Fic: Coming Home 49/?
Author: PABWECG (aka Patricia)
Title: Coming Home
Genre/Type: Romance
Rating: PG-13 to NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Luke/Reid, Luke/Noah, Lily/Holden, Casey, Katie, Bob, assorted little people, possibly others
Warnings: None really, except some Nuke intimacy
Summary: Luke and Noah moved to L.A. in the Summer of 2009 for Noah to do his last year of school with an internship of sorts (no Mason, no blindness, etc. Everything else in their history has happened). Reid arrived, temporarily, at Memorial in August 2010.
Thank you Slayerkitty for being my beta!!!
Previous Chapters: 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 10/ 11/ 12/ 13/ 14/ 15/ 16/ 17/ 18/ 19/ 20/ 21/ 22/ 23/ 24/ 25/ 26/ 27/ 28/ 29/ 30/ 31/ 32/ 33/ 34/ 35/ 36/ 37/ 38/ 39/ 40/ 41/ 42/ 43/ 44/ 45/ 46/ 47/ 48/
Chapter 49
Noah sat on a bench in Old Town, the warm midday sun thawing the Early-February day somewhat. Sammy was bundled up - a pacifier in her mouth - in the stroller, and they were waiting for Luke. It’s not going to happen; Luke isn’t going to return to L.A. with me. He looked apologetically at the little girl. With us, I mean. He’d been hopeful when he’d first arrived that Luke might consider coming back with them. Sure, Reid was exciting and new, but they’d been together for three years; they were each other’s forever, right? And with a child we’d be a real family, sort of.
He was honestly surprised by how quickly and confidently Luke had told him that their reconciliation would never happen. But seeing Reid sprawled out on Luke’s couch the other night - so smug and confident - like he belonged there, while he was ushered out…leaving, while that man stayed…it made Noah’s blood boil, but it also made him realize, as much as he didn’t want to admit it, that Luke was not going to return to him.
A chill passed over him and he stood up and rubbed his hands together, stepping back and forth a bit to warm up. Luke was a bit late. A movement in the corner of his eye caught his attention. Oh, of all the people. He exhaled. But who’s that with him? He saw Reid and a taller man standing outside of Java, where they had just exited. They stood close, hands in their pockets, laughing; then Reid touched the other man’s arm and spoke something, smiling at him. The taller man smiled back and nodded; he pulled Reid in for a hug, and Noah saw Luke’s boyfriend kiss the man, pull back - looking once more at him - his hand on the neck of the handsome redhead. They both nodded once more before Noah saw Reid head in the direction of the hospital, the other man towards the parking lot.
What the hell? Noah’s brow furrowed, and he rubbed his hands together once more, sitting down on the bench. He heard the crunch of footsteps on snow and looked up to see Luke approaching.
Is Reid cheating on him? God, I know I made a lot of mistakes, but I never did that. I was never even tempted to. But it was just a kiss on the cheek - maybe they’re just friends. But I don’t kiss any of my friends, even on the cheek - well, except for Maddie - but that’s different; she’s a girl.
“Noah?”
He looked up.
“You okay?”
“What? Yeah, sure. Just thinking about the editing I’m going to do.”
“Okay. Well…you just need a couple hours, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Alright. Well, we’ll be at my house when you’re done.” Luke tucked in Samantha’s blanket, and made sure that her mittens, hat, and booties were on snug. “We’ll see you later then.” And Noah watched as Luke and the baby strolled away.
I wonder if Reid really is cheating. God, Noah…don’t think that way. Well, I don’t want to see Luke get hurt, but…but maybe it’s meant to be…I mean, maybe we’re meant to be after all. Maybe this was just a short fling…for both of them. And if Reid does break his heart, I’ll be there for him - to pick up the pieces - and I’ll forgive him for cheating on me, and then maybe we’ll be stronger than ever. And with Sammy - Luke would be so happy being a dad, I know he would.
And Noah walked off, feeling more hopeful than he had in months.
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Title: Coming Home
Genre/Type: Romance
Rating: PG-13 to NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Luke/Reid, Luke/Noah, Lily/Holden, Casey, Katie, Bob, assorted little people, possibly others
Warnings: None really, except some Nuke intimacy
Summary: Luke and Noah moved to L.A. in the Summer of 2009 for Noah to do his last year of school with an internship of sorts (no Mason, no blindness, etc. Everything else in their history has happened). Reid arrived, temporarily, at Memorial in August 2010.
Thank you Slayerkitty for being my beta!!!
Previous Chapters: 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 10/ 11/ 12/ 13/ 14/ 15/ 16/ 17/ 18/ 19/ 20/ 21/ 22/ 23/ 24/ 25/ 26/ 27/ 28/ 29/ 30/ 31/ 32/ 33/ 34/ 35/ 36/ 37/ 38/ 39/ 40/ 41/ 42/ 43/ 44/ 45/ 46/ 47/ 48/
Chapter 49
Noah sat on a bench in Old Town, the warm midday sun thawing the Early-February day somewhat. Sammy was bundled up - a pacifier in her mouth - in the stroller, and they were waiting for Luke. It’s not going to happen; Luke isn’t going to return to L.A. with me. He looked apologetically at the little girl. With us, I mean. He’d been hopeful when he’d first arrived that Luke might consider coming back with them. Sure, Reid was exciting and new, but they’d been together for three years; they were each other’s forever, right? And with a child we’d be a real family, sort of.
He was honestly surprised by how quickly and confidently Luke had told him that their reconciliation would never happen. But seeing Reid sprawled out on Luke’s couch the other night - so smug and confident - like he belonged there, while he was ushered out…leaving, while that man stayed…it made Noah’s blood boil, but it also made him realize, as much as he didn’t want to admit it, that Luke was not going to return to him.
A chill passed over him and he stood up and rubbed his hands together, stepping back and forth a bit to warm up. Luke was a bit late. A movement in the corner of his eye caught his attention. Oh, of all the people. He exhaled. But who’s that with him? He saw Reid and a taller man standing outside of Java, where they had just exited. They stood close, hands in their pockets, laughing; then Reid touched the other man’s arm and spoke something, smiling at him. The taller man smiled back and nodded; he pulled Reid in for a hug, and Noah saw Luke’s boyfriend kiss the man, pull back - looking once more at him - his hand on the neck of the handsome redhead. They both nodded once more before Noah saw Reid head in the direction of the hospital, the other man towards the parking lot.
What the hell? Noah’s brow furrowed, and he rubbed his hands together once more, sitting down on the bench. He heard the crunch of footsteps on snow and looked up to see Luke approaching.
Is Reid cheating on him? God, I know I made a lot of mistakes, but I never did that. I was never even tempted to. But it was just a kiss on the cheek - maybe they’re just friends. But I don’t kiss any of my friends, even on the cheek - well, except for Maddie - but that’s different; she’s a girl.
“Noah?”
He looked up.
“You okay?”
“What? Yeah, sure. Just thinking about the editing I’m going to do.”
“Okay. Well…you just need a couple hours, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Alright. Well, we’ll be at my house when you’re done.” Luke tucked in Samantha’s blanket, and made sure that her mittens, hat, and booties were on snug. “We’ll see you later then.” And Noah watched as Luke and the baby strolled away.
I wonder if Reid really is cheating. God, Noah…don’t think that way. Well, I don’t want to see Luke get hurt, but…but maybe it’s meant to be…I mean, maybe we’re meant to be after all. Maybe this was just a short fling…for both of them. And if Reid does break his heart, I’ll be there for him - to pick up the pieces - and I’ll forgive him for cheating on me, and then maybe we’ll be stronger than ever. And with Sammy - Luke would be so happy being a dad, I know he would.
And Noah walked off, feeling more hopeful than he had in months.
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