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"Yeah, I guess you could call it that."

Zack sat down in his seat and nodded. It seemed Damien wasn't much of a drinker which pleased the drummer since he preferred a companion that wasn't a complete drunk. Joe and Aarne---well, they loved to get smashed and fuck it seemed. Zack was a completely different kind of guy compared to Joe, which was fine in his own way.

"Oh uh yeah. I've never skated before and Jack is offering to give me some skates. I might invite some of my band to come along. Maybe Billy. Not sure about Joe or Viktor yet. Have you met all of the band members? There are two upstairs in the pool. Hunter, who is lead singer for the Hammers and Gilly, drummer for Ziggy and the Spiders."

He wasn't sure if Damien had spoken to any of them so decided to mention them anyway.

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"Bring them." Damien is a very gregarious person. Like Jack, as one of the older Dogs, he does a lot of mentoring of the younger members of the gang. Being in a gang, in general, added to his usual nature.

"Only you and Ziggy." He really hadn't tried to meet everyone, though he had watched how all of them interacted. He had noticed the sex but didn't find any issue with it. They were all used to that being common place. "I thought about a swim until I heard the sounds coming from up there. Better to leave them alone."

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"Ok, I'll bring them. Billy loves to prank about and is high energy like Joe. It'll be a riot, mate."

To be honest Zack wasn't sure how much of a trashfire Joe would be with Damien and the skates but it would be fun. Billy loved anything daring and this would appeal to the guitarist. Nodding slowly, Zack looked around at the bar area and giggled softly. Jesus, what a shit show.

"Oh a swim? Yeah, Hunter and Gilly are up there but I'm not sure what they're doing."

Best you don't find out, Zack. You're far too shy to witness naked Swede or Gilly butt.

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"Bring anyone." Damien looked to Jack who nodded in agreement. They could stir up enough skates even if he went home.

"We always cause a riot." Jack tells Zack with a laugh. He's glad to see that they are getting along. He also saw that look from Zack at the Dog he'd chosen. Even if they didn't end up in bed, they would have some fun.

"It sounds like sex or bondage." Jack mentions which gets Damien laughing.

"That's why I didn't go up there." Damien agrees before turning his attention back to Zack. "What do you like to do besides drums and trying skates?"

Damien was happy just to get to know the other man, though he is well aware of why Jack invited him over. Zack is nice looking. He wouldn't mind being with Zack even if it's not a primary goal.

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"I'll do that. It should be a riot, mate."

Zack nodded. He liked that Jack liked to stir up shit as well as Damien. They were nice people, although much more worldly than Zack himself, but that wasn't going to stop him making friends with the Dogs. At what Hunter and Gilly were doing upstairs in the pool? That got a deep blush from the young drummer. He didn't even know much about bondage at all.

"They sound like they're having fun. Hunter is a good bloke and Gilly seems good on the drums even if he is a tart. Billy says he gets his ass slapped each night by his Swede."

That got a small giggle out of Zack. Everyone knew about Hunter slapping Gilly's ass. Even the hotel staff. Then, Damien was asking questions about what the drummer liked. Oh.

"I like spray painting. It's sort of a hobby of mine. Spraying on buildings and cop shops. That sort of thing. Painting lewd stuff to non-offensive stuff."

Viktor had got him into the paint a cock on the cop shop thing and Zack found it amusing so had taken his art up to the next level. Lewd paintings were always so amusing to look at.

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"It looks like I need to start collecting skates." Jack mentions with a laugh while looking around the bar to get a count.

Damien broke into a smile over the blush on Zack's cheeks. Jack had been right. The drummer was adorably sexy. Damien still wouldn't push and the comment got him laughing. "It's good to spend the night with someone who can keep you happy. DO you have anyone keeping you happy?"

Damien could not resist flirting while the opportunity was there. However, he's far more interested in what Zack was talking about doing.

"Do you have a personal tag?" The Dog knew a bit about tagging even if it wasn't his trade. Plenty of the younger gang members enjoyed tagging.

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"Yeah, you might do, mate. It depends on how many want to try them on."

Zack did for sure. As for Billy, Joe and Viktor? They might? He wondered about any of the Hammers trying them on and Rik came to mind as one who would be good at skating. He seemed quite dexterous. As for Aarne, Vars and Hunter? Well, who knew? It would be entertaining none the less.

"Keeping me happy? Like a boyfriend? Uh---no, not at the moment."

Another blush and Zack was now sipping some of his drink, not really knowing what to say since it was rather embarrassing. Everyone else had a partner but he didn't. Was Damien asking the drummer to sleep with him?

"Oh yeah I do. It's this." Zack pulling out a photo of his graffiti tag to show Damien.

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"I'm going to go make some calls." Jack got up because he knew most of these people were adventurous. The chances that they would all give it a go were high.

"Or less permanent." Damien offers. He's not sure whether to smile because the charming and cute drummer is single or be disappointed that no one saw how charming and attractive he was. Either way it might have been a suggestion, or interest, given that the Dogs had been brought here as company. There was nothing that said the company couldn't be enjoyable company that he might choose to keep and it was unlikely he would need to be on guard here like he would back home.

Damien leans in close, closer than he probably needs to, in order to see the picture. "Are you a mechanic?"

It seemed the obvious question with the wrench and the chains. Damien smiles and pulls up his shirt sleeve to show the symbol tattooed on his bicep. "This is the Diamond Dog symbol we all use."

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Zack nodded and watched Jack get up to make some calls. He must be a busy guy to have all these Dogs and run his business. Not that the Brit wanted to delve too much into what the business was since he had a bit of an idea. It was just that he wasn't as worldly as some of his other band members.

"Yeah, I do like doing up my bike and others. Viktor taught me some of what I know since he's good at bikes too. Most of the other band members do bikes up. I just like to add a bit of paintwork too."

Looking at Damien's bicep, Zack smiled because he liked it that the Dogs had their own tattoo. It meant that they were a gang of sorts? That was the vibe that the drummer got anyway. Then, he had to ask the important question, slightly quieter than anticipated.

"Are you asking me out, mate? I mean----to be my boyfriend sort of thing?"

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"We don't have many vehicles back home. Most of us use horses." Damien knew he wasn't supposed to say too much since he wasn't in his own world right now. However, there wasn't anything wrong with what he had said so far.

The question got a smile from the Dog as he leaned his elbow on the back of Zack's chair. "Do you want me to be asking you out?"

Now he's curious what the drummer is thinking. "If you are, well.. then maybe we can see if I'm boyfriend material."

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"Horses? I've never ridden a horse before. I mean----I've got my bike but it must be different in control of an animal. Do you have one with a name that's yours?"

The drummer was curious about Damien's world as he became more and more interested in the Dog. Jack's world was a much different place than the world Zack came from and this made Zack curious. As for being asked out the Brit offered a shy smile through his long tresses of hair.

"Yes? I mean, I'd like to hang around and chill with you and the Dogs. But mainly you, yeah."

A pink blush tainted his cheeks.

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"Most of us do. His name is Cyanide." Damien has a picture of the horse.

Damien can only smile at the blush on the drummer. He's damned cute and the Dog wouldn't mind spending more time with him.

"Jack says we're staying in the hotel for a few days. You can come to my room whenever you want." He wouldn't force the drummer but wanted him to know the door was open, for anything. He wouldn't mind simply doing something normal for once rather than constantly being on guard.

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"Cyanide? As in the poison?"

Zack leaned in to look at the picture of the horse in more detail. He really was a magnificent beast and very handsome. The spots were certainly something as it caused the drummer to smile fondly. Imagine having a horse to ride everyday. He wanted to spend more time with Damien and get to know the man and it seemed he was a very interesting bloke indeed.

"I've not known any blokes with horses before. You're the first one. Oh---your room? Ah, thanks, mate. I'd love to. Want me to bring some booze or snacks if I do?"

Because Zack was into bringing food and drink to other people's rooms. Even if the booze was only light stuff like beer.

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"Yes." Damien admitted with a laugh. It was a good name for the calm horse.

He liked the drummer leaning in and leaned in to until they were just touching while looking at the picture.

"Most of the Diamond Dogs have horses or we roller skate." The innocence of the drummer has Damien laughing and leaning in closer. "Bring whatever you want."

He just wanted to spend time with the musician, though he is definitely attractive and Damien wouldn't mind sharing more than a drink.

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"I think it's a really cool name for a horse. I've never ridden before but I'd be up for a ride if you wanted to give me one."

Zack had no idea how much innuendo was in his words, as no doubt, Joe or Billy, would have picked out by now. Yet, they were busy with their own lovers, no doubt fucking each other's brains out. The drummer however, was much more of a laid-back and calmer kind of boy. He preferred to move slower when it came to relationships.

"Roller skates? I'd probably fall on my ass if I tried."

That got a small giggle out of the Brit who realised how close he was to Damien. The man was alluring and that hair? It was so beautiful, he just wanted to touch it. Yet, unlike the other band members, Zack was very shy and wanted to be polite to his new friend too.

"You've got nice hair, mate. Can I touch it?"

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"I could bring him here if you wanted to try." Jack had mentioned bring things through to this world. Though, Damien is near laughing because he does pick up on the innuendo. It's hot and wonders if it is on purpose or just that much innocence.

"Most people do when they start." Damien had when he first put them on too.

"You don't have to ask." Damien winked at Zack, shaking his hair out so it all fell over against Zack's shoulder. "Can I touch yours too?"

Unlike Damien's pin straight hair, Zack's had a nice curl to it.

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"You'd bring your horse here into New York? I'd like to see him and maybe have a go at sitting on him. That's if I don't fall and make myself into a complete fucking idiot."

Zack laughed softly and then nodded at Damien wanting to touch his long, curly hair. Not many boys asked him these sorts of things so he was more than a little awkward right now. Did the Diamond Dog like him as in really like him? That part got the drummer's heart beating a little faster.

"I usually brush it before I go out and before I go on stage. It tends to get wild when I'm banging my drums though."

It tended to fly everywhere when he was trying to keep up a good rhythm.

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Damien realizes it is all innocence and smiles broadly. "I could ride with you the first time."

Damien ran his fingers through the drummer's hair, starting right behind the ear and then down to the ends. They had just met but Damien is definitely interested in getting to know Zack better, whether it was just friends or something more after didn't matter.

"Mine tangles after a day of work." Though he imagined the curls and the madness of drumming would lead to a lot more tangling. "Your hair is amazing."

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"Oh uh yeah. I'd like that. Just to teach me the ropes. It can't be harder than riding a bike can it? Only that it's a living thing and has it's own mind."

Zack just realised he was sounding like an idiot so stopped talking for a bit, instead just enjoying feeling Damien's fingers going through his hair. It felt nice. This is what friends do with each other. Of course it was. The drummer wasn't sure what to say so just blushed and wondered about the Dog's hair.

"It does? Thanks. Have you---sort of dated lots of guys with long hair before?"

Being inquisitive was something Zack was more often than not and now was a good time to be asking this if he were to grow closer to Damien.

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"It's very different than controlling an inanimate object. You have to learn to work with your horse like you would another person. You trust it and it trusts you."

The Dogs were all very close to their horses. They trusted in the beasts as warning, companions, transportation, comfort and so many other things. His fingers started going deeper into the drummer's hair. It felt good.

"I don't date much because of my.. job." In part he was worried about someone being left behind. Damien knew what happened to Jack over Hannah. He couldn't do that to someone else but the loneliness was still there eating at him even if he hid it well. "I do like long hair."

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He nodded quietly just shivering a little at Damien touching his hair. No one had ever touched it like before since Zack hadn't really had many boyfriends before. Nothing like this and nothing ever serious. It was mainly just a bit of foreplay and sleeping in another guy's bed at a video game or movie sleepover.

"Yeah, I'll have to get used to that part. I'd love to get to know you Jack and the other Dogs better with time."

Zack really liked Jack and thought he was a really kind guy. He even gave the drummer a kiss on the cheek which not many other men would. It didn't feel strange since Jack was Ziggy's brother and the singer was a good man.

"Your job? Oh, I see. I guess it's hard to date when you're uh----busy with people."

The drummer didn't really know how to broach that subject so just offered a shy smile and a nod.

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"I have a few days but I can come back." Damien leaned in and kissed Zack's temple. The innocence is attracctive but so is the wide open sincerity.

"I'm basically the head of Jack's army." That was the best way to explain it probably. There was something in Zack's behavior that Damien couldn't pinpoint but attracted his attention.

"Do you want to date? You keep mentioning it."

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"You're a soldier? Sorry, I just assumed you were---something else. That's bloody epic though, mate. Do you get to carry your own gun? Although, I'm not big into weapons like Viktor is since I prefer my spray cans."

Zack didn't really like violence like Viktor did and preferred to stay out of conflict and run if he had to. Not that he wanted people to see him as a coward or anything. It was just his shy nature. Nodding, he then blushed a deeper red and didn't know how to respond so just stared a little into his now empty beer glass.

"Uh----date? I mean I want to yeah. Ok, let's date. I'm not very experienced though so you might want to go easy on me."

A small tug pulled inside of him. Was it nerves? Excitement? Possibly both.

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"Militia." Damien looked at the other Dogs and realized what Zack was thinking. "I do go with them when they work to make sure they're safe but I'm not a sex worker."

He had been on a rare occasion out of need but it wasn't usual for him at all. "We don't have a choice. I think most of us would rather not fight too."

Damien was good at what he did but he would rather spend his time doing something else. Something that didn't involve killing people. The change of subjects was good and had him smiling.

"Then I guess I will have to take you out tomorrow." He's teasing a little but this time when he leans in he kisses Zack's lips, gentle and testing to see what the response is.

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