Hellhound AU
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just_acesSometime round about 1900, a witch summoned a hellhound as a familiar.
He didn't mind it, hellhounds are loyal after all, and if some of her spells left him tired and drained, well, that was what he was there for, to keep her from using too much of her own energy for things. That and to eat the souls of her victims, sometimes.
But then, in the early 1970s, she ran afoul of a much stronger coven.
She was quite quickly banished to hell, but the hellhound couldn't be allowed to go with her, because, well, hellhounds are loyal and she was powerful and would have been able to use him to escape.
So the hellhound was made human, figuring that sixty, seventy, even eighty years if he was lucky would be enough time for the witch to have been consumed, so that even when the human-that-had-been-a-hellhound died, and Death herself realized that he was definitely not where, or what, he was supposed to be, she'd send him back.
But then one Charles Rowland kind of fucked up that whole plan by dying young and immediately running away from Death herself.
So the ghost-who-was-the-boy-who-was-the-hellhound has no idea what he was, or still is, under it all.
But, after a trip through hell to save his best friend (Hellhounds are loyal, after all) and time spent in a familiar position -though not a familiar kitchen- after that has been enough to knock a few things loose...
He didn't mind it, hellhounds are loyal after all, and if some of her spells left him tired and drained, well, that was what he was there for, to keep her from using too much of her own energy for things. That and to eat the souls of her victims, sometimes.
But then, in the early 1970s, she ran afoul of a much stronger coven.
She was quite quickly banished to hell, but the hellhound couldn't be allowed to go with her, because, well, hellhounds are loyal and she was powerful and would have been able to use him to escape.
So the hellhound was made human, figuring that sixty, seventy, even eighty years if he was lucky would be enough time for the witch to have been consumed, so that even when the human-that-had-been-a-hellhound died, and Death herself realized that he was definitely not where, or what, he was supposed to be, she'd send him back.
But then one Charles Rowland kind of fucked up that whole plan by dying young and immediately running away from Death herself.
So the ghost-who-was-the-boy-who-was-the-hellhound has no idea what he was, or still is, under it all.
But, after a trip through hell to save his best friend (Hellhounds are loyal, after all) and time spent in a familiar position -though not a familiar kitchen- after that has been enough to knock a few things loose...
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Date: 2024-11-19 10:05 pm (UTC)The bite caught him off guard so much, that his whole body froze at the electric shock that traveled through him. The sound he gave was... new, even to his ears. Too desperate. His hand on Charles's neck is still steady, still feeling the collar.
Edwin wasn't sure what possessed him to pull away from Charles's lips because he loved to feel them against his. But suddenly, the thought of feeling Charles's neck under his lips was more intriguing. He kissed down his chin to his neck, sighing as he felt the warmth against his lips. Right until he kissed the collar itself.
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Date: 2024-11-19 10:32 pm (UTC)But then Edwin was moving again and all Charles could do was let his head roll back, making a garbled sound of his own at the trail of half-searing little marks Edwin was leaving down his neck, because that was definitely not something he'd expected, Edwin being that bold, or that possessive, and he wasn't sure which of the two it was that was making his head swim so pleasantly, but he wasn't going to argue it, either.
The hand at the back of Edwin's head just slid higher into his hair as Edwin moved, the other hand curling against his shoulder, squeezing, half-kneading there because he couldn't not hold on, keeping Edwin pressed close.
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Date: 2024-11-19 10:47 pm (UTC)"Are you proud wearing my collar, Charles?" Edwin asked quietly, tilting his head to look back at his friend. He wasn't asking to make sure, he wanted Charles to say it. Because everything was a little risky right now. But just as Charles said Edwin had the scare of his afterlife about losing Charles again, it made him a little... bold. A little too eager to hold on tighter, with claws.
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Date: 2024-11-19 11:06 pm (UTC)There was no actual hesitation in the answer, no hint of being unsure at all, because he was proud of it. It wasn't the kind of indication of claim he would have thought of himself, he'd have gone for matching bracelets maybe, pins more than likely, but he wasn't ashamed of it at all.
He lifted his hand from Edwin's shoulder to his cheek again, leaning up to nudge his brow against Edwin's once more, voice little more than a murmur between them, "Circumstances could've been better, sure, but I ain't never once regretted the collar."
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Date: 2024-11-20 12:27 pm (UTC)His eyes fluttered shut as he took the hand on his cheek and pressed it more to his cheek as he listened to Charles. Edwin let out a breathy, soft chuckle. He did agree, it wasn't exactly ideal but he let himself feel a little selfish about it and liked the sight of the collar.
"I'm glad," Edwin whispered, turning his head to kiss Charles's palm. "I'm so happy, Charles," he added, finally opening his eyes to look at the other. Then he took his hand and slowly guided it lower on his body. He wanted to show just how happy he was, exactly. Maybe to bring it home for both of them and to give Charles a chance to realize what Edwin also meant about loving him. It may have been too bold, even scandalous by Edwin's standards. But this was nothing compared to what he had felt the past few days. They had all the time in the world and yet, Edwin found himself unable to wait.
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Date: 2024-11-20 04:41 pm (UTC)Charles had never actually intended to take that long to get himself sorted out, but then his true nature had surfaced and everything had been thrown out of balance and the fact that Edwin very clearly wanted to keep him close, to keep him just in general, was the one point of stability he'd had during the whole process, and Charles had almost been stupid enough to throw that away.
He wasn't going to let himself think about what could have happened, not when what was happening was much closer to what he actually wanted. His brow lifted a little at Edwin's moving his hand, but the smile tilted to something almost hungry, and the hand still on Edwin's thigh gave another, slower squeeze, thumb running along the inseam of Edwin's trousers, just watching his face for any indication that this wasn't welcome.
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Date: 2024-11-20 07:14 pm (UTC)But his smile turned into something more focused, something almost feral as he felt Charles's finger move. His body trembled from the effort to not to move into it to get more. Instead, all he did was giving a slow nod with wide eyes.
"Charles, I..." he started, feeling brave but hearing his own desperate voice he hesitated. "I love you and I... also..." he swallowed. "I want you."
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Date: 2024-11-20 07:39 pm (UTC)He did, however, disentangle his other hand from Edwin's, catching gently at his chin to lean in for another kiss, nibbling at his lower lip once more before making himself draw back far enough to actually speak, "Good thing that I love you and want you too, then, innit?"
Yes, he was being his usual cheeky self, but he also meant it, which was why he just pressed himself a little closer into the spread of Edwin's legs, something that left him pressed just that much more closely, bringing one knee forward against the side of the desk to keep himself balanced. The hand on Edwin's hip had made it up to his thigh at that point, giving another gentle squeeze there, while the other one drifted from Edwin's chin to press flat against his chest, fingers drumming lightly there, voice having dipped a little as he asked: "What do you want me to do, Edwin? Where d'you want me to start?"
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Date: 2024-11-20 08:22 pm (UTC)He kissed back with a soft noise at the back of his throat, grabbing at Charles's shoulders again. As they parted, and Charles said he loved him, Edwin felt like he could cry. It was the first time Charles told him he loved him. Not in their usual way but... in another sense. He mouthed 'yes' against Charles's lips because he could not say it out loud.
Edwin felt like he was losing his mind as he felt Charles's fingers and touches on him. He thought himself as a patient person but of course Charles always reminded him he wasn't. So he felt less ashamed of the quiet, needy little groans that left him as Charles squeezed him.
"I..." Once again Edwin lost his courage a bit. He wanted to be touched, so much, but he also knew there were many ways to be touched. Was it too much to ask for Charles to take him out of his trousers? But Edwin decided to be brave, again. Brave or needy, though, he wasn't sure. He guided one of Charles's hand between his legs, shivering. "Touch me, please. So I know how... how to touch you too."
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Date: 2024-11-20 08:39 pm (UTC)He nodded a little at the answer, jostling Edwin's head with the movement as he did, "I can do that." A soft sound followed, half-curious, fingers already gently working the buttons of Edwin's trousers open, taking it slowly because he was doing it blind at the moment even though he could well lift his head to actually see what he was doing, "You're going to have to help with all the buttons and laces."
He'd only seen Edwin in his underthings a handful of times, not counting Hell, but knew that they were markedly more complicated than his own shorts.
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Date: 2024-11-20 09:47 pm (UTC)"Quite, yes...." Edwin whispered, reaching to guide Charles's hand. And it all felt surreal. The times he needed to address his trousers were rare since he was a ghost. And now he had to help Charles about them. Charles who was the love of his afterlife, a hellhound in a ghost body. A body Edwin could feel. He could feel the warmth, he could touch him, he could feel him with his fingertips. He helped with the buttons of his trousers then with the laces of his underpants. By the time Charles had free access to him he was shaking. Because Charles was there, he wanted this, he was eager to belong... And Edwin couldn't help leaning in again to kiss him.
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Date: 2024-11-20 10:18 pm (UTC)He did, finally, lift his head away from Edwin's so that he could watch his face again, as he curled his hand around the other boy's cock, hold light for the moment, "We're going to have the chance to do this again." It was something to reiterate, and he knew it, they both needed that reassurance, "You said you wanted to know how I like things, so we'll start there." He gave one slow stroke with his fingertips from root to tip, voice gone rough at the edges, "I like a little bit of teasing first, really get me worked up." His thumb stroked across the tip of Edwin's prick then, "But you, you're already well worked up."
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Date: 2024-11-21 02:54 pm (UTC)It felt like something opened in his chest, as if his body was finally his, and he could give it, out of his own will. To the only person that mattered, and who could handle it properly.
"Charles," Edwin started, closing his eyes for a moment. He only felt how wet he was when Charles thumb rubbed him. "Charles you have no idea what you are doing to me," he tried to explain.
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Date: 2024-11-21 07:21 pm (UTC)He leaned in to nudge his brow against Edwin's temple again, just wanting to keep as close as possible, and now that he had Edwin in hand it wasn't like he actually needed to see what he was doing. His voice was warm and amused as he gave another slow stroke, thumb caressing the smooth spot beneath the crown both on the upstroke and the downstroke, "Think I have some idea, love."
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Date: 2024-11-21 08:00 pm (UTC)"Love..." Edwin whispered, barely realizing he had said it out loud. And he thought there was no way he could love Charles more. "I did not expect it to be so- so intense already," he admitted in a breathy voice, nuzzling into Charles. A small voice in the back of his mind told him he should be ashamed about all this, that this was something he should not enjoy. Charles was a boy. And he was a creature from Hell. And Edwin hated that even in a moment like this he still had these kinds of thoughts. "I- I understand why would you miss this..."
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Date: 2024-11-21 08:29 pm (UTC)He nuzzled his nose along the arch of Edwin's cheek even as he gave another slow full-handed stroke, very nearly purring at how warm Edwin was against his palm, "Next time I think..." His voice had dipped, a conspiratorial murmur even as he gave another stroke, fingers kneading against the base before dragging to the tip once more, "I think I want to get you in my mouth. Think that might be too much for you right now." With the way Edwin was already practically shaking against him he doubted this round was going to last, and he was fine with that, it meant they could take their time later.
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Date: 2024-11-21 09:07 pm (UTC)With a needy moan, Edwin tilted his hips to get more of that stroke. To feel it more, to have it faster... But then Charles just had to speak again and Edwin felt like he was not in control of his body anymore.
"Your mouth?" he asked back even if he heard it crystal clear. Just imagining how that would have felt made him hang on tighter, made him almost reach between them to urge Charles's hand on. The possibilities were endless and Edwin had to swallow at the thought. He wanted to say it wouldn't be too much but just right, but the way his body was already so tense and demanding he had to give this one to Charles. "Your hand is already so..." Oh, there were no words about it. Or if there were, Edwin was too embarrassed to say them.
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Date: 2024-11-21 09:15 pm (UTC)Sometimes his fingers pressed against the base when he reached it, a gentle squeezing movement, and sometimes his thumb brushed up against the underside or over the tip when he reached that, those additional touches the only variation in movement.
The expression on Edwin's face, half-lost already, was enough to make his mouth go dry, taking a moment to actually find his voice again to answer, "Yeah, my mouth. Used to be right good at that. But I'm pretty sure it'd be too much to start with, at least for you, don't want to give you too much at once, yeah?"
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Date: 2024-11-21 09:45 pm (UTC)Charles said he didn't want to give him too much but Edwin felt he could take... oh. Oh, wait.
"Charles, I'm... please, I'm..." His hands were kneading at Charles's shoulder for something that was just beyond reach. He moved his hips into the other's grip, reaching for it. One of his hands also went to put it on Charles's wrist not to stop him but to encourage him. To ask for more.
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Date: 2024-11-21 10:19 pm (UTC)He did uncurl his fingers from Edwin's cock so that he could lace them with Edwin's, taking his cock in hand again, giving another slow stroke to give Edwin a better feel for the movement, let him feel a little bit more in control of what was going on. He wasn't sure if it would actually help the state Edwin was in, but he figured it was worth a try if nothing else.
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Date: 2024-11-21 11:06 pm (UTC)Just the fact of Edwin feeling comfortable and open enough to actually let himself go that way was amazing in and of itself, but that he'd been the cause, that was even better, in ways he didn't even have words for.
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Date: 2024-11-22 12:18 pm (UTC)"Charles," Edwin let out a breathy laugh, still trying to put himself back together. Then he tilted his head to nuzzle at Charles's cheek. "Oh, Charles..." he repeated, loss for words. If he had it bad for Charles in a collar, now he was going to think about what his hands could do. And then his mouth... Edwin had an alarming thought that he was not going to have enough of Charles. "That was, goodness," he swallowed, looking down between them. "Probably the most erotic experience of my..." he muttered, trailing off.
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Date: 2024-11-22 06:39 pm (UTC)His brow creased a little then shoulders rolling forward slightly but not dislodging himself from where he was, "Funny, innit? Thinking the worst somehow went and led to getting the best." He did lower his head then, forehead pressed to Edwin's chest where his chin had just been, which muffled his voice a little, but he knew he wouldn't be able to meet Edwin's eyes at the moment, "Went from thinking I wasn't ever going to see you again to this. To knowing I need you so much it hurts." He shook his head a little, sniffling just once and curling his arms just a fraction more tightly around Edwin's ribs, "Love you so much."
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Date: 2024-11-22 07:03 pm (UTC)Then Charles looked away but held him tighter. And Edwin's chest tightened too for another reason. He slid his hand into Charles's hair, holding him, while his other arm held him tight around his shoulders. The tone of Charles's voice, the way he said those words, put tears in his eyes too. He loved this boy so terribly so, it was unbelievable.
"I love you too, Charles," Edwin whispered in a heavy voice, his head tilting to nuzzle into Charles's hair. "And I will make sure we are never separated again." He had made that promise many times before. But it was a promise he over and over made. Not because he wanted to prove a point but to remind both of them. Especially after what happened and how they came out of it.
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