Burning visions

Jay suppressed a hiss of pain with a silent sigh. Her body sitting abnormally straight like a hermit and her shirt half open, which fell till her back. The atmosphere getting unusually heated up as for the moment, she started detesting the damned furnace but nevertheless kept it on, lest the cold would get all over Ace again.

And mess up his brain wires to extreme!!!

Drive him insane!

"Sorry", Ace said hiding remorse. It might be for what he did earlier, or for pressing the tweezer too hard against the wound.

The current position of him, is just before the female, close enough to find access to her neck with a pair of tweezers between his fingers, holding a sterile cotton piece in them and tending to his deeds, not an expression of regret in his face but dying flame from within. Eyes, not really at his current job ongoing.

"You're not actually pressing on the part", Jay soullessly pointed out.

Immediately Ace's eyes shifted back from her face to her neck. The whole time, she didn't even spare a glance to the brunette making him fucking anxious. She's not even responding to the injury, which is sure to leave a hell of a scar, almost carving her flesh out. It looked gross, and open. Ace detested that he did it to her, not even he could manage to keep his cool in front of her.

And he had claimed to love her for fuck's sake!

Stealing glances from her, he couldn't detect anything. No pain, no anger, no disappointment nor disgust or fear. It was an actual embarrassment when she realized him staring at her without even turning at him.

With a careful haste, Ace cleansed off the nasty part of all blood and dead skin, covering it up with a gauze and sticking it up neat.

"Done?", Jay asked without waiting for a reply as she pulled back her shirt up. She looked at Ace with doe eyes, instantly making him fluster. He avoided her gaze and rubbed his hair.

"The back too", he said.

Those pushes against the concrete is bound to leave some bruises.

"No need, not serious"

"Turn your back at me, lemme see…..."

"I just said ......"

"Please…"

"Ace!"

"Please ...…just, please!"

This time, the voice was reflecting desperation. It's something Jay had never heard coming from him. His blue orbs shining, with guilt, love, remorse ......

Better without arguing to lose more damned energy, Jay obeyed and turned around, exposing her back. The shirt only fell to reveal a sports tank top, along with her bare arms. Her jumper already stripped way long back and lied on the chair because Ace had demanded that, to treat what he had caused.

He couldn't help but notice how lightly Jay had been dressing this whole time. The female should have been home, if not for the pest, Travis's interruption nor that fucked timing of getting hyped up on nothing and hurting her. It's only a light sleeveless top, and a light shirt. A flannel jumper to cover it all from above.

Ace's hand was reaching towards her top's slim sleeve when he halted. His index lightly touched her skin, and she felt it.

"Can I?", he asked timidly.

"Go ahead".

Ace slowly slid off the sleeve. It was so smooth, and didn't put up any trouble. Jay's marble skin! And then, reaching up to half of her back, the skin suddenly turned ugly. It was bluish black and screamed pain. The skin was angry red in the middle, cursing at him for making it such. It even hurts to see it like that way. And it was just one of the largest one. As Ace pulled down the fabric more, the whole back was littered with purplish craters.

And with that, he has lost his rights to accuse Travis for his actions.

He just did the same.

Even worse!!!

"SHIT!", he exclaimed and held his temple, rubbing it out.

Jay caught up on it.

"It's okay Ace, I understand", she assured and tapped his other palm fallen on the side," I don't resent you".

And for the first time in the perilous night, Jay expressed some positive emotion. And such strong words for the moment, it could only break someone. Not uncommon for the couple, since they were not close to normal. But still, it was enough to pierce through the stone hearted murderer. Even though he's a completely different person for his woman, she was something else for him. Everything she did, surprised him and made him fall in love with her more and more. Even if she hates, or even kills him one day ......that won't be able to decrease the love he has for her. He can't resist her. And he'll keep it that way, even if the Grimm finds him earlier.

For all the things he had done in his state.

Ace rested his head on her nape slowly and carefully, where it wasn't injured and coiled his arms from under her arms. Lifting his mouth once, he pressed a wet kiss on Jay's injury, making her shiver a little at the cold sensation. As he placed his head back on the previous spot, she calmed down. But anything else, she didn't raise an objection even once.

She was clean aware of Ace's mental storm. He didn't mean any of that, whatever he did. Even in her state of trance, she had begged, screamed and craved for the fucked-up vials of dosages. It made her crazier and not herself. It wasn't at all good for her, keeping aside the fact that she in took more for a junkie when she was just a minor. Miraculously, instead of getting high, the side effects were insane enough.

Same went for the guy.

Indeed, he had controlled well all this time. A mental note not to trigger him on emotional issues. That'll set him off.

Jay didn't blame him, nor felt anything negative to him. Instead, she has been trying hard to avoid Ace's stare for a long time now since it was heating up her cheeks. His blue orbs had always been too powerful for her to meet, even when he's loving, in humour, possessive or in a stance of mental murder motion. And right then, he was embarrassed and shy.

More of a reason to not meet them.

And even more of a reason to understand him.

Because she understood herself.

"Did all the crimes I have committed lead me to you?", Ace whispered on her skin," What good I have done to deserve you, tell me Jay".

"It's not you", Jay replies," It's me. It's my base that makes me doubt if I deserve you".

"Oh, you do, it's only you! No one else"

"Do I?"

"You're so perfect for me baby, just for me"

"Then don't scare me like that again"

"I'm really sorry. I promise, I pull anything like that on you ever. On my blood, I'll protect you"

"NO!"

"No?"

"Don't spill your own blood for me, love me? Then live for me"

"Yes, I'll live for you. We'll live together".

Ace pressed to her closer. His breath flowing over back and hands ghosting all over her body terrain. His mind just screamed 'Mine', as he wanted to claim her as only his own.

His breath started getting even warmer, as suddenly his sense of mood changed to a more intense one. Jay didn't catch it.

He nuzzled to her more possessively, not caring if he was even rubbing against her wounds too making her flinch a little. Her palms were occupying certain parts of the female's body. Jay eventually started sensing his change, but he had always been this close while cuddling and never compromised once. So, she let him. Ace had always been a little clingy after a certain breakdown or any deep moment.

But then, Ace out of nowhere placed an animalistic lick trace on her shoulder.

His hands groped her more private parts. It roamed through her bosom, trying to reach up to her breasts. Another hand, leaving the front domain, and capturing the back. The waist, down through the hips and more down towards the ass.

Jay didn't move one inch. Her breath was quick and ragged. She knew where this was aiming, but she wasn't ready yet.

She needed Ace, wanted him and loved him.

But it was quick!!

As soon his Ace made its way towards her breasts, she reached and held it.

Ace frowned at the interruption. His lips placed on her back, marking lightly all over.

"Not now", Jay's voice a low whisper, "Don't go ahead of this"

With a shock, Ace immediately snapped out of his moment and backed off in no time.

FUCK! Fuck! Fuck!

She just repaired the situation, and he was about to ruin his shit again. No way in hell he's gonna let this happen. How could he just move on without her permission? If she hadn't intervened, he might have gone too far.

He pulled back his hands and leaped of the couch, leaving Jay sitting still.

She turned to look at him with confused eyes.

Ace wasn't completely out of the trance.

His cheeks hot, and ears red. A small bulge visible through his pants as he sweated a little. His eyes panicking.

"I - I'm gonna turn off the furnace and co - cool myself off a bit", he stuttered," St-stay like that, I'll tend to them after I return", and vanished. Warning Jay not to put on the clothes back.

Jay kept gaping till a small smile crept up her lips.

And this can make the guy feel hot enough to turn the damn thing off???

Cute!

Jay smiled for the first time in years.