“Both?” Star asked.
“Yeah?” Lucian wrapped himself around Star. “Worship you with the body of Yuri’s creation and then the one of your own? Sounds kinky.”
“Yes,” Star agreed.
“Works for me,” Lucian said. “A couple of rounds and then we’ll ravish Raphael’s creation.”
“Will Theo want to?”
Lucian laughed and palmed Star’s erect cock, stroking it with a firm hand. “Oh, yes. Who knew the sweet little seraph you picked would be the neediest of all of us. If he could permanently ride one of our cocks around all day, he would.”
“We all awaken to different desires,” Star said.
“Yeah?” Lucian asked. “Can I awaken a few of yours?”
“You can try,” Star said as if he couldn’t be bothered.
“Can I? Let’s.” Lucian smiled down at him. The lights of the cave turned near luminescent with the bright joy dripping off them. Soon it would be sweat and come flooding off them both, and Lucian couldn’t wait.
After Yuri has been found
Part Four
The World Between
Yuri woke rested for the first he could recall in his entire life. He was blessedly warm, in fact a little too warm, and his bladder screamed that now was the time to get up and relieve the pressure. He swallowed his groan, not wanting to wake anyone else, and carefully crawled out from between Star and Theo. Radu and Lucian took the outer edges of the bed, with Yuri wrapped in the middle, and he wondered how that had come to be, but feared poking a dragon of unsettled proportions. Everyone had their own rooms, even Yuri, but this bedroom had only the giant bed and a massive ensuite bathroom.
He made his way to the bathroom, relieved his bladder and stepped into the shower, grateful for warm water and sweet-smelling soap. The giant purple cat sleeping beside the door was something he’d have to get used to. It tilted its head at him, curious, interested, and not wary at all.
Yuri tugged on his robe and smiled as Lucian entered the bathroom. “You didn’t have to get up yet,” Yuri told him as the man stepped in to kiss him on the cheek after petting the cat on its snout.
“The rabble will need to eat,” Lucian said. “And, previously immortal beings not used to having to consume food, seem to find recalling their need to eat difficult.”
“I can cook,” Yuri offered.
“You love baking,” Lucian said. “But I understand that cooking is not your passion.”
“I prefer desserts, yes. Donuts for breakfast was a thing for a reason.”
“Donuts?” Lucian said absently as he stripped out of his sleep pants and stepped into the water. Yuri admired his beautiful form and longed to run his hands over every inch, but his stomach growled. “See,” Lucian said. “Yours growls. Do you think they pay attention when theirs do?” He washed quickly, keeping his hair out of the spray. “What is a donut?”
“A small, round cake with a hole in the center. Sometimes it’s coated in a sweet glaze, or sugar and cinnamon, sometimes it still has the center and is filled with fruit or custard,” Yuri answered. Did he have supplies to make donuts here? How did that even work? “I’m not sure how this world works? Is it real? Is it a dream?”
Lucian stepped out and dried off, sliding into a robe he grabbed from a line of hooks beside the shower. “It’s not a dream. Think of it like purgatory, perhaps. A place between? Does that make sense? It’s real, but not an actual world in that you can’t start walking and just keep going. Eventually it will stop as the creators will only extends so far.”
“Which creator?”
“Star, Raphael, Uriel, and a handful of others. We all could return to our realms and exist within them, mortal, even though some of us are longer lived.” Lucian put his hand to his chest. “I straddle worlds, human and Onari. Theo didn’t want to return to the celestial realm, and the place of the archangels no longer exists, as Star said it was a void of any real creation. They spent most of their existence navigating the worlds created by others and marveling in their design. Star could live among the evolved Onari. Their cities and technology match some of the human’s from before the last Fracture.”
“That sounds exciting,” Yuri said. “Is that still on Dahna?”
“It is,” Lucian said. “I’ve been, and it’s… overwhelming. They aren’t destructive like the humans were, and they are a matriarchal society filled with artisans. I honestly think Radu would love it the most, and I understand that Star finds it overwhelming because he spent so long in the dark, devoid of most real beauty. It’s like being blind and suddenly seeing everything. Too much.”
“What about you? You said it’s overwhelming.”
“I like the quiet of the cottage. Curling up in the sun to read a book. I enjoy that.” Lucian stepped in close but hesitated to touch him until Yuri reached out, then he pulled Yuri into his arms and nuzzled his neck. “You smell like breakfast.”
Yuri laughed. “Like donuts, sex, or hope?”
