Temptation Goes Both Ways

Everyone wants fluff and romance, and I am super okay with that. But some writers take forever putting the two together-- I'm okay with the slow-burn, love builds and grows stuff too. But this one is different-- I'm a rule-breaker, sorry. I will explore fluff and romance abit. But don't worry, there will be more hot guy on guy, angel on demon and vice versa, sex to come.
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Temptation Goes Both Ways
////Chapter Four: 'Hell Has Arrived'////

The three witches huddled behind an upturned coffee table.

"Well, sis. What's your next plan? Not even the Power Of Three can defeat this demon." Paige pointed out. Her knees were up to her chest, arms latched around them holding them in place.

"Fine, I'll call him. Leo!" Piper shouted. She hadn't wanted to. She didn't want Cole's help what-so-ever. Leo orbed in behind them, sans Cole.

"You rang." He smiled. Though this was no time for quirks.

"Where have you been?" Piper asked frustrated.

"Fixing every appliance in Cole's condo." Well, it was partway true.

"Well, where is he?" Piper asked.

"Who?" Phoebe asked curiously.

"No one, huney, just a very bad demon who is under obligation to get us outta this mess." Piper assured her sister.

Leo looked up and orbed them out quickly as a fireball destroyed the table sending splinters flying everywhere.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are." The demon taunted.

Leo orbed them back in.

"I could've done that." Paige smarted.

"Well, why didn't you?" Piper asked.

"Guys? No time to argue." Phoebe pointed as the demon held a fireball, ready to be thrown their way.

"Cole, any day now." Leo called.

"I knew we couldn't trust him." Piper stated.

The demon threw the fireball as Cole shimmered in, noting that it felt good to do that again. He stopped the fireball in mid-flight. Maybe to show up Piper, or to impress Leo.

"Belthazor?" The demon took one look at Cole and stepped back.

"Ah, good. You've heard of me." Cole smirked.

"They said you were dead." The entity hissed.

"No. I'm very much alive. It's just too bad you won't be long enough to tell your freinds you met me." Cole reversed the fireball and it hit the demon knocking him back on his ass. The demon shook his head, rubbing a hand over his temple, stunned.

"You're gonna pay for that." The entity scowled.

"Wouldn't count on that." Cole hissed with a shit-load of confidence.

The demon got to his feet, but was met with some of Cole's arsenal. The creature screamed in torture and agony as flames engulfed him before his essence exploded in the air. Cole turned and cast an arrogant look of victory at the four others who occupied the room. They were all shocked that he was still alive. Sans Phoebe who didn't know him.

"Thank you." Piper said coldly, she turned to her husband. "Leo, take him home now."

"Piper, he just saved your lives." Leo pointed out.

"So, he's still a demon. He tried to kill us and tried to turn... well, you know." Piper motioned toward her sister.

Phoebe had made her way over to Cole, smiling.

"Do I know you?" She asked through a goofy grin.

Leo looked up feeling a slight twinge of jeaousy pierce him. He wasn't sure why, exactly.

"Wait. I do know you. Cole?!" She shouted.

"Guess the spell wore off." Paige folded her arms.

"But... how? We vanquished you." Phoebe exacted the obvious.

"True. But, I still have a soul, albeit evil. It had to go somewhere." Cole smiled.

"Hell did not want him, so they sent him to exhile in an alternate plane of existence." Piper remained cold toward Cole. Her hateful stare never wavering.

"And I love it there. I can shimmer in any inanimate object I want; food, furniture..." Cole looked over at Leo who had an apprehensive look etched on his face. "candles" Cole continued.

Cole liked it when the angel turned a nice shade of crimson and turned away. Suddenly what they had done earlier came flooding back to him. He desperately wanted more.

"But you can't shimmer out." Piper broke his thoughts, "Only a whitelighter can orb you out. Leo, take him back before he shimmers away and we loose him." Piper ignored the blushing angel who rubbed the back of his neck behind her. Paige stood idly by, watching the show, wishing she had popcorn to go along with it.

"Wait you knew about this?" Phoebe turned to her sister.

"Phoebe we can talk about this later." Piper avoided.

"You're damn right we will." She turned back to Cole.

"Phoebs, I..."

"That still doesn't account for what you did." Phoebe slapped Cole pretty hard.

"Whoa, girl, settle down." Paige took hold of her sister and guided her away.

"I'm truely sorry, Phoebe. I guess I was just blinded by lust. Yes, Leo, take me back home. I can't stand how cold it is in this house." Cole shot a hateful glare at Piper, who hadn't took her eyes off the strayed demon.

Leo nodded and walked past his wife, took hold of Cole's arm and orbed him out.
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They rematerialized back at Cole's.

'You really put up with that?' Cole thought to himself. Leo stared at him. He heard what he thought, but wasn't sure why he could hear the demon's thoughts.

Cole moved foreward to kiss Leo. But the angel pulled away. Cole opened his mouth to speak, but instead stared at Leo confused.

"I'm married Cole." Leo siad solemnly.

"But, just earlier you said; 'let's do it again'." Cole reminded.

"I know. I really want to, but I have a family. I'm a husband, a father, I have obligations."

"Fuck your obligations, Leo. Be with me, you don't fit with Piper." Cole pleaded.

"I still love Piper. I know you still love Phoebe." Leo looked the demon dead in the eyes.

Cole looked away and thought for a moment, he did still love her, but right now all he could think about was Leo.

"We just need a little time to work this out."

"Well, are you ever gonna come back here. We could, you know.. hang out, do stuff."

"I'll try." Leo said as Cole reach for his hand. Leo orbed out, leaving Cole grabbing for air.

Cole dropped his gaze to a spot on the floor, It seemed to hold the key to why he was feeling this way. He felt wounded on the inside, like his heart had broke. Two times in a role it had been ripped from his chest.
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Leo orbed home, rematerializing in the bathroom. He peeked out, looking for Piper, hoping she didn't notice him, or trace any scent of sexual activity on him earlier during the battle. He shut the door and turned on the shower, adjusting the water to 'just right'. Leo removed his clothes and began to wash all trace amounts of the encounter he had with Cole off his body.

He tried not to think about it at all. All it was doing was raising strange emotions that a Whitelighter should not have about another male, or demon of any gender. Leo came to attention when he heard the door creak open and felt a cool breeze of air that followed.

"Hey, Leo." Piper's voice cheerfully called, "I'm doing laundry. Want me to get those clothes?" She asked picking up said clothes.

"Well, I..."

"Okey, dokey." Piper left before he could protest.

"Great." Leo whispered with his head under the water. He hoped it would drown out his fears and his thoughts about doing it again. He turned up the cold water, maybe it could douse the fire he had burning inside him.
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Piper loaded the washer, looking through pockets as she went. When she got to Leo's shirt, she noticed a big, hard, white spot. She curiously held it up to her nose and sniffed it.

Candle wax.

'Now, why would Leo have candle wax on his shirt.' she pondered in her head. She shrugged, 'May have gotten it during a spell, or demon vanquish.' She knew they always used candles, so it made since. She would never entertain the thought of her husband and Cole in the throes of hot passionate sex. Nope, didn't cross her mind.

Even though, Leo did smell kinda potent earlier. Maybe it was the heated battle. Maybe it made him... Piper blushed. It had been awhile.
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Leo hopped out of the shower and towel dried off. He wrapped the towel around his waist and headed for the bedroom that he shared with Piper. Once inside he went straight to the drawer that held the underware to get himself a pair and maybe some sleeping pants and a t-shirt. He turned his head and bout jumped out of his skin when he saw Piper sitting on the bed. Orbing out for just a sec then back in. Piper just giggled.

"Sorry. Looks like I scared ya there."

"Piper, where's Wyatt?" Noticing his M.I.A son.

"Oh, don't worry. Paige has him. He's fine. I thought she could watch him an hour or two while we..." Piper trailed off and motioned to Leo's towel wrapped mid-section. The angel took a big swallow, still holding on to two handfuls of undergarments.

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Sorry, it's short, and there's no sex. But don't worry there's more to come. This segment has a two parter.

And as for the demon. I do know a little bit more about the show. But I was lazy. Don't lecture me that the sisters could of vanquished him, or ask why they need Cole. This story isn't canon, it's not perfect. Besides, I wouldn't be the first writer to take the easy way out. I wanted this to be more about Cole and Leo's relationship anyway.

Til next chapter: Review, please.