thedevamper | A private housewarming

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A private housewarming

It wasn't quite up to Nikola's exacting standards. It hardly had the lab or the technology that Nikola was used to and it certainly didn't have the cellar with all Nikola's favourite wines but really Nikola was growing sick of the Compound and his lack of space to work there in his rooms. He had work to do in his new abode but for the moment the work would have to wait. The island of course was yet again interfering in his plans to renovate.

The hut wasn't large or grand but the house it had changed into at least had some of the gravity that Nikola had been lacking recently. Two floors, a porch and a large roaring fire as well as bedrooms had at least comforted Nikola when he had returned to the property with his belongings. Setting up room for him to work in the living area, Nikola made his bedroom and living area t least habitable before building the fire waiting Alcuin's arrival.

Leaving the door open, Nikola removed his jacket and tie settling beside the fire as he began to work through his research and results for the day.

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Alcuin wasn't certain what to make of the island change this time, as the setting was something that had very little frame of reference for aside from what he had read in books. He did not mind the clothing so much, however, and the storm gray three-piece suit seemed made for him. He even pulled his hair back as it seemed more the fashion.

Nikola had given him directions to his new home and so he appeared with a bottle of whiskey that he had gotten from a shop. It was, it seemed much easier to find good liquor than wine here.

"Hard at work already, I see?"

"Science does not stop for no man, not even me." Nikola answered, finishing calculating his results and the graphs he'd produced to go alongside them. With his work stunted, yet again, by the island's inability to remain stable Nikola had to return to his research. Not that he minded but Nikola was a more practical man, he liked to invent and do.

Looking up finally, Nikola's smile spread across his features as he looked over Alcuin. Smiling in pleasure, Nikola encouraged Alcuin to come and join him by the fire on the floor.

"You brought me a gift," Nikola replied, putting a note in his notebook before pushing it to one side. Sitting up, Nikola stretched out his legs before encouraging Alcuin to come sit close. The days were hot but the nights cold and Nikola had no plans to get cold tonight. "I wish for once the island would actually bring us to a modern era, as much as I have missed America and the Victorian era I would rather have a modern lab than this... wasteland."

"I did." Alcuin stepped inside and held out the bottle for him. "A housewarming gift. I would have brought wine, but alas, I could not find anything that I thought would be up to your standards - I was assured this is quite good, though."

Nikola didn't remove from his reclined position, waiting for Alcuin to come towards him before taking the bottle. Nikola turned the bottle in hand, examining it before smirking at the contents.

"Well, it's a good thing that I did bring glasses well, cups with me." Nikola replied, leaning backwards for one of the small boxes before taking out a pair of cups for them to drink from. Pouring a drink each, Nikola reached for Alcuin before pulling him down onto his lap. Posessive he might be but Nikola had certainly been more affectionate lately. "I would give you the tour but it's not quite where I want it to be for us yet. And won't be for some time I imagine."

Alcuin fell easily into Nikola's lap, leaning in to kiss his cheek. Then his neck. "Us?" he murmured against his skin, holding out his glass so that he didn't risk sloshing the liquid.

Wrapping his arm around Alcuin, Nikola stretched his hand down Alcuin's thigh before drawing his, to use Helen's word, paramour more firmly to him. He did not feel like being remotely cold tonight.

"Hmm? Oh, yes I intend to install a lab here. Just something small for some of our more private experimentations and research. For us to work in," Nikola murmured, pressing his lips against Alcuin's throat. Nikola glanced up at Alcuin before adding. "And perhaps live in."

"You wish to live in your lab?" Alcuin teased. "I suppose that should not surprise me at all, my love."

"If I had my way I would not have to stop to eat or bathe but sadly my mortality limits what I can and cannot do." Nikola replied in answer to Alcuin's tease. Nikola drew one hand down the ponytail that Alcuin had tied his hair into, threading his fingers through the end. "I meant that you could live here as well if you wanted to."

Alcuin looked a touch surprised. "You want me to live with you? All the time? To... share your bed?"

He wasn't certain why it should seem so strange, but it had been some time since Alcuin had been in such an arrangement.

Nikola smirked at the surprised look on Alcuin's face, pressing his lips against his neck. Nikola kissed his neck again before nodding.

"Of course, eventually, if that's what you want." Nikola replied, sliding his hand down Alcuin's leg before drawing him closer. Taking a mouthful of the alcohol, Nikola paused for a moment before continuing. "You're surprised? I love you, I like being with you... why wouldn't I want you to live with me?"

"I don't know, maybe, hmmmm..." Alcuin took a drink from his own glass, and his eyes went a little wide when it burned sharply on the way down. He coughed.

"You don't like to share," he pointed out.

Nikola certainly didn't cough, he was used to very strong alcohol but he did take a momentary pause whilst drinking. Nikola acknowledged his shortcomings with a slight nod.

"No, I don't but I thought perhaps we'd take it slow." Nikola answered honestly. "I know my failings but I want to try for you, with you."

"You want to share your bed with me," said Alcuin softly. "Your home. Your life." He leaned in and kissed him softly.

"Of course I do. Despite what I think about the subject of love, I do love you." Nikola replied, a little surprised by Alcuin's tone. Brushing a stray hair behind Alcuin's ear, Nikola kissed Alcuin back a little harder. Wrapping his arm around Alcuin, Nikola tilted his head pressing tiny kisses down his neck. "I want to share my home with you, if you hadn't noticed I already share my life with you. Well, perhaps not one aspect of it."

Nikola smirked teasingly at Alcuin, wondering if he would take the bait.

"Oh?" Alcuin pulled back just enough to look at him. "And what aspect is that?" It was clear from his tone that he knew he was being baited.

"That I love... pigeons," Nikola replied, drawing Alcuin back to him and nuzzling Alcuin's neck as he smiled honestly. Nikola really did love pigeons, he missed his majestic queen and her flock but he hadn't been able to obtain any beautiful pigeons like her yet.

Alcuin let out a peel of surprised laughter. "Pigeons? You know, I have seen one or two here, though they cannot possibly be indigenous."

"Don't tease me like that," Nikola murmured seriously. Nikola stopped kissing and nuzzling Alcuin's neck to pull back and look at him properly. "You've seen pigeons here?"

"Well yes," said Alcuin. "Very infrequently over the past few years. Haven't you been on the roof of the Compound? There's an abandoned pigeon coop there. I asked Jack about it once, he said that someone he knew... there were some pigeons that showed up that had belonged to him from home. Though I don't think he's here anymore. But if they managed to mate there would indeed still be a few, even if they're wild now."

"Wild pigeons," Nikola replied, looking genuinely interested in the idea. Nikola missed his pigeons, his majestic white queen who had abandoned him. Even now he felt their loss. Nikola didn't tend to get on with people but pigeons? Pigeons he did. "Perhaps I could catch a few... you are distracting me from what I was doing."

Alcuin laughed lightly. "What were you doing?" He took another sip of the whiskey. It burned again, but he was feeling pleasantly buzzed.

"I believe I was here," Nikola murmured bending his head to kiss Alcuin's neck, his teeth nipping at the skin as slid his hand around his middle. His hands pressing beneath Alcuin's shirt to touch bare skin. "And I didn't get your answer."

"Oh, as to... whether I would like to move in with you?"

Alcuin tipped his head back a little, giving Nikola better access to his neck. "I will say that the idea certainly has its merits, but I would like to speak with Phedre first before I give you an answer. I have been in my home for a long time, after all. Is that agreeable?"

"That's-" Nikola bit Alcuin's neck as he tilted it, sucking on his soft flesh Nikola placed heated little kisses up his neck. "-more than acceptable. It won't be truly ready for a while once the island reverts back to its usual state. It'll need to be renovated, improved upon before it'll be ready for you to move in."

Nikola slid his hand up Alcuin's stomach, distractedly.

Alcuin sighed contently at the moment of those kisses, and squirmed a little on Nikola's lap. "Would you like to stay with me while your home is being renovated?"

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