Friday Flash: Fire & Ice #1

What’s a lonely frost elemental to do when the nights get too cold and long? Simeon takes up pen and paper, drawing page after page of the two hot men he dreams about. Little does he realize that Josh and Ryan are as real as he is, and that the three of them are headed for a steamy collision of everything from hearts to minds to hands, lips and well, all parts south of the tops of their heads.

Fire & Ice

“Shit.”

Simeon watched the tail lights disappearing into the distance with a sinking sensation in the pit of his stomach. Carl was nice. He’d professed comfort with Simeon being a little on the cool side. They had several fun dates where they met up at the local ski-lodge, and then went cross-country skiing or snowmobiling. Simeon did everything in his power to hide his…differences.

He liked having a boyfriend. They’d only kissed a couple of times, and Carl started to push for more after the third date. Simeon thought he could hold it together, keep his power under wraps. He’d overestimated his control.

They had dinner, and then moved to the living room. Simeon put one of his favorite videos in. Will Ferrell was so funny in it. That was where things started to go wrong.

“Elf?”

Carl’s voice blew straight past disbelief to incredulity.

“Uh, yeah. I love this movie…don’t you think Will Ferrell is funny in it?”

Carl shook his head. It didn’t look like a negation so much as though he were trying to clear it.

“You actually want to watch Elf?”

Okay. Simeon was starting to get nervous now. Carl said that as if…there was something wrong with liking the movie.

“Uh…we can pick another movie instead. I just thought this one would be fun…and well, it’s my favorite so I wanted to share it with you.”

Carl blinked at him.

“Just how old are you Simeon?”

Crap. Simeon couldn’t lie, and he was pretty sure that either way he answered Carl wasn’t going to appreciate the information.

“I-uh-I’m 19. Sort of. Or 319.”

Simeon smiled weakly at Carl.

Carl blinked again, and got up from the couch with his jacket in hand. Patting Simeon on the shoulder he said, “Kid, you should probably call your counselor or whoever helps you get your meds adjusted. Clearly, it’s time to get them checked again. They can’t possibly be working.”

Then he was out the door.

*****

Warm lips kissed up each shoulder, one pair circling around to the front of his throat before moving up his jaw line toward his mouth. The second pair settled in at the juncture of his neck and shoulder on the left side, nipping and sucking and flat-out driving him insane. Simeon was burning up. He could feel the steam rising from his skin. He’d never felt like this before. A hot hand slid down his chest to tease along the crest of one hip. The further down it moved, the hotter it felt against his cool skin. By the time the long fingers and strong palm encircled the base of his diamond hard cock, Simeon was gasping with need.

“Please. Please.”

A low, dirty chuckle sounded in his ear.

“Why Ryan, I do believe our boy is trying to ask you for something.”

“You know Josh, I think you might be right.”

As the second voice spoke, the hand around Simeon’s phallus began to move, stroking him with firm, even, and purposeful strokes. The deliberate motion combined with the steadily growing heat pushed Simeon higher and higher in a vortex of desire until he was flung, shouting, from the highest precipice.

Simeon jerked awake, his throat raw and his sheets sticky.

This was the fifth time he’d dreamed about Josh and Ryan, their hot hands and hotter mouths roaming his body. He sat up in bed and reached for his sketch pad. A frisson of sorrow passed through him.

“If only they were real.”

He laughed at his own whimsical thoughts, and then turned back to his drawing. He’d gotten Josh’s lips right in the last attempt, but he still wasn’t satisfied with Ryan’s eyes. Sticking his tongue out to touch the corner of his lips, Simeon lost himself in the soothing motions of the colored pencils slipping over the page.

After a while, Simeon gave a grunt, throwing the sketchpad down with a grunt. Ryan’s eyes still weren’t right. The shape was better this time…but something was missing from the expression. They weren’t wild enough, or hot enough. Crap. He knew he could get it right if he had an actual person to draw from.

“Even a photo would help.”

The ringing of his doorbell shattered the early morning stillness.

Who could that be? Simeon racked his brain, but couldn’t think of anyone who had reason to show up at his house this early. He hadn’t even ordered anything from online. Maybe he should. The UPS guy was nice, and it gave him someone to talk to.

The buzzer sounded impatient this time.

Simeon fell out of bed, dragging his robe off the back of the closet door and shoving his sock clad feet into a fuzzy pair of snow white bunny slippers.

A heavy knocking started.

Simeon scampered down the hall, sliding to a breathless stop against the front door.

“J-just a minute.”

A rich, dark, smoky voice rolled through the door.

“I don’t care Josh. He needs us now. My father owes me a boon for what I did last Michaelmas, and I’m calling it in for this. We won’t get in trouble.”

A lighter tone rang out like the belling notes of a trombone played by a master. If he called out-

“Okay, Rye. Tell him to open the door before he freezes right to the floor. Geez, who ever heard of a frost elemental who couldn’t take the cold?”

A sharp smacking sound thudded through the door. Simeon stared at the thick wooden expanse with wide eyes. It couldn’t be. He. He’d dreamed them. His heart beat faster and faster until it felt as though it would leap from his chest, and he was gasping for air. Simeon flung the door open.

His vision narrowed to a black tunnel. At the far end he saw them framed in an oval of purest white, his Josh and Ryan. And now he knew exactly what he’d gotten wrong in the picture.

“Too cold—”