Fic: Save Me (29/?)
Title: Save Me
Author: slayerkitty
Genre: Angst, AU
Warnings: Underage drinking
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: None
Prompt: Yes, I filled my own prompt. Shut up. ;) You can find it Here
Characters: Luke/Reid, Luke/Noah, Other Misc characters
Disclaimer: As the World Turns and it's characters are not mine, no matter how much I enjoy playing with them. :)
Summary: You can't save me now, I'm in the grip of a hurricane...
Previous Chapters: Prologue/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 10/ 11/ 12/ 13/ 14/ 15/ 16/ 1l7/ 18/ 19/ 20/ 21/ 22/ 23/ 24/ 25/ 26/ 27/ 28
Author's Note: This story starts the night that Noah finds Luke in Olde Towne and takes him home. It picks up right after Noah leaves. In my head, that makes Luke 19 and Reid 30,(using the DVD of Reid around 12 yrs old as being taped in 1990). This might end up being the dirtiest thing I've ever written. *hides* Huge thank you's to my official beta for this fic, stl29tide, and alissablue for all her EPIC research. :)
Basically, I'm hijacking the Paul/Josie/Dusty plot for my purposes. Don't know who Josie is? If you visit Dusty's Wikipedia page here, you can read up on it. I'm changing mostly just the dates for the plot, so it runs alongside Luke's plot line. I will probably AU it a lot. Also, in my fic, Dusty/Josie have known each other for a few weeks, and it was Paul's idea to call in Reid (He told Dusty that it was prove Josie was faking, but in reality he wants Reid to keep his scheme going).
Reid's day is about to go from bad to worse...
Noah pulled back from the kiss, staring at Luke with glazed eyes. Luke smiled again, and then Noah looked away, his face breaking out into a smile of his own.
“Oh, my God!” He exclaimed, getting up. Luke turned and looked behind him, watching as Noah embraced a petite brunette girl.
“Maddie.” Luke uttered, a jolt of jealousy washing over him.
Luke turned back around, steeling himself. He hated that he felt this way. Maddie had been his friend, his best friend, before Noah entered the picture. He hated that he hurt her, but he also hated that Maddie had done things with Noah that he never had.
Things he’d done with Reid instead.
He didn’t know what made him look up, but he did.
Oh, fuck.
Reid.
He couldn’t move. Reid was just staring at him, and Luke couldn’t tell what he was thinking.
An irrational urge hit him, the urge to go over to Reid and tell him that kissing Noah had been a mistake; that it hadn’t meant anything.
Katie came walking up next to Reid, and bumped his shoulder to get his attention. He finally tore his eyes away from Luke to take the coffee she held out.
*
Reid took a sip of his coffee, his eyes immediately going to back to Luke.
“What are you…oh.” She dragged out the ‘oh’, her voice changing octaves as she smiled. “Luke.”
He didn’t say anything. He couldn’t.
“Go talk to him.”
“He’s not alone.” Reid managed, gesturing to where Noah stood; talking to a girl he’d never seen before. “They seemed really friendly, and if Reid hadn’t known that Noah was gay…
“Oh, my God.” Katie exclaimed. “That’s Maddie!”
“Who the hell is Maddie?” Reid asked, distracted for a moment. “Henry’s younger sister.” With that Katie was crossing the square, and Reid let out a chuckle as the two women saw each other, and squealed.
*
“So you and the barista, huh?” Luke was watching Katie, Maddie, and Noah talk. He whipped his head around at the sound of Reid’s voice, inhaling sharply when he saw the older man standing next to the bench he was sitting on.
“Yeah.” Luke answered him softly.
“You look good.” Reid said, clearing his throat. “Happy.”
“I am.”
“Good.” His free hand tapped against his thigh, and Luke could see his other hand gripping his coffee cup tightly.
“What about you?”
“What about me? I’ll be in town until Paul’s done with me and then I’ll go home.”
“And that’s it? We’re just…done?”
“We’ve been done.” Reid said, his tone quiet. Luke nodded after a second. “You being with Noah…that works for you. And me going back to Dallas…that works for me.”
“You’re still coming to the farm for Christmas, right?”
“Whether I want to or not.” Luke laughed.
“Good.”
*
Reid was resisting the urge to smile back at Luke when Katie dragged Maddie and Noah over for introductions. He let her introduce them.
“So, Hank’s your brother.” Reid said to Maddie.
“Yep.” She grinned.
“You look so normal.” Katie let out a snort.
“Reid.” She hit him in the arm.
“What?” He asked. Reid tried not to notice that Luke was laughing.
“Listen, it’s been great catching up.” Maddie looked from Luke to Noah. “I’m glad you guys worked out.” Noah put his arm around Luke, pulling him close. Reid tried not to notice the guilt on Luke’s face or the ache in his chest at the action. “I should go.”
“We should too.” Katie said. “I still have a few more stores I want to hit before I drop you off at home.”
Reid groaned.
“Are you trying to kill me?”
“Yes, Reid, that’s my plan. Death by shopping.” Even he cracked a smile that time, giving Luke a long look as they turned away from the younger men.
That’s when the fist came flying out of nowhere and hit Reid in the face.
Author: slayerkitty
Genre: Angst, AU
Warnings: Underage drinking
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: None
Prompt: Yes, I filled my own prompt. Shut up. ;) You can find it Here
Characters: Luke/Reid, Luke/Noah, Other Misc characters
Disclaimer: As the World Turns and it's characters are not mine, no matter how much I enjoy playing with them. :)
Summary: You can't save me now, I'm in the grip of a hurricane...
Previous Chapters: Prologue/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 10/ 11/ 12/ 13/ 14/ 15/ 16/ 1l7/ 18/ 19/ 20/ 21/ 22/ 23/ 24/ 25/ 26/ 27/ 28
Author's Note: This story starts the night that Noah finds Luke in Olde Towne and takes him home. It picks up right after Noah leaves. In my head, that makes Luke 19 and Reid 30,(using the DVD of Reid around 12 yrs old as being taped in 1990). This might end up being the dirtiest thing I've ever written. *hides* Huge thank you's to my official beta for this fic, stl29tide, and alissablue for all her EPIC research. :)
Basically, I'm hijacking the Paul/Josie/Dusty plot for my purposes. Don't know who Josie is? If you visit Dusty's Wikipedia page here, you can read up on it. I'm changing mostly just the dates for the plot, so it runs alongside Luke's plot line. I will probably AU it a lot. Also, in my fic, Dusty/Josie have known each other for a few weeks, and it was Paul's idea to call in Reid (He told Dusty that it was prove Josie was faking, but in reality he wants Reid to keep his scheme going).
Reid's day is about to go from bad to worse...
Noah pulled back from the kiss, staring at Luke with glazed eyes. Luke smiled again, and then Noah looked away, his face breaking out into a smile of his own.
“Oh, my God!” He exclaimed, getting up. Luke turned and looked behind him, watching as Noah embraced a petite brunette girl.
“Maddie.” Luke uttered, a jolt of jealousy washing over him.
Luke turned back around, steeling himself. He hated that he felt this way. Maddie had been his friend, his best friend, before Noah entered the picture. He hated that he hurt her, but he also hated that Maddie had done things with Noah that he never had.
Things he’d done with Reid instead.
He didn’t know what made him look up, but he did.
Oh, fuck.
Reid.
He couldn’t move. Reid was just staring at him, and Luke couldn’t tell what he was thinking.
An irrational urge hit him, the urge to go over to Reid and tell him that kissing Noah had been a mistake; that it hadn’t meant anything.
Katie came walking up next to Reid, and bumped his shoulder to get his attention. He finally tore his eyes away from Luke to take the coffee she held out.
*
Reid took a sip of his coffee, his eyes immediately going to back to Luke.
“What are you…oh.” She dragged out the ‘oh’, her voice changing octaves as she smiled. “Luke.”
He didn’t say anything. He couldn’t.
“Go talk to him.”
“He’s not alone.” Reid managed, gesturing to where Noah stood; talking to a girl he’d never seen before. “They seemed really friendly, and if Reid hadn’t known that Noah was gay…
“Oh, my God.” Katie exclaimed. “That’s Maddie!”
“Who the hell is Maddie?” Reid asked, distracted for a moment. “Henry’s younger sister.” With that Katie was crossing the square, and Reid let out a chuckle as the two women saw each other, and squealed.
*
“So you and the barista, huh?” Luke was watching Katie, Maddie, and Noah talk. He whipped his head around at the sound of Reid’s voice, inhaling sharply when he saw the older man standing next to the bench he was sitting on.
“Yeah.” Luke answered him softly.
“You look good.” Reid said, clearing his throat. “Happy.”
“I am.”
“Good.” His free hand tapped against his thigh, and Luke could see his other hand gripping his coffee cup tightly.
“What about you?”
“What about me? I’ll be in town until Paul’s done with me and then I’ll go home.”
“And that’s it? We’re just…done?”
“We’ve been done.” Reid said, his tone quiet. Luke nodded after a second. “You being with Noah…that works for you. And me going back to Dallas…that works for me.”
“You’re still coming to the farm for Christmas, right?”
“Whether I want to or not.” Luke laughed.
“Good.”
*
Reid was resisting the urge to smile back at Luke when Katie dragged Maddie and Noah over for introductions. He let her introduce them.
“So, Hank’s your brother.” Reid said to Maddie.
“Yep.” She grinned.
“You look so normal.” Katie let out a snort.
“Reid.” She hit him in the arm.
“What?” He asked. Reid tried not to notice that Luke was laughing.
“Listen, it’s been great catching up.” Maddie looked from Luke to Noah. “I’m glad you guys worked out.” Noah put his arm around Luke, pulling him close. Reid tried not to notice the guilt on Luke’s face or the ache in his chest at the action. “I should go.”
“We should too.” Katie said. “I still have a few more stores I want to hit before I drop you off at home.”
Reid groaned.
“Are you trying to kill me?”
“Yes, Reid, that’s my plan. Death by shopping.” Even he cracked a smile that time, giving Luke a long look as they turned away from the younger men.
That’s when the fist came flying out of nowhere and hit Reid in the face.