Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

When Jack visited Alex at the hospital on Friday night, he seemed to be feeling a lot better. Noticing the tray beside him, Jack asked, "You've been eating?"

Nodding, Alex answered, "Yeah, eating is easy now. I think they'll let me out soon. I still feel a bit weak, though. I hate this. It's so dumb, I'm so mad- Why are you looking at me?"

"Nothing," Jack shook his head, "I love you. Go on,"

Alex was allowed to leave the hospital on the following Saturday. He was all caught up on homework, since Jack had brought him some on both Thursday and Friday, and he had had nothing better to do. Of course, he talked to Jack who was almost always at his side as well, and Alex appreciated it, though they stayed away from the subject of their little misunderstanding for the time being. Alex was glad to be able to go home and shower on Saturday evening, and to finally sleep in his own bed. Sleeping comfortably was something Alex missed very much, which explained how he slept for a solid twelve hours that night. He spent the next morning lazing around, something which he definitely thought he deserved. He didn't get dressed until Jack texted him around three o'clock, asking him to come over. Alex told his mother where he would be going, and she made him assure her he was feeling up to going out almost a dozen times, before she finally let him out the door.

Knocking on the door, Alex was not very surprised when Jack answered it in his boxers. Alex pushed past his boyfriend with a small roll of his eyes, not wanting anyone outside to see him. Besides, it was probably cold. "Aren't you cold?"

"Nah," Jack shrugged, leaning down to kiss him on the lips before taking his stuff and placing it on the stairs, and pulling him into the kitchen.

"I'm guessing your parents aren't home?" Alex asked, taking a look around the seemingly empty house.

"Nope," Jack said, wondering why his answer made Alex begin to laugh.

"Does this have anything to do with why you invited me over?" Alex looked at Jack, his cheeks tinted pink.

"Maybe," Jack confessed, breaking out into a smile as well.

"This entire week sucked," Alex sighed, changing the subject.

"I can't imagine," Jack sympathized. He walked over to where Alex was leaning against the counter, wrapping his arms around the shorter boy and pulling him into his chest.

"It didn't turn out that bad, though. I'm fine, and we're talking now, so maybe it wasn't all terrible." Alex explained, and Jack shook his head.

"I would've rather not talked to you for a couple of days than have had this happen. I don't want to lose you," Jack mumbled, and Alex laughed lightly.

"You're not going to lose me. Don't be so dramatic," he said softly, his arms moving up to hang around Jack's neck. "Everything's alright."

"Good," Jack murmured into his hair, suddenly asking, "You're feeling better, right? One hundred percent?"

"Yeah," Alex nodded, "Basically."

"Come upstairs with me, then?" Jack hummed, and Alex giggled.

"Why, been too long?" He raised an eyebrow at his boyfriend, as Jack's eyebrows drew together.

"Oh, shut up." Jack laughed, "I've missed you."

"I've missed you, too," Alex agreed, before following Jack upstairs. When the pair reached Jack's room, the older boy began to rid Alex of his clothes slowly as they stood kissing in the middle of the floor. First came his jacket and his sweater, and then his shirt, jeans, and socks.

"You wore a lot," Jack commented between kisses.

"It's winter, Jack," Alex snorted, the unamused expression on his face counteracting the way his hand was slowly trailing down his boyfriend's body, to the waistband of his boxers. He began to palm Jack slowly through his boxers once he was only left in his own. Jack seemed to be liking it, until he carefully moved back from Alex, disconnecting their lips, as well.

"What?" Alex asked, wiping at his mouth with his arm quickly.

"Where is this going?" Jack asked, his hands reaching forward for Alex's, as Alex chuckled.

He let Jack grab hold of his hands gently as he answered, "Why do you always ask that? Why don't you just go with it?"

"I'm scared I'll do something you won't like," Jack admitted, and Alex shrugged.

"Unless you're into some crazy shit, I don't think there's anything I'd say no to at this point," Alex explained.

"Wait, so then-" Jack tried, wanting to deliver his question in the best way possible, "Does that mean, you want- Or, you wouldn't mind if-"

"Yeah," Alex laughed, "You can fuck me, if that's what you're asking."

"You're sure?" Jack raised an eyebrow, and Alex was surprised not to see him laughing. Whenever Jack would get serious in situations like these, it would be when Alex began to think about their future as an adult couple. No matter how much of a goofball Jack acted like sometimes, he showed a great amount of potential at other times.

"Of course," Alex said, "I want you to." He stepped closer to his dark haired boyfriend, his hand sweeping by his stomach once again, before this time sliding into his boxers. "And so do you, right?"

"Yeah," Jack breathed, as Alex grabbed hold of him softly, "I do."

"Mm," Alex hummed, beginning to move his hand up and down. "That's good. Want me to suck your dick?"

Laughing lightly, Jack shook his head "This is alright, babe. I'd much rather just get to it,"

"Okay," Alex shrugged, pulling his hand out of Jack's boxers as said boy guided him backwards to the bed, hands latched onto his hips.

"You're surprising me," Jack mentioned, his lips barely touching Alex's skin, breathing over his boyfriend's neck.

"Why?" Alex questioned, looking at Jack quizzically as he chuckled.

"Because," Jack smiled, "You're acting so confident. I wouldn't have thought so, with what we're about to do."

Shrugging, Alex pulled Jack backward with him, sitting back on the bed. He shuffled up a little bit to lie down, allowing Jack to climb over him and settle there. "I'm comfortable with you."

"I like that," Jack remarked, leaning down to kiss Alex quickly, before reaching over to his dresser and shuffling through it. Meanwhile, Alex was wiggling out of his own boxers and throwing them to the floor, before dealing with Jack's. "Spread your legs,"

"'Kay," Alex laughed, reaching up to place his hands as the back of Jack's neck. Jack was being remarkably gentle with him, and it was almost as if he wanted to step back and watch how cute his boyfriend was being, until Alex felt Jack's fingers enter him carefully. At first it was quite pleasurable, and Jack could see the way Alex was gnawing at the inside of his cheek so he would not make a sound. After a short while, though, Jack focused more on stretching his boyfriend than making him feel good, and he could already see the repercussions on Alex's face.

"Is three too much?" Jack asked softly, and Alex gave a small nod.

"Only when you straighten them all out," he explained, and Jack hummed in understanding. He still did it a few more times, wanting to make sure he could hurt Alex as little as he could, before he pulled his fingers out and wiped them on his sheets.

"Alright," Jack said, leaning forward to press a kiss to Alex's shoulder, and then to his jaw, before his lips, "How does lying on your stomach sound?"

"If it's easiest," Alex hummed, rolling over. After locating and putting on a condom, Jack fixed himself on top of Alex carefully.

"Look at us, finally using these condoms, huh?" Jack grinned as Alex smiled into the pillow beneath him.

"Shut up," Alex groaned, wiggling himself back against Jack, "Go."

"Alright," Jack laughed softly, lining himself up with Alex and pushing in slowly. Not being able to lower himself down and get a good look at his boyfriend's face until his cock was at least half way in, Jack was surprised to notice how distressed Alex already looked. "Are you alright?"

"Fine," Alex mumbled, biting his lip, "Hurts a lil' bit."

"Should I keep going?" Jack asked cautiously, and Alex nodded. Keeping Alex close, Jack snuggled up to him as he slowly increased the pace his hips were moving at. It took Alex quite a while to finally get into it, and Jack was grateful when he did. It was not awkward, persay, but it certainly was quite a bit boring on both of their ends. Pressing his lips to the blond's shoulder blades, and to his neck, and around to his cheek, Jack revelled in the soft moans Alex was finally giving out. "'S'good, now?"

"Mm," Alex whispered, "Still hurts, gonna hurt for a while, but- ah- really good."

"I'm sorry, sweetheart," Jack said, and Alex simply waved him off, before clutching onto the pillow beneath his head.

"Doesn't matter. Faster, Jack," Alex whined, and Jack did as he was told, until Alex was babbling about something completely different. "Our fort! Jack! In the forest!"

"What?" Jack asked, completely baffled as to why Alex would be mentioning such a thing at such a time. Slowing down his movements, he could see Alex's eyebrows scrunch together, and he looked like he was about to cry. Deciding to pull out, Jack pressed one last kiss to Alex's lower back, before quietly asking him to flip over. "What's wrong?"

"It's gone," Alex mumbled, his eyes filling with tears. "I went there a couple days ago, and it's been destroyed. It wasn't you, was it?"

"Of course not, baby," Jack pursed his lips, "I don't know anything about it. I haven't been there since we were last there, together."

"Weird," Alex sighed, wiping at his eyes. "I'm sorry, fuck. I just remembered, but I've ruined this. Sorry,"

"Oh, be quiet," Jack chuckled softly, "You haven't ruined anything. You can show me tomorrow. Don't cry."

When Alex pulled Jack back down on top of him again, he gave the taller boy a small smile. "Time to finish?"

Jack was soon able to help Alex through his climax with the help of his hand, as it was his first time, and the majority of the feeling he felt in his backside was pain. After releasing into the condom, he disposed of it carefully, prodding around in his trash can so nobody would see it on the top. Once that was taken care of, the dark haired boy joined Alex back in his bed, where Alex was already dozing off into a well deserved nap.

Notes

ahh!!! hi guys!!!

this is my favourite chapter so far in the whole story, so i really hope you guys liked it! please please please let me know what you think, because this was my first real attempt at this kind of thing and i want to be able to better the other ones i'm working on. also, in terms of my writing crisis, i think it'll get better soon. i haven't written in a while, but we'll see!

thanks to piercethealltimemiceandmen, Alltimegabi, ApathyForSympathy, and SophieGaskarth for commenting on the last chapter. thank you all for reading, and go check out my new part of Death of a Bachelor if you want :^)