In the Dead of Night (private for me and Tritium)

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It was twelve in the morning, the Witching Hour as some superstitious people called it, the time when things that go bump in the night were said to rear their foul heads ready to induce terror and wreak destruction wherever they could. Though it was common knowledge that such things didn't exist, that they were just humanity's way of coping with the unknown, giving it physical form to make it easier to deal with...

At the end of a cul-de-sac, that was deserted save for a few late night stragglers, stood a large tree. Subtly the darkest shadow at the base of its trunk rippled and slowly out of the darkness rose a person. Though it would have been a stretch to call this being a person, he was more humanoid than anything else. He stood 6ft tall, and had a slight muscular build. Six horns protruded out of the top of his head, three on either side, the smallest lying just above his temples and getting larger as they went back. His burgundy colored skin was rife with black tattoos and was contrasted by his long silver hair that ran down his back, it was lengthy enough to reach his long whip like tail that he currently had curled around his waist for convenience.

Mephisto smiled a devilish grin as he laid his golden eyes on the house nearest to the tree. He searched for a branch that stretched out closest to the top left window of the house and easily cleared the 20ft jump needed to reach it. He settled on the branch, not bothered in the least by the sudden cold on his naked skin. Mephisto gazed through the window, his enhanced night vision making the dark interior visible to him, and his eyes glowed bright for a moment as he saw the object of his desire sleeping on his bed. He had been quietly stalking this man ever since he had caught sight of him a week ago, he was perfect, and stirred the demon's lust like no human has before. Mephisto had gone back to the demon plane fully intending to take the man, though he wanted to draw it out, for it would be all the more sweet when he finally got what he wanted.

Tonight was the night, his obsession had reached its peak and he could not wait any longer. He tensed his muscles, preparing to enter the man's bedroom, but stopped and glanced down at a human that was gazing up wide-eyed at him from the base of the tree. "Humph, must have gotten so focused on him that I lowered my guard, oh well," he said aloud smirking at the human and flashing his sharp fangs, before jumping back into the shadows leaving the man staring dumbly at the spot where he has vanished.

Instantly he reappeared in the man's bedroom, rising out of the gloom. He looked over to the form on the mattress. The man was sleeping, though light whimpers were coming from his mouth. Mephisto tilted his head and considered the man, wondering what kind of dream he was having.......



(I hope that was a good enough intro.....)

[Masquerade]

(( It was an amazing intro. x3 ))

The man whimpered as he slept, as Mephisto had already noticed. However, it was a mixture of whimpers and small moans. Perhaps he was having a good dream? The reason that one might think that is because his body was reacting to whatever was happening within his dream. The man slept without a shirt but the remainder of his body was clothed.

His dream was about a man within his workplace with whom he would have liked to be in a relationship with. However, he knew that it would never happen. That man was not only his boss but he was also married with children. So, it would never have worked out but Julian couldn't help but dream about various scenarios with the other man. These dreams and the feelings he had for his boss had helped him to discover his sexual orientation.

Julian let out another faint moan, tossing and turning slightly in his bed. He was completely oblivious to the demon's presence because he was to wrapped up in his own feelings that came from such a fantastic, yet unrealistic dream. The man's eyes opened slightly, staring blankly at the cieling. Yet, still he didn't notice Mephisto's presence. This man was practically defenseless and in a sort of daze.

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A greedy smile curled the corners of the demon's mouth as he continued to watch his quarry. The man really was a sight to see, sprawled out across the mattress, limbs becoming tangled among the bedsheets as he squirmed lightly in his sleep. It was quickly becoming clear to Mephisto exactly what type of dream Julian was experiencing; if the moans, light sheen of sweat covering his body, and -Mephisto noted with interest- noticeable erection were any indication.

But what was this? Along with the feeling of arousal he could sense emanating from the man he also felt a multitude of other emotions: sadness, regret, longing, envy, and jealousy. All of this pain was teeming just under the surface. "Ah, I see." Mephisto said to himself. This was what plagued the man, he had seen it flicker across his face occasionally as he watched him from afar. It appeared often when Julian was at work: the look of someone who yearned for something that was just out of reach.

Mephisto headed over to Julian's bed and knelt down next to it, he reached out and lightly, carefully touched Juilan's face with a long finger. He trailed it lower, down to the side of his neck and across his clavicle. He looked up at Julian and was slightly surprised to see that his eyes were open a little. Did his ministrations wake him? Or did he unconsciously sense the demon's presence? "Do not worry, I mean you no harm..." Mephisto said softly.

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Julian turned his dazed eyes over towards Mephisto and stared for a moment. The being he stared at was surprisingly handsome. Even though Mephisto was strange to him the human didn't seem to be afraid. He gently rubbed at his eyes and slowly sat up. Julian slept without a shirt but he wore pants to at least be somewhat covered.

He looked over at Mephisto and smiled slightly. However, it was a sad smile because of the dream he had just woken up from. It had awoken so many different emotions inside of him. Among those various emotions was loneliness. He knew that his boss would never return his feelings but he still had a hard time letting go of his feelings for the other man. Julian then looked back over at Mephisto again.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, not angry or anything. He was just curious. "I was certain that everything, including my windows, were locked up," he said, trying to think of how the being had managed to get inside. Mephisto was clearly not human so, perhaps he had special abilities? Julian couldn't figure it out but the strange being kneeling by his bed was strangely intriguing and fascinating to the human.

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Mephisto held Julian's gaze, waiting for the inevitable. Despite his warning he fully expected the man to be alarmed and tried to escape. If he wasn't too scared to move that is. To his surprise though Julian simply sat up, rubbed his eyes, and smiled at Mephisto. He seemed completely unfazed, like there wasn't a strange humanoid creature kneeling next to his bed in the middle of the night.

He wasn't sure whether or not Julian's lack of response was due to him just waking up, but he decided to proceed, this was going to be a lot easier if Julian remain composed. "Simple things like that cannot keep me out." he laughed "Any place that contains shadows is accessible to me." He stood up and climbed on top of the bed, his movements smooth and graceful.

"And as for why I am here tonight, the answer is You. I am here to take you." he said vaguely. Mephisto's eyes glowed with his excitement, two yellow points of light in the darkness.

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Julian continued to smile, though he yawned slightly again. He wasn't all there after just waking up. Mephisto was strange to Julian but Julian believed in the supernatural. He just didn't seem to realize that Mephisto was a demon quiet yet. "It must be nice to go where you wish to. I'm always stopped by one thing or another," he stated.

He then watched as Mephisto climbed onto his bed and then said that he was there for him. "Take me?" he asked, blinking a few times. "Take me where?" he added, looking at the demon with a confused look. Julian didn't seem to realize the sexual meaning behind Mephisto's words.

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He chuckled at Julian's reply, he found the human's "That was not what I meant". Mephisto extended an arm and placed his hand delicately on Julian's bare chest, splaying his fingers wide. "It is not a question of where I'm going to take you" he grinned ", but how." He pressed his arm forward, gingerly easing Julian back onto the mattress. He thought this was going remarkably well so far, Julian really was an odd human.

He hovered over Julian's prone form, hand still resting on his chest. "But first, I want to know what you were dreaming about." He locked eyes with Julian. "I felt many tumultuous emotions. Actually, I still feel them now." It must have been because of their proximity, he hadn't been able to sense it while he was far from the man in the days prior, only see it on his face, but now that they were so close it hit him full force. "Tell me."

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Julian didn't resist when he was pushed back ontp the matress. The demon wasn't being forceful, or anything. He, however, was begining to understand what this demon's intensions were. His eyes looked back into Mephisto's as the other requested to know what he had dreamt about.

"I was dreaming about someone that I have loved for a while now. However, it's a rather one-sided love. It's a man with a wife and children. He's also my boss," he replied. He was clearly saddened by the idea that he loved someone that he could never be with. At least he was honest, even with Mephisto.

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Mephisto felt another heavy wave of emotion pass over him as Julian explained his hopeless situation, its density made him grimace. This was all very confusing to Mephisto, he just couldn't understand why he was so affected by this man's feelings. Normally he was adept at controlling his powers and keeping the constant influx of emotion that came from the various beings that surrounded him at bay. Only when he was very young and was still adjusting to his ability did it influence him to this degree, at times it even overwhelmed him, but those days were long past. Or so Mephisto thought.

He initially had come to the man's house for one thing and one thing only: to selfishly and mindlessly indulge in his carnal desires with a human male whose strikingly handsome physical features just happened to appeal to him. It wasn't much that had brought him here, only a shallow, superficial attraction. But now as he laid here in the mans bed face to face with him, being exposed to his emotions, he just wanted to relieve some of that grief, even if it was just a fraction of it. Mephisto had some thinking to do, but that could wait until later.

"It must be painful, to be trapped in that kind of situation," the hand he still had on Julian's chest finally began to stir, he moved a finger across the surface in small circles. "Allow me to alleviate that pain, if only for a little while."

[Masquerade]

The human nodded when Mephisto said that it must be painful for him. It was. The poor human was mentally suffering every day, not just the days he was at work. He even suffered at night when he dreamed about situations that would never happen. Julian froze for a moment when the demon asked him to let him allieviate his pain for a short while.

He knew what the demon had in mind, especially with how Mephisto was trailing a finger across his chest. "I haven't been in this kind of situation before. I'm afraid that I wont know what to do," he told Mephisto, being completely honest again. Julian was a virgin and had only ever dreamed of such things. The only man he had ever really felt drawn to was his boss.

However, the demon before him wasn't all that bad-looking either.