Their Bloody Rose

She's Got Demons

They all stayed with sweet, sleeping Eddie for some time. Eventually Fiona slipped out to go deal with the crew working on Marissa's room. Not long after she left, Eddie started to stir in Marissa's arms.

"I'm hungry," Eddie said groggily as his eyes opened and he looked up at Marissa. He was still in sub space a bit, but slowly coming out of it. His back hurt like mad, but being in Marissa's arms and feeling Logan behind him caressing him just how he knew Eddie loved, made it much more bearable.

"I bet you are, my sweet boy," Marissa said while she ran her fingers through his hair. "What would you like to have for dinner? We can have anything you want."

Eddie thought for a moment. He was craving Marissa's amazing breakfast food like crazy, but he also didn't want to leave her warm embrace just yet. "I want your tasty breakfast food if that's ok," Eddie said shyly, "but..." his sentence trailed off as he blushed hard.

"But you don't want to let go of her do you?" Logan asked with just a hint of playful teasing in his voice, having a feeling that was what Eddie was leaving unsaid. Eddie nodded and then buried his head in Marissa's chest, embarrassed.

Both Logan and Marissa chuckled lightly at how adorable their Eddie was like this. "I can't make you tasty food and keep holding you, silly boy, and you do need to eat," Marissa said with a sweet, gentle playfulness to her voice. "What if our wonderful Logan here takes over holding you, just for a little while, so I can cook us all some delicious dinner?"

Marissa made eye contact with Logan over Eddie's head, making sure what she was offering was alright. "I'll even make you a few extra of my special biscuits you love so much," she added, making Eddie's head shoot up in excitement.

"Ok," Eddie said with excitement at the idea of getting extra tasty treats. He carefully turned around in Marissa's arms and smiled brightly at Logan, the kind of smile he knew would make Logan do just about anything for him.

Logan smiled back at him and opened his arms. "Come here baby," he said beckoning Eddie to him. Eddie gave Marissa a quick kiss on the cheek and one last squeeze before crawling over into Logan's embrace. Logan pulled him in close and then looked up at Marissa as she started to slide off the bed. "We'll be up in just a bit," he said shooting her a smile.

Marissa paused a moment and came back to give Logan a soft kiss, thanking him, before heading upstairs to start cooking.

Once Marissa had left Logan looked down at his precious Eddie in his arms. He was glad he was ok and content, but he still wanted to talk to him about what had just happened. It wasn't like him to do a scene like that so spur of the moment. They'd usually spend at least a few days prepping for it anytime they'd do one together.

"Eddie baby," Logan called softly to him making him look up at him, "are you in a place where you can have a conversation about some things? Or do you need more time to recover first? You know it's alright if you do."

"I can talk," Eddie said in a steady voice, "but I do still need lots of physical affection if that's ok?"

"Of course my love," Logan said sweetly, holding Eddie close to him. "I just wanted to talk to you about this scene you just did with Marissa and make sure you're ok. I know you usually like lots of notice for something like this, and by the sound of it and the state of your back, this was a pretty intense scene."

"It was," Eddie said with a soft sigh of happiness. "I'm gonna be hurting for a while for sure, but I really enjoyed it. I took way more than I ever thought I could, and I got to help our Marissa in the process too."

"Did she ask you to do this scene today?" Logan asked, worried Eddie might have been pressured into it. He was always extremely protective of Eddie when it came to the more extreme bdsm stuff.

"No, no," Eddie said quickly, realizing where Logan's head was going. "It was my idea. If anything I kinda pressured her into it. But that was because I knew she needed it."

Just then Fiona came back into the room. "Where's Marissa?" She asked as she joined the boys on the bed.

"She's upstairs making us dinner," Eddie answered her. Logan, however was still worried and had too many questions.

"What do you mean she needed it?" Logan asked at almost the same time Eddie responded to Fiona. Fiona instantly picked up on what the boys had been talking about and looked to Eddie for his answer. She too had a lot of questions. This wasn't normal for him.

"I mean she needed it," Eddie answered with just a hint of frustration in his voice. He didn't understand how they couldn't see what this morning had done to Marissa. He was usually the last of them to pick up on stuff like that, but for some reason Logan and Fiona couldn't see it.

Logan and Fiona just sat quietly waiting for Eddie to elaborate, if he was willing to. They didn't want to push him, especially right now, but they needed to know what was going on.

Finally Eddie let out a sigh of exhaustion. "I don't know how you two didn't notice," Eddie said quietly, "but whatever she did this morning in that room with you messed her up big time. She's got demons. Worse demons than any of us I'm pretty sure. And they nearly made her lose it today. She needed an outlet, so I gave her one. I brought her down here, and I offered myself to her of my own choice. She didn't want to, but I insisted. I wanted it just as much as she needed it. It was all me. And I'd do it again and again and again without hesitation."

Logan pulled Eddie up in his embrace, letting Fiona in as well so they could both hold him. "I'm sorry baby," Logan whispered against Eddie's forehead before giving him a soft kiss there. "I was just surprised it was happening, and you know how I worry about you with this stuff. But I should have known you'd never do anything you didn't want to."

"And that she'd never ask me, or any of us, to do anything we didn't want to either," Eddie added. He lifted his head to look at the two of them. "But we can't let her do any more of what she did this morning. Not until she's had time to deal with her demons and heal. I- I can't lose her." Eddie's voice broke as a tear slid down his cheek. The haunting lifelessness in Marissa's eyes earlier was burned into his memory and it absolutely terrified him.

"It's ok baby," Logan said as he lovingly wiped the tear from Eddie's cheek. "We'll be careful and watch over her. You won't lose her. We all need her as much as you do, and if she's got the demons you say she does then I bet she needs us too."

Fiona took Eddie's hand in hers as she said, "And since you seem to be able to spot her demons better than we can, next time you see them you tell us ok? And then we can all help her deal with them. I may need a bit more warm-up than you but I think I'd enjoy doing a session like this with her too."

"I think I might even want to give it a try too," Logan said, making Eddie and Fiona look at him surprised. He'd never done anything remotely submissive before as far as they knew, so hearing him so casually say he'd do it more than surprised them. But then, a knowing smile spread on Fiona's lips.

"She's your one is she?" Fiona asked. She'd always known Logan needed someone who could give him the freedom he gave her and Eddie, but it would have to be someone particularly spectacular and gifted. A one in a billion, maybe even trillion, person. And it seemed he'd found her.

Logan felt his cheeks flush ever so slightly as he responded, "She is. When we took that trip to deal with Benny together I gave myself over to her completely and for the first time it all just felt so... right." His mind went back to how good it had felt when he'd first fallen to his knees before her, the power she held over him, it had all been so perfect. "But don't go thinking that means I'm gonna be going soft on either of you now," he added with a playful sternness.

"Wouldn't dream of it," Fiona said with a smile while Eddie nodded his agreement with her. "We should probably get upstairs soon though," she continued, "Marissa is likely nearly done cooking by now and I bet our sweet, beat, boy here is ready for some tasty food aren't you?" Eddie nodded enthusiastically making Logan and Fiona giggle.

"Want me to carry you upstairs?" Logan asked as he ruffled Eddie's hair.

"Yes please," Eddie said sweetly.

Logan swept Eddie up in his arms and then the three of them made their way upstairs to the delicious dinner Marissa had made for them.