Only Ash Remains [boyxboy]

Chapter II

~Friday 16th January 2015~

"Come on, Jordi, it'll be fun," Erin whined, tugging on his boyfriend's sleeve as he tried his best pout possible. Jordan was never any fun anymore, all work and no play, as Erin told him at least three times a day. He would get his way in the end, with a hell of a lot of grumbling from Jordan and that near-permanent scowl gracing his face.

"I thought you just wanted to go to dinner," Jordan muttered with a sigh, looking toward the line into Erin's favourite nightclub, Amara, that the boy had already dragged him into. Amara wasn't just any club, it was supernaturals only. Not for segregation purposes, it was actually safer that clubs had that warning. Human clubs tended to be too tame for the older creatures, so they split off to make their own. Of course, that didn't mean that Erin couldn't find his way in nonetheless. Usually, it required a pretty hefty bribe to the doorman, but he happened to know who was working that night. He could get in for free. Easily.

"Dinner, drinking, dancing. It's alliteration, Jordi, alliteration is fun," Erin beamed, slipping his hand into his boyfriend's, knowing that Jordan would feel a little less protective if he had direct contact with the boy. For a while, that had been what attracted Erin to Jordan. However, after two years, that intensity the man used to have had fizzled away. He only hoped that when the alcohol started flowing, he might be able to convince Jordan to take him more than once that night. This whole 'one and done' dry spell was killing the boy.

"That's why you wore this, isn't it? You had this planned," Jordan motioned to Erin's clothing, which only made the boy's smile falter ever so slightly when he noticed many of the other men in the line watching him too. It wasn't too bad really. Just ripped black jeans and one of Jordan's shirts that he had decided to tie in the middle to crop it slightly. It didn't even show off that much skin, Erin didn't see the problem. It wasn't even like the men were staring because of his outfit, it was the dark red eyeshadow that was catching their attention. At least he had dropped that subject after their argument back at home. If it didn't bother Erin, it shouldn't bother Jordan - but that never seemed to coincide in any way.

"I wore this because I look pretty in it," Erin said, a tad more venom in his voice, his expression becoming somewhat strained as his irritation bubbled. Jordan's self-conscious lashings had gotten boring in the first six months, and the little talks that ended in too many tears were long since silent. Erin didn't bother to tell his boyfriend the flaw in his logic every time it was brought up, he just got on with the implied comments that he was some painted whore looking for new men to break in every night.

"Yeah, and every other guy here seems to think that too," Jordan let go of Erin's hand, pulling the boy against his side and snaked an arm around his waist instead, "you could have looked pretty at home. Where no one else would get to see you," Erin could only bite down on his bottom lip when Jordan nuzzled against his neck, speaking in that low tone that had blood rushing to the boy's navel. No matter how boring Jordan had become in bed, he still knew how to push every one of Erin's buttons when they were out in public. Maybe as some sort of reminder of who he used to be, maybe to keep the boy on his toes, maybe just to keep up the emotional manipulation long enough to have Erin remain by his side all night. Dancing with other men was forbidden, as if Erin would be so cruel as to do something like that in front of Jordan. He loved the man, despite all his flaws, and there were a lot, he loved him. Jordan just didn't seem to realise.

"Hasn't it ever crossed your testosterone-filled, alpha male, little brain that I wear things like this to get your attention? Or are you too worried about everyone else to even notice?" Erin didn't use to make such obvious digs at Jordan, he had been more subtle in the past. The only problem was, Jordan wasn't bright enough to notice that either.