Adrien could feel the adrenaline being dumped into his body as he took the stairs two at a time, his hospital pager had beeped not thirty seconds ago and he was already one floor down from his office -- a personal best. He'd been notified some forty minutes ago that there could be a critical case, already on life-support, being med-evaced from the nearest A&E to the hospital following a multi-vehicle accident on the motorway, the only information he'd been given was that the patient was male and had a traumatic penetrating injury to the left side of his chest. The bleep had been to call him and his team to the operating theatre for that same patient.
Maria was already in theatre by the time he got to the scrub room, she was waiting for the by-pass team to finish their job and would inform Adrien that it was time for him to join them. When she'd seen him her stomach had clenched, this wasn't something she'd ever foreseen having to do but do it she must.
"Professor," Maria began when she joined him in the scrub room, "I, er, I, we've sent for Mister Spence."
Adrien stopped sluicing the soap from his hands and arms to look at her, not fully comprehending her statement.
"Why, does it need the both of us?"
"No, Professor, but this time it doesn't need you."
"What the ruddy hell are you talking about Maria?"
"This time you cannot go in there, this is not for you."
"Maria how far out is Spence?"
"Twenty minutes or thereabouts."
"How long before the by-pass team finish?"
"Less than ten minutes."
Adrien cast a glance through the scrub room window to the man on the table already draped in green cotton sheets, as was normal, his face shielded by the one held vertically below his chin and there normality stopped.
Protruding from the man's chest was a black, partially rusted, metal bar almost an inch in diameter with around a foot of it standing vertically as if nailing him to the table it was supported by a collection of medical instruments to keep it still.
"Maria that man cannot wait for Spence to get here."
Paul Spence was Adrien's senior registrar, despite being a few years older, he'd swapped from emergency to cardio-vascular surgery which accounted for the apparent age-to-seniority discrepancy, and had proved himself to be a highly competent second-in-command - but he wasn't Adrien!
"He has to because you cannot do this surgery Adrien."
He looked at Maria in shock, never,
never
, in the years they'd worked together had she ever used his first name when they were in theatre.
"Maria you're not making sense, why the hell would they page me if I can't do it? And why can't I for crying out loud?"
"Because it's Theo love."
Adrien's knees almost buckled and he grabbed hold of the edge of the scrub sink watching the still flowing water swirling down the drain just like Theo's life, their life together, was draining from Theo's body with every moment that passed.
"Get me a gown, a mask, gloves Maria. NOW!" he growled through teeth clenched so hard he was surprised none cracked.
"Please Adrien, let Spence do it."
"Do you really expect me to watch my man's life end on that table and do nothing to stop it? Either help me do my job or find someone who will," he snapped at her.
He moved the tap's control from red to blue dipped his head towards the sink breathing in the cool air from the water before cupping his hands and splashing the cold water onto his face then began to scrub-up all over again.
His mind flashed back to how his day had begun with him looking forward to Theo being home; Theo had been working abroad for almost three weeks starting in Canada, where they'd been skiing several times in the four years they'd been together, then Japan, which Adrien had hated when they'd visited briefly, New Zealand a country Adrien had wanted to go to since he was a teenager and finally South Africa from where he would come home.
Adrien almost smiled when he remembered the text he'd awoken to the previous morning "I.G.T.F.U.T.I.C.T.U.C." it was Theo's way of letting Adrien know he was on his way back and he'd sent it two days earlier than Adrien had expected. A second text had given him the actual journey times and tonight they'd be re-united, thankfully there'd be virtually no jet-lag for Theo as Johannesburg was only one hour ahead; Adrien doubted anyone would ever crack their code it was incredibly personal and harked back to their first night together and it
always
made Adrien re-live the moment Theo had said the words those initials represented,
"I'm going to fuck you 'til I come, 'til you come."
And he had.
Irrespective of how far or for how long Theo had been travelling when he got home their desire for each other was immediate; the first time he'd returned from a business trip bad weather, delayed take-offs and missed landing time-slots had turned a relatively short eight hour journey into a twenty-four hour nightmare. Theo had barely got through the door before they were in each other's embrace, Adrien's arms around Theo holding him as close as their clothes allowed as Theo held Adrien's face with a gentle firmness Adrien loved all the time they kissed. All the worry, anxiety and frustration Theo's trek home had caused were both expressed and expelled in that first kiss and it had remained that way ever since, Theo had even been known to visit Adrien at work so desperate could he be for that first embrace. And their reunion sex was off the charts!
For some reason Theo always had the need to take charge and dominate Adrien the first time they were together after he got home and Adrien had never had the inclination to stop him. That first time they'd undressed each other on the way to their bedroom their lips spending time kissing, nibbling and tasting whatever body parts had been revealed so when Theo had nipped Adrien's nipple between his teeth as he'd been pulling off Adrien's polo shirt Adrien had almost climaxed,
"Fuck, Theo stop! I haven't come for days and I need you so bad."
"Then neither of us are going to last long because I haven't either."
Adrien was the first of them to become next to naked -- having the advantage of wearing only the polo shirt, boxers, chinos and deck shoes whereas Theo was in a suit, shirt, tie and all else. Theo had all but thrown Adrien across their bed before yanking off his underwear,
"God's above you are fucking gorgeous," Theo told him as he finished undressing, his eyes roving over Adrien's body, "I have no idea where or how to start fucking you."
"Hey, don't be choosy just do me already," Adrien had laughingly replied, he'd propped himself on his elbows to watch Theo undress.
"You asked for it," Theo said with a hint of menace, reaching for the lube they always kept in the nightstands.
Adrien had licked his lips, a small part of him regretting not having taken the chance to suck on Theo's cock, watching as Theo made sure the entirety of his hard flesh was well covered.
"Get your knees up and your ass at the edge of that bed," Theo had growled, "and don't you dare touch yourself."
Before he'd pressed himself beyond it Theo had smeared more lube over Adrien's puckered ring, allowing only the tip of one finger to enter,
"Oh fuck, come on stop with the teasing, please," Adrien had begged.
"You want this?" he'd asked sliding the tip of his cock over Adrien's sphincter.
"You know I do."
"Then you shall have it."
Theo had leaned over placing his hands on the bed either side of Adrien's torso, his knees beside Adrien's hips, the bulk of him pressing Adrien's legs even further back and Adrien into the mattress then shoved his cock all the way into Adrien in one swift thrust. Adrien's back had bowed in ecstasy at the feel of it, not simply the length or girth but the
