Fic: 525,600 Minutes (18/?)
Title: 525, 600 minutes
Author: nickershnick25
Rating: PG-13
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 l 11 l 12 l 13 l 14 l 15 l 16 l 17
Normally Luke would join his parents and siblings at either the farm or his mother’s house on Christmas day for presents and breakfast but he was hoping that he would be unavailable this year. He had called his mother telling her of his plans and asked if they could have a Christmas Eve dinner at the farm so that he could open presents with his brother and sisters. She was so thrilled hearing about his plans for Reid and the house that she immediately agreed.
Luke had his gifts for his family stashed up in his room at the farm so the only thing he needed to bring with him that night was a small wrapped box that he had in his jacket pocket. As far as Reid was concerned they were planning on exchanging gifts in the morning. When they arrived at the farm they were bombarded by Ethan and Natalie and Luke knew that they were excited to be opening presents. When they went inside there was a huge spread of food already set on the table waiting for them. “Hi boys. You’re just in time. Dinner is ready.”
Everyone sat down and dug in. Reid didn’t pay attention to the small talk that was going around the table as he was too busy stuffing his mouth with ham and potatoes and bread and everything else he could get his hands on. Ethan and Natalie were getting antsy about the presents so as soon as they were done eating they gathered in the living room by the Christmas tree. Luke asked Reid and Holden for help bringing down the presents, Ethan’s in particular.
Ethan’s eyes were wide with anticipation as Luke and Holden set the huge box down in front of him. “This one’s yours Eth.”
“Really Luke! It’s so big!” Luke smiled and then handed a gift to Natalie, Faith, and his mother.
“Your gift is outside dad. I figured we could do these first and then go out to the barn for yours.”
“The barn?” Holden said confused.
“You’ll see.” Luke responded excitedly. Reid watched Luke and couldn’t help but smile. He knew how much he had been looking forward to this. Luke has such a big heart and loved to give but his favorite part was seeing the reactions. Reid loved seeing Luke’s reaction to the reactions. It was in moments like these that he would never understand what he had done to deserve the love of this amazing, caring, and kind-hearted man. “So who wants to go first?”
“Me, me, me!” Ethan yelled jumping up and down with his hand raised in the air.
“OK, Eth. Go for it!” Luke said laughing. Ethan started to rip the paper off of the large box but was so small that he could only get small strips off at a time. He was quickly making a mess. He had nearly gotten all of the paper off one side of the box and his eyes widened. “You want some help, buddy?” Ethan nodded so Luke helped him rip off the rest of the paper. Ethan just stood there staring eyes wide and mouth open. It was a powerwheels truck.
“Oh wow Luke! This is great! I wuv it!” Ethan crashed into Luke hugging him tightly. “Thank you!”
“That’s from Reid too.”
“Thank you Reid.” Ethan said as he leaned over and hugged Reid as well. Reid looked a little uncomfortable but hugged him back. Then Ethan broke away and went back to the box. “Can we open it now?” Ethan looked from Luke to his father to his mother.
“Sure Buddy. But let’s let everyone else open their gifts first and then when we got out to see Dad’s gift you can try it out.” Ethan sat back down disappointed. “Ok Nat. Your turn.” Natalie smiled and starting ripping the paper off her much smaller box.
“OMG!” She yelled as she saw what it was. She held it up for everyone else to see.
“Oh Luke. Are you sure she is old enough for an iPad?” Lily asked concerned.
“I’m sure it will be fine mom.” Natalie ran over and hugged Luke thanking him and thanked Reid as well. “Glad you like it Nat. You can put your music on there, go online, and play a ton of games.” She was already tearing open the box as Luke was talking. Luke looked at Faith now and nodded at her to open her gift. She tried to hide her excitement not wanting to give away too much emotion but when she had ripped off enough paper to see what was underneath she squealed.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you!” Luke was so happy that she had liked the laptop that he had picked out. It had taken more time to figure out her gift than anyone else’s. Faith wasn’t always the easiest person to please but he figured that a laptop would be practical if anything else especially with her heading to college the following year. Reid watched in awe at the ever expanding smile on Luke’s face. He didn’t know how Luke did it. He didn’t know how Luke expressed so much joy, so much love with just a smile. He knew the things that Luke’s smile could accomplish because it was all it took sometimes to push him over the edge.
Lily opened her gift next and was a little upset with Luke for spending so much money on all of their gifts. That wasn’t to say that she didn’t absolutely love the beautiful diamond necklace and matching bracelet that he had gotten her. After they had gotten Ethan’s truck out of the box they carried it outside and set it on the ground. Ethan jumped into it as Luke and Holden showed him how to work it. It was touch and go at first as Ethan was learning the controls but soon they were all headed down to the barn Ethan driving alongside the rest of the group.
When they got down to the barn Luke asked everyone to wait outside and for his dad to cover his eyes. Luke went inside and brought out his dad’s gift. “Ok. Open your eyes.” Holden opened his eyes but couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Standing bedside Luke was a beautiful black Andalusion horse. Holden stepped forward.
“Luke. What did you do?”
“She’s beautiful isn’t she?”
“Yes she is but this is too much.”
“Nothing is ever too much for you, dad. I love you.” Holden pulled Luke into a tight grip. When he released Luke he turned back to the horse. He reached out his hand swiping it down the horse’s mane. Holden couldn’t wipe the look of awe off of his face and this made Luke smile. He knew that his dad loved the horse already. After everyone got a turn to pet the horse and Ethan got to ride around a bit more in his truck they went back inside to eat dessert. When Reid had finished his second piece of pie Luke spoke. “One more.” Luke said turning towards Reid handing him the small box that he had in his coat pocket. Reid looked confused.
“I thought we were exchanging gifts tomorrow. I don’t have yours.” Luke took his hand reassuringly.
“I know but this one couldn’t wait. Open it.” Luke could see Lily grinning out of the corner of his eye but didn’t take his gaze from Reid. Reid carefully unwrapped the paper from the small box and then lifted the lid. He pulled out a single key from inside. He looked at it confused and then up at Luke. “If you are ready to go I will show you what that opens.” Reid nodded. They got up and said their goodbyes and thank yous and then walked out to the car. Once they had gotten in the car Luke handed Reid a blindfold.
“What am I supposed to do with this?”
“For a genius you are not very smart are you? You tie it around your eyes dork.”
“You’re not serious are you?”
“Deathly. Put it on.” Luke touched his hand to Reid’s knee and then started to move it up his leg towards his groin. “I’ll make it worth your while, I promise.” Reid looked down at Luke’s hand on his leg and then back up at the look in Luke’s eyes and knew that he would definitely make good on his promise so he did what he was told and tied the blindfold around his eyes. Luke put the car in drive and then placed his hand back on Reid’s leg driving down the path that led to the road. They drove for about ten minutes and then turned down a small road lined with trees. Luke pulled up in front of the house that was all lit up with Christmas lights and got out of the car. He went around opening Reid’s door for him and helped him out of the car positioning him directly in front of the house. Stepping behind Reid he removed the blindfold.
“Luke?”
Author: nickershnick25
Rating: PG-13
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 l 11 l 12 l 13 l 14 l 15 l 16 l 17
Normally Luke would join his parents and siblings at either the farm or his mother’s house on Christmas day for presents and breakfast but he was hoping that he would be unavailable this year. He had called his mother telling her of his plans and asked if they could have a Christmas Eve dinner at the farm so that he could open presents with his brother and sisters. She was so thrilled hearing about his plans for Reid and the house that she immediately agreed.
Luke had his gifts for his family stashed up in his room at the farm so the only thing he needed to bring with him that night was a small wrapped box that he had in his jacket pocket. As far as Reid was concerned they were planning on exchanging gifts in the morning. When they arrived at the farm they were bombarded by Ethan and Natalie and Luke knew that they were excited to be opening presents. When they went inside there was a huge spread of food already set on the table waiting for them. “Hi boys. You’re just in time. Dinner is ready.”
Everyone sat down and dug in. Reid didn’t pay attention to the small talk that was going around the table as he was too busy stuffing his mouth with ham and potatoes and bread and everything else he could get his hands on. Ethan and Natalie were getting antsy about the presents so as soon as they were done eating they gathered in the living room by the Christmas tree. Luke asked Reid and Holden for help bringing down the presents, Ethan’s in particular.
Ethan’s eyes were wide with anticipation as Luke and Holden set the huge box down in front of him. “This one’s yours Eth.”
“Really Luke! It’s so big!” Luke smiled and then handed a gift to Natalie, Faith, and his mother.
“Your gift is outside dad. I figured we could do these first and then go out to the barn for yours.”
“The barn?” Holden said confused.
“You’ll see.” Luke responded excitedly. Reid watched Luke and couldn’t help but smile. He knew how much he had been looking forward to this. Luke has such a big heart and loved to give but his favorite part was seeing the reactions. Reid loved seeing Luke’s reaction to the reactions. It was in moments like these that he would never understand what he had done to deserve the love of this amazing, caring, and kind-hearted man. “So who wants to go first?”
“Me, me, me!” Ethan yelled jumping up and down with his hand raised in the air.
“OK, Eth. Go for it!” Luke said laughing. Ethan started to rip the paper off of the large box but was so small that he could only get small strips off at a time. He was quickly making a mess. He had nearly gotten all of the paper off one side of the box and his eyes widened. “You want some help, buddy?” Ethan nodded so Luke helped him rip off the rest of the paper. Ethan just stood there staring eyes wide and mouth open. It was a powerwheels truck.
“Oh wow Luke! This is great! I wuv it!” Ethan crashed into Luke hugging him tightly. “Thank you!”
“That’s from Reid too.”
“Thank you Reid.” Ethan said as he leaned over and hugged Reid as well. Reid looked a little uncomfortable but hugged him back. Then Ethan broke away and went back to the box. “Can we open it now?” Ethan looked from Luke to his father to his mother.
“Sure Buddy. But let’s let everyone else open their gifts first and then when we got out to see Dad’s gift you can try it out.” Ethan sat back down disappointed. “Ok Nat. Your turn.” Natalie smiled and starting ripping the paper off her much smaller box.
“OMG!” She yelled as she saw what it was. She held it up for everyone else to see.
“Oh Luke. Are you sure she is old enough for an iPad?” Lily asked concerned.
“I’m sure it will be fine mom.” Natalie ran over and hugged Luke thanking him and thanked Reid as well. “Glad you like it Nat. You can put your music on there, go online, and play a ton of games.” She was already tearing open the box as Luke was talking. Luke looked at Faith now and nodded at her to open her gift. She tried to hide her excitement not wanting to give away too much emotion but when she had ripped off enough paper to see what was underneath she squealed.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you!” Luke was so happy that she had liked the laptop that he had picked out. It had taken more time to figure out her gift than anyone else’s. Faith wasn’t always the easiest person to please but he figured that a laptop would be practical if anything else especially with her heading to college the following year. Reid watched in awe at the ever expanding smile on Luke’s face. He didn’t know how Luke did it. He didn’t know how Luke expressed so much joy, so much love with just a smile. He knew the things that Luke’s smile could accomplish because it was all it took sometimes to push him over the edge.
Lily opened her gift next and was a little upset with Luke for spending so much money on all of their gifts. That wasn’t to say that she didn’t absolutely love the beautiful diamond necklace and matching bracelet that he had gotten her. After they had gotten Ethan’s truck out of the box they carried it outside and set it on the ground. Ethan jumped into it as Luke and Holden showed him how to work it. It was touch and go at first as Ethan was learning the controls but soon they were all headed down to the barn Ethan driving alongside the rest of the group.
When they got down to the barn Luke asked everyone to wait outside and for his dad to cover his eyes. Luke went inside and brought out his dad’s gift. “Ok. Open your eyes.” Holden opened his eyes but couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Standing bedside Luke was a beautiful black Andalusion horse. Holden stepped forward.
“Luke. What did you do?”
“She’s beautiful isn’t she?”
“Yes she is but this is too much.”
“Nothing is ever too much for you, dad. I love you.” Holden pulled Luke into a tight grip. When he released Luke he turned back to the horse. He reached out his hand swiping it down the horse’s mane. Holden couldn’t wipe the look of awe off of his face and this made Luke smile. He knew that his dad loved the horse already. After everyone got a turn to pet the horse and Ethan got to ride around a bit more in his truck they went back inside to eat dessert. When Reid had finished his second piece of pie Luke spoke. “One more.” Luke said turning towards Reid handing him the small box that he had in his coat pocket. Reid looked confused.
“I thought we were exchanging gifts tomorrow. I don’t have yours.” Luke took his hand reassuringly.
“I know but this one couldn’t wait. Open it.” Luke could see Lily grinning out of the corner of his eye but didn’t take his gaze from Reid. Reid carefully unwrapped the paper from the small box and then lifted the lid. He pulled out a single key from inside. He looked at it confused and then up at Luke. “If you are ready to go I will show you what that opens.” Reid nodded. They got up and said their goodbyes and thank yous and then walked out to the car. Once they had gotten in the car Luke handed Reid a blindfold.
“What am I supposed to do with this?”
“For a genius you are not very smart are you? You tie it around your eyes dork.”
“You’re not serious are you?”
“Deathly. Put it on.” Luke touched his hand to Reid’s knee and then started to move it up his leg towards his groin. “I’ll make it worth your while, I promise.” Reid looked down at Luke’s hand on his leg and then back up at the look in Luke’s eyes and knew that he would definitely make good on his promise so he did what he was told and tied the blindfold around his eyes. Luke put the car in drive and then placed his hand back on Reid’s leg driving down the path that led to the road. They drove for about ten minutes and then turned down a small road lined with trees. Luke pulled up in front of the house that was all lit up with Christmas lights and got out of the car. He went around opening Reid’s door for him and helped him out of the car positioning him directly in front of the house. Stepping behind Reid he removed the blindfold.
“Luke?”