Chapter 5

Chapter

Five

O bviously, the triplets didn't expect to have company.

Hawk stretched, trying to work out the crick in his neck from sleeping on the sofa. Admittedly, it was a nice long 1950s-style couch, but he was a large fellow, and his feet and head had hung at strange angles…

Cosmo had been sad that he wasn't allowed to go sleep in Cosmo's part of the house, he thought, but that was all right. That time would come soon enough, Hawk thought.

He rose early, as was his wont, and he wandered to the kitchen to investigate the food situation. There were some more modern foods he knew how to make. Bacon and biscuits. Flapjacks.

He found Cosmo leaning over the kitchen table, coffee mug in hand, pink hair all a mess. For a second, he couldn't breathe.

Was he hurt? Harmed? Dead? What?

About the time Hawk reached for him, Cosmo gave a long, slow snore.

Oh, bless him. Someone had been having trouble sleeping, he would bet.

"Cosmo…" He lifted Cosmo out of the chair and into his arms. "Come lie down on the couch."

"Mmm… Is there room for both of us?" Cosmo cuddled right in.

"There is." If he propped up pillows and sat rather than lying down… Which was worth it. "I was going to make breakfast."

"Mmhmm. In a minute. Now, just stay." Cosmo held him tight.

"I would like that." Like was such a pale word. He needed a phrase that spoke of the joy his body and soul felt when Cosmo touched him, smiled at him.

Cosmo cuddled under his chin, hands flattened over his heart. He grabbed a blanket, tugging it over them. Then he breathed in deep, taking in Cosmo's scent. "Hello, little rose."

"Mmm…hello, dragon. I couldn't sleep for needing you…"

"I know. I wanted you all night, and you seemed so far away in the tower." He kissed the top of Cosmo's head. "I am trying to respect your brothers, but it is difficult."

"Mmhmm. My bed is big. Really big." Cosmo sighed, wiggling against him.

"Is it?" He grinned, his body reacting to Cosmo's closeness and motion.

"Mmhmm, and I have lots of pillows and blankets."

"Shall we go to your room?" He rose again, lifting Cosmo. If Cosmo wasn't worried, then neither was he.

"Yes. Let's go. I need to be somewhere that's just us. Just the two of us, together." Cosmo licked him, nice and slow. "With a locked door."

He laughed, the sound husky to his own ears. "Absolutely. They shouldn't knock it down, should they?"

"No. No, they respect the boundaries more than that, I think." Cosmo did seem a bit worried, but he understood. This was a new situation.

He had a feeling Cosmo had done his share of going out and about and finding a partner for a night, but no one had ever invaded the brothers' space before.

And he was staying here with Cosmo and his house.

"I'm up at the top. I love the round room."

"That had been my room, sweet. Of course it's yours."

"Oh. I wonder where your bed is… I mean. I found mine in a storage room."

"Maybe it is mine, then. If it's as big as you say."

"It's like it was built for the space, you know?"

He trekked up to the round tower room, the one with the window he'd set by hand, and sure enough, that was his bed. He grinned, kissing Cosmo's cheek. "I do like your blankets and pillows."

"Thank you. I need to be cozy." Cosmo put his hands on his shirt, but didn't get farther than taking that off.

"I can see that." He watched. Cosmo had seen him fresh from his bath, but he hadn't seen all of Cosmo. And he wanted to. So bad that he was already hard and aching.

"I'm skinny," Cosmo admitted. "But I'm pretty."

"Oh, little rose. You're so perfect I can hardly bear it." He tugged off the sweater that almost fit him and the pants that were too short and too big in the waist. Corbin was stocky and shorter than he was.

Cosmo crawled into the bed, offering a long look at that perfect ass.

It made Hawk's mouth dry. He kicked free of the pants, then put one knee on the bed. "Be sure, Cosmo. If I come to bed with you, I will not just be sleeping." He wanted his Cosmo to see what he was getting. He was scarred, and his scales showed under his skin and on it, no matter how hard he tried to look human.

Cosmo surged over, bent, and sucked in the tip of his cock, not a hint of hesitation.

Oh, goddess. He arched up, his hips tilting. His ass clenched, his hand coming up to fist in Cosmo's hair. "Cosmo!" The sound that came out of him was a bit too loud, a bit shocked, as well. He thought nothing had ever felt this good.

Cosmo sucked him, and it occurred to him, that they'd never even kissed yet. Not touched fully, yet that mouth took his cock in, and Cosmo swallowed hard.

He wanted to just take what Cosmo offered, but he knew he also wanted to learn more about how Cosmo felt, how he tasted. So Hawk pulled him up, kissing his mouth like a starved creature.

Cosmo dug long fingers into his hair, holding them together as they feasted on one another. Cosmo tasted like…like a dessert from his childhood, which was so long ago. Honey and rosewater and a delicate earthiness that had to come from his fae side. So lovely.

"More," he growled when they broke for air, and he bit at Cosmo's lower lip.

"Definitely more," Cosmo murmured, cupping his cock, then stroking it up and down.

"Wicked rose."

"Yes. I love sex. I'm going to love sex with you even more." Cosmo was utterly unafraid, hands adoring his body.

"Yes, you are." He pushed a hand down Cosmo's back to lift him with his palm on Cosmo's ass.

Cosmo's happy laughter surprised him. "I do love a strong dragon."

"I am that," he admitted. Of all of the qualities that he knew he possessed for sure, he was unquestioningly confident in his strength.

Cosmo's eyes twinkled for him, the dark blue so surprising in the pale pink face. "You are. Now shut up and kiss me."

Oh, Hawk did adore a confident partner.

So he did as he was bidden, kissing Cosmo hard on the mouth, the taste of him exploding across Hawk's senses. He wanted more, and he had a feeling that sensation would never end. Not with Cosmo.

"Fuck, yes." Cosmo crawled up along his body, and they upended, crashing down onto the mattress. "Oops."

Hawk had twisted so he landed on the bottom, even if Cosmo wouldn't be harmed if he landed there. It came to him as instinct. Protect the omega.

Cosmo's eyes rolled, and so did the lean hips. "Oh, you feel just right…"

"So do you, sweet one." He stroked Cosmo's back, letting his hands wander where they would, testing the sweet, smooth skin and the scales he could feel pop up in places.

He'd never been intimate with a half-fae before, and the differences between them fascinated his fingers.

Every place that there would be hard ridges on his dragon form were rough in his human form, but not Cosmo.

Cosmo was leaner and longer, and he seemed to weigh only as much as a bird.

Hawk couldn't wait to see him in dragon form. Couldn't wait to see him fly.

He hummed, the noise almost a happy growl, and he could feel the air around them heat up from his breath.

"I need you to fuck me, dragon. I just want you to know that I need that."

"I will." His cock went from hard to molten hot hardened steel in moments. Just the words made his head spin.

"Thank you. My entire body is burning for you. Buzzing for you."

"I can feel it. You're very smooth and lovely, little rose. I want to taste all of you."

Cosmo stretched up, tall and then even taller. "I can be yours."

The words buzzed through the air and locked in the base of his brain.

"Oh, be very careful what you offer, little changeling." He could just eat Cosmo up, then take him to his hoard, should he ever find it again, and keep him there forever.

"I may be little, but we've been around for a long time." Cosmo shot him a wicked, knowing grin. "There is absolutely nothing in me that's a child. I know exactly what I'm offering."

Hawk's mouth went absolutely dry.

It took him a moment to remember how to breathe, but once he did, he decided to take Cosmo's offer for all it was worth. "I accept."

Then he surged up to smash their lips together in a fierce, no-holds-barred kiss.

Cosmo met him with an equal fervor, and Hawk swore the entire room turned red and began to glow as if lava had covered the floor and was dripping from the walls themselves.

His grip on Cosmo's ass tightened, and he melded them together, his cock rising hard and needy, his knot making itself known.

"Uhn." Cosmo devoured him, not letting up one second in intensity. In fact, he got a little toothy, a little thorny, his sweet rose. Cosmo gave as good as he got, and Hawk loved that.

He could become addicted to it.

Turning Cosmo beneath him, Hawk began stripping off Cosmo's clothing, needing all of that sweet skin to be bare.

It took forever and yet no time at all for them to be bare to one another's hands and eyes.

"Fuck, I want you," Cosmo moaned, and the heat in those blue eyes honored Hawk, made him hard and caused his balls to draw up.

"You have me."

"I want all of you." Cosmo's tongue slid along his jaw toward his ear, and he was shuddering by the time Cosmo whispered, "I need your knot. I want to feel you for days."

"I will give you everything you desire." He would feel Cosmo surrounding him, and he would make it good for his new love.

He spread Cosmo beneath him, exploring all of his textures and scents and flavors. Hawk couldn't get enough, and he panted, licking Cosmo's belly on the way to taste that hard cock that curved up toward his mouth.

"Yes!" Cosmo arched, bucking toward his lips as soon as they encircled the tip of his cock.

He sucked Cosmo in deep, licking the head as he pulled back. Hawk wasn't afraid to do this; in fact, he loved it. He knew where the real power lay when he was with a lover, and it was in giving pleasure, not taking it.

Cosmo's face was a study in absolute utter bliss.

He had seen many lovers over the centuries like this. But now it was different.

Cosmo's eyes were not closed.

Indeed, they stared at him, watching every second, taking everything in. As if he was quenching a deep thirst.

One long-fingered hand reached down, sliding through his hair for only a moment before coming to cup his jaw.

Those fingers curled towards his chin, thumb gently massaging his temple.

"I saw you," Cosmo whispered. "I didn't know it was you then, but I do now. I saw you."

He looked up, releasing Cosmo from his mouth to slide up and take a kiss. Yes. In your dreams. Your visions.

And he had seen Cosmo looking for him, had known it was not just his house and his hoard he was searching for. It had been Cosmo who had called to him, drawing him there to find what he truly desired.

He pushed one hand down under Cosmo to press a finger against Cosmo's hole, testing his readiness.

Wet and slick, his omega—his—was eager and ready for his prick.

Cosmo grabbed his own knees and pulled himself wide open, exposing himself fully, without a single hint of shame. Filled with desire. "Don't stop."

"I won't." His own prick was heavy between his thighs, aching to be buried in that place that it was intended for, that he was made for.

He muscled up in between Cosmo's legs and lifted Cosmo's ass as his fingers slipped free. He guided the tip of his cock into Cosmo's ready hole.

Hawk worried for a moment that he was too large, that perhaps his dragon wouldn't fit inside this perfect mate.

Cosmo didn't seem to have the same worry, because he surged up and pushed down, taking him into the root without a single hesitation.

Both of them gasped at the sudden motion, Cosmo throwing his head back and arching his throat.

Hawk stilled, worried until he heard Cosmo moan.

"Fuck yeah."

"So perfect." He felt steam rise up around them. "Cosmo."

Cosmo grinned wildly, baring his teeth. "You said my name. Not Rosie or changeling. My name."

"Your beautiful name. Never think I don't know it." He bit at Cosmo's throat, just hard enough to sting but not bruise.

"More," Cosmo gasped, hand on the back of his head, keeping him right where he was.

"More," Hawk agreed, moving his hips, pressing down into Cosmo's body.

Hawk could feel the magic swirling around them, seeming to grow tighter, like Cosmo's body around his prick.

The world became smaller and smaller and smaller, closing in to just this amazing bed that was theirs.

It had been his, been Cosmo's, but now it was theirs, and they were creating?—

Something inside him stopped, and he heard the tiniest whisper.

Life .

So he stilled, eyes on Cosmo, willing his lover to focus on him.

"What is it? What's the matter?"

"Do you feel that?" He searched Cosmo's eyes, hoping for some recognition. "It's new."

"Yes." Cosmo panted softly, hands sliding down his arms. "It wants to be new, a life… Is it the wrong time?"

He loved that it was not "the wrong thing" or "the wrong idea," but the wrong time.

"No, love. It is the perfect time. You are—This is something I have never done in all my long life." His knot swelled as if to emphasize what he was saying. This was beyond anything he'd ever experienced.

This was mating.

"Then it's the right time. Now, focus. We're very, very busy, hmm?" Cosmo's laughter filled him with pure joy.

"We are indeed." He was through wondering and thinking. Cosmo was right there, hot and willing and so wet it made Hawk's eyes cross. All he had to do was start moving again, because the friction felt like flying too high and then reentering the atmosphere. Like diving into a volcano.

Like crossing the veil when he was wide-awake.

This is real . Cosmo's thought was as clear and as sharp as an arrow to the chest. This is real.

Hawk wasn't sure exactly why Cosmo would think it wasn't, so he nodded, sweat rolling down his face as his hips worked. Real. Yes.

Really, that was the best he could do, right now.

A single tear rolled down Cosmo's cheek, and if he had felt for a moment any hint of sorrow in the bond that was quickly forming between them, he would have stopped, but all he felt was this overwhelming, incredible joy.

It pushed through his chest, down deep into his gut, and ran up his spine to explode in his brain. He felt so much love already, and he barely knew anything about this wondrous fae dragon. He could only imagine what he would feel in a few years. Decades. Longer.

"Focus, dragon." Cosmo laughed for him again, but this time, the sound was broken, husky, proving to Hawk how much Cosmo was affected by their lovemaking.

"I'll show you focus." Hawk went for a smile, knowing without question that it was more feral than anything. His dragon was so close to the forefront that it was almost tangible. The room was heating up, his scales were popping out, and the whole world smelled of roses.

The scent made him dizzy, and he breathed it in deeply. He thrust faster, his body on fire, his nerves firing rapidly. He could feel how Cosmo softened around him, then tightened, allowing him to push deeper and deeper inside, right to where his knot needed to seat. Needed to lodge.

Cosmo stopped teasing, stopped laughing, stopped doing anything that wasn't focused on them and their pleasure. The pink body suffused with a darker rose, the beautiful skin almost glowing.

In this moment, Cosmo looked more fae than dragon, the lean features angular and hard with his need.

Hawk could feel it when Cosmo got close. His balls drew up, and his body tightened impossibly.

He grunted, his hips moving in tiny pops, his knot held deep and hard inside Cosmo. Hawk pushed a hand down between them, grabbing Cosmo's cock to try to send him over the edge.

They needed to have this little death.

Cosmo roared when he came, his own personal fountain of lava pouring over Hawk's hand.

That was all he needed, just that shove to come himself. To fill Cosmo's body with his seed. He gritted his teeth, the scent of brimstone rising around them as he shot, his knot swelling more than he could even imagine.

So tight. Impossibly so.

His chest heaved, and when he collapsed, he rolled sideways, taking Cosmo with him so he didn't crush him.

The magic seemed to coalesce around them. To lock them together, to lock them down on this bed, and he'd never felt anything like it.

He wasn't sure that it was possible to feel anything like this with anyone other than this particular being. And he was ecstatic about it.

Hawk couldn't stop smiling. In fact, his cheeks literally hurt from it, the muscles so unused to flexing that way. He'd been asleep so long.

"Beautiful dragon." Cosmo smiled at him, eyelids heavy. "Cover us up. Let's snuggle. It's early."

"What about breakfast?" he teased.

Cosmo waved one hand, the motion lazy and loose. "Someone will cook it. If they don't, we'll brave the snow and go over to Tyson's. Let's see if Helena will feed us. She's amazing."

"I have no idea who those people are, but I am willing." He would follow Cosmo anywhere. Hellfire didn't faze him.

They are friends. On the other side of the veil, Cosmo tilted his head, blinked at him. Do you know about the veil?

"I do…" He hesitated a minute. "Is the veil still open?"

"Is this a trick question? I'm way too into the afterglow to answer trick questions right now."

Hawk frowned again, but it was all fine. Cosmo was right. Whatever was going to happen wouldn't change between now and a couple of hours from now and breakfast.

Then he would discover what Cosmo meant, because if the veil was still open, then he could go back to Lunastra.