5 - All I want for Christmas

Carleen let out a breathless chuckle, and barely managed to maintain eye contact with Horknath. "And I could watch and listen to you for hours." She did mean it. She wasn't particularly eloquent in those moments - but Horknath was surprising her in the best of ways, not only with his words, but with his touches. She gently wrapped her hands around his neck as he came closer, and finally locked eyes with him. "But... if you're curious to see me less clothed, you may go on," she whispered with a soft smile.

Theseus massaged his neck at first. He still remembered Carleen's scolding regarding Aria - especially the second time around, when she reminded him who he had called a slut out of the blue. Thankfully, Asterius quickly distracted him, and he grinned. "Oh, I'd have fallen for you anyway, Asterius. You are positively gorgeous, and although I saw you as a mere friend at first, I doubt that I'd have remained unmoved by your charms on the long term, had the circumstances been any different!"

Horknath felt his heart leap in his chest when Carleen returned his sentiments out loud - and he took a deep, shaky breath when she leaned towards him, and whispered that sweet offer to him with the softest of smiles. He gulped. Of course he was still feeling nervous, under all his gentle words and touches - but he nodded in the end, conscious that he needed to take yet another step for her. His hands left her breasts to meet each other on her back, where he struggled a little bit with the clasp of her bra before he managed to unhook it. He finally managed to slide the garment off of her, and he got lost admiring her all over again - covering her breasts with his hands to massage them and squeeze them, then taking more courage and lifting his head to nuzzle against her skin and kiss it.

Asterius snorted, and couldn't manage to fight off a laugh. His charms? Oh, my god. He stared lovingly at Theseus, both of his hands on his hips now. "I'm afraid I would have fallen first nonetheless", he answered fondly. It was beyond him how anybody could hear Theseus speak, see him grin and remain unmoved. "You are a wonder."

Carleen let out a chuckle, and ran her hands through Horknath's hair. She felt like a goddess under his hands, given how much he revered her and her body. Oh, and she couldn't wait to return the favour - but she was happy to simply let him explore at his own leisure, bit by bit, with no rush. They had all of the time in the world ahead of them, after all.

Theseus's grin grew even wider. "A wonder! My, Asterius, what delicious choice for words you have! Oh, how I regret that I cannot kiss you breathless right now - I'll make sure to sweep you off your feet as soon as I can." He still did lean to peck his lips lovingly, staying there for a bit.

Horknath kept on kissing her chest for a while, content with just doing that and exploring her back with his hands for a while - mapping her skin with both his fingers and his mouth and tongue.
But, well. Maybe he was a little weak, maybe it was just because having her caressing his hair and hum under his touch was just arousing enough by itself - he soon found himself wanting more. To see more, and to feel more of her. "Carleen", he murmured, not finding the courage to look in her eyes at first. "Do you think we could... uhm. Undress more?"

Asterius smiled in their kiss, gently pecking him back. "Will you throw yourself at my neck to kiss me every time I will pay you a well-earned compliment?", he asked. "I don't want to lie. I am looking forward to that." He paused. "As for sweeping me off my feet, I am fairly positive that at least physically speaking you could already do that, if you put your back into it." He was just teasing him, obviously - even if hoping that Theseus wouldn't perceive that as a challenge was a little naive of him, maybe.

Carleen smiled bashfully at Horknath, but she nodded. "Of course. Hold on- pants are a little tricky to take off, especially in that position." She hesitated. "Or I... could lie down. If you want to undress me yourself," she offered while caressing his cheek.

Theseus's eyebrows raised at the suggestion, and there was a new, dangerous grin on his lips. "Oh, Asterius! You should know better than to tempt me!" And since his boyfriend was still sitting down, all Theseus had to do was squat by his side, and force his hands under his knees and his lower back. He was infuriatingly quick, and would already manage to lift Asterius up a bit before his boyfriend might protest.

Horknath's brain short-circuited for a second when the suggestion was thrown at him - even though something else in him definitely stirred even more awake with interest. Getting his hands all over her, revealing her skin himself? Yes. Yes, he wanted it. He gulped. "Y-yeah", he muttered, red as a beet. He waited for Carleen to get off of him before moving to sit up on the bed. "Hold on, I- I can get my pants off first, if you want?" Well, that wasn't exactly romantic talk, but cut him some slack - boy's nervous.

Asterius was never going to get used to Theseus' rapidness. He might have a super short attention span when it came to something that didn't interest him, but the time he needed to react to something was even shorter. He let out a very funny-sounding, disgruntled sound when his boyfriend managed to get him up from the chair, eyes widening and losing his balance for a split second. Thankfully enough he managed not to fall over him. He did let out an impressed snort, incapable of keeping that for himself. "You are full of surprises. Can't wait to tell my father that my boyfriend can manage to lift me up", he commented.

Carleen chuckled once more. "Wait. Let me-" She shifted closer to Horknath to kiss him slowly, deeply, and ran her hands on his torso until she could grab the hem of his pants. She gently pulled him towards her, and almost broke their kiss at that point, but decided against it, both because she liked it, and because it might put him more at ease. She reached for the button and popped it open, and pulled the zipper down, before she ran her hands on his sides and reached low, low, pushing his pants down in the movement.

Theseus laughed - but it was clear as day that lifting Asterius up still was a challenge in itself, and definitely didn't feel as mundane as lifting some weights. He eventually put him back on his feet, and straightened up. "And I could do it for much longer, provided that I had a proper warm-up beforehand! You may tell your father so," he added with a knowing wink.

Horknath was a little startled at first - but he immediately relaxed when Carleen started to kiss him, and rested his hands on her hips in order not to leave them idle by his sides.
He seized up a little bit when her hands ran over his abdomen, and had to remind hismelf how to breathe when she pulled his pants down. The fact that she was still kissing him helped to quell his sudden agitation though, and he felt extremely grateful for that. He shuffled a little, and had to break their contact for a brief second to lift his hips so that she could keep on undressing him.

Asterius chuckled. "I will. Or you will tell him yourself when you'll see him on Christmas", he added with a little smile, leaning down to press a soft kiss on his boyfriend's grinning mouth before looking at his own discarded winter jacket. "Well, then. Shall we go back to my apartment? If you're still intent on painting my horns, that is."

Carleen smiled to herself and pulled Horknath's pants completely off. She was slightly distracted when she spotted the effect this whole situation was having on him, but soon lifted her gaze to smile at him. She laid a hand on his torso again and stroke his hip with the other as she kissed him once more, deep and long. Only when they pulled apart for breath did she wrap her arms around his neck to guide him down with her, when she laid down on the mattress.

"Of course!" Theseus replied, and he quickly went to grab his own Winter coat - he always looked stylish no matter the season. "I have everything I need," he assured his boyfriend while he wrapped a scarf around his neck, and neatly tucked its end inside his collar.

Horknath meekly let Carleen drive him down with her, trying not to think about how strangely excited he had felt when Carleen had glanced down at him - with what he hoped had been an appreciative look. He kissed her just as deeply as she had, lovingly, passionately, and let his hands roam over her chest once more before sliding them down, on her sides and hips - fingers ghosting on her skin. He briefly hesitated, hands lingering on the hem of her jeans before he finally took courage and finally unbuttoned her pants and unzipped them, gently tugging them down.

Asterius shrugged on his jacket, getting lost for a second in admiring Theseus' stylish attire. "Very well. Let's go", he murmured, waiting for his boyfriend to close up the apartment's door. He hesitated a little bit before reaching for Theseus' hand, to try and see if he would allow their fingers to entwine together.

Carleen broke the kiss and bit on her lower lip when Horknath pulled her pants off, revealing the lace pantie that matche the bra that had been discarded shortly before. She smiled at him, a bit shyly, and reached for the hem of his underwear, sliding the tip of a finger underneath the elastic. "There we go," she breathed out with a nervous chuckle, yet her eyes were loving.

Theseus beamed when Asterius took his hand, and he squeezed his boyfriend's in return. Physical affection had never been something he particularly enjoyed before with any of his exes - he merely complied to it. But with Asterius? It made his heart flutter, and giddiness stir in his stomach. "Let us go then, Asterius!" He guided him towards the elevator, so that they might get down together, and reach his apartment.

Horknath gulped. He slid his hands over Carleen's thighs, gently groping the supple skin up to her butt. Oh, she felt and looked like a work of art - no book, no matter how good the author had been with words, could ever come close to what he was feeling right now. As his fingers hooked shyly over the hem of her cute, lacy panties he felt her own slide under his last garment - and the thought alone made him almost jump. He looked up to meet her gaze and saw her smiling - maybe a little nervous - and he felt reassured that she felt just as tense as him, but maybe also just as eager. He smiled softly back at her. "There we go", he repeated in a low voice, pulling her underwear down - but keeping his gaze on her face, both to reassure her and also because if he looked down right now he knew he might have combusted.

Unknowingly to Theseus, Asterius felt just the same. He felt his heart swell when his boyfriend accepted his hand with his usual enthusiasm, and he simply hummed in answer, following him in the elevator.
He didn't let go of his hand for their whole walk back to his apartment - and he actually didn't even fret, even though the weather was cold. He wanted to take his time.
When they finally arrived, he opened up the door to the apartment and invited Theseus to walk in first - Spike already starting to wobble towards them excitedly, asking for pets. And, as soon as he'd get his fill, he'd wander off to climb up the stairs to get to his daddy's bedroom.

Horknath always had the habit to close up the apartment's door with his keys even when he was inside.

Carleen bit on her lower lip and- alright, she looked down. She had intended only to help Horknath undressing her, but she definitely caught sight oh his own manhood, since she had been undressing him in the same moment.
It definitely wasn't the first time for her, but never before had it felt so... important. Different. She felt a little shy still, given that it was their first time together, but it also felt sort of... natural.
Maybe that's what gave her the audacity to reach down, and brush her fingers against his hardened flesh.

Theseus, now that he knew that Spike didn't want to bite his arm off - he had unfortunate meetings with dogs in the past - pet the good doggie for a bit before he took off his coat.
The walk to Asterius' apartment had been short, yet long enough for the cold to have his nose ache in the most unpleasant way.
"Before we get to the painting, Asterius- would you mind helping me warming up a bit?" He asked, almost cornering his boyfriend with what he hoped would pass as a cocky grin.

Horknath took a sharp intake of breath, and bit hard his lip when he felt her touching him. When he opened back his eyes to look into hers, the desire he felt was more than visible in them. He briefly stopped in his attempt to get her underwear off to awkwardly kick away his own, that had been probably dragged around his thighs by now. He shot her a little smile, and soon was back kneeling over her, guiding her panties down for good, letting them fall on the side. He looked down at her and, aside from shyness and arousal, he felt himself grow nervous again.
Not really having any experience to talk of, he moved his hand to experimentally caress her with his fingers.

Asterius snorted with amusement when he found himself cornered against the couch by a seemingly eager Theseus. He rolled his eyes a little at his antics, but as always he was positively charmed by then. "As the king commands", he answered jokingly, sitting down on the couch after getting rid of his jacket. Wordlessly inviting him to straddle him again, because that position was less straining for both of them to kiss.

Carleen let out a soft sigh. Horknath's hands were far from cold, so she wasn't too startled by the touch. She bit on her lower lip and, since she felt him being a little hesitant, she gently folded her hand around his, to guide his fingers where she enjoyed being touched down there, whispering shy encouraging words to him. She might lock eyes with him at some point, and she let out a nervous yet fond chuckle, before she cupped his cheek with her free hand for a soft kiss.

Theseus grinned and wrapped his arms around Asterius neck when he straddled his lap, his knees digging into the couch's cushion. He gently pressed the tip of his nose that wasn't covered by the cast against his boyfriend's snout for a few seconds - and it was indeed freezing cold - until he felt comfortable enough to resume kissing him.

Well. Everything certainly seemed to be going pretty fine.

Horknath and Carleen on the threshold of making love - Horknath had let her guide his hand for a while, observing and trying to get to know her body so that he could start acting on his own, little chuckles and tender kisses exchanged together with more heated touches.
Asterius gently making out with Theseus on the couch downstairs, petting his hair and - at times - carding his fingers in it and pulling a little, as he had learned his boyfriend appreciated, exchanging kisses that even being nothing more than gentle pecks, went so long they left him breathless.

And all this in blissful ignorance of what was happening on the other floor.

But there's always a wild card in every equation, and in this case it's a four-legged, mildly drooly and well-intentioned bulldog who had decided to trot inside his daddy's bedroom and, seeing him on the bed with someone else, thought it a good idea to try and be part of that fun game too.
"Spike, no! Down! Bad dog!" But Horknath's flustered and embarrassed reproach and shove was definitely not enough to make Spike step back. If anything, now he was even more convinced that this was, in fact, a game - at least judging by the furious wagging of his little stubby tail and by how he picked up Carleen's discarded panties with his mouth and swiftly ran away with them, happy to hear his master yell at him and fall from the bed in an attempt to get him before he could get out of the room. Uselessly, of course.

Horknath stumbled down the stairs, trying to prevent Spike from hiding Carleen's panties somewhere or even rip them with his teeth. "Spike I swear if you ruin-", he started, sounding pissed (c'mon, with all the times this could happen did it have to be now? NOW!?) before he took in the scene on the couch in front of him. "Asterius? Theseus!? WHAT IS GOING ON-" He finally realized just how naked he was and quickly dived down to cover himself.

Spike was excitedly waiting for him just next to Asterius legs, Carleen's panties still in one piece on the ground.
Oh boy, what a grand time he was having! Surely, all these people now would have wanted to play with him!

At first Carleen had been startled, and had laughed when Spike had jumped on the bed and broken their moment. She let out a shocked gasp when Spike grabbed her pantie, worryingly looked at Horknath falling from the bed before she could ever think of stopping him, and then he was out of the room, running in the apartment. Completely bare.

And she heard his voice raising and- ah. The all-too familiar voice of her own brother.

At first Theseus had been startled to be interrupted while kissing Asterius - but then several states of shock hit him at once. First- he was not expecting Horknath to be at home. Second, neither was he expecting him bare, but he had already seen him sometimes in the showers after practice, so he wouldn't have been too unsettled by this, but-
It suddenly hit him.
Horknath was supposed to be with his sister.
"What are you doing in-," he started, prepared to get mad at the fact that he might have left Carleen alone-
This time, it hit him like a brick.
Horknath was home early, naked, and in a dying state of arousal.
"Where IS MY SISTER," he asked at once, getting up from the bed in an instant. Carleen had not told him yet about a relationship with his boyfriend's brother, and as such, he was imagining the worst!
He had also completely failed to register that Horknath had been shocked to see him kissing his brother on their couch.

Let's be real, upon hearing that last shout Carleen quickly opened Horknath's drawers to find a clean underwear and shrugged his sweater on, hoping she'd managed to get down before anyone got hurt.

Horknath too had been hit by several states of shock at the same time - and by such, he was still staring at both Theseus and his brother, eyes wide like a deer caught in the headlights of a truck. He opened and closed his mouth various times, emitting some stuttering noises, before his brain finally caught on and reeled at the implicit accusation Theseus was moving towards him. "She's- eXCUSE ME, I SHOULD BE THE ONE ASKING QUESTIONS HERE! YOU WERE THE ONE SMOOCHING MY BROTHER ON MY COUCH", he yelled defensively, looking at Asterius to try and get some help from him.

Asterius, who amidst all that confusion, seemed to be the only calm person in existence. He blinked at both, not understanding what all the fuss was about. Surely Theseus must have known their siblings were dating, right? Even if they were having sex, it wasn't anything out of the ordinary for a couple. Sure, the situation in itself was embarrassing, but-

"YOUR BROTHER AND I ARE IN LOVE, AND CARLEEN CERTAINLY HASN'T TOLD ME THE SAME ABOUT YOU-" Theseus countered as he walked towards Horknath, with the intent to punch him.

Thankfully, Carleen had hurried down the stairs by now, in the sweater Horknath had been wearing that day - that was definitely oversized on her and probably reached her knees. "THEE, STOP! I'm sorry, I was about to tell you about us tonight, calm down!" She had thankfully thought about bringing a spare pair of clean underwear for Horknath, which she quickly and bashfully handed to him.

Meanwhile, Theseus had been left almost wheezing when his sister had come down, and he was throwing glances between the two of them, scoffing in disbelief, before he hid his eyes. "Oh, how I wish I could unsee what I've seen-"
"Thee, you've seen a dick before," Carleen replied, rolling her eyes.

"You two were about to bed each other!" Theseus protested overly dramatically.

Asterius had immediately raised from his seat to take a hold of Theseus' wrist to stop him from attacking his brother.

Horknath had been more than ready to defend himself - Theseus looked like he had all the intention to fight him - when luckily Carleen appeared like the saving grace she was. And with a spare pair of underwear for him, too! He awkwardly thanked her, hurrying to dress himself up just enough to be decent. "Well- what if we were!", Horknath quipped back, looking almost offended. "We're both consenting adults! And- and besides", he added, looking at Carleen. "Apparently, he and Asterius are a thing now!"
Yeah he had not forgotten about that little detail.

Let's be honest, Theseus's reaction might have been worse, had Asterius not grabbed his wrist.
"We're not a thing, we're in love, you-" he started to reply, still offended, when Carleen's voice interrupted him. Thankfully, she was used to deal with her brother's anger outbursts.

"We are, too," she assured her brother with a soothing voice. "And Horknath was being very gentle with me, and this was my idea in the first place." When she saw her brother finally relax and lean into Asterius' side, she let out a smile, turning towards Horknath. "I'll admit, I was sort of... expecting them to. Well. Be together soon," she admitted with a shy smile. "So it doesn't come as a shock for me, but I'm happy for them."

Horknath sighed, relaxing as well. He had no intention to fight with Theseus to begin with, let's be honest - and his reaction had been mostly due to finding himself in such an embarrassing situation so suddenly. And- alright, the fact that he had been literally cockblocked before anything could happen had contributed to his upset reaction. "Well- I only knew that Asterius liked him", he bashfully explained to Carleen. "He had failed to mention that they had decided to start dating", he added, throwing an half-hearted accusatory glance in his brother's direction. "But it's alright. 'terius has always been very private, even with me and Aria - and I'm glad it's your brother." He remembered not liking Asterius' previous boyfriend all that much.

Asterius threw a little apologetic smile at Horknath when he got glared at. "I didn't try to hide it. I just got distracted", he murmured, trying to further soothe Theseus by wrapping an arm around him. He sighed then, glancing down at Spike. "I believe those are yours", he kindly noted, nodding towards the pair of panties and looking back to Carleen. "And I believe I could go for a beer", he added, leaving Theseus to get to the fridge.

Carleen let out a startled laugh when Asterius left. "Yeah sure, leave us to our awkward meeting on our own, then!" She shook her head, and turned towards Horknath to explain. "Aria and I talked about the fact that our brothers were all over each others, so. I got warnings. And this," she said, crouching down to retrieve her pantie, which she shook in front of Spike, "is mommy's. It's not for you to play with."

Theseus was staring at the both of them a little awkwardly still, and cleared his throat. "Alright, erhm. You two may- resume your canoodling, I'll. Urhhhh- ask Asterius to get me a beer as well."

Asterius chuckled at Carleen's remark as he walked away. Indeed, he had always been the master of dignified withdrawals. He hummed when he heard Theseus ask for a beer as well, and opened up the fridge to fetch two bottles.

Horknath snorted. "If it may reassure you, I think I am speaking for both me and Carleen when I say that the mood for canoodling has kind of died off. And we certainly won't resume it while you and my brother are in the vicinity", he added, shaking his head. He looked fondly at Carleen as she playfully reproached Spike for stealing her undies, and felt himself melt when she called herself his mommy.
She had adopted his dog. This really was true love.

Spike merely let out a single bark, that really meant nothing, and rolled on his back, his butt moving as he wagged his tail to be pet.

"Hahahhaha. Of course, I mean! That'd be awkward. With us. In the same place. Of course! Just- well put some pants on, friend-" Theseus bumped against the couch on his way backwards to the kitchen, where he hugged Asterius and hid his face against his torso.
His sister and his boyfriend's brother were having sex - or were at least ready for it and he had so many conflicted feelings about it.
The dumbest one being 'I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT SEX WITH ASTERIUS TWENTY MINUTES AGO AND YOU WENT EVEN FURTHER' but I digress.

Carleen finally stood back up and let out a smile when she watched her brother make a fool of himself, before she sighed and turned towards Horknath. "Well! That didn't go exactly smoothly, did it," she said on a playful tone.