Fic: 525, 600 Minutes (11/?)
Title: 525, 600 minutes
Author: nickershnick25
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don’t own either Luke or Reid or any other ATWT characters
Characters: Luke and Reid, with appearances by others (Katie, Chris, Noah, Casey, etc.)
Summary: This picks up after my HISHE fic (which will be re-titled as the prologue) where Reid asks Luke to marry him. Hearing Luke talk about all the things that he and Reid never got to with Noah just made me want to write… The title comes from the RENT song Seasons of Love as this will be about the year following Reid’s proposal culminating with a wedding at the end. I figured that even though Reid asked it still wasn’t familiar enough to him yet and that a good year long engagement would give him time to really want it.
Previous Chapters: Prologue l 1 l 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 l 7 l 8 l 9 l 10
Luke was sitting next to Reid their hands intertwined laughing at something Casey was saying when it hit him. He couldn’t believe that it had been a month since he had found out that Casey and Ally were moving to Carbondale. He was happy for Casey. Happy for both of them. But he was going to miss his best friend. Reid looked over at him and saw that he was deep in thought and squeezed his hand. He knew that Luke had been struggling with letting Casey go. Luke smiled at Reid. He loved how Reid knew what he was thinking and always made sure that he knew he was there for him. This is when Luke realized that somehow along the way not only had he fallen in love with Reid but that he had become his best friend.
The rest of the night was pretty uneventful. Chris and Katie stopped by for a while as she was finally letting him out of the house. They talked and laughed and enjoyed each other’s company all trying their best to not think about the next day. Ally and Casey were all packed and ready to go and were leaving first thing in the morning. It was getting pretty late so they started to say their goodbyes. Casey and Luke stood in front of each other putting off the inevitable for as long as possible. Casey pulled Luke into him and wrapped his arms around him. “I love you man.”
Luke chuckled. “Love you to Case.” When they pulled away Luke’s eyes were glistening with tears. “Call us when you get settled in.”
“We will.” Luke turned towards the door and was going to reach for Reid’s hand but it was already there. Reid held onto Luke’s hand tightly as they made their way to the car making sure that he knew that he was there. They went back to Reid’s place like they had been doing every night for the last month. Luke was practically living there but practically didn’t seem good enough anymore. He would have to do something about that.
As they were getting ready for bed Luke realized that they had developed a routine. Luke would always go to the bathroom first which Reid always made fun of. He would say that it took almost as much time for Luke to get ready for bed as did to get ready for his day. After a while Reid would join him in the bathroom and they would both brush their teeth. Heading back to the bedroom it would take everything that they had to not touch each other in some seemingly insignificant way. Then after closing and locking the door they would get into bed. Luke on the right and Reid on the left. And all though on some nights their intentions were to go directly to sleep due to some early morning surgery or meeting that never happened. They both knew what it was like to be without the other even if it was only for a little while and never intended to go back there again. Ever since that night that Luke was waiting for Reid when he came home they had not gone a day without having sex. The best part was that every time felt new and exciting and passionate just like the first. Though they would never tell Katie they had had sex in every room of the apartment. They were always willing to take advantage of nights when Katie decided to stay at Chris’s but now as Luke was climbing into bed with Reid he thought that they needed more.
The next morning Luke was sitting in his office at the foundation looking at houses and apartments online. He couldn’t decide whether he wanted a house or an apartment or a condo. He couldn’t decide if they should rent or if he should just buy. The only thing that he could decide on was that he wasn’t going to get very far sitting in his office all day so he printed a list of addresses and started his search. By the time lunch had come around he had seen 3 apartments, 1 condo, and 2 houses. Luke had liked them all but he needed more than that. If he and Reid were going to live there and be happy together he needed to find something perfect. After taking a break for lunch he got back into his car looking at the last address on his list. It was about 20 minutes from town in an area that was a bit more secluded than Luke would have liked and was actually pretty close to the farm. He had passed the driveway to the house many times on his way out to the farm over the years but could never remember actually seeing the house.
He pulled off of the road and made his way down the tree lined drive way. After about 100 yards the trees expanded from the driveway across the front of the property making a sort of wall which would explain why he had never seen the house before. When he came to the end of the driveway everything opened up before him and he put his foot on the brake to stop the car. His eyes moved over the scene before him and he knew this was it. Lost in a daze he saw someone come out of the front door and head in his direction he pulled the car up in front of the house and got out to meet the realtor that he had spoken to on the phone.
“You must be Mr. Snyder. I’m Mike Darcy.” Mike had reached his hand out to shake Luke’s.
“Nice to meet you Mr. Darcy. Wow, this house is amazing.”
“Well if you like the outside then you will love the inside. Let’s take a look.” Luke followed him inside as he gave him the tour. He fell in love with every room that he walked into and was already convinced that this was the perfect place for him and Reid and then he saw the backyard. It had its own pond. Not as big as the one at his grandmother’s house but it was perfect. There was a little dock the jutted out over the water and he could picture him and Reid sitting out there on a warm summer night their feet dangling in the water looking up at the stars. “I’ll take it. “
Mike looked at Luke excitedly, “That’s great, but are you sure you don’t need more time? You don’t even know how much it costs yet.”
“It doesn’t matter how much it costs. I want it. How soon can we put the paperwork through?”
“Well it will take a bit of time to get everything put together…”
Luke cut him off, “What if I pay in cash? Would that make it any easier?”
Mike almost choked, “Cash? Well…”
“I can have it to you in about an hour. Is it possible to get the keys today?”
“I’ll contact the owner and see what I can do.”
“Thanks Mr. Darcy. I would really appreciate it if this could get settled today. I’ll throw in a little something extra for you as well if you can make it happen.”
“I’ll get right on it Mr. Snyder.” Luke handed him a business card.
“Give me a call when you’ve got all the paperwork together.” Luke turned and walked back through the house looking at everything one more time excitement growing at the thought of him and Reid living there together. Luke was glad that Reid was working late that night because it would give him some extra time to get it all worked out.
Six hours later Mike was leaving his office with all of the signed paperwork and Luke had the keys in his hands. He pulled out his phone and dialed Reid. Reid smiled when he looked down at his phone and saw that Luke was calling. He hadn’t heard from him all day which was strange. Usually they talked to each other at least once while they were at work and almost always texted. Reid had almost been too busy to notice that day but not quite. “Hey”
“Hi! How are you?”
“Tired. How are you? I haven’t heard from you today, should I be worried?”
“I’m ok just had a really busy day. I wanted to see if you wanted to meet me for dinner after you get off.”
“Of course. Where at?”
“I’ll text you the address. See you a couple hours. Love you.”
“Ok. Love you too.” Luke hung up the phone and took off to get food and other necessary supplies.
When Reid got into his car later that night he pulled out his phone to look at the address that Luke had texted him. When he read the text he was confused because this was out near the farm and he knew that there weren’t any restaurants out there. He wondered what Luke was up to as drove out of the parking garage. It was around 8:20pm and it was dark out so he almost missed the driveway to the house because he could barely make out the address on the mailbox. He drove down the tree lined driveway wondering where the hell Luke was dragging him to now. Once he got to the end of the driveway he saw a large country style house and Luke’s car was parked out front. He parked behind Luke and got out. When he reached his hand out to knock on the door it swung open a little. He pushed it open the rest of the way and couldn’t believe his eyes. He couldn’t help but wonder if he would ever get used to Luke’s “little” surprises.
Author: nickershnick25
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don’t own either Luke or Reid or any other ATWT characters
Characters: Luke and Reid, with appearances by others (Katie, Chris, Noah, Casey, etc.)
Summary: This picks up after my HISHE fic (which will be re-titled as the prologue) where Reid asks Luke to marry him. Hearing Luke talk about all the things that he and Reid never got to with Noah just made me want to write… The title comes from the RENT song Seasons of Love as this will be about the year following Reid’s proposal culminating with a wedding at the end. I figured that even though Reid asked it still wasn’t familiar enough to him yet and that a good year long engagement would give him time to really want it.
Previous Chapters: Prologue l 1 l 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 l 7 l 8 l 9 l 10
Luke was sitting next to Reid their hands intertwined laughing at something Casey was saying when it hit him. He couldn’t believe that it had been a month since he had found out that Casey and Ally were moving to Carbondale. He was happy for Casey. Happy for both of them. But he was going to miss his best friend. Reid looked over at him and saw that he was deep in thought and squeezed his hand. He knew that Luke had been struggling with letting Casey go. Luke smiled at Reid. He loved how Reid knew what he was thinking and always made sure that he knew he was there for him. This is when Luke realized that somehow along the way not only had he fallen in love with Reid but that he had become his best friend.
The rest of the night was pretty uneventful. Chris and Katie stopped by for a while as she was finally letting him out of the house. They talked and laughed and enjoyed each other’s company all trying their best to not think about the next day. Ally and Casey were all packed and ready to go and were leaving first thing in the morning. It was getting pretty late so they started to say their goodbyes. Casey and Luke stood in front of each other putting off the inevitable for as long as possible. Casey pulled Luke into him and wrapped his arms around him. “I love you man.”
Luke chuckled. “Love you to Case.” When they pulled away Luke’s eyes were glistening with tears. “Call us when you get settled in.”
“We will.” Luke turned towards the door and was going to reach for Reid’s hand but it was already there. Reid held onto Luke’s hand tightly as they made their way to the car making sure that he knew that he was there. They went back to Reid’s place like they had been doing every night for the last month. Luke was practically living there but practically didn’t seem good enough anymore. He would have to do something about that.
As they were getting ready for bed Luke realized that they had developed a routine. Luke would always go to the bathroom first which Reid always made fun of. He would say that it took almost as much time for Luke to get ready for bed as did to get ready for his day. After a while Reid would join him in the bathroom and they would both brush their teeth. Heading back to the bedroom it would take everything that they had to not touch each other in some seemingly insignificant way. Then after closing and locking the door they would get into bed. Luke on the right and Reid on the left. And all though on some nights their intentions were to go directly to sleep due to some early morning surgery or meeting that never happened. They both knew what it was like to be without the other even if it was only for a little while and never intended to go back there again. Ever since that night that Luke was waiting for Reid when he came home they had not gone a day without having sex. The best part was that every time felt new and exciting and passionate just like the first. Though they would never tell Katie they had had sex in every room of the apartment. They were always willing to take advantage of nights when Katie decided to stay at Chris’s but now as Luke was climbing into bed with Reid he thought that they needed more.
The next morning Luke was sitting in his office at the foundation looking at houses and apartments online. He couldn’t decide whether he wanted a house or an apartment or a condo. He couldn’t decide if they should rent or if he should just buy. The only thing that he could decide on was that he wasn’t going to get very far sitting in his office all day so he printed a list of addresses and started his search. By the time lunch had come around he had seen 3 apartments, 1 condo, and 2 houses. Luke had liked them all but he needed more than that. If he and Reid were going to live there and be happy together he needed to find something perfect. After taking a break for lunch he got back into his car looking at the last address on his list. It was about 20 minutes from town in an area that was a bit more secluded than Luke would have liked and was actually pretty close to the farm. He had passed the driveway to the house many times on his way out to the farm over the years but could never remember actually seeing the house.
He pulled off of the road and made his way down the tree lined drive way. After about 100 yards the trees expanded from the driveway across the front of the property making a sort of wall which would explain why he had never seen the house before. When he came to the end of the driveway everything opened up before him and he put his foot on the brake to stop the car. His eyes moved over the scene before him and he knew this was it. Lost in a daze he saw someone come out of the front door and head in his direction he pulled the car up in front of the house and got out to meet the realtor that he had spoken to on the phone.
“You must be Mr. Snyder. I’m Mike Darcy.” Mike had reached his hand out to shake Luke’s.
“Nice to meet you Mr. Darcy. Wow, this house is amazing.”
“Well if you like the outside then you will love the inside. Let’s take a look.” Luke followed him inside as he gave him the tour. He fell in love with every room that he walked into and was already convinced that this was the perfect place for him and Reid and then he saw the backyard. It had its own pond. Not as big as the one at his grandmother’s house but it was perfect. There was a little dock the jutted out over the water and he could picture him and Reid sitting out there on a warm summer night their feet dangling in the water looking up at the stars. “I’ll take it. “
Mike looked at Luke excitedly, “That’s great, but are you sure you don’t need more time? You don’t even know how much it costs yet.”
“It doesn’t matter how much it costs. I want it. How soon can we put the paperwork through?”
“Well it will take a bit of time to get everything put together…”
Luke cut him off, “What if I pay in cash? Would that make it any easier?”
Mike almost choked, “Cash? Well…”
“I can have it to you in about an hour. Is it possible to get the keys today?”
“I’ll contact the owner and see what I can do.”
“Thanks Mr. Darcy. I would really appreciate it if this could get settled today. I’ll throw in a little something extra for you as well if you can make it happen.”
“I’ll get right on it Mr. Snyder.” Luke handed him a business card.
“Give me a call when you’ve got all the paperwork together.” Luke turned and walked back through the house looking at everything one more time excitement growing at the thought of him and Reid living there together. Luke was glad that Reid was working late that night because it would give him some extra time to get it all worked out.
Six hours later Mike was leaving his office with all of the signed paperwork and Luke had the keys in his hands. He pulled out his phone and dialed Reid. Reid smiled when he looked down at his phone and saw that Luke was calling. He hadn’t heard from him all day which was strange. Usually they talked to each other at least once while they were at work and almost always texted. Reid had almost been too busy to notice that day but not quite. “Hey”
“Hi! How are you?”
“Tired. How are you? I haven’t heard from you today, should I be worried?”
“I’m ok just had a really busy day. I wanted to see if you wanted to meet me for dinner after you get off.”
“Of course. Where at?”
“I’ll text you the address. See you a couple hours. Love you.”
“Ok. Love you too.” Luke hung up the phone and took off to get food and other necessary supplies.
When Reid got into his car later that night he pulled out his phone to look at the address that Luke had texted him. When he read the text he was confused because this was out near the farm and he knew that there weren’t any restaurants out there. He wondered what Luke was up to as drove out of the parking garage. It was around 8:20pm and it was dark out so he almost missed the driveway to the house because he could barely make out the address on the mailbox. He drove down the tree lined driveway wondering where the hell Luke was dragging him to now. Once he got to the end of the driveway he saw a large country style house and Luke’s car was parked out front. He parked behind Luke and got out. When he reached his hand out to knock on the door it swung open a little. He pushed it open the rest of the way and couldn’t believe his eyes. He couldn’t help but wonder if he would ever get used to Luke’s “little” surprises.