Can you write a college roommate head cannon for miguel OâHara ( 18+ f!reader)
ik you asked for HCs but I have no self control... my bad, anon!
College Roommate!Miguel O'Hara Headcanons
(AO3 Mirror), Main Masterlist
pairing: College Roommate!Miguel O'Hara x f!reader
summary: Miguel is your roommate. And heâs hot. Thatâs it, thatâs the tweet.
warnings: 18+ as fuuuck. F-receiving oral, using toys, masturbation, voyeurism (-ish), grinding, praise, service dom (idk?) Miguel, recreational drug use (reader and Miggy smoke a blunt). Minors DNI
a/n: I am a firm believer that modern day Miguel listens to 90s rnb, back when men were men: unabashedly, unashamedly down so fucking bad for their partners. he just gives me those vibes!!
wc: 6k
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I'm thinking you become roommates but he's your last choice.Â
Very last minute: you have a big falling out with your now ex-boyfriend, and the plans for flatsharing next semester goes right out the window.Â
So all the good places are taken, and you're going apartment-hunting, but everywhere's either too expensive, too dirty, or there's a predatory clause hidden in the lease: shitty landlords and blaring red flags in 9pt Times New Roman.Â
When you stumble upon Miguel O'Hara; a student in private accomodation who, lucky you, is in need of a roommate; it feels like a godsend.
Rent is affordable and he's nice enough; refusing to grunt more than a few words to you, but is clean, organised, and from what you can tell, is barely in the apartment.Â
You sign onto the lease, desperately, hoping you've just been lucky and trying not to look a gift horse in the mouth.Â
You give a thousand mile stare at the blank document in front of you. A bullshit paper due in exactly 12 hours. Yes, you left it until the final stretch, and yes, it's 10k words. Very doable. You're not fucked. Nope.
You blame it on the banging from next door. Paper thin walls; obscene noises. Cries of Yes Miguel and Just like that, daddy have been plaguing you for almost an hour. His stamina must be superhuman, the way the woman in his bed has been howling. Howling may seem extreme, but she sounds like a dying cat: cock drunk and babbling over Miguel O'Hara?Â
Your new roommate had been nice enough. Quiet, unassuming, and seemed more than absorbed in his schoolwork. So you didn't expect him to unashamedly fuck the girl he's been tutoring for the past week. It all clicks. The "perfect roommate" turned out to have one teeny tiny little flaw: loud, obnoxious sex, well into the early hours of the morning.Â
On autopilot, you're clicking through tabs on your bed. Perhaps you're a prude, but the sex noises are abrasive, excessive, to the point of parody. Persistent, Miguel's low voice reverberates in the walls of your bedroom; making heat pool at the base of your stomach.Â
"You want it, hermosa? Tell meâŠ. such a pretty girl⊠like that?" It's muffled, but his voice is unmistakable. Low, greedy, heavy with want. God, the last time someone's spoken to you like that wasâŠÂ
You shake your head free of cobwebs. No. You're not rewarding him. You can't . Your roommate is shameless, and inconsiderate, and really fucking annoying .Â
The smacking noises increase, coupled with banging on his side of the wall. Resolute, your face hardens. From where you perch on your bed, you slam the wall with the side of your fist.Â
"O'Hara! Keep it the fuck down!"Â
~~~
He's a biochem major, up to his ass in assignments and he still has time for societies, internships and tutoring.Â
The only times he'd be in the apartment really was an impromptu session, and you didn't notice at first, but it became more obvious as the semester went on.
As a so-called tutor, he only seemed to pick the prettiest girls - they would twirl their hair on your kitchen counter and bat their pretty lashes at him when they didn't understand. Favours for a couple of friends, is his only response when you ask.Â
It felt like you'd open the door to a new girl every week and you are baffled. Donned in makeup and short skirts, they'd waddle in asking for Miggy, or drop off half-finished assignments whilst craning their head through, trying to catch a glimpse of him.Â
The absurdity would make you laugh if it wasn't affecting your sleep.Â
Not that he's not absolutely gorgeous, but he's so quiet you would never have thought he had it in him: to have a revolving door of women lining up to lay underneath him.Â
This time, her name is Sarah: pretty little thing in Miguel's Advanced Math class. She perches on a stool, wearing a tight dress that is wholly not appropriate for a tutoring session. She's one of his regulars, if you can call it that, and has been failing for at least 2 semesters. You flash her a smile as you pad through the kitchen, searching the cupboards for a snack. God, she is gorgeous; dolled up for another long session with Miguel, no doubt.
"Where's he gone?" She asks politely.Â
You shrug. "I couldn't tell you, sorry."
"It's okay⊠I'm just a bit stuck." You almost snort and catch yourself. For some reason, you didn't think they actually did any work, merely a pretense for the⊠cardio later on in the day.Â
You glance at her sheet of paper, scribbles in purple pen with large swathes crossed out. Leaning over, you scan the page.
"Right here." You point and she follows with a manicured finger. "You fucked up with this integral and I think⊠yeah, I think that messes with the whole thing."
Her eyes light up as she follows you, explaining with a piece of cookie hanging out of your mouth. She's definitely smart, just a few little mistakes here and there that you're happy to point out. Thanking you fervently, she rushes to correct it.Â
"Ah, it's no problem. I get mixed up with it too." You smile and notice Miguel by the doorway, watching with a strange look in his face. You roll your eyes as you walk past. What a fucking weirdo.Â
"Thought I was the tutor?" He croons.
You raise an eyebrow, voice low as Sarah is engrossed in her work. "...I don't want to fuck her, Miggy , if that's what you're worried about."
A little cruelly you push past him, shoulders clashing against one another. Is he smiling ? For now, you blame your perpetual tiredness when you think you catch the hint of a grin tugging at the corners of his mouth.Â
~~~
You're a light sleeper, and it all makes for a tired, delirious combo. You sleepwalk through the day, scramble to finish assignments and whilst it's not all O'Hara's fault, you can't help but blame him for a lot of it.Â
After you successfully get through one long week, you decide to celebrate. That means a couple hours of mindless hedonism: your favourite movie, greasy foodâŠ. and your trusty dildo. Not at the same time, of course.Â
Miguel's not home, and he's not tearing down the walls with some other girl, for once, so you decide to treat yourself.Â
You've been going through a dry patch, and you'd hate to admit it, but he does sound good through the thin drywall.Â
It was a joke gift; given to you by a friend for your birthday. An obnoxiously purple dildo with a suction cup at its base. Aptly named Hugh, due to its - ahem - large stature. Standing tall at 7 or 8 inches, far bigger or thicker than any partner you've taken in the past. Sitting around a small diner booth with your friends and opening the bag to reveal him, had been quite the experience, for sure.Â
It wasn't your fault you had gone through a dry spell in the past few months. With work, with school, with relationship issues, you hadn't had the time or energy to sleep around. Not that you were desperate for drunk, lackluster sex, followed by an awkward dance of ubers and shitty coffee in the morning. Like many, you preferred to do it yourself.Â
Laptop open, you ease yourself onto the toy, already slick with lube. Prepping yourself with your fingers had been quite the task, tabs open to something on a lewd website. It's cheesy, but you didn't really like the bright lights and plastic of usual porn. The moans felt too fake, the sex devoid of any real passion. So you found a couple of independent creators; couples, mostly; carnal fucking with fervour only borne from real love . It's embarrassing to admit it, but your favourite parts are the little kisses and touches in between, or light laughter after a rough session. As if to say: it's okay and I'm still here.Â
On your screen now is a longtime favourite video, a broad man bullying his fat cock into his partner. You can't help but think he looks like Miguel, not as pretty but tan with strapping shoulders, and large hands that wrap around the neck of the girl in the video.Â
" F-Fuck," You breathe, sinking down onto your toy. You bet Miguel's palm on your throat would be deliciously rough, and you imagine how he'd fuck the brat out of you like the man on your screen.Â
What hadn't occurred to you, however, was that the thin walls went both ways. Whilst you were quieter than many of the girls Miguel brought home, you were fairly shameless with the moans and curses that fell from your lips. Headphones on, you were blissfully unaware that Miguel had slipped into the apartment some time ago. The slap of your thighs to the floor, the desperate whine as you roll your hips over the toy - he can hear it all.Â
Miguel has a conscience, so he does feel some amount of shame when he slips a hand down his trousers and presses an ear to your shared wall. He closes his eyes and bites down lusty groans, fisting his cock to your pretty noises. Noises he's been wanting to hear from you for months, now, imagining it was you underneath him instead of his usual partners.Â
He times it just right, squeezing around his tip in time with the steady slap just beyond the wall. Are you fucking yourself? On your knees, hands flat on the floor, churning up your insides with a toy⊠or maybe ass up, dildo attached to somethingâŠ? He almost cums with that mental image, wondering what you'd look like on your knees for him. Is the dildo as big as him? He knows you, knows you'd want it to hurt - for his cock to stretch out your pretty pussy when he cums deep inside you.Â
All things he thinks about with a hand around his cock, and he's already close. But he wants to cum with you, listening intently for the signs.Â
" Fuck," Your voice comes out muffled, but it makes him buck up into his fist all the same. " Need it⊠oh God, I-"Â
He speeds up, wondering what it would be like to have your thighs shake underneath him, what it would take to have you babbling and begging for more. How would he break you? Maybe on his cock, where he'd watch you squirm as you take his length. Or on your knees, choking around him and licking up his cum. Or, God, thighs wrapped around his head, riding out your high with his mouth sealed on your clit, crying for him slow down, for him to-
" H-Harder, Miguel, please."Â
He releases, sudden and intense, spilling white ropes into his boxers.Â
" Fuck, MiguelâŠ"
He fucks his fist through it, overstimulated from the way you say his name. It feels like the only way it should be said; spilling from your mouth, haphazard and desperate. Like honey, like treacle; sweet things he didn't know he had the capacity for. He lets that feeling wash over him, panting, bringing his forehead to rest on cool wall.Â
~~~
He's hot. He's smart. He's a whore.
A total blindspot for you, and no matter how much you can't stand him; you still find yourself stealing glances whenever he's home.Â
And he does seem to be home a lot more, often choosing to study on the dining table rather than his room. It's like he does it on purpose, using the warmer weather as an excuse to wear tiny tank tops and loose gray sweats - showing off the muscles of his broad back and arms perfectly.
Funnily enough, when he's not around those girls, he's bearable - seems to have grown a couple of brain cells in those short few days between sessions.Â
You laugh and joke, sometimes, and he surprises you by suggesting a movie one quiet night.Â
He offers you his sweater to snuggle into, you eat your weight in greasy takeout, and your roommate seems like an actually decent guy??Â
You had fallen into an easy routine: O'Hara leaves a flask of coffee for you to snatch up in the morning, hair damp from the shower and all, and you meet him with netflix and instant noodles in the evening. A push and pull that works in the little space - much smoother than your rocky beginnings.
After a truly shitty day, you come home to a quiet apartment. Almost sleeping through an exam, forgetting lunch, missing the bus home, and having to trek back through pouring rain in a thin coat. Everything that could go wrong, did, and you are left with the pieces. You trudge through the living room into the kitchen, the wet squelch of socks on laminate floor haunting every step. Shedding your limp outerwear, you lay the contents of your backpack onto the kitchen counter: clumps of loose paper, the damp leftovers of a textbook, bleeding ink. Your main concern, however, is your laptop slick with rain water.Â
With baited breath, you put it on the slab, and press the power button. A click, a stuttering whir, and the screen flickers on. Then, just as strained, it putters off. Dead. Completely dead. Your legs almost give out, and you lean on the counter to steady yourself. Half of your life was there; including the final project that would make up a good chunk of your grade. It takes you everything not to collapse onto the floor right then and there.Â
"How was it?" You hear the click of a door and Miguel calls out from the hallway.Â
You wince."...F-Fine?"Â
You hear footsteps, as he gets closer. "Are you asking or telling me?"Â
You clear your throat, desperately trying to keep your voice steady. "Fine. It was fine. I'm just⊠it was fine."
Back still turned, you fumble around with the wet contents of your bag, hoping he doesn't notice.Â
"Long day?" He says warmly, head poking into the kitchen. Haphazardly, you spare him a glance from behind your shoulder. He's dressed in a sweater that fits snug around his chest, rolled up to expose his forearms, and loose sweats. In his hands, he drinks from a cheesy mug - your mug, donning a stupid pun. He looks warm. Cosy. Domestic. For some, reason it makes your heart sink even further.Â
Long day? "Something like that." You manage to squeeze out. There's a pregnant pause as he comes closer. Rummaging blindly through a cupboard, you try to hide behind its door. If he sees you like this, now, you don't know if you'll be able to hold it together.Â
You close the door, and all of a sudden he's there, mug in hand.Â
" Fuck, man- " It makes you jump, as he squints and takes a sip of his coffee.Â
"You look⊠wet."Â
"That's because it rained, Miguel." Snapping at him, your tone is biting. You're tired, stressed and in desperate need of a cry, but he is unrelenting in his gaze.Â
"Are you ok?" He asks, unfazed.Â
There's a lump in your throat and all you can do is nod with a tight expression. His eyes flicker towards the counter and you shuffle, trying to cover up the mess. And then you watch it happen; initial confusion, a flash of realisation, and then worry; all in the space of a couple seconds.Â
Gently, he pulls you aside to inspect the damage. "Mierda. This is pretty bad. You sure you're ok?"Â
He's got a hand on your arm now, The dam breaks and you crumple into tears in the kitchen floor. Of course, he comes with you, rubbing your back as you blubber through the details.Â
" Nothing's going right for me⊠and I've got my final project on there⊠I'm barely keeping up as it isâŠ" All he does is nod, face tight with something you can't quite name. It must seem pathetic to him, you think, shamelessly crying on the kitchen floor, complaining to your poor roommate. He can't leave you like this, because he's a decent person - but internally, he must think you're going crazy.Â
It helps, having him there: a steady presence by your side. Slowly but surely, your tears subside.Â
"You could've asked me to pick you up." He hands you some tissues off the counter, and watches as you mop up the tears. "I would've come, if you called."
"I didn't⊠I didn't think we wereâŠ" You search for the right word.Â
"...friends?" He offers, with a small smile. "You think I let just anyone steal my sweaters?"Â
"First of all," It makes you laugh, despite yourself. "You offered. And second, I've seen what you do with your friends, and I don't know if I have the energy for it."
"Ouch." Bashful, he rubs his chest like it aches. He sits a little close to you, knocking your shoulders with his own. "I know this girl who's crazy good with computers. I could ask her to take a look, if you'd like? Might not be able to save it but maybe we could recover the files?"
"...I'd like that, to be honest."
"Muy bien ." He leaps to his feet, palm stretched towards you to help you up. "I'll run you a warm bath or something. You're creating a puddle and it's going to ruin my floor."
"Our floor, asshole. I pay rent here, too."Â
~~~
You find that you enjoy being around him, and he feels the same.Â
You can't help but compare him to your shitty ex who you were planning to move in with: and even with his quirks, Miguel is better in every way.Â
There is harmony in your household, for a while, and you almost look forward to coming home to him after class. Almost.Â
It doesn't last long, because of course it doesn't. You'd thought you'd come to a tentative ceasefire, able to casually rib and joke with each other - takeout and B-roll movies aside. He leaves you leftovers from food he makes, you turn down your music when he's studying, and he even woke you up the other day when you had slept through your alarm.
Beyond the wall, his music is loud: a playlist you recognise as the one he puts on to (unsuccessfully) mask the noise of his usual late night adventures. Cheesy love ballads, heady RnB that leaks into your own room. You'd rather die than admit his taste in music isn't horrible, but it usually means a long, long night for everyone around. With finals around the corner, there's no way you can let this stand.Â
What kind of person does that? Lull you into a false sense of security with Snakes on a Plane and pepperoni pizza?Â
Absorbed in your own work, you hadn't even realised he had someone over; let alone was gearing up for obnoxious sex. You'd bang on the wall, but you feel like you guys are past that: crossed a threshold of intimacy that means you can shout at him up close and personal.Â
So you stomp over to the hallway, banging at the door to his room. In the short trip there, you've worked yourself into a frenzy. How many times have you told him to keep it down? That it was rude and inconsiderate to flaunt his sex life in your face; to fuck other women so loud you were practically involved? There was something about the little smile he would give you afterwards, when you catch him shepherding his latest out the door in the morning - like he gets off on it, enjoys it, when you react. Even when you think you're over it, he still manages to drive you absolutely crazy.Â
âMiguel? Open the fuck up!"
You're still fuming when the door opens with a click, and Miguel appears in the sliver of the doorway. He opens it so that his frame is half swallowed by the door, top half peeking through with a lazy hand in his hair. And of his top half, he's bare from the waist up, black band of his boxers sitting low on his v-line and loose sweats.Â
All the wind is knocked from your sails, and you lose your train of thought.Â
"Yeah?"Â
"IâŠ" You clear your throat. "I don't care who you fuck, but when I'm doing work-"Â
"-I'm not." He chuckles. "There's no one here, hermosa. Just me. And you, I guessâŠ"
There's something about the way he says it, lazily, as if it's his first time saying those words - wrapping his tongue around your name to see how it fits. If it fits, how it tastes. His relaxed posture, the way his hair fallsâŠ
"You're high." Your brow shoots up. "... you're high!"Â
With a finger pressed to his lips, he grabs your hand and pulls you into his room, eyes darting around the hallway.Â
"Shhh! You can't-" Now, he gets close, whispering like he's saying something he shouldn't. "You can't tell anyone. "
"I won't." You breathe. His face is serious at first, and then you're both giggling. You've never seen him so carefree, and it's nice to see Miguel walking around without the weight of the world on his shoulders.
He's still holding your hand, pressed close, and you see him drag his eyes up and down your figure. "You want do something you'll regret�"
"...I've got a 9am, tomorrow, I really-"Â
"-shouldn't?" He finishes, dragging his hand up your bare arm, pupils blown. He gets up to your shoulders, tucking your hair behind your ear. It's sinful, the way his touch is gentle but gaze heavy - violent in the way he practically eyefucks you. You feel bare, in little sleep shorts and a t-shirt.
He steps back, lounging on his bed, and makes for a half finished blunt by the adjacent window sill. Sighing, you sit by him, sinking into the mattress. He pats you closer, dangerously close, and you comply. One arm curled by your waist, the other brings the blunt up close and you wrap your lips around it. When Miguel brings a lighter to the blunt, you lean into it, knuckles brushing your lips.Â
You take a drag, long, heavy, eyes closed. And when they open, you're met with his own. Maybe it's the weed, maybe it's the heady atmosphere, but you swear his eyes are low and deep with lust.
"Good girl." He rumbles, cupping your chin and tracing a thumb to your lips. He separates, bringin the blunt to his own lips before leaning back to pass it to you. As quick as he gets close, he pulls away; leaning back into the expanse of his large bed. And he looks good, head drawn back and the curve of his tan arm drawn upwards. Tufts of hair from his chest, the trail that leads down suggestively - and without inhibition, you basically drool over him. God, there it is. You feel it kick in and let it wash over you.Â
His music, long forgotten, blends into your downy haze. You want to sit in his lap, rest your head on his chest. You get it now: if this is the view all those women he tutors get to have, then you finally understand.Â
"Come closer, hermosa ." You barely register the nickname, only focused on the way he says it, the delicious way it rolls off of his tongue. You nod, and shuffle closer. His siren song sounds sweeter, somehow, up close.Â
You pass the blunt between you both, and watch it dwindle to the last dregs. Lying down next to him, he clutches your hand and takes the butt between his fingers, letting its flames die as you watch. You giggle and his gaze softens.
"I didn't expect this from you." You look up to see an upside-down Miguel, hiding a smile.Â
"Expect what?" He drags himself downwards, to rest his head by your side.Â
"AllâŠ" You gesture vaguely. "This. Don't even think I've been in your room for this long, before."
His room looks exactly how you'd expect it: tidy and modest, a row of trophies neatly lined up on a shelf, a telescope pointing out towards a window. There are posters by his bed; science related, mostly. You tilt your head in the direction of one of them.
"Is this what they see?" You mumble to no one in particular.Â
He manages to catch it, sluggish in his response. "...Is this what who sees?"Â
"All the girls you fuck." It tumbles your of your mouth, before you can help it.Â
He tilts his head too, looking at the poster and you watch the sharp lines of his jaw besides you. Even at this angle, he's so pretty.Â
"Huh. I guess they do."Â
"It's not very romantic, is it?" You blink, oblivious. Your question is met with a noncommittal shrug. "What was her name last time? Cassie, Clara-somethingâŠ"
"Katie." He hums.Â
"Katie." Ignoring the twinge of disappointment at his quick response, you hope it's the weed and not jealousy that made you pretend to forget her name.Â
You sit up on your haunches, tracing the valleys and mountains of his bare chest with a leisurely finger. You try not to notice the way he shivers at your touch.Â
"I could hear everything. Every, 'Yes daddy'," You feign a moan by curling your lips into an O-shape. You bring your other hand to your hair, head tilted back with exaggerated movement. "And 'right there, Miggy, right fuckin' there' ."Â
Technically, you're making fun of him and laughing, expecting him to follow. But he doesn't, head back and eyes boring into you - only bringing a hand to press yours at his chest.Â
"Thin walls, Miguel." You clear your throat, sensing a shift in the atmosphere. Too far, probably. "Sorry, shit. I didn't mean-"Â
"I hear you too." He says softly. "I heard you, the other day."
Head filled with cotton, it takes a moment for his words to really click. So he elaborates, lacing his fingers with your own.Â
"Fucking yourself, hermosa ." He says it lazily, like the vulgarity of the act doesn't register.
Your eyes widen in horror. How much exactly did he hear?
"...and I heard you say my name."Â
"It wasâŠ. i-it wasn't like that-" Fuck. You can't think straight as it is: and his voice is low and silky, rubbing circles on your hand close to his chest. Even now, he oozes confidence, the steady thump-thump of his heart giving away nothing.Â
"Hmmm? Then what is it like?" You blink at him, unable to answer. "You're a hypocrite. You complain about all these women I supposedly fuck, but then-"Â
He pulls you closer, so that your lips almost touch his. "-you lock yourself in your room, touching yourself and thinking about your poor roommate. What am I meant to do with you?"
A pause, and in your daze, you can't breathe. For all your theatrics, it's too easy for him - to prod and tease, and for you to chase after him. You move to kiss him, but he grabs your chin at the last second. "Not quite. I want to hear you say it."
"Fuck- " You crumple, hiding your head in the crook of his shoulder. Even in your haze, the nerves bubble up from the base of your stomach. "Fuck me, please , Miguel."
He places a hand on your thigh, leading you to straddle his middle, other hand wrapped around your waist. He grinds your lower half into his, leaning up to bring your lips together.Â
He tastes sweet, greedily lapping up your moans in the clash. You're not thinking, not really, lost in the heat of his body, desperate and eager when you kiss. To contrast, Miguel cups your chin, pulling you away for air whenever you sink too deep. Somehow, he still manages to look smug, taunting you with a flash of his little fangs whenever you separate. If you weren't feeling the effects of that blunt, you may have had the means to be embarrassed at how much you want him - needily grinding against him and pawing at his chest.Â
It's too slow, too leisurely, like a punishment; and he refuses to give you what he knows you want. Your whines betray you when he finally slips a hand down your shorts.Â
"ÂżPaciencia, hmm?" He grabs a handful of your ass, clothed cock catching on your clit. It rips another moan from you, which he happily swallows with another kiss. "Patience, princesa."
You hump against one another like teenagers, your hands planted by his head for purchase. Hips moving of their own accord, you chase the relief Miguel provides: with his hands kneading your ass, length catching at your clit, and teeth nipping at your bare neck.Â
He licks a stripe up your collarbone, soothing the blossoming hickeys with a hum.Â
Fuck, how can he be so casual ? You don't know if it's the weed or something else, but he is in his element, hand dipping down your back to graze at your pussy from behind. He hisses when he realises how wet you are, swiping his fingers down your slit and taking them out to pop them in his mouth.Â
Now, flushed and face hot with embarrassment, you look up at him with big doe eyes. It makes Miguel feel guilty for stopping you so close to your climax. Beautiful : lower lip hooked under your teeth, plump and swollen and kissable. He'll make up for it later: a promise he whispers into skin.Â
"You're soaked." He cups your cheek to press a kiss to your forehead, and all you can do is whine. His gaze dips down, to the swell of your tits in that thin shirt..Â
"What did you think about when you touched yourself?" It's soft, said in the warm press of your bodies; hook-shaped and hazy and you fit like you were made for one another. The thought lingers, plants a dangerous seed that makes you forget that the man underneath you is your roommate : unrepentant whore, Miguel O'Hara.Â
"You." You've seen it first hand, he eats hearts for breakfast; and yours is on a platter for him to devour.
He laughs, deep and rumbling, hands resting on your waist. "I know that, baby. You don't have fantasies? Fuck yourself to the thought of someone touchin' you just right?"
Not just someone, him, you think. Your voice dies in your throat at the way he looks at you. "Just⊠n-nothing really-"
He hums, grinding your hips onto his. "Speechless, I can't believe it. Is this what I need to do to get some fucking peace around here?"Â
You roll your eyes, "Don't be a dick, Miguel. When I shout, it's because you deserve it."
"...there it is." Eyes shining, his face stretches into a shit-eating grin. Wide, unabashed, unambiguous. "You back with the living, sweetheart?"Â
It makes you laugh, even though you hate to give him the satisfaction.Â
"What do you want?" He kneads your thigh and pleasure pools at the base of your stomach.Â
You mumble something begrudgingly.
"Hmm? Can't hear you, baby."
Louder, now. "...want to sit on your face, Miguel."Â
Lowly, he groans, shaking his head. "Mierda⊠of course you do."
Expertly, he helps you take your shorts off, dragging the thin material down your thighs. You clambers upwards, wrapping them around his shoulders, watching intently as he kneads the soft skin. It's tentative, at first, and you place your hands on the headboard to perch just above his mouth.Â
He licks, diving in with the flat of his tongue: a long upwards stroke that ends with him sucking your clit. Moaning, your hips jump and he chases your pretty pussy up, large palms pushing you back down. He concentrates on your bundle of nerves, lips around your clit like a man on a mission.
And, God, does it feel good; he watches and learns from your every movement, committing your body to memory. His moans vibrate deliciously, tension building at that spot faster than your mind can register it. Then, you clench around nothing, gushing into his mouth whilst he eases you through it. The noises he makes are obscene; one leg off the bed and a hand snaked under his boxers. He's getting off on it; watching you crumple and sob around his tongue.Â
And when you begin to move off, thighs sore, he doesn't relent, sealing his mouth on your pretty little hole.Â
"Miguel.. fuck-" After your first orgasm, it surprises you when he continues, tongue fucking you with fervour. He presses you close, impossibly close, and your body fights against his ministrations. Heat, everywhere, and it's too much. The haze of the blunt begins to wear off and you are left with biting clarity. You want more of him, deeper; drunk off of just his tongue.Â
You card your hands in his hair, and he moans: deep and wanton, with his eyes fluttering shut. He wants to look, to watch you when you cum on his tongue for a second time. Back arched, the curve of your tits peeking through a tiny top, fucking yourself on his face. He wants it hard , wants you to take control and use him to get off.Â
"Right there, fuck⊠"
Like you can hear his thoughts, you press yourself down harder, riding the deep ridge of his nose for relief. Miguel complies and leans into it. He eats you out like a man starved and the carnality of it all brings you to a second peak. You cum once again, legs wrapped tight around his face. Head back, he laps it up readily.Â
You separate with a wet pop, and Miguel looks blissful : fucked out and panting, wiping the slick off of his face with a forearm. Exhausted, you lean back onto the mattress beside him.Â
"That wasâŠ" He searches for the right word, and it's your turn to finish for him.Â
"... good. " Scarily good. So good you won't be able to see him around the apartment without remembering what he looks like trapped between your thighs.Â
Gently, he turns to cup your cheek and bring your lips to his. It starts off sweet and deepens rapidly, making that thread at the pit of your stomach tighten, again. He grabs your thigh, bringing it closer, and you feel his length poking your stomach. Fuck.Â
"You haven't�" Your hand makes for his trousers, and he stops you. "I want to, Miguel. Want you to feel good too."
His head sinks into your shoulder. "I know, baby, I know. Not like this. Not yet."
You nod, still wrapped up in his arms. You haven't even fucked, and it feels more intimate than it should.Â
"You've got a 9am tomorrow." He smiles with a hand underneath his head.Â
"I've got a 9am tomorrow," You repeat, sighing. "...and my life is falling apart. I'm failing half of my classes as it is."
He turns to you, lazily.Â
"I could tutor you, if you'd like."
âŠ
"That's not fucking funny, Miguel."
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don't know what i wanted - kishibe x f!reader
cw:Â brief mention of violence, injury, trauma (not graphic), hurt/comfort, injury recovery, established relationship. brief mention of having children (no decision or plans made/no pregnancy mention), consumption of alcohol/cigarettes, explicit sexual content (oral sex f! receiving, fingering, hand jobs, vaginal sex), - NSFW, MDNI
word count: 12.8k
a/n: this is technically a sequel to one of my earlier devil hunter!reader x kishibe fics but can be read as a standalone fic as well! this fic takes place after kishibe's injury when he was in his 20s, but reader-character is his partner as opposed to quanxi. the fic essentially covers the aftermath of the injury & how they recover together. hope you enjoy my loves, thanks for reading! thank you so much to this anon who helped inspire the plot of this fic
if you prefer to read on ao3, it is published here
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âStay still,â you mumble, frowning as Kishibe pulls his head back when you try to unwrap the gauze by his jaw. He has a frown of his own etched on his face, eyes shut and lips pulled tight with discomfort â youâd feel pity for him if he werenât being so damn uncooperative. âYouâre gonna tear your stitches.â
Your couch, despite serving as Kishibeâs resting place while he recovers from his injury, is likely not the most appropriate place to carry out some fairly intensive first-aid. However, you have no other choice since he refuses to go to the doctor to change his bandages.Â
One fucking hospital visit was enough, heâd muttered then, still drenched in his own blood, and you hadnât the heart to argue with him.Â
That was two weeks ago now â fourteen days of sleeplessness, of antibiotics and pain medication and bruise balm for his ribs, of waiting until the dead of night to cry so that he doesnât hear you.Â
Youâre grateful that you werenât there to witness it. Itâs selfish, youâre well aware of that, but youâre not sure how you would have been able to cope if you had the images of the attack replaying in your head over and over, tormenting you both.Â
âThought youâd be nice to me,â he grumbles, and although he canât really smile with his injury you can still hear one in his voice. âYour bedside manner is lacking today.â
âI tried being nice at first. You told me to â act like normal and stop treating me like Iâm dying â, so thatâs what Iâm doing,â you counter, carefully grabbing the corner of the medical tape.Â
He winces but doesnât budge. âThat doesnât sound like me.â
âA direct quote, Iâm afraid. And that was before they administered the morphine, so you canât even blame it on that.â
You pull the tape gently, exposing the stitches and bruised skin. Kishibe tenses underneath you, every muscle in his body going rigid, small beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
It breaks your heart.
âDonât look at me like that,â he whispers. His voice is quieter now since talking too much can be painful. âBring back the tough bedside manner. I take back my complaint; I need to be humbled.â
You blink, trying to fix your expression into one thatâs more impassive.Â
âIâm just focusing on the stitches. I need to be careful at this part,â you say, knowing that both of you recognise the lie for what it is.Â
This feels foolish. Itâs everything you feared about getting involved with another devil hunter. Youâre supposed to be unshakeable, callous to all loss, utterly focused on the mission. Youâre supposed to be tough.
Instead, youâre close to tears at the thought of what would have happened if the strike had landed just a few inches lower.
Things were supposed to be different. You were supposed to do this whole hunter thing by yourself. This was never the plan; to factor another person into your life in such a significant way, to value their well-being as highly as you do your own.Â
But he makes your days interesting. Heâs kind at heart and values you as an equal as well as a partner. He always seems grateful to even be near you, and so youâll happily tend to his wounds and keep him company, and even let him smoke indoors once the window is cracked.Â
You remove the old gauze carefully, clean the stitches according to the nurse's directions, and replace it with fresh bandages while Kishibe stays still, eyes squeezed shut.
âNearly done,â you reassure him softly, applying the medical tape at a careful angle, ânearly done, I promise ⊠and âŠÂ there. All clean.â
He opens his eyes and lifts a hand to his cheek. Heâs not going to tug at the gauze, he knows better than that, but he ghosts his fingers over the bandages as if to check theyâre really there.
You smile and lean in closer to press a kiss to his forehead, feeling the breath catch in his throat as you pull back.Â
âItâs gonna make me ugly, yâknow,â he says, letting out an amused scoff.Â
âMore ugly?â you gasp. He lifts up his hand to playfully flick your nose.Â
Joking around like this is one of the only ways you know how to distract him, to show him this change is not going to upset things irreversibly. The last thing he wants is for you to be walking on eggshells around him. For his recovery to be a success he needs support, normalcy â he needs you to be yourself.Â
âYep," he agrees. "A nasty scar to complete the whole image.â
You scoff and climb into his lap, feeling him sink back into the couch cushions, muscles releasing their tension. His injuries are almost entirely confined to the upper half of his body but you still move with incredible care and gentleness as if heâll break underneath your touch. Sensing your hesitation, he wraps a strong arm around you, pulling you closer. Itâs easy to melt against him.Â
âYou know I could never find you ugly,â you reply with a chuckle, nestling against his shoulder. âI tried really hard, too. When we first got partnered up, I used to stare at you for hours trying to trick myself into finding you gross, but no luck. Youâre stubbornly handsome and always will be. Itâs a flaw of yours.â
âA flaw?â
âYeah,â you murmur, voice muffled against his sweatshirt. âItâs really fucking annoying, actually.â
He kisses the crown of your head. âAh, I can live with annoying .â
Even after the absolute chaos of the past fortnight, he still smells wonderful. Fresh and clean and familiar, with something deeper in there that draws you in even after smelling it a thousand times â itâs him.Â
You hum thoughtfully. âIâm glad, because for a while there it was really inconvenient. Wanting to fuck your annoying partner is not something they teach you about during training.â
âBut did they tell how inconvenient it is to keep fucking him afterwards?â
You laugh a little, your eyelids getting heavier and heavier with every passing moment.Â
With Kishibeâs health taken care of for now, you feel at ease. The sensation of being wrapped in his broad arms takes you back to the first night you fell asleep beside him, where you let go of your worries and concerns, trading them for a brief window of serenity.Â
Itâs a type of comfort that you thought you could never have, a blessing only available to other people and never to devil hunters.Â
âNah, I just kinda accepted it at that point.â
He says something in response, but you fall asleep before you hear it.Â
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The pancake batter sizzles as it hits the pan, bubbles forming on the surface after a few moments on the heat â you finally got the temperature just right, and so you pour another serving alongside it for good measure.
Phew. You burnt the last one, and donât have enough eggs for another batch.
This is your fourth time making pancakes this week since theyâre a nice, soft food that can be easily cut up into tiny bites. They donât cause too much strain to Kishibeâs jaw and you can flavour them with fruits and chocolate. Best of all, theyâre significantly more appealing than the nutri-shakes the hospital supplied when he was discharged.
He took one sip before saying heâd rather you punch him directly on his dislocated shoulder than make him drink that shit again.Â
As if on cue, Kishibeâs voice calls out from the living room.Â
âSmells nice out there,â and it really does; the warm aroma of baked goods wafts through the air along with a hint of freshness from the fruits you prepared. It finally masks the smell of the smoke from the unsalvagable first batch. âNeed any help?â
The offer sounds innocuous at first, but the desperation buried in the words tells you that heâs on the verge of disobeying his doctorâs orders.
âYouâre on bed rest!â you shout back, stealing a chocolate chip from the bag on the countertop. The sweetness is enough to tempt you to grab another; this time, you pour a small handful and tip it into your mouth, savouring the taste.Â
You flip the pancakes with a spatula only to wince as the metal burns your finger â you hadnât realised that youâd left it so close to the heat. You drop the spatula and it clatters against the tiled floor.Â
You groan, choosing to go clean the utensil before tending to your hand. Itâs only a small injury but you grimace nonetheless as the pain starts to build, aching and throbbing. An angry welt forms on your fingertip.Â
It was careless on your part, but itâs not surprising that your attention span is somewhat lacking as of late. You run your hand under some cold water and get lost in the sensation.Â
Four days have passed since you last changed Kishibeâs bandages and two days since his most recent check-up (which you finally convinced him to attend), and things havenât gone ⊠smoothly, to say the least.
The doctor had kindly but firmly informed you both that in order for Kishibe to proceed to the next step in recovery, he needed to play it safe over the coming week. Unfortunately for him, playing it safe means that he has to actually get some rest. Â
A lot of rest.Â
He hadnât even complained when receiving the news â he just sat there, utterly motionless, with displeasure and annoyance radiating off him like a fever. It worried you. This whole thing hasnât been easy on you but itâs not exactly a walk in the park for him, either. He might pretend otherwise, but he doesnât like to be benched. Heâd do more to help you if he could.
As if it werenât bad enough that he canât hunt devils or even pay a visit to headquarters, now, heâs rendered completely and utterly defenceless, unable to even make himself a meal without assistance. It goes against every survival instinct in his body.
Part of you wishes he wouldnât be so stubborn about saying on the couch. You had offered to share your bed with him - expected it, even - but he refused. Hurt at first, you hadnât brought it up again, but once he understood your reaction he explained it was because his meds make him toss and turn in his sleep. He didnât want to wake you.Â
Then you offered to take the couch instead since heâs the one recovering, after all. Again, he turned that down, but you didnât take that refusal as much to heart as the first one.
This setup - him staying on the couch, allowing you your own space - seems to be the one bit of independence he can hold onto, the one way he thinks heâs making your life easier amongst all of this.
The buzzing of a timer startles you out of your trance, and you turn off the tap to go pour yourself a coffee.
You plate the pancakes and chop some berries and fruits to serve alongside them, angling the knife so it doesnât put too much pressure on your finger. In spite of this, the burn starts to sting once again, the pain sharp and angry. You give up halfway through. Taking the plates in hand, you turn to bring them into your living room.
When you enter the room you see Kishibe already standing. His arms are folded casually across his chest despite the damage he sustained to his shoulder and ribs. Heâs pacing slowly, fixated on the wall to your left-hand side â from the looks of it, heâs browsing the books on the shelf behind the couch. He seems to be scanning the titles with interest.
Somethingâs ⊠different. In a strange way, a sort of dĂ©ja vu that you canât quite place.
As he spots you, head turning in your direction, you know from the look on his face what heâs about to offer. You cut him off before he can do so.
âDonât need any help!â you inform him. âI can carry the plates â youâre supposed to be resting .â
âNot what I was gonna say, smartass,â he huffs in amusement, until his eyes flicker down to your hands and you know he can see how youâre favouring one side over the other, gingerly holding one of the plates so as not to aggravate your burn. He lifts his gaze up, a question written on his face as he regards you.Â
Playing ignorant, you choose not to address it. âSo what were you gonna say, then?â
Heâs not going to drop it entirely, of that youâre certain, but he does concede a little. He straightens his posture, a glint in his eye, and tells you, âI was thinking we could eat at the table tonight?â
His tone is light and ebullient, his demeanour carefree in a way you havenât seen from him in a long time. He had spent the past two days in what could only be described as a pit of despair, and so to see this change now ... it stops you in your tracks.Â
You blink at him. âWhat?âÂ
âCan we eat at the table?â he repeats. âJust this once.âÂ
It seems harmless, but youâre not sure if itâs wise. The instructions from the doctor were for Kishibe to minimise unnecessary movement and stay well-rested.
(He had also been told to try and eliminate stress as much as possible, but the two of you had laughed at the last part.)
Still, youâre not sure if this is a good idea; the last thing you want is to set back his recovery, even at his own request.Â
âPlease?â he follows up. The word stings you as much as the burn. âI just want to have a meal together like we always do. Just once, and then Iâll go back to bed. And Iâll shut the fuck up from here on - I wonât complain about the bandages or the shitty nutri-shakes or the exercises for my shoulder or whatever it is they want me to do - I wonât say a word about any of it,â he pauses and breathes in, breathes out. âJust a half an hour of being normal. Please.â
Looking at him now, itâs plain to see how being confined and restricted has eaten away at him.
You come to a decision quickly, happy that this wonât do too much harm. If anything, this might help his recovery somewhat.Â
â... for half an hour only,â you direct slowly, not breaking eye contact, âand absolutely no unnecessary movement. If you try to pick up the plates or push in chairs or anything, Iâll give you a matching scar on the other cheek.â
âOh, I assumed as much,â he answers quickly, and millimetre by millimetre, his expression lifts into something that looks a lot more like him â like how he looked when you walked in the room, like how heâs looked at you since you first got partnered up together. Even with the bandages, you can see his lips quirk upwards; the closest thing to a smile as he can manage. âAnd I agree.â
He lets you carry the plates in without objection, and you eat your meal together in blissful silence.Â
Itâs been a while since someone other than you has eaten at this table.
By the time youâre halfway through the stack of pancakes, some colour has returned to Kishibeâs complexion.Â
"Fuck, these are the best yet,â he says after a particularly big forkful, âwhich makes me a little confused, because I could hear you swearing for about fifteen minutes while you were making them.â
âWell, I burnt the first couple,â you point out, taking a few orange slices and setting them down on your plate, âwhich Iâm sure you know since the smoke alarm is a rat bastard.â
âThat's not all you burnt,â Kishibe remarks as he takes a sip of water.Â
You lift your head. âHmm?â
He sets down his glass and takes your hand, flipping it so your palm is facing upwards. âI saw you holding the plates funny,â he frowns when he spots the welt on the tip of your index finger. âWhat happened?âÂ
You canât help but laugh. Kishibe was nearly eviscerated a few weeks ago, yet heâs here worrying about a burn that will fade in its entirety before the month is out.Â
âI burned it on the spatula,â you answer as he strokes circles on your palm with his thumb, âit was my own fault. I wasnât paying attention.â
His eyes flicker up to yours and you wish you chose your words more carefully.
It was my fault.
Wasnât paying attention.Â
My fault.
In amongst the near-constant worrying about his health and the gratitude at the fact heâs still alive, you can sometimes forget that it wasnât only Kishibe who got hurt that day.
You open your mouth to say something but with a near-imperceptible shake of his head, he tells you that itâs not necessary.
âDid you put any burn gel on?â he asks then, moving on as if nothing happened.Â
You try to take your hand back but he clasps it gently. âNo, not yet.â
He raises his eyebrows with mock surprise and you chuckle, letting your head fall back with a groan, predicting whatâs coming next.
âDonât start," you warn him.Â
He scoffs. âThis coming from the person you gave me a lecture on how to properly care for wounds not two days ago-â
âOkay, okay, Iâll take care of the damn burn-â
â - and about the importance of recovery and taking proper medical advice - â
âFucking hell, Iâm doing it!â you exclaim with a laugh, pushing back your chair and letting go of his hand. âWho knew you could whip out the guilt trips like that?â
He shakes his head and shrugs his uninjured shoulder. âNot a guilt trip. Just pointing out the similarities.â
You stand up to leave but before going to the kitchen cabinet to fish out your heavily-used first aid kit, you lean down, tilt his face towards your own and press a soft kiss to his lips.Â
âYouâre insufferable.â
He kisses you back. âYeah, but you knew that already.â
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He looks so ⊠unlike himself. Hooked up to all these different machines, with gauze covering most of his upper body, he could be anyone.Â
You thought thereâd be some recognition within you, some moment where you see him in the hospital bed and just know itâs him, but you donât feel anything of the sort. It could be a stranger lying there for all you know. His face is covered, the clothes arenât his, there are no distinguishing factors at all that make you think that the person in front of you is Kishibe.Â
Maybe they were wrong?Â
The Division officials might have made a mistake. The scene was chaos; there were so many people running around, so many casualties, it would have been easy for them to misidentify a person in an ambulance, to have shouted the wrong name by accident.Â
Maybe this isnât him. Maybe heâs fine. He could be still at the scene helping to clear up, administering first-aid to the survivors âŠ
But then you spot it â hanging on a coat rack in the corner of the hospital room is his jacket, torn and bloodied but still his. You walk over to it, movements so slow and mindless itâs as if youâre possessed.Â
You barely register the low buzzing of the machines. Even when they emit a loud beeping sound every now and then you canât bring yourself to look at them directly. Heâs being kept alive by these machines.Â
You stand by the coat rack and reach out a trembling hand. Some dust - no, itâs black, so itâs soot - starts to fall softly to the floor, almost like snow, and it stains your hand as you pull back the fabric to search for something. You rifle through the side pockets looking for it even though you know he never keeps it there, checking every nook and cranny â
There it is. His battered old lighter. Itâs in the left-hand breast pocket, as always, but that was the last place you searched.
Your fingertips touch metal, tracing the outline of the lighter as your eyes start to sting. You breathe in through gritted teeth as you slip the lighter out of the pocket, clutching it in your palm as if itâs made of solid gold, and you turn it over to make sure itâs his.Â
You make a choked sound that thankfully catches in your throat before it turns into a sob.Â
You canât cry here. The hospital is full of other hunters, milling about to try and find and identify any survivors. You canât break down in front of them.Â
Although personal relationships between two partners aren't banned or even all that rare, displaying such open, raw vulnerability in front of everyone ⊠it would mark you for death. To let other hunters see you weep for Kishibe would mean that, in their eyes, you have become weak, soft, unfit for this line of work. They would never trust you on a mission, and being untrusted while out in the field is a guaranteed death sentence.Â
A few tears might be excusable, but you know that the cry you just suppressed would have burst out like a dam breaking. It would have made it very clear that your relationship goes beyond that of coworkers.
Itâs funny though, in a way; if they outright asked you just what your relationship actually is , you wouldnât be able to tell them. You know itâs not casual â not anymore. The pit of agony in your stomach tells you that youâre even farther gone than youâd assumed.
But itâs not defined, either, and likely never can be.
You hear some people shuffle outside the hospital room as the door handle turns. You hastily raise your hand to your face and wipe at some tears that are threatening to spill, slipping Kishibeâs lighter into your own pocket as you do so.
Two nurses stride in and start to record some of the figures displayed on the machines, paying absolutely no attention to you. Thereâs a single chair in the corner of the room and so you go to sit down before your legs buckle underneath you.
You were warned it was going to be bad, and the hushed voices around you tell you that it canât be good news.Â
When you arrived at the hospital they had asked if he had any family, if you could contact them, that they should really be here for this. They said that if he has any hope of survival, he needs support.
You can only hope that when he wakes, youâll be enough.Â
___
Kishibe is no longer on bed rest, and he is delighted.Â
Heâs definitely not out of the woods yet - heâs still on a list of meds as long as your arm - and heâs been ordered to only engage in the lowest-of-low impact activities; walking, essentially, and maybe cooking a quick meal or two. Nevertheless, he welcomed the news with open arms. He expected it would bring him a degree of freedom and independence heâd spent the past few weeks yearning for.Â
This morning, however, youâre discovering that this may not be the easiest milestone to have reached. Success and improvement arenât guaranteed and heâs struggling more than he anticipated he would. He gets fatigued easily - walking from the kitchen down the hallway has his muscles aching and his body weak - and everything hurts. The many weeks spent without exertion have taken their toll.Â
Heâs at the stage in his recovery where the long-term effects of his injuries are starting to make themselves known. Itâs too soon to tell for sure, but it looks as though his shoulder might be damaged permanently; as he tries to reach above his head he winces in pain, even more intense than in previous weeks. The resulting hit to his morale is tough to see.Â
He tries to put on a brave face, but you can see right through it.
âLooks like youâre finally going to be the stronger one,â he jokes half-heartedly as you support him on his way back to the couch. Heâs bearing most of the weight himself, but using your shoulder to keep steady. âTake this as my concession.â
âI was always the stronger one,â you mumble, lowering yourself down to let him sit.Â
He collapses onto the couch, face twisted in pain. â Mentally stronger,â he concedes. âAnd emotionally, I guess. Better socially, too, if you count having to put up with the brass. But I think Iâd have put up a good fight for the title of physically strongest.â
You scoff as you release him. âEven with your best fight, Iâd have left with a clean sweep.â
With his good arm, he clutches his chest dramatically as if gravely offended.
âWould lying to you be nice?â you ask fondly, arranging the cushions on the couch so he can sit more comfortably. âI thought you were sick of the sugarcoating?â
Laughing, he drops his arm. âGuess not.â
âGood,â you smile, watching as he settles himself. âI like when youâre agreeable.â
He chuckles again. âEver thought of being a doctor? Youâd be good at it, if you gave up shit-talking your patients.â
âWell, my patients would probably be more reasonable,â you say with a yawn, subtly rolling out an ache in your shoulder from supporting Kishibe up and down the hallway. âI wouldnât have to shit talk them as much.â
Even in this hypothetical context, itâs funny to think of a world in which you and Kishibe work normal jobs. People become devil hunters for two reasons: revenge or necessity, and sometimes both. But over time, those reasons start to twist and change, becoming stronger or weaker or more obscure, and through the course of their career, hunters often collect new motivations.Â
For you now, itâs just that youâre good at what you do - as good as your partner, if not better - and so you rarely let yourself think about what could have been had you chosen differently. It seems pointless.Â
âAnd if you leave, then what would I do?â Kishibe pipes up with a grin. Itâs a little strained since you know heâs in considerable pain, but he does look as though heâs entertained by all these impossible scenarios. âWhen youâre off being a big-shot doctor - canât really be a hunter then, can I?"
You sit down cross-legged next to the couch, a place youâve spent countless hours as of late. If you checked, youâd probably find an indentation on the carpet. âWhy canât you be a hunter? Theyâll just give you a new partner.â
He makes a noise somewhere between disagreement and disgust. You laugh, feeling a little bemused; youâre far from being his first partner, and heâs not yours, either. Youâre not sure where he got this strong distaste towards the idea of working with someone new. Itâs bound to happen eventually.Â
You take his hand in your own and give it a squeeze.
âAh, I donât think Iâd want a new partner,â he admits casually. âI think Iâm set.â
You arch a brow. âYou know you wonât have to sleep with them, right? You can just work with them?âÂ
âWait, really?â comes his sarcastic retort, his expression taking on a forced and sudden seriousness. âHoly shit, that changes things. Why didnât you tell me this before now?â
You release his hand for dramatic effect only for him to stubbornly take it back.
â... youâd really quit if I couldnât be your partner anymore?â you ask after a moment has passed. The question gnaws at you, allowing your mind to revisit the prospects you had locked away in a box somewhere in its depths. You try to keep your face impassive as you can.Â
He nods as though thereâs no need for him to even consider it. âYeah, pretty sure.â
âAnd do what instead?âÂ
âI dunno,â he shrugs. âMale modelling?âÂ
You roll your eyes. âBe serious.â
âOuch, first of all,â he huffs, only to be met with an amused glance from you, âand secondly â Iâm not sure, really. I havenât thought it through.â Well, that makes two of you, at least. âI just know that it ⊠I know weâre told not to rely on our partners to the point of it becoming self-sacrificial, but the thing is - I think Iâm gone past that point. And I donât think thatâs a bad thing. So, I just donât think I could trust anyone as much as I do you.â
Somethingâs at the tip of your tongue; something that scares you.Â
You donât say it. Instead, you just enjoy the easy silence, both of you indulging in the frivolous what ifâs in your own minds.
The quietness is soon interrupted by the sound of an alarm buzzing in the kitchen
âTime for your meds,â you announce. You get to your feet and ignore your own fatigue.
âThe ones that taste like shit?â
You shake your head. âNah, the little tiny ones you can knock back with water.â
âWhat a relief,â he sighs, eyes following you as you head out to the kitchen. âThanks, doc."
___
Itâs not always so easy for Kishibe to keep things light-hearted. As the week progresses and his injuries show no signs of improvement, he has taken to napping during the day, more to let the time pass by quicker than anything else.
He seems less willing to do the exercises the doctors assigned him, and the tasks that he once begged you to let him do no longer carry the same appeal. He eats a meal with you at the table, chats for a few minutes, then returns to the living room. Afterwards, he stays quiet unless spoken to.Â
You know it has absolutely nothing to do with you. Itâs not any form of silent treatment â in fact, you can see how he uses his very limited social battery to chat with you over dinner. His eyes still show fondness when he looks your way. He still kisses the crown of your head when you embrace him.Â
Heâs just struggling. And you are too.
Youâre reading a book - or trying to, at least - as Kishibe sleeps off the morningâs unsuccessful attempts at stretching out his shoulder. Your eyes are unfocused, the page before you blurry. You find yourself thinking of that first morning you woke up next to him.
When you woke up in your bed, rays of sunshine streaming through the curtains, you knew Kishibe was lying by your side. You didnât even have to roll over to confirm it; you could smell his aftershave.
Itâs not that you forgot - neither of you had too much to drink the night before - but it all felt so surreal that part of you thought it was a dream. But you felt so grounded that morning, Kishibeâs arm draped over your waist, and you knew it was all real from the soft sounds of his breathing next to you.Â
âYou up?â he mumbled, his voice laced with sleep as it often is during your early-morning missions.
âJust about.â
âWill I get breakfast?â he asked as he suppressed a yawn. He made no attempt to move his hand away.Â
âI can get it. You paid for the cab,â you replied, not moving away from him either.Â
The cab. Last night. The cab you took home from the bar, to sleep with your partner, to make a decision with irreversible consequences.
Though funnily enough, the regret hadnât hit you yet. You half-expected to wake up in a cold sweat, having come to the realisation that entertaining your feelings for Kishibe was the stupidest mistake you ever made.Â
But you didnât feel anything of the sort. This was ⊠easier than you had expected. It was like a piece of your day-to-day routine you hadnât realised you were missing.
You rolled out of bed and looked at him, his hair touseled from sleep and a satisfied smile on his face, and it took only that one glance to make you crawl back under the covers and let him take you apart over and over again.
The pattern continued over the following weeks, months. You worked as normal, bickered as you always did, and then went home together most nights. Your dynamic didnât change all that much, except maybe for the fact that you were a little gentler with each other â not in the field, of course, but in the mornings when you woke up with bloodshot eyes and tired limbs.Â
Of course, relationships donât tend to work on that trajectory; the idea that you can just coexist forever without anything ever changing. Happy as you were, you knew things wouldnât continue undefined, unexplored. Something would come along to disrupt things. Something big, something you werenât prepared for âÂ
Just then, Kishibe stirs. You drop your book to your lap, ready to leap up to assist if needed, but he falls back into a restless sleep after a few moments pass.Â
Despite everything, you smile. His morale may have taken a hit but heâs still trying, trying every single day, to get better. That hard work canât just be for nothing. Youâll both see improvement soon.
Youâve gotten this far together, you think to yourself, and he just might make an optimist out of you yet.Â
You thought he fell back asleep, but âŠÂ
He says it so softly that he could just be sleep-talking, but the words cut clear through the air, repeating in your mind on a loop until you can no longer think of anything else.
âLove you.â
___
Itâs a bad night for Kishibe.Â
Yesterday was his first attempt at sharing your bed, a fairly significant milestone in itself, but the pain kept him awake all through the night, tossing and turning until the early hours of the morning. Though you swore that you didnât mind (and you meant it), heâs returned to the couch this evening and there was no convincing him otherwise. He stayed silent while you tried to argue your case.
However, you werenât about to let him isolate himself indefinitely or stand idly by as he wallowed in his own imagined failures, and so tonight, you decided to stay with him.Â
Youâre curled up in an armchair on the other side of the room, wrapped in a blanket and resting your head against the velvet cushion behind you, watching in silence as his face twists in pain to the point itâs almost unrecognisable, clutching his sides as his aching muscles try to heal themselves.Â
His breath sounds torn and ragged as it leaves him, but apart from that, he makes no verbal signs of discomfort. You start to worry that heâs holding back for your benefit.Â
Obviously, you donât want to hear the sounds of his suffering, but the idea that heâs trying to act tough or unbreakable or any of that other bullshit you stopped caring about long ago âŠÂ
He sucks in a shallow breath and his hands ball into fists, his knuckles turning white as he does so.Â
You catch a glimpse of the clock above the window; itâs just after two a.m., which explains why itâs been a few hours since youâve heard the sound of traffic or footsteps from the street below floating through the cracked window. You rub your tired eyes with the back of your hand.Â
Ordinarily, youâd be in bed by now, but you canât bring yourself to leave. The thought of him being here alone in the dark, sweating bullets as he tries to struggle through the pain ⊠you know you wouldnât be able to get a wink of sleep.Â
Just then, Kishibe makes his first utterance of pain; a low sound that gets caught in his throat, but you still hear it.Â
You shrug off the blanket and rise up from your chair, quietly pacing across the room. You sit down on your haunches by the sofa and Kishibe opens his eyes â exhausted, bloodshot eyes that have something of an apology in them.Â
He opens his mouth to say something but you just reach your hand out to cup his cheek. Your thumb traces slow, soothing circles and he leans into the touch, almost mesmerised by the movement. You donât say anything, donât try to crowd him or lay next to him or get him to talk unnecessarily; your touch alone is enough reassurance. His gaze softens.Â
Itâs been a week since he told you that he loved you. Itâs been six days and twelve hours since you said it back. Neither of you has said it since, but you donât really need to. This is enough.
The only perceptible sounds in the room are that of the two of you breathing and the tick-tick-ticking of the clock behind you, but you can easily tune that out, choosing instead to focus on how Kishibeâs chest is now rising and falling at a much steadier pace, on how the divot between his brows has fully relaxed.Â
Your thumb gently grazes over the reddened skin on his cheek but he feels no pain from it â he told you before that the scar by his jaw is as close to fully healed as heâll get it. His eyes flutter shut as you keep up your gentle caresses, but you donât stop. You keep going as if itâs offering some comfort to you as well.Â
This started out as a bad night, but it just might turn into one of those rare occasions where Kishibe gets more sleep than you do.Â
And you donât mind at all.
___
Kishibe finishes his first complete set of exercises the following morning.
Two days later and he can walk unsupported, up and down the hallways â it tires him out, but he can do it. He sleeps the full night in your bed afterwards.
Heâs more proactive, too, in his recovery. Heâll make an effort to keep to a schedule, which certainly helps to keep him from falling back into that pit of despair. He responds better to feedback from doctors. That familiar glint in his eye returns, as does his sense of humour. He starts to smile more.Â
As the days pass, his progress becomes more and more apparent - an exercise here, an independent task there - and it all adds up to a far more encouraging picture than what was painted at the beginning.
Itâs not all good news, of course; there are still signs of long-term damage to his shoulder. His range of movement will likely never be the same.
But crucially, his outlook has changed. He no longer carries himself like a burden.Â
As a result, youâre sleeping through the night again â itâs easier to wake up in the mornings knowing your day will have a sense of normalcy.Â
Though come to think of it ⊠itâs hard to pin down what ânormalcyâ will even look like from this point on.Â
As he continues to improve, you find yourself considering it more and more. Will it involve you going back to work? Or will it be both of you returning to life as Devil Hunters, living life exclusively in the short-term, never planning or aspiring to anything else?Â
You doubt thatâs even possible. Maybe ânormalâ isnât something that is casual, unlabelled. Maybe ânormalâ isnât about just hooking up and going your separate ways the next morning.Â
Maybe it hasnât been like that for a while now.Â
___
âYou take good care of me, yâknow?âÂ
You lift your head, surprised; you thought Kishibe was asleep. Itâs midday and heâs stretched out in your bed - he had the last of his stitches from surgery removed yesterday; the new medication makes him drowsy - and the last time you glanced in his direction, his eyes were closed.Â
âWhatcha mean?âÂ
You ask the question through a mouthful of piping-hot vegetable soup, having made yourself a bowl while he napped. Sitting cross-legged at the end of the bed with a book in your other hand, you have the bowl carefully perched on your lap â eating in bed is not a common occurrence at your place, but you donât like leaving Kishibe unaccompanied while the meds are wearing off. This way, youâre within reaching distance of him should anything happen.Â
âEverything okay?â you follow up when you donât get an answer.Â
âYeah, all okay,â he mumbles, his voice sleepy but still achingly fond. His eyes are still closed, a lazy grin on his face; you have to imagine that it still hurts for him to smile, but he seems to take some novelty in the fact that he can do it at all. âI was just saying: you take good care of me. Really good care.â
You chuckle softly as you take another sip of the broth. All it took was his stitches being removed and the sentimentality just starts pouring out.Â
âIs this because of that stuff you were saying last week?â you ask amusedly, recalling his reluctant praise for your first-aid skills and how he said youâd make a great doctor . âAbout me quitting and getting into medicine?â
âMaybe?â he answers with the lilt of a question. He sounds a little hazy, almost unsure of whether he even knows himself.Â
Now properly awake, he starts to sit up in bed, clasping his hands behind his head as his lower back stays supported by pillows â again, likely pushing the boundaries of his comfort, but he seems unperturbed by it.Â
Despite the fact that heâs only wearing a t-shirt and that the windows are thrown open to allow some fresh air into the room, his cheeks are flushed pink. His hair is messy, too, the soft black strands pushed back as though heâs run a hand through it.Â
He smiles at you as you eat, eyes scanning your face. If you didnât know any better, youâd say he was trying to commit it to memory.Â
It takes a while for realisation seems to dawn on him, for him to figure out what he had initially meant to tell you.
âI just ⊠wanted to tell you youâre great at this,â he says then, with considerably more determination this time. âAt all of this. And to say how much I appreciate it. To thank you, as if thatâs even enough.â
You lower the spoon from your lips and shoot him a bemused look.Â
âYou a little stoned off the pain meds, huh?â you tease. âThey got you on the good stuff?â
He laughs. âYep, a bit.â
âKnew it.â
âBut Iâm still telling the truth,â he continues with a shrug, and he sounds so sure of himself, âpain meds or no pain meds.â
âAlways honest to an absolute fault,â you remark quietly, stirring distractedly as he gives you a wry smirk.Â
And itâs true.
His honesty wasnât the easiest thing to get used to at first. Teasing and flirtation aside, when it came down to it, Kishibe could be blunt â to the extent that it caused quite a few spats in the early days of your partnership.Â
However, somewhat reluctantly and without any conscious decision on your part, you got used to it over time. It went from aggravating to just annoying to tolerable , and now, you figure that his honesty is more of a virtue than anything else.Â
In your line of work especially, you canât rely on someone who sugarcoats things and builds up a false sense of security. Dependability is everything. Youâd rather hear the truth from him than something that could get you killed.
Heâs an honest hunter. Part of you wonders if outside of work, heâs picking up some of your bad habits.
You slide off the bed and set your bowl down on the nightstand as his gaze follows you. When you return, you hop up next to him, laying down by his side. He shuffles over to make space and you pull the covers up halfway, staying on your side, propped up on an elbow and resting your chin against your hand.Â
Then, you just look at him, taking in the relative peacefulness that he hasnât been able to enjoy in so long.Â
âOkay, in the spirit of honesty,â you begin, smiling to match the expression on his face. âWant to tell me how Iâve been taking good care of you?â
âFishing for compliments?â
âOh, always.â
âWell now whoâs being honest?â
You raise your eyebrows as a means to challenge him; he relents with a laugh.Â
âFine, fine. Want to hear me sing your praises?âÂ
You nod instantly and he rolls his eyes without any malice. With a fond shake of his head, he starts to speak.Â
âOkay, where to start? I mean, I suppose firstly; youâre here all the time. I like that I can go to sleep at night and then wake up in the mornings, knowing that youâre here.â
You snort at the candour and his straightforward delivery. âIs this your way of telling me to back off? Because I wonât be offended. Too much, anyway.â
Kishibe barks out a laugh.Â
âNah, the opposite, actually,â he corrects you, his eyes twinkling, but then grimaces in pain as he rolls out a kink in his shoulder. You shift over to go and help him, but thankfully, the jolt of discomfort passes as soon as it hits. You return to resting on your elbow but stay a little closer this time.Â
âI want you here as much as possible,â he says then, a softness to the words. âSo I can take good care of you, too.â
Oh. Huh. You truthfully werenât expecting that.
You chuckle, unable to think of any other way to respond. Ignoring the heat creeping up your neck, you try not to read too much into it.Â
âYou do take good care of me â saved me from that pack of fiends back in January, for one. Talked me out of signing a contract with that Devil, for another -âÂ
He shakes his head by means of interruption, clearly dissatisfied with the angle youâre taking.Â
âI donât just mean work stuff. I mean ⊠I donât know, doing extra stuff.â
Your brow furrows in confusion. Â
âLike more than what partners do?â you ask, genuinely curious. Itâs hard to think of anything he could do for you that he hasnât already done. You share a relationship of equals; youâve never wanted for anything.
âMore than what partners do,â he agrees, tilting his head to the side. âI meant ⊠like what husbands do.âÂ
Oh.
Oh.Â
You blink at him. He blinks back. Neither one of you says anything else.Â
An unfamiliar sensation rushes through you like a wave, starting in your chest and spreading up and out to your limbs, and itâs such a strong, visceral feeling that you have no idea how you canât place it.Â
Surely something this intense has a name?Â
Kishibe looks far more composed than you feel, far more composed than he arguably should be considering what was just said.Â
Other than his light blush and the way his pupils are just a little blown out, he seems unruffled.Â
You, on the other hand, are decidedly not .Â
Then, before you can even begin to formulate something resembling an answer, he ups the stakes once again.Â
âMove in with me,â Kishibe says, phrasing it as a statement rather than a question, and itâs as though a yearâs worth of unspoken words are hitting you at once.
In a way, you suppose they are.
Unable to do anything else, you sit up straight, lips parting helplessly while no words come out.Â
If Kishibe is concerned by your lack of response, he doesnât show it. He stays where heâs sitting, patiently awaiting an answer without so much as an anxious fidget.
An answer.Â
Your answer.
You search for one desperately, trying to pick just one decipherable thought amongst the thousands rushing through your mind right now âŠ
But before one comes to you, a lightbulb goes off. You donât have to give an answer â no, you shouldnât give one, considering that Kishibeâs on medication, recovering from weeks of pain and rehabilitation, and heâs not thinking things through right now.Â
Of course, you think to yourself as the waves start to subside, this isnât an official offer. Heâll forget all about this in the morning.Â
Rather than stress him out with complications or details or promises that he may not even be aware heâs making, you decide to give him an out. To give him the opportunity to revisit this another time. Â
You twist to the side to look at him, hoping your face doesnât betray you. He looks back expectantly.Â
âMaybe you should get some sleep-â
âI donât need sleep,â he objects, frowning now. âIâm being serious. This isnât the drugs talking - well, maybe part of it is, I donât know ⊠but Iâve been thinking about this for a while.âÂ
You laugh softly, marvelling at the absurdity of this conversation. âYou want me to move in with you?â
He nods. âAnd, to be completely honest, I want a lot more than that.â
You know itâs a bad idea to push further, but your curiosity wins out. âLike what?â
âI want to marry you,â he answers matter-of-factly, and your heart goes from beating too fast to stopping entirely. âI want to wake up next to you in the mornings. I want to see you before we go to sleep every night. And if we get there and decide itâs something we can do, I want to have babies with you and see them grow up in a house we own together. I want to stay with you every day until weâre old as shit and you really do find me ugly.â
He stops speaking like heâs run out of breath. Similarly, you feel as though you canât get enough air into your lungs.Â
You hadnât realised that youâd started trembling.Â
What heâs saying ⊠it sounds like an indulgence. Something thatâs so normal for so many, but so unbelievably idealised in your own mind that you hadnât even allowed yourself to hope for it.
How can you possibly plan for your lives together when you can only take things week-by-week, grateful for every morning you wake up unscathed?
But now ⊠Kishibe isnât unscathed. The worst-case scenario actually happened, but instead of running away when faced with the harsh truth of your mortality, you both got through it. You stayed by his side, caring for and comforting him. He, in turn, placed his trust in you, entirely and without hesitation. And you know that things would be the same if the roles were reversed.Â
But that doesnât mean ⊠youâve never even thought about ⊠how could you begin to take on all of those responsibilities âŠ
Almost as if heâs reading your mind, he elaborates.
âBut I donât mean - I donât want to force you into a life you donât want, or anything like that. We donât need to do it the traditional way. I donât care about the official papers or the white picket fence or any of that bullshit, and the kids thing is a whole other conversation too, and ⊠shit, I didnât mean this to pressure you,â he says, and you know he really means it. âItâs just ⊠I donât know ⊠with everything thatâs gone on, I think Iâd regret it if I didnât say it.â
As the words sink in, something inside you clicks into place.
So thatâs the feeling you just experienced: true regret.
Regret that you hadnât said something like this earlier.Â
Regret that youâd lived a whole life without even allowing yourself a glimpse at the other possibilities.Â
Regret that it took Kishibe nearly dying to get this far, that you had wasted so long pointlessly holding back the inevitable.
But with the regret came a sense of relief as well, relief so great that it feels like a deep breath after being held underwater. Relief that offers your racing mind some much-needed clarity.
You look at him with a smile and his shoulders relax.Â
âYeah, I know what you mean.â
He exhales - you hadnât realised heâd been holding his breath - and nods slowly. âOkay, good,â he says gently. âIs that your answer?â
You shake your head once. âNot quite; I do want you to get some sleep first. I need to be a thousand per cent sure this isnât influenced by those meds. Then Iâll give the official answer,â you finish, ensuring the words are delivered softly so he knows it isnât a rejection.
Thankfully, he doesnât interpret it as one. âFair enough. Canât argue there.â
You lean over to kiss him then hop out of bed to let him rest, picking up the bowl to take back to the kitchen. In preparation for his nap, he settles himself in amongst the pillows and blankets, beaming from ear to ear.Â
âSee you soon, doc.â
You head out, laughing, and just as youâre about to close the door behind you, you call out over your shoulder.Â
âIf this is going to happen, you need to do some serious work on those godawful pet names.â
___
At some point that night, Kishibe wakes next to you. Heâd been in and out of sleep all day and youâd dozed off hours around midnight, but youâre not sure what time it is when your eyes open instinctually at the sound of him stirring.Â
The air feels heavy but warm, almost like an embrace.Â
âYou awake?â he asks softly, but his words are clear and crisp. The medicationâs worn off.Â
You donât roll over, donât shift in place. You stay lying there, staring at the ceiling, feeling your eyes inexplicably prickle with tears.
Happy tears, for once in your life. Â
âMhmm,â you agree softly once youâve cleared your throat. âEverything okay?â
âEverythingâs okay.â
The only visibility in the room is from the moonlight trickling through a small opening in the curtains; not enough for you to see his face, but you know he means it from those two words alone.Â
Itâs time to make good on your promise.Â
âYouâre really sure?â you ask then. âAbout what you said, earlier?â
A beat of silence.
âYeah. I meant it.â
Another moment of pure quiet, slow and sedated, without so much as the sound of a car passing outside.Â
You breathe in deeply.Â
âThen yes. My answerâs yes.âÂ
___
Itâs difficult to pinpoint the moment at which Kishibe officially moved in. You both agreed that it was better for him to move into your place as opposed to finding somewhere new - he practically lives here already, plus you hate packing - and for lack of an official move-in date, today seems as good as any. Kishibe has finally been given the all-clear: a clean bill of health, with minimal long-term damage. The relief is so profound you could cry.Â
And so tonight, youâll toast his recovery and celebrate the move, celebrate getting to this point together, celebrate the good habits youâve picked up from each other and the fact that youâre not as terrible at this as you once feared.Â
Kishibe doesnât have much left back at his old apartment, which makes the move-in process short and sweet. This morning he had gone back to hand in his key to the landlord, packed a suitcase with the few belongings that he hadnât already moved over, and arrived back at your door with a smile on his face and an expensive bottle of whiskey in hand.Â
Now, heâs in the kitchen, preparing dinner. Your offers to help him are pointedly ignored. In his words, he wants to start repaying the favour for all youâve done â you explain that he doesnât need to repay anything but heâs typically insistent â and, truth be told, itâs nice to sit back with a glass of whiskey while a meal is served to you.Â
You enjoy the delicious smells wafting through the kitchen, the sight of Kishibe humming along to one of his vinyls as it spins in the record player on the countertop. You laugh as he tries (and fails) to hit one of the high notes.
He, in turn, appreciates the look on your face when he serves up the dish in front of you. He marvels at your strength, your resilience. He never imagined heâd be grateful for almost dying.
Hours pass with the two of you eating, talking, drinking, acknowledging your mutual ignorance over the course of your partnership - you think back to a time long before his injury when Quanxi mailed a package intended for him to your address, assuming that the two of you were already living together - and you feel your heart swell at how your little apartment is, for the first time, full of laughter and levity.Â
After the meal has been enjoyed and the kitchen cleaned spotless by a highly-motivated Kishibe, you retire to the couch for the evening to sit together, not to rest. In a perfect world, that couch will never need to be slept on again.Â
As you settle on the couch, you donât miss how Kishibeâs gaze lingers on you â the later the hour gets, the more heated glances the two of you share. You feel a pleasant heat creep up your neck as his eyes trail downward.
You mindlessly flick through the channels, settling on some shitty murder mystery you have no intention of actually watching. He wraps his arms around you and you lean your head back against his shoulder, draping his arm over your waist.Â
You hadnât realised that the hem of your t-shirt had lifted a couple of inches until a few minutes later when you feel his fingertips graze against the exposed skin by your hip. Itâs only the lightest of touches but it feels incendiary .Â
Your enthusiastic reaction is understandable since you obviously havenât been able to share any physical intimacy since his injury. His health, understandably, took priority, but now youâre now far more reactive to his touch after months of going without it. He notices.
Testing the waters, you push back against him and feel him already half-hard against your lower back.Â
âI know what youâre doing,â he murmurs softly, his breath hot against the back of your neck. Your laugh is saccharine, playing innocent.Â
You missed feeling him like this. Youâd gotten so used to this type of intimacy, so familiar with each otherâs bodies. Â
Bored of the movie youâd barely been pretending to watch, you crane your neck around to press your lips to his jawline, only barely skimming the sensitive skin. He makes a gruff sound of approval that catches in his throat, and before the moment has passed, he has you lifted up and around onto his lap, pulling you in for a heated kiss.Â
Wasting no time, apparently.
It hadnât taken much to get him going, but then again, it has been a while â you canât fault him for his eagerness when you're just as excited yourself.Â
You return his kiss, eager and hungry as his tongue pushes into your mouth. This is far messier than usual â in the past, youâve taken your time with soft, languid kisses, gentle caresses, but this is different; heated, urgent, as though you physically canât stand the absence of his touch.Â
With immense self-control you pull back, looking with hooded eyes as a thin string of saliva connects your mouth to his.
âBed,â you choke out, the whisper barely audible as it leaves you, but he responds without question. He helps you up from the couch and grasps your hand firmly as you head down the hallway.
Once the bedroom door closes behind you, he half-guides, half-pulls you onto the bed with him. You donât even have time to gasp. Within a matter of seconds, heâs lying on his back in the centre of the bed as you hastily move to straddle him, the movements a little unpolished and frenzied but youâre past the point of caring about appearances.
Your lips are so close to his that you share a breath before he pulls you in for another messy kiss. You grind down on his clothed cock and he shudders, grabbing your hips and grinding back, marvelling at the fact that he can finally, finally touch you like this again.Â
âDo you have any idea how much Iâve fucking missed this?â he whispers into the shell of your ear, having moved his kiss-swollen lips to nip and suckle at your pulse point until you can feel his mark against it. âWeeks and weeks of having to look without being able to touch,â you tug his shirt up a few inches, mirroring his earlier movements on the couch. You gently drag your nails over his lower stomach, over his hips, running your fingers around the waistband of his pants, â⊠fucking hell, fuck, I missed this so fucking much âŠâ
You want to hear more. Every word sends shivers down your spine, goosebumps prickling on your skin, and so you push him a little more; âhow badly did you want to touch?âÂ
He laughs disbelievingly, the sound canting up into a sharp gasp when you slip your hand fully into his pants, cupping the bulge in his underwear. âW-well,â another shaky pant, âitâs âŠÂ shit, itâs most of what I thought about the past month,â a groan this time, â...at least .â
âMm?â
You lean in to kiss his neck, clouding his thoughts even further. He makes an admirable attempt at continuing; âyeah âŠÂ spent every night thinking about the thousand different ways I want to touch you,â you nip his earlobe with your teeth, â... lick you, fuck you,â he swallows thickly. âAnd how could I not?â
You straighten up, giving yourself a moment to catch your breath. âWhat do you mean?â
His breath is heavy as you start to stroke him through his underwear. You feel a bit mean for making it so hard for him to reply, but his shaky moans and the way his muscles tense as you touch him are too much to resist.Â
To his credit, he gives his answer. âHow could I not feel that way when I was there on the couch, thinking about you in our bed? Imagining being able to just reach my hand down and make you come on my fingers, imagining how good youâd taste ⊠knowing you were just down the hallway ⊠holy fuck, it nearly killed me.âÂ
âNearly killed you, huh?â
He nods, letting out a short laugh. âPart of the reason I insisted on the couch.â
You yelp with surprise as he hauls you further up his body â you remember his strength all too well, but hadnât expected him to regain most of it so quickly.Â
âAnd you know what I wanted most of all?â he asks once youâve steadied yourself against his shoulders, pressing a kiss to your forehead before helping you tug off your shirt. Â
Once your upper half is bare you shake your head to answer his question, going to open the buttons of his shirt with unsteady hands. You get the top one open, then the second, then the third -Â
His grin turns salacious. âFor you to sit on my face.âÂ
Thatâs enough to shock you into halting your movement. Your whole body heats, anticipation crackling through you. âI - what?âÂ
His large hands rest against your bare hips before moving up, up, up over your waist and ribs and finally, your breasts, cupping them in his hands and running his thumbs over your peaked nipples. Â
â⊠for you to sit on my face, please ?âÂ
A giggle slips out in spite of everything.Â
Months of not getting to touch like this, and thatâs what he wants to do first? Youâre not going to object too strongly, but; âI didnât ⊠I just ⊠donât you want me to do something for you?â
He smiles again, looking up at you through heavy-lidded eyes, as though he could devour you right now and it would be the best thing that ever happened to him. âThis is for me.â
Well, no use in arguing any further. Wordlessly, you shrug off your skirt and underwear, tossing them on the floor as Kishibeâs eyes stay locked at the apex of your thighs. He lays his head back down on the pillow, practically beaming.Â
You move to the top of the mattress, using the headboard for leverage as you angle yourself over him, thighs caging his head. Too far gone to feel any self-consciousness about your vulnerable position and how evidently wet you already are, you spread your legs further and slowly lower yourself over his mouth, feeling his breath against your soaking folds. Shaking already, you approach and just about feel him âÂ
You half-expected him to tease, but he doesnât; as soon as youâre close enough, he cranes his neck to run his tongue all the way through your entrance, slow and deliberate.Â
Itâs hot, almost unbearably so, and you canât help but cry out as your head falls back involuntarily. His movements stay slow and tantalising as he savours the taste of you, eating you out in a way that could almost be described as leisurely .Â
Any words of praise you want to give him die a sudden death, caught at the back of your throat as keens and gasps and broken fractions of syllables are the only sounds that escape â you can only hope they are sufficient in getting your point across.Â
They do. He groans his approval, spreading you open with his thumbs, marvelling as your thighs start to tremble with every motion he makes. Your fingers hurt from how tightly youâre gripping the headboard.
Your back arches, desperate to seek more of the sensation thatâs sending sparks through your entire body, but heâs careful and methodical in the way he takes you apart. He takes his time, sucking your throbbing clit into his mouth and applying just enough pressure that the build is steady but aching. You start to rock back and forth against the wet heat, trying to resist the urge to ride his face.
He suddenly pulls his mouth away and you almost weep at the loss of contact.
âYou donât have to be careful with me, yâknow,â he points out, the lower half of his face drenched already, âIâve got a full bill of health, so please donât hold back on my account.â
âYeah?â you ask breathlessly, and your clit gives an answering throb when he presses a closed-mouth kiss to it.Â
âI wanna see you squirm on top of me,â he answers, low and heated now, and so you do whatâs asked of you.Â
Sinking back down on him, you start to writhe as his tongue presses flat against your folds, dragging up to circle the bundle of nerves, focusing solely on getting you as close to the edge as possible.
It goes from feeling too careful to too much . Too intense. It feels like a hot ball of fire building in your core, with every probe of Kishibeâs tongue stoking the flames.Â
Then, just as easily as breathing, it goes from too much to just perfect.Â
You werenât expecting the feeling of his stubble against your thighs at this angle to be so uniquely pleasant. It stings a little as you rise and fall, yes, but it adds a whole new sensation that makes you keen almost pathetically, desperate for everything heâs giving you. Every lick against your slick flesh makes you throb, your swollen clit grateful for the friction.Â
You sink your fingers into his soft hair. âMore, fuck, please. I need more.â
He uses his hands to gently push your lower back, prompting you to bend and change the angle which makes his nose graze against your clit. You feel one, then two fingers slip inside you and work you open, the pressure building in your core as your body desperately chases release, moving in whatever way necessary in order to get it.Â
Just as you feel yourself approach the edge, you distantly hear Kishibe mumble something between your thighs. As good as the vibrations feel, you raise yourself up to hear him speak.
âCan you - can you -â he mumbles, the words slurring.Â
âHmm?â you ask, a little cruelly, running a hand through his hair and admiring the view beneath you.Â
âRide me?â he asks. âPlease, please fucking ride me ⊠I know itâs not suave or cool to beg, but please, I need to know what you feel like around me. Fuck, I missed it so much.â
You donât answer with words, instead moving down his body until youâve reached his thighs. You straddle them, and when you pull him in for another heated kiss. you can taste yourself on his mouth. He moans into it, thrusting his hips up between your spread thighs, and you decide heâs wearing far too many clothes.Â
You unbutton his pants with one hand, keeping the other at the back of his neck as you deepen the kiss. He opens his mouth and gasps into the kiss as you take him out of his underwear, his cock so hard it seems almost painful as it bobs against his stomach. He shudders when you slip your hand from his neck down his torso, index finger tracing his chest before you take him in your hand, giving his shaft a few lazy pumps to tease him.
âPlease?â he asks once more, pupils blown out with desire, and you donât feel like denying him (or yourself) for much longer.
You position your hips until theyâre seated above his, your fingers still loosely wrapped around his cock which twitches against your touch, and you only let go of it to brace yourself on his shoulders.
You circle your hips so the head of his cock rubs against your slit; when it catches against your clit you let out a shocked mewl.
He smiles up at you. You smile back, and then you sink down onto him.
âOh fu-u-uck,â he groans with every inch that slips inside, struggling to keep from bucking up into the heat enveloping him. âHow ⊠how do you feel even fucking better than I remembered?â
You feel the stretch even though youâre soaked, but itâs not unpleasant given how well he prepared you.Â
He lets you set the pace as you ride him, pulling yourself up until heâs almost slipping out before sinking back down to the hilt, your slick walls coating his cock.Â
For you, too, it feels better than you remembered. Even though youâre arguably more desperate, more fervent tonight than you have been before, time seems to move slower. It no longer feels as though these are just stolen moments that you need to savour before theyâre gone forever.
This feels nothing like that â this feels wonderful, unending.Â
You quicken the pace as his hips start to buck up into yours. He seems as though heâs resisting the urge to start erratically thrusting up into you, rutting into the heat thatâs enveloping him so perfectly. He bites his lower lip hard.Â
âCanât believe âŠÂ fuck âŠâ he whispers, looking up at you with something that can only be described as pure reverence. â... canât believe I get to have this. Get to have you.â
With that, all measure of self-control is out the window; you speed up your motions and he fucks into you desperately, hands gripping your hips so tightly youâre sure youâll still feel it tomorrow. Every cell in your body seems to burn hot as you lose yourself in the sensation.Â
âS-so good, so, so good âŠâ
When his thrusts turn sloppy and his words start to slur, you know heâs approaching his peak.Â
Itâs close, you can tell itâs close âŠ
However, you reach yours first; the orgasm hit you out of nowhere, the usual build-up lost to the overwhelming sensation. Your vision goes white as you throw your head back, crying out his name over and over again until it echoes in your ears. Unending pleasure wracks your body and happily, you let it.Â
All it took was that sight â you, repeating his name like a prayer as you come undone above him â and heâs spilling inside you with a low groan.Â
You hear your own name falling repeatedly from his lips as he thrusts as deep as he can, ignoring the aftershocks that start when you keep pulsing around him. Heâs so beautiful like this it nearly hurts you.Â
Exhausted, your upper body collapses against his chest and he wraps his arms around you, pressing your sweat-damp foreheads together as he gives a few more shallow thrusts.Â
He doesnât pull out for a little while longer, and when he finally does, he keeps you tucked against him in a tender embrace, filling the room with words of praise.Â
How wonderful you are, how perfect. How loved.Â
The two of you have all the time in the world, and youâre more than content to spend it this way.Â
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When you wake up the next morning, you immediately notice that Kishibe isnât in bed next to you. Your heart sinks as you roll over â his side of the bed is still warm so he canât have gone too far, but you didnât even hear him leave.Â
You sit up with a start.Â
Was this too much? Is he panicking? Is the reality too different from the fantasy you both had come up with?
But before your worries escalate to something more, you pick up some soft sounds coming from the kitchen; pots and pans clanging gently, as if someoneâs trying to use them as quietly as possible without waking you.Â
The faint scent of coffee hits you then, wafting through the gap in the door, along with an aroma youâve become very familiar with over the past while.
Pancakes.
You let out a short, relieved chuckle. Itâs second nature for you to expect the worst and it will take a lot of unlearning, but you figure that thereâs no better person to experience that with than your partner.
You yawn as you slide out of bed - you didnât get much sleep last night, after all - before shrugging on a robe and padding down the hall.Â
âReally leaning into the domesticity, are we?â you call out as you enter the kitchen, spotting Kishibe by the stove with a frying pan in hand. True to form, he has two mugs of coffee ready and holds one out to you as you approach â you accept it with a grateful squeeze of his hand, lifting the cup to your lips and savouring the bittersweet taste. It doesnât go unnoticed that he picked your favourite mug.
âIndulge me?â he asks as he flips a pancake, taking a sip of his own brew, and you make a sound of agreement.Â
âNever said it was a bad thing,â you add with a smile, blowing softly to cool down the drink before taking a seat at the little table in the corner. He has it set for breakfast - a cup of sugar, a little jug of milk, some sliced fruits are laid out in front of you, along with cutlery and plates - and he even has the newspaper folded on the table despite neither one of you ever reading it.
To say that itâs endearing is an understatement; youâve earned one or two clichĂ©s of domestic life.Â
He joins you once the pancakes are finished - â how the hell did you manage to not burn a single one?â - and pulls his chair closer to yours. He glances at you when you take the first bite, almost self-conscious in the way he watches you eat, looking relieved when you hum your approval.
âSo,â he begins, after taking a bite of his own. âThink youâll be going to work on Monday?â
Though his tone is conversational, you know the question is loaded. Itâs not accusatory in the slightest - you know he will respect whatever decision you arrive at as long as you come home to him afterwards - but he just needs to know, to prepare for whatever course you both choose to take.Â
You think for a moment. You assume, based on the trajectory this conversation has taken, that youâll need to look at other prospects. Youâre not sure if youâll quit outright â if thatâs even possible â but you think it might be time for an extended hiatus in the devil-hunting department.Â
The Division would have no hesitation in replacing you should you get injured or be killed in action â they can cope without you for a few months. Or longer.Â
âI think Iâll call in sick,â you reply in between sips of coffee.Â
âReally?â he queries with a grin, turning to face you â you canât help but match it. ââCos I think I will too.â
You nod confidently, feeling your heart swell in your chest.
âSounds like a plan.â
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