Nival (boyxboyxboyxboy)

Fire

Chapter 4.

Matthew woke to soft kisses on his throat and jaw. Fie was twined around him, body firm and warm. He lifted a hand to the alien's spine and felt a leaden ache in his arm.

A slight shift revealed a soreness in his entire body; muscles strained and overexerted from the previous day.

He groaned and Fie nuzzled his ear.

"Come on. We go first." The alien whispered and sat up.

Matthew missed the smaller boy's weight instantly. The cave was still pitch black and he could hear the shift of bodies and vulpine breaths all around him, raising the hairs on the back of his neck.

"F-Fie?" He gripped the seal-hide thighs on either side of his hips and Fie's hands settled on his wrists, pulling him gently into sitting position.

Matthew winced at the burn in his spine and wrapped his arms around Fie's small waist, feeling the dense fur brush over his fingers.

"Can't you see at all?"

Fie's breath warmed Matthew's cheek and he turned blindly towards it. "No. Not in the dark."

There was a moment of silence and then Fie nuzzled his jaw.

"Come on." The alien repeated and urged Matthew to his feet.

His steps were painful and stiff at first, but it distracted from the bestial sounds.

Bodies whispered past them and Matthew jolted when a tiny shape darted between his legs.

Fie guided him to the cold lip of the tunnel and Matthew attempted to climb inside, but it was too steep and Fie wasn't large enough to carry him.

"Wait here." Fie's nose touched Matthew's nape briefly and then he was gone.

Matthew hunched on the stone slope and his senses expanded, compensating for his lack of sight, and each shape that passed him felt like a physical weight.

"I'm here."

He jumped when Fie lightly touched his shoulder. Then jumped again when huge hands gripped his waist. They were rough and warm with long claws.

"W-who..." Matthew reached out blindly and felt hard muscles beneath his fingers.

"Quiet." Talan's deep voice rumbled and Matthew pressed his lips together, heart pounding.

Talan lifted him and, with Fie's assistance, he latched onto the larger male's back.

Talan's skin was hot and damp beneath his fur and Matthew was painfully aware that his naked groin was pressing into the alien's spine.

Talan climbed, muscles stretching and bunching, and Matthew's arms and thighs burned as he tightened his grip.

Claws clacked over the stone behind them, fading fast, and Matthew knew Fie was struggling to keep up.

The air gradually chilled until it was freezing, but a light sparked at the end of the tunnel.

They reached the top and entered a large room, with the glittering black walls, that Matthew remembered from the day before.

A fire blazed in an oval fireplace and aliens moved purposefully around them, fuzzy alien children in their arms or following at their heels.

"Down." Talan growled.

Matthew obeyed so fast, he stumbled onto the stone floor.

Talan straightened to his full height, dwarfing the human by three heads, and this close Matthew could see several large scars marring the alien's fur.