Oh, oh, oh it's magic (Xie and Kevin)

[xie_er]

Zhao Jing used to be a nobody, born into influence and wealth but always in the shadow of those around him. In magical circles he was even worse, a barely-remembered witch that didn't have enough power for any familiar to even consider looking twice at him.

Somehow, though, after many years (and a few suspicious deaths), he's managed to climb his way to the CEO of Five Lakes, his power - of both kinds - growing exponentially.

The previous CEO was surrounded by some unfortunate rumorus before his death, so Zhao Jing has been focused on repairing the reputation of he company and solidifying his support, mundane and magical, which means it is far too delicate a moment for Xie to be in the spotlight, even if he was promised he'd be allowed to stop hiding when the position was in Zhao Jing's hands.

He just has to wait a little longer, that's all, and it's not like it's difficult to only appear in his animal form whenever Zhao Jing is in public, just uncomfortable, and the last thing they need is for somebody to recognise Xie for any of the things he's done to help his witch get where he is today, when his position is still so precarious...

He tells himself all the excuses he's heard from Yifu, repeats them in his head like a mantra as he sits through all the meetings and negotiations, a little black cat and Zhao Jing's feet, watching the men and women he's speaking to for anything Yifu can use. He hangs around when Zhao Jing steps out the room, listens to what they say behind his back - that's his job with normal people, to be a pair of ears they don't realise are there. Even paranoid types who scan for bugs would miss him, which he finds funny, privately, because he is a bug of a sort.

Not that he's allowed to take his original animal form - a scorpion would be out of place if anybody caught sight of him, and Yifu doesn't like the idea of him hiding in pockets or anything like that. He says it's dangerous, that something could happen to him, but Xie privately thinks he just finds the form creepy. Even around other magical people, the cat is preferred - his job with them is to be a reminder that Zhao Jing has a familiar, and a relatively powerful one at that.

It's hard for familiars to change the form they can take, but he did it, for Yifu.

He tells people the cat is called Scorpion, and that somebody else named him - which is technically true, Xie does mean scorpion, and his parents named him - and that he's vaguely embarrassed to have such a fiercely named cat.

(He doesn't tell magical people anything at all, they know Xie isn't a pet so they're less likely to ask, at most they will wonder why his familiar always stays in animal form. Zhao Jing just tells them he's shy. He isn't, he doesn't care about people seeing him, but it's easier to do the things Yifu wants him to do when nobody knows what he looks like)

Xie hadn't always known he was powerful - when Yifu had taken him in he'd been told he wasn't much, but that maybe he could be useful. Later, when some witch had made an offhand comment about it, the story had become that Yifu recognised his power and took him in before anybody else could steal him away, that he just wanted to protect Xie from the people who would use him for his power. Xie was already so far gone by that point that he accepted it, that he told himself he was lucky he had Yifu to protect him, to guide him.

It's funny how easy it is to lie to yourself.

When the meetings are over for the day he finally shifts back to human form, spending a few minutes stretching out the kinks that come from forcing himself into a form that isn't quite his, especially with how much he's had to do it over the last few weeks, and then going in search of something to eat. He could probably just head back to his own apartment since he doesn't think Yifu needs anything else from him, not today, but the outsiders have all left and everybody in Yifu's manor at least knows Xie, even if they don't know that Xie and Scorpion are one and the same, so it's safe to be around them.

He likes to spend as much time here as he can get away with, likes to remind Yifu he can be useful in other ways... and maybe he likes to keep an eye on this new apprentice Yifu has taken on. He doesn't understand why he needs anybody else when he has Xie, but the last time he'd questioned somebody new in the house Yifu hadn't spoken to him for a week, so he doesn't voice that thought out loud - he just watches the guy suspiciously every chance he gets, and wonders how easy he would be to get rid of.

He's halfway to the kitchen when something makes him stop. A tug of power, the vague echo of chanting, there's a ritual happening and something about it is drawing him close. He frowns, confused, and follows the pull...

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[xie_er]

Xie just rolls his eyes fondly and dives in for another kiss - as much as he wants to appreciate Kevin's bared chest, he's quite content to explore it with his hands instead.

Though he does keep the kiss brief, moving away from his lips in favour of kissing along his jaw and down his neck.

[weird_cop]

Kevin sighs happily, letting his head roll back into the pillows as Xie kisses him, his own fingers tracing circles along back and shoulders and occasionally the top of his arms.

"And you feel so good as well."

Of course, part of this is due to the fact he suspects Xie has never been given enough honest compliments, so he wants to make sure he gets them.

[xie_er]

Xie has probably already received more compliments in the past ten minutes than he'd ever really had in his life before, or at least before Kevin 'stole' him. He responds to this one with a nip of his teeth against Kevin's collarbone.

"You feel good." He retorts, then soothes over the bite with his tongue "You taste good, too."

[weird_cop]

Kevin gasps faintly with the nip, shuddering involuntarily when Xie's tongue finds him. He squeezes his hands over his biceps and then tucks them under Xie's arms to return to his back.

He's aware that Xie's mouth is right by the chain of his own locket, but he neither wants to draw attention to it, nor does he feel like removing it, so he lets that thought go.

"You're amazing."

The fact that he can't come up with a more specific compliment right not is probably because Xie is succeeding in driving the power of words out of his mind.

[xie_er]

Xie's noticed the locket, and he's curious about it, but he also doesn't really want to stop what they're doing to ask about it right now, so he just kisses around it, working his way back up Kevin's neck to nip at his earlobe.

He smirks a little at the vagueness of the compliment - it still sends a thrill through him, but it's also a sign that his 'plan' is working.

He rolls his hips again, pressing in so that Kevin can feel how turned on he is just from this, from Kevin's skin beneath his fingers, his lips, from the compliments too, not that he'd admit that.

[weird_cop]

The thing is - the thing is, is that Kevin doesn't need to physically feel how turned on Xie is, because he can feel it, and that itself is a turn on in itself - that he can't work out where his arousal stops and Xie's starts, and how much is from the combination of that pleasure.

He hums in pleasure from Xie's teeth at his earlobe, and walks his fingers down, past his waist, to the top of his hips, and then slipping cheekily under the waistband of his trousers.

"Do you want me as much as I want you?"

On the surface it's a stupid question, because of course. But nevertheless - Kevin wants Xie to say it.

[xie_er]

"You know I do." Xie's almost drunk on it, himself. Just feeling how wanted he is, it's almost as overwhelming as the compliments. It's not completely new to him, as such, because he's certainly seduced plenty of men who were hungry for a pretty boy like him, but it doesn't even come close to how it feels to be wanted by somebody he wants this badly.

Besides, knowing it is one thing, seeing it in their eyes or feeling it in their touch, it's nothing compared to being completely enveloped in it. To feeling it in his soul.

"I've wanted you for a while," he admits "I tried to tell myself I didn't but I couldn't deny it. I wanted to be your Familiar and I wanted to be yours, wanted you to be mine, too. And I wanted this," he kisses down Kevin's neck as he talks, punctuates it there with another nip of his teeth, a squeeze of his hands along Kevin's sides.

"right now I want it, want you, more than I've ever wanted anyone."

He feels stupid saying it, awkward even, but he allows the neediness to creep in just a little bit, thinks Kevin deserves it in return for all the nice words he's given Xie. He's not so good at compliments, isn't sure what to say, but this he can manage.

[weird_cop]

"You've got me," Kevin replies instantly. "I'm yours."

He arches his back, raising his chest and collar to Xie's lips, his pelvis to his hips, and works his hands around to work on Xie's fly.

"Do what you want with me."

[xie_er]

Embarrassingly, Xie has to bite back a moan at those words. It's ridiculous how much of a thrill it sends through him to hear Kevin say he's his.

He moves a little further down, considers where the collar of his shirts usually falls, and then sinks his teeth into Kevin's skin, sucking a bruise into his skin. He kisses it better, afterwards, leaning back a little to look at it with smug satisfaction.

Mine.

He kneels up a little, missing the contact already but wanting to make it easier for Kevin to push his jeans down his hips - and give himself enough room to reach for Kevin's trousers.

[weird_cop]

Kevin chuckles to himself when he realises what Xie is doing, humming in agreement.

He obediently follows Xie's lead, pushing his jeans down and lifting his own hips up to let Xie return the favour.

"Gorgeous."

[xie_er]

Xie tugs his jeans down, moving with them and nudging Kevin's legs down for a moment so he can keeping moving backwards, stepping briefly off the bed to strip them off the rest of the way. He shoves his own off as well, quick and eager before climbing back onto the bed.

He crawls over Kevin again, leans down for another lingering kiss before sitting back and just enjoying the view, tracing his fingers over Kevin's chest - trailing across the mark he left before teasingly circling a nipple.

"What do you want?"

[weird_cop]

Kevin had already propped himself up on his elbows, enough to watch Xie work. He leans up to return the kiss before Xie sits up again, and then lies for a moment, watching the expression in Xie's face.

He knows what he wants.

I want you. I want you in me and then I want to do the same to you. I want to make you come and I want to be completely at your mercy. I want everything."

He makes a move as if to sit up further to kiss Xie, but chooses not to dislodge the hand on his chest. Instead he leans on one elbow and the other hand reaches for Xie's hip, landing at the point where the hip becomes his thigh.

"I think first, I want to taste you."

[xie_er]

"Oh..." Xie is so taken with Kevin's words that he breathes his response out loud, staring down at him with slightly wide eyes. It's so, so different to any experience he's had before that he's a little stunned by it for a moment.

He swallows hard at that grip on his thigh and nods, not quite trusting himself to speak in either voice for a moment. When he finally does manage it, it's a little strained - in a good way.

"Okay."

"I want that too. Please." He adds through the link

[weird_cop]

Kevin breathes out a soft laugh, smiling at him with a sense of good-natured triumph. He managed to knock the words out of Xie before Xie got him.

He manages finally to get enough control over his muscles to push Xie off him, rolling over so their positions are reversed, Kevin leaning over Xie before lowering himself to kiss him once on the mouth, before trailing a determined path down jaw, neck and chest. The hand that was on Xie's thigh stays there, tracing light circles that just tease the edge of his destination.

For once, he's not talking. He's concentrating on Xie's reactions at every move.

[xie_er]

Xie settles back against the bed, one hand threading into Kevin's hair as he starts to trail down. He tilts his head back, letting his eyes fall closed so he can just enjoy the sensations.

It feels agonisingly good, Kevin hasn't even touched his dick and he already feels a little crazy. He didn't know it could feel like this.

[weird_cop]

Kevin presses a series of kisses down Xie's abs, telling him again how beautiful he is, marvelling at the softness of his skin. By the time he is gently licking Xie's navel, he is lightly cupping his balls, fingers tracing them while his thumb teases the base of his cock.

As he scoots his legs back along the bed he can feel himself growing unbearably hard, without even being touched. So he continues down, until his lips are just grazing Xie's tip.

[xie_er]

Xie bites back a moan, his grip tightening a little in Kevin's hair as his other hand digs into the sheets. His hips jerk at the first contact of Kevin's thumb against his cock and it takes all his effort not to thrust upwards at the touch of his lips.

It's almost torturous how slow he's taking it and Xie lets out a needy whine before he can stop himself, cheeks flushing red at how desperate he sounds.

[weird_cop]

Kevin hums out a mini laugh, letting the vibrations of that translate through his lips. But he gets the hint. Pressing his lips fully against the shaft of Xie's dick, he runs wet kisses all the way down one side and then, pushing his head against Xie's stomach, runs his tongue back up the other. Once, then again, moistening the whole thing with his saliva before his fingers close around the base.

"You taste so good."

[xie_er]

Another bitten-off moan is all the reply Kevin gets because Xie isn't really capable of words right now. He's so desperately hard already that he genuinely doesn't know how much more of this he can take - nobody else has ever given his dick this much attention.

It's not just the stimulation, though, it's the care, it's the way he can tell Kevin is genuinely enjoying himself, that he's getting almost as much out of this as Xie is. It's the compliment he isn't entirely sure he believes and yet he knows Kevin isn't lying.

[weird_cop]

Kevin's other hand reaches around, snaking under Xie's back to nest in the curve back there, as he opens his mouth finally and starts working his way down, swallowing him bit by bit.

He doesn't waste time, though, pausing only to adjust and breathe as he takes Xie entirely into his mouth.

"Tell me if you want this differently."

He suspects Xie is happy to take it, but he's happy to change pace or technique at any time.

[xie_er]

Asking for anything different would require being capable of thought and Xie is very much not that right now.

Being fulled wrapped in the warmth of Kevin's mouth is almost making him see stars, it's incredible. Now he knows why people enjoy blow jobs so much because holy shit. He almost comes right there and then, but he manages to hold off. He's on a knife-edge, though, and he doesn't know how to stop himself from coming embarrassingly quickly.

[weird_cop]

Kevin takes the silence as what it means, and runs with the implicit permission to keep going - although he does not have any particular interest in helping Xie hold off.

He moves his head up again, teasing with his tongue, working his lips firmly, running his mouth up until he can flick the tip of his tongue against the end of Xie's dick before slipping back down again, working his pace up, because dammit he's about ready to lose it from this.

[xie_er]

When Kevin picks up the pace, Xie loses all ability to hold onto his control. He just about manages to keep his hips from jerking so much he thrusts up into Kevin's mouth, but he can't stop himself from coming.

He manages a stammered cry of Kevin's name as warning, but that's all, his grip on the sheets tightening so hard his knuckles turn white.

[weird_cop]

Kevin has enough warning to still, hold his mouth in place, and expertly swallow up every last drop that Xie puts out, his own hands holding Xie's hips gently, in case they need to stop him from actually choking.

He holds him in his mouth until Xie is entirely done, and then eases his mouth off gently, running the kisses right back up his stomach and chest to reach his mouth again.

"You taste amazing."

[xie_er]

He can taste himself on Kevin's lips and that's... strange and thrilling and oddly addictive, he's glad (again) of the link for communication because he doesn't want to stop kissing him.

"That felt amazing. Thank you" It sounds clumsy and stupid to his mind, but he has to say something and he hasn't really regained his senses for anything more coherent, all his barriers and second-guessing stripped away to just leave raw honesty.

His grip loosens from the sheets and he lifts his hand, sliding it down Kevin's chest, tracing over his abs before dipping lower and curling around his cock.