#so simmered mountain dew....is not the worst thing I could imagine

[secretsandwriting]

The Little Moments [Mountain]

The little moments in which the ghouls realize that the feeling in their chest when they see you isn't just instincts anymore, it's love and their drowning in it.

A sequel of sorts to mate. Can be read alone.

[Dew] [Aether] [Rain] [Swiss] [Poly]

            A sister church had come to visit for some reason Sister Imperator hadn’t shared. It was one of the few other churches to have ghouls in them and Mountain was horrified to see the way they were treated. The ghouls had mates but it was the worst case scenario, They didn’t care at all for the ghouls that were connected to them. They took the bond and bent it to their will, using the ghouls’ instincts against them. 

            Now Mountain wasn’t an idiot, he was fully aware that you took advantage of your bond with him to calm his instincts but other than that you didn’t. He was safe with you and he knew it. The other ghouls weren’t safe with their mates. He knew you were seeing it, but he was a little scared. Scared that you would see what you could do, scared that you would see how much control you really had over him, and scared that you would use it.

            Dinner came and went and while the fear was simmering away in his stomach, his instincts were boiling over in his chest when you ate quite a bit less for dinner even more so when you admitted to feeling nauseous. You were off for the rest of the night and wouldn’t tell him why so when you laid in the nest for bed, he curled around you a little more than you were normally ok with, it scared him even more when you let him stay like that.

            Nose pressed into your hair, he breathed in your scent. Gently rubbing your back in an effort to help whatever was wrong. He kept it up for an hour before sleep started to overtake him, the last thing he remembered before it went dark was a soft kiss being pressed to his neck.

            “I’m still sick over it. How could they treat them like that? It was just blatant abuse!” Swiss stood next to Mountain, the two ghouls tracking their mates to the same area stopped when they heard the two talking. 

            “I don’t understand how someone could do that, half of what they were having them do Mountain mentioned hurts them so to do it on purpose. I couldn’t imagine doing that while knowing what it was doing to them.”

            “Right?! I know! After they left I couldn’t stomach any food. I think Swiss was about to lose his mind because I wasn’t eating enough…” The conversation turned into something minor in the ministry that annoyed you both, perfect timing for the two ghouls to emerge.

            Mountain tucked himself into your side, the arm you had wrapped around him making him feel safe and content. Your voiced relaxed him and he found himself completely relaxed to a point he didn’t know existed. Your earlier conversation squashed his fears of you doing the same to him. So he happily drifted to sleep in your arms.

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            Mountain was not happy. You were supposed to go on a trip with the other mates, without him. Sister Imperator had said the ghouls weren’t allowed to go because they still had to practice. He had glued himself to your side again, trying to soak up everything of you he could before you left. 

            One of the main things was that he wasn't sleeping. He would force himself to stay awake all night in an effort to spend the most time with you before you left in a few days. He really didn’t want you to leave.

            “Stop it. You're putting me to sleep...” Mountain was curled up on you, his ear was pressed against your chest listening to your heartbeat, legs tangled with yours, arms wrapped around your waist holding you as close as possible. He was complaining about your hand, the one running through his hair and scratching his scalp like you knew he liked. He sighed and snuggled closer. Despite his best wishes, your tactics were working and he was drifting to sleep. 5 more minutes of it and he was out. Soft snores leaving his mouth as he curled into you more, subconsciously pushing his nose into your chest drinking in as much of your scent as he could. 

            Mountain almost didn’t let you go when it was time to say goodbye, but with a little coxing he did. You had left early in the morning and an hour later he was struggling, he just really wanted to hold his mate but his mate was gone and wouldn’t be back for a week. 

            Once you had gotten there, as promised you called Mountain. He had almost cried when he had answered the phone. Everytime you called him, Mountain stopped whatever he was doing to answer the phone. After the first day, he refused to hang up at night and practically begged you to stay on the phone. Those left at the ministry soon memorized when you weren’t in meetings because that was the only time the ghouls weren’t causing mayhem.

            They made it 3 days before they had to cancel the rest and you were sent home to tame your ghoul. When the ghouls heard you were coming back they were thrilled, each spending the time getting everything perfect for their mate to come home too. The siblings of sin were grateful from the soon to be ended reign of terror the ghouls had inflicted. 

            When the van pulled up and everyone moved to leave, Mountain reached in and pulled you out. Holding you as close as possible and breathing you in.

            “Don’t leave me again.” He could barely force the words out, He felt you tighten your grasp around him, and he melted into your hold. 

            “I won’t.”

            The rest of the meeting ended up happening online, while you talked with them. Mountain was curled up against you, sometimes in frame, sometimes out of frame. You once again had to take him to practice and stay for him to actually do it, and you were constantly being dragged away to the nest. Mountain was just glad to have you back.

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            Mountain woke up on top of you, normally he was next to you or he pulled you on top of him so he wasn’t fully sure as to why he was on you. His best guess was it was something subconscious that came from being separated for a few days. 

            “Are you awake?” The hand you had resting against his back drew a shape and he hummed his answer only to be met with a snort. “Oh, so you're still asleep? Well, either you need to roll over in your sleep or I push you off because I need to pee and I can’t with you on top of me.” He did not like that idea and the sound that escaped very clearly proved that. 

            “I know, I’ll come back once I’m done.” It took a little coaxing but he finally moved and you left. He regretted it immediately. But you came back a few minutes later and crawled back into the nest. “See I came back.”

            You let the ghoul pull you into whatever position he wanted and just laid there, the morning silent, too early for the birds to be up yet. Mountain couldn’t go back to sleep so he laid there holding you as you slept, heart filling with love as you moved closer. Not a trace of fear anywhere.

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