Changeling Chapter Two

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Title: Changeling
Chapter Two
Author: blindlyluv
Fantasy/ Ry/Col,  slash
 



 

The three of them just stayed, frozen for some while. "Ry... she needs to be cared for. She's injured, frightened and so cold." Colin's voice trembled just a bit as he tore his eyes from the baby... child.... whatever she might be.... she needed help.

And it seemed she had come to them for it. Questions crashed in both the two men's minds. "Who...WHAT is she?" ""What had happened to her?" How did she get here, in their bedroom .... of the very secure and secluded hideaway?" Most of their friends weren't even aware of its existence and none had ever been there, It was theirs' alone...

She didn't appear to be actively bleeding, though some of her wounds appeared very fresh. Others appeared to have been healing for some while. While Colin went to find something warm to put on her, Ryan carried her to the bathroom. He flipped the light on without thought and just as quickly flipped it off when the little one reacted in silent panic, struggling to escape his arms and the seeming terrifying light.

Moonlight streaming in the window gave more than enough light to the task at hand. He lay her down on the counter beside the sink, which he filled with warm water. She was fascinated with the water and tentatively reached a tiny finger toward it.

He first gently lathered her hair, using his fingers to loosen the knots and clumps.After rinsing it, he dried it with a small towel and it glistened in the moonlight and felt like finest silk on his fingers. Very carefully removing the remains of the dress from her Ryan gently began to clean her face, arms....

He was about to start on her legs when she stuck her foot knee deep in the water, looked up at him with a new sparkle in her eyes and shocked him with the most delightful giggle he'd heard in his entire life. Colin, entering the room with a colorful Hawaiian shirt of his own which he loved, but which had shrunk, smiled his sweetest smile, and looked innocently at Ryan, saying, "Sounds like you found some crystal balls....er bells" using one of Ry's lines from the show. Ryan couldn't help himself. Col's arrow had hit the mark and his laughter erupted from him.

They both quickly looked at the girl, afraid they might have frightened her again, but were pleasantly surprised to find her staring at them both. A thoughtful look of keen intelligence now appeared in those beautiful eyes. Then... she gifted them with a smile of such grace and incredible wonder, that as much as they were pledged to each other they were now pledged also to her. She was theirs and they were hers. They knew not how, and it was beyond all logic, but there it was.

She was very calm and her eyes were drifting closed as Colin finished her sponge bath while Ryan tidied up the room. They were both somehow so filled with joy. Ryan come up behind Colin wrapping him in his long armed embrace, kissing him gently and giving Colin's earlobe a few licks in playfulness. As usual he felt colin lean back into him... neither ever tiring of just touching the other.

They found a small cot they'd stored for some unknown reason and gently placed her, wrapped snugly in warm blankets, safely on it. They fell exhausted into their own bed and each others arms. Colin found Ry's wonderful lips and kissed him deeply. His kiss was returned with equal fervor.

They gazed at each other, communicating in that unspoken way they had nearly since their first meeting. Wordlessly agreeing that morning was soon enough to deal with the details of suddenly being fathers.... and to a faerie child or tiny angel (it really didn't matter which) at that.