Eviternal [manxman]

Collin x Nael

Hoi! It is recommended to read chapter 9 of Redemption first but you do you!

Collin x Nael

Deep breaths.

He is fine.

Nothing happened.

I had absolutely lost it when I had turned around and Nael hadn't been standing where I had left him. My greatest fear had come true and I had been ready to tear the entire sphere apart to find him. A few angry visits to the usual suspects who wanted to piss me off later, I had been standing in the middle of Moros' bedroom, fuming with anger and trying my best not to kill him. He had dared to steal what was mine and it had taken me all of my self control not to make him pay for it right then and there. Not because I cared about what happened to him but it would have frightened Nael.

There will always be next time I see his fugly face.

The asshole had hurt him more than enough, he had worked hard to overcome the fear installed deep in his mind, the trauma which was making him relive the pain he had experienced and I had been dead set on getting Nael out of there with as little damage to him as possible. I hated that he still loved him once he was around him, that he wanted to worship the ground he walked on and much to my dismay he had acted on that feeling while I had been forced to watch. As soon as the effect of Moros' presence was going to wear off, he'd start hating him with all his might again and then himself for kissing him.

If possible, I wanted to avoid that and I was trying to come up with a plan while I was racing against time. He needed to be prepared mentally in order to be able to accept that he had kissed the one person he despised with all of his heart and that he would have been willing to go even further if I hadn't gotten him out of there in time. If his brain was going to get flooded with those memories right now, it was going to break him and I wouldn't be able to pick up the pieces again.

"Come here, Nael." I said softly, watching his wings perk.

He skipped over, looking up at me expectantly while his tail curled around my leg and he purred softly. I smiled at him while the tight feeling in my chest kept increasing since I feared I wouldn't be able to keep harm away from him this time. He beamed at me, now knowing how dangerous this was to his mental health and he wagged his tail like crazy, almost bursting with excitement as I reached up to brush my hand against his cheek. I rested it there for a few seconds before I moved it upwards to trace his brow bone.

Nael was such an innocent, adorable thing who just wanted nothing more in life than to be loved and have someone to love with everything he had. He deserved happiness, he deserved to finally be free of his past and it pissed me off that that asshole just couldn't let things be. Moros was so egoistic that he snatched him away from right under my nose, allowed him to be close to him even though he knew what that did to him and willingly risked endangering his newfound happiness. I'd hate to see this break Nael and turn him into a bitter version of himself when he could have finally gotten away for good this time. 

"Just don't think okay?" I whispered, cupping his face. "Can you do that for me?"

"I can!" He chirped, beaming up at me.

I pulled him closer to me, pressing my lips against his forehead. His purring grew louder and he rested his forehead against my chest, enjoying some scratches in between his wings. I carefully eased him into the mind space he needed to be in by showering him in affection and simply holding him and allowing him to feel safe. He had spend so much time hiding that side of him in fear of rejection he needed a little push sometimes before he could let go completely and just be himself but he had grown so much recently and he allowed himself to discover and develop this side of him.