Ene (impotentwaffle) wrote in cwf,
@ 2010-06-17 23:28:00

To Noah
Majid was good at his job. Near the end of Haben's father's reign, he had acted as an enforcer. For a long time, he'd managed to keep the peace within the immediate Pride, but in the end, it had been too much for the few lions who remained loyal to the idea of a Pride structure. When the lions of Africa had dispersed to their own devices, forming groups closer to small tribes rather than one grand pride, Majid had fallen to taking mercenary work for humans and lions alike. When Haben had disappeared and was presumed dead, Haben's father went downhill, losing his spark for leadership. It was painful to watch the King fall so far and Majid stopped seeing him, abandoned him really.

Now he was in Coldwater Flats, having tracked Haben's best friend Noah to that location. It was a commission, a job and nothing personal. Majid had been around while Haben and Noah were growing up, young himself then, but old enough to do the job that Haben's father required of him. Strangely enough, he'd been tribute to the King--a gift from another Pride. Majid didn't mind much, having been objectified like that. He'd wanted to get out of Iran and that had been his opportunity.

He'd been staying in a cheap motel in town, biding his time and observing Noah. The boy had been visiting a local wolf pack frequently, though Majid did not know for what purpose. What would a lion have to do with a pack of wolves? He didn't dare step on their territory and so he waited until Noah was in town to finally approach him. He had an ice cream cone in his hand, of all things, and he simply stepped out in front of Noah as he was walking. "You've gotten bigger," he noted mildly.

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impotentwaffle
2010-06-27 04:46 pm UTC (link)

That made Majid feel a ridiculous amount of fondness for Noah--as if he really needed more of that. Finishing up his food, he tossed the boxes. "I'm going to shower. Then I'm going to watch the news and call Jato to update him." He listed out his evening schedule as if Noah needed to follow it as well. "Do not worry. I won't tell him that I've located you. I have been keeping him in the dark mostly anyway." He didn't like to be told how to run his investigation.

Tugging off his shirt, he disappeared into the bathroom.

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	crucio 2010-06-28 02:41 am UTC (link)
	Noah was quiet as Majid spoke, and he still didn't say a word as the other lion disappeared into the bathroom. Instead he sat up to tug off his own shirt, pants as well, leaving him in his boxer briefs so that he could crawl beneath the blankets. If this was a trick, asking him to stay so that he could drag him off in the middle of the night, well it was working. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-06-28 03:09 am UTC (link)

Majid finished his shower and then came back out in sweatpants. Normally, he would have watched the news in a towel and then crawled into bed naked. But he really couldn't do that with Noah here, even if he could imagine his skin pressed against the other lion's.

Lying in bed, on top of the covers, he flipped to CNN for a half hour or so and then called Jato. He looked right at Noah when he said that he was still in Boise Idaho, tracking a lead. He kept the man well behind his travels, a precaution he would take with anyone. When he hung up, he sighed. "He really is a pompous jerk."

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	crucio 2010-06-28 03:13 am UTC (link)
	Noah had his eyes closed the entire time, but he knew Majid would know that he wasn't sleeping. When he heard Majid hang up, he opened his eyes and looked over at the other lion. "Just tell him you found me and that I had a terrible fire accient, and didn't heal right, and I'm horribly disfigured and in a wheelchair. He won't want me anymore," he said flatly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-06-28 03:39 am UTC (link)

"And then you'd be free to really start your life away from the pride," he said with the smallest hint of bitterness in his voice. He didn't want Noah to be away from his watchful eye. "Are you sure you haven't met someone here? Someone you're sleeping with, and that's why you're so intent on staying?" He scrutinized him some more, finally crawling under the covers.

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crucio
2010-06-28 03:46 am UTC (link)

"No, I'm not sleeping with anyone here," Noah mumbled quietly as he Majid slipped beneath the covers.

Not anyone of note, not anyone special. Actually, since he'd found Haben he hadn't slept with anyone at all. Period. Having another lion around, especially Haben, made thinking of others difficult.

When Majid settled, Noah squirmed closer to him and closed his eyes as he let his head rest against the other's chest with a quiet sigh.

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	impotentwaffle 2010-06-28 04:08 am UTC (link)
	Majid wanted to believe him. "All right," he sighed, settling down. When Noah pressed up against him, he let out the smallest of contented sounds. He didn't want to leave without Noah, but he'd made the decision in his mind that he was not going to make the man go where he did not want to go, even if that meant never seeing him again. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crucio 2010-06-28 04:48 am UTC (link)
	Noah liked the way it felt to be nestled up to the older lion. He just wish Haben was with them, then it'd feel like home - the good home, the home he missed. Not the one with Jato and the new politics. "I'm glad they sent you," he said softly after a moment. "I missed you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	impotentwaffle 2010-06-28 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	"You missed the way I indulge you and cannot say no to you," he corrected with a little humor. Noah's skin felt far too good against him and he wanted to wriggle away from it. But he couldn't muster the will to deny himself this pleasure. "I missed you too," he admitted quietly. Though he'd had no idea how he'd feel when he saw Noah all grown up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crucio 2010-06-29 02:32 am UTC (link)
	"No, I missed you," Noah corrected as he turned his head to press his face against the center of Majid's chest so that he could inhale the other lion's familiar scent. He liked that Majid only had bottoms on, and no top. "Are you sure you can't stay?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	impotentwaffle 2010-06-29 03:03 am UTC (link)
	Majid's hand slipped down Noah's spine, fingers playing over his skin. "I'll be here long enough to make you annoyed with me and boss you around, so don't worry." His mind was relaxing, moving toward sleep and he was able to let his body just exist there next to Noah without worrying about how it was reacting to be that close to him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crucio 2010-06-29 03:18 am UTC (link)
	Noah's fingertips brushed lightly against Majid's ribs, and he yawned quietly. He relaxed and tucked himself in closer to the other lion before he lifted his head up so that he could brush a light kiss against Majid's cheek. "Never got sick of you bossing me around before," he mumbled as he let his head settle back down. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	impotentwaffle 2010-06-29 03:40 am UTC (link)
	Warmth spread from the little kiss, radiating out through his body, sending the slightest of shivers through him. It was obvious though, because Noah was so close. "Go to sleep then," he bossed and shut his eyes. He wasn't going to be able to sleep for a bit, but he thought it would be safer if Noah did. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

crucio
2010-06-29 03:42 am UTC (link)

Noah felt that shiver, and a little grin spread across his face, though his head was angled downwards so Majid couldn't see it. Go to sleep? Was he kidding? He must have been, because there was no way that Noah was about to just go to sleep after that. He tipped his head up and watched the other lion for a moment, then he leaned up and pressed his mouth against Majid's in a real kiss.

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impotentwaffle
2010-06-29 09:31 pm UTC (link)

Majid's body reacted instantly, coming alive with the contact. Before he could reign himself back, he let out a fevered growl and kissed him in return. For a few seconds, it seemed like he would just go with it. He rolled so that he was on top of Noah, holding him down again, this time with his hips weighted down against the other's.

But he pulled away from the kiss and frowned. After a second, he stood up, practically sprang from the bed. "Why did you do that?"

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crucio
2010-06-30 02:14 am UTC (link)

Noah was all ready beyond lost in the kiss, and happily so. Feeling Majid's weight on top of him was exhilarating, and he let out a happy sound until the kiss was broken and the other was suddenly gone. He wet his lips and frowned before he sat up and ruffled a hand through his hair.

"Why not?" he asked as he looked over at the other lion. "I'm attracted to you, that's why. And I can tell you're attracted to me, so why not?"

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impotentwaffle
2010-06-30 04:08 am UTC (link)

"You're a cub," he sputtered. "And you're promised to someone else. You might not put any stock in that, but I do." Or maybe it was just a pretty clean excuse to get indignant over something he was afraid of. How could he possibly feel anything romantic for another person? It wasn't in his life plan, and Noah specifically would only complicate things beyond what Majid was prepared to deal with.

He reached for a tshirt, feeling naked. Nudity had never really bothered him too much before, but now he felt exceedingly modest.

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crucio
2010-06-30 04:24 am UTC (link)

"I'm not a cub," Noah replied in a huff as he slid to the edge of the bed to find his own clothes. "I'm not a cub and you know it or your body would't react to mine the way it does, and I don't care if I'm promised to someone else I don't want someone else I want you," he added as he tugged his pants on and got to his feet to find his shirt. "I'd rather be alone for the rest of my life than be with someone who I don't want."

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impotentwaffle
2010-06-30 04:34 am UTC (link)

"Where are you going?" he frowned, not liking the idea that Noah was going to leave in a huff. "You're not going anywhere." He moved quickly to the door to block Noah's way. He did not want the kid to take off. Who knew if this wasn't the last straw for him to move on from Coldwater Flats? Then Majid would be right back where he started, tracking the kid again. It was unpleasant to be forced to follow him at a distance when really he wanted to be right at his side.

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	crucio 2010-06-30 04:38 am UTC (link)
	"I'm going somewhere else, I don't want to be here," Noah said angrily as he tried to shove past Majid, even if he knew there was no way he could over power the other, he was stubborn enough to try. "Let me leave, you don't want me here anyway so just let me leave." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	impotentwaffle 2010-06-30 04:56 am UTC (link)
	Majid let out a very dangerous sounding warning snarl as he grabbed the boy's wrist and jerked his hand away from the door. "No. I did not say that I don't want you here. You are staying." He wanted to quell the stubbornness as harshly as possible and he shoved Noah back hard. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

crucio
2010-06-30 04:59 am UTC (link)

Noah hated that Majid was stronger than him, he hated it but he also hated that it kind of really turned him on, especially when all he wanted was to be angry at the other right then. He stumbled at the shove, and he turned to pick up the remote so that he could chuck it at Majid.

"You're just going to make me go back anyway, I know you are," he shouted. "You talk about how much you respected Haben's father, but it's just bullshit because he'd never make me be with someone I didn't want to. He'd never do that to anyone."

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impotentwaffle
2010-06-30 05:35 am UTC (link)

Those words hit him harder than any punch Noah could have thrown. Majid gritted his teeth. Yeah, he'd allowed Kamau's ideals to be warped, twisted into something overbearing, corrupt. But Majid used to think it was better than total chaos. Kamau wouldn't have wanted that either.

A pained look shimmered across Majid's features and he looked away from Noah. "I'm not taking you back," he said. "I said I wouldn't and I will not. Do not yell at me." Even though his voice was quiet, it was full of warning. He desperately wanted Noah to stop this line of conversation.

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crucio
2010-06-30 05:39 am UTC (link)

Noah stared over at him, glowering with anger before he sat down on the bed in defeat and crawled beneath the covers again. There was no way Majid was going to let him leave, and Noah knew that he wasn't strong enough to force his way out, so he just tugged the covers over his head to make himself a lump on the bed. He huffed angrily beneath the covers and muttered to himself quietly.

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impotentwaffle
2010-06-30 05:45 am UTC (link)

Part of him wanted to crawl into bed with him, wrap his arms around him to ask forgiveness for being like this. Instead, he stubbornly sat down on the floor in front of the door. He was going to sleep there, just to be absolutely sure that Noah didn't leave. It was stupid, really, because ultimately, he was going to let the boy go, let him live his life like he wanted to. But for tonight he was treating him like a prisoner.

Stretching out, he made it impossible to get out the door without moving his body first. And there he slept.

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