fourstrings | glaciers have melted to the sea

glaciers have melted to the sea

[ Before he’d actually made SOLDIER, Zack had figured the mako treatment was a one-time deal. Get an injection or whatever and BAM! You’re supercharged! Go fight the good fight! The reality of it is that it’s an ongoing thing, and not even one you can really plan for because you get like three day’s notice – a week, if you’re lucky – and then you have to go in and get a treatment that takes all morning and can leave you useless for days. If there’s a pattern to it Zack doesn’t know what it is – one time Angeal got called in twice and Zack didn’t even have to go once – but the one time he asked about how they decided who got treatments when, the people in medical told him it was classified in a snooty kind of way that made it sound like he should have known better than to ask.

This time, he gets told two days ahead. It’s the shortest notice he’s ever had. It feels different after, too; he feels achy and heavy and a little sick to his stomach, which is normal, but it usually makes him want to sleep for a week and this time instead of that there’s just this buzzing under his skin, restless, like an itch. He can’t help thinking maybe it’s for the best; this is the first time he’s been called in while he and Cloud have been together, so it’s the first time he’s gonna see Cloud after, and he’s glad Cloud’s first intro to what he’s gonna have to do eventually isn’t one of the really bad ones.

Cloud’s pretty great about it, though. The guys from medical wheel Zack back – standard procedure – and Cloud is waiting, ready with a surprisingly well-told fib about just being here to keep an eye on his friend, and he brings Zack some water and steers him right to bed to sleep like Zack had warned him he’d probably want to do, and just sits with him, running fingers through his hair in a way that really does help with the headache.

Except. Zack can’t sleep. That itchy-under-his-skin feeling is still there and the pressure that feels like it’s building up in him is only getting worse. He fidgets, tosses and turns a little, and he doesn’t mean to be rude when Cloud asks if he’s okay and he doesn’t respond, it’s just a lot. Eventually he plants his face into Cloud’s lap, frustrated, wanting the comfort, and -

oh. Oh. Yeah. That’s better. That’s good. Cloud smells amazing, and before Zack really knows what he’s doing he’s pushing Cloud’s shirt up and out of the way so he can bury his face against the younger boy’s stomach, breathing him in and pressing a warm, open-mouthed kiss to the skin there.

He’s popped some unexpected boners before, but he’s never gotten hard as fast as he gets hard once he’s touching Cloud’s bare skin. ]

Cloud.

[ He has more to say than that, surely! He pulls at Cloud's shirt. ]

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Mmm.

[ Just a low hum as he rolls his hips forward and presses himself into Cloud's touch before he remembers that Cloud asked him a question and he's being rude. ]

That's good. That's really good.

[ It is! It feels good, obviously, but it's also like it focuses all the jitters he has. Like the prickly, marching-ants feeling all over his skin contracts and focuses itself into pleasure where Cloud's touching him. He sighs at the relief of it, grazes teeth against Cloud's neck. ]

You're the best medicine.

[ awesome! maybe cloud can still crush it when it comes to the whole Being An Awesome Boyfriend thing. taking care of zack like this is... uh, a little different to anything he'd planned, but cloud's not complaining! if it makes zack feel good, he's more than willing -- and it's not like touching zack like this is ever a hardship.

it's helpful that zack dressed to be comfy for the whole procedure -- the soft sweatpants he's wearing just have a button at the fly, so it's easy for cloud to pop that open and slide his hand inside. there, he can wrap his fingers around zack properly, sighing a little at the feeling of zack already hot and hard against his palm. ]

[ He groans at that touch. Loud, unguarded, totally shameless. It's so good already - Cloud's hand is warm, a beautiful combination of softness with little calluse patches from his rifle like extra points of stimulation, and Zack can't help rocking up into his grip. He grabs for the front of Cloud's pants before he remembers his manners and thinks to check - Zack wants to make this good for Cloud too, but he did go kind of 1-100 on him there! Maybe Cloud's not as into it! And if he's not, they should stop, which is gonna suck but he needs to know! ]

Can I touch you too?

[ oh. the way zack groans is enough to make cloud dizzy -- almost definitely the thought of all that blood promptly leaving his brain so it can race downwards towards his dick. and when zack follows it up by groping at the front of cloud's pants? his response is an embarrassing little whine, hips jolting forward into zack's touch before he can stop himself. ]

A-Are you sure? I mean, I'm... [ giving zack a little squeeze, then following it with a slow stroke from base to tip. ] ... supposed to be taking care of you.

I'm sure. That feels good. I wanna make you feel good, too. I wanna hear all the little noises you make when you do. Wanna see your face like that.

[ He's on the right track, he can tell. He can... smell it, kinda? Maybe taste it? Or... hear it, something like that. Whatever it is, he can tell. Cloud likes touching him like this, it's turning him on, and he'd feel good if Zack touched him, too. ]

[ okay. okay! it's not like cloud was ever gonna take a lot of convincing, but if it makes zack feel good? then... it's all part of his master plan to be the best boyfriend ever, right? ]

Then yeah. [ shyly, even though it's just the two of them. ] You can touch me.

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Good.

[ Thanks probably would have been better, more polite, but for now he's just concerned with getting Cloud's pants out of the way so he can wrap a hand around his cock. He growls when he does - he was right. It feels good, hot in his hand, and he strokes just like Cloud was doing for him. ]

I love the way your cock feels in my hand. Wish I could just spend all my time touching you.

[ That's... considerably more blunt than he usually is, at least this early on, but at least it's honest? ]

[ oh. oh, wow. that growl already goes straight through cloud in a bolt of heat, but. zack saying that??? to him??? oh boy. cloud can feel the way the heat leaps up into his face, and... oh man, is it possible to pass out because your face and your dick are hogging all the blood? it seems... possible. especially because his brain is kind of forgetting how to function enough to... Words. ]

I-I -- Um, I -- [ there is a part of him, traitorous and uncool, that wants to blurt out something stupid. like thanks. instead, cloud tries to focus his attention on starting up a proper rhythm of stroking zack -- nice and slow. ] Wow.

[ Wow is right. Cloud starts stroking over him with rhythm, and whatever's going on with this weird round of mako suddenly feels like a good thing. It's like each stroke is a wave that spreads out through his whole body, warm and wonderful. Shame Cloud didn't get one too, really - but Zack still matches pace, grinning as he feels Cloud thicken in his hand, plumping up the rest of the way to fully hard. The thought that Zack is the one doing that for him makes him grin, and he ducks his face to Cloud's neck again, nips gently there before he sucks the skin tight and hums at the feel of it. ]

[ zack's mouth finds cloud's neck, and the way he sucks at the skin there is enough to make cloud gasp, rhythm faltering as his brain sizzles with static. zack's usually careful about leaving marks, even if the scarf that comes with cloud's uniform is enough to cover them. but, uh. if that's what he feels like doing? cloud is not complaining.

it takes effort just to get his own stupid hand back to moving again, stroking over zack in steady pumps. not because he doesn't like doing it, but -- jeez. when zack starts touching him, it's hard not to end up in a drooling, useless heap. maybe cloud should have banned touching, after all. ]

You're good at this. Feels amazing, Cloud. My Cloud. You're always so good.

[ Cloud may be having trouble focusing, but it doesn't make a bit of difference to Zack. It's incredible. It always is, but especially now, when it calms the jangling that's been running through his body and focuses it on how good he feels instead. He kinda wants to suck another mark into Cloud's skin, but there's time for that. Lifts his head to find Cloud's mouth instead and kisses him, deep and hungry, and that's good too. Cloud's mouth is warm and wet, and it feels like Zack can taste how much he wants this. ]

[ what?? is happening??

there's a very small part of cloud that pipes up with a concern that maybe they need to call general hewley after all, because someone in the labs must've swapped zack out with a lookalike that has it out for cloud. because this zack? is clearly trying to kill him.

heaping praise on him, even though cloud is barely even doing anything. marking him up for other people to see, calling him my cloud. all of it is making cloud so turned on he's dizzy with it, and he's just lucky that zack stifles his whine when he seals their mouths together. even the kiss is just... whoa. wow. it's the kind of kiss zack usually saves when one of them has been away on deployment for awhile, and they finally have each other back behind closed doors again.

and when cloud finally has to break it just to breathe? he's flushed and panting, dazed. ] Wow.

Yeah.

[ It's wow! It's very wow. Cloud's breathing heavy, and that's amazing, like a shot right to his ego. But he wants - ]

Wait.

[ He wants to be naked. Nothing between him and Cloud. He rubs his thumb over the head of Cloud's dick like a little apology before he removes his hand so he can strip off the rest of Cloud's clothes, does the same with his own in short order. The he settles back in to kiss Cloud again, and if he presses in close so he can rub their dicks together who can blame him? Cloud is hot, Zack can't help but appreciate him. ]

Wait?

[ and if cloud was thinking even halfway close to clearly, he'd definitely be embarrassed at the way that came out. dangerously close to a whine, like a kid who's just been invited into the candy shop and then told he's only allowed to look. especially when zack ends up taking a hand off him seconds later.

but. oh! clothes off. that's a great plan, yeah. cloud makes a fumbling attempt to help, even though zack seems like he's got the whole thing covered. and then zack is pressing up against him again, and -- ]

Oh.

[ which is a stupid thing to say, and an even stupider thing to moan, but cloud's brain is temporarily offline. thankfully, zack shuts him up with another kiss, which is a nice outlet to pour some of that heat into even as cloud tries to hitch his hips closer to get more of that feeling. ]

[ Cloud is so good to him! He should have Cloud around every time he gets a treatment. How could he possibly feel crappy when Cloud kisses him back like that, rocks up against him like that? He bunches a hand in Cloud's hair as he deepens the kiss, absolutely greedy for it before he pulls back - but he never stops rocking his hips, rubbing them against one another. ]

I love it when you sound like that. When you let me know you want me just as much as I want you. You're so hot.

[ sometimes? it feels like zack might be the universe's way of trying to balance out some of the karma in cloud's life -- sorry we made the rest of it so shitty, here's this guy! because how else do you explain the fact that zack somehow finds it hot when cloud is stammering and drooling over zack like an idiot?

thanks, universe. ]

I a-always want you. [ licking his lips, feeling the little tingle that lets him know they're already pressure-bruised from how greedily zack's been kissing him. fuck, even that's stupidly hot. ] Even when you're not even doing anything, you're always just -- Wow.

[ trying to arch his hips into the way zack is rocking against him, voice breaking around a needy little whimper. ] Z-Zack --

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[ The way Cloud says that sets something purring inside Zack. It's not like he doesn't know Cloud is into him! But hearing it like that, hearing Cloud say he wants him all the time - it's hot, and he's proud, and he wants to make it worth Cloud's time to want him like that. So when Cloud says his name like that his smile turns a little wicked. ]>/small>

Yeah? You want more? Want me to touch you again? Whatever you want. I wanna give it to you. It's all good, when it's you.

[ oh god. it's even hot when zack smiles like that, even though there's a distinct part of cloud's brain that lights up with a little warning ping of danger! ]

But -- [ it's only sheer stubbornness that lets him protest, when everything in him is screaming to just melt into a heap and say yes please anything. cloud licks his lips, tries his best to focus through the heat that feels like it's hammering his brain. ] I'm supposed to be taking care of you.

I feel better when I'm touching you. That means you're taking care of me, right? You're here helping me feel better.

[ And he slips a hand down Cloud's back to grab his ass and press him closer. It's good - more pressure the next time he rolls his hips and rubs against Cloud, and the feeling of Cloud's butt in his hand, warm and firm with just enough give to make it impossible to resist squeezing there, kneading gently. Inspired, he rolls onto his back, bringing Cloud with him so he can get both hands into the action. ]

[ that... makes sense? at least, cloud is pretty sure it does; with his brain operating at limited capacity, he's having a really hard time coming up with a counterargument.

especially when zack starts doing that. cloud gasps and arches up into him, rocking his hips greedily against zack's in a silent bid for more. zack's hands on him, the feeling of zack hard against him -- it makes cloud so dizzy with want that he doesn't know what to do with himself. ]

Zack -- I-I --

You sound so good. You feel so good. You're so hot, Cloud -

[ Still rolling his hips up against Cloud, still kneading at his ass. But as good as it feels to be like this there's a chant in his head that wants more, more, more, and one of his hands drifts closer to the centre, a fingertip reaching so delicately it's maybe almost polite when it delves into the cleft of Cloud's ass. ]

Do you wanna - [ it's an attempt to let Cloud say no if he doesn't, but he's not so horny he doesn't realize Cloud would probably say yes anyway if he though Zack needed it to feel better, so - ] I already feel better. Way better, good as new. Just if you wanna.

[ wow. wow! wowowow.

zack slides a fingertip teasingly along the cleft of cloud's ass, and even that's enough to drag a little whine out of cloud. especially when zack chases it with another roll of his hips, like he's imagining what it'd be like to sink inside him. and selfishly, cloud is already nodding before zack has even gotten the rest out, but --

oh. right. he's supposed to be taking care of zack! does this... count? it's hard to make the case for it, but if it's what zack wants...! ] Yeah. Yes. I m-mean, um, if you're sure.

I'm sure. I'm so sure. I always want you, but you're like... extra hot today. And you smell really good.

[ On second thought it might seem that talking about how someone smells is not prime sexy talk, but right now Zack doesn't have a second thought to give. He's barely got a first one; does Cloud good, Cloud hot, want Cloud count as a thought?

He's made some minor readjustments to the room layout, mostly because of Cloud. A good one is that there's a bedside table that is now closer to the bed, the drawer facing it instead or parallel as normal. Which means that if he hooks an arm around Cloud to hold him in place and shifts them only a little, he can fish a bottle of lube out without having to let go for even a second. Thanks, past Zack! That makes it very easy to pull Cloud down into another one of those heated kisses as he spills lube onto his fingers and then slides them back into the cleft of Cloud's ass, stroking a soft, slick little path over his rim. ]

[ he smells... good? uh. listen, cloud is flattered and everything, but it's not like he's done anything different! he's using the same cheap shampoo and soap from the commissary, and zack's never been turned on by it before. could having a weird sense of sexy smells be some kind of side effect cloud has never heard of?

but the thought scatters when zack turns his full attention back to cloud and drags him down for another kiss. cloud is trying to be a good and attentive boyfriend, really! but it's really hard to focus when zack keeps telling him how hot he is and how much he wants him and --

he sucks in a sharp breath as zack's fingers slide up along the cleft of cloud's ass, trying to rock himself back into the touch. and it's embarrassing, but his voice is pitched dangerous close to a whine when he says: ] Zack, don't tease.

No teasing. I promise.

[ It's not really a risk, given how much he wants Cloud! But it's still mostly that tone in Cloud's voice and the way he rocks into the touch that spurs him on, circling his fingertip just enough to make sure Cloud's nice and slick before he pushes that first finger in. It occurs to him faintly that this is pretty fast - they normally fool around a bit in other ways before they get to this point and all they've really done so far is kiss and rub off on each other a little - so he's careful about it, slow, and sure to make sure he gives Cloud a lot of praise so he knows Zack's not only thinking of himself! ]

You feel so good. You always feel so nice inside. So hot and soft. I'm so lucky you're mine.

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