Only Time Will Tell ......
Title: Only Time will tell !
Author: 123cariad
Pairing: Luke & Noah
Rating: PG
Word Count: Approx. 2572 One Shot
Disclaimer: ATWT characters are owned by Telenext; no copyright infringement intended.
Warnings: None ..or Somewhat fluffy lol
Summary: Is it possible to fall in love with your best friend ? With out it affecting your relationship in a bad way..Luke Snyder was about to find out. !
Prompter: cindyls1969 with the prompt .... ‘ I have no idea where that came from! ’: Part of the Nuke/Jansis Prompt Meme Commmunity http://what-did-you-do.livejournal.com/29431.html
I tag neddiheht with the prompt ‘ Will you still love me tomorrow ? ’:
A/N: I so hope you all enjoy my take on the Nuke Story ,, slightly AU but with still alot of the Nuke back story Thank you for reading xxx
If anyone had told him he could spend so much time staring into a cold cup of coffee he would have said they were short a few brain cells, but Luke had recently come to think differently on that fact...
Sitting at his regular table in Oakdale’s prestigious coffee shop Java, a half-eaten cinnamon roll to his left, an unopened text book to his right, and held firmly within his hand as if it was his most treasured possession was said cold cup of Java’s finest...
Luke was transfixed. Memorized for a better word with the swirling, whirling patterns he was creating while moving the now stone cold coffee cup slowly around his hands.
If he was being honest with himself, Luke would admit that he was lost... Lost in the sense that he was not happy with his life... he was searching for something that he knew would help him find himself again.
What that something was he had not completely figured out yet .. But deep down in his gut he had that feeling... That feeling you get when you know things were about to change.
Good or bad he was going to have to face whatever it was head on, that was his way no holding back just front up and take that bull by the horns and deal with the out come .
~*~*~
Luke was one of the popular guys at school , fun , easy going , confident always up for a laugh the first person to pull a practical joke and worry about the consequences later many of his principal’s over the years had become very familiar with Luke and his antics .
Luke came from the right side of town. Luke’s family had money, hell Luke’s family were Oakdale…. If every Snyder or Walsh up and left Oakdale it would become a ghost town.
Luke didn’t have to work a job to get money to buy the things he wanted his family gave him everything he could wish for. That’s not to say he didn’t work for the things he needed, when your Mom owned a hotel and your Dad owned one of the largest stud farms in the state, and your Maternal grandmother was the formidable Lucinda Walsh head of a multi-million pound company there were always things for him to turn his hand at.
Idle hands make the devils work:... Grandma Emma his Dad’s Mom always quoted he was never allowed to just sit on his backside and expect the world to give him an easy ride.
From as far back as he could remember he did chores around the house, helped out up at the farm, and when he was old enough he worked regular shifts down at the hotel or running errands around his Grandmother’s company .
He never complained, for all his bravado at school he never behaved or acted up at home. Family to Luke was everything...He loved them all dearly and more importantly he respected each and every one of them. He understood that he led a privilege existent and he never ever took that for granted.
So this feeling in the pit of his stomach and the intense nervousness he had been feeling over the past few weeks did not make any sense to him. His life was good.
His life was complete or so he thought...
~*~*~
The general chatter and the regular noises found in such a busy establishment as the town’s coffee shop were lost to him, deep in thought Luke was caught up in his own little world, thoughts that at this moment consisted totally of his best friend and Barista extraordinaire Noah Mayer …
Luke came in here every single morning before class to catch up on any last minute details regarding his college work, to read through any last minute text, to look through the previous day’s notes or to just shoot the breeze with Noah.
Luke first set eyes on Noah back in Junior High a scared 11 year old standing closely next to Mr Falcon their teacher, desperately holding in tears that threatened to brim over and fall on his flushed cheeks... years of being dragged across the country entering different schools taking its toll. But to this day Noah would never admit that he had hay fever that was his story and he had stuck to it.
Noah became Luke’s constant companion, Noah’s dad finally taking a desk job enable Noah to set down the roots he desperately needed.
From that first day they had become firm friends, it was hard to believe that they could have formed such a strong bond so quickly; they were like chalk and cheese, night and day, total opposite to each other and not just in the looks department.
Noah was a serious, conscientious, young man who took his studies seriously he never joined in with Luke and his crazy acts but he was always there a quiet wing man ready to step up if needed and be there for his friend.
Noah had to work two jobs just to make ends meet, He came from a less up market neighbourhood he left home at the age of 18 and had been self sufficient ever since .. Noah wasn’t close to his family; well his family consisted of his father who was an Army colonel they had moved all over the world for his father’s career and Noah’s life always took a back seat...
He never accepted hand outs, he worked damn hard for everything he owned from the shirt on his back right down to his prized DVD collection. Noah worked every spare minute he had but he still found time for Luke...
~*~*~
Luke was lifted out of his musing by the clatter of coffee cups coming from the front of the store, along with deep rich Baritone chuckle that washed over him ...
Noah was where he always could be found when working in the coffee shop up front chatting to all the customers, ringing up the cash register, giving people their regular orders which he remembered without even thinking on it...
Noah just had this way with people that put them at ease made them want to talk to him he had time for everyone and if he didn’t have time he made time for them . He treated everyone as he expected to be treated.
Luke admired that so much about Noah his calm cool exterior gave Luke a sense of peace...
Luke would be the first to admit he was impatient and didn’t suffer fools gladly and his mouth sometime ran away with him and had gotten him into a few close calls over the years. But Noah’s calm confident manner would work its magic and calm the most hostile situations down he was always there for Luke no matter what Luke did..
That’s not to say he didn’t call Luke on his actions... Noah would always tell him like was. He would never be afraid to hold back just so they could maintain their friendship , he never let Luke walk all over him and Luke had tried , he pushed their friendship to it's limits at times, but Noah could see through Luke and knew him better than he knew himself .
‘That’s what our friendship is all about Luke …This is what we are about’ he had told him over and over again when Luke asked him why he bothered with him ‘To be there through the good times and the bad and to tell you when you are acting like total A-hole!’
That’s why they worked, Noah was truthful . Noah was his touch stone .His base; his place in the world was made complete by Noah’s presence and Noah was damn cute too …
Luke flushed, his mouth became dry and his heart started hammering in his chest those eight little words had brought him up short ‘I have no idea where that came from! ’he muttered nervously under his breath Did I just think my best friend was cute’….
~*~*~
Both Noah and Luke were openly gay they had come out roughly around the same time; Luke’s family had been very supportive. It had taken time. They had talked a whole lot, worked through many issues that had arisen... But through all the crying, all the arguing , all the blaming , he knew without a shadow of doubt that he was loved. Knowing and feeling that love helped him deal with a whole load of the crap from outsiders that had come his way.
Noah was less fortunate he had is father... A cold hard man that lived for his career and had little time for Noah. Luke had only met Noah’s father once , and as first impressions go it didn’t work for either of them both taking an instant dislike to each other . But Luke kept that hidden not wanting to put Noah in an awkward position .. Colonel Mayer couldn’t have been more obvious with his dislike for Luke, but still kept up the front in Noah presence.
Noah being the perceptive person Luke knew him to be picked up on this resentment and later back at Noah’s apartment Noah and his father fought it out resulting in Noah coming out to his dad just like that ‘I’m Gay’.. And that was the last Noah had seen of his father, he just got up and walked out of the door and out of Noah’s life.
Noah put on this brave face, portraying an it doesn’t bother me attitude where his father was concerned but Luke knew better... Noah was good at masking his feelings a by-product of living with the colonel.
~*~*~
That cold cup of coffee suddenly lost its appeal... Luke slowly lifted his head, deep caramel brown eyes looking up through think dark blonde lashes all his attention now focused on the front of the coffee shop.
Surely this wasn’t right. This was Noah he shouldn’t be having these thoughts and feelings about his best friend. They meant so much to each other and this could seriously damage their relationship or would it ….
Noah didn’t have anyone in his life at the moment he hadn’t for a long time. He’d had a few one off dates, he even had what you may call a serious boyfriend for a little while but he never seemed contented with any of them he took it one day at a time and went with the flow...
Luke snorted unlike me I always seem to jump head first in to any relationship and always end up with the wrong guy:... he thought sadly.
They were always the same type tall lean, muscular dark hair, Blue eyes but all sadly lacking in that one special component that Luke desperately searched for a personality …
Way down deep in the pit of a stomach a bubble of hope had begun to erupt...Luke was experiencing that fondly known experience of the light bulb moment you know that switch going off in your head and you can finally see the light ..
The feelings over the last few months were beginning to make perfect sense...
That feeling of being lost, the feeling that something was missing. Everything begun to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle all the little bumps and curves that had put Luke’s world off its kilter had begun to right themselves.
Noah was that missing something …..Noah was that piece of the puzzle that needed to be slotted into place... Noah was his everything …
‘God ! I’m in love with my best friend ‘ he whispered , realization filtering through to his brain , making him feel more at peace with every minute that passed .
Luke had no idea how Noah felt for him he knew full well that Noah loved him like a brother that was a given, but would he be up for exploring more... Luke was deep in his own little world again and totally missed that deep baritone voice talking to him.
‘Penny for them ‘ came the rich deep voice , finally breaking Luke from his thoughts ...
‘ What ‘ came his distracted and somewhat annoyed snarky reply? Luke hated being disturbed when he had things on his mind he preferred to be left alone to work through his issues.
‘You know ... Your thoughts ... Penny for them ‘ Noah continued chuckling at Luke’s expression. Luke was always so animated he could never hide what he was feeling.
Luke looked up and studying his friends face taking in the vision before him not one single word passed through his lips, he just sat and stared … After what seemed like hours Luke sighed heavily and shifted uncomfortably in his seat . Psyching himself up .. Finally ready, ready to put a voice to how he was feeling ...
Only one way to find out Snyder time to take the a for mentioned bull by the horns encouraging himself to make a move Luke began to speak or mumble at least ..
Through all this Noah just stood watching him intently one perfectly arched eyebrow showing his curiosity but even he knew better than to say anything at this moment . He could read Luke like a book .
Luke’s eyes gave everything away , they hid nothing from Noah , he knew that this was going to be one of those defining moments , one of those moments that would affect the rest to their life’s .Possibly their future .
‘ Noah , we really need to talk ‘ Luke stumbled clumsily over each word , trying hard to convay to Noah how he was feeling ‘Noah I .. ermm I .. I have something to tell you .. Something I need you to know .. need you to understand’ .
The depth of concern shone out of Noah eyes as he sat in the chair next to Luke’s and turned slowly to face him ‘ Luke you don’t have to tell me ‘
’No . NO .. Noah you don’t understand I need’..
‘Luke I know …. I always known , I’ve just been waiting for you to catch up’
~*~*~
Luke didn’t feel Noah’s touch as he gently reached out and held tightly to his hand.
Luke didn’t feel the soft smooth brush of a thumb as it swept away a single tear that had fallen suddenly on to his blushing cheeks .
He was lost to everything .. captured totally by two deep pools of blue that were giving him the answer he had been seeking.
What Luke did feel was the soft touch of Noah’s lips as they smoothly caressed his . A gentle first kiss that promised so much. A kiss that gave Luke hope . A kiss that gave Luke a starting point .. A kiss that held their future in it's touch .
Neither knew What that future held for them both... Only time would tell !
Author: 123cariad
Pairing: Luke & Noah
Rating: PG
Word Count: Approx. 2572 One Shot
Disclaimer: ATWT characters are owned by Telenext; no copyright infringement intended.
Warnings: None ..or Somewhat fluffy lol
Summary: Is it possible to fall in love with your best friend ? With out it affecting your relationship in a bad way..Luke Snyder was about to find out. !
Prompter: cindyls1969 with the prompt .... ‘ I have no idea where that came from! ’: Part of the Nuke/Jansis Prompt Meme Commmunity http://what-did-you-do.livejournal.com/29431.html
I tag neddiheht with the prompt ‘ Will you still love me tomorrow ? ’:
A/N: I so hope you all enjoy my take on the Nuke Story ,, slightly AU but with still alot of the Nuke back story Thank you for reading xxx
If anyone had told him he could spend so much time staring into a cold cup of coffee he would have said they were short a few brain cells, but Luke had recently come to think differently on that fact...
Sitting at his regular table in Oakdale’s prestigious coffee shop Java, a half-eaten cinnamon roll to his left, an unopened text book to his right, and held firmly within his hand as if it was his most treasured possession was said cold cup of Java’s finest...
Luke was transfixed. Memorized for a better word with the swirling, whirling patterns he was creating while moving the now stone cold coffee cup slowly around his hands.
If he was being honest with himself, Luke would admit that he was lost... Lost in the sense that he was not happy with his life... he was searching for something that he knew would help him find himself again.
What that something was he had not completely figured out yet .. But deep down in his gut he had that feeling... That feeling you get when you know things were about to change.
Good or bad he was going to have to face whatever it was head on, that was his way no holding back just front up and take that bull by the horns and deal with the out come .
~*~*~
Luke was one of the popular guys at school , fun , easy going , confident always up for a laugh the first person to pull a practical joke and worry about the consequences later many of his principal’s over the years had become very familiar with Luke and his antics .
Luke came from the right side of town. Luke’s family had money, hell Luke’s family were Oakdale…. If every Snyder or Walsh up and left Oakdale it would become a ghost town.
Luke didn’t have to work a job to get money to buy the things he wanted his family gave him everything he could wish for. That’s not to say he didn’t work for the things he needed, when your Mom owned a hotel and your Dad owned one of the largest stud farms in the state, and your Maternal grandmother was the formidable Lucinda Walsh head of a multi-million pound company there were always things for him to turn his hand at.
Idle hands make the devils work:... Grandma Emma his Dad’s Mom always quoted he was never allowed to just sit on his backside and expect the world to give him an easy ride.
From as far back as he could remember he did chores around the house, helped out up at the farm, and when he was old enough he worked regular shifts down at the hotel or running errands around his Grandmother’s company .
He never complained, for all his bravado at school he never behaved or acted up at home. Family to Luke was everything...He loved them all dearly and more importantly he respected each and every one of them. He understood that he led a privilege existent and he never ever took that for granted.
So this feeling in the pit of his stomach and the intense nervousness he had been feeling over the past few weeks did not make any sense to him. His life was good.
His life was complete or so he thought...
~*~*~
The general chatter and the regular noises found in such a busy establishment as the town’s coffee shop were lost to him, deep in thought Luke was caught up in his own little world, thoughts that at this moment consisted totally of his best friend and Barista extraordinaire Noah Mayer …
Luke came in here every single morning before class to catch up on any last minute details regarding his college work, to read through any last minute text, to look through the previous day’s notes or to just shoot the breeze with Noah.
Luke first set eyes on Noah back in Junior High a scared 11 year old standing closely next to Mr Falcon their teacher, desperately holding in tears that threatened to brim over and fall on his flushed cheeks... years of being dragged across the country entering different schools taking its toll. But to this day Noah would never admit that he had hay fever that was his story and he had stuck to it.
Noah became Luke’s constant companion, Noah’s dad finally taking a desk job enable Noah to set down the roots he desperately needed.
From that first day they had become firm friends, it was hard to believe that they could have formed such a strong bond so quickly; they were like chalk and cheese, night and day, total opposite to each other and not just in the looks department.
Noah was a serious, conscientious, young man who took his studies seriously he never joined in with Luke and his crazy acts but he was always there a quiet wing man ready to step up if needed and be there for his friend.
Noah had to work two jobs just to make ends meet, He came from a less up market neighbourhood he left home at the age of 18 and had been self sufficient ever since .. Noah wasn’t close to his family; well his family consisted of his father who was an Army colonel they had moved all over the world for his father’s career and Noah’s life always took a back seat...
He never accepted hand outs, he worked damn hard for everything he owned from the shirt on his back right down to his prized DVD collection. Noah worked every spare minute he had but he still found time for Luke...
~*~*~
Luke was lifted out of his musing by the clatter of coffee cups coming from the front of the store, along with deep rich Baritone chuckle that washed over him ...
Noah was where he always could be found when working in the coffee shop up front chatting to all the customers, ringing up the cash register, giving people their regular orders which he remembered without even thinking on it...
Noah just had this way with people that put them at ease made them want to talk to him he had time for everyone and if he didn’t have time he made time for them . He treated everyone as he expected to be treated.
Luke admired that so much about Noah his calm cool exterior gave Luke a sense of peace...
Luke would be the first to admit he was impatient and didn’t suffer fools gladly and his mouth sometime ran away with him and had gotten him into a few close calls over the years. But Noah’s calm confident manner would work its magic and calm the most hostile situations down he was always there for Luke no matter what Luke did..
That’s not to say he didn’t call Luke on his actions... Noah would always tell him like was. He would never be afraid to hold back just so they could maintain their friendship , he never let Luke walk all over him and Luke had tried , he pushed their friendship to it's limits at times, but Noah could see through Luke and knew him better than he knew himself .
‘That’s what our friendship is all about Luke …This is what we are about’ he had told him over and over again when Luke asked him why he bothered with him ‘To be there through the good times and the bad and to tell you when you are acting like total A-hole!’
That’s why they worked, Noah was truthful . Noah was his touch stone .His base; his place in the world was made complete by Noah’s presence and Noah was damn cute too …
Luke flushed, his mouth became dry and his heart started hammering in his chest those eight little words had brought him up short ‘I have no idea where that came from! ’he muttered nervously under his breath Did I just think my best friend was cute’….
~*~*~
Both Noah and Luke were openly gay they had come out roughly around the same time; Luke’s family had been very supportive. It had taken time. They had talked a whole lot, worked through many issues that had arisen... But through all the crying, all the arguing , all the blaming , he knew without a shadow of doubt that he was loved. Knowing and feeling that love helped him deal with a whole load of the crap from outsiders that had come his way.
Noah was less fortunate he had is father... A cold hard man that lived for his career and had little time for Noah. Luke had only met Noah’s father once , and as first impressions go it didn’t work for either of them both taking an instant dislike to each other . But Luke kept that hidden not wanting to put Noah in an awkward position .. Colonel Mayer couldn’t have been more obvious with his dislike for Luke, but still kept up the front in Noah presence.
Noah being the perceptive person Luke knew him to be picked up on this resentment and later back at Noah’s apartment Noah and his father fought it out resulting in Noah coming out to his dad just like that ‘I’m Gay’.. And that was the last Noah had seen of his father, he just got up and walked out of the door and out of Noah’s life.
Noah put on this brave face, portraying an it doesn’t bother me attitude where his father was concerned but Luke knew better... Noah was good at masking his feelings a by-product of living with the colonel.
~*~*~
That cold cup of coffee suddenly lost its appeal... Luke slowly lifted his head, deep caramel brown eyes looking up through think dark blonde lashes all his attention now focused on the front of the coffee shop.
Surely this wasn’t right. This was Noah he shouldn’t be having these thoughts and feelings about his best friend. They meant so much to each other and this could seriously damage their relationship or would it ….
Noah didn’t have anyone in his life at the moment he hadn’t for a long time. He’d had a few one off dates, he even had what you may call a serious boyfriend for a little while but he never seemed contented with any of them he took it one day at a time and went with the flow...
Luke snorted unlike me I always seem to jump head first in to any relationship and always end up with the wrong guy:... he thought sadly.
They were always the same type tall lean, muscular dark hair, Blue eyes but all sadly lacking in that one special component that Luke desperately searched for a personality …
Way down deep in the pit of a stomach a bubble of hope had begun to erupt...Luke was experiencing that fondly known experience of the light bulb moment you know that switch going off in your head and you can finally see the light ..
The feelings over the last few months were beginning to make perfect sense...
That feeling of being lost, the feeling that something was missing. Everything begun to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle all the little bumps and curves that had put Luke’s world off its kilter had begun to right themselves.
Noah was that missing something …..Noah was that piece of the puzzle that needed to be slotted into place... Noah was his everything …
‘God ! I’m in love with my best friend ‘ he whispered , realization filtering through to his brain , making him feel more at peace with every minute that passed .
Luke had no idea how Noah felt for him he knew full well that Noah loved him like a brother that was a given, but would he be up for exploring more... Luke was deep in his own little world again and totally missed that deep baritone voice talking to him.
‘Penny for them ‘ came the rich deep voice , finally breaking Luke from his thoughts ...
‘ What ‘ came his distracted and somewhat annoyed snarky reply? Luke hated being disturbed when he had things on his mind he preferred to be left alone to work through his issues.
‘You know ... Your thoughts ... Penny for them ‘ Noah continued chuckling at Luke’s expression. Luke was always so animated he could never hide what he was feeling.
Luke looked up and studying his friends face taking in the vision before him not one single word passed through his lips, he just sat and stared … After what seemed like hours Luke sighed heavily and shifted uncomfortably in his seat . Psyching himself up .. Finally ready, ready to put a voice to how he was feeling ...
Only one way to find out Snyder time to take the a for mentioned bull by the horns encouraging himself to make a move Luke began to speak or mumble at least ..
Through all this Noah just stood watching him intently one perfectly arched eyebrow showing his curiosity but even he knew better than to say anything at this moment . He could read Luke like a book .
Luke’s eyes gave everything away , they hid nothing from Noah , he knew that this was going to be one of those defining moments , one of those moments that would affect the rest to their life’s .Possibly their future .
‘ Noah , we really need to talk ‘ Luke stumbled clumsily over each word , trying hard to convay to Noah how he was feeling ‘Noah I .. ermm I .. I have something to tell you .. Something I need you to know .. need you to understand’ .
The depth of concern shone out of Noah eyes as he sat in the chair next to Luke’s and turned slowly to face him ‘ Luke you don’t have to tell me ‘
’No . NO .. Noah you don’t understand I need’..
‘Luke I know …. I always known , I’ve just been waiting for you to catch up’
~*~*~
Luke didn’t feel Noah’s touch as he gently reached out and held tightly to his hand.
Luke didn’t feel the soft smooth brush of a thumb as it swept away a single tear that had fallen suddenly on to his blushing cheeks .
He was lost to everything .. captured totally by two deep pools of blue that were giving him the answer he had been seeking.
What Luke did feel was the soft touch of Noah’s lips as they smoothly caressed his . A gentle first kiss that promised so much. A kiss that gave Luke hope . A kiss that gave Luke a starting point .. A kiss that held their future in it's touch .
Neither knew What that future held for them both... Only time would tell !