Beauty and His Beast [MxM] (UNEDITED)

Hybrid POV

I felt myself smile in my sleep, something that I had never done before. Or never had the need or want to . For nothing made me happy enough to in the past, and yet for some reason, everything felt different now.

I felt him stir slightly as he tightened his grip around my waist and buried his face deeper in to the crook of my neck if that was even possible.

I opened my eyes slightly and looked at his sleeping face, completely oblivious to my staring and smiled as I lifted my hand and rested it against his cheek, running my thumb along it as I remembered the words he uttered last night..

"I'm sorry no one showed you what love was."

He looked so much younger when he was asleep, and maybe it was because he wasn't frowning or glaring at everything, or maybe it was, that this was first time I had properly looked at him from such a close proximity.

I ran my thumb along his bottom lip and watched as his eyes slowly fluttered open and look into mine. Bright radiant blue eyes staring into mine as he slowly smiled and closed his eyes further.

"How are you feeling?" He asked as he snuggled closer to me and tangled his leg with mine making me smile further.

"I'm fine. Fully healed." I replied and ran my hand through his white hair.

He opened his eyes and looked at me, all traces of his prior amusement all vanished, now replaced with a sudden seriousness that made me shift a little in order to give him space only for him to tighten his grip on me and stare into my eyes.

"You know that's not what I mean." He replied and placed his warm hand on my cheek before he ran it down slowly along my sternum, over my scars.

"I'm not saying that you have to tell me every story behind each scar. All I want is for you to talk to me. Tell me when you're hurt,when you're angry. What makes you laugh-" he said as he ran his index finger down my chest along my stomach

"What upsets you. Your favorite color, I want to know everything about you, but most importantly, I want to know what makes you happy." He said as he looked at me.

I smiled and ran my hand through his soft white strands once more and nuzzled the tip my nose against his and looked at him.

"I'm happy now. You make me happy." I said and watched as a wide smile spread across his warm features as he leaned down and placed a kiss against my lips.

I smiled against his mouth as I ran my hand down his back and rested it against his lower back. I felt my heart hammering in my chest when he shifted a bit and settled himself on top of me, not breaking the kiss for a second, and pressed his body down on me causing me let out a sound I had no idea I was even capable of as I felt him begin to move his body against mine.

I ran my hands across his clothed body and wondered just how it was possible to feel this amazing through clothes when I had always thought that in order to feel any ounce of anything, one had to be bare.

I gripped his hips as he moved against me and expelled sounds that completely drove me insane and ripped apart the last shred of control I had over myself.

I flipped us around and returned his kiss just as desperately as I mimicked his movements hearing him gasp as he wrapped his legs around me and tightened his grip around my neck. I felt him arch his back as let out a silent cry against my mouth. I smiled knowing exactly what that cry was and shuddered as I soon followed him.

I pulled away from his mouth and breathlessly pressed my forehead against his as he chuckled slightly and ran his hands through my hair.

"This would have been so much better if we were naked" he uttered in a breathless voice causing me to chuckle this time as I shook my head and rolled off him, laying down next to him.

He scooted closer to me and laid his head against my chest, drawing circles around my stomach. Each movement of his finger, sending goosebumps across my skin.

"Fortis" he whispered causing me to raise my eyebrow at him and look down at him as he smiled and placed a kiss against my lips.

"What does that mean?" I asked when he pulled away and watched as he placed his hand on my cheek and smiled at me.

"It's ancient Latin. It means the brave warrior." He said as he looked into my eyes.

"You've been so strong and brave this entire time. Your whole life, people have made you feel worthless and yet you rose above it all. It takes a great amount of courage and bravery to do that and I could only imagine how lonely that must have been for you." He said.

I could only stare back at him,with nothing to reply to something so accurate. How he knew is what left me speechless. He had been with me just two months and was able to sum up my entire life.

"You're brave and you're strong. My Fortis." He uttered making me gasp at what he had just done. He had no idea how he had just changed my life within a second when he uttered that.

He had named me.

I had lived eighteen years of my life without one. Without purpose. Living by what people called me and assumed I was. No one knew anything about me and didn't care either until him.

Ares was the first person who looked at me like I was a person. Who made me feel things I never thought I would ever feel. Who made me see everything differently and for the first time in my life I saw colour in a world where I once saw everything in darkness. I saw how beautiful the world around me really was. The vibrant shades that made everything seem all the more brighter.

"Say it again. Say my name again" I whispered.

"Fortis. Fortis." He repeated as pressed a kiss against my lips. I pulled him into a hug, tightening my grip around him as I buried my face into his neck and smiled.

"Thank you." I whispered against his skin and felt wrap his arms around me.

"Your Welcome." He replied and smiled at me.

"I want to take you somewhere" I said and watched him smirk at me.

"Really? And where is this somewhere?" He asked making me chuckle as I scooted off the bed and stretched.

I turned to face him and watched as he stared back at me, his eyes traveling my body, a part of me screaming at myself to cover up my ugly scars, while another part of me wanted to lay everything bare and show him who I was. For it was that very part of me that knew deep in my core..

He was now mine.