Do You Know What You Got Into? {Closed to First}

[Alfred F Jones]

(Response is just fine!)

Ted certainly didn’t want his pills – although they did knock him out they didn’t do any damn good with the underlying cause, they didn’t make him any less aware of what he’d seen and they left him feeling the next day as if even thinking was damned hard work. The one thing that made him feel better had always been Cody and that had not changed. With a few soothing words and caresses, Cody managed to have the nightmare leave him far quicker than it would have done otherwise and Ted knew that was because of what Cody meant to him and how much Cody cared. The TV in the background helped, the flickering light meaning that he could better see Cody while the volume was too low for him to be really distracted. It was rather soothing to have human voices in the background though.

Some people might have found his rapid descent back into sleep surprising, but Ted was used to it. When Cody wasn’t there and he had one of his nightmares (they weren’t frequent and didn’t plague him while he was working, but certainly at the beginning he hadn’t spent every night with his lover), the others presence was enough of a comfort to him that he was able to sleep as soon as the shaking had stopped. Or maybe it was a defence mechanism, so that he wouldn’t have to tell Cody he was still reliving the day that had earned him a medal – Cody was probably astute enough so that he already knew that anyway.

When he actually did wake up properly, he could see the sun struggling through the curtains and realised the television was still on. He frowned slightly, glancing at Cody’s sleeping face and wondering if they had fallen asleep with a film on – and then he remembered the nightmare and sighed. He hated doing that to Cody, because it wasn’t going to make his fiancé feel any better about letting him go off to some foreign country where people were trying to kill him... although he was damn glad for his own sake that Cody had been there. He knew there would be a call summoning him back in the next day or so, but he hoped it wasn’t today – not only did he have a wedding suit to find, he wanted more time with the man he loved. He didn’t think that was a big ask, considering the next time he saw Cody, they would be about to be married.

[Alfred F Jones]

Feeling eyes on him Cody slowly roused himself. He didn't remember when exactly he nodded off, but he felt as though he hadn't been asleep very long at all. "Morning baby..." he mumbled as he shuffled closer to Ted, nestling himself into Ted's back from where the other had obviously been checking the time, feeling one of Ted's firm and calloused hands resting atop his own as he placed his arm around his fiance's waist. Pressing a few kisses to the back of Ted's neck and his shoulders he then nuzzled his face into the toned muscle of the other's neck for a few moments before he sighed gently and then covered his mouth with his hand as a heavy yawn ripped through him. "Mhm... Time's it?" he asked softly, forcing himself up on one arm so that he was looking down at Ted instead this time around.

When Ted reported that it was 7:30, Cody then shifted to straddle Ted lightly, leaning down to steal a soft kiss, "How about we have a bath together? Randy's stealing you off me later, and John and I aren't going out until tomorrow, so I'm going to be bored and lonely without you." Ted got a guilty expression on his face and Cody kissed the other again lightly, "You're going suit-shopping-- I'm a big enough boy to last a few hours without you sweetheart." He then smiled sweetly and innocently added, "I'll just have to glomp and molest you when you come home. I'll have dinner ready for when you do." Chances were they'd be a few hours.

When Ted nodded about the bath Cody smiled softly, "You stay here and I'll come and get you when it's ready." Ted didn't look as though he was feeling any ill-effects from the night before with his nightmare, but Cody always liked to indulge him even more than normal after one of his bad nights to make up for it. Padding into their bathroom Cody turned the taps on and stuck some bubble-bath in the water. It was probably one of the oldest 'gay cliches' in the book that they'd have bubble-bath, but it was nice for relaxation. As soon as the bath was ready Cody turned to go and tell Ted to come on in when he was ready, but then almost fell back into the bath when he realised Ted was standing in the doorway. "What have I told you about making noise when you walk?" he chided softly, smiling and then slipping into the bath-water, extending his hand to Ted.

[Trash]

Ted chuckled slightly, taking Cody’s hand a moment and then getting into the bath himself. He didn’t intentionally try to sneak up on Cody, it was just a habit after being taught that stealth was important – and Cody had told him often to make some noise when he walked. Ted thought that Cody was just too confident to listen out when he was in his own home, the way it damn well should be and something he wouldn’t have changed for the world.

Once he was beneath the water he sighed, leaning back into Cody and giving a little sigh as Cody’s hands caressed his chest. There was no time for bubble baths when he was working and in truth he preferred a shower – unless Cody was there. That was when he liked to linger, take advantage of the situation and relax. He never felt truly relaxed anymore unless he was with Cody anyway and bathing alone simply didn’t give him that same feeling.

Turning slightly, he pressed a kiss to Cody’s jaw, grinning a little as Cody moved so that their lips could touch. Ted chuckled slightly, the noise taken from him as Cody kissed him properly, the angle meaning they couldn’t keep it up for long but they hardly needed to – it was more a comfortable confirmation of what they had than a need to start off something. “I’d invite you to come with us to get this suit, I trust your taste more than Randy’s,” he said, completely honestly – Randy could look killer when he wanted to and more than once his recommendation meant that Ted looked the same, but in Ted’s humble opinion Cody always looked a thousand times better regardless. “But isn’t it bad luck for us to see each others outfit before the wedding?” That might just be brides, but he could be wrong he supposed.


(I’m finding trying to get these back again very confusing – Deep and Dirty I’ve just realised, the last post we have is one of mine, What You Got Into seems to be our Marine fic and both Worth It and Nexus are dated posts that we’d gotten way past! That and a couple of my favourites are missing... I did have a point but I’ve been distracted by Evan, lol)

[Kurt "Fashionista" Hummel]

"I'm not too sure," Cody admitted -it wasn't as though they had attended many same sex marriages in the past- but then smiled, "But it may be nice just to think of it as a tradition and keep another surprise for one another, hm?" Even though he'd love to get Ted to model his wedding tuxedo for him, he also knew that he would be equally keen just to wait for the full effect on the day, when they were actually getting married, seeing one another.

Absently he said, "I would make some comment about saucy wedding underwear, but I don't think that can actually apply to men does it? I mean, you know I think you look fabulous in anything, Teddy, but I don't think I'd be able to take anything too seriously if one or both of us were wearing a man-thong." Ted laughed along with him and Cody reached for the soap, getting a lather in his hands. "I seriously doubt John will be better help, if that makes you feel better about not going with me."

He began to massage the lather into Ted's skin, taking his time and merely enjoying tending to Ted as opposed to trying to rev his engine, as the old saying went. Reluctantly he had to let Ted move away from him somewhat so he could wash other parts of the other man, but then he had Ted settled back against him as he rinsed him off. It was times like these that reminded him how hard the simplist things could be to do because he was missing the other so badly when he was back out on duty. And, as though missing him wasn't bad enough, he was always constantly fearing for his safety too... Cody would be lying if he said he didn't look forward to when Ted retired from active service. Cody pressed a kiss underneath his fiance's ear as he finished washing the suds from his skin, "I love you, Theodore DiBiase-Rhodes."