The BLTS Archive - Bondage We Once Suffered, Blessings We Now Enjoy
by Regina Bellatrix (reginabellatrix@creativemachinations.com)

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Archive:  Just tell me where it's going.

Spoilers: Two Days, Two Nights

Beta: none

N.B.:  This is my version of the events in "Two Days, Two Nights,"
and it is distinctly NC-17.  A small amount of dialogue has been
borrowed from the original, but even that has been twisted a bit.  I
have chosen to ignore the Starfleet regulations against
fraternisation with lower-ranking officers, as mentioned by T'Pol at
the beginning of "Fallen Hero," because it is contradicted by
evidence from two earlier episodes.  Besides, it's inconvenient for
my story.  ;)  The title is a paraphrase from Tacitus' *Eulogy for
Gnaeus Julius Agricola.*  ~RB

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Malcolm's head hurt, really hurt.  He'd had a number of  hangovers in
his time, but none could compete with this one.  It  must have been
the five ... or was it six?... Risan MaiTais he had  drunk, either
that or the stun blast.  In all likelihood it was the  both together.
He tried to think past the pain threatening to split  his head apart
and was rewarded with the realisation that it must be  morning, or day
at any rate, because of the sunlight streaming in  through one high
window, warming one side of his body and stubbornly  pushing past his
sealed eyelid.

Slowly, bit by agonising bit, other little facts became  known to him
as he lay there, eyes still firmly shut.  Fact number  one: when the
shapeshifting aliens had decided to take his and  Trip's clothing they
apparently hadn't deemed it necessary to leave  them anything by way
of modesty coverings.  Much to his dismay,  Malcolm found that he was
naked as the day he was born.  Fact number  two: for whatever reason,
the aliens had trussed him up like a pig  awaiting slaughter.  Fact
number three: not only had they tied him  up but they had tied him to
Trip.

Malcolm was lying on top of the tall blonde man, his head  resting on
the lightly furred chest, arms wrapped around him and  secured
together at the wrists, their feet tied together at the  ankle.  He
could feel Trip's hands at the small of his back where  they had been
secured, even as his own.

It was an utterly horrifying situation.  On one hand he  revelled in
the beautiful feel of the engineer's skin against his  own, and on the
other he was terrified that his body would betray to  the man
underneath him just how much he did enjoy it.  Not to  mention, of
course, the prospect of the two of them being found like  this by the
*Enterprise* crew when they didn't make the pick-up.

*Shit, Malcolm, how did you let this happen?!  You were so  pleased
when Trip asked you to go clubbing with him, to go pick up  women with
him, that despite the fact that you really would have  rather picked
up him, you said yes.  And what did you do?  To cover  up your
nervousness and jealousy you got royally pissed, before the  girls
even arrived at that!  When the two of you did manage to pick  up a
couple of "girls" you drank even more and then happily followed  them
into a wine cellar, where you were promptly mugged, by girls  who
weren't really girls.*

His mental tirade against himself ended abruptly as Trip  moaned and
stirred beneath him.  Carefully, he opened his eyes and  lifted his
head so that he could see Trip's face, resting his chin  on the broad
chest.

"Uhhhgggg...  Oh, my head.  I had waaay too much to drink  last
night."

"The fact that you were shot might have something to do with  it as
well," Malcolm responded wryly.

"Malcolm?!"  Blue eyes flew open and rope scraped across  Malcolm's
back as Trip convulsively tried to move his arms.  "What  the hell!?!"

"Ouch!  Would you be careful?  I'd like to escape this with  as few
rope burns as possible."

"Oh man, I was hopin' it was all a bad dream."  He paused  for a
minute, taking in their situation.  "I can't believe they took  *all*
of our clothing."

"Believe it."  Malcolm sighed heavily.  "I wonder why the  Vulcan
Database didn't have any warnings about crime."

A guilty cringe and grimace worked their way across the  Southerner's
features, and he said, "Well, it said that crime was  rare."

Malcolm's eyes went wide.  "What?!  Why didn't you tell me  that?  How
could you be so stupid?"

"You think this is *my* fault?!"

"You *were* all too willing to follow two aliens into a wine  cellar!"

"Two gorgeous aliens!  Don't forget they were gorgeous!!"

"They looked like large, hairless bats!"

"Not at first, they didn't!  `Sides, I don't recall havin'  to twist
your arm."

Malcolm wanted to shake some sense into the other man and  came very
close to yelling that he would be willing to follow Trip  through Hell
and back again, if need be, but was distracted by his  better sense
and the painful realisation that his arms had gone  numb.  Taking a
deep, calming breath, he resolutely changed the  subject.  "That is a
discussion for a later time.  Right now we need  to find a way out of
here, so we can avoid the humiliation of being  found like this ...
and we need to roll over.  The circulation has  been cut off in my
arms; I can't feel them anymore."

Trip swallowed whatever it was he had been about to say and  nodded.
"Count of three?  One... two... three!"  As one, the two  men rolled,
exchanging places and relieving the pressure on  Malcolm's arms.

Malcolm just barely managed to stifle a moan as Trip's  weight settled
on top of him, his legs jerking as he involuntarily  tried to spread
them and met the resistance of the rope holding his  ankles together.

"Course, you know, now my arms are gonna go numb," said  Trip,
oblivious to his friend's discomfort.  He pulled his arms up  along
Malcolm's back, prompting another small cry of pain from the  man.
"Sorry, sorry.  Hmmm...  Maybe if we roll to the side, I can  get my
arms over your head and to where I can work at the knots with  m'
teeth."

Without another word, Trip rolled so that they were both  lying on
their sides.  He straightened his arms out and lifted them  over
Malcolm's head, quickly rolling back on top of the lieutenant  once
they were out of the way.

All of this rolling about was more than Malcolm's poor body  could
handle.  For one long, horrifying moment he felt his growing  erection
press into Trip.  His terror was mitigated when the  sensation of
Trip's hard length grinding into his own told him that  he wasn't the
only one who found the situation ... stimulating.   Equal amounts of
hope and wonder were present in his voice when he  asked, "Trip, is...
is that what I think it is?"

Trip answered by bending his head down and capturing  Malcolm's mouth
with his own in a passionate kiss.  Tongues twined  about one another,
and Trip slowly thrust his hips forward.  Malcolm  shivered with
delight and moaned into Trip's mouth.  The pain of  circulation
returning to his arms was not enough to distract him  from more
pleasurable pursuits, and he thrust back, eagerly seeking  the
friction caused by their erect members rubbing against each  other.

Breaking the kiss for air, Trip playfully brushed an unruly  lock of
chocolate-dark hair from Malcolm's forehead with his  nose.  "You
know, if we'd only stayed at the hotel, we could've done  this in a
much more comfortable setting."

"Somehow, I seriously doubt either of us would have got up  the
courage to suggest such a thing, had we stayed at the hotel."

"Prob'ly not," agreed Trip, leaning in for a tender kiss.

Malcolm gave another futile tug at the rope binding his  ankles.
"Before we get too carried away, do you suppose we could  work at
removing a few of these ropes?"

"Yeah, I suppose we should."  Trip pulled his arms in,  bringing his
hands near his face, and began to work at loosening the  knot with his
teeth.  Luckily, it was a fairly simple knot, and it  wasn't long
before his hands were free.  The pair once again shifted  onto their
sides, and Malcolm lifted his arms over Trip, who then  proceeded to
undo the rope at their ankles while the Englishman took  care of the
knot at his hands in the same manner as Trip had.

Freed from all of the restrictive rope, the two men simply  sat for a
few moments, admiring each other from a small distance.   Trip made
the first move, reaching out to pull the smaller man to  him, crushing
him against his chest in a warm embrace.  Malcolm  gazed up into clear
topaz eyes, shifting to wrap his muscular legs  about Trip as he slid
into the blonde man's lap.  The Southerner  shivered at the contact,
pupils dilating with desire.

Malcolm's tongue flicked out to wet his pink lips, and he  said in a
husky voice, "What do you say we take advantage of our  freedom, and
the time we'll have to wait until the club opens again  so that we can
leave, by finishing what we started?"

"I say," began Trip, sliding his hands down Malcolm's back  to his
buttocks, "that that sounds like a wonderful idea."  He  leaned
forward to gently nip at the lieutenant's jawline,  simultaneously
squeezing his ass.

Malcolm clutched at his lover's shoulders as his body arched  in
reaction, engorged penis shoving up against Trip's firm stomach.
From his new, slightly elevated position he could feel the head of
Trip's cock brushing against his ass and he rolled his hips forward
to provide better access.  He brushed the commander's ear with his
lips, whispering into it, "I need to feel you inside me, Trip.  Now."

Trip sought out Malcolm's face with his eyes and said, "Are  you sure?
We don't exactly have any lubricant or anything here.   I... I don't
want to hurt you."

"Please, Trip," he was begging now, "before I go insane  wanting you.
Just go slow.  You won't hurt me.  Please."

The other man nodded his assent.  Their lips met for another  kiss as
Trip's fingers began to carefully probe the tight opening to
Malcolm's body.  When he had determined the ring of muscle to have
been sufficiently relaxed, he removed the digits and, signalling
Malcolm to start lowering himself a bit, guided the tip of his shaft
to the hole.  With a bit of gentle manoeuvring, the mushroom shaped
head popped through the ring of muscle, causing both men to gasp at
the sensation.  Slowly, centimetre by deliberate centimetre, Malcolm
continued to lower himself until Trip was fully buried in him.

They stayed like that for a moment, breathing hard and  nuzzling
softly at each other's necks.  Once he'd recovered enough  control,
Malcolm raised himself slightly, coming back down hard on  the
engineer.  Soon, Trip began to thrust in time with his  movements,
pushing up as he slid down.  After a bit of this, Malcolm  adjusted
the angle slightly so that when Trip thrust into him the  man struck
his prostate, sending waves of pleasure through him.

It did not take much of this to trigger Malcolm's orgasm.   His seed
spilled out between them, his body pulsating around Trip,  who came
only moments later, filling him with warmth.


They lay together, kissing and petting, for a long while  afterwards.
Malcolm revelled in the feelings of happiness and  contentment washing
over him as he snuggled up in Trip's arms,  surprisingly comfortable
on the hard cellar floor.  The thought of  the floor reminded him of
their predicament, and he chuckled softly.

"What're you laughing at?" Trip asked, tracing a light  finger across
one of Malcolm's high cheekbones.

"Just thinking about the lovely irony of us coming in here  to pick up
women and ending up making love to each other."

"Guess it is kinda funny.  If we weren't such a couple of  blockheads,
we could've spared ourselves some of the more  embarrassing aspects of
this little adventure.  Like figuring out  how we're gonna get outta
here later on."

Malcolm leaned in and kissed the tip of Trip's nose.  "Why  don't we
cross that bridge when we come to it?  In the meantime, I  should like
to be utterly indolent and sleep in this little patch of  sunlight,
folded in your arms."

Trip grinned and said, "Sounds good to me, darlin'.  Sounds  good to
me."

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The End