Disclaimer: Magnificent Seven does not belong to me and never will. This story is for enjoyment only.
Authors note: Thanks to Mog for creating the ATF universe. All spelling and grammar errors are mine. I am not an English teacher. This is for fun.
Rating: NC17-for language, This story contains violence, non-consensual bondage and m/m sex. If this is not your cup of tea do not read it.
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Sequel to The Video Tape
Vin groaned as he woke up. He blinked trying to get his eyes to focus. Swallowing he realized that his mouth was dry. Someone raised his head and helped him sip out of a straw. As his head was laid back down, Vin felt a gentle hand brush his hair back off his forehead.Vin's thoughts wandered randomly. It had to be Chris with him; Chris was always gentle with him. What the hell had happened? Why couldn’t he remember? Wait, the ATF garage…he was heading for his motorcycle…and then what…damn it was all a fog.
Vin tried to raise his hand to rub at his eyes. It suddenly registered that his wrists and ankles were restrained and that he was naked. Vin's eyes flew open, he gazed around frantically. As his eyes fell on the one man in the room, he gasped and started yanking at the restraints trying desperately to get away.
“Now…now, my beautiful boy…calm down. I know how to restrain people and you aren’t going anywhere. I have you right where I want you.”
Vin was scared, but he was also pissed.
“Fuck you, asshole. Let me go and you just might live,” Vin snarled trying to keep his fear from showing.
Cedric Thomas smiled as he watched the frantic movements of the helpless man. Damn but the boy was beautiful, that smooth tanned skin, big blue eyes, hair so silky you just wanted to run your hands through it and a mouth so full and petal soft it was just begging to have a cock slid inside. HIS cock. No one else would have the boy, taste him, fuck his mouth or mount that oh so tight ass. At least not until he had tired of his new toy.
Cedric ran his hands over the fine body. He felt Tanner tense and try to move away from him. The blue eyes were full of anger, yet he could see fear and panic in them also.
“I don’t think so, pet. Oh there will be fucking going on, but you will be the recipient of my cock. I just haven’t decided whether to sink it in your mouth or your ass first,” Cedric laughed at the look of horror that crossed Vin's face.
Vin was struck dumb. Where was Chris? Stay calm, the boys are looking for you. Vin flinched as he felt strange hands on him.
Thomas brushed across the hard nipples pinching them. Leaning down he licked then started sucking. So good…the boy tasted so damn good. He moved up the chest and nipped at the tanned neck. As he moved to taste the mouth, Vin tried to bite him.
Cedric smiled, “Shame, boy. This could have easy…now I want a kiss…I want to taste that sweet mouth…you bite me and this is just a sample of what you’ll get.”
Cedric reached down and gripped Vin's cock. He tightened his grip and pulled upward and kept pulling until Vin's ass left the bed.
Vin's eyes had widened and his mouth opened to scream. It hurt…it hurt badly. It felt like his cock was being torn from his body.
Cedric placed his hand over the mouth he intended having and let go of Vin's cock. As Vin dropped to the bed, Cedric slapped the pain filled cock several times. Vin yelled, but the big hand muffled the sound. Tears filled his eyes, but he refused to let them fall.
Vin shut his eyes as Cedric lowered his mouth to Vin's lips. Vin's bottom lip was taken in between Cedric's teeth and gently chewed on. Vin felt the thick tongue invade his mouth, his own tongue was being sucked on.
As his breath was being stolen and he was trying not to throw up, Vin felt hands crawling on his body. A hand insinuated itself between his legs and fondled his balls, pulling on the ball sack. The groping hand pushed aside his balls and found the entrance to his body. Vin tensed up as he felt fingers brushing by his hole.
Vin's hair was gripped again and his head was jerked to one side as Cedric's wet mouth left his and started sucking down his throat. Reaching the soft skin right under his collarbone, Vin felt the teeth right before they bit down. Cedric kept his hand over Vin's mouth as he chewed on the tender skin. Vin yelled as he felt a finger breach his entrance. The pain of the teeth that kept biting at him and the pain of a second finger inserted inside him was terrible. No lube was used; the bastard had just jammed the fingers inside.
Cedric released the lithe body he had obsessed about for so long. Vin was panting; his eyes dilated with fear and bright with unshed tears. There was a fine sheen of sweat most likely from fear covering the boy. He already had marked his new pet. The mark at the collarbone was deep enough to remain for several days. The nipples were red and still wet from his earlier attentions. The luscious lips were swollen and red.
There was a noise at the door. Vin's head jerked in that direction.
“HELP ME!” the desperate young man, yelled.
Cedric just smiled as he backhanded Vin across the face. He hit hard enough to knock the man unconscious.
Walking across the room, Cedric opened the door. A small brunette entered the room. He walked over and glanced down at Vin.
Reaching out a hand he started to touch Vin's hair. His hand was slapped away as Cedric came to stand next to him.
“No one touches this piece of ass but me. I’ve wanted him for months and I won’t share at least until I get bored with him. Do you understand Will?”
The brunette let his gaze slide from the bound man to his boss, then back again. He had to admit his boss had good taste in fuck toys, even if they were ATF agents.
Will smirked to himself. Thomas thought he was so smart. If he was as smart as he thought he was he would have found out that Will was the cousin of the blonde that Thomas had killed months previously.
Now, Will could care less if the new fuck toy was raped and beaten to death, he was here to see that justice was done for his cousin. The blond had done everything that Thomas had requested of him. He had been in those stupid movies, raped men, beat men and tortured them and still Thomas had killed him when the ATF had gotten to close and all for this man lying in front of him.
Will was going to bide his time, when Cedric was involved with his new pet, Will would just place the appropriate phone call to the ATF offices of Tanners boss, Chris Larabee. Just let them know where Cedric was and let the ATF take him down. Serve the bastard right to end up in jail where he would be raped and made to feel like an animal. Pay back for his cousin. Yeah, revenge was wonderful.
Will watched as Cedric put a rubber ring in Tanners mouth and then put a gag on. A blindfold was then put over the closed eyes and tied behind the tousled head.
“We’ll let the pet wake up in the dark, and unable to talk. That will put the fear into him. When I leave with him later I’ll have his spirit well on the way to being broken. Just make sure the limo is ready. I have a bag of toys that I’ll be taking with us. I have some already on the plane, but since it will take us a couple of hours to get to the airport and get to the plane I want to play with him in the limo. But the real fun will happen on the plane. I’m waiting to fuck him then. Can’t wait to see just how limber he is, how far I can bend him to fuck him deep. That ass was truly made for deep hard fucking. Right now though I want to start breaking him.”
“I’ll take care of it boss. Have fun,” Will commented feeling a twinge of sympathy for the helpless young man. Maybe he would make the phone call a little earlier than he had planned.
Cedric leaned against the wall and gazed at his obsession. Time to get the show on the road.
Cedric knelt between Vin's spread legs. He shoved the legs further apart and started mouthing the limp cock. He lapped and licked at the velvet soft skin. When he heard Vin moan and the cock twitch in his mouth he stepped up his assault. He again forced two fingers into the hot channel finding and rubbing the prostate gland. He imagined how his cock was going to feel surrounded by that hot flesh. As Cedric sucked on Vin's cock he savored the bitter taste. The smell of the young man surrounded him and he felt his own cock fill.
Vin woke up to complete darkness and feeling like he was going to choke. He started to struggle then felt a mouth and teeth at his cock. When the teeth bit the tip of his cockhead he froze. He felt his breathing speed up and talked to himself, to calm down. He had to remain calm for Chris and the boys, but especially for Chris. The dark clad man needed him to keep his demons at bay; he needed Chris as his lifeline. Their souls were forever bound together and he feared that if he did not make it then the blond would follow him in death. He had to survive this nightmare for Chris.
Vin knew his kidnapper was an expert at arousing a man and he knew that it was inevitable he would have an orgasm. He still internally cried out against the injustice of it all.
Cedric sucked the hard cock and rubbed the internal gland vigorously. He was thrilled when Vin arched up and shot his juices down his throat. He swallowed every drop eagerly. He didn’t want to miss a single drop of his pet’s nectar. Now it was time for his pet to pleasure him.
Cedric stood up and set about getting his stuff together to bend Vin to his will.
Vin felt the metal bar slide beneath his lower back, it was held in place by a strap around his waist. The bar was attached to chains and was slowly raised until Vin was about two feet off the bed. His arms and legs were stretched out. The bar forced the slim body into a bow shape.
Vin was groaning as his back hurt horribly. His wrists and ankles were stretched out, the restraints pulled tight.
The hated hands and fingers stroked over his taut body. Vin felt his nipples being pulled and twisted. Vin felt his ankles being taken out of the restraints; he tried to kick out at his kidnapper.
He heard laughter as his legs were yanked up and attached to hooks in the ceiling. Though he was unable to see he could tell that his lower back was resting solely on the metal bar, his legs were bent at the groin and pulled straight up. Vin felt the ropes that were around his ankles being pulled apart. His legs were spread so wide he felt like he was going to be split in two.
“You’ll learn pet not to piss me off. Shouldn’t have kicked out at me. First lesson in whose boss.”
Vin barely had time for the words to register before he heard the whip whistle and fire ripped across his ass. By the time the tenth lash had burned across his thighs and ass he was screaming into the gag.
Sobbing he thought he was going to choke to death. The gag was ripped out of his mouth and his head rocked as he was slapped. The rubber ring kept his mouth open as he gasped.
“Stop that, boy…or I’ll bleed you some more.”
Vin tried to stop but wasn’t quick enough for his tormenters.
“Guess I’ll just have to fuck your mouth to shut you up. You my pretty may be tougher to train than I thought.”
Vin tossed his head, but it was held tightly by two hands. This was followed by a wet hard cock being pushed into his mouth. Vin felt his hair being yanked as the cock slid in and out. At times he felt like he was going to choke as the hard shaft slammed against the back of his throat.
Vin was lost in a nightmare of pain, and humiliation. It wasn’t long before hot cum ran down his throat as his abuser came with a shout.
The hated ring was yanked out of his mouth. A wet demanding mouth replaced the cock. Vin tried to jerk his head away; a hand again grabbed his hair and held him in place.
Vin was sobbing quietly, tears running down his cheeks as the hated mouth left his.
“You are exquisite, pet. Now I have to go make a phone call. Before I leave I want to leave you all decorated. I love my toys and in time you will love them to. Until then I am afraid you are in for a lot of pain.”
The hated gag was put back in his mouth. Vin tensed his body; he wasn’t sure what was going to happen.
His nipple was grasped and pinched. As the nipple was pulled up a metal clamp was put on. Vin tried to arch away as the same procedure was done to the second nipple.
Cedric at least Vin thought it was Cedric ran his hands over the trembling chest. He played with the clamped nipples, pinching and rolling them.
A wet mouth descended and bit down pulling at the clamps causing Vin to yell in pain.
Vin tensed as he felt hands on his burning ass. His ass was kneaded, licked and bit.
Fingers grasped hold of his cock and balls. Cold metal touched his cock from the base to underneath the lip of the cock head. The rings were tightened and then more rings were put on the balls spreading them apart.
As clips were snapped onto the ball rings, Cedric added weights to the clips. Vin screamed as his balls were pulled down. A clip was put on the top cock ring and then a nylon cord was stretched from the cock ring to the hook in the ceiling. He left about a foot of cord hang down from the hook. Cedric pulled until the cock was standing straight up. The sadist reached up and added weights to the cord he had left free. The cock was pulled taut. He wanted the cock and balls separated painfully. Let pretty boy get used to the pain, it was going to be his life from now on at least until he could learn to obey his master. A vibrator was picked up. It was about six inches long and an inch wide.
“You’ll enjoy this, pet. Before long it will be my cock ramming inside your ass, reaming you until you bleed. You’ll be on your knees begging me to fuck you.”
Vin moaned as something warm and hard was inserted inside his ass and strapped to the harness around his genitals. Bright lights exploded behind his eyes, as he felt lightheaded from the pain. When Cedric turned the vibrator on, the movement started Vin's cock and balls shaking. Vin's ass was slapped a few times, and he felt hard bites on his inner thighs. The bites and slaps were hard enough to make him groan and flinch.
Cedric then attached golden chains from the clamped nipples to the harness. He pulled the chains taut, enjoying his pets moans and whimpers.
Standing back he loved the picture of his new toy made. The vibrator was strong enough to keep the chains and the genitals in constant motion. The pleasure/pain sensation would be constant. Perhaps that would make his fuck toy more pliable. The position he was in was painful. The back arched up off the bed and only supported by the thin metal bar. The legs stretched to the ceiling and spread wide. The chains looked mightily fine against all that tan smooth skin. The clamps were causing the nipples to turn red and bruises start to form. The cock was red and angry looking and the balls were bulging in their rings. The weights pulled the heavy balls down while the cock was forced straight up. Cedric crossed over to the bed and couldn’t help himself. He sucked the cockhead into his mouth, sucking as hard as he could. When he heard Vin's choked scream Cedric reached up and set the weight in motion. As the weights started swinging he repeated the procedure on the ball weights. Vin's muffled keening scream was enough to shake the hardest heart. Unfortunately the man doing the torture had no heart. He just smiled at the agony his victim was in.
Cedric watched as Vin suddenly went limp. The slender body couldn’t handle the pain anymore and shut down.
Cedric headed towards the door, he paused and turned back around. Just briefly he paused. He pulled the vibrator out and inserted his tongue into the channel that had been forced wide by the vibrator. The madman inhaled Vin's scent as he licked and sucked at Vin's entrance. Nibbling he finally bit down on the ass cheek close to Vin's entrance. Vin jerked and moaned but did not regain consciousness. Cedric inserted the vibrator then with a slap to the tight ass he left the room.
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Meanwhile across town there were three very upset men searching frantically for they’re missing friend. The fourth man felt like he was in hell.
Vin was missing; the other half of his soul, the one person who could read his mind and calm his demons was missing. Chris Larabee thought he would go crazy…his whole world was shattering around him just like it did when his family was killed.
Nathan and Josiah were glued to the TV watching surveillance tape of the ATF garage. They were hoping to see their young teammate on the tape and maybe…hopefully see who grabbed him.
Another agent saw Vin being bundled into a car, but before he could get there the car was long gone and out of the parking lot. The kidnappers busted the barrier at the guard shack. The car was found several miles away, the forensic team going over it with a fine toothcomb, but so far no evidence as to whom had taken Team 7’s sharpshooter. The guard who had let the car into the secured garage had yet to be found and was presumed either dead or part of the kidnapping.
Buck sat next to his old friend, his arm over the distraught blonde’s shoulders.
“We’ll find the boy, Chris. He’s tough…he’ll know we’re hunting for him and hang on.”
“Who are you trying to convince Buck…me or you. You saw that tape with the Vin double on it. You know what these animals are capable of. You really think that once they have him in their hands they…they’re not gonna torture and rape him.”
Buck tightened his grip when he heard Chris’s voice tremble as emotions threatened to spill over.
“I pray that we’ll get to the boy before then, but let me tell you, Chris…that…that boy is coming home and those animals are going down.”
Chris gained strength from his old friend’s words. He had to believe they would find his love or he had nothing left to live for.
Josiah and Nathan came running in.
“We finally got a break…come here,” Nathan shouted.
The four men crowded around the TV and watched the tape of the ATF garage.
They watched as Vin arrived and stopped to help a man on crutches. When Vin turned his back he was jumped and a rag put over his mouth and nose. When Vin slumped unconscious and was tossed into the van, Chris cussed under his breath.
“I bet it was chloroform…knocked him real fast,” Nathan said.
“The second man…recognized him… he’s the missing guard…goes by the name of Will Phillips,” Josiah hissed his eyes filled with hatred.
As the van pulled away the license plate was partially visible.
“Run the plates, Nathan…Josiah get all the info on the guard that you can.”
“I think you’re right Buck…we’ll get Vin back and take those bastards down,” Chris said the green eyes finally getting some life back in them.
Will stood in the hallway and listened to Cedric’s phone call. It was obvious the man was getting ready to leave the country and take Tanner with him. As soon as the man went back into the room with his victim Will would place the phone to Chris Larabee and bring his cousin’s murderer down. Then Will would disappear and pretend this whole mess never happened, but at least his aunt would know her son was avenged. His cousin had been a mean piece of work but he was family and blood had to be avenged.
Will watched as Cedric went into the bedroom where he had his new toy bound like an animal on display. As soon as the door shut Will got on the phone.
The phone rang only once before Larabee snatched it up.
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Cedric wandered into the room. He smiled when he saw his new toy. Just lovely. He had hated to leave the room. There was nothing he enjoyed more than watching his fuck toys when he first started training them. The pain and the discipline turned him on. The pain he forced them to endure. The sleekness of their skin as they writhed and moaned beneath him. They’re tight asses that seemed to suck his cock in deep and wring him dry. The mouths that screamed one minute and the next time welcomed his cock into the wet hot haven. Tanner would be the best… his masterpiece.
There would be no movies for his prize. No one would see Tanner in all his glory, get a chance to sample the mouth and ass. He would brand the boy, put his initials across the lower back. The boy would welcome him at anytime, anywhere. His pet would present his mouth or his ass for his master's cock when he was ordered to do so. He could see it now…a big dinner party at his mansion in the Middle East. Tanner kneeling by his chair at the main table. That long golden brown hair cascading around his shoulders hiding the beautiful face. Then the moment when he raised the head and everyone could see the prize he alone had. Those blue eyes and beautiful face, the full mouth just begging to be fucked. Maybe he would fuck it right there in front of everyone. They would all be jealous as they watched his thick cock sliding in that hot mouth, the full lips turning red as they sucked on him. The gold collar around Tanners neck would highlight the dark marks he planned on leaving on his fuck toy everyday. He would then pull his toy to his feet and everyone would gasp. He planned on piercing his pet’s nipples and putting golden hoops with diamonds on them. Two golden chains would hang between the two hard nubs with sapphires glinting in the light just the same color as his pet’s eyes.
As the eyes drifted down they would see the cock encased in a gold ring harness, the balls spread and separated by gold rings. The wrists were bound to the side of the slim waist and restrained by golden cuffs. He would bend his toy over the table and pull out of his ass a butt plug in the same gold color as the rest of the adornments. As his guests watched he would mount that slender body and in one thrust be balls deep in the hottest, tightest ass he had ever known. Let them watch as he grunted and moaned and fucked his toy, gripping that long hair and pulling the head back so they could see the look on his pets face as he was fucked through the table. He would put the butt plug back in, as he wanted to keep his seed deep inside his pretty pet.
When he was finished he would calmly set back down and put his pet on his lap. Between eating his meal he would bite down on his pet. Leaving more dark marks on the neck and chest of his toy. Then he would set his toy on the floor between his legs. With his pants undone and he would put his pets face in his crotch with the instructions that he was to suckle and lick at his master's cock…because that was all the dinner he was going to receive. And if his pet was a bad boy then there were always the many types of whips he had. He did like to see blood flow, although he would have to take care not to permanently mark that beautiful skin with welts. Yeah that was a dream he was determined to make a reality.
Stepping forward he ran a rough hand down Tanners inner thigh. He felt the bound man flinch. Cedric pinched the tender skin between two fingers and kept pinching until he heard a moan come out of the gagged mouth. Cedric noticed the vibrator had pulled out a little. He shoved it back inside. Tugging on the bound cock and balls he set the weights in motion. From the weak moan from his toy, he knew Tanner had reached his limit. He was slowly giving up.
Cedric took the weights off and released the cock from the nylon cord. He lowered the body to the bed. He removed the chains and vibrator, but left the cock and ball harness and the nipple clamps on.
Cedric removed the blindfold and the gag. He watched as Tanner blinked his eyes, the light bright after being blindfolded for so long. The long lashes were damp from tears, the eyes so blue as to look unreal. They were dazed and unfocused. Cedric raised the tousled head and let his obsession drink a bit of water.
“See, pet, I can be kind…your place in life now is to please me. Your body now belongs to me. I can fuck you at anytime and put my cock wherever I choose to. If you please me then I will please you,” Cedric murmured. He was pleased when there was no response from the helpless man. He knew that if Tanner was still fighting him then there would be a smart ass comment, the fact that there were none meant while Tanner was not completely beaten he was well on the way to be nothing but a compliant vessel for any sexual perversions he might think up. Nothing was off limits in his world and he vowed to have Tanner try them all.
Vin lay quietly. He hurt too much to try to move. The vibrator had made the inside of his ass ache something terrible. Although thankfully he could tell there was not tearing and at least it hadn’t been a cock reaming him. His cock, balls and nipples throbbed in time with his heartbeat. The whip marks burned like hell. Vin felt a peace steal over him. He knew…he didn’t know how he knew but he knew that Chris and the boys were coming for him. They were on there way now.
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Larabee snatched up the phone on the first ring.
“Larabee,” the lean blond snarled into the phone.
“Shut up and listen…the package you’re looking for is in a house on the outskirts of Denver. The address is 105 Seymore Drive. Best hurry, the package it getting ready to be moved.”
“Who are you…answer me you…fuck,” Larabee yelled as he slammed the phone down.
Whirling around he stormed out of his office.
“Lets go… that phone call may lead us to Vin…or it might be a trap…we gotta take that chance. Nathan take the laptop and keep checking for info on the guard and the license plate.”
The four men were in Larabee's Suburban and on their way across town. Larabee sent positive soothing thoughts to his lover…just hoping that Vin would somehow hear them.
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Cedric poked his head out the door and told Will to get the car ready, he would be down with Tanner is a few minutes. The airplane would be ready for them to leave when they got to the airport.
Will headed downstairs hoping that Larabee was on his way. If not then Cedric Thomas would escape out of the country and would not pay for killing Wills cousin. Of lesser importance at least to Will was the fact that Tanner would never been seen in the US again. He was well on his way to becoming a sex slave to Thomas’s whims. Will had seen it before, when Thomas tired of the young man, he would allow his friends to fuck, whip and beat them…do whatever turned them on. He had seen men bound and their asses torn to pieces as two men rammed their cocks inside at the same time. The poor victim unable to scream as another cock was being shoved down their throats.
Will pulled out his cell phone and called the ATF offices. He was transferred to Larabee's cell phone.
When the blond ATF leader answered, Will hurriedly said, “Just shut up and listen. I don’t give a damn about your blue eyed boy; I want justice for my cousin. We’re leaving the house, I’ll leave the phone on and give you clues and you’ll just have to follow us. We’re headed to the airport. I’m driving a light blue Cadillac Limo. Best be on your toes if you want pretty boy back… Cedric has already started playing with him. But if we get to the airport and on that plane Tanner will be fucked literally and figuratively,” Will quickly lay the phone down on the front seat of the car.
As Will packed the car he heard a hoarse scream from upstairs. Maybe Tanner was different Thomas certainly seemed obsessed by him. Will threw a bag containing Tanners clothes and belongings into the trunk. Cedric wanted no evidence of Tanner left at the house. He wanted the ATF team to always wonder what happened to their friend.
Upstairs Vin was writhing on the narrow bed. Cedric had his fingers around the nipple clamps and was pinching them tight on the abused skin. He pulled up so that Vin was being held up by the clamps around his nipples. A hoarse scream came out of the mouth of his new pet.
Cedric let the abused body fall back to the bed. He ran his hands over the sweating shivering body. He grasped the bound cock pulling on it and the bulging balls. Tanner shifted trying to move away.
Cedric smiled and sucked the cockhead in his mouth. He nibbled on the tip and bit at the piss slit. The cock was hypersensitive due to being bound for so long. Vin was sobbing to be let go.
“Oh, we’re going pet, a long way away. No one will ever see you again. You belong to me and I can do whatever I want to you.”
Cedrick released the cock and balls hearing Vin scream as the blood rushed back into the tortured organs. The kidnapper wrapped both hands around Vin's genitals and squeezed tightly until Vin's screams abruptly stopped when the sharpshooter passed out.
Cedric slipped a pair of sweatpants and shirt on the limp body. He left the nipple clamps on. He planned on playing on the way to the airport. He loved nipple play. The limp velvet soft genitals also beckoned him. The taste of them remained in his mouth, and he wanted to suckle at Tanners cock some more.
Once on the plane he would tie the sharpshooter to the bed and fuck him. He wanted to bend that luscious body in double and sink in as deep as he could. He did not want to be disturbed when he was deep inside that hot body and the plane was perfect, no one would interrupt him. He would finally completely possess the body that had haunted his dreams for months.
Cedric tossed the unconscious body over his shoulder and headed for the garage. The man was so sure that Tanner was out of it and to scared to put up a struggle that he did not bother to tie the slender wrists together.
Will was waiting in the driver’s seat as Cedrick dumped his burden in the back seat and climbed in.
“Lets go, Will. Obey all speed limits we don’t want to get stopped on the way to the airport.”
“Sure thing, boss,” Will slowly pulled out of the garage.
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Larabee was ashen when he answered the phone. Buck was driving like a bat out of hell.
“Hurry, Buck…he said they were leaving, but he would leave the phone on and pass us clues. He…he said if we let them get to the airport Vin was fucked literally and figuratively,” Chris said his voice trailing off as his throat closed up with emotion.
Josiah put his hand on Chris’s shoulder.
“We’ll get Vin back, boss. Seems to be that maybe Vin hasn’t been raped with the way this guy was talking.”
Nathan was going through his medical supplies, but paused and glanced at his boss.
“Yeah, Chris…we’ll get him and we’ll take care of him. He won’t be alone.”
Buck took a sideways glance at his old friend. What he saw scared him to death.
Chris was pale. His hands lay gripped together in his lap. There was a haunted look in his green eyes…a lost scared to death look. A look he hadn’t seen since Sarah and Adam.
Buck stepped on the gas and cussed the slow drivers in front of him as he turned the corner onto Seymore Drive.
Up ahead the men saw a light blue Cadillac pulling out of a driveway. Just as Chris was about to tell Buck to block it in, a group of kids appeared out of the house next door and converged in the surrounding yards.
“Fuck it all to hell. We can’t get into a potential shootout with those kids. Just follow them, Buck.”
Will glanced in his rear view mirror and saw the black Suburban behind him. He had a feeling that it was the ATF agents.
Will sped up as he reached an open road. The black suburban kept pace.
Looking in his mirror he saw that Cedric was to engrossed in his new fuck toy to notice they were being followed.
Cedric yanked Tanners shirt up as he shoved the limp body back into the corner. He put his forearm against Tanners throat and held the body in place.
Lowering his head he bit and sucked at the smooth chest. He paid particular attention to the nipples. They were so red, the bruises looking real good. As he bit and chewed on the already ravaged nipples his free hand took a rough grip on the limp organ he began to pump and grope the helpless man.
Vin started to rouse up due to the pain. He let out a hoarse yell of pain. He started to panic when he felt the arm across his throat.
Vin realized they were in a car and that animal was all over him again. He also realized that he was no longer restrained. Damn if he was going to just lie still and be raped.
Vin surprised Thomas by shoving back with all his strength. Thomas fell back against the door hitting his head briefly dazing himself. Vin threw himself at the driver and hit him with his fist up the side of the head.
In the black truck Chris heard Vin yell over the cell phone and as he turned to Buck to tell him they had to stop the limo now, the limo swerved and ran off the road.
“NO, Vin, Chris screamed as he watched the car heading for the river bank. He could see two men struggling in the back seat and knew that one of them was his lover.
Buck sent the Suburban off the road after the limo. The ATF agents watched helplessly as the limo went into the river
As the limo slowly started to sink the back door of the car was shoved open and the man the ATF agents knew as Benjy climbed out. He had Vin in front of him using him as a shield. Vin was obviously dazed as he struggled feebly the strong grasp of his captor. The water was only about two feet deep at the riverbank.
Cedric laughed when he saw four men scramble to the riverbank and point their guns at him. He tightened his grip on Vin. He had one arm under Vin's shoulder and then pressed against the slender chest holding the smaller man in place easily. He held his own gun against Vin's head.
“Go ahead, fuckers…shoot and I’ll take pretty boy with me. As pretty as he is I’m not willing to die for him. We can make a deal.”
Cedric was watching Larabee's face. He was an expert at reading people and he knew that Larabee cared about the sharpshooter. Over the last several months he had people watching Team7, and they had reported that Larabee and Tanner seemed to be very close. Cedric put it down to good friends, but now he was thinking it went much deeper than that.
Cedric watched as the four men lowered their weapons to their sides. He backed up slightly pulling the unresisting body with him.
“Now, my new fuck toy and I will be leaving. I’ll let you know where you can pick him up. After all, I’ve already had him…several times. I fucked him in the mouth and that tight hot ass surrounded me like a second skin. He screams so beautifully.”
Cedric saw the look of horror and despair cross Larabee's face at the words.
“Oh, yeah…he’s such a fantastic fuck. Those screams are such turn ons. His cock and balls turn such a nice color of red when tied up…and these nipples bruise so nicely,” Cedric hissed gloating at the four men. Cedric adjusted his hold and squeezed the nipples that were still clamped. He got a reaction from his captive…one he was not expecting.
But Cedric forgot he was holding Vin Tanner. He thought his captive was beaten and unable to fight back due to the pain. When he squeezed Vin yelled and jerked back to consciousness. Cedric was off balance as Vin jerked in his arms.
Vin locked eyes with Chris and knew that salvation was close by. He saw his other friends close by. Vin brought his fist back and down and hit Cedric in the crotch. When he heard the bastard yell and lower the gun, Vin slammed his head back, and hit Cedric in the nose.
Cedric screamed and shoved Vin away from him to land face down in the water. As Vin struggle to his knees coughing, Cedric pointed his gun at Vin's back.
Chris and Nathan both headed for the water to help Vin. They did not even pay attention to the gun in Thomas’s hand.
Buck and Josiah both shot and watched as Cedric flew backwards into deeper water and slowly floated downstream. Before they could reach the body it sunk out of sight.
Turning around the two men headed for their three friends who had struggled out of the water.
Buck looked to the side and noticed that the limo was now underwater. Only the taillights and rear bumper could be seen.
Chris and Nathan reached the bank, carrying Vin between them. Chris sat down and Nathan lay Vin in the leaders arms. Vin's back was resting against Chris’s chest. Nathan took his coat off and lay if over the shivering young man.
Chris brought his arms around Vin's chest to try to pull him closer. The men jumped as Vin flinched and whimpered trying to pull Chris’s arms away from his sore nipples.
“Chris, hold him around the waist…I need to check his chest,” Nathan instructed.
As Nathan looked at his leader he saw that Chris was totally focused on Vin. Nothing else was filtering into his brain.
Nathan noticed people starting to arrive and come down the river edge. He motioned for Buck and Josiah to get the people back so he could check Vin over.
“I’m going to pull your shirt up, kid. Chris is right behind you. No one can see anything. It’s just Chris and I.”
Getting a dazed and unfocused look from the blue eyes, Nathan moved very slowly. He raised the shirt up and cursed under his breath at the clamps on his friend. It was obvious they had been on for some time. The bruising was bad and the nipples were a vicious red color.
Chris looked over Vin's shoulder and shuddered.
“Take the fucking things off him, Nathan. He must be in agonizing pain,” Chris ordered as he raised one hand and placed in on the side of Vin's head turning the beautiful face into his neck.
Nathan swallowed. He wanted to be sick. God only knows what that bastard had done to the boy. He’d barely started to check him out.
“Chris, it’s going to hurt him like hell when these come off. I need you to take hold of both of his wrists and hold no tight. I’m going to straddle his legs and hold them down, then I’ll take the clamps off. The boy’s going to scream, wish there was some way to muffle that.”
“Have Buck throw his coat over my head. It’ll cover Vin and I. I know how to muffle the scream,” Chris said as his eyes met Nathan’s.
Nathan nodded as he realized what Chris had in mind.
Going to Buck, Nathan came back and put the coat over Chris’s head hiding Chris and Vin from the few sightseers that were left. Nathan ducked under the coat so he could see what he was doing. Buck and Josiah had ushered the majority of the people back to their cars and sent them on their way.
Nathan placed his hands above the clamps. Looking at Chris Nathan nodded his head.
Chris tipped Vin's head back. As the blue eyes drifted open, Chris smiled.
“Missed you, cowboy. Nathan’s gonna help you out. Love you, Vin.”
Chris bent his head and placed his mouth over Vin's. He gripped Vin's wrists tightly.
Nathan grasped the clamps and got them off as quickly and gently as he could.
Vin arched up and screamed as the blood rushed back into the tortured skin. The scream was muffled by Chris’s mouth. Chris kept his mouth over Vin's, hoping that Vin would register that was Chris holding him.
Vin slumped back into Chris’s arms. Vin felt lips on his and knew that it was his lover. Vin tentatively kissed his older lover back and was gratified when he felt Chris gently lick his lip before he released his mouth. At least Chris was not to disgusted with him or he wouldn’t have kissed him.
Nathan tossed the coat on the ground.
Chris released Vin's wrists and brushed the long damp hair off Vin's face.
“Love you, baby. Going to the hospital to have you checked out then…”
Chris was interrupted as Vin struggled to sit up. The two men held him in place.
“NO…no hospital…go…go home…please Chris,” Vin begged his big blue eyes filled with tears.
Nathan took hold of Vin's chin and turned the face towards him.
“Vin…you need to be checked out. You might have…well…you might have…ah…internal injuries,” Nathan stuttered.
Chris flinched at Nathan’s words even though he knew they needed to be spoken.
The two men kept an eye on Vin as the confused young man deciphered Nathan’s words.
Vin flushed as the meaning sunk in.
“He…he…didn’t rape me…he did other things…not that…I don’t have internal injuries,” Vin murmured just loud enough to be heard by his friends.
Chris said “Vin, he said he raped you.”
“He lied…stuck a…a vibrator in me…was saving the rape for when he couldn’t be interrupted…want to just go to the ranch…want to go home,” Vin started crying as he turned to cuddle close to Chris.
Chris wrapped his arms around his young lover. He rocked the slender body, kissing the top of the damp head not caring who saw. His lover, his life needed him and that was all the was important.
“Let’s take him home, Nathan. Have the boys put the back seat down. That will leave enough room to lay him down flat and then you can check him as we head to the ranch. When we get there and you think he needs a doctor then I’ll have Tony come out and look at him.”
Nathan wasn’t happy with the arrangement, but he knew better than to argue with Chris, especially when it came to Vin.
Ten minutes later Josiah was carrying Vin to the Suburban. While he laid Vin down in back, Chris was issuing orders.
Buck would drive them to the ranch; Nathan and he would ride in the back with Vin. He wanted Josiah to stay on the scene and direct the cleanup efforts.
There were already emergency personnel and vehicles on the scene. The limo was in the process of being pulled out of the river. The underwater rescue team was preparing to drag the river for Cedric Thomas’s body.
Josiah promised to get to the ranch as soon as he could. The big man waved his friends off praying that Vin was telling the truth that he had not been raped. If he had well then they would all get him through this ordeal. They were a team…hell they were a family.
“Buck turn up the heat. Try to avoid ruts in the road and NO swerving. We need to get these wet clothes off him and get him warmed up, but I don’t want us thrown around back here. I need to check him over to get an idea what we’re looking at and I don’t want to wait until we get to him home.”
Buck started to snap back a smart-ass comment, but realized that Nathan was just upset about Vin's condition. If his friend had been thinking he would have realized that Buck was going to take it easy. After all he was carrying very precious cargo in the back.
The EMT’s had given Nathan a bundle of towels to take with them. Nathan volunteered for the ambulance services a couple of times a week so he picked up a few more things out of the ambulance that he might need.
Chris rubbed a towel over Vin's head trying to dry the long hair. He spread the hair out to dry quicker. Working like a well-oiled team, Chris and Nathan had the young sharpshooter undressed in just a couple of minutes.
Nathan covered the slender body in a couple of blankets. He had Chris sit behind Vin and lean against the back of the middle seats. Nathan shifted Vin up to lean against Chris’s chest.
Chris held his lover carefully. Chris glanced down at Vin's back where it rested against his chest and was thankful to see it was smooth and unmarked. He had been afraid that a whip would have been used on the slender body.
“Vin, I’m gonna give you a shot…don’t argue…it’ll just relax you…I want you to drift off asleep.”
“It’ll be okay, baby. We got your back,” Chris assured his lover. Chris nodded for Nathan to go ahead and give Vin a shot as he felt Vin relax.
It took a couple of minutes for Vin to drift off asleep.
“Keep holding him, Chris…I want him to feel secure and safe. Don’t know what that animal did to him so he is probable sore and tender and I might inadvertently hurt him. After I finish with his top half then I want to lay him down and check the rest of him.”
What Nathan left unspoken, but Chris and Buck understood was that Vin needed to be checked for sexual assault. While Vin said he had not been raped, there were other things that could have been done to him. Besides Vin always said he was fine even when he wasn’t. Nathan wanted to verify Vin's condition himself.
Chris knew what Nathan would not say outloud.
“I’m not going anywhere, Nathan. Do what you need to.”
Nathan pulled the blanket down and let it pool on Vin's lap. He put a cream on his hands and gently rubbed it on Vin's nipples then on the bruises that were on the chest.
“This is a topical antibiotic cream. It goes on cool so should soothe the heat of the bruises. It will help prevent any infection.”
Nathan carefully checked Vin's shoulders and ribs. He noticed the red marks on the slim wrists.
“He was restrained, I bet his ankles are red to.”
“I know…at least they aren’t bleeding.”
Nathan sighed in relief. So far so good. Chris was handling this better than he thought. Of course they still didn’t know what condition Vin's genitals and ass was in.
Nathan turned his attention to Vin's face. He checked for any blow to the head and then checked the mouth. Vin had a couple of bruises on his face. The position and size of them indicated he had been slapped. He frowned as he saw a little bruising around the lips. The black ATF agent gently tipped Vin's head back and opened his friend’s mouth. He used a small flashlight and checked the inside of Vin's mouth.
With a curse he shut the light off and let Vin's head rest against the blondes shoulder.
“What is it, Nathan? What did you see?” Chris hissed his eyes sparking with fear and anger. A feeling of foreboding ran through him.
“The inside of his mouth is bruised and there are couple of scratches on his gums. A gag tied tightly likely made the bruising next to his lips. The..ah…the bruising inside…” Nathan’s voice trailed off. He just couldn’t bring himself to say what needed to be said.
Chris vividly remembered the videotape from several months ago when the team had thought it was their young sharpshooter being tortured. He remembered that ring that was used to hold that poor victim’s mouth open as several men raped it.
Chris’s face stripped of color. He hugged Vin tighter to his chest until the younger man groaned in protest.
“Hey, old pard…let Nathan check the kid out. We need to see what damage was done…then we can better deal with the emotional and mental anguish,” Buck called back. He was hoping to snap Larabee out of his shock.
“Chris, Vin needs you. He has to have you to hang onto,” Nathan urged his boss.
Chris gradually loosened his hold on Vin. He brushed Vin's hair back off his forehead and dropped a kiss on Vin's cheek.
“I’m fine. I’ll be here for Vin…just… a shock…you know.”
“Okay, I want to lay him down now flat on his back. We’ll cover his upper body then I need to check him from the waist down.”
They got Vin flat on his back. Chris kept his hand on Vin's shoulder just letting his lover know he wasn’t alone.
Nathan gently checked over Vin's genitals. The younger man moaned and shifted restlessly as he touched.
“He’s got a lot of bruising. Its obvious his cock and balls have been bound. Just to warn you Chris there are bite marks on his inner thighs. Clips probably made the indentations I see on his balls. Remember the weights that were used in that fucking video.”
Chris and Buck were surprised. Nathan never cussed. Hearing him cuss just let them know how upset and angry he was at what had happened to his young friend.
The two old friends cringed when they remembered the scene that Nathan was describing.
Nathan rubbed a soothing cream all over Vin genitals and thighs. He put antibiotic lotion on the bites not wanting them to become infected.
Nathan motioned to Chris and they carefully put Vin on his stomach. Both men gasped as they saw the damage to Vin's ass and thighs.
Red welts covered the ass and upper back thighs of the hurt man, some of them deep enough to bleed slightly.
Chris felt a sob escape his tight throat. Oh God, Vin had to have suffered so much. He had failed to protect someone else he loved.
Buck demanded to know what they had found. He cussed up a storm when Nathan haltingly told him that Vin had been whipped.
Nathan froze for a second then turned quickly to Chris. He gripped his leaders arm tightly.
“They will heal, Chris. Don’t even need stitches. I’ll put antibiotic cream on now then later I’ll put on some gauze. When we get to the ranch I’ll run him a nice warm bath and put some oil in it. That should soothe the skin and relax him some.”
When no he didn’t get a response from Chris, Nathan snapped his fingers in Chris’s face.
“Damn it, Chris. Listen to me. The boy is going to recover and he’ll do it a lot faster if you’re there to help.”
“Yeah, old pard. Get it together. Nathan…ah…check to see if the bastard raped him,” Buck said. He figured it was better to get everything out in the open.
“Chris, I need you back here. I need you to pull his ass cheeks apart so I can see what I’m doing.”
Chris carefully moved positions. At the nod from Nathan he pulled his lover's ass cheeks apart. He couldn’t help but think of all the times he did this right before he would sink into his lover heat. God willing he would be able to that again one day.
Nathan checked Vin out, then sighed in relief. Chris felt himself relax a bit.
“He wasn’t raped. There is no bruising or tears. There is a little redness and swelling which is what the result would be if something like the vibrator he mentioned had been inserted. Rape especially when that act is perpetrated by someone as sadistic as Cedric Thomas would leave a lot of damage. I changed my mind I’m not going to do anything for the whip marks until I get him out of the bath.”
Buck called back; “We’re pulling into the driveway now. Fifteen minutes and we’ll have that boy in some nice warm water.”
Sure enough fifteen minutes later and Vin was soaking the water. The sharpshooter was still sleeping due to the shot Nathan had given him. Chris had climbed in the tub first. They had lay towels down on the tub bottom to cushion the damaged body. Buck and Nathan lowered the limp body into Chris’s arms.
In the light of the bathroom the bruises and bite marks really stood out on the slender body.
Chris held his lover and murmured reassurances to the young man. Even though Vin was asleep Chris hoped that his voice would soothe him.
Nathan ran a washcloth over Vin cleaning him up. Buck went and got the first aid kit putting it by the bed.
Nathan carried Vin to the bedroom and put him to bed. They had dried him off in the bathroom.
Chris came in dressed in sweats and sat next to his lover while Nathan took care of him.
Thirty minutes later Vin was tucked under the blankets and sleeping. Nathan said he would sleep around the clock, which was a good thing because it would help his body heal.
Josiah showed up an hour later. They filled him in on Vin's condition. It was all they could do to prevent the big preacher from putting his fist through the wall when he heard about the whipping and the condition of his young teammate mouth.
The team was not happy to hear that Thomas’s body had not been found yet. The missing guard Will had been found in the front seat of the limo dead from drowning. The underwater rescue team was still dragging the river.
It was almost twenty hours later when Vin woke up. Buck and Josiah had under protest gone into the office to hold down the fort. Nathan had promised to keep them informed of Vin's condition.
Chris had finally gone to sleep in a chair next to the bed. Nathan was resting in the spare bedroom, getting up periodically to check on his patient.
Vin slowly opened his eyes. He was disoriented at first, then his memories rushed back.
Sitting up quickly, he yelped when his body protested the movement. Chris had been sitting in a chair next to the bed. The blond jumped up and gently pushed Vin flat on his back.
“Its okay, sweatheart. You’re safe. Just relax,” Chris soothed brushing the long hair off the handsome forehead.
“Chris…oh God Chris…I thought I’d never see you again,” Vin sobbed as he flung himself into his lover's arms.
Chris just held the young man and rocked him gently letting him get it out of his system.
“The guy that was driving the limo called and told us where you were. Found out he was related to one of Thomas’s previous employees. He must have wanted revenge when his relative died in that warehouse.”
“Thank God…even though he did it for revenge at least it helped me.”
“You’re taking this better than I thought you would, baby,” Chris said, he was worried that Vin was holding everything in, inspite of the fact that he had broken down in his arms.
“Chris, that bastard hurt me…but he was going to take me away from you. That was even worse than the pain. I knew you were on your way to help me. I don’t know how I just knew it.”
“We were right behind you when he pulled out of the driveway…we nearly had heart failure when that car went into the river.”
“I knew you were back there and took my chance to fight back. Arrogant animal thought he had beaten me down and I couldn’t fight back. I’m a Tanner and it takes more than that to take us down,” Vin said the pride running through his voice.
At that moment Chris knew that Vin was going to be fine. He would probably have nightmares after all he did after watching the video with his double, but they would get through it. There were times that Chris had to acknowledge that his young lover was stronger than him, he was better able to weather the bullshit that life threw at you.
“Where are the guys?” Vin asked peering at his lover.
“When Buck and Josiah got back from the office they just pitched in. Buck is taking care of the horses, Nathan is cooking dinner and Josiah is on the phone with the authorities to see if they found Thomas’s body yet.”
Vin jolted in his arms. The blue eyes wide with fear.
“Don’t worry, baby. They will find him. He was shot several times.”
Swallowing heavily Vin nodded.
“Chris I gotta go to the bathroom, then I’d like to take a shower.”
Chris helped his young lover into the bathroom.
After taking care of nature and throwing a tantrum about the gauze covering his ass Vin was brushing his teeth. He brushed and brushed then gargled several times. He saw Chris watching him in the mirror, tears filling the green eyes of his blond lover.
“You know what he did to my…my mouth don’t you?” Vin whispered the blue eyes stricken with fear, disgust and anger.
“Nathan told us what it looked like. Your mouth was bruised. I…well I remembered the video.”
Chris found himself holding an armful of warm breathing flesh. The two men held each other close. They felt their souls soothe each other as they wordlessly sent reassurances to each other.
Chris placed his hands on the side of Vin's head. He slowly lowered his head watching to see if Vin would pull back or not. The blond licked the full lips then sighed in relief when the beautiful mouth opened and accepted his tongue inside. Chris made sure his tongue touched every part of Vin's mouth, every tooth trying to wipe the memory of that bastard’s cock forcing its way inside the hot mouth.
Chris leaned back and smiled down at Vin.
“That was to put your mind at rest. I adore you and I will always adore you. If he had cut you up into pieces I would have found every piece and put you back together again.”
Vin couldn’t resist. In that slow Texas drawl he said, “Damn, cowboy that is a pretty picture to think about. Thanks.”
Chris smiled, “I just might leave that smart mouth off when I put the pieces back together again.”
“No, you’d miss it to much, thanks lover,” Vin whispered. His eyes said it all. He was home and he was safe. He was in his lover’s arms where he needed to be.
“You’re very welcome, angel.”
Chris started the shower and got Vin inside under the warm water.
Of course first the sharpshooter had to pitch a fit about the gauze on his ass. In his opinion only sissy’s needed to have gauze on their ass, and he sure, as hell was no sissy.
Vin had insisted that Chris join him in the shower. Chris gently soaped his lover down barely skimming over the velvet soft skin.
Vin took Chris by the shoulders and said, “I want you to make love to me, right now here in the shower. I need to feel you in me…to know its you and not him fulfilling his twisted desire.”
“No, Vin you’re hurt…I’m afraid…” Chris’s voice trailed off as Vin's eyes filled with tears.
“Don’t you want me anymore?” Vin said in a small voice.
“I don’t want to hurt you, baby. I love you more than anything on this planet.”
Vin put his hand over Chris’s mouth.
“Then just love me. Nothing fast or rough. Just smooth and easy. He didn’t get a chance to fuck me with his cock so he didn’t tear me. Please Chris I want to feel you inside me to know its you and it’s my choice. I love you so much. I really need this, cowboy.”
Chris melted at the look on Vin's face. His young lover obviously needed this and needed it bad. He just hoped Nathan never found out or the black man would probably and justifiably kill him.
Chris turned Vin around to face the wall. He made sure Vin's feet were planted on the shower floor with no chance of falling.
Chris began a slow seduction of the battered body. He skimmed the nipples barely brushing over them as he nipped at his lover’s shoulders.
He soaped up his hands and carefully took Vin's velvet soft cock in his hand he began to gently stroke it to hardness. There was no need to stroke himself to hardness. He only had to see Vin's naked body and he was hard.
As he stroked Vin to an erection, he slipped his fingers inside his lover’s ass. The blond watched and made sure that he did not rub up against the whipped ass. The welts were not quite so angry looking; Nathan had kept lotion on them.
When he had three fingers inside he twisted them widening the tight passage.
Vin was moaning and pushing back on the fingers fucking him.
“Now, Chris, do me now,” he moaned.
Placing his cock at the entrance to Vin's body, Chris carefully pushed inside. When he was mounted in his lover’s body he began to move. As he moved he stroked Vin's cock gently grasping the hard shaft. He did not slide all the way in as he did not want to touch the welts too much. Resting a hand on the side of Vin's face, Chris turned Vin's head around so he could claim that hot mouth.
Both men came together with a shout. Later they would both admit it was the sweetest loving they had ever experienced.
Chris pulled out and finished washing down Vin and now himself.
Drying Vin off, Chris looked at the younger man.
Vin was smiling a dreamy look in his eyes.
“Was that okay, sweetheart? I tried not to hurt you.”
“It was wonderful. You didn’t hurt me at all. It was the best medicine you could have given me. I’m not stupid Chris, I know I’ll have nightmares and I may even flash back to what he did, but I have you and the guys and I know I’ll be fine.”
Brushing his lips across Vin's full ones, Chris whispered, “Yeah, you’re going to be just fine.”
The two men pulled on loose fitting sweats. Vin did not even put on underwear, as he did not want anything to tight on his sore butt.
Walking out into the bedroom they came to a complete stop. Standing there waiting for them was their three friends and teammates.
Nathan had a disgruntled look on his face and he was tapping his foot. His arms were crossed and it looked like he not happy at what he figured had gone on in the shower.
Buck was standing there with his hands on his hips a shit-eating grin on his face. It was obvious he was thrilled that the kid was feeling well enough to shower let alone make love. Hell, as far as he was concerned making love solved most things.
Josiah just sighed and shook his head. Boys will be boys his eyes said, though he was obviously of the opinion that while it was great he figured they could have waited for a couple of more days.
“It is not my fucking fault,” Chris denied throwing up his hands. He pointed at Vin.
“Vin wanted to make love and I argued with him, but he wore me down with his reasoning.”
Vin just opened his blue eyes wide and assumed an innocent expression.
“Why, Chris I just listened to your pleas. You had missed me so much that I just felt that I needed to take care of your needs.”
Four men busted out laughing at the look of astonishment, shock and total irritation that crossed Chris Larabee's face.
“You little shit…” he began then he to started laughing.
“How you feel, Vin?” Nathan asked a smile lurking on his mouth.
“Feel sore and my muscles hurt, but I feel much better than I did when I woke up awhile ago.” Vin admitted.
Buck and Josiah ushered Chris out of the room so Nathan could check Vin over one more time. The young man was disgusted when Nathan insisted on putting more gauze on his whip marks, but he allowed it knowing that Nathan only had his best interests at heart.
A couple of hours later the five men were relaxing in the family room. Vin had eaten a big dinner, which had pleased them all. He had even told them everything he could remember of his ordeal. While they had told him that he only had to divulge what he felt comfortable talking about Vin told them they were his family and if you couldn’t talk to your family then whom could you talk to? Beside it was thoughts of them that kept him going and fighting back.
The only sour note was when Josiah got the message that the search for the fugitive’s body was being called off. It was the expert opinion of the divers that there was no way someone could survive being shot then falling into the fast current of the river.
Vin felt a moment of fear then looked at the faces of the four men he loved. Three were like big brothers and the fourth one was his soul mate, his life.
If Thomas did survive then he would never get close enough again to hurt him. Vin Tanner had a wall of love to protect him. Starting with the blond devil in whose arms he was now tightly held.
Vin heard all three men assure him he was safe and that they were sure the bastard was dead.
Just before he drifted off to sleep cocooned close to Chris’s warm body, Vin whispered, “I know I’m safe. I got my brothers and my lover to watch over me…besides I’m a Tanner.”
Chris felt Vin's body relax as he fell into a healing sleep. The blond glanced up and saw the same look on his teammates faces.
Vin was right he was protected and they were family and families helped each other through the good stuff and the bad stuff.
God help Cedric Thomas if he had survived, Chris Larabee's team would hunt him down and kill him slowly and painfully.
Right now though the team of tough men just gazed fondly at their youngest and then before they got emotional, Buck started to regale them on the current exploits of the Buck Wilmington animal magnetism.
Laughter filled the air at the Larabee ranch; all was right in their world at least for the moment.
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