean smile. Just the smile of someone who knows theyâre not going to answer and is enjoying the show. âYouâre not going to figure it out tonight.â
His head drops. The mask crinkles at the temples. âThis is going to drive me insane.â
âProbably.â
âLike, Iâm going to be swinging around tomorrow going how did she do that, and Iâm going to miss a building.â
âThat sounds like a you problem.â
He laughsâsurprised, a little helpless. Itâs a good sound. The kind you donât expect from someone who spends his nights getting shot at. âYouâre kind of terrifying. You know that? You and Frank. Youâre both terrifying.â
âThank you.â
âI didnât mean it as a compliment.â
âIâm taking it as one.â
Peter shakes his head, but heâs still smiling. The mask canât hide everything. âOkay. Fine. Keep your secrets. But Iâm going to ask again. Eventually. When you least expect it.â
âIâll be ready.â
âIâm sure you will.â
Quiet settles again. Comfortable this time. The kind that doesnât need filling. Frankâs boat rocks against its moorings twenty feet away, a single lamp burning in the cabin window, and you think about the first time you saw itâhow ugly it was, how practical, how completely Frank.
âCan I ask you something?â His voice has shifted. Softer. Less Spider-Man, more nineteen-year-old-kid.
âYou just did.â
âHar har.â He picks at a splinter on the dock, flicks it into the water. âYou and Frank. How does thatâI mean, how did that even happen? Because no offense, but that guy is about as approachable as a brick wall covered in barbed wire.â
You think about it. The answer isnât simple. Itâs late nights and earlier mornings. Itâs the way he checks the locks twice before he sleeps. Itâs a cup of coffee made without asking. Itâs his hand on your back for two seconds, gone before you can lean into it.
âWe just⊠fit,â you say finally. âHe doesnât make things easy. I donât expect him to. He shows up. Thatâs what matters.â
Peter nods slowly. âThatâs weirdly romantic.â
âDonât tell him I said it.â
âOh, absolutely not. Heâd kill me. And I donât think I could dodge that.â
âNo,â you agree. âYou couldnât.â
He snorts. âYouâre really not going to tell me anything, are you? About the web thing. About you. About anything.â
You gesture at his face. âYouâre wearing a mask.â
âThatâs different.â
âIs it?â
âItâs forâsafety. Anonymity. Protecting the people I care about. Not because Iâm being intentionally mysterious to drive someone crazy.â
âSo you never take it off?â
Peter hesitates. You can see it in the way his shoulders set, the slight tilt of his head. An internal debate playing out in micro-gestures.
âSometimes,â he says.
âWhat about right now?â
âRight now?â
âWeâre outside. Itâs dark. Frankâs inside.â You spread your hands. âIâm just saying. Iâve never seen Spider-Manâs face. Might be nice to know who I was almost webbed by.â
âYou dodged the web.â
âDetails.â
He looks at the boat. Then at the water. Then at you. His fingers come upâslow, deliberateâand catch the edge of the mask where itâs bunched at his throat. He pulls it higher. Just a little. Just past his chin.
The jaw. Thatâs all you get. But itâs enough.
The kidâs got a jawline that could cut glass. Sharp, clean, the kind of bone structure that makes photographers weep.
Thereâs the beginning of a mouth above itâlips pressed together in something between a grimace and a grin.
âWell,â you say.
âWhat?â
âNothing. Justââ You tilt your head, appraising.
âThatâs a very symmetrical jaw.â
The mask drops back into place. Peterâs hand flies to the back of his neck. âSymmetrical? Thatâsâwhat does that even mean?â
âIt means symmetrical. Itâs a compliment. Mostly.â
âMostly?â
âIâm not a jaw expert. Iâm just saying itâs a good jaw. You should be proud of it.â
âIâm notâI donâtâthis is so weird.â Heâs half-laughing again, and half-something-else.
Embarrassment, maybe. Or the particular discomfort of being perceived. âYou canât just tell someone they have a symmetrical jaw and then not explain what that means.â
âCanât I?â
âFrank,â Peter says, with the air of a man who has just discovered something profound, âis a very patient person. I donât know how he does it.â
The voice comes from the boatâlow, rough, edged with the particular irritation of a man who has been waiting longer than he wants to. âCan you two come inside before someone sees you?â
Frankâs silhouette fills the cabin doorway. Arms crossed. Shoulders a straight line against the lamplight behind him. You canât see his face from here, but you donât need to. The posture says everything.
Peter scrambles to his feet. âWe were justâwe were talking. Aboutânothing. Symmetrical things. It doesnât matter.â
Frank doesnât respond. He just waits, a darker shape in the dark, until youâre both moving back toward the boat.
The cabin feels smaller now. MJâs claimed the corner seat, her book open but her eyes tracking Peter as he ducks through the doorway. Thereâs a flicker of something on her faceârelief, quickly buriedâbefore she returns to the page she wasnât reading.
âWell,â she says, not looking up. âThis has been an incredibly normal evening.â
âThe spare room,â Frank says. Itâs not a suggestion.
âSpare room,â Peter repeats. âRight. Which isââ He glances at the narrow doorway behind Frank. âOh. That one. Cool. Great. MJ, weâreâthatâs us. That room.â
MJ closes her book with deliberate slowness. âThe one with the single bed.â
The silence that follows could be bottled and sold as a sedative.
âItâsâI meanâI can take the floor,â Peter says, already backing toward the door.
âYes you willâ MJ says
âThe floor is fine. Iâve slept on lots of floors. Iâm kind of a flor expertâ
She stands, tucking the book under her arm, and crosses the cabin with the calm of someone who has decided not to make this easy for anyone.
The door closes behind them. Something thumps against itâan elbow, probably. A muffled âsorry, sorry, that was myâokay, you take the blanketâ filters through the wood.
Frankâs hand finds the small of your back. Itâs briefâtwo seconds of pressure, warm through your shirtâthen itâs gone, but the message lands. Come on. Letâs go. Heâs already moving toward the rear cabin, not looking back to see if youâre following because he knows you will.
He doesnât sit. Doesnât move to the bed. Just stands with his back to you, one hand rubbing the back of his neck the way he does when somethingâs lodged under his skin.
âFrank?â
âWere you just flirting with Spider-Man?â
The question lands flat. No heat behind it. Just the weight.
âWhat?â
He turns. His face is unreadableâthat familiar mask of muscle and bone that makes people cross the street to avoid him. But youâve been looking at it long enough to see the cracks. The set of his jaw is different. Tighter.
âLooked like you were flirting with him.â
âI was talking to him. About his mask.â
âHis jaw.â
âHe showed me his jaw. It was very symmetrical. Thatâs not flirting, Frank, thatâsâmild observational commentary.â
Frank says nothing. Which is, for Frank, a lot.
You watch him for a moment. The way heâs planted himself between you and the door, arms still crossed, like heâs guarding an exit that doesnât need guarding.
The furrow in his brow thatâs one degree deeper than usual.
âOh my God.â The realization hits like a wave.
âYouâre jealous.â
âIâm not.â
âYou are.â You step closer, and he doesnât move, and thatâs how you know youâre rightâbecause if you were wrong heâd have found somewhere else to be. âFrank Castle. Jealous. Of a nineteen-year-old in spandex.â
âIâm not jealous.â His voice drops, gravel scraping gravel. âIâm just asking a question.â
âSure. A question. About my intentions toward a child.â
âHeâs not a child.â
âHeâs basically a child. He said âfloor expert,â Frank. He has a symmetrical jaw and heâs afraid of girls.â
Frankâs mouth twitches. Itâs not a smile. Itâs the suggestion of oneâa possibility, quickly suppressed.
âYou noticed his jaw.â
âI was making fun of him.â
âLooked friendly.â
âIt wasââ You stop. Shake your head. The laugh comes out before you can catch it. âYouâre actually jealous. Youâre standing here, in your boat, looking at me like I just told you Iâm running away with the circus, and all because I talked to a superhero about his bone structure.â
Frankâs eyes narrow. âYou done?â
âNot even close.â
âGood.â He moves. One step, then another, closing the distance until you can smell the salt on his skin and the coffee on his breath. His hand finds your hipânot gentle, but not rough. Just there. Grounding.
âBecause Iâve got some things to say.â
âAbout my flirting?â
His thumb presses into the hollow of your hip bone.
âAbout what happens when you show up
unannounced.â
âYou said I could come over anytime.â
âI did.â
âAnd now weâre here.â
âWe are.â
âAnd youâre still jealous.â
His jaw tightens. âIâm not.â
His mouth doesn't meet yours. Not yet.
Frank pulls backâhalf an inch, maybe lessâand the absence of contact lands like a physical thing.
His hand stays on your hip. Thumb still pressing that same hollow, slow circles now, like he's tracing a map only he can read.
"You show up," he says. Voice low. "Don't call. Don't text. Just walk in."
"I wanted to surprise you."
"Mission accomplished."
The corner of his mouth twitches. There it isâthat almost-smile, gone before it fully arrives. His fingers tighten on your waist, and he turns you, steering you backward until your calves hit the mattress frame.
The lamp flickers.
The boat rocks.
From the spare room, muffled: "âno, you take the pillow, I'm fine with theâ" and then MJ's voice, cutting through: "Dude. Shut up and go to sleep."
Frank doesn't acknowledge it. His focus is entirely on youâthe way his eyes track from your mouth to your throat to the collar of your shirt, cataloging, assessing.
The same look he'd give a weapon he was considering using.
"Sit," he says.
You sit.
The mattress gives under you, thin and ungenerous, the way everything on this boat is thin and ungenerous except for him.
He stays standing.
Looks down at you with an expression that's equal parts hunger and calculation.
"Quiet," he says. Not a question.
"Quiet?"
"They're twenty feet away. Walls are thin." His hand comes up, thumb grazing your jawline, tilting your face toward his. "You can do quiet?"
"I can do quiet."
"Good."
He bends. Kisses you.
It's not gentle. Frank doesn't do gentleânot the way other people mean it. His mouth is firm, demanding, the scrape of stubble against your upper lip a familiar burn.
His hand slides from your jaw to the back of your neck, fingers threading into your hair, gripping just enough to hold you in place.
You make a sound. Small. Involuntary.
He pulls back. "What'd I say?"
"Quiet."
"Yeah." His thumb strokes the tendon at the side of your throat. "So be quiet."
The order lands somewhere low in your stomach.
Heat blooms, radiates outward. You reach for the hem of his shirt, but he catches your wrist.
"Slow," he says.
"Frankâ"
"Slow." His grip loosens. He brings your hand to his chest instead, pressing your palm flat against the worn cotton.
Underneath: the steady thud of his heart, slower than yours, more controlled. "You came here. You interrupted my evening. You flirted with a teenager."
"I did not flirt withâ"
"You did." The words rumble through his chest, through your palm, through every nerve ending you possess. "So now we do this my way."
Your throat tightens. "And what way is that?"
He doesn't answer with words.
He answers by pushing you back onto the mattress, one hand planted beside your head, the other working the button of your jeans.
His knuckles brush the skin below your navel. You inhale sharplyâtoo sharplyâand his palm covers your mouth.
Pressure. Warm. Callused.
"Quiet."
You nod against his hand.
He removes it slowly, dragging his fingers across your lips as he pulls away. Then both hands are on your jeans, peeling them down, taking your underwear with them in one efficient motion.
The air hits your bare thighs and you shiverânot from cold.
Frank's eyes move over you. "Look at you."
He strips his own shirt over his head. The lamp carves shadows into the landscape of his torsoâthe scars, the bruise on his ribs that wasn't there last week, the thick muscle of his shoulders.
He doesn't bother with the rest of his clothes. Just unzips, pushes fabric aside, and then he's climbing onto the mattress, settling against the headboard.
"Come here."
You straddle him.
The position is awkward for half a secondâknees finding comfortable on the thin mattress, hands bracing on his shouldersâand then he adjusts, shifts his hips, and everything aligns.
He's hard. Thick. The head of him presses against you, not entering, just resting there, and the anticipation is a live wire humming under your skin.
"Frank." It comes out breathy. Too loud.
His hand finds the back of your neck again. Pulls you close until your forehead almost touches his.
"What'd I tell you?"
"Quiet. I know. I'mâ"
"Then show me."
You sink down.
The stretch isâGod. It's always like this. Always too much and not enough at the same time, the way he fills you, the way your body has to adjust around him.
Your mouth opens on a gasp and you bite it back, teeth sinking into your lower lip hard enough to hurt.
Frank's head drops against the headboard. His eyes close. His hands find your hips, not guiding, just grippingâfingers digging into the flesh there with the kind of pressure that will leave marks tomorrow.
"There," he breathes. "Right there."
You move.
Slow at first. Experimental. Rolling your hips in a rhythm that makes his jaw clench and his fingers spasm against your skin.
The lamp light wavers with the rocking of the boat, shadows swaying across the ceiling.
The need to be quiet makes everything sharper. Every sensation magnified. The slide of him inside you.
The rough denim of his jeans against your inner thighs. The sweat gathering at the small of your back.
You brace your hands on his chestâthat broad, scarred landscapeâand ride him.
"God," he grits out. Not loud. The word is pressed through clenched teeth, barely a whisper.
His head comes forward, mouth finding your collarbone, teeth scraping the ridge of bone.
Your rhythm stutters.
"Don't stop." His voice vibrates against your skin. "Don't you stop."
You don't.
You find a pace that makes his breathing go raggedâshort, sharp inhales that match the rocking of the boat.
His hands move from your hips to your ass, grip tightening, helping you rise and fall.
The obscene sound of skin meeting skin is muffled by the jeans still bunched at his thighs, by the blanket tangled beneath you.
But it's there. Underneath everything else. A wet, rhythmic counterpoint to the slap of water against the hull.
"Look at me," Frank says.
You do.
His face isâit's not soft. Frank Castle's face will never be soft. But there's something unguarded in his eyes right now, something that only shows up in these moments, when everything else is stripped away.
When it's just the two of you and the dark and the movement.
"Good," he says. Rough. Almost surprised. "That'sâ"
His hips buck up into you. Once. Hard.
You clap a hand over your own mouth.
The moan that tears out of you is muffled, but it's not silent, and somewhere in the spare room Peter's voice goes conspicuously quiet.
Frank's laugh is a vibration in his chest, silent and short-lived. His focus snaps back to you. "Told you. Thin walls."
"I hate you," you whisper.
"No you don't."
He thrusts up again, and this time it's his hand that covers your mouthâhis palm rough and warm and smelling faintly of gun oil and coffee.
His eyes hold yours. A question. A demand.
You nod.
His hand drops. He plants both palms on your ass, spreads his knees wider for leverage, and takes over.
The rhythm changes. Faster now. Deeper. He's driving up into you with the kind of controlled intensity he brings to everythingânever wasted motion, never unnecessary force, just the exact amount of power required to make your vision blur at the edges.
Your nails rake down his chest. He hisses through his teeth.
"Again," he says.
You do it again. Harder this time, leaving faint red lines on the scar tissue over his ribs.
His growl is barely human. It's the sound of something being held back by force of will, and it's the hottest thing you've ever heard.
He pulls you down onto him, grinding, holding you there, and the pressure on your clit is suddenly perfectâthat exact angle, that exact frictionâand your thighs start to shake.
"Frankâ"
"I know." His lips brush your ear. "I know, sweetheart. Let go."
The endearment undoes you.
It always does. Not because he says things like that oftenâhe doesn't, he never hasâbut because when he does, it means something. It means he's not thinking. It means he's past the point of guarding his words.
Your body clenches around him, muscles contracting in rhythmic spasms that make him groan low in his throat.
His hand is back over your mouth. You don't remember him moving it. But it's there, catching the cry you can't stop, muffling the broken syllables of his name.
Everything fades except Frank. The way he's still moving inside you, chasing his own release now, his rhythm finally breaking.
His face buries itself in the curve of your neck. His breath is hot and damp against your skin. His hands grip your hips hard enough to bruise, and then he's pulling you down one final time, grinding deep, and the sound he makes isâ
It's your name.
Just your name. Ragged. Quiet. Bitten off at the end like he caught himself too late.
He pulses inside you. Warmth spreads. His whole body tenses, holds, releases.
For a long moment, neither of you moves. The boat rocks. The lamp flickers.
Frank's forehead drops against yours.
"Okay," he says.
"Okay?"
"Okay."
You huff a laugh. "That's all you've got?"
He pulls back just enough to look at you. His eyes are clearer now.
He tucks a strand of hair behind your ear with a gentleness that seems impossible from hands that have done the things his have done.
"Give me a minute," he says. "I'll think of something better."
Frank exhales through his nose. Long. Suffering. His hands are still on your hips, thumb stroking absently over the marks he left there.
Okay but picture Frank and Peter hanging out, maybe doing some kind of surveillance together or something. You call Frank just like you normally do when youâre feeling especially needy and miss your buff, brooding boyfriend. He picks up, and puts you on speaker completely unaware of whatâs about to come out of your mouth. Before he can let you know Peterâs there with him, you blurt out some sexual shit meant for only Frankâs ears.
âFrankieee, when are you coming home baby? My pussyâs aching for you,â you whine. Peterâs spidey eyes widen, quickly turning to face the window of Frankâs van. Even wearing his spider suit, Frank can tell Peterâs blushing like a motherfucker underneath it.
âShit, shit! Sweetheart, sweetheart hold on-â heâs yelling as he fumbles with the phone, trying to take you off speaker. Youâre still going on about what you want when he gets home.
âAnd then, wanna suck your big, fat cock-â you babble, lying on your belly, legs kicking in your shared bed in nothing but your black lace undies and one of Frankâs old Marine tees. Youâre twirling your hair in your fingers, completely and blissfully unaware of who can hear you on the other line.
âNo! No, goddamnit,â Frank grunts, accidentally ending the call. He runs his palm down his face, knowing how hurt youâll be that he just hung up on you like that. But it was for the best, and youâd understand once he explains later. Itâs silent for a moment before Peter finally speaks
âWow, Frank. Iâm so glad to see you have such an active sex life at your age,â Peter quips.
âAt my age??? The fuck does that mean?â he asks, face slightly offended and dark brows pulled tight.
âIt meansâŠyou know. I wasnât sure if you still had your libido,â Peter answers earnestly, hands up in defense.
âAlright, alright. Thatâs enough out of you, kid. Sheesh. Actinâ like Iâm gettinâ the early bird discount at fuckinâ Dennyâs,â he scoffs, cheeks flush. He pauses, debating whether he wants to share a little tidbit of his life with his newfound friend. He decides a good woman like you is worth bragging about. âSheâs a very generous woman. Definitely makes me feel younger,â he smiles.
âI can tell, especially when she went into detail about that thing where she does a handstand and-â
âč àŁȘ Ë in which you and Jason place a bet to see who can go the longest without touching the other person.
âč àŁȘ Ë warnings: reader plays dirty, roy is kinda ooc, this is all Royâs fault donât look at me, jason goes insane,
The apartment was quiet for once, saved from the usual chaos of the vigilante lifestyle. Morning light streamed through the blinds of the kitchen, casting warm, golden bars across the worn wooden table. You were leaning against the counter, a mug of coffee warm between your hands, fully enjoying the rare, tranquil quiet.
Then, heavy boots thumped softly down the hallway, and Jason stepped into the kitchen.
He was wearing a faded gray henley, his dark hair a messy bedhead spike, and his eyes still soft with sleep. The moment his gaze found you, that signature lazy, crooked smile tugged at the corner of his lips. He didn't say a word. He just strolled over, closing the distance between you, and dropped his hands onto the counter on either side of your hips, trapping you gently in his orbit.
He leaned down, pressing a soft, lingering kiss to your lips.
You let out a quiet sigh against his mouth, setting your mug down to wrap your fingers around his wrists. He pulled back just an inch, his dark eyes sparkling, before dipping down to press another short kiss to your cheek, then your chin, and back to your lips. It was sweet and lazy, and sickeningly affectionate.
"Morning, sweetheart," he murmured, his breath warm against your skin.
"Morning, Jay," you hummed, smiling against another quick press of his lips.
"Will you two please get a room? Or at least put a biohazard warning on the kitchen door?"
The familiarly obnoxious, loud and dramatic voice shattered the moment. Roy was leaning against the doorframe, a half-empty juice box in his hand, looking at the two of you with profound, theatrical disgust.
Roy Harper had a habit of inviting himself into your home and then acting like you were a guest.
"Seriously," Roy groaned, taking a loud sip through his straw. "Itâs eight in the morning. You two physically cannot keep your hands off each other for five minutes. Itâs sickening. I come down for apple juice and Iâm subjected to a puke-fest"
You immediately pulled back from Jason, flushing slightly, though you pointed a defensive finger straight at your boyfriend. "Hey! Don't look at me! I'm not the clingy one, itâs Jason!"
"Me?!" Jason scoffed, dropping his hands from the counter and standing up straight, taking a step back with his arms crossed over his broad chest. "Are you serious right now? I'm clingy? Sweetheart, you were literally gripping my wrists like a drowning person ten seconds ago."
"Because you came over here and invaded my personal space!" you shot back, stepping forward and poking him sharply in the chest. "You're the one who can't go two seconds without touching me, hugging me, or stealing a kiss! You're like a giant, heavily armed koala!"
"A koala?" Jason repeated, raising a single, sharp brow. "Me? No. Im a lethal vigilante. And for the record, you are the one who whines if I don't cuddle you while we watch movies."
"I do not whine!"
"You literally snuggled into my side so hard yesterday you almost knocked me off the couch," Jason countered.
âi was scared!â
âWe were literally watching my little pony!â
âKing Sombra is terrifying?â
"Face it. Youâre attached to my hip. You'd lose your mind if I didn't touch you for an hour."
"Oh, is that a challenge, Todd?" you snapped, your eyes narrowing as a sudden, brilliant idea sparked in your mind.
For months, you had been trying to pay for dinner. One dinner. Just a single pizza, or a nice sit-down meal, or even takeout. But Jason was infuriatingly, pathologically stubborn about money.
The man would literally fight a waiter, hack a card reader, or threaten a host before he let you pull out your wallet. He claimed it was his ârightâ and by paying, you were being oppressive and stealing his rights. It drove you absolutely insane.
And right now, standing in the kitchen with Roy watching like it was a soap opera, your golden opportunity had just presented itself.
"You know what?" you said, folding your arms and looking up at him with supreme confidence. "Let's put your money where your big mouth is. A bet."
Jason raised an eyebrow, clearly amused. "A bet?"
"Yes. A test to see who is actually the clingy one," you declared. "The rules are simple: we have to stay at least 10 inches away from each other at all times. No touching. No kissing. No holding hands. No leaning on each other. Nothing. The first person who caves and breaks the distance loses."
Jason hummed, rolling his shoulders. "And what are the stakes?"
You smirked, leaning in just a fraction before remembering the rule and stepping back. "Whoever loses has to let the winner pay for dinner. For the next three months."
Roy let out a low whistle from the doorway. "Damn. High stakes. Todd, your fragile masculinity is on the line."
Jason ignored Roy entirely, his dark eyes locking onto yours. The amusement in his expression shifted into a razor-sharp, ridiculously competitive glare. The idea of letting you pay for his food for three whole months was clearly appalling to his deeply ingrained, stubborn street-dog pride.
"Three months?" Jason murmured, his voice dropping an octave. "You're dreaming, sweetheart. There is no way in hell you are ever paying for anything. I'm going to crush you."
"We'll see about that, Todd," you chimed, checking your watch. "Starting... now. 10 inches."
Jason took a deliberate, dramatic step back, maintaining a wide gap between the two of you. "Prepare to lose, clingy."
The first few hours weren't terrible. In fact, they were almost funny.
You sat on opposite ends of the couch, watching TV, both of you hyper-aware of the space between you. Every time Jason absentmindedly reached out to rest his arm behind your shoulders, he would freeze, remember the bet, see your smug grin, and quickly snatch his hand back, glaring at you.
By evening, however, the reality of the bet began to set in.
Normally, when you cooked dinner, Jason would stand right behind you, his arms wrapped loosely around your waist, resting his chin on your shoulder while you stirred the pot. Tonight, he stood exactly ten inches away, leaning against the counter with his arms crossed, staring at the back of your head like a man dying of thirst while watching someone pour water on the ground.
"You know," you said casually, stirring the pasta sauce, "you can help."
"I am helping," Jason grunted, not moving an inch. "I'm supervising. From a safe, non-losing distance."
"You look like a statue, Jay."
"I am a fortress of willpower," he replied stiffly.
The real nightmare, however, began when it was time to go to sleep.
Sharing a king-sized bed sounded easy enough in theory, but in practice, it was pure torture. You were used to sleeping pressed against Jasonâs chest, feeling the steady, warm rise and fall of his breathing, anchored by his heavy arm wrapped tightly around your waist. Jason was used to sleeping with you tucked securely under his chin, his protective instincts lulled to sleep by your proximity.
Now? You were lying on your side, staring at the wall, while Jason lay rigid on his back on his side of the mattress.
The gap of ten inches between you felt like a glowing, electric canyon.
Every time you shifted, the mattress moved, and you could hear Jasonâs breath hitch in the dark.
"You asleep?" you whispered into the darkness.
"No," Jasonâs voice rasped out. It was strained. "I am holding the line."
"You can just give in, you know," you coaxed softly, turning your head to look at him. "All you have to do is say I win, and you get to hold me."
"Nice try," Jason ground out through grit teeth. You heard his jaw clench. "Not happening. My credit card is ready for tomorrow's dinner. Go to sleep."
You sighed, turning back around.
It was a long, sleepless night. Every time you drifted off, you instinctively reached out, only to catch yourself at the last second and yank your hand back. And every time you did, you could hear Jason rustling frantically, physically fighting the urge to pull you into his arms.
When morning finally arrived, light crept slowly through the bedroom curtains. You stretched, letting out a soft yawn, and sat up on the bed.
"Jason?" you murmured softly, rubbing the sleep from your eyes.
Sitting on the very edge of his side of the mattress was Jason.
He hadn't changed out of his clothes. He hadn't pulled the blanket over himself. He was just sitting there, staring blankly at the far wall, looking like a man who had survived a war zone. His hair was wild and sticking up in every direction, deep dark circles bruised the skin beneath his eyes, and he looked visually exhausted.
Jason slowly, mechanically turned his head toward you. His neck let out a loud, alarming CRACK.
"Sleep is for the weak," Jason rasped. His voice sounded like he had spent the night swallowing glass. His left eye twitched again, hard.
"Jay, oh my god," you said, reaching out instinctively toward himâ
"DONT!" Jason practically shrieked, flinching violently backward and throwing his entire upper body off the side of the bed, landing on the floor with a loud THUD.
He scrambled backward on his elbows until his back hit the wall, keeping a full six feet between you. He was panting, his chest heaving, his dark eyes wide and unhinged as he stared at your outstretched hand.
"Do not touch me!" Jason panted, holding up a warning finger, his hand visibly shaking. "I saw that! You tried to tag me while I was down! Disqualification! Foul!"
"I wasn't trying to tag you, you psycho, I was checking if you were having a stroke!" you yelled, sitting back on your heels on the mattress. "Look at you! Your eye is literally twitching! You didn't sleep a single minute, did you?!"
"I slept great," Jason lied defensively, his left eye twitching twice in rapid succession. He pushed himself up against the wall, standing on shaky legs. "I feel fantastic. I have never been more alert in my life. The distance is easy. Painless."
"You look like a caffeinated sleep-deprived zombie, Jason," you scoffed, swinging your legs over the edge of the bed. "Just give up. Let me pay."
"Over my dead body," Jason snapped, straightening his posture, though his eyes darted hungrily to your lips before he forcibly tore his gaze away. "Ten inches, sweetheart. Remember the rules."
By afternoon, the lack of touch and sleep had completely broken Jasonâs brain, and you decided it was time to deploy heavy tactical warfare.
You knew Jason Todd better than anyone. You knew he was a tough, ruthless crime lord on the outside, but on the insideâespecially when it came to youâhe was a deeply protective, fiercely devoted sap who couldn't bear the thought of you feeling hurt, sad, or insecure.
If playing nice wasn't going to break him, psychological manipulation was.
You sat down on the couch in the main living room, intentionally slumping your shoulders. You let out a quiet, heavy, miserable sigh, dropping your head into your hands.
Jason was standing near the bookshelf, pretending to read a novel, but his eyes were darting toward you every three seconds. The moment he heard your mournful sigh, his body went rigid.
"Something wrong?" he asked, trying to sound casual, though his voice was laced with immediate, low-level anxiety.
You didn't look up. You pulled your knees up to your chest, wrapping your arms around your legs, making yourself look as small and vulnerable as humanly possible.
"I feel sad, Jay," you murmured, your voice small, flat, and hollow.
Jasonâs hands tightened on the book so hard the leather spine creaked. "Sad? Why? Did something happen? Who do I need to shoot?"
"No one," you sniffled quietly, letting out another shuddering breath. "I just... I just feel like I wanna be understood."
Jasonâs left eye twitched. He took two step toward the couch, stopping dead at the ten-inch boundary. His breath was coming in short, shallow puffs. You could practically hear his internal organs screaming. He wanted to throw the book across the room, drop to his knees, pull you into his lap, and kiss your forehead until you felt better.
"Understood?" he echoed, his voice strained to the absolute breaking point. "Sweetheart, I understand you. I get you. Talk to me."
"No, you don't," you whispered, turning your head away, dropping your chin to your knees so your eyes looked glossy and sad. "I just... I feel so unloved today."
THUD.
Jason dropped the book onto the floor.
His eyes were completely blown out, filled with a sudden, overwhelming, visceral panic. "Unloved?! What the hell are you talking about?! I love you! I literally love you more than life itself, you know that!"
He took a frantic step closer, his hands hovering in mid-air just inches from your shoulders.
"I don't know..." you whimpered softly, pulling out the absolute big guns, your voice trailing off into a pitiful murmur. "I don't feel pretty today, Jay. Am I ugly? Is that why no one loves me?"
Jason looked like he had just been stabbed through the heart
"Ugly?!" he roared quietly, his voice cracking with pure horror. "Are you insane?! You're the most beautiful person on the entire planet! Who put that garbage in your head?! I'll kill them! I promise i will. Iâll even torture them if you want. I will literally track them down and murder them!"
"I just feel so gross," you whimpered, looking up at him with wide, watery eyes, doing your absolute best to pout. "Like... I mean, look at me..."
He slowly began to sink to his knees in front of you, his face twisted in deep, genuine concern.
"Baby, please," Jason pleaded softly, his voice trembling as he reached his hands out, hovering barely half an inch from your face. "Don't say that. Look at me. Please look at me. You're stunning. You're perfect. I'm right here. I'm right here, baby, just..."
You let out a tiny, shuddering breath, a single tear spilling over your cheekâ
And then, just as Jason was about to lose it completely, throw his arms around you, and cave...
He caught it.
A tiny, microscopic, triumphant little smirk peeked through the corner of your trembling lips.
Jason froze.
His brain processed the smirk in half a second. The realization hit him like a lightning bolt.
The concern drained from his face, replaced instantly by an expression of pure, unbridled, disbelief.
"You..." Jason whispered, his voice dropping into a deadly rumble. "You littleââ
You immediately dropped the sad act, breaking into a bright, wicked laugh as you leaned back onto the couch. "Damn it! I almost had you!"
"You were faking?!" Jason practically yelled, standing up so fast his chair wobbled. He pointed a shaking finger at you, his eye twitching furiously once more. "You used psychological warfare on me! You pretended to feel ugly! You knew that would hit my weak spot! You almost gave me a heart attack!"
"All's fair in love and war, Todd!" you laughed, crossing your arms smugly. "You almost caved!"
"Almost doesn't count!" Jason shouted, pacing back and forth across the rug, keeping his ten-inch distance while glaring at you like you were a criminal mastermind. "That was evil! That was pure evil! You are a terrible person! And I am never letting you pay for dinner now! Never!"
If jason was bad one day one, it was nothing compared to day two.
The combination of zero sleep, the agonizing lack of physical contact, and the sheer mental exhaustion of resisting your psychological traps had pushed him over the edge.
He was an absolute, terrifying asshole to literally everyone who dared exist in his vicinity.
When Damian walked past the living room and made a snide remark about Jason looking like a defeated stray dog, Jason didn't even argueâhe just pulled a batarang out of his pocket and threw it so close to Damian's head it embedded itself two inches deep into the doorframe right next to his ear.
When Roy tried to ask him a normal question about a case, Jason threatened to break all ten of his fingers and feed them to the sewer rats.
The only exception to his rage was you.
Toward you, Jason was agonizingly gentle, absurdly attentive, and sickeningly politeâwhich somehow made the whole situation ten times scarier.
"Do you need more tea, sweetheart?" Jason would ask softly, standing exactly ten inches away, his voice dripping with pure tenderness, his eyes soft and loving.
"I'm good, Jay, thank you," you'd reply.
"Okay, beautiful. Let me know if you need anything. Anything at all," heâd murmur sweetly.
Then, the second Steph walked into the room, breathing, Jasonâs head would snap around, his face morphing into a terrifying mask of rage. "If you make one more noise in this room, Brown, I will throw you off the roof of Gotham General."
It was absolute madness.
You were sitting on the edge of the kitchen island, kicking your legs softly, watching Jason aggressively aggressively sanitize the counter five feet away from you. He looked like he was one minor inconvenience away from starting a riot.
Suddenly, your phone buzzed in your pocket.
You pulled it out and unlocked the screen. It was a text string from Dick.
Dick:Â PLEASE.
Dick:Â I am begging you, on my hands and knees, cave.
Dick:Â please please please
Dick:Â He threatened to burn down the Batcave.
Dick:Â He is losing his absolute mind. End the bet.
Dick:Â WE ARE DYING OUT HERE. HE IS GOING TO KILL US ALL.
You bit your lip, holding back a laugh, and looked up from your screen.
Jason was standing near the sink, gripping the edge of the marble counter so hard his knuckles were snow-white. He was staring at you. His dark eyes were filled with a desperate, starved, exhausted hunger. He looked like a man dying in the desert staring at an glass of water, his hands clenching and unclenching at his sides, looking completely defeated, miserable, and utterly desperate.
He looked so pitiful, so thoroughly broken by his own stubborn pride, that your heart melted a little.
You let out a soft, defeated huff of laughter, tossing your phone onto the counter behind you.
"Alright, Jay," you sighed, taking a deliberate step forward and opening your arms wide. "I cave. You win."
You didn't even get to finish the last word.
The moment the words 'I cave' left your mouth, Jason's reaction time was terrifying.
He crossed the distance between you in a blur of movement, practically tackling you backwards onto the kitchen island.
His heavy, broad arms wrapped around you with a suffocating, desperate tightness, pulling you so close there wasn't a single millimeter of air left between your bodies. He buried his face directly into the crook of your neck, letting out a long, deep, shuddering groan of relief.
"Thank God," he gasped against your skin, his hands gripping your waist so tightly it bordering on bruising, anchoring himself to you as if he was afraid you'd vanish if he let go. "Jesus fucking Christ. Never doing that again. Ever."
You laughed, wrapping your arms around his massive shoulders, burying your hands in his soft, messy dark hair and massaging his scalp softly. "You were going insane, Todd."
"I was dying," he corrected aggressively, his voice muffled in your shoulder. "I was literally dying. My brain was melting."
He pulled back just enough to look down at you. His eyes were still tired, his eye still had a tiny lingering twitch, but the murderous rage was completely gone, replaced by a warm, smitten, completely victorious smirk.
"Damn right I win," Jason murmured, his thumb coming up to trace your lower lip gently. "You fought dirty with that sad act, sweetheart, but my willpower is legendary."
"You looked like you were going to cry when I said I felt ugly," you pointed out playfully.
"Shut up," Jason grunted, though a dark flush crept up his neck. "I was worried about you."
"Now," Jason growled softly, a triumphant grin spreading across his face as he kissed the tip of your nose. "Get your shoes on, sweetheart."
"Where are we going?" you asked, smiling up at him.
"Out," Jason smirked, wrapping his hand firmly around yours and tugging you toward the front door, making sure to squeeze your fingers extra tight just because he finally could. "To the most expensive steakhouse in Gotham. And I am paying."
a/n i keep raising my own standards and then wondering why im singleâŠ
"Seriously," Roy groaned, taking a loud sip through his straw. "Itâs eight in the morning. You two physically cannot keep your hands off each other for five minutes. Itâs sickening. I come down for apple juice and Iâm subjected to a puke-fest"