The Anniversary Challenge
Slippery When Polished
Author's notes: A huge thanks to Ela! I couldn't have done this without her!
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"Oops!" the blond exclaimed when he found himself sitting on the ground.
"Oops. Don't you have anything else to say? You almost knocked me over."
The blond looked up and saw a man staring right at him. The man was tall and he had short, auburn hair. The blond reasoned that he should be terrified considering where he was, but the man had such kind eyes that he was just a bit uncomfortable.
"Ummm… I'm terribly sorry; I didn't mean to come here."
"I can see that - I think you belong to somewhere else, should I say somewhere higher?"
"Yes, I live in Hea…"
"I know where you live, I'm not stupid", the brunet interrupted.
"Oh, I didn't mean to insinuate anything like that", the blond stammered and started to get up but didn't quite manage to do that. "Ouch! Shoot!" the blond exclaimed.
'Shoot? Don't they teach real words like 'fuck' in there? Oh right, of course they don't', the brunet thought. "Are you okay?"
"I think I sprained my ankle when I fell down."
"Do you think you can step on it?"
"I doubt it, it really hurts."
"Okay, let me help you up", the brunet said and extended his hand to the blond.
The blond hesitated a moment but then took the offered hand.
"Ouch!" the blond exclaimed again and grimaced.
"Which one is it?"
"The right one."
"Okay, let's get you on to that bench."
"Okay."
When they were safely seated, the blond asked:
"Why are you helping me? I shouldn't even be here. And shouldn't you be at work or something?"
"It's my day-off."
"Day-off? How can you take a day-off? What about all the people that are coming in today?"
"The others will take care of them."
"The others? But you are the Devil, aren't you?"
"Well not exactly. I'm a Kinney-demon and the Devil is my boss."
"I always thought that there was only the Devil in Hell."
"Well, is there only one angel?"
"No, of course not."
"So what made you think there was only the Devil down here?"
"Ummm… I don't know; I guess I just assumed. So you demons help the Devil?"
"Well, to tell you the truth, we demons do all the work and the Devil just reigns his kingdom", the brunet snorted. "In my opinion, his power has gone to his head though. Sometimes he really pisses me off."
"He does?" the blond asked a bit amused.
"If you only knew."
"So, you have a name?"
"Yeah, Brian."
"I'm Justin."
"Well nice to meet you Justin. So you're an angel?"
"Yes, a Taylor-purephin."
"A Taylor what?"
"Purephin."
"And what the hell does that mean?"
"Well Taylor-purephins are the purest ones of all the angels. We are innocent and gullible and we interact with the best people."
'Couldn't have guessed that', Brian smiled to himself.
"What about you, what does being a Kinney-demon mean?"
"Well, we are the only demons that have the right to escort people to Heaven 'cause we would never stay there - unlike some others. And we deal with the WSs."
"WSs?"
"The Worst Sinners."
"Oh."
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"Brian! Here you are; I've been looking all over for you."
"Michael."
"Who's this?" Michael asked looking suspiciously at Justin.
"I'm Justin, nice to meet you."
Michael didn't answer. "What are you doing with HIM?" Michael asked Brian.
"Well he almost landed on me when he fell from Heaven and we're bonding here", Brian said tongue-in-cheek. Justin blushed.
"Ooh, so you're a fallen angel", Michael said smugly.
"Oh Mikey, don't be such an ass."
"What?"
"Well how would you feel like if you were dropped into Heaven all of a sudden?"
Michael shuddered.
"Yeah, that's exactly what I meant."
"But you shouldn't be with him; it's dangerous."
"Well I like living on the edge."
"I don't", Michael said and left.
"Such a nice person", Justin said sarcastically.
"Yeah, Mikey can be a bit insensitive at times."
"I noticed."
"In your case, I think it was pure jealousy."
"Jealousy? I don't understand."
"You see, he's a Novotny-demon and they aren't allowed to go to Heaven and he'd really like to go."
"Oh. So is there anything else that differs you from Novotny-demons?"
"Yeah, they deal with the NSBSs."
Justin looked perplexed.
"Oh, that means 'Not-So-Bad-Sinners'."
"This is so weird", Justin said rolling his eyes.
Brian just shrugged.
"Okay, let's take a look at your leg." Brian removed Justin's shoe and the blond grimaced in pain.
"You were right, your ankle is swollen. I thought your guys were immune to any injuries and diseases."
"We are - but only on our own territory. In other words if we leave Heaven, our protection is left behind too."
"Well that sucks."
"Yeah, it suc… isn't good."
Brian smiled to himself. "Anyway, we need to get you fixed. I think we'll go to Dr. Maple, he won't ask too many questions."
"Is it far away?"
"It is with a sprained ankle." Brian thought for a moment. "Tell you what, I'll carry you."
Justin's eyes went wide. "But…"
"Come on, I won't bite", Brian said and threw Justin on his shoulder.
'Oh my… I need to get down… oh wait, the view isn't so bad', the blond thought. 'I'm such a bad angel; I shouldn't be thinking these kinds of things. But his ass is quite nice. Oh my, did I say ass? I need to take hold of myself.'
Brian smiled almost the whole journey to the doctor's office.
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"Okay, we're here", Brian said.
"Okay." 'I wish the journey would've lasted a bit longer', Justin thought.
"I'm gonna let you down now. You're ready?"
"Ummm… yeah."
Brian let Justin down carefully and when he did that, their cheeks touched lightly and their eyes met briefly.
'Fuck. I need to kiss those lips. Have to. Preferably sooner than later", Brian thought.
'Oh my. Why does he have to be so handsome? I'd love to… Oh, I have to stop this', Justin said to himself.
"You're okay?"
"Huh? Yeah, thanks."
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"So how did you actually end up down here?" Brian asked when they were sitting in the waiting room.
"Well I was taking a walk and I didn't notice that the cloud had just been polished so it was slippery."
"You polish clouds?"
"Sure."
Brian raised a brow and shook his head. "Okay, what happened then?"
"I guess I was a bit too close to the edge of the cloud and then I just slipped."
"I have to say this is the first time in my career that an angel has slipped his way to Hell."
"Well it happens", Justin stated and then continued, "Oh my, how am I ever going to get back home?"
"Well you know, we don't have any express transportation to Heaven but sometimes someone is sent here by mistake and we have to get them to Heaven. I'm sure you can go with one of them. I'll make a call." … Yeah, it's Brian. Has any misled lambs come in today? … Okay, well can you give me a call if there are any? … Thanks. Bye! "No one has come in today but I'm sure there will be."
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Finally Dr. Maple opened the door. "What do we have next? Oh Brian, what are you doing here?" Then the doctor saw the blond sitting there and gave Brian a questioning look.
"It's kinda long story. Could you just fix him?"
"I guess I can trust you", the doctor said and turned to the blond. "Would you like to follow me?"
Justin looked at Brian. "Can you come with me?"
"I'm sure you can handle it."
"Please", the blond all but pleaded and gave Brian a frightened look.
'Oh he's afraid of the good old doc', Brian thought to himself. "Okay."
The blond sighed in relief. "Thank you."
"Yes, your ankle is swollen and I'm pretty sure it's sprained", Dr. Maple said when he examined Justin's leg.
"So what are you going to do?"
"Well I'm sure an injection will do the trick."
"An injection? I don't think an injection will cure a sprained ankle", Justin said a little amused.
"Which one of us is the doctor?"
"Well you are… I just… I mean I've never heard that an injection could work on a case like this", Justin explained.
"But it's been a customary method for several years."
"Well not where I come from."
"Oh yes, I forgot. Heaven hasn't approved it yet. I can't see why though 'cause it's very effective."
"I have to agree with the doc; I've seen it work on many cases", Brian said.
"So it's safe?"
"Of course. So are you ready to take the injection?"
"I guess so."
"Good. I'll give you the shot and it should take effect in a few minutes and after fifteen minutes, your ankle should be as good as new", the doctor explained.
"Wow, that sounds unbelievable."
"Well it's true, you'll see", the doctor said smiling.
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About twenty minutes later Justin was good to go. He thanked the doctor and he and Brian left the office.
"This is so amazing; I still can't believe the shot really worked!"
"Well, now you can try to convince Heaven to approve the method as well."
"I'll definitely do that. Although there is a downside."
"Oh, what's that?"
"I guess you won't be carrying me anymore?"
Brian looked a bit surprised.
"I kinda liked the ride", Justin said.
"Did you now?"
"Uh huh."
"Well that wasn't the best ride I can give."
"So you can do better than that?"
"Definitely."
Justin raised a brow and licked his lips unconsciously.
"So, wanna come back to my place?" Brian asked.
"I don't think I should."
"You'd prefer to wander here? You might have to wait a while for the transportation and I must say it's not very safe; some of the demons can be very unpredictable."
"Would someone actually hurt me?"
"If you had bad luck."
Justin pondered the situation for a moment and then decided that Brian would be a lot safer than the streets. "Okay, let's go."
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"Welcome to my humble home."
Justin looked around the place.
"Well, what do you think?"
"I have to say it's not the way I imagined."
"Oh, and what did you imagine?"
"I thought this would be dark and frightening. Maybe more like a cave or something."
"Well I'm not a bat so I prefer more normal housing."
"Actually this looks very nice. What's in there?" Justin asked pointing at the milk-glass door."
"The torture chamber", Brian answered bluntly.
Justin turned pale.
"For Christ's sake, don't worry, I was only joking. It's the bedroom."
"Oh, right", Justin said and the color started to come back to his face.
"Would you like something to drink?" Brian asked.
"Umm… yeah water would be great, thanks."
"You can go in there if you want, you know - there's no monsters. I promise."
Justin couldn't help but smile.
Brian went to the fridge to get Justin the water but out of the corner of his eye he saw Justin entering the bedroom. Brian smirked to himself. 'This could get interesting.'
"Here", Brian said giving Justin the bottle of water.
"Thanks. Your bedroom is quite ascetic."
"Yeah well, the bed is all I need in here."
Justin sensed the sexual tension in the air and all he could think of was throwing Brian on the bed and…
"You're okay?" Brian asked.
Justin shook his head a bit to get rid off his impure thoughts. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" Brian asked pinning Justin against the wall. "You see, I can read minds if I want to."
Justin looked horrified. "You cannot."
"Yes I can. Your thought included the bed and me. And you of course."
Justin blushed furiously and closed his eyes in shame. When he opened them again, Brian's face was only a few inches from his.
"I kinda liked your plan", Brian said seductively.
Justin gave Brian a shy smile.
Brian couldn't wait anymore so he pulled Justin closer to him and into a kiss.
The kiss was long and sweet and when it ended both of them were breathless. "Oh my God, we shouldn't be doing this. This is wrong", Justin said looking guilty.
Brian just stared at him and raised a brow.
"Oh fuck it!" Justin exclaimed and kissed Brian with more passion.
"You have such a bad influence on me; I've never done anything like this before", Justin sighed.
"Well it was about time then", Brian grinned.
Justin smiled at the man before him. Just then Brian's cell rang.
"Yeah? … Okay. When? … Okay, thanks Pete. Bye!" Brian said shutting his phone. "There will be a transportation to Heaven in fifteen minutes."
"Oh. That's good, I guess. Not that I'm very keen to leave anymore", Justin said biting his lip. "I have to go though."
"I guess so", Brian said and moved closer to Justin. Justin wrapped his arms around Brian's waist and Brian bent down a bit to be able to kiss Justin one more time.
"So tell me, how often do you polish the clouds?" Brian asked when they finally broke the kiss.
Justin looked incredulously at Brian. Then his eyes brightened. "Every week. On Tuesdays."
"Okay. I have the transportation duty on Fridays."
"Okay, I'll try to remember that", Justin said smiling.
'It's going to be long two days', Brian thought.
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