Lij & Dom talk and Jake is NOT happy

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Elijah was oddly happy when Dom had answered his phone earlier and said he was available to have a beer. He walked into the pub and looking around, spotted Dom and waved.

Watching to see what kind of mood Elijah was in, Dom grinned to see his friend looking more like he always had in their bad ol' drinking days. Course, it had been more Dom drinking and Elijah getting silly on a few beers but who counted when you were singing karaoke and looking stupid.

"Dom! Hey bud!" Elijah said and sat down. "Whatcha drinking?" He asked pointing at the glass in front of the other man.

"Hiya man! You're looking good. It's a Caiprihaina. My new friend Kate, who is Mads admin, corrupted me. You gotta try it." Dom pushes his glass over to let Lij taste it.

Taking a drink, Lij looked up at Dom and grinned, "Damn, that's really good. Sweet, wow. I bet you could get hammered on those real easy. I want one." He said and almost giggled. He had forgotten how much fun just hanging out could be. "I haven't met Kate. But I haven't had much of a chance to meet anybody. We've been pretty busy, and now Harry's gonna be gone for a week or so. And - well, I got my guy, the one I've been seeing" Elijah tried not to feel stupid as he felt the heat of a blush rise on his face; he dipped his head and grinned.

Dom ordered two more and winked at Keith who rolled his eyes. The bartender and he have had more than a few laughs over the years. "You'll like Kate, she's very funny, sexy as hell." Taking another sip, he added. "You guys are busy huh? Must be odd with Harry going out of town. And your new guy? Jim or something? Tell me about him. I'm glad things are going well." Dom smiled to see Lij blush.

Elijah wasn't sure he was ready to tell Dom all about Jake. With Jake having to deal with his family treating him like shit and Dom working for the King's lover, it could be a strange situation. "Uh, he's great. Just fucking great."

Elijah realized that he was just sitting and smiling off into space, he shook his head and took a huge sip of his drink. "Damn that is good." He said smiling. "Yea, we've been pretty busy. Lot's of paper work and crap. Getting stuff set up and transferred to the files here. That kind of shit." He got quiet for a second before taking another drink and saying, "Uh. Listen Dom. Sorry about that shit the other week. I wasn't handling some things very well and shouldn't have taken them out on you. Sorry."

Dom reached over and poked Lij gently in the upper arm, "forget about it. I was in a bad mood too. Got it fucked out of me, so no big deal. Let's just move on, yeh?" Dom laughed and clinked glasses. "Shite, Lijie, we've been talking about you working here at Palace forever, and here you are. And what do we do, sit around pissin' and moanin', man! So, let's both agree to put it behind us, drink more of these lovelies, and just have a good time. Deal?"

"Deal!" Elijah said and slugged back the rest of his drink. "Ohh order more, 'kay?" Elijah said giggling. "So tell me what all you been doing. Or who?"

Dom grinned over at Keith who already had the order going. "Ah shite, Lij, I'm having a good week, man. First David visited and you know that always puts me in a good mood. Then met a few lovely ladies." Dom actually blushed then shrugged "ah, and I uh, hooked up with Trent - umm from the East Wing."

Elijah stared at Dom. "East Wing? Fuck man." he said and whistled a low sound of approval. "Let me have a few more of these and you can tell me about it." He realized what he was saying and clapped his hand over his mouth. "NO! Don’t tell me!" He took another drink and blushing, said, "Well you know, that's great. Here’s to getting laid regular like." He raised his glass in a toast, grinning at Dom.

Jake smiled to himself as he walked past the window of the pub, pleased to have his com and bracelets, but still pissed that that he would be unable to live closer to his family - especially to Craig, who he had extra-special plans for. He had decided to find Lij, show him the security bracelets, and make fun of his royal pain-in-the-ass family for the evening. Turning to glance inside, he saw Lij, sitting with another young man, laughing and drinking. His jaws immediately clenched and he turned on his heel, striding into the bar and headed straight for Lij's table.

Remembering to paste a false smile on his face just before he reached them, he hooded his eyes and put a possessive hand on Lij's shoulder. "Lij? I've been looking for you everywhere," he said softly. "I was worried.

Elijah looked up and grinned when he felt a hand on his shoulder and heard Jake’s voice. “Jake! Um – I mean Prince Jake.” He amended giggling. “Hi! This is great. I’ve just been sitting here drinking these really really great drinks that my buddy Dom ordered for me. You have to taste them - they are so good. Aren’t they Dommie? OH! Dom this is my Jake." Elijah looked across the table at Dom and grinned.

Dom almost choked on his drink. This was the guy?! Fuck! Prince Jake was Lija's lover? "Hey, you're Prince Jake, right? I don't think we've met. I'm Dominic, Sean's assistant. You wanna drink? Keith's keeping us well supplied as you can see." He winked at Lij, pleased for his friend. A fucking Prince, go Lijie.

Jake's hand tightened on Lij's shoulder as he watched ‘Dommie’ wink at his property. WHO the bloody hell does this little shite think he is, flirting with MY boyfriend??

His smile widened and his eyes narrowed imperceptibly. Making an effort to keep the malice form his voice, he nodded. "Yeah. I'm Prince Jake. And I'd love a beer. I usually have my own supply at home, but I guess this stuff will suffice." Pulling out the chair closest to Lij, he sat down next to him, draping his arm casually around the younger man, and trying not to glare at the bastard across the table. "So, what are you two doing here? Just the two of you? Is this like a date or something?" He forced himself to laugh at his last words, determined not to let either man see his anger.

"A date. Yeah, me and Dommie." Elijah drained the last of his drink from the glass and leaned toward Jake and smiled at him. "Dom was telling me about the East Wing. And we were catching up on shit, ‘cause we haven't talked in a while." He turned and nuzzled his face against Jake's shoulder before looking up at Dom again. "Oh order another one of these 'kay?" He lifted his glass and giggled.

Dom snorted at the thought of he and Elijah on a date. He signaled to Keith for two more and a beer. Reaching over to poke Elijah in his side, he grinned "awww, Lijie, don't you wanna date me? I'm so hurt, man. You know I'd let you top me and everything."

Dom chuckled and blew a kiss at his buddy. "Seriously, Prince Jake, Lij's is like my brother, so we're just having a few drinks, catching up. I hadn't heard you were visiting. Came in for the Engagement Party? Gods, that was a blast. Craig and Daisy just looked so fucking happy, man."

Feeling a burning hatred toward the man across the table, Jake tried to suppress a snarl as Dom touched Lij. He touched my property, the little prick! Who the HELL does he think he is? He reached out to place a hand on Dom's arm, planning on skimming him to within an inch of his life when his last words filtered through the rage. Ah....So my asshole brother Craig and his fucking fiancé are *friends* of this character? Might just be worth letting him blab just a bit more to find out exactly what he knows. Just breathe. Relax - and let him talk. Take care of him later....

Smiling at Dom again, he nodded. "Yeah. I did come for the party. Wouldn't dream of missing something so important to my favorite big brother. I just LOVED the look on his face when he saw that I'd returned."

"Oh, man, I didn't see you there! Bet they were excited. Well, I'll admit I was a little distracted. My man, Trent, had me completely rock hard and begging to be fucked most of the party." Seeing Lij's blush, Dom cracked up and poked him again "Lijie! You know how much I love getting teased like that. Man, I could have just let him bend me over a table and pound me into heaven in front of everyone. Bet Jake makes you feel that way too, huh Lij?"

Elijah started giggling, clasping his hands over his face and pulling away from Dom's tickling poke. "Dommie! Damn!" Blushing he buried his face against Jake's shoulder for a second before he looked up at him. His head was swimming and he felt a little dizzy, he licked his lips and said to Jake. "Don’t listen to him. He has always liked to embarrass me." Elijah laid the back of his hand against Jake's face, smiling at him.

Jake swallowed the lump in his throat at the obvious affection between the two men. “Always likes to embarrass you? I tend not to like to see my friends embarrassed, Dominic. But that's just me." Turning his head to kiss Lij softly, he kept his eyes on Dom, daring him to say a word.

"Awww, you guys look sweet. Makes my heart proud, Lijie. No wonder you're such a happy man. Getting a good fucking, yeh?" He chuckled but was starting to think Jake was a bit of a prat. Maybe some of the rumors of Jake being a Royal Arse were true. "And no harm, Jake! Lij's likes being teased. Don'cha babes."

Elijah giggled again. It had been way too long since he had had any real fun hanging out with Dom. Sitting here with his buddy, good drinks and his Jake. Shit, it didn’t get any better than this.

Arching an eyebrow, Jake leaned back and studied Dom for a moment. "I didn't say there was any 'harm' Dominic," he said in a low voice. "If there was any real 'harm' to my Lij, then I certainly wouldn't be laughing, now would I?"

Elijah felt a warm buzz flow up his spine at Jake's words 'his Lij'. He smiled and put his hand on Jake's thigh. "Isn't he great?" Elijah asked Dom, his eyes never leaving Jake's.

"Well, shite, course not, Jake. He's your boy, gonna take care of him, yeh? And look at that sweetie, whose gonna hurt that little ol' cutie pie." Dom couldn’t help giggling; Jake just couldn’t take a joke apparently. Well fuck 'em. He had Lij and they were having a good time before his Royal Arse-ness showed up and if Jakey-poo didn't like them being drunk, he could leave.

"I’m a cutie pie." Elijah giggled in a singsong voice.

Leaning over the table to grab Dom's wrist, Jake looked him in the eye. "Yeah, Dominic," he whispered, using his Talent to reach into Dom's mind. "He *is* my boy. And I *am* gonna take care of him." Ah....there it is......this little prick is a bit too happy for my tastes. Let's see what I can do about that.

Not bothering with coaxing, as he had done in previous years, he gathered every drop of happiness he could find in Dom's mind and started to pull away. No. Wait. Leave him a bit....just there....so he'll know how it used to feel. But not enough to bring even a smile to his arrogant little smart-ass mouth. Letting go abruptly of Dom's wrist, Jake sank back into his chair, ready to watch as the happy, idiotic smile fell from Dom's face as he again put his arm around Lij.

Suddenly the music seemed too loud and annoying, Dom wondered why he was here sitting alone when Elijah had Jake with him. Fuck! Why did I come here tonight? Just to be reminded that I don't have a real love in my life. Just a bunch of random fucks that don't mean anything and won't last. With my luck, Trent will realize what a bloody rotten sub I am and go off. He told Mads last night he wanted to play with Brad and Travis. Fuck, they're bloody fucking beautiful. I'm just a short, cunty bastard who’s grateful for any attention. Feeling depressed and out of sorts, Dom muttered, "well, since your boyfriend's here, guess I'm odd man out like usual. I'm going home." He stood up abruptly and left, his head hanging low.

Elijah watched Dom walk out. He blinked a couple of times and then turned to Jake, realization dawning on him. "Oh Jake, fuck man. What'd you do to Dom? Did you, you know - do that thing, you do?" Elijah sat looking at the other man, brow furrowed.

Jake looked down into deep blue eyes, reaching his hand up to soothe away the worry. "Yeah, Blue Eyes. I used my Talent. Your little prick of a 'buddy' was getting a little too fucking fresh with my property. And you *are* my property, aren't you? Or do you want to go chase after you little friend and make him all better?"

Running a hand down Lij's neck, Jake placed a small kiss on the edge of his mouth. "Well, Lij? What do *you* want to do, huh? Me? Or that *thing* that just ran out the door?"

Elijah looked at Jake. He felt the weight of Jake's warm hand on his neck. He leaned into him as Jake softly kissed him. This man, this beautiful man wanted him, wanted to take care of him, wanted to protect him.

"You did that for me?" He asked and leaning forward licked across Jake's mouth. He scooted closer and ran his hand across Jake’s thigh, scratching his nails across the inside seam of Jakes jeans. "No, I don’t want to leave, I want you, no one else but you. Jake, I can't believe you did that for me. You were protecting me, yeah? You did that – for me." He said quietly and leaning forward kissed Jake, breathing into him as he murmured, "I would do anything for you, you know, anything. I don’t want anyone else but you." He repeated adoringly.

Smiling softly, Jake ran his fingers through Lij's dark hair. "Good. Cause I want you too. And I don't like other people touching you. I want to be the only one who touches you, Lij." Sliding closer, so they were both practically sitting in one chair, he pulled the other man into a tight embrace. Fuck! I'm turning into a bloody girl! And I've got to get rid of this fucking happiness!

Letting the stolen emotions flow out of him and gently into Lij's mind, he smiled. Looking over the other man's shoulder, and glaring at the door Dominic had just walked through, Jake finally let his eyes light up with malicious glee. Oh Yeah. It was good to be back and he just won this battle, the first of many. And now he was ready to claim his fair faced, blue-eyed prize.

As Elijah felt Jake pull him into him a flush of warmth swept through him. He giggled and pulling his head back tilted his face and looked at Jake.

"Hey." Jake said and leaned down kissing Elijah softly.

"Hey." Elijah grinned impishly, trying, unsuccessfully to hold in the giggles that bubbled up in him. "I have an idea." He said as Jake looked at him quizzically. "Take me back to my room and you can touch me all you want as long as I get to lick every inch of your body." Elijah tried to growl in a sexy voice but erupted into giggles again, he threw his arms around Jake's neck, nuzzling against him and laughing.

He suddenly was happier than he had been in a very long time. Things were great: he and Dom had worked things out, Harry was going to be out of the office for a week and Jake wanted him. Fuck, he thought smiling, things were really starting to turn around, working at Palace was going to be everything he ever wanted. His life was finally starting to be normal.

Elijah stood and grabbing Jake by the hand pulled him out of the pub and toward his room.