Right Here *Luke/Noah FanFic*
Luke Snyder sighs as he steps into the shower. The nice warm jet stream of water sooths his body. As the water washes over his face, Luke lets the tears fall.
The tears keep flowing with no sign of stopping. Luke had gotten through the funeral ceremony without bawling. This is not to say he didn’t cry, because he had let a few tears fall. However, he hadn’t wanted to fall apart because he needed to be the strong one. Especially since his headstrong mother, Lily, had been a mess for the past week.
Luke is so focused on letting his emotions out that he doesn’t hear the bathroom door open. It isn’t until he turns off the shower and steps out with a towel around his waist, that he notices a dark haired man sitting in the bathroom.
The taller, more muscular man stands up when he see Luke step out of the shower. Luke stops and stares at the man as if he is trying to figure out why the man is there.
“Luke! I’ve been so worried about you the entire time I was gone,” the dark haired man exclaims.
Luke wipes the tears off his face and steps closer to the other man.
“Noah, I ---, “Luke starts.
“Ssh you don’t have to say anything. I know, Luke, I know,” Noah sooths as he embraces Luke.
Luke and Noah stand in an embrace for what seems like eternity. Noah continues to sooth Luke and rubs his back. Luke continues to bawl.
“It’s okay. Just cry as much as you want,” Noah whispers softly.
“Bubby I want him back so much. I hurt all the time because I know he’s never coming back. Everyone expects me to be strong for everyone else,” Luke says as his sobs turn to hiccups.
“Not true, I don’t expect you to be strong because I know that you are just as torn up about your dad’s death as everyone else,” Noah says understandingly as his right thumb brushes a lone tear off of Luke’s left cheek.
Luke leans away from Noah and glances into Noah’s soft blue eyes. Those eyes that say so much as Noah silently caresses Luke. Luke sighs and leans his head into Noah’s right hand as his right hand plays with a lock of Noah’s dark hair.
The two men just stand there caressing each other for another five minutes. Then unable to contain himself any longer, Luke leans forward and places his hands on Noah’s cheeks. Noah gives a little sigh and then leans towards Luke. Their lips meet and Luke hungrily devours Noah’s. Noah closes his eyes and responds to Luke’s kiss just as hungrily.
Finally, after two minutes, the two men pull away from each other. Noah lets his eyes wander over Luke’s face drinking in all the love and adoration reflected on it. Luke smiles for the first time that week.
“God I am so in love with you, Snyder,” Noah sighs as he gazes into Luke’s soft, loving brown eyes.
“Oh Bubby, I know,” Luke says softly.
“Luke you must know. I will never intentionally leave you. I will always be right here,” Noah says as he places a hand on Luke’s chest directly where his heart is.
Luke sniffles as he starts to cry again. Noah pulls Luke back into his embrace. Luke puts his chin on Noah’s shoulder and clutches at Noah’s back hoping to grab as much of Noah as possible.
“Noah, I-I know I d-don’t s-say this very often b-but I-I don’t w-want anyone else in m-my life. You’re it,” Luke sobs as he grabs at Noah’s shirt collar.
Noah doesn’t respond he just hugs Luke closer to him and rubs Luke’s back. Then Noah closes his eyes and gives a sigh of content.
“Luke, baby lets go get you dressed before you catch a cold,” Noah whispers in Luke’s ear.
Noah feels Luke nod his head. Then the two men pull away from each other. Noah turns to leave the bathroom, but at the door he realizes that Luke hasn’t moved. Noah goes back to his lover and gently grabs Luke’s left hand and urges Luke forward. Luke stares at the ground all the while Noah gently pulls him into the bedroom.
Once in the bedroom Noah gets the impression that Luke has lived in there for the past week. Noah let go of Luke’s hand and quickly starts picking up the discarded dirty clothes scattered all over the floor.
Noah carries the dirty clothes into the bathroom and places them in the dirty laundry basket. Then he walks back into the bedroom. Luke is still standing in the middle of the room with only the towel wrapped around his waist. Noah sighs and goes over to the dresser and pulls out a pair of boxers. Then Noah goes to the closet and pulls out a blue and red striped shirt and a pair of worn down jeans. Noah walks back over to Luke and places the clothes in a pile on the corner of the bed.
“Luke, baby I need you to get dressed,” Noah sooths as his cell phone rings.
The sound of the cell phone seems to wake Luke up from his revere. Noah pulls the cell out of his jeans pocket and glances at it.
“Luke, its Mason, I really gotta take this,” Noah says as he walks out of the bedroom.
Luke turns around and watches Noah walk towards the front of the apartment. Then after staring at the empty space, where Noah had disappeared from, for about a minute Luke turns to the bed and numbly gets dressed. Once dressed Luke goes back to just standing there. A tear falls down his face.
Five minutes later Noah comes back into the bedroom. He is glad to see that Luke has finally gotten dressed but he’s worried about how Luke is still just standing there. Noah places a hand on Luke’s upper arm and turns Luke around so that the two men are facing each other.
“Luke I am sorry about tha-,“ Noah mutters but stops when he sees Luke’s tears, “Hey, hey what’s wrong?” Noah rubs Luke’s arms lovingly.
“Please don’t leave me,” Luke pleads as his brown eyes brim up with tears.
“Luke, I am not going anywhere,” Noah says consolingly, “why would I leave you; you, the love of my life.”
“Because I am such a horrible boyfriend, I am always screwing up. I’m sure Mason would make a better boyfriend for you,” Luke sobs.
Noah doesn’t say anything at first. He knows that Luke always gets insecure when he’s upset, it’s a defensive mechanism that Luke has so that he won’t get hurt.
“Luke you are not a horrible boyfriend. You are the best thing in my life,” Noah says trying to ease Luke’s insecurities.
“How can you say that? I broke up you and Maddie. I caused a rift between you and your father. I made your father kill himself because he thought that you had betrayed him. I got drunk and kissed another man. I got expelled from school. My stupid actions also ended up getting you shot,” Luke sobs.
“Yeah, you may have done some of those things, but to me the good things you’ve done outweigh the bad,” Noah says as he cups Luke’s chin, making Luke look at him.
“What good things have I done,” Luke asks as he flops himself onto the bed and buries his head in the pillows.
Noah sighs and walks around the side of the bed. Silently he sits down and, looking thoughtfully at the wall, begins to rub Luke’s back. All of a sudden Noah sees, as if it were a movie montage, all the great moments he has had with Luke.
“Well for one you helped me figure out who I was. Then the way you always love me no matter how much I screw up. The best thing you have ever done is not giving up on me even when I didn’t deserve it. Then don’t get me started on how passionate you are about everything because that, my Luciano, is the best thing about you and the reason why I fell in love with you,” Noah says matter-of-factly.
Luke turns over onto his side so he is facing Noah and sniffles.
“Then why don’t you ever show that to me anymore. You are always with Mason. Even though we live together I don’t feel like I see you anymore than I did when we lived at the farm,” Luke says in an accusatory tone.
“Luke,” Noah sighs as he runs a hand down his face, “I have to spend time with Mason for school reasons, but I don’t care about him anywhere close to how I care about you.”
“Yeah right,” Luke smirks and turns his back to Noah.
“I LOVE YOU! How many times do I have to say it, Luke?”
“Why don’t you prove it,” Luke mutters still not looking at Noah.
Noah doesn’t say anything instead he turns Luke over to face him. Noah grabs Luke’s face and begins to kiss him. At first Luke stiffens up against Noah’s touch, but once he feels the passion in Noah’s kiss he relaxes. Luke kisses Noah back. All the while both men are clutching at each other’s clothing. They pull away to catch their breath, their passion evident beneath their clothes. Suddenly, when Luke looks into Noah’s eyes he sees what Noah wants and what Luke desperately needs.
The two men eagerly help each other get their shirts off and throw them on the floor. Noah toes his shoes off and Luke scoots over so that Noah can get on the bed. Then they resume their fervent kissing and clutching. Luke fumbles with Noah’s belt.
“Here,” Noah gasps as he helps Luke with his fastenings. Finally, after some fumbling Noah is able to shove his jeans off eagerly. Then he turns his attention to fervently kissing Luke while unfastening Luke’s jeans.
“If I knew that I was going to be getting undressed so quickly I wouldn’t have bothered getting dressed in the first place, “Luke jokes. Noah laughs a little chuckle before resuming his passionate kissing.
Once Luke’s jeans are on the floor too both men crawl under the bed sheets.
“Noah…” Luke moans.
“Mmm…” Noah moans in response, “I have wanted this for so long.”
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Noah wakes up and glances over at his sleeping boyfriend. He grins at the peaceful look on Luke’s face. Seeing this look on Luke’s face makes Noah fall even more in love with him. Noah slowly reaches out and caresses Luke’s cheek. Suddenly, Luke groans and stretches. His eyes flutter open and land on Noah.
“Hey Bubby,” Luke yawns, smiling at Noah.
“Luke, I’m sorry.” Noah whispers.
“For what,” Luke asks looking confused.
“For having sex with you when you’re so emotionally messed up,” Noah explains as he plays with a blonde lock of Luke’s hair.
“Don’t be sorry, Noah. When I’m with you it’s the only time I don’t feel messed up,” Luke murmurs as he scoots closer to Noah, “You help me realize where I belong, even when I don’t want to see it.”
“And where is that?” Noah asks.
“Right here,” Luke mutters as he wraps Noah up in his embrace, “I belong right here with you.”