Fic, The Morning After

[fredbassett]

Title : The Morning After
Author : fredbassett
Fandom : Primeval
Rating : PG
Characters : Stephen/Ryan
Disclaimer : Not mine, no money made, don't sue
Spoliers : None
Summary : Set immediately after Interlude. Title self-explanatory.
Tags : Fic, Slash, Stephen, Ryan

Stephen drifted slowly awake, comfortably aware of the weight of a strong arm looped around his waist. He led there, listening to the regular sound of Ryan’s breathing, enjoying the feel of warm skin pressed against his back and the tickle of stubble on his shoulder.

Unfortunately, the beer he’d drunk last night was making its presence felt and at the moment it wasn’t the nearness of the other man causing his erection. He extricated himself carefully from beneath the tanned arm and padded silently into the bathroom. When he came back, Ryan was awake and his grey eyes were as guarded as ever.

Stephen slid back under the duvet and ran one hand lightly up Ryan’s arm. He’d gone beyond the embarrassed stage the previous night. He had the painful lips to prove it.

Ryan sighed. If Hart could handle this so could he. He gave the younger man a light kiss on his bruised mouth and breathed, “Sorry.”

Stephen shook his head, smiling. “I’ve no complaints. And I owed you one, remember?”

A slight smile quirked Ryan’s lips. “I think you paid me back with interest, but I’m not grumbling.” As an afterthought, he added, “Which is more than can be said for your stomach.”

Hart gave him an easy grin, “Breakfast in bed?”

“Breakfast downstairs. I need to talk to Lyle.”

“You’re off duty, remember?”

“Later,” said Ryan, in a voice that still held a ragged, tired edge.

Stephen decided not to argue.  There was way too much about this man that he didn’t know or understand yet and he had no intention of pushing his luck. He slid out of bed and headed into the bathroom for a shower.

Ryan watched him, enjoying the sight of the lean, hard body and tight arse. He smiled at the memory of the previous night and then again at the thought of the day ahead.

 

Comments

[azure-chaos.livejournal.com]

Short and sweet... but man it left me wanting more more more...

*grins* i'm enjoying this.

nate

[fredbassett]

I@ll see what I can do to oblige! Next one might take a bit longer, though.

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

Awww... This is developing very nicely. Who would've thought that I'd turn into a Stephen/Ryan fan? Not me!

[fredbassett]

:) I'll have to try and continue to convert you! The next one might take until next Friday I have a feeling some story/plot might start to intrude soon .........

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

I'm happy to be converted! And there's nothing wrong with a bit of plot...I quite like it myself :-)

[entangled-now.livejournal.com]

Lovely, I personally have no complaints about you continuing this, I'm enjoying it.

[fredbassett]

Thanks. They are becoming rather an intriguing combination for me. I'm glad someone other than me likes them as well, though. The next installment is almost finished, but I need to spend time refining and re-writing before I dare go public with it.

[counselor69.livejournal.com]

*purrs* Nice! Come on, give us some more! ;-)

[fredbassett]

Thanks for the *purr* ! Never had that reaction before!! I'm doing my best, but the next one is a lot longer (and will probably be a two-parter), so lots of revision/checking needed but I'll do my best to get something uploaded by the end of the week, promise.

[spacemonkey-27.livejournal.com]

Awww...that was so sweet. :)

[fredbassett]

For some reason, I totally missed this comment! Thank you!

[dopeydora-67.livejournal.com]

Short but definitley full of promise for the next chapter *g*

[fredbassett]

Oh yes, these two have a long way to go in the relationship yet! *grins*

[fififolle]

Oh, business!Ryan is so sexy :) Much to learn, Stephen, much to learn. =D

[fredbassett]

LOL, Ryan is sexy, full stop. I love the guy to pieces. Hence the idea for Denial.

[fififolle]

It was you?! Cool :) And on that note, *friends you if that's okay*

[fredbassett]

It came up after a major rant that bigtitch and I had after the end of S2, and it's modded by a coalition of her, me and jhava. Which translates as me not doing a lot but having fun. the other two did all the hard work on the set up and layout etc.

*friends back*

[sarah-lilzfl.livejournal.com]

Awww.. short and sweet, but you do know there is no way on Earth I am going to be able to pace myself reading your stuff *g*
And because I'm reading it now, I don't have to wait for more like everyone who read it at the time did, yay! *vbg*

[fredbassett]

*grins* There's certainly enough to keep you going for a while.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Ah.. nice little morning-after.. and the promise of more to come.

[fredbassett]

Definitely more to come ....

[sunsetdawn20.livejournal.com]

I love these two so much. I just needed to state that. lol

[fredbassett]

LOL, thanks!

[neferitiel.livejournal.com]

Hey! No regrets boys!

[fredbassett]

I don't think they're regretting it. *g* Thanks for all the lovely comments!

[neferitiel.livejournal.com]

ANd I'm still far from the end luckily :D

[kerry-louise.livejournal.com]

Glad Stephen overcame his embarrassment. But Ryan really should have gone for breakfast in bed, still you can understand his sense of responsibility and duty, it's part of what makes him a wonderful character.

[fredbassett]

They'll get their breakfast eventually!

[goldarrow]

The thing that struck me on this one was the lack of morning-after discomfort, even if Ryan did apologise for Stephen's sore mouth *g*.

I also liked the slight tinge of "crossed-wires" on the duty front, and that they were able to glide past it so easily.

[fredbassett]

*g* They were both pretty matter of fact about it all.

[hellcats-punk.livejournal.com]

I love coming back and re-reading stuff like this especially when feeling under the weather.
Such a sweet and squealable moment there love it!

[fredbassett]

*hugs* Hope you feel better soon!

Thanks for coming back and commenting.