"I told you he was hot."
"I want to be alone with you," Reid said breathlessly, holding Luke's face.
Luke pulled back. "This is all happening so fast..."
"And that's bad, why?" Reid replied, kissing Luke again. He felt Luke smile against his lips and then start walking backwards, tugging Reid with him by the belt loops, and when Luke's hands came up to unbutton his shirt after a few steps, Reid almost couldn't believe it. I'm finally going to have sex with Luke Snyder, Mr. Trustfund himself.
By the time they shuffled to the bannister, Luke had pushed Reid's shirt partially off and bitten down on his shoulder gently, getting a small taste of his skin. "God, Reid..." He lowered himself onto the stairs and pulled Reid down on top of him, his leg wrapping around Reid's calf. Reid started kissing him again. He liked kissing Luke. He was a fantastic kisser. Reid hated it when guys tried to stick their tongues so far in his mouth that it felt like they were licking his tonsils, but Luke used just the right amount of tongue, swirling and teasing, pulling at his lips and occasionally grazing them gently with his teeth. Yes, Reid liked kissing Luke very, very much. He moaned in happy surprise when he felt Luke roll his hips up against him while gripping his ass. This was going to be even better than his detailed fantasies about Luke. He pushed Luke's shirt up to rub a thumb over his nipple while he lowered his head to suck on Luke's neck.
"What the hell are you doing?!"
Reid looked up to see Noah a few feet from the stairs, and then he looked back down at Luke and saw the realization register on his face. Damn It! Playtime was over. Luke pushed at his chest. "Noah....oh my God, Noah....."
Reid sighed and stood up, putting his hand out to help Luke up. Luke got to his feet, and Reid watched him pull his shirt down, and brush his hands over his jeans instinctively before facing his ex. "Noah, you can't just barge into my house without knocking, what the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Me?" Noah asked increduously as Richard walked up behind him. "What the hell are YOU doing making out with my doctor?" He squinted more than glared at Reid.
Luke looked at Reid, standing there with his still unbuttoned shirt. He reached over and pulled it closed while shaking his head. Reid rolled his eyes and started buttoning it. Noah Mayer. Erection killer.
"Oh my God!" Luke said, suddenly forgetting his frustration with Noah and turning around. "Noah! You can see!"
He looked at back at Reid. "You did it!" He grabbed Reid by the side of his face and kissed his other cheek. "You said you could do it, and you did!"
"Of course I did," Reid said confidently, a small smirk on his face, but internally he was doing cartwheels. It was a tricky procedure, and if there was one person he didn't want to disappoint it was Luke. Noah was a seeing man again. He couldn't wait to examine him with his opthamologist. He stepped toward Noah. "How do you feel? Is your eyesight clear?"
Reid watched Luke turn around and wrap his arms around Noah. "This is unbelievable! Congratulations!"
Noah pushed him back, not answering Reid's questions about his well being, and Reid felt an incredible desire to punch the guy in the throat. "I can't believe you're sleeping with Dr. Oliver."
Reid carefully watched Luke cross his arms and stare at Noah with that look of bitchy defiance that he pulled off so well. Reid smiled. Luke has this. "Not that it's any business of yours, but I'm not sleeping with him..." He turned and looked at Reid, running his eyes lustfully down his body. "...yet." Luke licked his bottom lip and met Reid's eyes. The doctor immediately felt a hot swirl in his gut and had to bite his tongue to keep from smiling. Luke Snyder. Erection reviver. He needed to have his body pressed against Luke's again. As.soon.as.freaking.possible.
"You always were a slut, weren't you?" Noah spat, taking Luke by surprise. Reid felt his hands curling into fists at his sides.
He saw Luke's eyes well up. "Noah, you have no right to talk to me like that."
At that point, Richard tugged on Noah's arm. "C'mon, Noah. That's enough. Let's get out of here." Noah shrugged off his hand and kept glaring at Luke. "Really, c'mon, Noah. This is ridiculous. You're not together anymore. He can be with whoever he wants. You've moved on, so what's the big deal? Let's go celebrate your new eyes."
Noah turned on Richard and screamed, "Shut up! Get the hell away from me. This has nothing to do with you!"
Richard's hands came up in the air in a surrender pose. "FIne. Ya know what, Noah? Fuck you." He turned around, grabbed his denim jacket off the couch and walked to the door.
"Wait!" Noah said, turning and walking toward RIchard. "You can't leave. I don't have a car."
"Whatever, dude. I'm not sticking around while you fight for your ex. I'm not anyone's second choice. You have eyes now. You can walk home. It's not that far..." He looked past Noah to Luke. "Have fun with your hot doctor, man," he said with a smirk and then looked at Noah and gave him a yeah-i-said-it-what-are-you-gonna-do-about-it head nod before turning on his heel and heading for the door.
"I can't believe you're leaving me here, Richard!" Noah complained, but Richard walked out the door without another word. "You suck!" Noah screamed at the closed door.
When Noah turned back around, Reid had his hand resting protectively on the back of Luke's neck, and Luke had his arms crossed again. "You need to leave, Noah. We are no longer together, and I don't have to suffer your belittlement anymore."
"Oh, c'mon, Luke. Give me a ride. I just got my sight back, and it's bright out. I might hurt my eyes. Plus, we can talk in the car, away from him. We can work this out."
Luke shook his head. "I really don't care about your issues, and there's nothing to work out. We're over. Goodbye, Noah. You can see the door, right?"
Reid squeezed the back of Luke's neck gently and managed to keep a straight face, despite his pride in Luke's attitude. Those were words he might have said himself...but then the doctor in him stepped forward. "No, hey, uh......Noah, I'll take you home." He turned to Luke, happy to find Luke's eyes soft. "He's right, Luke. He's still post-surgical, and we don't want to jeopardize the incredible work that I've done restoring his eyesight, right? This is a huge success."
Noah guffawed. "Oh my, God. Could you be any less modest?" he asked sarcastically. "Luke, seriously, you find this egomaniac attractive?"
Luke looked at Reid and pursed his lips in faux thought. "Very," he said, holding Reid's eyes. Reid felt a warm buzz in his limbs, and he struggled not to tell Noah to take a hike so that he could take Luke up to his bedroom and suck him senseless. Luke smiled sheepishly. Reid swallowed hard. Did Luke know what he was thinking?
"That's it. I'm walking," Noah threatened. "I can't stay here, or I'm going to be sick."
"Oh, stop being so melodramatic, Mr. Mayer. I'm going to drive you, and we're going to stop at the hospital to see Dr. Boudreaux, so she can examine your eyes and I can run a few tests as well."
"I'm not going anywhere with you. I'll just wait here." Noah walked over to side chair and sat down. "Lily will drive me when she gets home."
Reid smirked. "You really want to sit here while I take your ex upstairs and fuck him into the mattress?" Reid heard the audible gulp behind him, which made him smile. "Or maybe he'll fuck me instead. We haven't discussed roles yet, but with him..." He looked back at Luke quickly. "...I'm game for anything."
Reid was happy to see Noah's top lip curl up in disgust.
Just then Lily walked in the door. "Oh, thank God!" Luke exclaimed, stepping around Reid and tugging Noah out of his seat and toward Lily. "Mom, great news. Dr. Oliver restored Noah's eyesight. He needs to go to Memorial to see Dr. Boudreaux. He's refusing Reid's help. Will you drive him, please? And then take him home? Reid and I have some things to discuss."
Reid smiled at Luke's eagerness to get rid of the dolt.
"This is ridiculous!" Noah exclaimed. "They're not going to discuss anything. They're going to have..."
Lily interrupted Noah as she pulled him into an enormous hug. "Oh, Noah! You can see!" She kissed his cheek. "This is wonderful news!" She then walked over to Reid and pulled him into a slightly less enthusiastic hug. "Thank you, Dr. Oliver. Thank you for restoring our Noah's eyesight."
Reid pulled back awkwardly from the hug and nodded. "Just doing my job."
Noah groaned and rolled his eyes. "Oh, please. Cut the modesty act. Everyone knows that you're an arrogant asshole who can't stop talking about his own brilliance."
Lily gasped. "Noah Mayer!" she exclaimed in a stern, motherly tone. "Dr. Oliver gave you your sight back. I think you should do right not to disrespect him, especially today." She grabbed him by the arm. "Let's go. I will take you to the hospital."
"You do know that as soon as we leave, Luke and Dr. Oliver are going upstairs, and..."
Lily stopped him. "Noah, I love you. I always will. But you and Luke broke up awhile ago. Luke is a grown man, and that's none of our business." She glanced back at Luke and Reid, and Reid knew that it about had to kill her to say that. "Now, sweetie, let's go see that eye doctor and then we'll go pick up pizza and take it to the farm to celebrate with the kids and Holden." She turned to Luke. "Baby, we will be out a number of hours." She closed her eyes and shook her head quickly, seeming to struggle with her own glibness.
"Okay, thanks, mom. And Noah," Luke said, stepping toward his ex. "I really am happy that you have your sight back."
"Whatever," Noah replied, turning his back to Luke and walking to the door.
"Noah," Reid implored. "Please, make sure you check in with neurology as well. I understand that you want nothing to do with me, but don't be stubborn when it comes to your health. Dr. Harris can take over your care."
Noah grimmaced and gave another, brilliant "Whatever."
Once Noah and Lily had gone, Luke turned to Reid and took his face in his hands. "You did it."
"Yes I did." He followed Luke to the stairs but then tugged on his fingers so that he would turn around. "Why did Noah call you a slut? I mean, I don't care. Slutty or not, I want you, but it was just weird because you don't strike me that way, but like I said, I'm in whether you..."
"Reid," Luke said softly, putting a finger over Reid's lip.
"Hmm?"
"I've only ever been with one guy. Him."
"Then why'd he call you a slut?"
"Because I liked sex, and he......didn't. Well, not as much as me anyway. I liked it a lot." Luke closed his eyes and shook his head. "I wanted it all the time, and he........again, he didn't."
"What an idiot."
Luke chuckled. "I take it, this will not be a problem with you." Reid shook his head, a huge smile on his face, not saying a word. "Good." Luke kissed Reid on the lips. "It wasn't even that good. Noah was sort of...I don't know.........he didn't do it very well."
"Sex?"
"Yeah, he was a little rigid...inhibited."
"I'm not."
Luke smiled and tugged on Reid's hand. "Prove it to me." Reid followed Luke upstairs and spent the next several hours proving it to him.