Chapter 1

Britin

Brian

Justin left for New York 6 months ago and tonight he’s finally coming home. From the moment he left I missed him and today is the day I get to complete my home because Britin without him wasn’t home it was just nothing but just bricks and mortar. Justin and I have been speaking to each other almost every day since he left and last month he told me he had decided that he didn’t really need to be in New York to paint or sketch so why stay miserable away from the man he loved when he could come home and be happy and still make his way in the art world.

I was in the kitchen sorting through the cupboards making sure that all of Justin’s favourite foods were in the house when I heard the door open and then close moments later. I wasn’t picking up Justin for another 2 hours so I had no idea who could possibly be entering our house. When I got to the hallway I got the best surprise of my life. Justin was home and as he dropped his bags on the floor I made my towards him.  

“Justin! What the hell, you’re not supposed to be here yet. I thought I was picking you up in a couple hours.” I hugged him tightly while trying as hard as possible not to cry with happiness.

“I got an earlier flight so I figured why not just surprise you.” He pulled out of the hug slightly but not fully and gave me a looked into my eyes and gave me one of his trademark sunshine smiles “I’ve missed you. If I ever say anything about moving anywhere without you, promise me you’ll just tell me I’m being a twat and don’t let me leave.”

I smiled back and stroked his cheek lightly “I Promise. To be honest I don’t know why I didn’t fight harder for you to stay, but I will never let you go so easily ever again.” As I looked at the man I love standing in front of me I gave him a smirk and began to pull him towards the stairs, it had been too long since we’d fucked and I couldn’t wait any longer.

Justin

Brian pulled me up the stairs and into our bedroom as if his life depended on it and I wasn’t going to refuse. I missed the way he makes me feel as his cock pounds into my ass, how he always holds me close as I ride though my orgasms and right now I can’t think of a better way to celebrate me coming home. We stood at the foot of the bed all clothes were discarded quickly, Brians cock was pressing into me driving me mad so i got down onto my knees and took his entire length into my mouth in one go sucking and licking until his cum exploded into my mouth and down my throat.

"Fuck that was hot" he said looking down at me.

Instead of responding with words I gave him a small smirk and pushed him down onto the bed and straddled him. He kissed me as he flipped us over and began to leave kisses from my lips to my neck before making his way to my nipples where he would take great pleasure teasing me with his tongue.  He slowly made his way down towards my leaking cock and licked the slit making me moan softly, it wasn’t very long before he had taken my cock into his mouth and was sucking at varying speeds until I’m close but before I have the chance to release he stops. His arm reaches out to grab a condom and once his cock was covered he pushed into me and after giving me a brief moment to adjust he began to pound into me as hard as he could, reaching down and kissing me passionately I knew I wasn’t going to last very long and he knew it too. He began to pump my cock fast with desperation and he slowed down the speed at which he was pounding my ass and it wasn’t long before i released, within minutes he came too and collapsed on top of me. I gave him a small kiss on the lips and slipped from underneath him so that we were lying next to each other where we fell asleep shortly after.

Brian

I woke up and looked at the clock on my bedside table, 7:14 I need to get up I look next to me and smile at the sight of my partner, his beautiful face was something I had missed waking up to and now I can’t imagine ever not waking up to this sight.

“Sunshine wake up” I say just before giving him a peck on the lips

“Do we have to get up.” He said as his eyes flitted open

“Yes we do now get up and get ready” Before he had the chance to respond I got up and went into the bathroom and got into the shower. I wasn’t alone for long though as a few minutes later he stepped into the shower too.

“What are we doing today?

“Well, I thought we’d go get breakfast at the diner and then maybe spend the day with Gus. He’s missed you and I’m sure you’ve missed him.” I say as I begin to wash his hair.

“I thought we were going to surprise everyone at the same time that I’d come home? If we’re sending the day with Gus doesn’t that mean that the girls already know I’m back?

“No, I haven’t told them that you’re back. They think that it’s just me coming over to spend time with him so it will still be a surprise don’t worry.”

When we get out of the shower and we dry ourselves i look at him and he has a twinkle in his eye, a look that i know all too well but we don’t have time for that right now. Today is going be a long day if he keeps looking at me like that.

Diner

Debbie

If Michael complains much more I don’t know what I’m going to do but I’m sure it won’t be good. The guys are all sat in the back booth trying desperately to avoid being brought into the conversation that always goes the same way with Michael.

“I really need your help since Brian keeps on refusing to help me, I’m not asking much after all aren’t parents supposed to help their kids” he says whilst giving me a pleading look but I’m not falling for it.

“No Michael, I don’t have $5000 lying around, especially not for your toys. And why should Brian help you he has no responsibility to help you financially with anything if he doesn’t want to.”

“They’re not toys they are collectibles and it’s not all for them, I was going to spend some of it on some comics. Why shouldn’t he help me? I’m his best friend...”

Just as my son started on another rendition of his ‘but I’m his best friend’ speech, the door of the diner fling open and for a moment I think I’m seeing things.

“Sunshine!” I couldn’t have waited more than 5 seconds before I made my way to him giving him a hug whilst also getting the attention of Ted, Blake, Emmett, drew and Michael.

“What are you doing here? I thought you were in New York?”

He looks at Brian for a moment then looks back at me “I’ve come home, I was miserable in New York so decided to come back.”

“why didn’t you tell us you were coming back, I could have put together a welcome home party.” Emmett says with tears in his eyes happy to have his friend back.

Ted, Blake and Drew all come and give Justin a hug and tell him that they’re glad he’s back and that they all missed him but Michael stayed put sat on a stool by the counter scowling at Justin.

“How long will you be back before you ditch out on Brian” Michael say’s making it clear that he’s not happy about Justin being back in Pittsburgh

“MICHAEL!” I reprimand him but before i had chance to say anymore Justin was defending Himself.

“I’m not going anywhere, I’m back for good. I’m not sure why you have a problem with me being back but you need to get over it because it’s not going to get you anywhere.”

“I have a problem with you being here because you hurt my best friend when you broke off his wedding and ran off and I’m not going to let you hurt him again. Not that I’ll give you a chance to hurt him since I’ve got plans for us over the weekend where he’s bound to find someone better than you and then he’ll forget you even exist so you might as well just go back to New York now.” He sneered

Everybody looked shocked and didn’t know what to say, they didn’t know where this anger towards their friend had come from.

“Listen Michael, he didn’t break off our wedding it was a mutual decision based on what we thought was the right thing at the time. And why would you make plans for us over the weekend to find someone else, Justin and I never broke up we just didn’t go through with the wedding. You need to start respecting my partner because if I hear you say anything like that again you’ll regret it” Brian said getting angry but was soon calmed by Justin gently stroking his arm and kissing his shoulder.

“Why should I respect him when he hurt you, he leaves don’t come complaining to me I’ll just tell you I told you so.” Before anybody could respond to his comment he stormed out.

“I’m so sorry, I don’t know what the hell is wrong with him” I say to Brian and Justin while steering them towards the back booth

Outside the Diner/Red Cape Comics

Michael

“Damn Boy Wonder had to come back didn’t he? Brian was finally getting over him not being here, it’s my time now. I’ve been waiting for him to be ready for me since I was 14.” He muttered to himself as he got his phone out to call Lindsey as he walked back to his comic book store.

“Lindsey you need to help me, Justin is back and apparently he’s back for good...”

“WHAT! How could he throw away a career in the art world like that, I would love to have that chance and he’s turning his back on it? How could he be so stupid! Don’t worry I’ll do everything I can to get him back to New York.”

“Thanks, you’re a good friend. Brian seems to have fallen back into things with him again so I need to get Justin back to New York before he makes Brian fall for too much of his shit again and hurts him. Or at least get him to see that if he was with me like we are supposed to be, that I won’t hurt him the way Boy Wonder does.”

“Don’t worry Brian is smart, he’ll see that you are what he needs not Justin we will work something out.” Michael put the phone away and began to try and work but couldn’t help but daydream of how Brian and he would get together once Justin was out of the way.

“Justin is bound to fuck up and leave, I’ll make sure that when he does Brian turns to me for comfort and then he and I will finally get our chance together” he thought to Himself

 TBC

 Chapter 2

Red Cape Comics

Michael

It had been a long morning, there hadn’t been that many customers but that was ok because it gave me more time to plan how to get Justin back to New York and begin a relationship with Brian. Sure Ben is a great husband but I never intended to be with him forever, just until Brian was ready. Besides what with his HIV he’s bound to get sick and die at some point so really I’m just planning for the future when he’s dead and gone and I need someone so comfort me and that person will be Brian I know it will.

As I was thinking of the many different ways to get what I was disrupted my phone ringing, it was Ben. What the hell does he want that he couldn’t have told me this morning before I left to go to the diner?

“Hey Michael I was wondering if you wanted to get take out tonight, Hunter is gonna be late home so he said he’d eat at his friends house so we will have the place to ourselves, take out and movie night sound good to you?”

As he said this I had a new brilliant idea “I was actually wondering if we should invite Brian over tonight...”

“Why? I thought it would be nice to have quality time, just the two of us.”

“I know but Justins back and I think it would be nice to have him over so that we can talk about it. I mean this is going to be hard for him having Justin be around him now because when he leaves Brian will be devastated again so he will need someone to help keep him from falling back into a relationship just to be left hurt.”

“I’m sure Brian will be more than fine, I was always under the impression that they never broke up they just had a long distance relationship while he was away. Even if they had broken up I really don’t see what you need to get involved for.”

My husband really is dense sometimes; of course Brian had broken up with Justin. He wouldn’t want a long distance relationship, I know him better than anyone and that is just not something he would ever be interested in.

“He’s my best friend I’m just looking after him...”

Ben

Ugh why does Michael always have to bring Brian into things? Would it be so horrible to spend just one night together as husbands, it’s not often that we get a chance to have the house to ourselves.

“look I have a class in 15 minutes I need get going, we’ll talk about this later but I really do think Brian is going to be fine, I’m sure he’s probably already got plans with Justin anyway so as much as you want him to come over for dinner I doubt he would be able to make it.”

“Bye” Michael says abruptly before ending the call. As much as I would like to think he was listening to anything I was saying I have my doubts. I know him to well to think he would ever stop trying to involve Brian into anything that we plan to do, I really don’t know how much longer I will able to keep going with this marriage if he doesn’t stop putting Brian above me and Hunter.

Mel and Lindsey’s house

Brian

I knocked on the muncher’s door and waited for either Mel or Lindsey to open the door and I couldn’t help but glance to my left at Justin who had the most beautiful smile on his face. Before I had the opportunity to do anything but my arm around his shoulders Mel opened the door and let us in. Once we were in the living room we were quickly the centre of attention, Gus ran straight to me and I picked him up while Mel and Lindsey stared at Justin.

“Hey sonny boy, are you exited to spend the day with me and Justin?”

Instead of saying anything he nodded frantically.

“Justin, I didn’t know you were visiting? How long are you here for?” Mel asked while reaching out to Justin for a Hug but I noticed Lindsey didn’t seem as happy to see Justin as Mel was for some reason.

“I’m not visiting, I’ve moved back home”

“That’s great, why didn’t you say anything...either of you?”

“We wanted to surprise everyone at the same time, which hasn’t exactly worked out. Debbie, Michael, Ted, Blake, Emmett and Drew all know because they were in the diner earlier but we still haven’t seen Ben, Hunter or Carl yet although between Debs and Michael I’m sure they already know.” I explain

Lindsey finally decided to say something after staring at Justin continuously since we had walked in “I Really don’t think that you have thought this through, if you want a career in the art world you need to be in New York. Being back here you are throwing away the chance to have an amazing career”

“Actually I can paint and draw from anywhere being in New York is not as important as you seem to think. As for throwing away a career my agent is not worried about that so I don’t feel the need to worry about it.” Justin replied calmly but visibly irritated that she had implied that he wasn’t capable of making a name for himself here.

“Daddy are we going yet?” Gus said breaking the tension that had started to build in the room

“Yes we are, have you got everything you want to bring with us?” I ask him as he rests his head on my shoulder.

“My toys and books are in my bag” he says and as I put him down he runs excitedly to grab his backpack once he has his bag on he runs back to us and holds hands with both Justin and I.

“So what are the three of you doing today?” Mel asks while Lindsey continues to stare at Justin ignoring everything else going on in the room.

“Well first we are going to the park and then back home after lunch where he can play with his toys, read or watch a movie then we’ll have dinner so you don’t need to worry about sorting out dinner for him later. We will drop him off at about 7pm” I say while looking down at Gus whose face lit up at the very mention of going to the park.

Lindsey finally snapped out of her one way stare off and tried to join the conversation “We could pick him up from the loft, it wouldn’t be a problem”

“Actually it would be an issue since we’ll be at Britin not the loft so we’ll just drop him of its fine.” Justin replied and I could tell that he was going into full wasp mode

“I don’t know how I feel about him going somewhere that I don’t know, none of us have ever been to Britin so I  would be more comfortable if you went to the loft” Lindsey was now also in full wasp mode.

Mel looked at her wife surprised at the lack of trust she appeared to have “Lindz, Brian and Justin wouldn’t take him anywhere unsafe”

“I would prefer to see for myself what environment Gus will be in so please use the loft instead until I’m confident that Britin is an appropriate place for him, I mean we don’t have any idea where it is and what type of people live in that area.”

I had enough of this nonsense “Lindsey we will be going to Britin. You want to know where it is and if it’s a safe place for him here’s what you need to know; it’s in West Virginia its 8 acres of land and the house itself is big so he’s got more room to run around and play unlike the loft which is too small and confined for a child his age. As for none of you ever having been there, the reason is that I bought that house for Justin and while he was in New York none of you had a need to go to his house.” Before this conversation went on any longer I led Justin and my son out of the door and into the car and within moments we were on the way to the park.

Lindsey

Brian bought Justin a house it West Virginia! It’s bad enough that he’s living the life I should be living but this is too much now. He got the opportunity to go to New York at make it in the art world and he has thrown it away, I would kill for that chance and now he has an 8 acre property in West Virginia too this isn’t fair. I Gave birth to his son and he won’t help out with the mortgage payments on this place let alone buy me...I mean us a house.

“Mel I really don’t think Gus should be going to a house we don’t know, don’t you think it’s a little irresponsible?”

“Do you seriously think that either of them would take Gus somewhere unsafe? It’s fine, I don’t understand why you don’t trust them all of a sudden you’ve never had such a hard time trusting either of them before so whatever this is it needs to stop.”

“This is different, they are taking our son to West Virginia to a place we’ve never seen doesn’t that bother you?”

“I’m sure Justin’s house is perfectly safe so drop it Lindsey, now I have to get to court so that  we can still afford all our bills can you please just take care of JR and stop worrying about something that doesn’t need to be worried about.” She says to me before giving me a peck on the cheek.

Once she has gone I know there is one other person who will understand my concerns, I pull out my phone and ring the number willing Michael to pick up quickly.

“Hey lindz, what’s up?”

“Brian and Justin just came to pick up Gus but instead of going to the loft they said they are going to Britin. When I expressed my concern of him being taken to a place none of us knew where it was let alone seen they brushed it off as if it didn’t matter.”

“I bet that’s down to Justin’s influence. Brian would never disregard your concerns over Gus’ safety normally. What did Mel say about it? And do you have a rough idea of where it is, maybe if we could find it ourselves we could check to see if it’s a suitable environment.”

“All I know is that it’s an 8 acre property in West Virginia, oh and apparently the reason why none of us have ever been is because Brian Bought for Justin and we had no need to go there. Mel seems fine with it, as if it doesn’t matter to her that we don’t know anything about the area that our son is being taken.”

“Brian bought boy wonder an 8 acre property? No way! He wouldn’t do that without being coerced into it. Trust me, I asked Brian for $5000 last week to help invest in my collection of collectibles and comics and he said no even though he wouldn’t notice it in his bank balance. We need to save him from Justin Before he Bleeds Brian’s bank balance dry. I’m gonna go to the loft tomorrow and talk some sense into him  before we go for dinner at ma’s maybe you should try and reason with Mel that she should be more concerned with the kids welfare.”

“Maybe the address will be on kinnetic’s records, I could call and say I want the address and phone number of the place so that I could check on Gus and know where to go if anything happened, they can’t deny me that since it’s my right as a parent to know my child is safe.”

“Good idea, call me back with the details so I can check the place out too.”

“Why do you want to check out Justin’s house?”

“you said Brian bought it and just gave it to boy wonder so it’s Brian’s house really, once they have broken up and we are together there’s no way that He’ll let Justin stay there. I’ll move in and the two of us will be able to live our live together the way that we were always meant to. Now hurry up and get the details so you can see were your son is and I can see my future home.”

As he hung up I couldn’t help but wonder how he ended up so deluded, if anyone is going to move into that place once Justin and Brian break up it will be me. We have a son together and should live together to raise him in a more stable environment. Mel is great and all but as proven today she’s more worried about herself and her career than the safety of her children so I don’t think this relationship will last unless she starts to see things my way.

Kinnetik

Cynthia

Why is it that the moment Brian is gone even just for a day or two everyone decides to dump all their shit on me as if I haven’t got enough to do as it is? Between trying to make sure the business is running to Brian’s satisfaction and having to deal with way to many assholes on the phone and it’s infuriating how some clients think the more rude they are the more they get what they want, if they honestly believe that then they are morons. On to of that I’ve had Lindsey Peterson on hold for the last 10 minutes just to psyche myself up to deal with whatever demands she has this time, I suppose I had better get it over with.

“Kinnetik, Cynthia Speaking.”

“Cynthia, its Lindsey I need the address and phone number for Britin”

“I’m Sorry I Cannot Give out that information”

“My son is being taken there so I need to know the address and phone number in case anything happens now give me the details.”

“if you needed the number or address for Britin I’m sure Justin would have given you the details but if anything happens I’m sure you have their cell phone numbers so it’s not like that you won’t have any way to contact them or for them to contact you.

“Now listen here you bitch I want those details and it’s my right as a parent to know my child is safe and since he has never been there I want the address and number.”

“I’m Sorry but I will not give you those details.”

I hung up knowing that was all Lindsey wanted and I wasn’t going to sit here all day telling her over and over again that i won’t give her details on her demand. But i should phone Brian to let him know what she’s demanding, see if he can get her to stop pestering for information she doesn’t need.

Park

Justin

After running around the park and plays many different games we had decided to settle down and eat, we had just set up the picnic when Brian got a call from Cynthia i could only hear his side of the call so i don’t know who or what it was but it had pissed him off.

“Brian who was it? You look annoyed...”

“It was Lindsey pestering Cynthia for the address and phone number for Britin”

“Why? it’s none of her business, besides I was planning on having everyone over next week for dinner to celebrate me coming home so she would know where it is then, I know it’s something that I should have mentioned before but I was going to tell you my plans for the dinner tonight...” Brian interrupted my rambling with a kiss which made Gus giggle.

“Sunshine it’s your house you can make whatever plans you want”

“It’s our house you live there with me too remember? We both should agree on what goes on there.”

“I know but it’s in your name so it yours as far as I’m concerned but let’s not think about any of that right now we still have the rest of the day with Gus so Let’s forget all of that and just have fun” he said before giving me another peck on the lips

“Daddy I want kisses too” Gus said as he climbed onto Brian’s Lap, once he was comfy Brian put his arms around his son and kissed the top of his head. I couldn’t help smiling at the two of them having this sweet moment. Whatever it is that Lindsey wants can wait nothing was going to get in the way of my day with these two.

TBC

Chapter 3 

4 Days Later

Ben, Michael and Hunter's House

Hunter

For the past few days all Michael has been going on about is Brian's new house and how it's unfair that Justin is not letting anyone come over to spend time with Brian at his new house. How has he still got the energy to keep going on about it? When he finds out that we are all going over for dinner tonight I hope it will put an end to him complaining about it but somehow I'm not 100% sure he will. 

"Ben, do you think we are supposed to bring anything with us... you know like a house warming present because I'm not sure that there's anything we could get that they don't already have?" I ask while eating my breakfast.

"Good point, maybe we could just give them a bottle of something we know they like, that way we've given them a house warming present but won't have to worry too much about if they want it or need it."

Just as I was going to respond to him Michael walked into the room unaware of the conversation that we had been having

"I had a text from Justin saying that I am invited to dinner at Brian's house tonight so I..."

"We know, we've all been invited and its Justin's house not Brian's I don't know how many times you have to be told. Ben and I were just talking about what to bring over as a present, a bottle of Jim Beam should be ok I think." I interrupted not really interested in hearing anything he has to say about Justin or his house.

"Brian bought it of course it's his house."

I just got up and left to go over to Nick's house, if I stayed listening to Michael going on about Brian, Justin and the house anymore my head will explode. I haven't told either of my dad's about Nick yet but part of my doesn't want them to know, or at least I don't want Michael to know because he'll probably drive him away with all his moaning and whining. I called him to let him know I'm coming over and the moment I hear his voice I start to feel a little better.

"Hey babe"

"Hi, is it ok if I come over? Michael is driving me mad again."

"Of course you can come over, have you already had breakfast because mom's making pancakes and I'm sure she'll make some for you too." 

"I've already eaten but there is always room for pancakes, are you sure she won't mind though I don't want to mess with her work schedule because she's making food for me."

"She loves you, she won't mind in the slightest besides since she owns the company she can be as relaxed with her hours as she wants. Where are you right now? I can get dad to come pick you up."

"I'm at the end of my street."

"Wait there my dad will be there soon. you're so lucky he's taking the new bentley, nobody has been allowed in that yet. i keep on trying to get him to let me have a ride in it but he says that i'll have to wait." 

"Thanks, I love you."

"I Love you too."

Michael

"What's up with Hunter? He can't just walk out when we're having breakfast together, it's rude." I say getting more and more frustrated with our son as each day goes by. He is always either snapping back at me or ignoring me completely, i swear if he doesn't start to show his respect to me soon i'm gonna lose it, we gave him a home and this is how he treats me, it's unacceptable.

"You can hardly talk about behaving appropriately"

I can feel myself getting angry, what the hell is he talking about.

"What is that supposed to mean?”

"For too long now you have been putting Brian above me and Hunter and I'm not putting up with it any more, I'm your husband but apparently that's not enough for you and I can't.. No I won't put up with it anymore."

"You're over reacting he's my best friend we have always been there for each other and always will. Justin will just hurt him again and i Won't let that happen, besides Justin should be with someone his own age 12 years is a big age gap and with that comes a big difference in maturity, Brian doesn't need someone that holds him back so much"

"No I'm not overreacting, I'm done. I have tried to stay in this relationship not just hoping that you'll realise that Hunter and I are more important to you than anyone else but also to give our son some stability that he's lacked for most of his life but I'm starting to realise that staying in this relationship is not good for either me or Hunter."

"You can't be serious. You can't leave me."

"I can and I am, since it's my name only on the lease I will keep the house so you'll have to find somewhere else to live. I'll have my attorney draw up all the documents necessary to get you out of our lives."

"Fine, you have your moment to queen out but I need to go, call me later when you're calm and we can have a reasonable conversation."

I left feeling disheartened and a little angry that my husband won't see things from my point of view and I know for certain that mom will help me talk to Ben and make him realise he's not thinking straight leaving me. I know that eventually Brian and I will be together but until he's gotten rid of the twink I need someone. Besides when he dies from some HIV related complication or another I'll need the money from his life insurance but because of one of the conditions that was made when he got his life insurance, I'll only get that if we're still together when he dies. 

Mel and Lindsey's house

Mel

I hope going over to Britin for dinner tonight will be enough to keep Lindsey from complaining that she doesn't know where the house is. I have no idea why she can't understand that Brian and Justin don't have to tell her every location that they go to, although I think it's mostly Brian she's interested in.

"I've got to be at court today so you'll have to pick up Gus at 3 but I should be back by 4pm maybe 4.30 at the very latest." I know that she hasn't got much to do today but she looks as if I have just told her she has a massive load of chores to do. 

"But I am busy too; maybe we could get Debbie to pick him up for us."

"What do you mean you're busy? You haven't said anything about it."

"I have to do some research on some artists that Sidney wanted to have do shows at the gallery."

"Oh well, I'm sure it won't take all day and I'm sure that your boss understands that our son comes first so taking a little bit of time away from your research to pick up our son shouldn't be a problem at all."

I decided that I needed to get out of the house quickly because I know Lindsey better than most and she's going to be unhappy about not getting her way and i really don't want to have to deal with one of her meltdowns today. I don't believe for a minute that she's doing anything work related, I'm sure she's having another affair but I need to get proof before I say anything just in case I'm wrong but if I'm right then I don't have much choice but to consider leaving her. Part of me wants to call the gallery and see if she's telling the truth but then if she is and she finds out that I've gone behind her back like that then we really will have some issues and I don't know how to go about this without causing too much damage.

Lindsey

I know I shouldn't keep lying to Mel but she just doesn't get how important it is that I keep an eye on what's happening with Brian and Justin so that when Justin has gone back to New York and Brian see's how much he needs me... us we are ready to move in with him. They only told us to go over to his house for dinner tonight this morning so it doesn't give me much time to come up with a plan but with a few hours of work I'll Think of something to start planting seeds in Justin's head that his career is in New York and that his relationship with Brian won't survive that much distance so he should end it before anyone gets hurt. 

Jess and Alex's Brownstone 

Jess

Watching Nick and Hunter curled up on the sofa together being so happy like this will never get old for me, i've never seen my son so calm as when he is with Hunter. Whatever it is that keeps making Hunter leave home either angry or upset better get sorted soon because otherwise i'm going to have to get involved in my own way and it won't be pretty. I was brought out of my thoughts by Hunter gently pulling me towards the kitchen when Nick went to the bathroom.

"Jess, can i ask you something?"

"Of course. you can ask me anything you know that, what is it?"

"How can i get Michael to stop obsessing over someone he shouldn't be obsessing over because it's driving me mad and i don't think ben is coping much better with it than i am "

"is that what happened this morning before Alex came to pick you up?"

"yeah, all he ever does is talk about his friend Brian and how he needs to break up with his partner Justin but he seems to forget that it has fuck all to do with him." 

"why would he care if Brian and Justin are together, i've always thought that if people are happy together and there is nothing unhealthy about a relationship then it has nothing to do with anyone else."

"Michael has been best friends with Brian since they were teenagers and for some reason he thinks that means that he gets to have a say in how Brian lives his life, it's really annoying."

"ok well that is kinda fucked up, but what about Justin?"

"what do you mean?"

"well what is it that Michael doesn't like about Justin enough that he doesn't want Brian with him?"

"I think it's just jealousy, Justin is really cool but i think Michael hates the fact that not only is he in a relationship with Brian but he's also way more successful than Michael is now let alone when he was Justin's age. All we ever hear is about him from Michael is how he left to go to New York and hurt Brian in the process and now he's just come back to hurt him more or how he needs to find someone his own age and stop using Brian for his money even though Justin isn't the gold digger type. I just hope that he is able to keep his behaviour in check tonight because i don't want there to be an uncomfortable atmosphere all night."

"why what's happening tonight?"

"Brian and Justin have invited everyone over to their house to celebrate Justin coming home, it's the first time any of us have ever been to Britin which is another thing that has pissed Michael off because he thinks he has the right to go into Brian's home whenever he wants only Britin isn't Brian's, he bought it for Justin." 

"ok so it definitely seems like jealousy then, has he ever talked to someone professionally about him having unrealistic ideas of how much control he needs to have over peoples lives?"

"no and i don't know if he would, i don't think he thinks there is anything wrong with what he's doing."

"all you can do is make a suggestion that he see's someone for now and then take it from there."

"Mom i was wondering if Hunter could stay over for the rest of the weekend, to give him a break from the madness." Nick said as he came into the room and straight to hunter, putting his arm gently around Hunter.

"i don't have a problem with it and i doubt your dad will all we need to do is let Hunter's dads know that he'll be home on Monday. as for tonight either Alex or i can drop you off and pick you up."

"i don't want to be too much trouble, i don't mind getting a cab."

"don't be ridiculous, it's no trouble at all. i own a car service company, chauffeuring people around is what we do. well, it's what my staff do but you for you my dear, my husband and i are more than willing to drive you anywhere ourselves so you have no need for cabs."

"thanks." 

"you're welcome, now you two can help me with a little something that has been bugging me for the last week."

Matt and Hunter looked at each other with nothing but confusion then turn back to me and i lead them upstairs to my office and get them to sit around the table in the corner of the room which has seemingly endless amounts of paper each with a different logo design of it.

"i'm expanding the company from just using luxury cars to private planes as well but i want to change the company logo too but i can't pick which one of the designs is best so you two boys can help me with choosing one."

"really, we can chose the new logo?" Hunter looked at me in amazement 

"sure, i need some help deciding so why not get you two to help."

"so when you said you were busy with work and couldn't go over to grandma's last Sunday, this was why? you were trying to chose a new logo, if i had of known that i would have offered to help then. don't get me wrong i love her but sometimes she's a little over the top." Nick looks at me with one eyebrow raised and all I could do was give him a little smirk.

the rest of the day is going to interesting trying to keep these to focussed on this rather than each other but at least they have fresh view on things so hopefully i'll have a new logo for Costillo's by the end of the day.

Britin

Justin

Trying to get everything prepared for tonight would be so much easier if he wasn't walking around looking at me like that.

"Brian stop looking at me like that i'm trying to sort out the food for tonight, i'm sure that you don't want everyone going hungry"

Brian was now wrapping his arms around my waist "what are you making?" he starts to kiss my neck "it's a raspberry torte, Emmett gave me the recipe ages ago and i thought it would be great for desert tonight." i put down everything that i had in my hands before turning and putting my arms around his neck and could see in his eyes that there was no point in trying to stop where this was going, i can continue making food later.

i started kissing him fiercely and we began to tear each others clothes off and throwing them down to the ground not really caring about where they landed. we stumbled through the house whilst kissing each other as if it was the only thing keeping us alive until we got to the living room where i pushed Brian onto the sofa and straddled him, he looked fucking incredible it never gets any more amazing to think that he's mine. i began to ride him with everything i had his moans were filling the room so much that i could easily forget that there was anything else that existed in the world.  i reached behind me and started to gently feel my way to his tight rosebud and began to slowly insert one of my fingers as much as i could and his moans became louder and more desperate, i knew he was going to cum soon so i picked up my pace and on each downward thrust i clenched as much as i could without hurting him and he exploded all over the both of us. we laid in a comfortable silence for almost 15 minutes before i even began to think about getting back to preparing everything for tonights dinner.

"come on, we need to get things ready before everyone arrives which will be easier if you’re not stopping me to fuck at every opportunity.”

“I didn’t hear you complaining sunshine” he said with a smirk, and i couldn’t deny that he was right 

7:00pm

Everything was set for dinner, the table was set almost like something in a 5 star restaurant and all the food was perfectly prepared for the night ahead. I was sure that i had everything under control and that absolutely nothing could go wrong tonight. Ben and Michael were the first to arrive and as i opened the door i could sense a tension between them, i could see ben’s car parked and a cab just pulling out through the gate indicating that they hadn’t come together, but what i noticed even more clearly was the way Michael seemed to eye up the property, his eyes constantly scanning across everything in his sight from the front lawn to the stone fence and security gate that Brian and I had put around the property to help keep our privacy. After so many years of people just coming and going we didn’t want to give anyone the ability to come in without us letting people in.

“come in, i’ll get you something to drink while we wait for everyone else. Where’s Hunter? I thought he was coming too?” i said as i led them into the the living room 

“He’s staying over at some friends house for the weekend, i don’t know who they are they said they’ll bring him and pick him up later.” Ben explained 

“I think we should take him home with us, he didn’t even ask to stay over with them he just left, it’s not very respectful and i think he needs to be taught that he doesn’t get to dictate to us where he stays we are his parents after all so what we say go’s” 

“Not now Michael, besides your staying in a hotel tonight so there is no reason for us to be taking him anywhere. he’s fine staying with a friend for the weekend.” Ben said with a firmness that i had never heard from him before.

The atmosphere became awkward and i didn’t now what to say, but as I was debating what to say without making whatever it was they were dealing with worse Deb and carl came shortly followed by Mel, Lindz , Emmet, Drew, Ted and Blake all we were waiting for was Hunter to arrive but while we were waiting in the Living room all drinking wine or beer we seemed to be able to stop Michael having any strops like when he first came in. Although both Brian and i had noticed that he was not really paying attention to anything that any of us were saying, he was clearly waiting for Hunter to arrive and i was determined to do anything i could to protect him from whatever it was that Michael was thinking about saying or doing when he gets here, he may be angry about him staying at a friends house for some reason but i’ll be damned if i let him take his anger at Hunter when i doubt he’s done anything wrong.

TBC

Chapter 4

On the way to Britin

Hunter

i hope that Michael won’t make a big deal out of me coming separately but theres just something in me that suspects he’s not gonna let this go. I don’t know what his issue is with me, he never used to be like this. Sometimes I can’t help but feel like a toy that he was exited to get in the beginning but over time he’s gotten bored of and he now resents me being around. Should I tell Ben about this or would it just rock the boat too much, I think i need to really think this over before i do anything at all.

Alex

Something is seriously wrong but i don’t know what it is, in the last 3 months that i’ve known Hunter he’s never been this quiet. each time i have glanced back in the rear view mirror he looks like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders, nobody his age should have that much stress to deal with.

“Are you ok back there, I’ve never seen you be this quiet before?”

“I guess, I’m just not sure how to handle Michael tonight. He always finds the smallest things to have a go at me for and i get a gut feeling that he’s gonna use me coming to Britin separately from him and Ben as some more ammunition to start an argument.” He replies and turns to look out of the window

“well how many other people will be there that will back you up if he does cause any trouble?”

“I doubt Justin would let him get away with much and Brian would definitely back me, i mean yeah they’ve been friends pretty much forever but i’ve noticed that they aren’t that close anymore. Emmet would be on my side so would ted and Mel.. ok so pretty much everyone there would support me except I’m not sure about Lindsey.”

“Why’s that?”

“well i don’t know what it is exactly but sh seems to have the same sort of jealousy issue that Michael has with Brian and Justin and the two of them have been getting closer recently so she would most likely side with Michael no matter what.”

I pull up outside Britin and as Hunter gets out he looks somewhat apprehensive but determined not to let Michael or anyone bring him down. I am so proud of him, my son definitely picked a good boyfriend there.

Britin

Brian

The door goes and i go to let Hunter in and i notice he’s a little on edge so as he steps through the door i give him a reassuring pat on the back and make a mental note to ask him late what it is thats bothering him. As we enter the living room everyone greets hunter though i spot that Michael did not look happy to see him, what the fuck is going on? 

“How did you get here since you decided you were too good to arrive with you’re parent’s” Michael sneered at Hunter. 

for fuck sake the night has only just started and this is going to be a long night if he carrie on like this for too much longer.

“Yeah, What was so wrong with you coming with Michael and ben? Lindsey said with an ice cold tone with her free hand on her hip the other holding her glass.

“Alex, Nick’s dad, dropped me off. The reason I didn’t come with Ben and Michael is because i’m staying at Nicks for the weekend it has nothing to do with me feeling better than anyone because i don’t. and i really don’t get what any of this has to do with you Lindsey so can we just get on with tonight, i don’t want to ruin anything for Brian and Justin.” Hunter responded curtly.

“Thank you hunter, now if everyone wants to come through to the Dining room, i’ll start getting the food out for you all.”

Jess and Alex’s brownstone

Jess

I can’t believe i didn’t think to ask them to help with the logo’s before, they picked one that looks fantastic. the only think that i’m not looking forward to is finishing up everything on the paperwork side of things, it’s always been something that bores me but my assistant is on vacation so i don’t have much choice but to do it myself until she comes back in 2 weeks time. I hadn’t even heard Alex come in so as he puts his hands on my shoulders and bends down slightly to kiss me on the cheek it makes me jump a little.

“I didn’t hear you come in, do you want me to cook something for dinner or get take out tonight?”

“Get take out, it’s been a while since we’ve had one. what do you think we should get, i’m thinking either Indian or Thai but i’ll let you choose” 

I Know he really wants the Indian, it’s his favourite so whenever the possibility of eating any indian food comes up he gets a small little glint is his eye so i don’t even answer his question and go to the drawer were we keep all the takeaway menus and pick up one for Talia’s takeout and give him a small smile and call to make our orders.

“so now that we’ve got food covered, which will be delivered in 35 minutes by the way, how was Hunter when you dropped him off. i know he has been anxious about going all day but i’m sure it will be fine he’s a tough boy.”

“He was quiet, way more than he normally is. At least he’s staying here for the weekend so if anything does happen he won’t have to deal with it too much and he can always call to get me to pick him up early if things get too ugly over there.” 

“well if they do cause him any trouble and he calls us to get him out of there they will regret it, nobody causes that boy distress and gets away with it.”

While i wait for the food arrive I go sit down on the sofa where i’m followed by Alex and i turn on the tv but instead of watching it my minds wanders to ways to help Hunter with dealing with Michael. That man is supposed to be a father to that boy but he only causes trouble, at least that’s all i’ve known him to do in the time i’ve known Hunter. someone should look into Michael a little more to see if they can find out exactly what his problem is with Hunter, in fact i know just the person. i pull out my phone to make a call and Alex gives me a questioning look but doesn’t say anything, in the 19 years we’ve been together he’s learned not to stand in the way when i’m after someone and i am definitely after Michael Navotny. 

“Hey Tara i need you do do me a favour…”

Britin

Justin

So far tonight has gone well.. as long as we all drown out the voices of the two grumps who seem to either want to make things uncomfortable or dig for information on things they have no business knowing, like mine and Brian’s relationship since i’ve returned and my career.

what has caught my attention is the distance that hunter has put himself between himself, ben and Michael and i can’t wait much longer to find out what happened because he looks edgy around Michael for some reason and i suspect whatever it is might be why Ben and Michael are off with each other as well.

“So Hunter who was it that brought you here tonight, i’ve never seen that car before?” i asked in a tone i hope didn’t come across like i was pushing for too much

“Oh that was Nick’s dad, i’m staying over at his house for the weekend so i’m being picked up by him later too.”

“Ooh who’s Nick? That’s not a name i’ve heard you mention before.” Emmett asks while tapping one of his fingers against his hand, his need for any kind of gossip getting him worked up and a grin is now firmly on his face.

“He’s my boyfriend” Hunter responded which was met with a huff of annoyance from Michael

Hunter

I hadn’t told Michael and Ben about Me having a boyfriend because I knew Michael would do whatever he could to sabotage my relationship. For some reason he doesn’t want me happy, or at least not recently but maybe thats because he’s miserable now that Justin is back and he thinks he is taking away the chance of being back on track with his plan of getting together with Brian.  I wish he would realise that he would never stand a chance with Brian. But what harm could it do bringing Nick up here, there’s too many people that would put him in his place for him to do anything about it, right?

Michael

I can’t believe he has a boyfriend, who would want to date him i mean he is so rude and always complains about everything. And i’m not happy about him staying over at at his house for the weekend, he hasn’t asked my…our permission and as parents he should show respect and ask first. I know what ben said earlier about me staying at a hotel and that there is no reason for us to be taking him anywhere but i am certain that he was just over reacting again like when he mentioned leaving me and i am determined that i will get my way and he will be coming home with us tonight.

“I really don’t think you should assume that it’s ok to stay at other peoples houses, i mean you haven’t even asked us if it’s ok for you to stay over and as your parents i think we deserve that little bit of respect. Also isn’t it a bit rude to just expect them to pick you up from wherever like your own chauffeur.”

“Actually his parent’s have no problems driving me around if i need it, they said that since they do it for a living they don’t mind me using their cars only i get to be one of a select few who get driven by them personally at all times instead of any of their staff. not that there’s any problem with any of the staff their great but this is a much more personal touch, quite nice really. and since i’m going over their to get away from you and your endless moaning i don’t really think asking you permission to go anywhere is on my list of important things to do.” he replied with a smirk

The fucking ingrate is being rude to me infant over everyone and Ben doesn’t even try to defend me. And what’s this about being driven by them and not staff. what staff? 

“What are you on about?” 

“Have you heard of Costillo’s Car Service? 

“yeah but i fail to see what that company has to do with you staying, or not staying, at their house for the weekend.” Jeez this kid can’t keep his mind on one thing for very long.

“They own the company, actually Nick and I have helped pick out their new logo.”

 Brian

Holy shit he’s managed to pull himself a good boyfriend there, i bet it will drive Michael crazy that while he’s struggling to keep his store running with a profit, Hunter is Dating someone who’s family has a company worth millions.

After all the shit he’s been giving Hunter recently i can’t say he doesn’t deserve this being shoved in his face but i’m not going to say anything about it or at least not too much because i have a presentation to do for them in a couple weeks and i don’t want him to get mad at me and try and ruin this for me in any way. They have finally come near the end of their contract with vanguard and i’m determined to get them, the best car service company deserves the best publicity after all.

“Can this not argument not wait until some other time, i wanted this night to be fun and to spend some time with family. I also will not have anyone starting unnecessary arguments in my house so either end it now or leave and continue it somewhere else.” Justin says calmly but i can see he is angry  that his night is being turned into drama.

Everybody turned to look at Michael knowing that he was the cause of the uncomfortable atmosphere but he seemed oblivious to it, but then again he is oblivious to most things.

“So how is your art going, it must be so hard having to be doing it all from here but i’m sure when you start selling things and getting shows i could give you some guidance on how to find your way and you’ll be fine.” Lindsey is using her WASPY attitude on the wrong person, does she really think that my stubborn little sunshine is going to fall for this bullshit.

“Actually i don’t need any help or guidance thank you, i got an agent 3 months ago and she has already managed to get me a show at the National Gallery of Art in 6 months time where i’ll have 10 pieces on display alongside another up and coming artist so i think my career is going absolutely fine as it is.” 

Justin takes a sip of wine  after delivering that smackdown and everyone else suddenly finds the plates and glasses very interesting and are trying hard not to laugh at the indignant look on Lindsey’s face or the pinched look on Michaels face, he clearly can’t stand that whatever argument he was wanting to kick off has been dampened and all attention is off of him.

Lindsey

How has he got a show? there is no way that he could possibly been able to book a show this quickly if he only just got an agent 3 months ago, his art is not that good.

More importantly why has nobody backed me up that Justin could use my experience in the art world to help him, he needs my help in order for him to be able to disappear off to New York and away from Brian. Also why has nobody, not even Mel, stuck up for me when he was less than polite in the way he brushed off my help. I’m not having that, not for one second.

“I don’t think you’re thinking this through entirely, i have years of experience in the art world and i would be the best person to help guide you so you can be the best you can possibly be. I’m sure you’re agent is great but does she have everything it takes to really help you reach your potential.”

“Lindsey, i doubt that he would have picked an agent that was inept. if he says he doesn’t need your help then he doesn’t need your help.” 

“Thank you Ted, i’m glad you can see i’m not stupid enough to hire an incompetent agent even if Lindsey can’t see that.” I go to defend myself but Justin just narrows his eyes at me and silences me

“For the record my Agent has been working very hard within the art world for 23 years and has looked after many different artists throughout her career like Daryl Henshaw who in his last show sold out and made almost $900,000 so i think with that kind of experience, my career is perfectly safe in Courtney’s hands so you will have no need to get involved at all .” 

Michael

Geez he gets one show and thinks he’s so big and special that he can talk to people like that, Lindsey has been the one to always encourage his art and he thinks he can speak down to he like that. Boy wonder needs to be taken down a peg or two. 

Hunter needs to be taken down a peg or two as well, i still can’t believe how he spoke to me earlier and not one single person stood up for me, not even my husband. He and i will be having words about this and there is no way Hunter will be staying over at his boyfriend’s house after the way he disrespected me. 

“I think you need to watch your tone there Justin, Lindsey is just trying to be helpful and you are just shooting her down. can you not remember who it was who was always supporting your art? you get one big show and you think that you can talk  down to people like this.” i can see the pissed off look in Brian’s eyes and smirk. He has always hated people being disrespectful towards his best friends and the fact that his oh so precious boyfriend has done that it won’t be long before he get rid of him.

“Justin was not saying or doing anything wrong, you will not speak to him or about him that way in this house or anywhere else for that matter. Now either you apologise and shut up for the rest of the night or you can leave now.” Brian has never snapped at me like this before, what has Justin done to him? he must have brainwashed him somehow. the sooner i can get Justin  out of Brian’s life and i take his place the better, then he can go back to being my Brian the way he always has been.

Deb

What the fuck is wrong with him tonight. i didn’t raise him to be this disrespectful, Sunshine and Brian have put so much thought and effort into tonight and Michael thinks he can treat people like this, no.. he needs to learn.

“ow, Ma! what the hell was that for” he howls as he rubs his cheek where i slapped him

“You don’t get to go into someone else’s house and be so fucking rude to them when they put in so much effort to make dinner for you.” i quickly turn my head towards Brian and Justin are seated, ignoring the mumbling coming from my son

“I’m sorry you two.”

“don’t worry about it Deb it’s not your fault, he’s old enough to know how to behave and chooses not to so he has to face consequences of his actions. Michael you can leave now, i won’t be talked to like that in my house.” Justin says with a fire in his eyes that i have never seen before.

Ben

I am absolutely fuming right now but i don’t want to make this night any worse if i can help it.

“Fine, come on Ben and you had better come too Hunter. After the way you have been acting lately and the way you have spoken to me tonight you don’t deserve to be rewarded by going over to your boyfriends house.” Michael commands as he stands up and steps back from the table

“No i’m not going anywhere with you, i’m going to stay over at Nick’s.”

“I SAID NO!” Michael shouts and reaches to grab Hunter 

“ENOUGH! you lay one finger on him and i will make sure you are arrested for assault. Neither Hunter or i will be going anywhere with you, as i said to you earlier on today i am leaving you so you need to go on your own to a hotel. Don’t even think about going back to the house because the house is not in your name and you have not got permission to enter so if you do i will have you arrested for Breaking and Entering and Trespassing.” i take a deep breath to collect myself.

Has he always been like this and have i just been blind to it. the sooner he is out of our lives the better, i don’t need someone like him casting a shadow over my life and after everything that Hunter has been through he doesn’t need Michael making his life harder or worse.

Justin

Ben’s outburst was not something i had expected and i think everyone was equally surprised since he’s normally the zen one.

once Michael stormed out everyone made their excuses and left and as much as i had wanted the night to go on longer i was also glad, so many things have been said tonight that i just need some time to process it all. Brian went to bed about a few minutes ago saying that this evening events had been exhausting but i just needed a few moments to myself.

Since when have i given Lindsey any reason to think she is the only person who can help me with my career?

What happened to make Ben Leave Michael?

Has Michael been violent towards Hunter before or was his attempt to grab at him tonight a first?

i go upstairs and get into bed with Brian and curl up into him and feel comforted as he wraps his arm around me. i fall asleep thinking through all the things that are happening and what i should do to help get this shit storm fixed and i expect it’s going to get worse before it get’s better.

Chapter 5

Mel and Lindsey’s house

Mel

I really did think that I would be calmer this morning so I could talk to her about her behaviour last night but no I’m still furious. Why does she think that she can control his career. 

When she tried to justify herself last night in the car home I had to try so hard not to lose control of myself.

Start of Flashback

in the car coming home

Mel 

She looks so proud of herself for the things she said and the way she behaved, but if I get too angry about it right now i might crash the car.

Has she alway’s been so controlling over Justin’s career or has she just started trying to be so be in control despite him clearly not needing or wanting it.

“Mel calm down. I don’t think you could grip that steering wheel any tighter if you tried, ease up on it.” she said to me in a sickly sweet tone that only makes me more mad right now.

“Ease up on it, you want me to ease up on it? Me grabbing the steering wheel this tight is pretty much the only thing stopping me from slapping you right now so I don’t think you really want me to ease up on it.” I snap back at her.

She huffs out an indignant breath before responding to what i said.

“I didn’t do anything wrong tonight, I was just giving him guidance on what would be best for him. How is it my fault if he doesn’t appreciate all the help i’m giving him.”

“He has an agent to help him out and give him advice if he wants it, he doesn't need you to bulldoze your way into his career.” I tell her hoping that she will listen to what I say and back down but most likely she will ignore me and carry on as she pleases.

“I don’t know what is wrong with you Mel. I didn’t do anything wrong tonight, but Justin talks down to me for offering him the advice he’s going to need to succeed and you didn’t stand up for me. I’m your wife. You are supposed to back me and yet you didn’t even try.”

End of Flashback

I need to  talk to Brian and Justin and see if this is something that I’ve not been seeing all this time or if it’s something that she’s just now starting  to do. Justin doesn’t need or want this and like fuck am I going to let her continue do this to him. I’m so glad that the kids were over at maria’s house last night because there is no way they needed to see the the way people were behaving last night, I don’t want them to think it’s okay to be that rude in someones home.

I look at the time and realise that it’s time to get Gus and jenny and I just hope that their sleepover was fun, hearing about what they did might just cheer me up a little.

Michael

outside Ben and Hunter’s house

I’ve been banging on this door for at least 10 minutes now and that asshole still hasn’t opened the door to let me in. When i get in he is in so much trouble. The way he behaved towards me last night was unwarranted and he will not get away for being so disrespectful towards me. As for him saying that he’s leaving me, what a load of rubbish, he needs me. Who else is going to be so charitable to be in a relationship with someone who’s HIV positive. There is no way i’m going to let him leave me and if h tries I will make it as difficult as possible and make his life hell in the process.

“Sir please step away from the house.” I turn to see a police officer coming towards me. He called the police on me? fucker, he’s in even more shit with me now.

“I’m just trying to get back in, I left my key in there and needed to pick up something that Forgot when I…” the officer holds up his hand and interrupts what i’m saying.

“Don’t lie, I was called by the owner of the property to say that there was a disturbance and that he wished for us to come and deal with it. By lying about why you are here and what you were doing you’re not making things any better for yourself are you.” 

He steps towards me and reaches for his handcuffs and I start to walk away from him a little bit. How can he arrest me for trying to get into my marital home. I’ve not broken the law, he can go fuck himself. 

Unfortunately I didn’t get more that 4 feet away from him when he grabbed my arm and stopped me from being able to go anywhere.

“You are under arrest for Disturbing the Peace, and also resisting arrest.” as he escorts me to his car he begins reading me my rights but I’m not really listening. I Can’t believe this is happening to me.

Ben

How stupid is he. After everything I said yesterday he thinks it’s ok for him to come here banging on the doors demanding to get in. I was worried that he would be here when the locksmith arrived and get him to give him a key but now that he’s been arrested I can relax a little bit. Although I know I still have some important things to get done before I go into work this afternoon. The most time crucial thing is to gather up all documentation that proves that the house is only in my name and that he has never put any money towards the household. There is no way that when  he finds out that i’ve had the locks changed that he’s not going to claim that i’m breaking the law. 

I also have to file for divorce, I would love to be a fly on the wall when he gets served with that. Maybe then he will believe me since he didn’t seem to think I was serious about it. If he thinks that he is so important or that I can’t survive without him he’d better pay attention because I’m not going to play nicely as I prove him wrong.

Justin

Britin

He’s been working on this presentation for ages now but I’ve only just seen some of the artwork for it as I came in the room and although there are some things I would alter it looks incredible.

“So what exactly is this company doing, I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this before.” I ask him while I put down the cup of coffee that I just made for him.

“Thanks, Well they’ve been really successful with just using cars to chauffeur people around in but they wanted a new challenge, something completely original. They’ve just bought some private jets to use to Chauffeur people around in as well. Obviously the average person on the street wouldn’t be the main demographic for that part of the business but instead high end business people. Let me give you an example, Say some CEO of a company had a meeting across the other side of the country. Using commercial airlines is all well and good but think how many delays they have on a daily basis, it’s then a nightmare to get to meetings on time. So using a Private jet to get them from A to B on time without all the hassle they get on Commercial flights would appeal to them greatly.” 

“Wow, that’s amazing. I can’t believe nobody has thought of it before. this must be the best account you’ve had all year. When you win them over to Kinnetic, because let’s face it you are going to get this contract, we should go out somewhere nice to celebrate.” I tell him and get a smile in return.

“Of course i’m going to get them I Always get the best to sign with me. Is it childish of me to be looking forward to telling Michael about this company singing with me?”

“Why should he care?”

“Because you remember last night when Hunter was talking about his boyfriends parents company, this is them.”

This isn’t the next chapter of the story, sorry. But i felt like i needed to explain/apologise for why it takes me so long to update my stories.

I have a condition called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and one of the symptoms i struggle with a lot is ‘Brain fog’ so i tend to sometimes forget what i’m writing or what characters i am about to introduce to the stories. My condition has deteriorated in the last 18 months or so and these last couple of months have really affected me because of the heat as it tends to cause flare ups and i can’t quite function properly. 

I hate thinking that i’m either Letting people down or irritating people by being slowed down by my health so i just wanted to let you all know why i update so slowly. 

I am half way through chapter 6 and i hope to get it finished within this month.

Sorry again for my stories being done so slowly, i am pushing myself as hard as i can to get them written as fast as i can. 

Chapter 6

Carl

Debbie and Carl’s House

Since I got home I haven’t seen her keep still, I know that something is bothering her but asking her now while she’s still riled up really wouldn’t be smart. I have my suspicions that it is about Michael having been arrested and i hope that she’s not going to try and defend him. 

When I saw him get brought into the station by Officer Chandi I couldn’t believe the look on his face, he looked as if we had committed some great injustice against him. 

When will he learn that his behaviour has consequences and if he doesn’t want to have people angry with him or be arrested he needs to behave himself better, rather than running around having tantrums like a toddler. 

“How could I have fucked up so much with him, I tried my best I really did.” Deb says as she finishes cleaning the kitchen and comes to sit down next to me. 

“Honey, sometimes it doesn’t matter how hard you try to raise them right, they make their own decisions and fuck things up for themselves.”  I say to her then pull her into an embrace. I really do hope he changes his behaviour some time soon because the way he is acting up now is going to break her if he doesn’t.

2 weeks later

Jess

Jess and Alex’s Brownstone

Office

I really  did wish when I contacted Tara that all she would be able to find was some small issues that could be easily solved and that would be it but unfortunately i’m not so lucky with my wish list.

Tara sent me an email late last night saying that she had found several things of concern and that she would call me today to talk things through so I have been sat here trying to focus on my work while I wait  but I can’t concentrate at all.

Just as I am about to start going through my emails My phone rings and I snatched it up off of the desk as quickly as I could and answered it.

“Hello”

“Hi, i’m not sure where to start with all of this but it’s all pretty weird.”

“Go on, just let me know what you found.”

“Well I looked into Michael Novotny’s background and it all seemed kind of normal. He was an average student in school, not particularly popular and this seemed to go on through all his teenage years and into his early adulthood. He seems to have stuck fairly close to Brian Kinney at all times which at first seemed like any close friendship during those formative years but then…”

“What? What makes you think it changed from being a normal friendship?”

“It’s just that most people start to drift apart slightly, not because they aren’t as close to those people they were friends with in their teenage years but because they’re usually more busy and things get it the way. But Michael, from what i’ve been able to dig up, only seemed to cling on more and more as time went on.”

“And you think that’s something to be concerned by?”

“Well I couldn’t be sure, so i decided to have one of my guys, Lewis, follow him for the last couple of weeks and he has some very strange habits. Every other day he leaves his assistant to look after his comic shop during lunch and he goes over to Kinnetik where he sits in his car and watches the building…”

“What the fuck for?”

“The photos I now have of him in his car show that he appears to be watching Brian Kinney. His body language throughout these photos is one of the things that concern me. When Mr Kinney leaves for lunch on his own Michael appears to look admiringly towards Mr Kinney but any time he leaves with a man called Justin Taylor His body language is so different, he looks scornful almost.”

“Brian and Justin are partners, Michael I know has some jealousy over that…”

“This isn’t just a case of simple jealousy trust me but moving on to the other concerns I have, I have some photos of Michael in a diner with his husband and he appears to be trying to corner him and his body language is quite threatening but his husband walks away and then in the photos I have his facial expression is one of anger and he’s balling his hands into fists.”

“Well I do know that Ben has left Michael and Kicked him out of the house. Hunter said he got arrested when he was banging on the door trying to get in a couple of weeks ago.”

“Hunter is a concern of mine where Michael is concerned. I also have some photos of Michael interacting with Hunter and it doesn’t look good. One of them was particularly worrying because after some kind of argument not only was he angry but it looked like he was giving into blind rave. He looked around and picked up a rock and threw it in the same direction as hunter was then walking. He then began to leave and as he walked by Lewis he was muttering about needing to bring hunter down a peg or two and that he could do with a good beating to put him in his place.”

“He will not harm a single hair on his head, I won’t let him get close enough to Hunter to do anything at all. He’s in the living room with my son right now so i’ll go let him know what you’ve just told me and I think it would be wise for him to get a restraining order against Michael. I have a meeting tomorrow with Brian about his company doing the Advertising for Costillo’s so i’ll let him know too because If Michael is stalking him he should know about it.”

“I’ll send you a copy of the file with everything I have found out so you can show any lawyers or judges the evidence you need to stop this.”

“Thanks, bye”

“Bye” I hang up and take a deep breath, this is not going to be an easy discussion to have and I really wish I didn’t have to do this but I know it has to be done.

Hunter

Living Room 

“Stop eating all of the popcorn, leave some for me” I swat Nick’s hand away from the bowl on my lap.

He just kissed me on the cheek and took another bit of popcorn. “I’ll leave plenty of popcorn for you, sorry”

I respond by leaning closer to him and we turn our attention back to the screen. I let out a small chuckle because on the screen at that moment was Dominic West dancing around to Shame, Shame, Shame and he looks so camp that I just can’t help but find it amusing.

“Hey boys, sorry to disturb you but I really need to talk to you Hunter.” Jess say’s and I reach forward and get the remote from the table and pause the movie.

“What’s that you’re watching, it looks good.”

“I’s a film called Pride, I thought you said you needed to talk. What’s up?” I say, worried by the weary look on her face.

“I do, I guess I was just trying to stall because this isn’t exactly a nice thing to have to talk about. I had my friend Tara look into Michael, I just wanted to find out what his issues were so that i could help fix them so your life could be a little easier.” she pauses and takes a deep breath before continuing “I think it would be best for you to get a restraining order against Michael for your safety. Tara is sending me a copy of the file with everything so you can see for yourself everything that he’s been doing and her report on his body language but the general impression that she has of him is that he’s starting to turn towards blind rage where you are concerned.”

Oh my god, Blind rage towards me? what the hell have I done to him that he would be so bothered by it to the point of blind rage. 

“I’ll talk to Mel and see what she can sort out for me, thanks for letting me know. do you really think he would hurt me?” I ask her nervously.

“I won’t let anyone harm you, nobody who loves and cares about you will let anything happen I promise.” She tells me firmly and I really hope she’s right and that i’ll be okay.

Chapter 7

RED CAPE

COMICS

MICHAEL:

I can’t believe the son of a bitch has done this; he will pay for this! He thinks he can just send me divorce papers like this and expect me to just let go of him this easy. He was supposed to stay married to me until he died. That man who came to serve me with the papers didn’t seem to be all that helpful either. When he told me I had been served, I told him that nobody had any problems with me that required any legal papers being drawn up, he just shoved past me and went to the door, and before leaving he just told me that if that were true, he wouldn’t be in this store giving me the papers. Why didn’t he just take them back? I don’t want this. Ben will not be getting this fucking divorce, because it’s not part of my plan.

MEL'S

OFFICE

MEL:

I’m in shock, I never thought that this would be happening. When Hunter called to tell me he needed to see me, I thought it would maybe be something to do with his mother causing trouble or maybe some other problem from his past coming up, but not in a million years did I think it would be about Michael.

But here I am with Hunter, Nick and Nick’s parent’s, Jess and Alex, and I’m getting one hell of a lesson in hidden personalities. Specifically, the hidden personality of Michael. Sure he’s got issues with boundaries and jealousy, but this sort of rage was not something I would ever have thought about. There is so much I need to figure out if I’m going to be able to keep Hunter safe.

“Do we know for sure if Michael would actually cause physical harm to Hunter? I mean, so far, he hasn't, has he? I’m only asking because if there is a genuine risk of him injuring Hunter in anyway, a judge is going to be more likely to give us a restraining order.”

“I had my friend Tara follow him for enough time that she was able to get plenty of photo’s of him looking ready to explode. I really don’t think it will take much for him to snap and become more physical. Tara is on her way here, so she can explain what she has seen and what she think’s he’s capable of doing in her own words, but what I can tell you, is that Hunter needs to protected.” Jess tells me, and the look on her face tells me that whoever this Tara person is, she has some kind of insight that the rest of us don’t quite have. I can’t help but wonder how she would have such a clear idea of what Michael might do.

“Who exactly is Tara and how does she know what Michael is or is not capable of doing just from following him around for a while?” I ask her, as my curiosity is at an all time high.

“Tara is a private investigator. She opened up her own company 2 years ago, so she has plenty of experience in doing what she does. Before she became a private investigator, she worked for the FBI. She was a criminal profiler in the BAU. If anyone can spot the dangers that someone might present, it’s her.” Alex says in a tone that lets me know that he is serious and I’m impressed. She sounds just like the sort of person that we need to help us out here. If she can keep an eye on Michael, maybe she can tip us off about what he’s doing, before he can cause too much harm to anyone. Especially Hunter, he’s been through enough in his life already.

HUNTER:

FBI? Ok that’s pretty cool, but what the hell is the BAU?

“What is the BAU exactly? From the look on Mel’s face it’s something good, but I really have no idea.” I ask, hoping I’m not being to stupid asking this.

“The BAU is The Behavioural Analysis Unit, they use behavioural science to help solve crimes.” Jess tells me, and I can’t help but wish I could do that; it sound amazing. I think Nick knows exactly what I’m thinking, because he grabs my hand before leaning over to whisper in my ear. “I know that you can do it if you want, you can do anything you set your mind to. Just because people have told you that you can’t do things all your life, doesn’t mean that’s the truth. I think you would be a good criminal profiler, you’ve seen enough bad to know exactly what to look for.” He then kisses me on the cheek, and I feel so lucky that I have such a supportive boyfriend.

TARA:

When Jess asked me to look into this guy, I was more than happy to do it. But after seeing the way he behaves, I just can’t wait to catch the guy and stop him from being able to do this shit anymore. I have seen a lot of creeps and psychos in my career, and he really bothers me in a way that really reminds me of being back working with the FBI.

I start to walk down the corridor of this building on my way to Melanie Marcus’ office, and I’m really impressed that this firm have managed to make this place look really lovely. So many attorneys that I meet with, seem to work in offices that look so clinical, that I feel like I’m going to suffocate in the room. Whoever it was that did the decorating in here, is a genius. I may have to see if they can decorate my offices to look this good.

When I get to the door of Melanie Marcus’ office, I knock on the door and wait to be told to enter. When I go in, I really wish I wasn't working right now. In front of me is one of the most beautiful women I have seen in a long time, and if I wasn’t working I would be trying everything I could to get her to go on a date with me. But I know that right now, I must be professional.

“Hi Tara, thanks for coming. You already know Alex and Nick, so you can catch up with them a little later if you want, but this is Hunter...” She say as she puts her arm around the shoulders of the young man next to Nick, "and this is Melanie Marcus; she’s Hunter's friend and lawyer.” I nod and step forward to shake their hands and then sit down on the empty seat towards the end of the desk. I begin to tell them all about the photo’s that I’ve got and what they tell me about Michael, and give them a run down of the key points of the profile I have built up of him.

“Here’s me thinking that you left the world of criminal profiling behind you. I thought you were just investigating him, not profiling him, too. But I’m glad you did profile him, it could be really useful.” Jess tells me with an encouraging smile.

"Well, once I saw some of the photos of him and saw the way his body language was, I thought it would be best to make a full profile. He seems to be a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. If we have a full profile of him, we can start to get a sense of the things he is likely to do, and stop him before he can do whatever it is he’s going to do.”

They all look at each other then back at me and I know that they all understand.

“Has there been a stressor in his life recently that may tip him over the edge any time soon? If so, I will need to know. If there has been, we will need to be very careful and so will anyone in his life that tries to stop him from doing what he believes is right, or what he believes he needs to do. He may not care who he hurts in order to do what he wants.”

“Whats a stressor?” Melanie asks me in a very serious tone. I can tell she’s worried about everyones safety.

“A stressor can be events or environments that an individual would consider demanding, challenging, and or threaten the individual's safety. It can be big life changes, like a divorce or the death of a loved one, workplace pressures, social pressures...” the looks of all of their faces stop me from continuing.

“What is it?” I ask them.

“My dad, Ben, he just filed for a divorce from Michael.” Hunter tells me, and we all look at each other, all of us understanding that things just got very serious, very quickly, and we need to make sure everyone who knows Michael is warned to be careful, because the time bomb may be about to explode.