Arrow Inferno
Chapter 33: Stanley ‘STAN’ Norris vs. Ian ‘WILL’ Williams ~ Million dollar question!

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"...are you a werewolf?"

Stan froze. But within, a myriad of reactions was going on. He felt a clenching sensation in his chest which intensified by the second. At the same time, it felt as though he was on an airplane or an elevator, descending at high speed. For a moment, he couldn't breathe. He stared at Will.

"Did you hear me?" Will asked, his expression, impassive. "Are you a werewolf?"

Stan finally let out the breath he wasn't even aware he'd been holding and then shut the door. He focused on a spot behind Will, unable to meet that gaze that demanded nothing but the truth. Shit! What was he supposed to say, he thought almost frantically. Just in case you can't feel it, I'm doing the happy dance, he heard his wolf's amused chuckle inside him and felt like growling. Will had never wished he could give his wolf the finger as much as he did that very moment. He also wished he could wrap his hands around the delicate neck of that unrelenting vampire. Fucking hell! There was no way he could tell the truth. Not today, he told himself. He took a deep breath and then locked gazes with Will. "Yes." He sounded as though he was being strangled.

"I see." Will's expression didn't change. Stan would have given anything to be able to read his mate's thoughts that very moment. "And you change on every full moon." It wasn't a question.

"I shift anytime I want to," Stan said quietly and watched as Will nodded.

"Do you harm humans when you chan...shift?"

"No, I don't."

"What do you do when you shift then?"

Stan went quiet for a moment. Then he shrugged. "I run and I hunt...animals."

"What's your favourite prey?" Will started moving towards Stan.

"I don't really mind. They're all tasty."

Will was standing right before Stan. "So you have super-human strength huh?" He reached up to cup Stan's face.

"Yes." It was a shaky whisper. The exhilaration he felt at having to answer such questions for none other than Will, and the warmth he felt from Will being that close was sending his brain into a lustful mush.

Will pushed Stan back until his back hit the door, the look in his eyes cocky, roguish...almost animalistic. Stan's body and senses responded to that. He wanted his mate like never before. When he saw Will's face coming closer to his, his lips parted and his breathing became laboured.

"You're so wishing," Will whispered just before his hungry mouth slanted over Stan's. He set Stan's body ablaze with that kiss.

Will's tongue teased and possessed. Stan didn't have any choice but to go where the sensations propelled him. He ground himself against Will, knowing he shouldn't but unable to stop. He couldn't think beyond the kiss. He didn't want Will to stop...ever. He groaned his protest when Will's mouth left his. But it was only to murmur;

"If you're a werewolf, then what am I? An alien?" Then Will was kissing him again. It was a long and sensual kiss. By the time it ended, both men were breathing heavily and totally aroused. Will leaned his forehead against Stan's, their choppy breathing washing each other's face. "Damn, you taste orgasmic."

"I love kissing you." Stan sounded dazed.

"And I'm addicted to your kisses." Will breathed and then planted a last kiss before stepping back. "Go take a shower." He turned to go to his room. "You smell like dried sweat." But Stan didn't move. He remained by the door, staring after Will who paused by his bedroom door and turned to look at him. "Oh, and by the way, you and Gaia are full of shit." Then with an amused shake of his head, he entered his room.

And Stan still couldn't move. His eyes remained on Will's door. "What the fuck just happened?"

'The idiot didn't believe you. That's what happened.' The wolf sounded resigned. "Fuck!"

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Will waved at one of the military guards as he walked towards his and Stan's suite a few weeks after the 'fiasco reveal'. It was a Saturday afternoon. And he'd been in the library with the recruits, giving the admiral updates on their progress. They had just two more weeks to complete the training and return to the States. The first thing Will heard when he opened the door to the suite was Gaia's loud and uncontrollable laughter. Although he didn't know what the feisty lady was laughing about, he laughed too because it was so contagious. The fun-loving lady was done with her part of the training but had decided to stick around just to continue having fun with them. They loved having her around. Will started for Stan's room because that was where the sound was coming from. He didn't bother knocking on the door. He opened it to find both Stan and Gaia lying on their stomachs on the bed with Stan's laptop opened before them. Whilst Stan's face was buried in a pillow as though he was mortified, Gaia's head was thrown back in gleeful abandon as she laughed. Will could hear laughter coming from the laptop. It was obvious that Gaia and the people on whatever meeting that was going on were mercilessly teasing Stan. He wondered what Stan did.

"Hey Will," Gaia said through her laughter. She didn't seem surprised at his presence. "Guys, Will is here. Ready to say hello?" Will heard a chorus of yeses as Gaia turned the laptop to face him.

"Oh, no I don't want to intrude on your..." Will began to say but was cut off by a sexy lady on the zoom call.

"You're not intruding at all, darling." She said with a wide grin. "I'm Paige. And I'm so thrilled to finally meet you."

"Oh hey, Paige." Will grinned as he drew a chair to the edge of the bed and sat down. "Good to meet you too. I've heard a lot about you."

"Yeah? What did Stanislav say?" Her eyes glinted with amusement when Stan groaned. Gaia and the others on the call laughed.

"Stanislav?" Will's eyebrow raised in surprise, correctly guessing who Paige was referring to. "Dude, I thought you were Stanley." "I am Stanley," Stan growled.

"That's debatable," Paige mumbled. "What did he say, Will?"

"Well, I'm told I might get a kiss from you when we meet." Will grinned as he relaxed into the seat and folded his arms.

"Not might, honey. Will!" Paige drawled as some of the people on the zoom call and Stan groaned whilst the rest laughed.

"I can't wait." Will drawled right back, adding a smoldering look for good measure. That only made everyone, except Stan, laugh even harder. "Oh my god, you're my kinda guy." Paige purred. "Allow me to introduce the rest."

"Please do."