Facilitation

by Shigure-chan

Disclaimer: I do not own. You do not sue.

Rating: 'M' for strong adult themes, sexual content and language. **If you are not an adult in mind or body, then no soup for you!** And if you don't get the reference, then you might not be old enough either. ;)

Characters: Worick Arcangelo (referred to as "Il Innamorato" sometimes), Nicolas Brown, and Alex (or Ally, Ally-chan) Benedetto

Summary: Nicolas and Alex are still circling each other even after months of the three living together and Worick has had enough. What will happen when Il Innamorato decides to intervene? Movie night is about to get a lot more interesting...

Point of View:

"Regular Text" = regular verbal speech
"Italic Text" = thoughts (unspoken)
"[Bold Text in brackets]" = Sign Language
"Bold Text" = Nicolas's verbal speech

Author Note: I intend for this story to be a two-shot, but might continue it or make a sequel afterward if I have time. This is my FF debut and I hope you all enjoy. Reviews are welcome but no pressure. Thank you for reading! -Shigure

~Prima Parte~
Part 1

It was a rather slow week for the Benriya and so it was that the three find themselves lazily strewn around the living room, watching a random Netflix movie and relaxing.

It is a nice, cool September evening and the windows are open with the screens lowered; letting the gentle night breeze waft through the apartment. For some reason being on such a high floor of their building keeps the abode a little too warm for comfort; so the fresh air feels fantastic, especially after such a long nasty summer.

Worick gives a light chuckle as the lead actor of the flick makes some perverted joke. Alex looks over at him with mock chagrin muttering, "perv" and Nicolas suppresses a smirk while reading the subtitles on the screen. Nicolas's eyes wander over Alex for the millionth time that night which of course doesn't go un-noticed by Worick.

Worick sighs pleasantly while taking another sip of his sake. "Maybe one day that fool will have the balls to do something about it", he thought. "I know they're crazy about each other and it's been MONTHS for christ sake!"

In the next moment on screen, the lead character and love interest run to each other, embrace and share a smoldering kiss: reuniting after a natural disaster. Alex frowns deeply and makes a quick glance over at Nicolas while pulling her knees up to her chest to hide her wringing hands.

Even though she was treated by Dr. Theo and has no lingering "problems" from her former profession, she still sometimes feels inadequate as a prospective partner and lover. Barry really did a number on her, "but at least the hallucinations have all but stopped", she thinks. She has discussed this matter a few times with the lively blonde gigolo, who assures her that her self-esteem should recover in time.

Sensing her discomfort, both men look over at her. Nicolas grabs the remote to pause the movie and Worick moves from the love seat to the sofa to join the other two.

"Ally-chan?" Worick intones while raising an eyebrow, "everything alright?"

"You okay Alex?" Nicolas asks softly in his usual manner. With the team's encouragement he is using his voice more and more now, often while signing at the same time. This is helping Alex learn sign language a lot faster.

"Oh, uh… yeah guys. It's just…" she lets out a breath she'd been half holding. "This movie – it's making me kind of sad. I mean…" she looks down at her pedicured toes, insecurity rolling off her in waves, "All this time I never—I mean no one has… oh I don't know."

She rocks back and forth while hiding her face, embarrassed she even said anything.

"Shh, shhh relax Ally-chan." Worick slides in behind her and she jumps slightly when he starts to gently knead the muscles and tendons between her neck and shoulder. She relaxes a moment later and Worick looks over at Nicolas and mouths "get her feet" to the confused Tag.

Nicolas carefully rises from his position at the end of the couch and kneels down by the pretzeled form of his angel, staring up at her with warm eyes while taking hold of her right ankle and standing slowly to return to the couch: effectively unraveling Alex's lovely body and swinging her legs parallel to the couch.

Alex's long eyelashes flutter over her cheeks as a slow blush warms her face and she looks back at Nicolas who answers her with his best smile and cajoling head nod. He removes her sandals and starts working his thumbs into the arch of her right foot in his lap. Her other foot follows of its own accord.

"Wow, what the hell am I doing?" Nicolas panics a little to himself and looks back over to Worick for some guidance. Their little exchange goes unnoticed by Alex who has shut her eyes to enjoy the dual massage.

Worick moves his large hands up the back of her neck to the base of her skull and gently rolls the muscles there while pulling Alex's back against his chest with her head resting on his shoulder for support. She lets out a soft moan enjoying the impromptu bliss.

"Mmm you guys, this is amaaaazing. You don't have to—"

"Nonsense Ally-chan. You're stressed." Worick purrs out while maintaining eye contact with Nicolas. "Let us take care of you, hun".

Worick then mouths to Nicolas with determined eyes, "Nico this shit has gone on long enough my friend. You two deserve a chance and by gods I am going to facilitate it right now or so help me I will switch the TV to porn and watch you both squirm into submission."

Nicolas's eyes went wide and his mouth dropped for a moment before he snapped it shut. He shuffled her foot to his left hand to free his right and signed with narrowed eyes, "[sadist]".

A devilish grin spread over Worick's face and he set to massaging Alex's scalp, pulling her long chestnut hair over one shoulder and exposing her long elegant neck. When his fingers barely grazed her collarbone, Nicolas saw her gasp slightly and his gaze grew darker.

Her crystal blue eyes fluttered open to meet hungry brown ones looking at her from across the couch. Nicolas held her gaze and applied a little more pressure to the massage, watching her mouth fall open in another soft moan.

He wished he could hear it but sweet Jesus seeing her moan was enough to make his pants start to tighten and fire to blaze in his veins. Lying there, lounged across the two of them with her mouth slightly parted and the blush creeping down her chest, she was breathtaking and too sexy for his peace-of-mind.

He watched as Worick's eyes became half-lidded as he leaned down to whisper in her ear, "Gawd Ally-chan. You really need this, don't you." She hummed her assent as he continued, "Open your eyes, hun. Watch Nico as he works on you." He nuzzles her ear and gently nips at the lobe before moving his hands back down her neck to rest on her traps and collarbone.

Nicolas can't believe how turned on he is getting watching his best friend's hands trail down Alex's skin. With his urgency starting to build, he smooths his hands over the top of her right foot and takes hold of her ankle, pulling it towards his mouth.

Alex's eyes widen as she bites her bottom lip to keep from whimpering. "Oh my gods! I'm on fire!" she thinks as her chest begins to bounce slightly with her labored breathing.

While holding her azure gaze, Nicolas brings her ankle up and starts feathering soft kisses up toward her knee with his full lips, occasionally slipping his warm tongue out to have a taste of her golden skin.

She gasps as he croons to her, "Mmm your skin tastes sweet. An'so soft." Then he sits back on his haunches and slowly pulls his shirt over his head.

Alex's stomach does a backflip and there's no mistaking the atmosphere as the temperature in the room shoots up a hundred degrees...

...To Be Continued (Soon. Please don't kill me.)