Stay 20

Please see my lj user profile for my disclaimer. 20. And then it happened.One of those moments that is forever crystallised in time.Daniel was just casually leaning against the counter of the video store where Darren now worked; the radio was on in the background but neither of them were paying it that much attention. It was just a local station pumping out general pop music. Chart stuff and the like.They were much more interested in trying to work out what their meagre budget would run to for dinner that night.Being two o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon the store was deserted. The lunchtime browsers had come and gone and the schools weren’t yet out.Daniel had popped in on his way to the supermarket, sick to the back teeth of facing the same four walls of their flat.Darren had taken advantage of the lull in business to put ‘Star Wars’ into the recorder and was half watching it, half listening to Daniel’s suggestions.At the moment pasta was way ahead of any other option in the eating stakes. Primarily because it was cheap and was something that they both liked. It had the added bonus of fortunately being within their current combined financial resources of $14.73.The DJ announced the next track, the title of which got lost amongst the noise of an intergalactic battle that was currently being waged between the Rebels and the Empire.What was not lost and what made both of them instantly forget any thoughts of dinner or Millennium Falcons was the intro to that track.They both recognised it the minute it started.And the reason for this was that it consisted of notes they had heard over and over in both waking and sleeping moments for the past year.Gone was the planetary battle, Luke and his cohorts, as Darren turned the radio up as loud as the antiquated set would allow.Jaws dropped quickly replaced by shock then disbelief and finally all out whoops of joy.They were playing *their* song.True to Woodruff’s suggestion ‘I Want You’ had been released as their first single and here it was – being played on the air and penetrating into thousands of people’s homes.Raucously they sung along, Darren gyrating his hips and pretending to wave a mic stand around.They knew it had been released, they were due to shoot the film clip to it one day the following week but to hear it unexpectedly like that...Laughing they clung to each other, Darren raining kisses all over Daniel’s face and the elation Daniel felt felt like nothing he had ever experienced before mortal or immortal.All those hours, weeks, months of hard work had paid off.Suddenly all the primping and preening Daniel had endured at tiresome photo shoots, the long hours giving the same answers to interviewer after interviewer seemed worth it.If anyone had walked passed at that moment they would wonder what on earth as going on but neither Daniel nor Darren cared.Daniel knew that if he had to describe that moment it would surely be pink – or better still magenta, a colour guaranteed to lift anyone out of the deepest fug and lighten their spirits.He caught Darren’s eye and they burst into a fresh round of laughter.Instead of a traditional instrumental break the studio techs had added some funky Latin wording to the track. Daniel suspected that they had made the words up. Latin wasn’t one of his primary languages but enough of inhabitants of the little green and blue planet had spoken it for enough of their past for Daniel to at least be familiar with the rudiments.Consequently neither he nor Darren had the faintest clue what was being said. It could have been subliminal messaging for all they knew. Well so long as it said ‘buy our album by the truckload’ Daniel guessed it was alright. He just hoped it wasn’t something to do with someone’s brother and a goat. There was such a thing as taking authentic Roman lifestyles too far.But watching Darren trying to sing along to the nonsense words was highly amusing.The pasta that they ate that night was celebratorily accompanied by, what else, but a shared bottle of Cherry Cola.Afterwards, still high from the excitement, they rang both their families who, squealed (Darren’s sister), made demands for money when they were rich and famous (Daniel’s eldest brother) and congratulated them (both sets of parents).Their talk that night once again turned to all the things they would do or purchase once the money started rolling in. but for now at least it was pasta again for dinner the following day.The conclusion to their evening was inevitable. After all what better way to celebrate then to come together in a way that went beyond a musical partnership?It was a true partnership of body and soul.Slowly Darren began to kiss his way down Daniel’s body, pausing to pay special attention to the flat of his stomach.The candles Darren had lit flickered their light across his features making him appear even more ethereal in their glow. Sighing Daniel stretched out under him.This was contentment.Daniel felt it coming and knew that this time it would be mind blowing. Their shared elation at the news heightening their love making and therefore Daniel’s reaction to it.Darren’s body arched over his, their hands entwined on the pillows either side of Daniel’s head.As Darren bent to lick the sweat from his throat the crashing of waves began and it took every ounce of strength he possessed to pull back, signalling to Darren that he should turn his attention some place other than Daniel’s face. Darren knew this and understood. It wasn’t that Daniel didn’t want Darren close as he climaxed rather that when it came it was so full of powerful auric energy that it would be too much for Darren to bear.Once it had been explained to him Darren had never questioned Daniel’s veto and usually allowed his lover to draw away, contenting himself, depending on the position they were in with either placing his hands on Daniel’s chest or thighs or letting Daniel sit back to come.Only this time Darren didn’t move, if anything his pressure on their joined hands increased.‘Darren…’ Daniel pleaded, knowing that it was almost upon him.Darren’s body continued moving, thrusting deliciously in and out. He rested his head against Daniel’s and whispered. ‘Let it come.’‘But...’‘Sssh.’ Soft hands stroked his cheeks. ‘I know...I want to see.’‘I can’t…It’ll hurt you.’‘I don’t care...Show me.’With that Daniel relaxed and succumbed.Images of his origin flooded his mind, gases and nebulaes.Colours of every hue, colours that the mortal mind had yet to find names for, colours that went beyond the limited rainbow spectrum of human knowledge.And it was so beautiful, so incredible Daniel knew that it was something that he would never be able to put into words.For the words just simply didn't exist.It was like being above the clouds, outside of all time and space.It was a little piece of immortality in a mortal world.His conscious being left his body and for one brief moment he soared once more.As the vision dissolved Daniel became aware of hot breath and damp tears on his face.Hugging Darren close he simply held him. Far too drained to be able to do anything to alleviate his suffering condition.‘That was incredible. ’ He said after a while.Daniel could only agree. ‘Are you in much pain?’A small nod against his sweaty chest.‘I’m so sorry.’Another small movement of Darren’s head back and forth. ‘Don’t be. I can’t describe how it felt to see that – to see what you see…’ a pause, ‘…to know that what I am doing to you makes you see that. It is me, I mean it is only when we make love that that occurs isn’t it?’ A note of insecurity and hesitation crept into his voice.‘Yes.’ Daniel stroked his head in reassurance. ‘Its only you who has the ability to make me fly like that without my wings.’‘Mmm...good.’ Darren gave a happy little sigh and snuggled down further into Daniel’s embrace.Daniel kissed the top of his head and there they lay.The dawn was just opening it’s eyes over their tiny apartment when Daniel awoke, sated and refreshed. Summoning up the power of the new day he insured that when Darren awoke his headache would be gone.