What's Missing?

Disclaimer: all licensing and copyrights belong to Laurell K. Hamilton and Jove Books published by the Penguin Group. I receive no profit from my writing of fan fiction.

Author's Note: I did not write how these two got together because for me the story "Friends" by BleedtoBlue 'does it' for me perfectly.

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What's Missing?


Caleb wanted to growl in frustration as he looked at the slender blonde curled up in front of him on their bed. He stood quietly in the doorway and watched helplessly at Gregory's wistful and sad expression as his lover's body hugged the stuffed leopard to his chest and looked sightlessly at the wall. They were happy together and things were going good, Caleb knew they were. Even the Pard approved of them being a couple, not that he really gave a shit, but not being beat up by Merle all the time was kinda nice. Gregory soothed something deep inside him and Caleb felt almost warm and fuzzy at times, though he made sure it didn't show. Much he hoped.

But at times like right now he wanted to scream, to rage, to throw or break something. Because on rare occasions he caught a glimpse of some inner torment that Gregory wouldn't share. He had thought it was because of the bastard father showing up like a nasty disease. But on reflection he had caught this look for as long as he had known the graceful blonde. He had just been too busy checking out the other man's ass to really notice before. But now he saw and it bothered the hell out of him. It made him feel frustrated and helpless and that brought his nasty side to the surface, not that it had ever submerged too deep. And Gregory assurances that 'everything was fine' was getting old. Soon Caleb knew he was going to start pressuring the younger man and things could get ugly and he could ruin the best thing that ever happened to him.

Suddenly Gregory turned his head and focused on him and smiled. There was no mistaking the quiet joy on the young leopard's face as he saw his dark lover. And Gregory never tried to hide it from him. Such unlimited love and acceptance helped heal the brokenness inside Caleb. Which made his inability to make his lover truly happy in return eat at him. The cynical man stepped forward and dropped to his knees at the side of the bed so his own face was level with his lover's.

"Please, please tell me what's wrong..I'll try to fix it...I promise," Begged Caleb.

Gregory's expression grew upset and he went to speak but Caleb's fingers on his lips stopped him.

"If you can't tell me...yet..I will try to wait but don't give me a fucking platitude."

Gregory expelled a shuddering breath and slowly nodded.

"It's nothing you can fix..I'm sorry and I will try harder to get past it." The blonde told him.
"It's nothing you are doing wrong...in fact you are wonderful." The leopard sighed.

"Can't you share it with me so I can understand and help?"

Gregory just looked wistful again.

Caleb growled,"Or just tell me so I don't do something fuckin' stupid."

Gregory hugged the stuffed animal closer and rocked. Then he sighed.

"Let's watch a movie"

Caleb quelled his anger, it was obvious his lover wanted to avoid a painful subject. They had discussed earlier their plans for a quiet evening at home together in Gregory's apartment they now shared. And now the more submissive leopard wanted to continue as if nothing was wrong when it was so glaring that something was. Caleb ground his teeth.

"I feel that most of the time 'we' are great but that something is missing and maybe that something is trust.." Caleb hushed the other man when he would have interrupted. "They say patience is a virtue and everyone knows how I try so hard to be virtuous."

He was reward with a weak giggle and he leaned forward to place a short fierce kiss on his lover's luscious lips.

"Let's watch my movie here in the bedroom," Was the soft request.

"Which one?"

"One from the box in the closet."

Caleb was slightly confused, like most young men they had a staggering DVD collection but it was kept in the cabinet in the living room next to the bigger TV. He crawled over to the closet and rummaged around following Gregory's whispered directions. A quick glimpse at the videos made Caleb grin. Porn. Soul-bearing would have been more useful for their relationship but porn was always a great alternative. It wasn't until Caleb emerged from the dim depths of the closet that he really understood what he was holding. The movies had pictures of Gregory and Stephen on the covers. He had heard about the movies the old Lupa had made but he couldn't understand why Gregory had kept a few of them.

"OK I get why Nathaniel still has some of his...he's one messed up kitty, but why do you?" Caleb asked. "From what I gathered these aren't 'happy porn' movies."

"No, most were about pain and degradation, I didn't keep any with that bitch in them or the ones of me...hurting people,just the ones...with Her." Was the whispered answer.

Caleb suddenly knew that the 'Her' was going to turn out to be so very important. He looked at the covers again. One had a slender woman facing away from the camera. She had long curly red hair tumbling down her back to the swells of her great ass. Killer thigh high 'fuck me' boots matched a red and black corset thingy that clung to her curves. Her back was facing away but the two blonde twins weren't. Stephen, Caleb knew it was him because his Gregory was much sexier, had a frightened look but Gregory's expression was pure anticipation. And more...adoration.

"Whoa..she's hot...who is she?" Caleb asked with a carefully neutral look on his face.

"Scarlet...Mistress Scarlet." Breathed his lover.

Caleb felt such a rush of jealousy at how His lover said her name that he wanted to find this unknown woman and punch the shit out of her.

"She kept me safe...tried her best to protect me...turned something painful into so much pleasure."

Grudging gratitude replaced his jealousy but envy still lingered. He moved to sit on the bed next his lover and was appeased when the other leopard instantly cuddled close to him.

Growling slightly Caleb remarked, "From what I heard she didn't do such a great job."

"Scarlet was limited, she wasn't Pard or Pack so to take on either Gabriel or Raina would have brought both down on her head and her people's...If she was one or the other she would have fought and won status to change things...but instead they tried to make her a victim too."

"Tell me more," Caleb softly urged.

"They tried to pressure her into being in the films, threaten her.. but she beat up Raina so she got to call the shots...literally. She got her own people exempted and only agreed if She got to be the Domme."

"She beat up the Bitch?" Caleb gave an evil chuckle."I'm liking her already."

"I had to keep that a secret, I was only there cause I was suppose to rape her." Gregory eagerly continued. "Scarlet gave us a safe word..we knew she didn't have the power to stop the filming but if things got too bad she would switch or change to something else...it was the best she could offer...but it was enough... it was something."

Stroking Gregory's smooth bare back, Caleb urged for more details.

"Stephen never liked that stuff before hand but I did, I know how Nathaniel feels...with the right Dom you feel safe and like the most important thing in the world."

Caleb was beginning to understand how this Scarlet could mean so much and so many different things to his young lover.

"When Raina hurt me real bad once..when she bit me...Scarlet stormed in later and threatened Raina ...for Me." There was awe in his soft voice.

"That doesn't surprise me, she sounds like a smart lady...to know how special you are."
Gregory's face lit up. "Why aren't you still together though?"

Caleb hated himself for asking, especially when Gregory's expression dimmed.

"I guess now that we don't 'have' to be together she really doesn't want me anymore." The young leopard sighed, "I thought she did care, Scarlet threatened Zane so he didn't pimp me out after Gabriel died but she didn't see me anymore...and when she heard about what the Pack did to me...about the Oubliette...she asked after me..then asked me if I was OK when she next saw me."

Gregory had started to shiver when he mentioned the Oubliette and Caleb drew him closer to the warmth of his body. "Scarlet even sent me this leopard." Gregory gestured with the stuffed animal that was still clutched close to his body. "She said she had been out of town when it happened...she implied...nah, I just hoped she meant that if she had been here she would have tried to help."

Gregory turned and buried his face into the hard muscles of Caleb's chest. "I think she just feels guilty about me now...that's all."

Caleb looked at the stuffed leopard, it was obviously expensive and had a leather studded collar on. His fingers caught and turned the tag handing from the collar. Caleb frowned thoughtfully, it was a red heart with the engraving of 'pet' on it.

Before they started the movies they had put in the turntable, Caleb got clean towels for the bed and told Gregory to lie on one tummy down. With Gregory facing the TV at the foot of their bed Caleb sat on him straddling the backs of the smaller man's thighs. His hard palms stroked the smooth pale shoulders infront of him. As it unfolded Caleb did admit to himself that the Bitch had made damn good porn but what really made the movie was Scarlet. The woman strode around with the confidence of a true bad ass alpha but the rapport between her and her 'favorite' slave was evident. Stephen was almost just a pretty matching accessory, the real interplay was between her and Gregory. And the wolf turned out to be a real pussy, always saying 'Mercy' their safe word so she would switch her attention to Gregory instead. Something the leopard was obviously pleased about and he never uttered it. If his Mistress's focus was on him he wanted it to stay right there.

For every lash or hit there was a matching caress and for every command there was praise. Her gaze even on film was full of pride and concern for her slave. And Scarlet was hot...as in steaming...volcanic. Her corset thingy left her ass and tits bare and caused her breasts to spill up in creamy curves. She wore a black G-string in this movie and red glitter was dusted over her silky skin. Well, it looked silky to Caleb. His envy switched from Scarlet to his lover. Damn, the other leopard had gotten the real thing. He had never had that much attention on him even if it was faked for the camera. But, somehow Caleb thought it just might be the real deal. He noticed how her face got shadowed when she had to hurt Stephen, the wolf was such a weeny.

His fingers raised to his chest to pull on the silver rings piercing his nipples. Caleb was panting as he watched and his breaths drew in the sharp scent of his and Gregory's arousal. He slid down so his erection pressed hard into the swell of his lovers taunt ass and he rested his chin on Gregory's shoulder. His hands left his nipples to slid under Gregory's body and play with the other man's instead. As they watched Scarlet's hands tease and torment Gregory on film Caleb's fingers tugged and twisted the young leopard's nipples. His lover was making helpless mewling noises and the slim hips pinned under his were grinding into the mattress.

The mewling grew in anticipation and Caleb watched the screen closely. Scarlet had put on a two sided strap on. One end was buried into her smooth shaven pussy while the other was slowly forced onto Gregory's tight depths. Gregory under him made pleading yet demanding sounds and Caleb followed the example on the TV infront of them. Drawing back his lips in a silent snarl Caleb pushed his aching erection into the waiting ass. He didn't use any lube but many times his lover relished more pain and this was one of them. He worked his cock through the resistance of Gregory clenching dry walls and hissed when he was finally sheathed balls deep in his lover.

Matching the pounding rhythm that Scarlet set on screen, Caleb pistoned in and out of Gregory's tight channel. Sensations threatened to overwhelm him but he grimly held on to his sanity and self control as he fucked his lover and watched the sexy Dominatrix do the same. Gregory, pinned under his relentless hammering body, was a writhing mass of skin and moans. He saw Scarlet grab a handful of soft blonde curls and bare her slave's neck as she leaned over Gregory's helpless bound body and prepared to strike. Her eyes changed to cat and huge fangs grew from behind her painted lips as she paused for the camera. Then she arched down and sunk her teeth deep into the muscles of the curve of Gregory's neck and the leopard came on screen in a gush of creamy cum.

On their bed Caleb and Gregory mimicked the movie. Caleb's dark skin was sheened with sweat as he echoed Scarlet's roar and erupted deep into Gregory's pale ass. The younger leopard matched his shrill scream from the film and streams of semen spilled onto the thick towel under him.

Their combined panting drowned out the music that played as the credits rolled on the TV. Slumping into an exhausted heap, Caleb collapsed onto the slender muscled back of his lover. Gregory shuddered and trembled beneath him.

Reluctantly withdrawing his softening cock, Caleb staggered to the bathroom. He returned with a warm wet facecloth to clean his lover. He turned Gregory and tucked him under the sheet but kept his own overheated body on top of the covers. Caleb reached over to put the stuffed leopard under Gregory's limp arm. It wasn't something that was missing from their relationship...but someone.

Unfortunately there was nothing he could do at this moment to keep his promise to his lover. Caleb grinned as he grabbed the remote and a fresh towel, no need to waste great porn.

And Damn, Christine looked fantastic in a wig and leather.


To be continued??
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