Confession: Demon/Cleric Short Story

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CONFESSION

"Forgive me, father, for I have sinned."
Ethan barely suppressed a groan, resisting the childish impulse of putting his fingers in his ears and sing loudly. He'd do anything to shut down the confessions of the faithful, which were amusing at best and deeply disturbing at worst. Some made him want to perform a lobotomy on himself due to their deviance. He recognized some of the people who had the deepest, darkest secrets and carefully categorized them into two groups: no handshakes, ever; and dangerous. The latter he will tell Zath about. The Church still forbade priests from reporting criminals, but Ethan could not live with himself knowing there was a sadist out there hurting innocent people.
Besides, he was not telling the authorities, nope, just his demon boyfriend.
Ethan closed his eyes and forced his tone to sound politely interested as he blessed the faithful confessing to watching porn, and send him off with the usual: two hail marys and 4 holy fathers, just because he liked even numbers. 
He waited for the sound of the door closing to lean back against the wooden booth and sigh deeply. A pulsing headache was building right between his eyes, almost as if a horn were to sprout out. 
After a certain intervention of Zath, in which he played the evil demon getting banished by Ethan perfectly, he'd thought things will get better with his superior, Bishop Rossi. But no, the old man wasn't all too happy about his congregation fawning over "that handsome and brave young priest". Rossi had snarled at Ethan for not calling him to aid with the banishment, called him proud and then put him on confession duty as punishment. 
"I'd kill for a drink," Ethan whispered.
A soft, sensual laugh reached his ears. "Confessing your sinful thoughts, cleric?"
Ethan startled, his heart began a mad race as he practically plastered his face to the small, wooden barred window. And there he was, legs crossed elegantly, sitting on the wooden bench despite not having much room. Purple cat-like eyes bright with amusement, a lock of raven hair grazing his right, sharp cheekbone.
"Zath," Ethan sighed, breathing in the scent of fire and dark spices. "What on Zeus' name are you doing here?"
Zath arched a brow. "Naming pagan gods too, my, cleric, you're treading on thin ice."
Ethan swallowed, his throat had gone dry. That damn accent made everything Zath said sound suggestive. His blood rushed to his cheeks and began pooling lower.
Oh, gods.
"You are going to get me fired," Ethan accused or tried to.
Zath chuckled, low and wicked. "I don't care."
Ethan blinked, momentarily blinded by a small purple flash of energy as Zath materialized in his side of the booth. Before he could even take a breath, he was being hauled by the flaps of his jacket and a warm mouth was on his. Ethan let out a soft moan, immediately opening his mouth at the first touch of Zath's tongue on his lips. All traces of his headache disappeared as he was thoroughly kissed and pressed against a hard chest. Ethan's arms snaked around Zath's waist at once, arching for more contact and letting out a low groan when his hair was lightly tugged.
Zath pulled back, chuckling, giving Ethan the chance to try to catch his breath.
"Now," Zath whispered, pressing Ethan harder against the polished wood, wrapping his hand around his right knee. Ethan immediately wrapped both legs around Zath's waist, letting him take all his weight. Zath let out a small approving growl. "If we get caught or not depends entirely on how quiet you can be, cleric."
Ethan licked his lips nervously, raking his hand through Zath's dark hair. "That's not fair."
Purple eyes shone with happy mischief. "Oh, are you sure about that?"
Ethan closed his eyes as Zath's lips collided against his own, tasting mint and red wine. He tried to keep the noises to a minimum, but his self-restraint shattered when Zath pulled on his lower lip with those sharp canines and gave him a small cut. There was no way of suppressing the whimper that clawed out of his throat or stop himself from rolling his hips begging for more contact. 
Zath chuckled, pinning Ethan's wrists effortlessly to each side of his head. 
"Patience, darling."
Ethan swallowed hard. "You are evil."
Zath lowered his head to trail barely-there kisses up Ethan's arched neck, licking a drop of perspiration. "And don't you ever forget it."
Ethan let out a small groan, biting his lip and giving Zath his best suggestive smile, usual shyness completely gone and replaced by sharp need.
He was frankly surprised it worked.
Zath latched onto his mouth again, no longer teasing but just as desperate. Ethan happily let him take control, no longer giving a damn if they got caught. Zath released Ethan's wrists and quickly removed his jacket. 
"Oh gods, I'm going to hell," Ethan whispered. 
Zath smirked. "Don't worry, I'll get you out."
Ethan snorted, leaning to kiss Zath as the sound of a door opening made him freeze. 
His eyes widened like saucers when he heard: "forgive me, father, for I have sinned."
Quite unhelpfully, a laugh bubbled on his chest, even though he was horrified.
Zath grinned, carefully disentangling them and leaning to press his lips against Ethan's ear. "Rain check?"
And then he was gone, leaving Ethan breathing hard, heart pounding and painfully aroused. He sat and ran a hand through his mop of brown hair and pulled at his collar, struggling to find his voice. An almost imperceptible flash of purple light was produced as the thin barrier that covered Ethan's side of the booth fell.
He placed a privacy spell, Ethan thought relieved. I'm gonna kill him, after finishing what we started-
"Father?" said a tremulous male voice.
"Go on, my child," Ethan murmured, cringing.
"Father, I'm having improper thoughts about my best friend," the young man on the other side of the booth confessed. "He's a boy."
Ethan swallowed back his sigh of relief, a pang of sadness cutting through his chest with the fear in the kid's voice. "Please go on, I'm listening."

©Selene Kallan 2020
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