Chapter 3
Regulus holds James’ hand all the way to the car that will be taking their little group of four back to the hotel. This isn’t something he usually does, or ever does really. It’s, for this reason, Pandora keeps glancing at Regulus with her eyebrows raised, but he doesn’t really care about what he usually does right now.
All Regulus wants his lips pressed to his own and strong hands holding him.
First, though, they actually have to get to somewhere where Regulus can have that with a little more privacy. Right now, he is settled in the very back seat of an SUV with the entire left side of his body pressed against James. It's about a fifteen-minute ride back to the hotel. The four of them just pass the time with small, but Regulus is ungodly bored. He can think of hundreds of better things to be doing in this backseat.
Oh, god. What is happening to him? He cannot be this feral over some random guy.
Fuck it. He’s not going to care in 30 minutes after he’s had a couple of drinks.
Maybe he should tell Pandora to try to reel him in a little. Yeah, he should definitely do that.
“Hey, you okay? You’ve just been kind of quiet.” James turns and whispers into his ear.
“I’m fine. I just think I would be better if we were alone right now” he responds while bringing his hand up to cup James’ face
Regulus wishes it wasn’t so dark so he could see the brilliant blush he can feel heating James’ face. His wish is also immediately granted because they’ve just pulled up at the hotel. The lights from outside cast a glow onto James’ pink cheeks. It’s really cute, but Regulus breaks the moment by getting up to get out of the car and catching up to Pandora.
Lily is waiting for James to get out. Pandora is a little ahead, so Regulus catches up to her and plainly states “P, I’m gonna need you to put me on a leash or something. I was just thinking about hundreds of unspeakable things I would let that guy do to me.”
She laughs while saying, “You know what Reg, I think it might be good for you. Maybe you will finally have one person to obsess over instead of millions obsessing over you.” Then she whispers, “Let him do some of those things tonight. You really only have anything to gain in this situation.”
Regulus knows that in saying this she means he’s a good guy. She is a scary good judge of character, and if James is friends with her girlfriend(?) then he must be fine. He knows she’s right, but letting James do those things would mean Regulus would have to be vulnerable with someone. That is not his thing.
Whatever. They make it into the bar. A couple of rounds of shots are had and they are all laughing, singing along to the music, and exchanging funny stories of each other's friendships. Regulus finds out that Lily and James dated when they were both 13 before Lily realized she was a lesbian. Pandora giggles at that and then teases James about how she has Lily now. This is endearing to Regulus. Pandora is adorable all the time, but she gets cuddly and giggly when she drinks. Lily obviously is sharing the same reaction because she is pulling Pandora against her and whispering something in her ear.
“Oh,” Pandora starts giggling again. “I thought you’d never ask, love. Regulus bye we are going to my room.” Once she’s about to start walking away with Lily she turns back and says “Have fun with James.” Then she winks. She goddamn winks.
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Pandora is so cute. James is mentally applauding Lily for choosing her. He thinks he could see her fitting in well with their loud group of friends, even if she is generally pretty quiet. Once they are gone though he’s just left at the bar with Regulus. He really isn’t complaining one bit though.
Regulus looks like he’s just made up his mind about something when he turns to James, and asks “Do you want to come back to my room with me? I really don’t want you to feel pressured or like I’m expecting one answer. I can get you a ride to where ever you need to go if you’d prefer that.”
This catches James off guard. The man across from him almost appears nervous, like all of his previous talks was a completely different person. Obviously, he doesn’t want to go home though, so he obviously agrees. Regulus doesn’t get up first. James takes it upon himself to bring the confidence now.
Sliding off of his stool he goes to stand in front of Regulus, practically between his legs, and looking down into his eyes says “Are you going to show me the way?” He adds a smirk at the end and grabs the man’s delicate hands to pull him off the stool. This seems to snap him out of whatever moment he just had because Regulus is now dragging them to the elevator not even five minutes after Lily and Pandora left.
Once they are in and they are shut in the elevator Regulus pushes James back into a corner and looking up through hooded eyes and blown pupils he says “If I remember correctly it was my turn to entertain you before we were interrupted.”
James really has no words for this. He is not going to object. James really thinks this man could tell James to crawl to him, and James would agree without question. Turns out he doesn’t need words though because the bell dings and the doors of the elevator slide open. It seems that Regulus cannot get to his room fast enough because even James, who is significantly taller, is taking more considerable strides to keep up. James really could not agree more right now.
They finally reach a door at the end of the hall and Regulus gets it unlocked fast. The second he does James is on him. He backs Regulus into the room kicking the door shut, which earns a scoff from the smaller man.
“You being cliche being cliche is not entertaining to me.”
“Okay, so tell me what is.” Mostly James says it because he doesn’t know what lines he’s allowed to cross.
“If I’m not feeling entertainment do not worry. I have no problem hurting your feelings.”
With that James really cannot help from pressing his lips to his. They are perfectly pouting, and red from all the kissing they’d done before. James likes it when people are mean to him too, it might be a problem but he couldn’t care right now if he tried. He just keeps kissing this perfect person who he now has to himself. James walks him back toward the bed and tells him to lie down. Regulus does with a little bit of a laugh, but he’s breathing heavily from the kissing so it doesn’t come off as patronizing as it’s probably meant to be.
“Just lay still”, James says as he climbs on top of Regulus and uses his arms to prop himself up over Regulus’ face.
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Oh my god.
That’s pretty much the only thing that is running through Regulus’ mind right now. Oh, and He’s so hot. Seriously, James has a solid frame and he’s significantly taller than Regulus, which really isn’t saying much but still. He also has perfect brown skin and imperfect curls to balance. And his eyes, ohmygod, his eyes are dark brown with small freckles of amber that Regulus cannot stop staring at.
Regulus really is entertained enough just laying under James and staring at how beautiful he is. Wait, that’s not normal. What is happening to him? This doesn’t happen these after-show things are supposed to be quick make-out sessions and they usually get boring pretty fast. They never go this far.
Before he can think too far into it James kisses his neck harshly. Then he proceeds to bite and suck. Regulus cannot help the whimper that comes out of his mouth as his head falls back. His hands search for something and land in James’ hair. He pulls lightly as James works his way across Regulus’ neck.
It’s when he begins to go lower that Regulus can’t really hold his body still but his mind is running rampant.
James will want him to take his shirt off. He will want to put his hands all over Regulus, but Regulus never lets them do that. He never risks what could happen if people don’t like what they see.
His body however is not getting that anxiety-riddled message, so he is still squirming to be touched further and further. James takes Regulus’ hands from the back of his head and pins them above Regulus’ head.
Regulus’ chest is heaving for two reasons right now:
- He is extremely turned on right now
- He thinks James might go places he never lets anyone else go
So Regulus decides to whisper, “James, wait. I uh- I-’... shit”. Regulus hates this part, that's why he never does it. He’s not ashamed, he’s just scared of the reaction he could get. Especially when he is having fun and it could so quickly be ruined. He takes another breath and blinks very deliberately. “You just have to promise me you won’t show any expression. If you change your mind about your plans to entertain me, just leave. I won’t hear shit, but if you want to stay then uh- great”
James, the poor guy, looks so confused. He doesn’t even know what he got himself into tonight. But then once Regulus starts reaching for the hem of his t-shirt he seems to start putting at least a couple of pieces together.
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Regulus just gave James some sort of speech, and he seemed nervous. He really must do this way less than every seems to think. Now he’s reaching for the hem of his own shirt and once he gets it just over his abdomen closes his eyes. James really can’t help but take in Regulus’ smooth porcelain skin. It looks so soft that it may just break if James isn’t careful. He has a feeling though that Regulus is not easily breakable.
Regulus has his shirt off now and James understands. He understands why Regulus was nervous. Why he doesn’t do this often. Why he said to just leave without a reaction if plans changed after this. He can see thin pink scars running across his chest before he tries to meet Regulus’ eyes again but finds they are closed
Regulus is trans. This obviously doesn’t change anything for James, but he wants to be sure that Regulus is okay.
He gently smiles and says softly, “Plans haven’t changed, love.” At his words, Regulus opens his eyes and lets out a sigh.
“Then we are going to have a very entertaining night”, Regulus says with a smirk.