Just Another Day in Paradise

Just Another Day in Paradise
Author: Chaotic Captivation
Rating: PG-13
Categories: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Mystery, Horror, Drama, and Romance
Content Warning: Mild Profanity, Sexual Situations
Spoilers: None really…just watch the movie…
Author's Notes: This story contains a Hellboy/John Myers romance. If you don't like such things then please move on to a different story. This is also my first fan-fiction, sorry if characters are OOC.
Please note that I do not accept flames of any kind. Constructive criticism is allowed, but keep in mind that this is a fan-fiction and should therefore be treated as such. If you want canon…go buy the actual movie or book at Target. (Oh and I don’t own these characters…except random OC’s that I throw in to help the storyline.)
Other than those simple triflings, please enjoy. Review if you feel inclined to do so. I would really appreciate it and if you have ideas for the story then by all means let me know. I might just use some of them later on… (Evil grin)
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CHAPTER ONE

White flakes fell from the sky as another warm puff of air was exhaled. A soft smile came to John Myers face as he looked around at the beautiful scenery around him. The park just screamed winter wonderland, with people building snowmen, having snowball fights and just enjoying their loved ones company.

“Here you go sir.” A voice broke him out of his wanderings and into the present situation. The lady behind the booth was holding out the steaming cup of hot chocolate that John had purchased a few moments ago. He flashed her a smile as he took the hot beverage in between his gloved hands.

“Thank you, and have a great day.” Myers said and she nodded.

“You too sir.” With that he moved away from the booth opening so that the next person in line behind him could order what they wanted. John slowly sipped at his drink as he walked through the snow, his boots making hardly any noise as they compacted the powder that he walked upon.

John wandered over to the outdoor ice-skating rink and leaned up against the outer railing, just watching the people skate by. He loved to watch other people, and try to determine what they were like by their actions. Most of the time he watched Abe and Red, and it was almost amusing to see the stark contrasts between the two of them.

While Abe was soft spoken, and fluid in his movements; Red was brash, loud-mouthed and head-strong. He would rather just run into a battle shooting first and just skipping the ‘ask questions’ part. John chuckled to himself at the mental picture of Hellboy in a cowboy getup, telling all of the random demons to ‘Reach for the Sky.’

“Find something amusing out there?” A deep voice asked Myers and he turned to his left to see who his new companion was. He was greeted with a man at least five inches taller then him and built to boot. Dirty blond bangs fell out of the black cap on the man’s head and blue eyes that seemed to be reflecting the ice on the ground.

All too soon John realized that he hadn’t answered the man.

“No, not out there sir. My mind was just wandering for a moment.” He answered and the man nodded.

“That happens to me all the time.” He turned to John. “Dominic…Dominic Spencer.” The man said as he held out his hand. John smiled and shook it.

“John Myers, nice to meet you.” With their brief introductions in order, John and Dominic turned back to the people on the ice.

“Do you skate?” Dominic asked suddenly and John shook his head.

“Never really tried. I’m not that great on my feet…I’m clumsy at times and I fall almost every time I try to go either up or down a staircase…” John trailed off as Dominic laughed.

“At least you’re honest.” John rubbed the side of his head self-consciously, chuckling softly.

“I’ve been told that before.”

“Well…would you like to try?” Dominic asked and John paused.

“…try what? Ice skating?” He coughed nervously as he looked over the ice. “That sounds great…but I don’t feel like dying today.” His statement caused Dominic to smirk.

“Oh yeah, I can see it now. ‘Unknown man dies from falling one too many times in children’s ice-rink.’” John pouted when he realized the man was teasing him. “Oh come on. I happen to be a great skater, and I promise that I won’t let you fall.” John paused looking at him curiously.

“Why would you want too do that? We don’t even know each-other.” John asked and Dominic shrugged.

“You just seem like a nice guy, one that I wouldn’t mind knowing.” John relaxed a little after that statement and smiled.

“I think that it would be nice to-“John was cut off suddenly when an obnoxious ringing sound reached his ears. He gave Dominic an apologetic look as he pulled out his cell phone and opened it. “Myers.” He said into it.

“Boy-scout.” The all too familiar voice of his charge echoed in his ears.

“Yes?”

“Need you to come down here fast. We have a new beastie out on the loose and Manning said that I can’t go kill it until you get here.” John paused.

“…since when do you care what Manning says?” He asked slowly and he heard Hellboy growl.

“He’s got me under house arrest until your skinny ass shows up to baby-sit me. Now get over here NOW!” The click of the dial tone rang in his ears and he sighed. Today was supposed to be his day off…oh well, nothing that he could do about it now. He turned to Dominic.

“I’m sorry, my work just called and I have to go in. Maybe we’ll see each other again and you can try to pull me on some form of frozen water another day…” He offered and Dominic smiled.

“Maybe John. See you around.” With that John turned around and left the arena. Dominic’s blue eyes turned frigid as he watched the boy walk away. “I’ll be seeing you real soon Mr. Myers. Just wait and see.” With an unholy smirk, Dominic turned around and disappeared into the crowd of people.

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John repressed the urge to roll his eyes at Hellboy’s unending lecture.

I wonder if he just likes to hear himself talk half of the time… John wondered.

“More than half.” Abe answered suddenly and John flushed red as he realized that he had totally forgotten that Abe could read his mind. “Only surface thoughts John. I can’t go very deep unless I truly tried. And you can rest assured that I have no intention of violating the sanctity of your mind unless absolutely necessary.” The aquatic being stated softly and John nodded.

“Um…Thank you Abe…that means a lot to me.” John stated and Abe nodded.

“My pleasure.”

Hellboy, who completely missed the memo about what started a conversation about mind reading, growled when he realized that Myers probably hadn’t listened to a word that he had said. That was important stuff that he should know! Was it so hard to ask for him to stay at Headquarters and be ready twenty-four seven to do anything that he needed? Who needed a social life? They were highly over-rated anyways.

“So what is it that we’re trailing exactly?” John asked and Hellboy shrugged.

“Don’t know. We only have rumors of a creature hiding in the woods over here.” Hellboy pointed to the corresponding place on the map. “Could be anything, then again…it could be nothing. But who has anything better to do today anyways?”

Hellboy’s remark caused John to bristle.

“Actually for your information Hellboy, I did have something that I was currently doing before your rude phone call…You could have at least said please!” John stated as he crossed his arms and glared at the door.

If looks could kill…that door would have been scrap-metal.

“And what could you have possibly been doing?” Hellboy asked and he paused when he noticed a small splash of pink on John’s cheeks.

“…Ice-skating.” John replied softly, a small smile crossing his face. Hellboy frowned, what was so special about falling around on frozen water? Unless…

“Can’t imagine that would be much fun on your own Scout.”

Take the bait…tell me what I want to know… Hellboy thought and silently cheered when he saw John spin around to glare directly at him!

“Do you honestly think so little of me that I wouldn’t have had a partner out on the ice with me?!” John snapped and Hellboy smirked.

“Seeing you around the ladies, you’re no Casanova.”

“I’m surprised that you even know who Casanova is.” John replied tersely and Hellboy paused and glared back when the normally shy agent insulted him.

“You didn’t say who you were with.” He growled and John huffed.

“His name was Dominic; he was going to teach me how before you interrupted us.” Hellboy paused.

“He? You were out with another guy!?” For some reason this ticked Hellboy off, but not for any obvious reason.

“Yes Red, another guy. It is possible for me to not only have friends, but to have both girls and guys.” John stated, his voice showing fake amazement.

Abe, who had been watching the fight unfold, sighed to himself. These two, they were like bickering children at times. Red needed to learn that John was not some…thing that was just there for his own purposes and amusement; and John needed to learn that despite all of Hellboy’s teasing, there was underlining concern that seemed to fly right over the agents head.

…this was going to be a long day.