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works/58492.
  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Underage
  Category:
      M/M
  Fandom:
      Titus_(Movie)
  Relationship:
      Demetrius/Chiron
  Character:
      Demetrius, Chiron
  Additional Tags:
      Incest
  Series:
      Part 3 of First_times:_Four_vignettes_(Four_times_Matthew_Rhys)
  Stats:
      Published: 2008-01-21 Words: 232
****** Vignette III: Untitled ******
by merle_p
Summary
     The Romans call them animals. What do they know?
Notes
     Written January 2008.
     I wrote this for
     [[info]]
romanticalgirl's First_Times_Challenge-A-Thon-Thing. It's meant to be a whole
series (since all the vignettes are about Matthew Rhys in some way), but each
vignette can stand on its own – so if you don't like one of the fandoms/
pairings, just ignore it and read the others.
The Romans call them animals. What do they know?
As children, they used to sleep in the same bed, curled around each other,
little hands fisted in the respective brother's tunic.
Tamora did nothing to discourage them, although she had to know that their
touch wouldn't stay that of innocent children forever. But then, they never had
been really innocent. Feral children from the day they were born, biting their
nurse's breasts, hissing and scratching before they learned to speak.
So, when their childlike tussle starts to turn into something else, it's not
unexpected.
The first few times, it's just awkward thrusts, barely conscious, half asleep –
both of them desperate to find relief from the itch that's driving them both to
insanity.
At first it's enough, but not for long. Nobody has to tell them what to do –
like the fledgling spreading his wings, the kitten chasing a fly, they act on
instinct alone, tongues exploring, fingers wandering. And when Demetrius
finally buries himself in his brother's heat, Chiron pushing back to meet his
thrusts, it feels as natural to them as breathing.
Tamora listens, knows. Their world is dying, she can see that. The Romans won't
let them be. But as long as those two seek and find comfort solely in each
other, there is no need for anybody else – no need to weaken the bond that
makes her family untouchable.
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