crucio (crucio) wrote in cwf,
@ 2010-05-15 22:33:00

open to joshua
Andrew still wasn't quite adjusted to staying at the haven, but he was managing. He went back to Seattle for a weekend on his own and the house had just felt empty without Joshua. He was back in Cold Water by Friday night to stay at the haven with his boyfriend. It was so strange how Joshua had changed from something he'd bought, to someone he loved. Andrew was still struggling with not bossing the kid around. Now that Joshua was part of a pack, he had a much stronger back bone, and that was new as well.

It was nearing the evening when Andrew's car pulled up, an expensive 1967 navy blue Mustang. It was new, something he'd bought that morning when he was bored and alone. It was actually for Joshua, if the boy wanted it. At least for them to share, or something. Andrew knew that Joshua wouldn't straight out accept it if he tried to give it to him, but if Andrew said it was theirs, then Joshua would.

He headed up the steps and into the house, having learned that he was allowed to just walk in a long time ago, and was immediately hit with the smell of a home cooked meal. That was one thing he really did love about the haven. There was always so much good food. He headed for the kitchen first, to see if maybe Joshua was there.

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impotentwaffle
2010-05-21 08:45 pm UTC (link)

"The best way. So if you have kids, you're going to bind their magic?" The thought of Andrew having children was hilarious at the moment and Joshua said it just to freak him out. "I think I'd be a good mom. Is there a spell to get me pregnant?" He couldn't hold the laughter inside at that suggestion and he covered his mouth and leaned back so he could see Andrew's expression as he made a gesture over his belly.

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	crucio 2010-05-22 04:32 am UTC (link)
	Andrew arched a brow before he laughed and poked Joshua in the belly. "You are way too dominant to carry a baby like a woman, little wolf," he teased before he pressed a few kisses against Joshua's jaw. "I don't know about kids. I'm way too young to even think about them, and I'm not that great with them. I'm shocked your brothers like me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-05-22 09:19 pm UTC (link)

"Arabella was an alpha and she carried Hunter. Can you imagine the cravings she probably had?" He couldn't even fathom a pregnant werewolf. His mother had been strange when she was pregnant, almost nice at times--but a million times worse at other times.

He slipped his hands up underneath Andrew's shirt. "And yes you are good with them. Though it's funny to smell how nervous you get."

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crucio
2010-05-25 02:40 am UTC (link)

"No, she probably ate a cow a day," Andrew said with an amused little snicker. At the mention of smelling his nervousness though, he made a face. "I don't get nervous," he said defensively as he poked Joshua in the side. "I mean - they're just so... Tiny, I'm afraid I might break them if I pick them up. And they ask so many questions. Have you heard Julian with Wendell? It never stops - though I guess if there's someone to ask questions about non stop, it's Wendell."

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impotentwaffle
2010-05-25 03:36 am UTC (link)

Joshua pressed his cheek against Andrew's chest. "Your answers are always very enlightening." Sometimes too enlightening since the boys were very young and Andrew didn't seem to censor much. But he liked that about his lover.

"And you do get nervous. My nose doesn't lie." He may have been misinterpreting it, but he was just saying these things to rile Andrew up anyway.

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crucio
2010-05-25 04:33 am UTC (link)

Andrew let his fingers slip beneath Joshua's shirt, adn his hands pressed in against the boy's back. It was warm, and perfect feeling. He really couldn't imagine being away from Joshua for a month, maybe even two. He'd not even been able to make the entire weekend.

"My father wants me to fly to London next week, he needs me there for a while," he said after a moment. "Would you want to come with me? I'd like you too, but I know with the little ones... And now your grandfather being here that maybe you can't."

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impotentwaffle
2010-05-26 01:12 am UTC (link)

Joshua was so happy and then when he heard that, his face fell. It was impossible not to look devastated. He knew that he couldn't leave Julian and Jeremiah there with their grandfather around. What if he came back and somehow the boys had decided to go with him? Or worse, what if the man had stolen them? He'd never forgive himself.

As his stomach twisted, he pulled back away from Andrew and stared down at nothing. "A while? How long is a while? Why does he need you in London? That's lightyears away!"

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crucio
2010-05-26 03:07 am UTC (link)

Seeing Joshua's face fall like that made Andrew's heart ache. There was a time when he would have just written it off, and told Joshua to suck it up, but not anymore. He was going to have just as hard of a time with the situation as Joshua.

"He has some things he has to teach me," he said as he let his hand move to sweep his fingers across Joshua's cheek. "I think a month, maybe a little longer," he added. "That's not that long. I'll be back, you know that."

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impotentwaffle
2010-05-26 03:23 am UTC (link)

Joshua couldn't know that for sure. Something negative in his gut said that Andrew just wanted to leave him and this was the easiest way to do that. But really, Joshua understood that Andrew loved him and wouldn't want to leave him behind--after all, he'd asked him to come. Making a face, Joshua was fully intent on pouting. "Yeah, well he better be teaching you fucking time travel, or something, so you can come back sooner than a month. A month is forever. I'll probably be alpha of my own pack by the time you get back." Sure, Joshua was exaggerating, but at his age a month really did seem like forever.

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crucio
2010-05-26 03:38 am UTC (link)

Andrew's lips curled up into an amused sort of smile as he swept his fingers up through Joshua's hair. He gently pulled the boy's head downwards, and he pressed a kiss to Joshua's mouth.

"You're adorable when you pout," he mumbled softly. "It really won't be that long. Maybe you can ask Mabel to teleport you halfway around the world for a few hours a day," he teased, though really... He kind of really wished she would.

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impotentwaffle
2010-05-26 03:47 am UTC (link)

He had to perk up at the kiss, his body didn't allow otherwise and he silently cursed the fact that Andrew knew how to soften his resolve about nearly anything--at least momentarily.

But the idea about Mabel really did sound like the solution, though he didn't know the woman very well. She was probably pretty busy with her cafe and her ingredient gathering, but she was a friend of Hunter's. Maybe she could be convinced to at least help him visit Joshua. "I wonder if she would," he mused with a determined gleam in his eye. He was going to make a pest of himself, clearly.

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	crucio 2010-05-26 04:06 am UTC (link)
	Andrew loved that little gleam. It was perfect. He kissed Joshua again, and gave the boy's hips a little squeeze before he dipped his head down and brushed his mouth against Joshua's shoulder. "Lets go for a walk," he said softly. "We can talk some more and maybe find a nice place to makeout." And possibly a little more than just making out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-05-26 04:10 am UTC (link)

"When do you have to leave?" Joshua asked as he uncurled himself from the car, opening the door and stretching himself up and out. He whispered to himself, begged the cosmos that it wasn't at least for another night or two. He really wasn't going to be able to stand this and part of him wanted to just tell Julian and Jeremiah to stick close to Hunter and take off with Andrew. If there was learning to be done, maybe Joshua could even glean some information off of the older sorcerer. He'd been desperate to learn some tricks, convinced that he could pull them off if only Andrew would show him how it was done.

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crucio
2010-05-26 04:21 am UTC (link)

Andrew slipped out of the car and snagged a hold of Joshua's hand so that he could follow him towards the woods. Andrew hadn't really ever been in them, and he wanted to see what Joshua's world was like as a wolf. Eventually, he wanted to see Joshua was a wolf. He hated that Logan had, and he hadn't.

"Next week," he answered, giving Josh's hand a playful tug. "So we better make the most of it."

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impotentwaffle
2010-05-26 04:29 am UTC (link)

Breathing a sigh of relief, he nodded and felt a well of excitement at the prospect of taking a walk in the woods with Andrew. He would do almost anything to merge what felt like the two sides of himself. On the one hand, there was his wanderlust, his love of the city and being alone with Andrew in a big lavish house. On the other hand, there was his need to protect his brothers, his connection to the forest, and his wolf. This was a little slice of both and he paused to take off his shoes so he could feel the earth beneath them as they walked. The ground wasn't the most hospitable place for bare feet, but Joshua was used to it by now.

"I can almost remember what it's like to be a wolf. It's coming fast. I feel like maybe I could be safe." Apart from the fact that he'd nearly killed Izzy last week. A minor glitch, he thought.

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crucio
2010-05-26 04:50 am UTC (link)

Andrew hadn't ever really taken the time to walk in the woods. He honestly hadn't taken any time for nature, and it felt strange to be beneath a cover of trees overhead with nothing but the blue sky. He tipped his head up to look at the clouds before he turned his attention back to Joshua.

"Yeah?" he said softly, "Maybe I can see you as a wolf then, sometime soon. I've been thinking about it a lot."

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	impotentwaffle 2010-05-26 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	"You have?" Joshua grinned. He just liked to hear that Andrew was thinking about him, anything to do with him. "Well, maybe we can try now, or at least before you leave. Hunter doesn't have to know." Hunter probably would know, just because he had a way of knowing everything, but Joshua was convinced that he could get away with things if he was just careful enough. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

crucio
2010-05-27 02:39 am UTC (link)

"You know he'd know," Andrew said with a faint laugh as he moved to lean up against one of the trees, and he tugged Joshua towards him. He dipped his head down as his arms wound around his boyfriend's waist, and he brushed a kiss to Joshua's shoulder. "My Mom asked if you were coming with me. She was like, 'is your boyfriend coming', and I just... I really liked the way that sounded, you know?"

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impotentwaffle
2010-05-27 03:13 pm UTC (link)

"Are you scared of Hunter?" Joshua teased when Andrew reminded him that Hunter would know if he shifted. He wrinkled his nose, now wanting to do so more than ever.

But Andrew's talk of his mother distracted him momentarily. "I wish I was coming with you," he sighed and leaned in against the other. "I'd like to spend time with your parents. You know--force them to show me embarrassing baby pictures of you." It was a very amusing and domestic thought. "I like the way 'boyfriend' sounds too."

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crucio
2010-05-28 01:33 am UTC (link)

"I wouldn't let them show you any embarrassing pictures," Andrew murmured as he pressed his nose against the top of Joshua's head. He liked how soft it was, and the way that the boy smelled. "You know that's what you are, right?" he asked after a moment as his hand slid beneath Joshua's shirt and up along his back. "I know it didn't start out that way for us, but it's what you are. I'm sorry that we met the way we did, but I'm not sorry that we met."

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impotentwaffle
2010-05-28 01:57 am UTC (link)

Joshua was quiet for a long moment as he took those words in. It was so nice to hear and even if he'd gotten the distinct feeling that Andrew was his official boyfriend, neither of them had outright said it.

"I know," he finally said. "Me too." He wasn't sorry about anything that had happened because the boys had gotten here safely and Joshua had met Andrew in the process.

After a moment, he spoke again, this time his voice uncertain and thoughtful. "Do you think that--I don't know--that maybe my grandfather feels that way about Izzy?"

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	crucio 2010-05-28 04:10 am UTC (link)
	Andrew was quiet as he mulled over Joshua's question. He closed his eyes and let his mouth find it's way to Joshua's neck, and he kissed the side of it before he just relaxed with a sigh. "Maybe?" he said uncertainly, and his fingers curled inwards so that his nails scratched gently against Joshua's skin. "After you I think anything's possible, though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-05-28 04:17 am UTC (link)

Joshua always struggled with neck kissing. He liked it so much, but only because it struck something within him that got his adrenalin pumping. Andrew always knew the right time to do it too.

He sighed and nodded. Maybe was a better answer than yes or no. He wasn't sure he was ready to believe that his grandfather could love anything. But he was right in the middle of a relationship that had started on similar terms. "Definitely look into his history with your parents," he finally decided upon before he tugged back from Andrew.

"Catch me?" he said as he tilted his head playfully. He knew these woods pretty well by now and he wanted some fun with Andrew. With beyond human agility, he wheeled and started to run, ducking into the woods. He hadn't said Andrew couldn't use magic, he just hoped that whatever spell would end the game quickly would escape Andrew's mind.

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crucio
2010-05-28 08:05 pm UTC (link)

Looking into Jason would be easy enough. His father had a lot of connections, and he was an amazing sorcerer. Andrew was looking forward to finding out about the man and telling Joshua what he needed to know, he wanted to help.

When Joshua pulled away from him to take off into the woods, Andrew made a grabbing motion to try and catch him before he even took off. He laughed when he missed, and he took a moment to do a charm to lock onto Joshua's essence. A soft blue glow illuminated the air in front of him and took off, and he started to follow after it.

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impotentwaffle
2010-05-28 08:11 pm UTC (link)

Joshua could feel a prickle at the base of his neck, but he didn't realize that it was a spell. He thought it was simply the thrill of being chased. Sprinting as fast as he could, he darted into deep brush, pushing through it with little regard for any little cuts he was getting from the branches scraping against his arms. Instinct told him how to move quietly and if he hadn't been glowing blue, he would have disappeared easily into the woods.

He was trying to get far enough ahead to shift. The running made his wolf rise to the surface and he'd known full well that having Andrew chase him would push the shift along even faster. He was a clever boy, well versed in manipulating the situation to get what he wanted or needed. When he thought he had a good enough lead, he went skidding to the forest floor, letting it come, roll over him with a great burst of the kind of primitive magic that made a werewolf what it was.