speakscanadian | for Asher [power plot]

Sometimes, just sometimes, there were mornings when waking up to the sound of the ocean seemed almost normal. Today was one of those days and Ray found his frownline softening and his mouth curving up before he'd even opened his eyes. He knew Asher was there without needing to look and so he let himself lay quietly for a little while longer, still being lulled by the pull of sleep.

It was only natural that his mind would wonder back to the night before. He could still feel the satiation deep in his bones and it didn't exactly make him eager to get up. A mixture of charm and bribery might get Asher to agree to round two and Ray was pretty sure Fraser could handle the morning patrol on his own. Walking around in a circle for two hours was hardly demanding.

Resisting sleep seemed a bit stupid if only one of them was awake, so he rolled over and pushed himself toward Asher. If he woke up too, then the decision was made for him and Ray could start to switch on the charm. If he continued to sleep, then Ray would have no qualms about rejoining him.

Waking up next to Asher didn't quite feel normal yet, but it still managed to put a smile on his face just the same.

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"Wouldn't bring it up if it didn't," Asher insisted, doing up the front of his pants. He needed to get out before it happened again and he destroyed anything else inside. "I'd apologize for the chair, but we'll just call it payback for thinking I ran off to save my own ass."

"Briefly thought. Briefly!" Ray corrected, staring up at Asher and waiting for his heart to start beating regularly again. He didn't think it was fair to be held accountable for thinking anything during a dinosaur attack. Of sorts. "Where're you going?"

"I don't know." Where the fuck could he go? The compound was out; Ray might have cowered at the sight of him, but that wasn't to say everyone would. For all he knew, there was someone there who would have sold their left nut for a mounted dinosaur head to put about their fireplace. And he definitely didn't want to be near the twins like that, so Del's was out. "Boat? Dino territory? Where I can frolic with my own kind? I don't know."

"And get eaten by a T-Rex," Ray warned, hoping Asher wasn't seriously about the dino territory idea. Either way, it sounded like the day was going to end with Asher in someone/something's stomach and Ray was keen for that not to happen.

"The prison's empty," he remembered, sitting up. "If you need it. But who says it's gonna happen again? Maybe that was it." A quick morning fuck and not the good kind.

"I'm not that desperate. I'll figure something out." He reached for his jacket once he'd done up the buttons of his shirt. "And you... lay off the miracle grow."

Ray glanced down at his feet but managed to prevent the sigh from escaping. All of the flowers were in bloom and straining towards Asher like he was the sun. This was nothing compared to spontaneous dino transformation though.

"Let me know you're alright, okay? Send me a smoke signal or something every few hours." He didn't really relish the idea of trudging into dino territory to find out if Asher was still alive and kicking but that didn't mean he wouldn't.

"No promises," he said, smoothing down his tie, before extending his hand down to Ray. "So don't freak out if you don't hear anything."

Ray blinked at the hand, then up at Asher.

"A handshake? You're giving me a handshake?"

That was it?

Asher rolled his eyes, an action that came a lot more naturally to his current form than the one he was sporting when they'd first woken up. He'd intended to pull Ray to his feet with the offered hand, but it was obvious that he had to do all the work.

Leaning down and giving Ray a kiss, he pulled away after a moment, adjusting his collar as he headed for the door. "Mind your shoes." With all that flowers sprouting up at his feet, there was no telling how many close calls with dogs looking to take care of business he was going to have.

Oh.

Ray barely had time to close his eyes before Asher had pulled away and the hand he'd reached up to keep him there was left grasping at air. At least there wasn't any dino breath.

Resisting the urge to stop him from leaving, Ray nodded his head in silence and just hoped the next time he saw him he'd still be in one piece.

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