The Reaping [malexmale]

Chapter Two

Chapter Two

I woke up in pain, and I blamed it on Stanton.

Oh, I know, I know, it wasn't his fault. It was completely mine, but it was much easier to blame him. I didn't want to move as I woke up to bright hot sunlight bleeding through my pale curtain windows and splashing into my face as I laid on my stomach, face against my pillow. A heavy weight crushed me and it took me a moment to realize it was Stanton and he was snoring quietly against my hair.

I held my breath, trying to fight down the stupid giddiness that rose up inside of me at the fact that we'd woken up like this. I don't know why, but I liked having him wrapped around me like this. Even though it was a bit uncomfortable, mostly due to the heat, I preferred it over waking up to silence and loneliness.

I bit my lip and turned my head slightly so Stanton's face was resting against mine. I made a face at his horrible morning breath that smelled more like booze and rotten fruit. I tilted my head a little more and licked at his nose. He smiled faintly in his sleep and tightened his arms around me, hiding his face against my neck. I almost thought he'd go back to sleep, but instead he buried his face against my throat and started to suckle on it. I moaned, squirming a little as I felt his hand sliding up my torso to rub and pull at my nipple.

"Stop," I breathed, reaching up to push at his hand, but he didn't stop, "Stanton, I'm too tired and it hurts." That gave him pause before his hands wandered down. I started to complain until I realized he was massaging my hips. I breathed out a sigh of relief as he sat up and dug his fingertips gently into my skin. Although, it felt nice on my sore throbbing muscles, it was also turning me on and I mentally cursed my sensitivity.

"So," Stanton said as he continued to massage me, his hands wandering up my back, "Today Lucifer has a meeting at the United Pantheons, and because Dania is MIA, he's asking that you go in his stead, in which case, I have to go with you." I groaned and buried my face against the pillow in protest. Stanton laughed at that, ruffling my hair before he leaned on top of me to kiss at the space beneath my ear, making me shiver as he ran his fingers down my sides. I wriggled away from him and rolled over, falling off the bed and taking a majority of the blankets with me. I grunted and Stanton chuckled, peering over the edge of the bed as I threw the blankets back off my head with a scowl. He leaned down and poked me in the nose.

"Come on, take a shower so we can go. Wear blue this time." He added, then rolled away so he could get dressed and go use one of the guest bathrooms. I sighed heavily and heaved myself to my feet, grumbling under my breath as pain rocketed up my spine. I leaned on the bed for support, rubbing at my butt and passing a glare at the door where Stanton had left.

The jerk.

I made my way to the bathroom and showered again, cleaning off before heading to my dresser. I muttered as I fished out a pair of dark blue lacy panties that tied in a bow in the back. I slipped them on, then went for my uniform. Due to the new use of guns in our realm, I was required to wear a bullet proof vest. Not that it would matter, because hello, immortal? But I suppose it did hurt a bit. I kept that in mind as I clasped the buckles on the vest, then adjusted a turtleneck and black pocketed vest with a hood on top of that. By the time I was done jerking on a pair of knee high buckled boots, I was sweating.

God, I hated summer.

I headed out of my room, wiping the back of my hand across my forehead as I made my way down the hallway with the intent to inform Lucifer I was off to do his bidding, yet again. But I wasn't going to complain, not out loud anyway. I knew very well why he'd chosen me to go in Dania's stead. Aside from the fact that Dania was gallivanting about with her husband and two fiendish tricksters, he could've easily chosen Jaques, but he didn't. He just wanted to distract me from going to Hades to bring Akin here.