Justin wondered why Brian was being so careful since they landed. Emmett had already come by to get Gus, and instead of ripping each other's clothes off Brian was making tea. Justin knew nothing he could tell Brian would work, so it was time for Justin to show Brian that Collier didn't hurt him. Justin wasn't sure what saved him from it, but seeing the way Collier viewed him, he thought it was that Collier didn't want to do anything that would ruin what he wanted to believe. The only other explanation Justin could think of was that Collier still saw that Justin was Brian's and couldn't touch him until that was resolved. Collier would have waited an eternity for that to change, because Justin loved Brian with every part of himself, and wouldn't have ever willingly let go of the man who really saw Justin and not anything else.

"We could walk the beach if you want," Brian said, bringing the tea to Justin.

"What are you doing?" Justin asked, needing Brian to tell him what was causing him to act like Justin was dying.

"Taking care of you," Brian told him as if Justin wasn't getting it.

"By acting like I'm fragile?" Justin asked.

"No. But even though you're acting like none of what happened bothers you, I can't do that with you. The fucker took you away from me!" Brian shouted, showing what Justin that he was feeling guilty about it.

"Do you know what got me through it all?" Justin asked, but didn't let Brian answer. "It was knowing you'd be there for me, even if the worst happened. Yes, I'll probably have nightmares, but knowing you're there to hold me, talk to me, and still see ME, is all I need for it not to affect my life. But acting like touching me would hurt me is not something that will help me." Justin told him.

Brian knew he was being irrational. Ever since he found Justin he'd been practically clinging to him. Then, when they got here, he'd used Gus as an excuse to not do what he wanted. It didn't matter to him that Collier didn't do anything and in fact left Justin alone. It was that Brian was out on a stage while someone took Justin from him. 

"If I'd have been there..." Brian started, only to stop when he wasn't sure what he could have done.

"Drew was there and we did everything we were told, but, as hard as it is to say, Collier outsmarted us. But that wasn't anyone's fault. Collier spent years planning things, while we were still catching up. None of us knew what we were dealing with, and while there's nothing good about being kidnapped, Collier can't find a way to escape what he did this time. My family won't let the Hartlines' find a way to hide this, and all their money and connections won't help them.  It's time for Collier and his family to face the monster they tried to hide, and for us to get on with our lives," Justin told him with a gleam in his eye.

"How do you suggest we do that?" Brian said smirking, making Justin know he got through to Brian.

"I have a few ideas. Though we might have to work long into the night to make sure we get to all of them." Justin said, walking towards the stairs.

Brian watched, as Justin started dropping his clothes as he walked up the stairs. Then ran after him when all he saw was Justin waiting for him at the top, naked. Brian wasn't capable of being careful anymore, and Justin showed him it was exactly what he needed. Brian's clothes quickly disappeared, needing the skin to skin contact that he hadn't had in over a week. 

Brian remembered seeing all that porcelain skin the first time they were together. How soft Justin's hair was as he ran it through his fingers. He also remembered the way they couldn't keep their hands off each other, wondering if he'd ever get enough of Justin. It's why he didn't just walk away the next morning but was willing to keep in contact after. Justin had done something no one else had for Brian. He made him want more than one night. 

Justin sat back on the bed, waiting for Brian to come to him. Instead, Brian got on his knees, running his hands up Justin's legs, kissing his way up slowly, driving him crazy. When Brian reached the prize waiting for him, he swallowed Justin to the root, using his tongue to elicit the moans he'd missed hearing all week. Justin's hands clung to the bed sheets as Brian continued to wipe any other thoughts out of Justin's head. Brian didn't stop when Justin warned him, needing to taste his Justin on his tongue. Brian knew Justin wouldn't be finished, so he continued until Justin roared his release. Brian pulled back, letting his tongue clean the evidence, then went to work getting Justin ready again.

Every inch of Justin was sensitive, but Brian knew how to work him through it. Justin didn't sit idle, instead, he pulled Brian onto the bed and decided to torture Mr Kinney the way he was doing to him. He offered Brian his finger, which Brian took into his mouth while spreading his legs wider for what he knew Justin was going to do. It was something he only allowed Justin, since the blond earned Brian's trust. 

Justin took Brian's spike hard cock into his mouth, letting his fingers move slowly between Brian's ass cheeks to tease around his hole. Brian moved, unable to stay still as Justin teased by not inserting his fingers, instead barely breaching Brian and retreating. Brian wanted to feel those graceful fingers filling him, the way the blond did in order to drive Brian's climax hard enough to see stars. Justin took it further, humming as he gave in to Brian's movements; thrusting his fingers all the way in, finding Brian's prostate and reveling in the shout Brian gave as he worked his fingers over it again and again. Justin wanted what Brian did, to taste his lover, and was rewarded when Brian gave into Justin's assault of his senses. They both laid back on the bed, Justin on Brian's chest, as they took their first of likely many breathers tonight. It wasn't long before both were ready for more. 

Justin wanted to kill Brian when he started with shallow thrusts, paying him back for the earlier teasing. It was seeing the intense stare in Brian's eyes that stopped Justin from saying anything. Brian needed them to go slower. He needed it to last, to show Justin it was more than fucking for either of them. It was something Brian did for the first time when they decided it was no longer tricking for either of them. 

Brian breached him slowly, only to retreat, and doing it again and again. This wasn't a race to a climax for them. It was the joining of their minds and bodies, in the dance that never got old, for either of them. Each moan from Justin's lips was a confirmation to Brian that Justin was his and only his. Brian took Justin's lips as he started thrusting faster, unable to deny his blond anything, including the climax that was slowly building in both of them. It wouldn't be the last for the night and Brian let that thought go as both their bodies answered the call.

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Ted stood outside, waiting for the ferry that would bring Lindsay and Mel to the island. He wanted to believe the change in Lindsay, but he'd had to handle her before when she acted like the spoiled debutant her family tried to make her into and wasn't willing to just believe what Mel had been telling him. She had to prove it to him, for him to trust her again. When she got off the boat, Ted didn't see the green-eyed monster that normally came out when she saw what Brian and Jusitn had. Instead, she practically ran to Gus, letting him tell her about the dog that seemed to trail Justin and Gus. She didn't even ask to see Brian and Justin, just wanting to know Justin was okay.

Ted and Emmett discussed where Lindsay and Mel would stay, and while Ted didn't tell them his reasons for wanting them at his house, they all agreed since Drew's family was staying with them. Ted needed to see what Mel had been telling him. 

"Drew's family thought it would be nice to have a picnic out tonight. You guys are welcome to join us." Emmett told them.

"We'd love to. Gus keeps telling us about the wonderful Nell," Lindsay told him.

"I need to let Brian and Justin know about something," Mel told Ted, smiling.

Ted waited to see if Lindsay asked what it was. Instead, Lindsay just said if they needed to talk to Brian and Justin, she'd get her and Mel settled. 

"I don't think they want to be disturbed just yet. You can talk to them tonight since they both will show up to spend time with Drew's family." I told Mel.

Ted started to believe when Lindsay agreed that Drew's family were really wonderful, in loving Emmett as much as Drew. 

Lindsay stayed behind after Mel took Gus to Ted's place on the island. She wanted to apologize to Justin for her behavior. He'd never been anything but good to her and Mel, and she tried to cover up her mistakes by not fighting her mother wanting to use Justin's fame. She felt lucky that Brian was at least willing to try to work on regaining their lost friendship, but she wanted to prove to him she was worthy of everything he had to put up with to be her friend. 

Justin was sitting with Gus, while Brian, Ben, Emmett, and Blake were talking to Ted and Mel about business. She figured it was time to stop stalling and accept whatever Justin wanted to do to her. Justin and Brian seemed to be in an unusually good mood, and Lindsay was curious if whatever Mel told them was part of it. She wasn't going to ask since it would be the old her to need to know it. When she sat down next to Gus, he was showing Justin a shell, excited about it.

"I think Nell would love it, why don't you go show her," Justin said, wanting to give Lindsay the chance to talk to him that she seemed to be waiting to do.

"He really likes her," Lindsay said, not sure how to start the conversation.

"Probably because she doesn't need anything to be someone's friend," Justin said, letting the implication lay between them.

"To where I couldn't be happy with what Brian freely offered over and over again. Instead, I once again used our friendship as if it would change the way my family viewed me. I get it, but I also know that they aren't worth the pain they inevitably bring into my life. They'll never approve of me, just use me. I know apologizing doesn't make up for what I did, but it's there if you want it. I hope in time you'll see I've managed to get past using everyone to get what I want. I have your parents to thank for that, when they stood by me." She told him.

"How did they do what nothing else did?" Justin asked.

"I saw how they were happy regardless of what anyone thought of them, and the way others respected them for standing up for what they believed in. Your mother didn't just throw the concert together to get back at my family for trying to use you. She did it because she saw a way of helping others." Lindsay told him.

"She wasn't that altruistic, otherwise she would have picked another day to do it," Justin told her.

"But she didn't use her status to make the people who chose her event over the wedding seem as if they were picking a side either. They would have still been welcome to her events either way. To where my mother made it sound like there would be consequences if they didn't show her loyalty. Which I spent my whole life afraid of, only to see my mother wasn't as powerful as she thought she was, and that my fear gave her what she needed to manipulate me all these years. I don't think she's ever been happy and hated I found it with Mel in the way she never did with my father and the money they have. Mel could have been someone they approved of, but my being in love and happy didn't matter when my mother lives in her own miserable world. I think that's why she constantly supported Lynnette, since Lynette is just as miserable as she is. I don't want to live like that anymore. I'm done denying that loving Mel makes me happy in a way I should have appreciated and not done things that hurt her." Lindsay told him.

"I think you've proven that to her, Justin told her.

"Even if I haven't yet, I have the rest of our lives to show her. I just want her to know that loving me

gave me everything I never knew I wanted." Lindsay smiled.

Justin thought about it for a second, maybe it was a test, but it was also to see if Lindsay really did see her life the way she was telling him. "She helped Brian and me find a surrogate for the baby we want. My sister donated the egg, so the baby would be part of both of us."

"What a lucky baby it will be to have both of you as it's fathers." Lindsay told him, happily.

Justin looked around the beach to all the people who would love their child, before looking at Lindsay. "I think the fact that we come with families that loves each one of us just makes it better. Hopefully, Aunt Lindsay will be in it too." 

Justin got up and pulled Lindsay into his arms. He wanted her to feel the welcome that her family wouldn't give her. She was finally seeing that love didn't mean hurting others, especially the people who really loved them. Brian got up, wondering what Lindsay said to make Justin forgive her, only to hear her next words. 

"God help Brian if it's a girl." Lindsay teased, thinking that combining Molly's looks with Brian's meant they'd be beating boys off with a stick.

"Then I'll deal with each and every idiot who thinks they can mess with my children," Brian said seriously.

"Mel can help, we don't call her the ball buster for nothing." Lindsay giggled, as Mel nodded to Brian and Justin.

"Look Mommy, Nell helped me make this for you," Gus came running over with a bracelet made of shells.

Lindsay didn't balk at the item the way her family would have; to her it was more precious than diamonds. It was made by Gus to show her that she hadn't been the failure her mother had been all her life. Mel smiled as Lindsay hugged Gus as if he'd just given her something invaluable, and looked at Brian, hoping he saw Lindsay for the woman she was becoming.

Ted hugged Blake, seeing the new start and the family they were lucky to have to support them. He looked over to Emmett, who was busy helping Drew's parents bring out the feast to celebrate getting Justin back. Then laughed joyously at the idea of Brian dealing with a daughter, while he pictured the rest of them scowling behind Brian at anyone who would dare to hurt their little darling.

"I want that too," Blake told him.

"What?" Ted asked, coming out of his thoughts.

"A little Teddy one day," Blake said, smiling at the thought. While Ted started thinking of all the things he needed to get done, so he wouldn't end up neglecting the family Blake wanted. "Ted, eventually, not today." Blake told him as if knowing what Ted was thinking.

"I want that too," Sean said, looking to Ben.

Ben cleared his throat, it was the first time Sean talked about more than just now, but a future with Ben. "It's contagious isn't it? But I wouldn't mind when we're ready." 

"At least Mel can help us all when we're ready." Drew told them.

"I'm ready." Drew's mother smiled. "How about we eat and let the future do what it's going to do." She told them as Nell and Gus were piling their plates.