Posted originally on the Archive_of_Our_Own at https://archiveofourown.org/ works/4220037. Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Graphic_Depictions_Of_Violence, Major_Character_Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Category: M/M Fandom: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険_|_JoJo_no_Kimyou_na_Bouken_|_JoJo's_Bizarre_Adventure Relationship: Dio_Brando/Jonathan_Joestar Additional Tags: Notfic, PWP, Alpha/Beta/Omega_Dynamics, Mpreg Stats: Published: 2015-06-27 Updated: 2016-03-12 Chapters: 5/? Words: 10554 ****** The House Burned Down With My Love ****** by j7j Summary A modest not!fic compendium for JJBA. Notes Stories of tortures Used by debauchers, Lurid, licentious, and vile, Make me smile. Novels that pander To my taste for candor Give me a pleasure sublime. (Let's face it, I love slime.) - "Smut" by Tom Lehrer This stuff is pretty deviant. As for why I don't write real!fic for things like this, it's because it's a fickle fetish of mine (that is, I don't think I can sustain interest long enough for a full-length fic...). I am sorry for defiling the once not!fic-free JJBA tag. My apologies for the A/B/O and Absolute Top/Bottom dynamics too. ***** A/B/O, threesome, mpreg, time travel, underage, grooming ***** THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN WITH MY LOVE Same start as Phantom Blood in that Dio kills his father and gets to the Joestar mansion and George Joestar happily adopts him. However, there's something wrong in that everything is going too smoothly and everyone is too welcoming. He antagonizes Jonathan as Dio wouldn't be Dio without it, kisses his girlfriend and kills his dog and all that, except in this universe, Erina doesn't move to India. She instead stays with her aunt who lives even closer to the Pendletons and gets really close with Jonathan by comforting him when he's grieving over Danny. Dio is extremely annoyed at this turn of events but doesn't know why, and then they're shipped off to university so Jonathan doesn't get to see Erina for a while and Jonathan without Erina is significantly less annoying so he kind of drops the subject. Flash forward five-ish years when they're both eighteen. Jonathan is of course extremely faithful to Erina despite having been in boarding school for half a decade, and Dio just doesn't like the idea of bastard child, so he doesn't touch women. Of course he fools around with guys, but he makes sure to keep it away from Jonathan -- Jonathan, who gets into a fistfight over Dio's honor hahaha. Dio finds himself growing almost attached to Jonathan and trying to think of ways to get to the Joestar fortune while sparing his adopted brother's life. Well, he gets what he wanted in that Jonathan falls ill with some sort of sickness that no one knows how to cure. He's eighteen years old and in peak condition literally days ago. It's a loss of appetite, general weakness and sensitivity, a dislike of open places and fresh air, constantly feeling cold, cheeks perpetually wet, and just... weird. Dio also starts to feel funny around Jonathan and thinks that he might have caught the bug. Well, the school sends their doctors after Jonathan has missed a week of school, but they don't find the problem. After a week of rest and nothing getting better, Mr. Joestar asks for him to be sent to the hospital. So Jonathan goes to the hospital and Dio doesn't follow because he still thinks it's nothing serious and doesn't want to feel weird and unlike Jonathan he needs to get good grades, blah blah blah. Well, it turns out that Jonathan's in heat so when he's in the hospital, he meets a doctor who recognizes that he's an omega. It's an extremely rare condition of course, considered a disease exclusive to the nobility, and he initially says that Jonathan just needs a good fucking. Jonathan, of course, being a gentleman, says it's ridiculous and he'll just have to live with the uncomfortableness until he's married. Erina is a nurse and listening in though and she disagrees, and Mr. Joestar agrees with her. Cue a very sudden wedding between the two of them that's the talk of the town because there's -- gasp! - - no ceremony. Erina's parents and Mr. Joestar attend, but even Dio isn't invited. Of course Dio is pissed off -- Jonathan is nineteen, half a year younger than him and already married. There's an immediate honeymoon to Paris that lasts for a week and is basically Jonathan and Erina fucking like rabbits for a week. After the week, Jonathan returns to university and gets a lot of high fives. Everyone assumes that he faked sick in order to take responsibility for impregnating Erina and although that's obviously not the case, his insistent denial just makes them call him a gentleman all the more. He eventually lets it go because he does love Erina a lot and he is really happy to be married to her, although it was a bit less traditional than he thought. So it goes on for a couple months, we'll say four, where he goes back to the manor on the weekends to sleep with his wife and the act of coitus staves off the mating urges. But it's a temporary thing and the sickness soon manifests again. Mr. Joestar passes away as well and everyone thinks the recurrence is from grieving. He's sent back to the hospital where the same doctor clarifies that Jonathan needs to be bred. Cue Jonathan being absolutely horrified and Erina being mildly devastated. Jonathan says she can get a divorce, he will happily give her half of the inheritance, so on and so forth, but of course she won't have that. She says that she loves him and if this is a disease and being bred is the only cure, then she'll find someone who can breed with him. He says don't you dare, but he's practically catatonic, so desperate is his body (lots and lots of sweating and lethargy at this point, not to mention excessively diluted pupils), so she just kisses him on the lips and says that he -- that they -- are worth it. Dio, meanwhile, has managed to sneak past the hospital security and is waiting outside the room. He's fuming of course, because of course Jonathan would give half his inheritance to Erina and he thinks that that means she'll be cutting into his inheritance. He says as much to Erina who slaps him hard and says that Jonathan is on the verge of dying so would he shut up and think about someone else for once. This evidently shakes Dio up more than he'll admit, he tries to pass it off as a joke and asks what Jonathan is dying of. Erina colors and says it's none of his business but of course that just makes Dio more curious. So he pokes around and manages to bump into that one doctor who also diagnoses Dio as an alpha and then laughs because what are the chances? Dio has no idea what all this terminology means so the good doctor spells it all out for him and he's extremely disgusted, totally in denial, refuses to believe that he could inherit a nobles-only disease, so on and so forth. He's also mildly aroused, but he's only going to act on it later. As the doctor tells him, he got the long end of the stick: he can live out his life like a normal person, whereas Jonathan will likely lapse into a coma (or at least go delirious) whenever he goes into heat (so... once a year?) and that's why it's called a nobles-only condition because (1) only nobles would be able to skip so much work and (2) only nobles would be able to hide the birth of a man's babe (with mistresses and nursemaids and staying in lockdown for more than half a year). Dio's extremely glad that the noble line his mother descended from ran to the alphas, though he's still annoyed that he's part of the bonded onto Jonathan somehow even though it's not entirely requited (because she has no doubts about Jonathan's feelings towards her) so Erina is stuck playing therapist and wet nurse. She does the job incredibly well, being level-headed and a trained nurse, and Jonathan's child is safely delivered, no issues. It's another black-haired child, a bit chubbier than George II and with Jonathan's blue eyes (as opposed to George II's Erina-blue eyes) and Jonathan guiltily realizes that he had been so busy blocking out the idea of him being a 'mother' that he hadn't even thought of a name. Thankfully, Dio has him covered, eagerly welcoming his son by the name 'Giorno'. Giorno Brando Joestar and George Joestar the Second... somehow or another, it fits. Henceforth, the Joestar mansion finally opens its doors again to the public. Erina has worked off her pregnancy weight; Jonathan quickly does the same. The two babies make quite a racket for the three of them, but they manage to take care of them, especially with the help. Although the staff are vaguely aware of Giorno being Dio's, they think he was abandoned by the mother, though Jonathan is quick to deny it. The truth is way too ridiculous to believe though, so they agree that Giorno should be Dio's son. Some servants keep track of the date as well, nine months and all, but the idea of a man getting pregnant is legitimately insane (even now) so they just think that Jonathan stopped suffering from the nobility-only disease and don't think much of it. Dio goes off to be a lawyer, Jonathan as a stay-at-home parent and archaeological researcher, and Erina as a nurse. Most of the time is still spent at home though because again, Giorno and George take up a lot of time. The thing that actually sets the second half of the story into motion (okay probably not second half. Maybe latter third? Ehhh the part with underage and noncon, you know what I mean) is Jonathan discovering an extremely old arrowhead on the antiques market. He has no idea what it's for or what it does, it doesn't even have anything for him to decode, unlike his mother's mask. But he considers it another mystery that he wants to solve and starts studying it along with the mask. By the time Giorno is three months old and George II is nine months old, Jonathan goes into heat again and Dio follows suit. Or maybe Jonathan's heat causes Dio to wake? Well, either way, sex happens. Except this time, they're all a lot more comfortable with each other so they leave the kids with a nursemaid in the lower floors and have an amazing threeway in the master bedroom. This continues for the better part of the heat-week, up until the point where the nursemaid gets curious about the noise and the stories and she happens to peek, only to find the three of them in the middle of a great fucking session. She's so turned on by it that she watches for a couple minutes, before the butler finds her and tells her to stop gawping. And then he's gaping too and closing the door for dignity's sake. News travels like wildfire unfortunately and that's how they become undone. There's a lot of sinning in their relationship because Dio and Jonathan are brothers technically, because they're men and that's still illegal, because Erina is married to Jonathan but not Dio, because bigamy is definitely a sin as well, and so on and so forth. But more than that, there are whispers of murder: that they killed Erina's first enfant (the one that didn't exist) and the mother of Dio's child. That, along with Dio's penchant for orgies (again, rumor blown out of proportion) leads to fears from the townspeople that the Joestars have let power and privilege get to their heads, that they plan to sway other villagers to their depraved ways and toss them aside when they inevitably get pregnant/get someone pregnant. You should make an effort to make it understandable, if not agreeable. Dio still being an asshole to everyone and Jonathan being shut away for nine months, not to mention Erina being a working woman!!! help things greatly because it is the nineteenth century. Anyways, an angry mob storms up against the house while Jonathan is still feeling the pangs of heat and Erina is completely exhausted. Of course they try to resist, but they're no match for an angry mob. Dio manages to fight his way past the people who are intent on killing him, correctly guessing that Jonathan and Erina would prioritize the children -- but of course the kids aren't in their room, no, they're in Jonathan's study. Jonathan is dying, even though the mob is leaving because the house is burning. He's sad too, so sad, because Erina is dead. And Dio, because he's bonded to Jonathan and he's only just realized that he loves the other more than himself, is actually crying. Jonathan tells him not to cry, that all is not lost because the crowd hadn't touched the children. He says that he's discovered the secret behind both the mask and the arrow and coughs up some of his blood onto both. With his last ounce of strength, he places the mask on Dio's face before piercing him with the arrow. Dio is screaming of course, but the pain of the mask doesn't last for long. He holds Jonathan for a while longer before turning to the children. But of course they're dead; either Jonathan refused to believe the mob would kill them or he struck an entirely useless promise. Dio screams, bounding out of the mansion for revenge, but it's burning duh, so he's kind of trapped. It burns down, burns everything to a crisp, and he thinks he's going to die. But he doesn't, because he ends up a vampire with a Stand. The World kind of reminds him of Jonathan so he considers it Jonathan's last gift, making sure to make graves for all four of them -- the most of a family he's ever had -- before getting revenge on the villagers. Turns out the mob wasn't that big, there were only thirty-six people, and after he's finished sucking their blood dry, something activates inside of him. The World freezes time and asks what he wants, he says he wants to go back to before without even thinking about it, and The World says his wish will be granted. There's your basic inverse color scheme to show that time has stopped, but more than that, Dio can walk in the dimension that encompasses time. He can't tell what's happening or where to go of course because he's still a three dimensional being, but The World knows him well enough. Uhhh... the World functions like a genie here, I guess? In that he grants Dio's wish and disappears. So he drops Dio off at the 'before' he was thinking of, except not really, because it's a twelve year old Jonathan and Dio was thinking yesterday or maybe last month at most. But then he thinks maybe this is a blessing in disguise and didn't he want to start over with Jonathan knowing that he loved him from the get-go? He admits that he doesn't dislike Erina, especially after having lived with her for two years, but he's a little sore at being second place and thinks that they wouldn't have died like that if he had been in Erina's place. So it's partially 'Jonathan could do better' and primarily 'I want to be first place' that makes him kidnap Jonathan. Aaand this is where the story nosedives on the heartwarming scale because Dio is still extremely messed up. He's just getting the hang of his vampiric abilities and of course Jonathan is mildly hysterical. Dio takes him to the Windknights Lot because he's heard there's an empty manor there, and sets to work making Jonathan into his ideal. Your basic triumvirate of creepy things you don't want happening to real children happens: grooming, conditioning, and a lot of bad touches. There's a lot of brainwashing of course, and Dio is intent on turning Jonathan into a vampire once he's a bit older (that is, Dio's age) once he finds out he can make more vampires by using the mask or injecting his own blood into them, but a huge part of the problem is that Dio is in such unfamiliar territory -- alone, unable to live in the sun because he's a vampire, and just realizing that he's in love with Jonathan -- that he's not really taking anything well. Or dealing at all. In fact, it's testament to Jonathan's soul that he ends up more well-adjusted than Dio. He gets a heavy case of Stockholm of course, being twelve years old and all, but he retains a lot of his good-naturedness and innocence. Like, although Dio ends up sending him on errands during the day (stuff that he doesn't want to get or anything Jonathan himself wants) and has him on a pretty long leash, Jonathan is super nice to the comparatively impoverished villagers of Windknights and he always shares his lunch and snacks with the kids. He's a rich kid through and through though and Dio of course spoils him rotten with stolen trinkets from around the country. The other villagers, seeing his perpetually rich and varied dress, think he's the bastard son of the queen or something, living with his reclusive father in the castle, and the subtleties go over his head and he just says that a "very nice man" gives him all his stuff (which the villagers take to mean the queen's lover). Dio hears of these rumors when Jonathan reports back on his daily activities and he's mildly amused at the idea. The queen is already quite old at this age, though it wouldn't be impossible for her to pregnant when Jonathan was born... it was still very unlikely she would survive the pregnancy. Years have passed at this point and Jonathan has mostly stopped complaining about missing home in the manor. On Dio's part, he has made every effort to be accommodating, even accompanying Jonathan on nighttime walks around the castle because Jonathan is still so cheery and hyperactive. This Jonathan has never met Dio or Erina, Dio knows, and that's probably why he's slightly different. Less guarded and a lot more curious, but roughly the same personality. Dio has servants as well, some mancats and mandogs for company and a handful of undead servants to do the menial tasks like castle upkeep and cooking Jonathan's food. In terms of the quotidienne, every week for years he pleasures Jonathan. Unfortunately the other is only sixteen so nowhere near his heat (which, if Dio remembers correctly, started when he was eighteen) so Dio doesn't want to enter him, but once in a blue moon, he does rut against Jonathan and it's quite pleasurable. He can come off of rimming Jonathan, which helps a lot, and Jonathan starts with blowjobs off his own volition, being the good kid he is. And then Jonathan's eighteenth birthday comes and goes and eventually (a couple months later that is), he does go into heat. Cue the mating frenzy, yay. Aaaaand this is the most of a happily ever after the story is going to get so there you go. ***** noncon, mpreg, body horror, enemas, mindbreak ***** IN THIS FUTURE, THERE IS YOU AND ME Okay okay I've been entertaining this fantasy for a while though I don't think I'm going to write it down because it's too sexy for me at the moment. It's inspired by Dio's line in PB Episode 5 where he's freezing Zeppeli's blood and going "I should have let you know that I have total control over my body" and then, when Jojo intercepts his punch, he's like "You flatter me and I must say I'm impressed you managed to stop my fist. I applaud your skill." Oh Dio, never missing an opportunity to flirt. <3 --- ANYWAYS, I'm guessing this is Dio continuing off on their childhood molestation sessions with Jonathan who's bunking with Zeppeli and Speedwagon en route to Dio's castle in Windknights. Dio pays him a visit and kindly gags him (or maybe even has Jojo put on the gag he offers him, saying that Jojo wouldn't want his companions to wake to seeing him like this? IDK how noncon I want this to be, to be honest...) and then makes him come at least two times so that Jonathan is a gasping wreck when Dio finally impales him. Then he gloats over how much control he has over his body, how he can expand and contract his cock, but more than that, how he can change its shape (more bulbous, spikey, even hot/cold and of course he uses this on Jonathan who is like "~~~" with pleasure. Then he comes too, but because of special vampire abilities, pretty much makes Jonathan's stomach swell with semen (like an ☆ enema of ejaculate ☆ !) and Jonathan is like "!" and Dio just rubs it, er, rubbing Jonathan's cock, making him come again. He pulls out and sets Jonathan down, and, while sucking and nibbling on Jonathan's swollen stomach, teases his prostate and makes the last bit of come dribble out. He says that he could make Jonathan swollen with his child and adds how fun that would be. He offers to make Jonathan a vampire and they can leave their petty squabbles behind, but Jonathan shakes his head violently. Dio kisses him, is all like "your loss" even though he's kind of hurt, and leaves to do more research on mpreg. Bad ending happens when the three of them and the other people make their way into Dio's castle and Dio pre-emptively OHKO's everyone except for Jonathan and the girl with his ☆ magical vampire laser eye beams ☆ ! Then he gives Jonathan an ultimatum, either he can come willingly with Dio and be a good wife or Dio can kill the girl and force Jonathan's head onto her body and then take him anyways. Obviously Jonathan chooses the first option, which Dio is kinda thankful for because Jonathan's body would be such a waste to discard. Jonathan profusely apologizes to the girl, tells her to live well, and then Dio tells him to ~come hither~. When the girl is allowed to take her leave (Jonathan's wonderfully strung up at this point with no chance of escaping), Jonathan lets his emotions get the better of him and he tries to break his bonds via Hamon. Dio punishes him, saying that he was planning on moving them somewhere better before their first night as a couple but Jonathan seems insistent on having his dead companions watch them fuck. And so they fuck, and Dio makes Jonathan come like five times, until he can't feel his legs (or his hands, or even focus his vision for that matter) and then enters deep, buries himself balls deep, and just... gently rocks his hips and combs his fingers through Jonathan's hair. He kisses him gently, his Joestar, his neck, his shoulders, and strokes his inner thigh, careful not to touch his oversensitive cock. He fills Jonathan again, and Jonathan is crying at this point, still unable to move and way too gone on the pleasure scale, and takes himself out. There's a pre-prepared corpse which Dio spills some of his blood in, then extracts the uterus and uhhh... grossly inserts in into Jonathan's ass. As Dio's confirmed via trial and error (more stories you'll never tell : P), it is possible for the "alive" body parts to merge with other actually- alive body parts. Kinda like a... parasite? Anyways, the dead woman's uterus sticks onto Jonathan and despite his thrashing and sobbing and bursts of Hamon, it claws a place for itself. Dio is quite pleased, as Jonathan's ass is now naturally slippery inside, and it is now both a vagina and an ass! Like, with a ☆ G-spot and a prostate ☆ ! A/B/O Biology 101 for people who've never been pregnant, here we go-o-oh~! Dio keeps Jonathan chained to the bed at all times, feeding him, combing his hair, and even helping him use the bathroom and meticulously douching him after every excretion. Jonathan, without a gag, desperately tries to reason with Dio, but Dio has gotten extremely good at ignoring him. And so Jonathan starts to swell up and Dio is super excited. He says that once Jonathan's birthday rolls around, they'll be roughly the same age and he'll turn Jonathan into an ageless vampire and won't that be an amazing wedding gift? And Jonathan is like no, no, no, please no, and Dio hums, ignores him, fucking him anew, and Jonathan comes buckets (well, for a human) because he's so sensitive. Dio says that he hasn't examined the effects of parasitic impregnation in long-term and Jonathan is like 'you can't be serious' but Dio shrugs and is like 'well you're going to be a vampire then and I'm going to keep you chained up here so you can't escape so it's not like you're going to die'. But of course Dio is kind of nervous too and when the birth day approaches (two weeks after Jonathan's birthday, Dio has been intravenously supplying Jonathan with blood because of course Jojo won't feed), they're both mildly hysterical. It's as messy as births are, all blood and shrieking and bodily fluids and Dio, seeing that Jonathan is in so much pain, just kills the child to be done with it. He pulls the demonic fetus out, as well as the uterus, and actually apologizes, nicely sucking Jonathan's cock. Mindbreak end where Jonathan becomes the proper vampire wife, consenting to being fitted with a permanent cockcage which means he can only orgasm through his ass. Dio fucks him everywhere, at every opportunity, and they travel around the globe being ☆ young and gorgeous and eternally fabulous ☆ and even though he's kinda regretful that Jonathan couldn't have a kid in the end, he's like ehhh he has Jonathan and it's all he's ever wanted. Story ends with Jonathan obediently sitting himself down on Dio's cock and Dio expanding himself so that he could see his tip poking through Jonathan's stomach. He strokes the frame of Jonathan's cockage, calling him all sorts of endearments, and Jonathan pushes his hips up and down. Wider and wider and wider stiff, until Dio climaxes and Jonathan is filled swollen again. Jonathan prettily begs for an anal plug and of course Dio can never say no, and he sits in Dio's lap, letting Dio pet and kiss him in return. Bad ending. ): ***** [GEN] reincarnation, second chance, family ***** THE BOY OF BLUE AND GOLD Okay so this is a gen notfic though unsurprisingly it features a bit of Dio/ Jonathan hints because the fruit never falls too far from the tree. Vanilla Ice is walking the streets of Cairo one day when a bomb goes off, close enough to cause him harm. He uses Cream to negate the space of the explosion, but effectively negates the whole of the space, meaning that the victims (even those that would have survived) have no remains. There's only one person who survives: the child of the intended victims, son of the British diplomat to Cairo, a seven year old boy with black hair and blue eyes. Vanilla gets caught up in the investigation, being vaguely fluent in Arabic and all, and it soon becomes clear that (1) the child can only speak English and (2) the authorities plan to use him as a bargaining chip. Something between responsibility caused by guilt and general softheartedness tugs at Vanilla's heartstrings then. He doesn't like corruption, especially in the upper ranks, so he "confesses" that he's the next in line for guardianship of the boy. The words are spilling out of his mouth, he has no idea why he's saying them. Of course the officials don't like it, and neither does the kid for that matter. But Vanilla quickly loses his temper when he catches one of the guards calling him a crossdressing faggot. He blows a hole in the wall, tells them he doesn't have time for their politics, and tells the kid he can follow him if he wants. If he wants to learn Arabic and end up as a hostage (or worse) then he can stay. The kid hesitates for a bit, then scrambles after Vanilla, who's still busy screaming internally. It wasn't his fault the bomb went off, the kid's parents would have been dead either way, but it is his fault that his parents didn't have bodies to bury (or even pieces of body to bury) and he did try to convince him to follow. On the way back to the manor, he buys the kid an ice cream because it's hot. Then he starts crying because he realizes he won't see his parents again so Vanilla has to pick him up. Somewhere along this walk, the subject of names comes up. The kid, whose name is Jonathan, laughs at his name and then asks where did his pet go. At this point Vanilla realizes that the kid can see stands so he's like "!". He's really young of course, but then so is Death 13. He probably didn't have a very strong stand, but Dio welcomed any stand user to his side. So he feels a little better about bringing the kid along. Although the kid can see stands, he says he doesn't have a pet of his own, which probably means it hasn't manifested yet. It's kinda weird though (Vanilla can't remember being without Cream) but hey, there are stand users of all shapes and sizes so he doesn't think too much of it. Cue the two of them arriving back in Dio's mansion. They're greeted by Terence D'Arby, who obviously asks about the kid, and Vanilla replies that he's a potential stand user. Terence's raised eyebrow and 'where are their parents?' causes Jonathan to burst into tears again and he feels bad about it too so he makes Jonathan a steak and milkshake combo, which Jonathan really likes and messily eats up. Vanilla asks Terence to babysit Jonathan for a bit while he goes to talk to Dio. He knocks on Dio's door and is allowed in. Dio is reclining on the bed, reading a book, and Vanilla says that an orphaned child has the ability to see stands, but no stand of their own. Dio says that it's a tragedy the parents are dead, but a kid who can only see stands is no good. Vanilla is about to confess that he already dragged the kid back, but then Jonathan runs through the doorway with Terence at his heels (stopping before the threshold) and going "there you are! <3" to Vanilla. Vanilla is about to apologize to Dio for Jonathan's interruption, but then Dio sees the kid and freezes. He's like 'where did you find him?' and Vanilla is like 'this is the kid I was talking about / his name is Jonathan'. And obviously Dio is very much so taken aback. Jonathan is kind of creeped out by the conversation and hiding behind Vanilla's leg at this point, but Dio beckons to him. Vanilla is all 'don't be scared of your fear, fear is a natural response to Lord Dio' and Jonathan reluctantly comes forward. So begins a rough questioning session, where Dio, most surprisingly, gets on his knees to look Jonathan in the eye. In response to Dio's questions, Jonathan says he's seven years old and born in England and his last name is Wrightworth. His father was the marquis of Gleppenshire. Dio continues to look at him oddly then, stretching out his hand to touch Jonathan's face. The brief contact leads to a flash of bright light, and there's a transfer of stands. Vanilla and Terence are super confused, Dio laughs happily and holds Jonathan up, explaining that the boy's stand had been stuck in his body for a long time, that the contact had given it back to him. He says that Jonathan is of course welcome amongst them and that Vanilla and Terence should give the kid their utmost respect. The two of them swap perplexed glances, while Dio is practically twirling the kid, before Dio gets annoyed and tells them both to get out. But of course Jonathan wants to be with Vanilla (to be honest Dio kind of creeps him out though he knows better than to say that) so he wiggles out of Dio's embrace and gives chase. Dio is annoyed of course and tells him to come back. Vanilla picks him up and says that Dio is very important and Jonathan should be honored to be given such special attention. So Jonathan reluctantly goes back, though he's clearly unhappy about it. He makes Vanilla Ice promise to come back for him, Vanilla gives Dio a questioning glance before Dio allows him to make the promise. But then Jonathan is crying again anyways, so Vanilla stays in Dio's room while Terence gets to go downstairs and gossip. Now that it's Dio, Jonathan, and Vanilla, Dio springs a ton more questions: where were you born, how big is your family, did you have any pets, what's your mother's name, how much money did your father make, how long have you been in Cairo, do you have dreams of a past life, do you know of your bloodline, and so forth, and of course it's extremely overwhelming and Jonathan is in tears yet again. Vanilla wipes at them and holds his tongue; Dio snaps at Vanilla, saying that he shouldn't be coddling the other, that it's clear as day this kid is Jonathan Joestar reincarnated. Jonathan is super confused and exhausted by all this and ends up falling asleep on Vanilla's lap while Dio is giving a run-down of his time as a human. Vanilla is super interested, especially when Dio says that he respects Jonathan the most and that his current body from neck-down was Jonathan's. Then Dio goes full kid mode upon seeing Jonathan asleep and says that the other should sleep in his room, on his bed. Vanilla says okay whatever, even though he doesn't think it's a good idea because he's Vanilla and this is Dio who's his god. So he gently lifts Jonathan and is surprised to find that Dio is capable of being gentle as well. Jonathan is tucked into the left side of Dio's massive bed, and Vanilla lets them leave. This is where Dio gets his creep on, revealing Jonathan's skull and comparing it to the kid. The key facial features are all there... but most importantly, there is the incident with the stand. Although this isn't the Jonathan he remembers, it is definitely his reincarnation. He's annoyed that Jonathan is a bit of a crybaby, but then reasons that Jonathan wouldn't be Jonathan if he wasn't soft. So he puts the skull back in its place and lies down next to Jonathan, admiring his features. Oh Dio, you are such a creeper. Meanwhile, downstairs, Vanilla joins the group of gossipers which is now Terence, Daniel, Hol Horse, J. Geil, and N'Doul as they are actively speculating on who the kid is. Vanilla gives the same context he had given Terence, which is that it's the son of a British diplomat. There's talk of favoritism there (Daniel points it out; N'Doul shoots him down) because Dio was British himself, but Vanilla says that he doesn't think that's the reason. They press him for more information but he's not going to say any more because he doesn't know how much of that Dio wants others to know, so he just says that Dio seems to think the kid has promise so they should make room for him. A series of collective groans because of Anubis, Horus, Death13, Boingo, and so forth, but Enya appears and scolds at them for not accepting Dio's will and they quickly shut up. Upstairs, Jonathan is still asleep and Dio is going full nostalgia mode, thinking of the rosier moments of their time together. Rugby and university were definitely the best points, and he finds he's almost excited to see how Jonathan will develop in the here and now. ***** noncon, mindbreak, permanent cockcage, training ***** Chapter Notes This was written one week after chaper 22 when it became apparent I wouldn't have the time to continue Approach. I'm really glad it didn't go this route (courtesy very much of Makkoska's lovely Best Laid Plans) but someone asked for the what-if so here it is. A lot darker and more smut-oriented. Gonna plot out the rest of Approach here though because IDK if I'm gonna have the time to finish it.... ALTERNATE ENDING TO APPROACH OF CARROT & STICK (continuing from chapter 22) Dio and Jonathan get recruited onto the rugby team, second year, group comes together because of the tragedy in China + awareness-raising (via rivalry with Victorian College [King's College]). Dio kind of pining but also being really ~comfortable~ with Jonathan. As the group gets closer, Zelia notices Margaret's attraction to Wei and warns her against it because the first Chinese-English marriage went to hell; Margaret is flustered and agrees, saying that there's no way her parents would agree to it. Jonathan is kind of shocked, saying love should surpass bonds, and stupidly uses Dio's parents as an example. I don't know if I want Dio to be here for this or to hear it second-hand, but at some point, I do want him confronting Jonathan and heatedly coming clean that the marriage between his parents wasn't happy. Or possibly he continues Jonathan's delusions? Not too sure about that. Jonathan is BTFO'd a second time with the rise of the suffragettes. No idea how he ends up in the outskirts of London, possibly accompanying Zelia and Margaret?, but when he sees the things being done to women in Royal Holloway he runs back to the flat and vomits. And then he resolves to try and fix it, with his money and title, and of course the woman he saves is anything but pleased, screaming and spitting and clawing at his face, saying that she WANTED to be there and that he's screwing up her cause. He comes back to Dio with nail marks across his cheeks and down his neck and his gloves are torn and of course Dio makes him spit it out. Dio calls him an idiot, says it's not his place to interfere and obviously people intent on standing on their own two feet aren't going to want help from the very group they're trying to oust. Jonathan asks if there's no room for being a good Samaritan and Dio just laughs. Meanwhile, the relationship between Wei and Margaret is kinda fluttering, though their now-solidified group gets into a HUGE debate on the existence of ghosts (of course everyone agrees in an afterlife, this is London Victoria) and Wei, in the spirit of all lovestruck fools, agrees to go through a supposedly- haunted house and spend the night there. Of course Pyrce insists on having his back and Dio and Jonathan are roped in as well. It ends about as you'd expect with all four of them scared shitless and Dio breaks his arm falling from the second floor (maybe Jonathan lands on top of him) and milks his convalescence for all it's worth. Jonathan is not blushy at all, even when bathing him and washing his hair and he's like "cause we're family" and Dio is like "okay. I'm okay with this". Zelia convinces Jonathan to be a nude model for the girls' class at Slade, Jonathan agrees albeit reluctantly. Before this he has to publicly reproach her for receiving a lewd letter from a guy, but it turns out to be Pinard (?), her husband, so he's mortified. Anyways, he's more mortified to pose nude, Dio finds it all very amusing (tells this to Wei and Pyrce). Pyrce also catches that Dio lusts after Jonathan but keeps his mouth shut. Jonathan is a good model though, and Zelia says Slade, in thanks, invites him to tag along with an exhibition in Spain. Jonathan is about to say no, but then she's like, her husband will be there looking at Codices for the Aztecs and Jonathan is like I'm game!! Dio asks Mr. Joestar if he can go too, of course he gets told yes, and then the other three people in the group insist on tagging along as well. Adventures of the heathenous group in Spain, featuring a lot of nice weather, beach scenes, European art exhibition, and of course Zelia's husband nicking some of the Codices, to Dio and Wei's impressment and Jonathan's horrified face. It's all well and good though, Pinart is impressed with Jonathan too, how he's got an eye from decipherment, and Jonathan is like "oh it's from this old stone mask". Return to London, Pinart comes to look at the mask, says that Jonathan should write his dissertation on it, Jonathan says good idea. He does so. Meanwhile in rugby, they ascend to hooker and something-something. Also around this time, the ship Donagan is on sinks with him on it and Cross invites Jonathan to his shotgun "I'm totally not gay" wedding resulting from the Fitzroy scandal which Dio and Jonathan have seen (the flat they're living at is owned by the Fitzroys after all) where he kills himself and Dio drags Jonathan out of depression for a third time. Jonathan's mental state is in tatters and Dio encourages him to throw himself into his work, saying something about how people should pursue what they love (unlike Cross lol). Jonathan finishes his dissertation at the end of second year and is invited to publish it. Pinart takes it with him to the States where he recommends it to someone higher up. Cue them writing an invitation for Jonathan to go excavate for X years in the coming year. The letter reaches Jonathan in early October and he's ecstatic. Dio is like "what about graduating?!" and Jonathan is like I don't care, this is what I've been waiting for. When Dio finds out that Jonathan is going to be away in the States for years, and of course he tries to convince Jonathan out of it. When that fails, he writes to Lord Joestar who says that if that's what Jonathan wants, then he's very happy for him. Also that he apologizes for Jonathan having depended so much on Dio and that, of course, he will always be supporting Dio. The most Dio manages to negotiate for, after a month of letters back and forth, is for Jonathan to complete his undergraduate degree. So of course he ends up having a mindbreak scene. Cue him going to Wei and Pyrce and just, being really irritable. His law friends don't know what's up so Pyrce suggests a strip club visit to relaaaax, also he thinks Dio should at least pretend to like women. Wei is like "...", but doesn't have any better ideas. Cue them visiting a really nice strip club which is right next to a seedier brothel for pseudo-BDSM (think all the kink with less of the consent and the clients all know to expect "treat me like shit, don't damage me physically permanently and I'm okay with anything") which Wei slips into because that's his thing. Dio leaves Pyrce with the strippers to follow Wei and finds himself disgusted and aroused by the scenes around him. He catches the eye of the madame of the brothel (daughter of a really famous RL prostitute) who asks if he's more of a dominator. At some point here I want Dio to break down crying in front of random whores and, while not spill his heart out, just bitterly say that he's worked so hard for something and it's completely falling apart. The madame laughs of course and says that she didn't think he'd be such a crybaby, that he looks like a man of action. When he's berating her for being so sinful, she debates him and says that all people want more or less control, that they're not satisfied with their lives. There's nothing wrong with making a cage people want, especially if no one else will unlock it. Something clicks in Dio and he understands. He goes back to Jonathan and wishes him well, says that he'll miss him but he's sure he'll find something amazing in America. Jonathan says thank you. Dio goes to Chinatown to get a poison, Wei catches him at the apothecary and is like "be careful" and Dio is like "I have nothing to lose". End of the season rugby game, they go back to the manor, Mr. Joestar is already suffering from an illness so it's pretty easy for Dio to poison him. They call for a leave of absence to care for Mr. Joestar, Jonathan catches Dio switching the medicine packets, Dio swears with a straight face in the name of his father, Jonathan remembers himself (and how much Dio has done for him) and begs for forgiveness, says he doesn't know what came over him, and Dio is really gracious and everything. Mr. Joestar dies within the week, Jonathan is legitimately catatonic with grief, but also the fear that Dio hates him for suspecting him (Dio is putting up a good show of crying, something Jonathan has NEVER seen him do outside of childhood which should really nail in how much Jonathan thinks Dio loved the Viscount). In his self-hatred, he blacks out and when he wakes up again he's in an unfamiliar place, unable to move his limbs. Nothing happens though and he watches the single red candle until he falls asleep in the dream. When he wakes up in his normal room, it's daylight and the winter sun is filtering through the curtains. A maid is by his bedside, she runs for Dio. Dio comes running and he has an eyepatch, Jonathan is like what happened?! Dio asks if he remembers anything, Jonathan says no. Dio says don't worry about it, it's nothing serious. Jonathan manages to piece together, even though Dio tries his best to keep anyone from talking to him, that he evidently had some kind of breakdown/fit during his father's funeral and tried to stab out Dio's eye. He doesn't remember doing any of this of course, but it doesn't make it any better. Also, whenever he sleeps, he wakes up in that dream world and each night another red candle is lit. Needless to say, his sanity is very cracked and when Dio shows up on the seventh night without an eyepatch in the dream world and starts feeling him up and milking him, he just... takes it. In the morning, he's back in his bed and his underwear is wet, over breakfast, he vomits upon seeing Dio and excuses himself. Dio goes to ask what's wrong and Jonathan says he's just kind of tired, sorry. At the tenth night, the Dio in his dream puts his cock in a cage and this is the one thing that carries over from the dream world. He wakes up, checks the inside of his pants, and screams. Dio comes running, Jonathan says a lot of angry things, and Dio is like "uhhh???" and Jonathan shows the cage to him and Dio looks away for shame. He says, what am I supposed to be seeing here? and Jonathan realizes how crazy he must be, because Dio can't see the metal around his dick so he's clearly imagining it. Jonathan breaks down even further than, retreating into a ball and crying a lot. Dio says that he's clearly tired and that's understandable and he knows Jonathan is a sensitive soul and he's taking grief harshly, etc., and Jonathan is like "no, I'm crazy, I'm not seeing reality right, you need to put me in an asylum" and Dio is like "no, we're the only ones who are left / I'll overlook everything so long as you don't leave me" and Jonathan laughs, says that he should be the one saying that. Things get kind of better for a moment when Jonathan is at least able to distinguish between dreams and reality. Nights eleven through nineteen are filled with a lot of domesticity, Dio cutting his nails and washing his hair and tying him up to take off his cockcage and slowly rub him off and whatnot. Definitely include the specially-made gloves and socks which prevent movement from individual fingers (so Jonathan can't grasp anything). Jonathan always wakes up feeling dazed (if that) and the cockcage is always back in place. The Dio of his dreams talks to him as well, says things like "this is thanks for taking care of me when I broke my arm" and "I forgive you, my eye doesn't even hurt", pretty much everything Jonathan would want to hear, further solidifying his belief that it's a dream. On the twentieth night, Dio enters him, jerking him off past the point of pain and bringing him back into the folds of pleasure. The next day Jonathan walks with a limp, is unable to sit, and is just, extremely turned on and humiliated. In his dreams, Dio pets his hair, apologizes for the rough treatment, sucks him off. Nights twenty-one to thirty are just alternating between gentle fucking and aftercare until, eventually, Jonathan can sit normally even after that. In the normal world, Jonathan has signed over his share of the inheritance to Dio and insisted Dio include a clause saying that if Jonathan were to become a threat to others that he would be put in an asylum. Dio becomes the next Viscount and says they have the next semester off to take care of things. About a month and a half into the nights of fucking, Jonathan begins to blur the lines of reality and dreams again. It doesn't help that Dio doesn't need the eyepatch anymore, so the Dio from his dreams is physically identical to the Dio. Also he still sees and feels the cockcage so is constantly blueballed during the day. One day Dio insists that they go riding and Jonathan falls off his horse because he's so turned on by the bump-bump-bump. It doesn't help that Dio insists on touching him (obviously) to help him up and he thoroughly passes out again. Cue him begging Dio to put him in an asylum, saying he's crazy and bewitched by the devil and needs out and away and Dio saying no, they're family and he will be here to help Jonathan through this, it's the least he can do. Jonathan says that Dio has no debt to repay the Viscount, Dio says Jonathan must be legitimately crazy if he thinks this is only about the Viscount. Also Dio begs Jonathan to tell him what the problem is, to at least tell him what the devil is saying. Jonathan shakes his head, no, says he cannot, but Dio wheedles and wheedles. After two months of sleeplessness (or poor quality of sleep) which is clearly affecting him, Dio bluffs with a truth serum and says he'll either force Jonathan to drink it or Jonathan can tell him what's wrong and he can try to help him solve it, together. Jonathan is screaming, crying, clearly weakened and putting up a poor fight, and Dio's trying to force the sugared water down his throat. All this movement is too much too close too fast too soon for Jonathan and he ends up ejaculating with a moan. Dio freezes, gets up, and Jonathan curls up, begs him to forget about this. Dio is like "that's what this has been about?" and Jonathan is like "yes, I'm terrible, I've been lusting after you and dreaming terrible horrible things and I just want it to stop / make it stop, please". That night, the Dio of his dreams takes off his gag and lets Jonathan talk. When Jonathan calls him 'brother' Dio's dick (already in him) hardens further. Dio pays him a visit the next morning, he says that he's thought it over and realized that he needs Jonathan more than he needs propriety or normalcy or, well, anything. Jonathan is super confused, and Dio spells it out to him, says that he's okay with satisfying Jonathan's baser urges, then asks what he wants. Jonathan screams, recoils, says that's disgusting, and Dio laughs, says they've already fallen a long way. Jonathan tries to lock the door but of course Dio has a master key so he climbs onto Jonathan's bed, combs his hair and kisses his cheek and reaches for Jonathan's crotch and, feeling the cage, chuckles on how aroused he is. Jonathan tries to snap his legs closed but Dio overpowers him (doesn't help that Jonathan wants this too) and... the fucking is like a perfect play-by-play of the dream world except this Dio doesn't have the lock but he makes Jonathan come repeatedly just by fingers, nipples, penetration, etc. When Dio says that it's not at all unpleasant and with an endeared expression, kisses him on the forehead and cheek and lips, Jonathan cries again. Obviously the nightmares end then and they take to sharing a bed with the intent of returning to London next year to finish their degrees. Jonathan is absolutely inseparable at this point and Dio is pleased to discover Jonathan is actually quite kinky. IDK how far I want to take their happy ending, but it's definitely going to feature Jonathan agreeing to go on half-year excavations so long as Dio agrees to come with him and Dio intent on buying out a legal firm so he can be an executive and have all the freedom he needs to finance Jonathan's life. Bonus bonus points with a ball for a fiancée for Jonathan hosted by Dio and Jonathan saying he doesn't want any of them and Dio being kind of pleased and sucking him off really nicely. Of course, the cockcage is permanently on him now (Dio drugs him for a heavy sleep when he needs to clean it once a week) so Jonathan can't actually come, but when Dio sticks his fingers in his ass, he does. Dio ends up taking a wife but he's not interested in women or children (or anything that's not Jonathan :P) so he has Jonathan fuck her in the grand finale to the dream sequence and she becomes pregnant with George II and Dio says Jonathan will be a wonderful uncle and Jonathan, thinking of the dream, keeps his mouth shut (remembering what Dio said about taking the first step to conquering your own demons, mind over matter, etc.) and kisses him. ***** dubcon, deception, thigh-high fuck me boots ***** Chapter Notes Fair warning: Speedwagon gets NTR'ed pretty hard here So it's no secret that I jealously hoard all half finished and quarter finished fics from potentially interested readers in the (mostly vain) hope that a little bit more time means I'll finish the damn things. What this normally leads to is clusterfuck AU scenarios where the sequel comes before the main story (what hath God wrought) or the main story straight up vanishes (boy of blue and gold). WHOOPS.Anyways, here is another one from a similar train of reasoning, it is an AU of an AU. The original AU is a mundane Phantom Blood with the working title 1891 and this is the "what if Jonathan were a total slut and Dio were slightly less of one" edition. ON THE KEEPING OF SECRETS So Dio gets his dream job as a legal consultant and here he is, consulting various rich folks on the best ways to weave in and around the law. One of his higher-ups has just retired so Dio has inherited the man's clientele, one of which includes Jonathan Joestar. Now, in a world where everyone is pretending to be straight-laced, it's kind of disturbing to meet someone who actually is. Jonathan's file reads like a story by Rousseau in that he always pays his taxes on time and in full and never falters in donating to his various charitable causes. There's one more eyebrow-raising points: Jonathan was the heir to the Joestar trading fortune before he invested 80% of everything into the Speedwagon Foundation and now he's an archaeologist. Which means he shouldn't have enough capital to qualify as a client of the firm. Naturally he double-checks his records and confirms, yeah, although Jonathan is wealthy, he's now not exactly an LLC so he has no need of Dio's services. So Dio calls him over and tries to explain to the other man how his money was being wasted and could they transfer him to a less in-demand part of the firm. In meeting the man face-to-face, Dio immediately hates him. He's just... the textbook example of the spoiled heir, totally clueless about money and extremely slow on the uptake to boot. He probably just got by on his good lucks. Anyways, Dio is professional enough to not talk him down, and it's not as if Jonathan is dying to stay with the firm so they seem to settle on terminating the old contract and shake hands on it. Dio is thinking good riddance when the other man leaves. Except then a representative from the Speedwagon Foundation shows up -- on a freaking Sunday! -- and asks why the firm is declining to represent Lord Joestar. Dio lays out his case and the representative tells him his opinion is very nice and then figuratively tosses it into the trash. He says that his boss, R.E.O. Speedwagon, AKA the guy who had a 30% stake in the firm's parent company, is insistent on Lord Joestar having the best possible legal advice ready at the drop of a hat. Dio can understand this, at least, even if he thinks it's a waste of his time, hey, free money, so he re-accepts the contract. Cue him kind of amusing himself at the idea of Jonathan and Speedwagon being lovers. I mean, he has no idea what they are, but then, even the closest friends didn't invest 80% of their fortunes into a totally new company OR keep said investor as a permanent retainer but not a seat on the board (not, admittedly, like he blames Speedwagon, if he were nominating someone to a board position, it certainly wouldn't be Jonathan). This amusement obviously turns into interest and he reads up on the two of them and discovers Jonathan is married with a wife and a son and (adopted) daughter while Speedwagon, surprisingly, is the one that's single. And this is even more amusing and Dio thinks the rich are really so pathetic, bogging themselves down with these sort of interests and all. Some time passes and he doesn't see either Jonathan or the representative from the Speedwagon Foundation (c'mon, Lord Joestar is an archaeologist, exactly how many lawsuits are they likely to get per month?). And he's indulging in one of his seedier pleasures -- sodomy. With the prostitutes of course, he has no intention of getting thrown in jail for this. And at the upscale brothel, who does he see disappear into the upper floors but Jonathan Joestar? At first he doesn't believe his eyes because the other was so straight-laced, even for someone (Dio suspects) with a male lover, but when Dio sees him exiting -- and limping! -- it's like two plus two. And then there's a mix of interest and disgust for what goes on behind the private room. It's pretty obvious it's not Speedwagon which means that Jonathan has multiple male lovers? I'm kind of split on how exactly Dio gets to voyeur... whether he pretends to be a private investigator sent by Mrs. Joestar or just Lord Joestar's brother checking in on him... but either way he sees Jonathan in the room, getting absolutely railed and loving it, and gets a hard- on at the sight. Cue the usual 'no I'm not actually interested' which morphs to 'okay maybe I'm a little interested but it's only because he's such a boring person how could he possibly have a more interesting sex life than me' and of course inevitably turns into 'I want to fuck him'. Maybe with a dollop of 'and take something from Speedwagon'. IDK where this is going to be revealed (before or after the sex scene, I mean) but at some point it's going to be obvious that Jonathan is oblivious to Speedwagon's affections and Dio is going to have all the cards in his hands (namely that Jonathan only sees Speedwagon as a friend and even if he ever fucked Speedwagon, it wouldn't be what Speedwagon wanted because he loves the image of the untouchable incorruptible Jonathan so much, etc., etc. [the key to remember is that Dio does not have the same misconceptions and he {is | thinks he's going to be} totally satisfied with just sex, cue him feeling superior to Speedwagon who is like the Nth richest man in the world at this point]) and he is going to do what Dio does best! Blackmail! Except Jonathan is this special breed of hysterically unlucky and too-dumb-to- live in that he immediately contacts Dio, his lawyer about the blackmail. Which Dio sent. So of course you have a comic situation where Dio is playing both sides and Jonathan is clueless and Speedwagon is really confused as to why Jonathan is visiting his lawyer all the time. Bonus points if Speedwagon actually confronts Dio sometime between this and Dio holds off on gloating (but is totally gloating internally) and maybe makes up something and then has Jonathan follow his lead because obviously Jonathan would be crushed if anyone who knew him actually found out about the blackmail (also part of the fun is Jonathan is smart enough to never tell Dio exactly what he's being blackmailed for). The key advice Dio gives is: if Jonathan thinks the demand is acceptable and that the blackmailer won't ask for too much, then he should give it. And if he thinks it's unreasonable or the blackmailer is a threat to his life, then he should call the police. He also puts himself forward, saying he can levy a lawsuit, but Jonathan doesn't want that as it might mean publicity (and scandal), eek. Jonathan ends up agreeing to the blackmailer's commands... um, after a lot of lewd letters and being called the worst names, he's realised he has a humiliation kink? And here is where the convolution hit crazy high levels because I wasn't sure if I wanted Dio to (1) keep his identity hidden or (2) reveal it before the first time. For the former, Jonathan could be blindfolded (extremely risky and borderline suicidal but I can see Dio manipulating him into it... I mean he's an actually dead man if this information leaks out) or even just have Dio wear a mask (cough, or a paper bag)... or even dousing the lights? For the latter, I can see Dio gloating and calling him all the names he thought and all the names from the letters and then reassuring Jonathan that, since Jonathan knew his identity too, they were essentially partners in the same crime. Anyways the first time is pretty vanilla anal, mostly conversation and getting- to-know and what made you want to break the law, etc. But the later times get really kinky (as tends to happen when you really know the twisted things people like) and the crown jewel sex scene (oh someone, please pull the bingo board down) is where Jonathan has an enema with an anal plug and a cockring and it otherwise naked -- save for high-heeled thigh high midnight boots. And Dio says he'll be rewarded if he can walk from one end of the hotel room to the next and he even gets an infinite number of tries! But the high heels and the variety of simulations proves to be too much and he pretty much falls on his hands and knees halfway and begs to be fucked. Final scene can be Dio greeting Speedwagon and Jonathan (who are socialising at one of those men's only business events) and he's super polite to Speedwagon and borderline distant to Jonathan and Speedwagon thinks his fears of the two of them having an affair are unfounded (and he feels so ashamed because Jonathan is super happily married jeez how can he even suspect that of the other man?). Since it's Dio's POV here, he's aware of Jonathan wearing his boots and even a garter underneath his nicely ironed-out slacks and when he sees the other man stumble, just once, he throws him a knowing smile. Please drop_by_the_archive_and_comment to let the author know if you enjoyed their work!