Secrets Under the Roses

A Secret of NIMH story

_I was always intrigued by the Don Bluth's film's interpretation of Jenner the rat and his friendship with Sullivan and well, I was intrigued when on the Don Bluth Wiki page it listed Justin as someone Jenner liked. It gave me curious ideas so I hope you will enjoy as Jenner fails to see what he has on his side if he should need it, if only he'd stop pondering about Justin... this will be a 4 part piece including Jenner, Sullivan, Justin and Brutus, so hopefully it should interest you. _

One: Under the Roses

It was another council meeting; they were discussing the situation of electricity and once more the daring task of putting Dragon the cat under some sleeping draught was on the agenda. Most of the other tactics of distraction had worked so far, with them managing to lure the cat away, but their need for electricity was too great for them to just quickly snag onto a cable. The cat needed to be out longer, but everyone was anxious about the new plan, at least they were until Jenner had spoken up. As always he used his political understanding, his charisma and his ability to just speak to their inner prejudices to remind them that humans would never share willingly and their need was greater, for the greater purpose and the risk the kind to make a martyr. There were whisperings of course that Jenner would never take the job himself, but he was a big rat and everyone was quite aware that the mice and younger rats were smaller and swifter. When the meeting was over, the plans were going to be discussed more thoroughly with Nicodemus by the house speaker and Jenner left the chamber only to be met by the captain of the guards, Justin.

"Sometimes I wish you didn't point out the issue with the farmer, I doubt anyone really wants to feel like their stealing because they deserve to steal it..." Justin was a good, noble fellow with a handsome face and well, he was probably the most handsome young rat in the guard and a friend to everyone. He could be a prankster at times, still young and boisterous and he and Jenner were surprisingly on good terms with one another outside of the council and outside of matters involving the situation with Nicodemus. As they walked together with Jenner looking towards him in fascination, Justin gave a soft smirk as he looked up at the larger rat. "You didn't take that rubbish about not being willing to do it to heart, did you? I know you Jenner... you've got a determination few others have... if you could go up and face Dragon with a sword, you'd fight that cat to the death!"

"You do know me... just as I know you wish we weren't needing to take... but at the moment, the rumours of Thorn Valley are just rumours. If we can get confirmation, then you know I would be the first to step out there and make preparations for everyone to reach it. Justin... dear friend, you should not concern yourself with politics." Jenner smiled affectionately rather than sinisterly as any others might have seen. Justin gave a soft snort of amusement before gently slapping Jenner's shoulder and agreeing that he was right before he stepped off to meet with Brutus to switch the guard positions in preparation for the new plans. Jenner watched him leave with a soft smile of affection, but his heart seemed to seize up tightly as he grasped his chest before giving a soft snort... sometimes he felt his heart was becoming too loud and too treacherous.

Jenner stepped away towards his quarters, he needed some time to himself and he needed a good bath too. With hot water and excellent plumbing that even the farmer himself could not dare to compare to, this place was truly perfect, truly paradise and yet Jenner found his teeth grinding as he entered into his chambers and turned the taps on. He waited for the pool to fill and he removed his clothing and then slid within the warmth, sitting down and then dipping his head right down, holding it until he was desperate to breathe and then lifting his head up with a gasp as he turned off the taps. He'd needed that damned moment of clarity; he'd needed it to shut up the heart that was begging for Justin's affections and yet should never have been drawn to anyone.

It was always the same for poor Jenner, since he could remember the feelings had been building up and it was the one matter of the more 'feral' beings that he was hateful of. If he were like any other rat and Justin too, he'd have pinned him down, taken what he'd wanted and carried on without regard. There would be none of the politics going on within the sophisticated society and certainly no crime to repent. It would have been strange in nature too, but some might have laughed it off as just a display of dominance and yet Jenner's mind was spinning in despair and fury over it all. How could he suffer like this?

With a groan, the great rat sank himself down into the warmth for a while, letting the sensation in his chest squeeze before he lifted his head up to gasp softly. He had hoped the sudden dunking might pull himself out of this gloom, yet he could feel that where his heart might have calmed, his body was still perfectly aroused. He groaned in dismay once more, swinging his head from side to side with a swear of fury before then leaning back against the edge of the bath and turning the hot water back on. He waited to feel the bath water getting too hot, hoping it would stop him from feeling the sensations he was feeling, but as he turned it off he could still feel himself throbbing within the water from his arousal instead.

"Damn it..." The rat snarled, stroking his muzzle, pulling the water back from his whiskers as he shook his head and then turned to look towards the doorway. He could hear that Sullivan was entering his room and he shook his head, surely that would deal with his arousal as he called out to him in greeting. "I'm just enjoying a bath my friend, make yourself at home."

"Thank you, Jenner." Sullivan was such an obedient fellow, he was very intelligent though and had a noble heart just like most of the rats, he like Jenner believed that there was risk in going to Thorn Valley, but neither of them were not dreamers. Hearing his friend made him sigh and relax back into the water, feeling a little more relief for the fact they both had good sense and knew that there was stability here. But still... Jenner found himself stretching a paw downwards and he felt his paw wrapping around his erect length as he swore softly to himself.

"Will you know no peace?" He whispered to himself, grimacing but thankful the door was closed and the water was hot. He had no choice, his arousal was too great and though he liked Sullivan greatly, sometimes he worried greatly about his companion's thoughts about... him. It was not unusual to be admired or even fancied, Jenner had many young males that blushed at him as much as the females, but there had always been an obsessive edge to Sullivan's interest in him that made Jenner always a little... unsure of himself whenever he was naked... ridiculous as it was!

Jenner grasped his cock, leaning back and then took in a gentle breath, he began to stroke his swollen length, his paws stretching up and down, his ears pinning back and his face in a grimace. He sighed softly, closing his eyes and thinking about what he would certainly enjoy. He tried to think of young Justin looking drunk on arousal lounging between Jenner's legs and giving him a hungry look. He imagined that sneaky little rat stroking his form up and down before slipping his tongue out and flicking it teasingly around the tip of his cock. He imagined how those eyes would flicker teasingly towards him and that tail would lift and wiggle about as if to hypnotise him.

He imagined Justin just opening his mouth wide and then dragging his lips up and down the length, pulling away and then strolling his tongue in a circle about the tip. It made Jenner's body shiver and quiver in pleasure, sucking in a breath of air before stroking his cock firmly. He rubbed firmly, pressing his clawed thumb to his slit, stroking over it and shuddering into the bath as he closed his eyes and thought about Justin once more. He could feel that youngsters then sucking on him firmly, smirking and then lifting his cock and then rolling his tongue around Jenner's firm black balls. He could see him suckling on them gently before then continuing to the cock before Jenner tried to think about that tail too.

He shivered as he imagined Justin smirking, standing up and then turning around, showing off his tight, softy brown backside towards Jenner. He could hear him giving a playful smirk before swinging his tail into Jenner's mouth and beckoning him to suck it. Jenner groaned in the tub at the thought of it, his body giving a moan as he imagined wetting that thick, fleshy tail and then watching it coil around and go to the entrance. He imagined Justin putting his own tail into his hole, stuffing it in and groaning as he used his own tail in such a dirty and naughty way... the image of it pleasing and making Jenner's cock strain with the cum about to burst.

Then his mind brought him to the best point, the point where the sopping wet tail was slowly teased out of the entrance and Justin was trembling and shivering in pleasure as he steered it out. The seemingly slow untangling came with quivers, moans, puckering motions of the hole and Jenner's mind was shivering with the pleasure as he rubbed about his frenulum and shuddered in the bath. He then dared to imagine the final moment... that moment when he would feel Justin's tail wrap around his form, holding it up as Justin then slowly lowered himself onto Jenner's cock.

"GACK!" Jenner's sound was shocking, loud and made Sullivan give a query of concern as Jenner's cock spat a lasso of cum across the surface of the water, only to sink down. Jenner then slumped back with sagging shoulders, groaning in pleasure as he lay back into the bath and then seemed to sink down into the water. He felt such relief, such beautiful relief form having dealt with his building desires and yet... there was still something completely unsatisfactory about it all...

"JENNER!" Sullivan suddenly slammed his body into the door, smacking it open suddenly and startling the larger rat in the bath. Jenner gave a sudden gasp, losing all the air in his lungs and then slipping in the bath, dunking himself right down so his limbs began to flail for help! Sullivan rushed over to the tub, grasping Jenner by the arms and yanked the tall rat clean out with a burly groan as he hoisted him up and over the edge of the bath.

Jenner went onto his knees, coughing and spluttering, his fur hanging low as he shook his body whilst still choking up the water. Sullivan hurried to grasp the towels, throwing them over his friend's back, patting him to help him cough up a little more water and also trying to rub him dry. He had not seen Jenner do that before, had he been so exhausted he'd fallen asleep in the bath? Sullivan's heart was galloping, he was terrified that he'd almost lost Jenner to something so reckless and yet Jenner turned to him with a soft cough.

"Sullivan..." He choked, seemingly growling in surprise as he turned to look to the burly rat whose face was looking to him with such desperation. "...I was... dreaming... sorry... thank you!"

"Ugh... you did fall asleep, gosh Jenner... you shouldn't ever have a bath when you're exhausted... come on let's get you dry and then get you to your bed. I can't believe something like that could ever happen to you!" Sullivan was shocked, Jenner was such an intelligent and wise rat, he was not the sought to do such a thing and it worried his companion greatly. But he wrapped the towel about Jenner and rubbed it down roughly, making the darker rat groan and grunt before giving a hiss of fury and suddenly straightening up. He slammed his paws against the edge of the tub, almost trying to rip it out until Sullivan grasped his friend's shoulders, suddenly aware of what might have happened. "I startled you didn't I? I'm sorry Jenner..."

"What? Oh... urgh... no, its more I was lost in thought with my frustrations over Justin. He's young and too easily influenced by Nicodemus... its almost as if he doesn't remember how difficult it was to set everything up right after we escaped NIMH..." Jenner groaned, regaining his composure and covering his concerns about Justin with his concerns about Thorn Valley. He then felt Sullivan's heavy paw on his shoulder, patting him dry still before Jenner turned around grimacing as he rubbed the fur upon his face. "There are problems of our own... things we still haven't dealt with and... sometimes I wish we could go back to the ways before NIMH!"

"Its true, we've already learnt we can't do much without some interaction to humans... it would be better if we could..." Sullivan began, but rather shockingly, Sullivan was not completely aggrieved by the thought of starting over somewhere else. However, it was not the matter of moving or starting again that he held any thoughts over, instead all he could think about was the fact that the ones in charge now were not aware of the truth of the youth. If only the old held power, then things would never change and they were not always so wise... otherwise they might have chanced upon the issue of breeding that many others had and indeed, how their fusses over the need for it were... complicating the freedom they had been promised for so long. "...but though I have no hate with our leader Nicodemus, I do wish he would be open to new ideas."

"You're correct Sullivan... urgh... starting anew would be welcome if newer ideas were welcomed, but its rather a situation where it will never be the case. The ways we seek are the things they fear..." Jenner stated with a soft chuckle of amusement, recovering himself and finding the conversation amusing as he turned about to wrap the towel about his shoulders and failed to cover up a different part of him completely.

Sullivan remained silent, his eyes locked not to the rather relieved and relaxed expression upon Jenner's face but instead to somewhere else. In fact, he was looking to the rather startlingly thick and aroused form of his friend's cock, it was not a long cock but compared to some male rats he had thick form that looked like it might be interesting to touch, if not to feel pressed against his own and Sullivan gulped heavily. His eyes caught Jenner's attention and the rat gave a blush of anxiety, grasping the towel and pulling it over his loins, before blushing when he noticed the rather more prominent head of Sullivan's form shifting out through his fur.

Sullivan then realised he was also aroused and grimaced, lowering his head and turning his back to his master, grasping himself. He was not sure what to do, he was very swollen and it would only take a couple of firm strokes for his sword-like form to be completely on display. Many female rats, the few that were not paired of course, were quite interested in being around Sullivan, if only because he was well-known for being well-endowed and certainly, it was something he'd used with females before, only to be disappointed by the sensation. He was embarrassed and then he felt Jenner's long fingers lay upon his shoulder as his companion gave a soft sound of apology.

"Sullivan... I'm sorry my friend... I was... the bath... no doubt the scent is bothering you..." Jenner was never sure what was arousing Sullivan, to be fair Sullivan had been erect around him several times in private before, once even after a shouting match and a sword fighting practice too... which had ended it something rather embarrassing. In fact, that embarrassing situation came to Jenner's mind and he turned away with a soft grimace. "Uh... would you... would you accept my assistance... I'm... I'm in a state too..."

"Like... like before?" Sullivan and Jenner were back to back, not willing to look at each other and certainly Jenner's face was filled with horror at that thought. He'd been shocked when instead of them having just continued to rub their forms against one another that time, Sullivan had then pushed him down and borrowed his thighs! It had been utterly humiliating and he did not want to go back to that time... but Sullivan responded to the awkward silence without thinking and quickly turned around and pushed Jenner against the wall.

The large rat gave a gasp of shock, sneering in fury as he was unable to break free from Sullivan's strength as he then felt the cock shifted between his thighs, though he hissed. Jenner wanted to turn his head and bite his companion to get him away, but Sullivan's big furry paw was soon wrapped around Jenner's thick form and pumping it heavily. The dark grey rat gave a gasp of shock, eyes wide and terrified as he felt himself being man-handled and rubbed at furiously! As he got wet and slippery, Sullivan then moved his hips.

He maintained grasping Jenner but then was slamming his cock between those thick thighs, rubbing up against the heavy balls of the other rat and getting harder and harder. He was soon panting and grunting, grimacing as his cock got wet and slippery with ease, spots of precum spitting onto the wall as Sullivan groaned out in pleasure. He truly wished he could not just put it between these thighs as he wrapped his free arm around Jenner, keeping him held tightly to him as his hips rammed in and out with a loud clapping sound as Sullivan groaned.

Jenner was trying not to be embarrassed, he never felt so shameful as he did with the huge cock of his companion's slapping between his thighs, tugging at his wet fur and heating the skin of his thighs till they started to feel raw. He was pressing his forehead to the wall, hoping it would just end like last time, he just had to wait for Sullivan to get off and then he would be freed. It was such an awkward situation, he would not have minded them touching each other, but this was humiliating and he wished he could batter Sullivan for it... but the speed at which his companion would pin him to the wall and thrust between his legs made Jenner fearful that an attempt to pull back might lead to a worse humiliation. Worse still, his balls were pinching and now that the other's cock was so firm, it was rubbing and smearing precum against the bottom of his own shaft and that paw kept squeezing and rubbing around his cockhead.

Jenner grimaced, he could only think how this situation was all Justin's fault as he felt his own hips, legs and back starting to give way so that his paws had to brace against the wall. If he did not get released soon, he might fall over and if he dared to move his tail at all, Sullivan was in such a rabid, aroused state he might take him! Jenner groaned and hissed against the roughness, before he then heard the gulping, guttural moan and the sort of worried 'oooh-oh-OH!' that was followed by a thick, hot blast onto his own cock and belly. Sullivan gave a groan of relief and slumped down onto his knees as Jenner then grimaced and turned about, grasping the edge of the bathtub and then shuffling over to the tub to clean himself as he went quiet.

Sullivan was groaning and sighing on the floor, he'd have to leave soon because he was embarrassed by his own inability to keep under control... but he did not regret it and he wanted to have Jenner!