Thoroughly Drowned Sorrows

"Hey."

"Hey." Orion nodded at Adrian, taking a bit of a drink from the glass of water next to him.

"Uh. You doing okay? I thought we might go clubbing tonight."

Orion turned a page in his book. "Yeah? Might be cool. Grab me a couple of advil and I should be good to go."

Adrian tossed him a couple of pills, heading into the bedroom to change. Orion swallowed them and got up, waiting for his friend to get out before going in to change himself. "Which club're we going to?"

"I thought the Cave could be fun."

"Sure, cool." Orion came out in a black shirt and jeans. "Let's go."

The club was noisy and crowded and the boys got separated in minutes, Orion headed to the bar, and Adrian to the dancefloor. It always worked out that way- although Adrian usually managed to drag him out later.

Adrian liked the music, the crowds, just being able to dance and not worry... he let the music fill him up until he was jarred out of it by a quick light tap on his shoulder- and someone pressing up behind him.

He turned to see Orion, grinning and dancing. Adrian grinned back. His friend didn't do enough smiling these days and it was nice to see him having a good time.

Although the rubbing and the... and the grinding... why was he grinding? Adrian ground back, surprised as his roommate's hands slid up his back, feather-light. He gasped and purred and squirmed a little when the other man leaned in, sucking and licking at his neck.

"Orion, what..." He tried to pull away a little, startled at a sharp bite.

"Adriii..." Orion looked up, his pupils dilated and Adrian groaned. His friend was high on something.

"Fuck, 'Rion, we should get out of here." Adrian tugged Orion's wrist off his back.

"No way! I'm dancing!" Orion pulled away from him and disappeared into the crush of bodies. Adrian tried to follow him, but he was too fast. He sighed and started to dance again, the music pounding back in to fill him up.

Then there were lips- Orion's lips- against his throat and jaw and ending up on his mouth. The kiss was soft and warm and... well, something Adrian had been dreaming about for months.

Adrian tried to get up the willpower to pull away from Orion, but it wasn't coming. Orion's tongue pushed between his lips, twining around Adrian's and Adrian found himself kissing back, arms around Orion's neck as they danced and kissed. The blond's hands wandered, up, down, around, investigating every bit of skin he could find.

Adrian shivered as Orion bit down on his lip, pulling back. "'Rion, we really need to get out of here." He pulled his roommate out of the club, ignoring Orion's efforts to grope and stroke some more.

The subway ride was way too long for Adrian's liking- Orion insisted on sitting on his lap, grinding some more.

"Adri, c'mon, you like it, stop being a jerk."

"You're high. Fuck off." Adrian pushed him irritably, shifting to try and take the pressure off of his dick. He was way too turned on to deal with this. Orion sat back down facing him, settling firmly against him, an arm around his shoulders.

"Adriii... you're being mean..."

"Orion, just fucking stop it. I can't DEAL with this. Okay?"

"Why?" He pouted. Adrian almost caved at the pout- Orion was way too attractive at any given time, but the pout was too cute.

"Because I can't, okay?" Adrian growled and pushed at him again.

"But you're gay! You should be okay... don't you like me?" He looked almost heartbroken and Adrian leaned his head back against the glass, closing his eyes.

"Yeah. I like you. We're friends. Now get off of my lap and... great, this is our stop, let's get out of here." Adrian tugged Orion off the train and up the stairs to their apartment building.

They were barely inside the door before Orion had him up against it, kissing and licking again.

"'Rion, stop..." Adrian was muffled by a hard kiss, Orion's hands tugging his hair. "Orion! Quit it now!"

He gave a sharp push, wrenching himself away from the other man and into the bedroom. He locked the door and flopped on his bed, trying to forget that had happened.

The next morning when he came out to get breakfast, Orion was lying there, a bottle close at hand.

"You're drinking. Already."

"Yeah." Orion's tone was quiet. "Drop it."

"What about last night?"

"I'm sorry and I don't want to talk about it." Orion took another drink from his beer bottle.

"You don't want to talk about it. You fucking kissed me. A lot. I had to pry you off of me."

"Yeah, thanks for not letting it get further. I'm embarrassed enough already." He swore as his cellphone rang, picking it up a little clumsily. "Hello? Hey, Mom. No, just tired. Yeah. No, it's fine. Yes, I'm working, no, I'm not sponging off of anyone. Geeze. No! What? Uh... sure, I guess. Let me ask Adri."

He looked up. "Adrian, my sister's coming to town for a week. Can she stay here?"

Adrian shrugged. "Sure. Fine."

"Yeah, that's fine, Mom. Okay. Love you too." He clicked his phone shut. "Thanks, man."

"No problem. When's she coming?"

"She'll call me." He rolled his eyes. "Haven't seen her in years."

"Which sister? You have three, right?"

"Alix. Second-oldest." He smiled. "My favourite."

"You're going to have to clean up, you know. She'll probably be entirely unimpressed. I have to get to class."

"Later, dude." Orion toasted him with the beer bottle as Adrian picked up his book bag and headed off to the university.