Evening at Chip'n'Dan's (some days pre-Halloween)

[Kat]

Ace grinned as soon as Chip replied, his expression smug. He glanced at Colorado when he started laughing, laughing himself when he called Chip domesticated. When Chip made his comment Ace nodded his head in agreement. "Very true, old timer! You just can't resist my young flesh, can you? Every old man needs a young trophy wife, after all." Ace grinned and laughed as he made the comment, kissing Chip's cheek.

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Chip laughed by now as well, and kissed Ace back.

"And what a lovely trophy you'll make," he said with a wink, and kissed him again - and again, as though to prove Ace's words right about irresistibility.

Colorado made a face.

"You two look like you'd need a room," he said, then yawned. "Truth be told, it's getting a little late though." He got up, stretched a little and then winked. "I guess I ought to let you two withdraw to your own peace. I'm sure you'll have all sorts of things to do before going to bed."

Collie, of course, didn't know they weren't having sex yet. Chip smiled a bit to his friend, unsure if Ace wanted anyone to know that they were taking it slowly.

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Ace couldn't keep the smile off his face as Chip kissed him, suddenly realizing something very important. They he was acting with Chip now, tonight, almost childlike in his pouting and demanding, he was starting to act more like his real self, like the person he was around his family, instead of the person he tried to be in front of his friends. It was nice, being able to just truly act on his true intentions, not worrying about putting on a front for others. Chip was really having a strong effect on him.

When Collie mentioned that he'd leave them and head off to bed, Ace looked back at him and smiled. He probably thought they'd be up all night screwing, didn't he? Unless Chip had told him the real pace of their relationship? It didn't matter much to Ace at the moment, though. He was used to everyone assuming he was the biggest whore in the world, after all, when he really wasn't. One more wrong opinion wouldn't hurt him. "Well then, it was nice meeting you! And I meant what I said before, about you being the flower girl in our wedding..." Ace grinned and winked at Colorado before turning back to very lightly bite Chip's chin. He couldn't wait until they were alone.

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Colorado smirked and then went to the room Chip had pointed to be his and where they'd taken his things. After he was gone, Chip looked at Ace with a smile, thoroughly enjoying the cuddling.

"So does this mean you're spending the night?" He hadn't been absolutely sure if Ace would - though he had rather hoped so.

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Ace looked up at Chip, a little smile on his lips. "Of course I'm staying, unless you don't want me to." He pushed himself up, standing and pouting slightly as he looked down at Chip. "I just really want to be alone with you, preferably all night long. Preferably in your bed, and in your arms." He ran his fingers up and down Chip's arms before resting his hands on the other's shoulders.

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Chip purred a little low from his throat and reached up to kiss Ace on the neck even as he got up from the couch. He wrapped his arms round the blonde at first, kissing him on the lips once, and then smirked as he unexpectedly picked Ace up on his arms.

"Well then, if my arms is what you want then that's what you shall have," he said as he started to carry the blond over to his own bedroom. He nudged the door open and carried Ace all the way to the bed. There he placed him down carefully before turning round and going to the door. He closed it and then spread his arms a little as though to show off the place. "So, this is my humble adobe." He gave a critical look to the computer table in one corner - there was a laptop and a desktop there, and a lot of papers, cds and other assorted things lying about on the table in one big mess. "As neat as I am, when it comes to work, I tend to be a bit chaotic."

He then turned his attention solely to Ace as he approached the bed, almost as though prowling. At the very end, he nearly leaped on the bed, landing over Ace his both hands and feet on the sides of the boy's body.

"And we're alone," he purred as he reached his head down and placed several kisses on the blond's neck, face and lips.

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Ace had been hoping Chip would carry him into the room and was quite pleased when he was indeed hoisted into his arms. He couldn't help but grin happily as Chip carried him into the bedroom and laid him on the bed, the grin still there when Chip jumped on top of him, finally subsiding a little when Chip kissed him. "Mmm, finally! Now, what do you plan to do with me?" Ace's grin came back, his giddy excitement over the night just bubbling out of him. He hadn't been this happy since he'd been in Sweden, and it was a nice feeling. Safety and love and attraction, all rolled into one.

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Chip was probably feeling just as good as Ace, or possibly even better. He had been very worried at the beginning of their relationship, but tonight was certainly proving to him that things could indeed be better than well between us. He even forgot to be wary, and he forgot to be worried, and it was just like the old times... when he had still been in the boarding school, and there had been no worries, and it had just been him and his friends, and the world had smiled upon them. Only that now he had more than friendship, and it was giving him a bit of a high.

The older man wrapped his arms round Ace, slipping them under the blonde, and he caught Ace's midsection in between his feet as he leaned down, the forelock he always so carefully tended to hanging rather recklessly over the left eye.

"At first, I'll drown you into love," he replied, his other hand finding its way to the back of Ace's neck, his favourite spot to take hold of. He pressed his lips down on the blonde's lips and kissed him, tongue and all. During the kiss his other hand moved a little under Ace. He liked to feel the boy's muscles; muscles had always been a rather soft spot for Chip.

After a thorough kiss Chip lifted his face again and smiled, his eyes going over Ace's face as though trying to memorise every bit of it.

"You're so gorgeous, you know that?" he murmured, his hand coming up from under Ace to the side of the blonde's face, brushing off a loose strand of hair from his face. "I want to keep you forever."

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Ace responded very strongly to Chip's actions, kissing him back and squirming a little a Chip's touch. He smiled when Chip told him he was gorgeous, and when he said he wanted to keep him, Ace moved his hands up to Chip's neck, his fingers linking around the back. "You can keep me as long as you'd like, I'm totally yours." When the words came out of his mouth, the memory of his meeting with BP from a few days ago came back. Should he tell Chip about it? Would he really understand how important it was, that he hadn't done anything with her because of what he and Chip had now? Or would it just damped the moment a bit, bringing up the fact that Ace had many admirers? Would Chip feel threatened? He wasn't sure at the moment, but he did badly want to tell Chip about it.

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Chip smiled happily at the response and kissed Ace again, unaware of the thoughts going on in Ace's head and that he had a question. He hadn't really ever felt this blissfully happy. The only thought in his mind at the moment was that he couldn't wait until he could get to the final victory and Ace would be able to accept fully the physical part of their relationship. Not that Chip was in a hurry, the cuddling was quite enough for him right now.

"You know... I don't think I've ever been this happy," he said, feeling the need to confess it to the blonde. It was important to him, and it was important to him that Ace knew.

[Kat]

The next comment made Ace remember what Colorado had told him earlier about Flash, and it made Ace fully appreciate that Chip wasn't just saying it because he was caught up in the moment. Flash had been Chip's first boyfriend and after the horrible ending, what they were now sharing really must be special to Chip. It also made it a little easier on him to accept that Chip was willing to be patient and wait for him, since the older male obviously didn't want to give up what promised to be an amazing relationship, once all the doors were opened and they could share everything.

But Chip's comment also made Ace suddenly open his mouth and start talking. "Okay, I really hope this just makes you happier and that you don't take it the wrong way or anything, but there's just something I have to tell you." He knew he sounded a little ominous and hoped Chip wouldn't start worrying immediately. "Okay, well I've told you all about my past relationships and how they've all gone, and my feelings for people and everything. Well the other day BP came over and we talked, about Dan and her life and all sorts of things. She'd had a bit to drink and blurted out to me that she loved me, that she had for some time. I never knew, I thought we were just close friends, but it was different for her." He didn't want to spend too much time focusing on her though, so he decided to cut it short and get to the point. "Well basically what ended up happening was this. We were cuddling on the couch, and we kissed, and honestly, Chip, if I hadn't told you everything, and we weren't so close... If we were just dating, I know I would have cheated on you with her. I wouldn't have thought twice about it. That's the way I've always been. But even as soon as she kissed me, I just kept thinking about you. I couldn't bring myself to do anything else with her, even though I think she really needed it, and really wanted me to, but I couldn't. I put you ahead of her, actually I put you ahead of me, because part of me did want to sleep with her, since it's been months since she and I have done anything together. But my love for you, and my devotion, I guess, it overruled everything else."

He paused for a second, his eyes meeting Chip's. "I don't know if you even have any idea how important that is for me, but it's really important. I never thought I'd ever put anyone ahead of me, everything I've done for anyone else, I've always done it because it benefitted me. But I did this because I thought about you. It's probably the first selfless thing I've ever done, to be honest. I just didn't think it would be fair to you to make you wait for me, but then mess around behind your back. That'll be a little hard for me, especially with Princess, not doing anything with her. But you're more important than everything else, and I just wanted you to know that. And I hope I explained it well enough so you can understand how important it is for me, and I hope it doesn't dampen the mood, or anything. I've just been debating telling you about it for the past few days." He finally stopped, wanting to give Chip a chance to process everything and respond.


*I don't remember if we've had Ace tell Chip about everything that happened with Starlight, but we'll say he did in case it never actually happened*

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Chip was totally, utterly and deeply surprised for the sudden flow of information. He had had no idea that something important might have happened lately, and thus could not have expected to hear from it. When Ace spoke, however, he never got around to getting worried or alarmed, since the surprise lasted until Ace had already got to the part where he understood there was no reason to get alarmed in the first place. Chip's face grew more serious as the blonde went on, but rather grave and intent than upset.

It took a few moments for Chip to full process everything that Ace had said after the blonde stopped talking. He remembered well hearing about Starlight, and about how Ace usually thought only of himself, even when he was helping his friends. And he understood well the importance of the little tale, even so much that a little moist of emotion found its way to his eyes. It was not enough to amount to real tears, but his eyes glimmered rather more than usually as he smiled a little.

"Oh Ace..." he said quietly, looking at him in the eyes a moment, then he quite suddenly hugged the blonde tightly, almost like a bear might hug its cub. He held there for a long moment, his emotions having run wild with him, and when he lifted his head again to look at Ace, he was smiling a bit more widely. "I'm so proud of you," he said and kissed Ace on the cheek. He then looked serious again. "You know... no one's done that sort of thing for me before."

Not even Flash, his mind added though he tried to silence it to forget. He didn't want to recall Flash right now.

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Ace watched Chip's expression as soon as he finished talking, feeling strangely paranoid that Chip would be upset. After all, he'd probably brought in on himself, hadn't he? Sure, he tried to act innocent and surprised when someone else fell for him, but in reality it was all his doing, wasn't it? He didn't have to be so charming and flirtatious with his friends, he hadn't have to do things for them and help them, he didn't have to act as though he were interested in them when he wasn't. But he did, and the result was always someone else falling in love with him.

When he noticed Chip's eyes moisten a little, he was surprised to find that it wasn't due to him being upset. When Chip reached out and hugged him, not so much the passionate hug of a lover, but the protective and loving embrace of a guardian, it hit a note with the blonde. He realized he was letting the past speak to him again. BP falling in love with him hadn't been his fault, just like everyone else falling for him wasn't his fault either. People made their own choices. In the same way that you can't help who you fall for, you also can't help who ends up falling for you. He met Chip's eyes and saw how happy he looked, and when he said that he was proud of him, Ace believed it. He believed it and it meant a lot to him. No one had ever told him they were proud of him before, at least not in a serious manner. There had never been any need, because everyone had always expected him to be perfect and people were really only proud of you when you made some kind of improvement. So the words really meant a lot to him.

Ace guessed that Flash had probably popped into Chip's mind at some point, but didn't want to say anything about it. They could discuss his past some other time, right now they both needed to focus on the present. So he shrugged cutely and smiled, downplaying his prior serious mood. "Well somebody had to, might as well have been me." He grinned and pulled Chip's head down to his, kissing him on the lips. "I'm glad you understood the importance of that, I don't think many people would have. I guess it just proves more strongly how well you know and understand me." He kept Chip's head pulled down right on top of his, wanting to prolong the feeling of comfort and protection he was feeling now.

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Chip smiled, not even trying to move away from where Ace was holding him. It felt nice, so right, the two of them like this, face to face, and then he couldn't get enough of those emerald eyes. Perhaps it was the love talking but he didn't think he'd ever seen such wonderful eyes.

He reached down to kiss Ace on the lips again, gently and affectionately.

"I am, after all, the Amazing Chip," he said a little playfully, winking. Then he brought his head down again to kiss Ace again, his other hand caressing the the back of the boy's neck while the other kept him in the hug. He rather thought he could lose himself into this moment like into a pleasant dream, and never wake up again.



[[cuuuute! Do we want to end it to this note?]]

[Kat]

*Hehe yes they're so adorable, awwww! But I suppose this is a good spot to end on. What do you want to say happened the following morning?*