MAZES | cake ✓ | warning:shitty!

t w e n t y - t w o

here's some smut
enjoy you horndogs
~ gia :)

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"Do you think it'll work?"

That voice belonged to Luke, who was standing protectively behind Calum with his face buried in the side of the thin boy's neck and arms around his rather skinny, slim waist.

Calum tilted his head left a bit and sighed as Luke peppered soft kisses up and down his rather pale skin.

It was the following day of when Luke had awoken and he immediately took Calum to the Infirmary. Due to lack of food to nurse Calum slowly back to health, they were forced to consider having Calum consume the viperwolf blood and see if it would work, even if the problem was internal and not external, like open wounds.

Ashton, at the moment, was standing a few feet off to the side, kneeling down next to the restrained body of the viperwolf. They were still unsure if the creature was 'fully' dead, so it was bound by ropes and a needle with a sedative was always kept nearby.

Ashton was stroking the smooth, blubbery black skin of the six-legged creature curiously before he looked up upon Luke's inquiry, standing up slowly and exhaling a long breath.

"I can't say for certain. Since the goal is to heal some internal health issues and we only know it woks externally, it could completely backfire." Ashton tapped his foot expectantly on the dirt ground.

Luke kissed Calum's cheek gently with a little mewl of 'I love you' before he let go of Calum's waist and walked up beside him, grabbing Calum's hand and twining their fingers, Luke caressing Cal's knuckles with the pad of his thumb.

"But look at me. I'm healthy as ever, I feel good physically and emotionally, internally and externally. It couldn't harm him," He slowly brought his blue gaze up from the ground to meet Ash's hazel eyes. "Could it?"

Ashton shrugged, reaching to the side to grab that same jar filled with the thick black blood of the viperwolf and stared at the liquid through the rather smudged, dirty glass of the jar.

"It's worth a try. If you, Calum, are willing to take the risk, then you can take some of it right now and head off to sleep and be excused from Glade duties the rest of the day." Ashton offered, looking at the thin figure of Calum, who looked exhausted and absolutely worn.

"Let's just do it," Calum sighed, using the hand that wasn't holding Luke's to rub at his temples, obviously distressed.

"Cal-" Luke began but Calum shook his head, silencing his boyfriend.

"It's okay, Luke. I promise you. It's okay." Calum whispered, squeezing Luke's hand and giving the taller boy a small, meek smile.

Luke didn't exactly relax but seeing the pleading, pained look in Calum's wide, distant brown eyes, he deflated a bit and nodded slowly. Calum kissed his cheek, and took the jar from Ash's hands and stared at the thick black liquid with a rather displeased look on his face.

The bridge of his nose wrinkled as he unscrewed the cap of the jar and put the rim of the glass to his dry lips, and slowly tipped the jar upwards. The liquid oozed over the edge of the jar and kissed the surface of Calum's tongue and he instantly wanted to recoil, but Ashton jerked forwards a bit and steadied Calum's trembling hands, easing him on as Cal took another small sip of the liquid before nearly dropping the jar.

He coughed and sputtered, the taste of the viperwolf's blood almost like human blood, metal, rust, and old maple syrup mixed into one as the warm liquid slid down his throat.

"Shit, it tastes like shit." Calum hissed in annoyance once he recovered, coughing a bit more, his face still contorted in displeasure of the taste. Yet, he could already feel numbness beginning to burn a hole into his stomach and he looked over at Luke, who understood immediately.