Hellraiser (Loki & W. Wilson) **Hiatus**

Chapter Twenty-Two

Wade rubs at his eyes as he leaves his bedroom, he's half dressed, a sock hanging off and threatening to fall off. He yawns. Something woke him. Something alerting him to a presence and he knows Al sleeps like the dead. Maze is lounging on the couch, one leg crossed over the other. Wade notices her and jumps slighty.

"Ah, Fuck" He complains stumbling back into the kitchenette, Maze smirks at him and waves her fingers at him in greeting. "Totally assumed I'd dreamt the whole thing" He admits, she shrugs a little and then pushes herself to her feet.

"Sorry, still alive" she motions to herself, she then steps closer to him, Wade steps back from her and shakes his head. "Wade" she scolds mockingly.

"I'm still trying to figure out this whole mind fuck" he tells her. "Can you stay over that side of the room?" he adds motioning for her to back away.

"I'm still me" She assures him, not moving from where she is stood. "Sort of" she smirks a little. "Just...a little twisted"

"Maze" he scolds slightly. "You were always a little twisted" he teases, she snorts and then covers her nose at the actual noise that escapes her. "Oh fuck, you still do that thing" He steps closer to her now, a smile on his lips. His eyes scan over her. On the outside she does appear to be the exact same, but he knows all her changes are inside, except for that freaky face thing. She touches his cheek and leans closer, brushing her lips over his. He sighs and closes his eyes before he lunges a little to kiss her back. It's been a hell of a long time since he's kissed her. Touched her. Felt this. He pulls back and shakes his head. "No...no" he scolds. "Fuck...yes" he kisses her again. He knows they have things to talk about, but she still tasts oh so good. Her fingers reach for his betl and he is instantly snapped out of it, he grabs her wrists and stops her. "It's been 8 years" He reminds her, breathing against her lips. "Things aren't that easy anymore, Zee." she pouts at him.

"Is there someone else?" she asks him. "If there is....I will fucking gut her like a filthy pig" He shakes his head and leans away from her.

"No" he is quick to tell her. "No, I tried, a few times, but none of them even came close to what we had...Come on, there was only ever you." they share a look, his fingers brushing against hers at her side. "How long have you been back?" She takes a breath and pushes herself up onto the kitchen counter behind her.

"Urm about...2 years now" She answers.

"2 years" he repeats and steps closer to her, his hands settlinng on her thighs, needing to feel her beneath his hands to make sure she is real. He's terrified he's going to blink and she'll disappear. "And you didn't think to find me? To tell me you were alive?"

"I was full blown demon bitch when I came back" she argues. "I didn't care about anything, not even my brothers" He sighs a little. "These last 2 years, being back around them again, I'm relearning, I've started....feeling human" She chokes a little on the words. "Emotions again" She shudders slightly. "And, yeah, it's taken me time to realise that, to realise that I can be a demon and feel normal, not that far of a stretch" he snorts a little.

"Well, you were never really normal, Zee" he points out, she snorts and nods. There is a bark and Wade frowns looking around. "Is that a dog?" he asks her, she smirks.

"Sort of" she answers as Cat runs into the room, he trips a little and face plants the floor before getting up and carrying on.

"Holy shit, that's fucking adorable" Wade states crouching to meet Cat. Maze watches Wade, she was expecting something more.....scared, maybe a bit of screaming, but he reacted the same way she did.

"His name is Cat" Wade snorts and looks up at Maze.

"Of course it is" He whispers warmly. The two of them share a look, she smiles a little and then looks down. He scratches at the hound's neck and smirks. "So fucking cute" he mumbles.

"Wade" she starts, he hums as he stands. "You do know that this whole time your face has been bare, right?" she asks him, Wade's eyes widen and he dives behind the couch, she rolls her eyes fondly and shakes her head. "Wade" She scolds, he groans.

"Look, okay, it's just....I used to be hot" He points out, still hiding.

"The hottest" she agrees.

"And now....."

"Now....you're still hot" She comments, he peers over the top of the couch.

"Exsqueeze me?" he asks her. She motions to her own face as the illusion disappears, revealling her demonic face.

"You think I'm any less hot?" she asks him. "With this face?"

"No" he assures her. "You're...smokin', like...hooters smokin'" She smirks a little, the scars on her face straining as she does. She gives him a look. "It's different" he argues.

"Why?" she asks him.

"Because..." he starts. "Fuck" he complains trying to think of a reason why his scars are....worse. But they're not. Half of her face is actually missing, burnt, and rotting and he just has a few bumps and ridges. Granted they cover his whole body but...he's at a loss. He stands from behind the couch. Because even with her half a face, she is still the most beautiful woman he's ever laid his eyes on. It's why she was always it for him. It's why it almost broke him when she 'died'. Becuase she was his one.

"I love being right" she teases him, he smirks and shrugs.

"Yeah, well.." he blows a raspberry.

"Still have such a grasp on the English language I see" She comments picking Cat up into her arms, she coos at the hound and snuggles closer to him. Wade watches the two of them together. Both scarred. Both would be considered hideous to the outside world. And yet they are being the cutest.

"I've missed you" Wade whispers sadly. He's not sure she heard him, hopes she didn't, this new Maze doesn't seem the sort to want soft and fluffy, she wants dark and twisted. "Are you staying?" He asks her, louder this time to make sure she can hear him. Maze glances at him.

"No" she answers. "I have...to go back to Hell for a bit" Her eyes search his. "I can come back if you want" he moves closer to her.

"It's not going to be the same as it was," he tells her. "We're both different now, if...." he sighs. "If you want to try again, we'll have to do it from scratch"

"Can't we just fuck?" she asks him, he gives her a look.

"If that's all you are after then you can leave and never come back, it's never been just about sex for us, though yes, it is always good, great even....the best I've ever had" she smirks at him. "We've wasted enough time....." she takes a breath and nods a little, she can understand, they've known each since they were teenagers, and now they're hitting 40, and yet, things have never been easy for them, Wade wants something more, something serious, and deep, deep, deep down, so does Maze, she just wants someone to love her. And the human her always knew her future was set with Wade, he was her unicorn.