seekevolution | The Storm

Matt drank half of the water before he put the glass down with a small nod and a sense of relish. He reached out to brush his hand over Mohinder's shoulder as he listened, dusting off something imaginary or real, it hardly mattered.

Molly was thinking about all of them. That suited Matt fine; so was he. Things were slowly grounding themselves when they were all together again.

"Arthur", he mimicked. Or questioned. He lifted his eyes to Mohinder's. "You always that familiar with the boss?"

It wasn't hostile or jealous, but had a somewhat wary edge even beneath what might have been teasing if he'd had a bit more reason or energy for it.

Mohinder stopped to think -- difficult to do with the way Matt kept touching him -- and shook his head. "I actually don't know his last name. Pinehearst, likely. This is his facility," Mohinder grinned. "I suppose that private sector pharmaceutical research is a bit more lax than the rest of the world. It's actually fairly pleasant. He employes a fair bit of people like you and Molly as well. They're all just as willing to talk about their abilities too. So strange. I suppose that this is a safe haven for them."

Mohinder couldn't help but smile. This was a truly beautiful place and now that Matt was back, Mohinder thought that he might truly be able to enjoy his time here. His job was done with the inoculation. He might be able to start on his original research again...

If he'd just saved the world -- he didn't quite think of himself that loftily actually -- couldn't he have a little leisure?

"Some of the people here are truly remarkable. What Arthur has created here is wonderful. I really need to find you some new clothes."

Matt had to think about that. A safe haven? After all the ordeals leading up to New York - twice - he hadn't considered it possible. Hadn't thought about it at all. He'd been abducted twice, held against his will, experimented on and then been on the run, and his idea of normalcy hinged on not letting anyone know about any of that. About what he could do. It'd lead to more of the same.

To talk about it ... that someone would employ people like him willingly, it didn't quite add up to his experiences. Or, well. Thompson had, but Thompson had also been the person pulling those strings that Matt hated.

Maybe he was paranoid.

"I'd kill for a new shirt", he agreed after a moment. "Molly says I smell."

Dropping his hand to loosely cross his arms, he leant his hip against the sink, still watching Mohinder. Rather closely. For several reasons.

"This Arthur guy. You don't think he's one of us?"

Yeah, sorry, tunnel vision. It was what made most sense to Matt though. Normals didn't tend to trust specials so easily. Unless it was about exploiting them?

"Well you do!" the peanut gallery called and Mohinder laughed. He didn't mind the smell so long as the man underneath it was real and healthy. He'd live happily with the rest. That said, there were likely clothing in Matt's size to be had easily. Pinehearst was a wonder in self sufficiency. Mohinder had been lucky enough to get Molly a few things to wear as well upon arriving. They'd not exactly had a lot of time to pack and the roads and shopping malls were not conclusive to retail purchases for the last week or so.

Mohinder was just moving to the door when Matt stopped him. More questions. So many questions.

He felt a bit like he was teaching again.

"I never asked. I'd assumed he would volunteer the information. For men like Arthur, and men like my father, he likely has--" or had? "-- a child with abilities. Molly, will you be all right here if we go to storage?"

"Can you bring up some ice cream?" she challenged and Mohinder smirked.

"It's six in the morning."

"There's always ice cream in the soft serve machine in the cafeteria," she promised and Mohinder decided to just give in and lead Matt to the lifts.

Matt followed, running a hand over the back of his neck, shooting a look at Molly before he walked out the door and let Mohinder close and lock it behind them. He hadn't paid a lot of attention when they arrived but now when he was looking around in a more attentive way he was struck again not only by the cleanliness and apparent organisation around them, but by the structure as well.

The building seemed very big.

"They have everybody who works here living here?"

Yeah. More questions. He didn't actually realize how many he was asking, but it was a way of orientation. Preliminary defense. He kept close to Mohinder, hands in his pockets but arms brushing every now and then.

And when someone walked past, Matt kept his eyes on her and moved subtly closer to the other man.

He added what he'd been thinking some time prior, after a moment. "If these people have cell phones to spare, I need one. I think mine got ran over."

Most of Matt's idiosyncrasies, Mohinder didn't even notice. He was too busy discussing the building, too busy talking at length about how car it went underground, how it had been able to accommodate all of them once Fort Lee went on high alert and a curfew was called. "The labs are even more extensive. Being able to house scientists has been a small blessing. It's almost as if this sort of disaster had been planned for."

Mohinder was at ease, however. Waiting for the lift, he leaned lazily against the wall. His lab, he explained, was on the third floor. The offices were on the seventh. There weren't any children here, however.

"So I'm rather certain this place isn't meant to house an entire work force. But the cafeteria really is a thing of beauty. Some new clothing first. We might want to burn what you currently have on now..."

Planned for. Right. Matt mulled that over and it wasn't the type of remark he'd forget. The company had been playing god with the virus, a former member had wanted to release it. What was this Pinehearst, really?

But he didn't say anything about it right then. Told himself that look, he was in a seemingly safe place for the first time in a month and he had his family again, so why not try to relax for once?

He listened, put it to mind. Third floor. Good to know.

Once they got to the storage he had to agree even more strongly with Mohinder that yeah, the clothes he was wearing right now had no right to keep existing. The storage was big, too. It had a lot more than Matt had thought, not that he'd been sure what exactly he'd expected, and when Mohinder tossed him a clean white t-shirt he felt relieved to pull the gray, bloodied and dirty one over his head with a faint smile of "Thanks."

Though Mohinder often said things without thinking, sometimes he didn't stop to reflect on his own insights either. He'd navigated the storage area enough to know where everything was. Food, water, toiletries, clothing, there were pallets of everything for the taking should one have access...and Mohinder, as one of the top researchers here, certainly had access to anything he wanted. And that included a more private room when much of his staff had to bunk up together.

He didn't realise he'd been getting preferential treatment either. The world turned and quite a bit of it just flew merrily over his head.

Perhaps that's why Mohinder took the time to smile somewhat less than serenely at Matt a moment later, eyes purposefully lingering over him. "You know, you really ought to shower again before sullying those new clothes."

There was a shower in all of the labs. Some more private than others. Mohinder's office even had a full bathroom.

And Matt had promised a bit of clothing ripping when they next met up, hadn't he?

It wasn't Mohinder's fault that his mind went there of all places. Those sorts of feelings happened quite a bit when people survived the horrors they both had. And yes, he was certain that Molly would be fine for a little while.

Matt hadn't really been thinking about it, not since that moment at the loft where it had been all heat and no thinking, but he'd had to start thinking again all too soon and about too many things for that to really linger in his mind. The exhaustion had played its own part as well.

Now, when it was on Mohinder's mind ... he could hear it, could in a distant way sense it too, and it was like he realized all over again that for all intents and purposes they were together. Moreover, it had a bit of an effect. Of course it did. At times in New York he'd called to mind that dream of Mohinder's from what felt like ages ago now and it always made something coil deep in his stomach. With the way Mohinder looked at him now, it hit him again.

So it didn't take him very long to get something different in his eyes, a muted kind of light when he entirely purposefully went up to Mohinder and put his hands to his sides and backed him slowly into the nearest wall. He was close. He was smiling slightly. He hadn't put the shirt on; instead the fabric was bunched up against Mohinder's torso.

"What, right here?"

He wasn't referring to the shower.

"Perhaps not right here," Mohinder said, hardly minding the way Matt's intimidation tactic had turned into something entirely too sensual. He'd never be able to see it as anything else from now on. Instead, Mohinder's lips tilted upwards as his head did, that line on his throat covered by the shadows of his chin as his fingers touched just above the scarred bullet wounds.

He probably shouldn't like them as much as he did.

His hips lifted slightly though it wasn't at all difficult to align his own with Matt's if he stood on his toes.

"I think we might well be disturbed. And there's a certain lack of soap and water to do the job." He did find Matt so very attractive, even gaunt and tired and covered in bruises.

Matt pressed into him when he shifted. Not much, honestly, but it made for a very clear indication of what they were talking about. There was a ghost of a laugh at the way Mohinder phrased what he was saying and he moved closer, but in the end he didn't kiss him and stepped back after what felt like a long moment of that intimate proximity.

Not right here, then.

He pulled the shirt over his head, picked up a pair of jeans they'd scouted moments earlier and raised his eyebrows Mohinder's way when he turned to find him still looking at him. It managed to look both innocent and challenging at the same time which took quite a few of the extra years Matt had gained over the last few weeks off his face.

"What? C'mon", he said and gestured towards the door.

God, you'd think me to be a virgin, he thought to himself without actually meaning to broadcast that. He was just completely, one hundred percent needy in all the worst of ways and after Matt left him with that horrible tease, the geneticist just stared at his until he turned.

A heated sigh followed but Mohinder cleared his throat and quickened his step after the initial two nearly failed.

"More of a tease than I'd have imagined," Mohinder said roughly, but there was nothing there that wasn't pleased just the same. Promises for later were still promises. "Shall I show you Molly's beloved soft serve?"

Maybe a handjob under the table later--

Yeah, not his fault, all right? Mohinder was in his early thirties. Sex was still an important part of his psyche...even if he did push it out for science more often than not.

Matt halted and had to cough into his hand. He wasn't in all actuality much of a tease, or hadn't been rather, but maybe it had to do with Mohinder himself and the effects he had on him. That resolve or whatever you could possibly call the earlier moment would absolutely crumple if he kept thinking like that.

"Watch it, or you won't make it that far", he muttered back, looking up at the ceiling.

Jesus christ, now he was thinking about it. Entirely new. He'd recieved handjobs but never given them and now he was thinking about it. And he absolutely had half a mind to push him into a wall again, but knew better and once again shoved his hands into his pockets and kept his eyes, for the moment, fixed elsewhere.

"If you're going to pick up my thoughts, Matthew," Mohinder said, using his full name to bite back a laugh, "then you really ought to be prepared for what you find there. I'll have you know that I've been waiting for the outside of a month for you. Well, no, let's be honest." They walked side by side down the hall. Mohinder's hands were decidedly not in his pockets. How could they be when he wore his jeans so tightly? "Far longer than that. But what's a little while more?"

He punched his thumb against the up button for the lift and waited, smile almost serene. He'd never realised he'd have that effect on Matt. Obviously, the man found him attractive -- or they wouldn't have spent all of those late nights tussling and getting handsy -- but they'd been going so slow.

And Mohinder never minded that. Actually, it made it all the more special. He didn't just tumble into bed with someone that might tire of him quickly this way.

The lift came with a chime and Mohinder walked inside first and held the door for Matt. He watched the taller man as he plodded in after him, trying to detect a little colour on his cheeks...or perhaps a little bulge in his jeans.

"Of course, the longer we wait, the more my mind might continue to play out various interesting scenarios and you might end up getting stuck in a different sort of dream than the one you pulled me from in Odessa."

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He'd find both. Especially when Matt smiled suddenly in an entirely new, mixed way and once again couldn't help but trap Mohinder against one of the elevator doors, hands gripping the handle-rod-bar-thing that went along its interior on either side of Mohinder's hips.

"Yeah, well", he started, and there was a definite flush in his face when he looked up at Mohinder - looked up, because he was leaning on his arms moreso than standing up straight. "Maybe I uh, already got to hear one of those scenarios of yours. You dream really loud sometimes, Mohinder."

It wasn't the entire truth of what he was thinking about but you know what? Mohinder was pulling these lines with such teasing glee. It was only fair that Matt returned them similarly, even if he was a little out of his depth here, actually in a way kind of nervous. At the same time he figured, screw it. To hell with all that. They'd live through, what? Four near-death experiences and/or apocalypses together? Yeah.

He could handle this, and though he swallowed, his gaze was steady.

There might be nothing sexier in this world to Mohinder Suresh right this second than Matt flirting with him like that. He was so shy about it, take-control but also soft, as if feeling his way along without leaving his safety net too far. He liked each little push, each little nudge towards a dangerous sort of discussion. The elevator hadn't moved, no one was up this early to call it. So, sitting here, they were all alone.

Minus the video cameras most elevators had...that neither man was evidently thinking about right now.

Mohinder watched Matt with such amusement in his dark eyes and not so stealthily slid his knee between the larger man's legs. Yes. That indeed was the start of a Mohinder-caused erection. The Indian was proud of himself.

Matt responding to him this way... He didn't think that maybe Matt just wanted a little attention or that Matt might just want the furthest from Janice as possible (and Mohinder might really be that person). They had a connection. A genuine connection. A bond. No one could tell him otherwise.

He flushed a little himself when Matt told him that he'd spied on one of his dreams, but held his ground firmly. And worked at Matt's belt with sure, practiced hands. Mohinder didn't even break eye contact. "I'm afraid that I've also been told I can be quite loud outside of dreams too."

Matt's breath hitched at the pressure and stimulation and leaned even more heavily on his arms, gripping the bar tighter as he dropped his head with a shudder. Congratulations, Mohinder; if there was ever any doubt as to the reactions he'd get from his administrations, they were likely all gone in that moment.

And then he reached for his belt of all things and kept talking with that gleefully seductive voice of his and putting sounds and images into his head, and Matt decided he could no longer be held responsible for his actions.

He straightened up and pressed closer to his utterly infuriating friend, feet on either side of Mohinder's, likely at least momentarily trapping Mohinder's hands between them and oh, well, and when they were chest to chest he barely managed a half-growled "Yeah?" and then he was pressing his mouth against his.

Very demanding, this time. Firm and deep if Mohinder would let him.

Talking was the one thing that Mohinder was truly comfortable with and it certainly showed as he continued to speak right up until Matt kissed him. Breath gone and hands trapped, what more could Mohinder do but try to remain standing? Even that was incredibly difficult!

Huffing softly against the urging, velvet hot mouth, Mohinder wriggled his hand around enough to get the button of the jeans open. The rest...well, he'd have to wait until there was at least a little space given.

Whatever Matt wanted, Mohinder was certainly willing and wanting too. Of course, his mind was not just one sucking Matt's tongue as it invaded his mouth. There were other things he wanted to try.

Sure, a quicky blowjob in an elevator wasn't exactly romantic, but they had no privacy and an eleven year old. Elevators were better than public rest rooms or trying to be quiet when their daughter was sleeping.

Matt was really not sure what he wanted, to be honest. He had no real goal in mind here - he was just following whatever urge came to him, going blindly, only led by Mohinder's tone and touches. It was all new. Oh, he had a basic idea, but wasn't thinking that far ahead. Wasn't thinking at all.

He shifted, leant back a little to let Mohinder move and in the same movement broke the kiss momentarily only to move forward and suck Mohinder's bottom lip into his own mouth. He lifted one hand from the bar to run along the younger man's side, fleetingly at first until he grasped him firmly by the hip.

He was still leaning on his other arm, knuckles whitening from the way he was quite literally holding on.

Luckily, Mohinder did know what he wanted and the man right there, pushing him against the glass and against the handrail, was exactly what that was. Though Matt had him by the hip, Mohinder was lithe enough to drop to a crouch, tugging at Matt's zipper as he went.

Were they doing this right here, right now? Yes, it seemed. Mohinder was undeterred. Though the clothing surrounding Matt was a little bit on the smelly side, considering he'd been wearing it for a very long time without much access to the laundry, the skin it covered was perfect. Mohinder didn't really have many expectations in this area. Men were men, and size and shape aside, they all worked the same way. He'd get to know Matt's quirks little by little but this was a good start...especially for a man that wasn't use to bedding another man and for someone who was married and, therefore, likely hadn't gotten one of these in a few years.

Mohinder wouldn't say he was an expert at oral sex, but he hardly had to be when he was so enthusiastic about it. Just hang on, Matt. Relax. Mohinder was in a very giving mood.

"Oh, god-"

Matt hissed it and let out a shuddering breath, realizing that he'd been holding it in to keep from gasping as Mohinder grasped him. That didn't help much when moments after he felt the first touch and warmth and wetness of his mouth and he dropped his head again with a low moan, forehead against the cool glass, his own mouth open as his breathing grew shallow.

He closed his eyes. Focused on the sensation and the effort to keep relatively still. It was true that he hadn't been given a blowjob for ... a while now, but it was more than that. It was the fact it was Mohinder balancing on the balls of his feet for him and seeming like he was really happy to do it. It was in all honesty difficult for Matt to make any kind of sense of, but at the moment he didn't care.

"Jesus Christ, Mohinder", he muttered weakly, keeping his eyes closed because he knew that if he looked, he'd be absolutely done for.

And that would be all right. A little warning would be nice but even if Matt couldn't manage that, Mohinder would be gracious just the same. He set a slow rhythm before 'elevator car' popped into his head. Taking his time would have to wait for when they had a quiet moment to themselves, when his dark skinned hand pushing up from Matt's navel could be looked at as a thing of beauty rather than a stabilizing movement. There would be plenty of times in the future for them to enjoy this.

Especially because Mohinder rather liked it. It had more to do with enjoyment of his partner than even the power guarded teeth and saliva could have on a man in particularly sensitive areas of his body. Matt's whimpered, guttural, sharp and simultaneously soft noises were the end all and be all of this particular act.

If only the sounds didn't have to end eventually!

Mohinder rocked back until his arse and shoulders hit the mirror. His eyes flickered up at Matt's bowed head before one hand slipped from the base of the shaft the flesh beneath. He squeezed somewhat more roughly than Matt might have been expecting and coaxed his orgasm with soft moaning vibrations in his throat.

Gag reflex?

What's that?

Matt almost choked on his breath and when he came it was with a sharp inhalation that ended in something that sounded a little bit like a sob but absolutely wasn't. He was practically seeing stars.

There was a moment's pause where his heart was slowing down. Then he opened his eyes and looked down at Mohinder and even though he no longer had him in his mouth it was possibly the hottest thing Matt had ever seen just by the knowledge of what had just happened.

"Oh, shit- come here", he said thickly and coaxed Mohinder up to his feet only to press him against the glass again the moment he was standing, to hold his face in his hands and kiss him as deeply and thoroughly as he could. Thanks, maybe. Appreciation. A desire to do something for him as well, although less immediate since he honestly still felt kind of breathless.

He kissed him, and he kissed him again, and then he kissed his jaw and went down to kiss and graze his throat, hands dropping to his sides.

Though Mohinder typically kept tissues in his pockets for hygenic reasons and because he had an eleven year old daughter who sometimes got a little messy, the wadded up paper in his back pocket was now a DNA sample to be discretely flushed down the toilet a little later. It wasn't exactly the safest way to have sex, but Mohinder didn't mind a little risk here or there.

The kiss, however, was unexpected. From what he'd gathered over his relatively few encounters with men, they weren't too found of the idea of kissing someone with the taste of themselves in their mouth. Matt seemed to be quite the opposite, however, and Mohinder was immediately drawn to the way Matt seemed to want him even more.

He whimpered against strong lips and, after those lips peeled down his skin, tilted back his head to accept whatever it was Matt was aiming to do.

Unfortunately, that's when the elevator lurched and Mohinder's eyes snapped open. His hands immediately went to Matt's crotch to tuck the older man away, his eyes sparkling and ruby red lips cracked in a smile. "You're welcome," he murmured, getting Matt's belt done two seconds before the doors opened and two older men sauntered into the lift. Mohinder greeted them as if nothing had happened, though his shoulders were shaking.

Nearly getting caught had agreed with him!

Matt wound up almost hiding behind Mohinder, keeping his hands by his face like he wanted to hide and occasionally did from the way he looked away and rubbed a hand over his face. He hadn't been thinking about the fact that this had taken place in a public space at all, and now he was torn between bothered and kind of ... what? Enticed, maybe? Something like that. He couldn't really identify it. God knows he felt jittery and one hell of a rush of adrenaline from almost getting caught, though.

He kept his mouth shut and his hands to himself. It actually took him a moment to remember that he was a telepath. Whatever spell Mohinder had just put on him was evidently a pretty good one.

I can't believe you actually did that he projected and even his mental voice was shaky. But now when a little time had passed it'd sound more like disbelief mixed with a bit of laughter. I won't be able to look at an elevator the same way in my entire life.

He swallowed when one of the other men got off and when it was their turn to step out of the elevator Matt actally sighed with relief when he made to follow Mohinder.

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