Fic: Save Me (52/59)
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/ 29/ 30/ 31/ 32/ 33/ 34/ 35/ 36/ 37/ 38/ 39/ 40/ 41/ 42/ 43/ 44/ 45/ 46/ 47/ 48/ 49/>/ 50/ 51
Author's Note: Huge thank you's to my official beta for this fic, stl29tide, and alissablue for all her EPIC research. :)
The next few weeks passed in an almost sort of domestic bliss. Luke found himself wondering if that’s what it was supposed to be like.
It wasn’t always easy.
Reid was a very difficult person to live with.
He was clearly unaccustomed to sharing his space with someone else, but they always seemed to work it out. When they weren’t fighting over trivial things, they were making out like crazy.
And it was great, except it was driving Luke insane…which was probably why they were fighting over the trivial things.
The sexual tension in the cottage was so thick; it could be cut with a knife. It was getting harder to stop at just kissing, but Reid was insistent that they not go any farther until Luke was better.
That was annoying. What would make him better?
He wasn’t drinking anymore, almost thirty days sober.
He still got the urge sometimes, but it was never as bad as it had been the day that he’d brought the bottle of vodka home. That was the day that everything had changed between Reid and him…the day that Luke had figured out a few things.
First, Reid really did care about him. So much, that he felt like he’d had a hand in driving Luke to drink again after he promised he wouldn’t.
And that was the second thing Luke had realized. He’d realized that he alone was responsible for his own choices. He chose to rig the election, and he had to face his punishment instead of drowning his sorrows. He chose to drink, and he lost Noah and the respect of his family.
It was up to him to make those things right - though Luke suspected the damage between him and Noah was too much to ever get back to where they were, and now with how great things were between him and Reid, Luke wasn’t sure that he even wanted that again.
Noah was constantly pushing Luke away, never allowing him in when things went bad. Luke was always wrong, Noah was always right, and nothing changed that. Luke didn’t think he could go back to that.
Reid didn’t push him away.
And that was huge.
Third, Luke had feelings for a certain neurosurgeon. He didn’t even know when it happened. Reid would walk into the room and his heart would beat faster. Reid would kiss him, and Luke couldn’t imagine kissing anyone else. He’d been shocked to realize it.
“What are you thinking about?” Reid asked, getting Luke’s attention as he parked the car in the hospital parking lot.
“You.” Luke told him.
“What about me?” Luke just smiled as they got out of the car. “You’re not going to tell me, are you?”
“Nope.” Luke smiled again as they headed towards the hospital entrance, reaching over to take Reid’s hand as they walked. He wasn’t ready to tell Reid yet. He wanted to be sure about what he was feeling, be sure that he was over Noah before he did. Reid glanced down at their joined hands and shook his head. “What?”
Reid stopped and tugged on his hand, pulling Luke toward him.
“If anyone told me six months ago I’d be walking down the street holding hands with some guy, I’d have laughed for days.”
“I guess you just hadn’t met the right guy.” Luke murmured, touching Reid’s cheek with his free hand. Reid kissed him, his tongue delving into Luke’s mouth, making Luke groan. He finally forced himself to pull back. “As much as I’d love to keep this going, we’re both going to be late.”
“You got everything you need, your driver’s license -“ Reid began.
“I got it, don’t worry.” Luke cut him off. “I’ll meet up with you at Al’s for lunch after, okay?”
Luke gave him another kiss as they went inside the door, heading off down the hallway.
Luke was on his way to take the first of his monthly drug tests. He smiled to himself as he walked. The thing was, even though Reid had insisted on them when Luke was in trouble, he knew he didn’t have to take it.
Reid had even said as much, but Luke wanted to take it anyway.
Reid might not need to see the results come back negative, but Luke did.
He took the elevator up the floor where the lab was, stepping out into the hall and catching site of Jade.
“Hi.” He bent down and kissed her cheek.
“Hi.” She returned, linking her arm with his. “You ready for this?”
“How hard is it to pee in a cup?”
“You know what I mean.” She smacked his arm lightly.
“Reid already told me I didn’t have to take it.”
“So why are you?”
“I need to do it for me.” Luke went to the counter and checked in, and then went to sit down when the receptionist told him in would be a minute. Jade followed, sitting next to him.
“So how are things with you and Hot Doc?”
“I really wish you wouldn’t call him that.” Luke blushed. “Things are good. Really good. I even told him about our family and how messed up we are, and he didn’t go running for hills.”
“But…”
“I wasn’t going to say ‘but’.” Luke denied.
“Yeah, but you were thinking it.”
“You know me too well.” He said, and she smiled.
“So…”
“Are you sure you want to hear this?”
“It’s about sex, isn’t it?”
“Jade.” Luke hissed.
“Luke, you can tell me whatever you want.”
“It’s just…Reid won’t. He keeps insisting that we need to wait until I’m better.” Luke sighed. “But the thing is, this is as good as it gets. I am better, until the next time I slip.”
“You don’t know that they’ll be a next time.”
“No, I don’t.” Luke agreed. “But there will always be that temptation. I’ll always want it, just a little bit. I don’t think he’s dealing with that.”
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/ 29/ 30/ 31/ 32/ 33/ 34/ 35/ 36/ 37/ 38/ 39/ 40/ 41/ 42/ 43/ 44/ 45/ 46/ 47/ 48/ 49/>/ 50/ 51
Author's Note: Huge thank you's to my official beta for this fic, stl29tide, and alissablue for all her EPIC research. :)
The next few weeks passed in an almost sort of domestic bliss. Luke found himself wondering if that’s what it was supposed to be like.
It wasn’t always easy.
Reid was a very difficult person to live with.
He was clearly unaccustomed to sharing his space with someone else, but they always seemed to work it out. When they weren’t fighting over trivial things, they were making out like crazy.
And it was great, except it was driving Luke insane…which was probably why they were fighting over the trivial things.
The sexual tension in the cottage was so thick; it could be cut with a knife. It was getting harder to stop at just kissing, but Reid was insistent that they not go any farther until Luke was better.
That was annoying. What would make him better?
He wasn’t drinking anymore, almost thirty days sober.
He still got the urge sometimes, but it was never as bad as it had been the day that he’d brought the bottle of vodka home. That was the day that everything had changed between Reid and him…the day that Luke had figured out a few things.
First, Reid really did care about him. So much, that he felt like he’d had a hand in driving Luke to drink again after he promised he wouldn’t.
And that was the second thing Luke had realized. He’d realized that he alone was responsible for his own choices. He chose to rig the election, and he had to face his punishment instead of drowning his sorrows. He chose to drink, and he lost Noah and the respect of his family.
It was up to him to make those things right - though Luke suspected the damage between him and Noah was too much to ever get back to where they were, and now with how great things were between him and Reid, Luke wasn’t sure that he even wanted that again.
Noah was constantly pushing Luke away, never allowing him in when things went bad. Luke was always wrong, Noah was always right, and nothing changed that. Luke didn’t think he could go back to that.
Reid didn’t push him away.
And that was huge.
Third, Luke had feelings for a certain neurosurgeon. He didn’t even know when it happened. Reid would walk into the room and his heart would beat faster. Reid would kiss him, and Luke couldn’t imagine kissing anyone else. He’d been shocked to realize it.
“What are you thinking about?” Reid asked, getting Luke’s attention as he parked the car in the hospital parking lot.
“You.” Luke told him.
“What about me?” Luke just smiled as they got out of the car. “You’re not going to tell me, are you?”
“Nope.” Luke smiled again as they headed towards the hospital entrance, reaching over to take Reid’s hand as they walked. He wasn’t ready to tell Reid yet. He wanted to be sure about what he was feeling, be sure that he was over Noah before he did. Reid glanced down at their joined hands and shook his head. “What?”
Reid stopped and tugged on his hand, pulling Luke toward him.
“If anyone told me six months ago I’d be walking down the street holding hands with some guy, I’d have laughed for days.”
“I guess you just hadn’t met the right guy.” Luke murmured, touching Reid’s cheek with his free hand. Reid kissed him, his tongue delving into Luke’s mouth, making Luke groan. He finally forced himself to pull back. “As much as I’d love to keep this going, we’re both going to be late.”
“You got everything you need, your driver’s license -“ Reid began.
“I got it, don’t worry.” Luke cut him off. “I’ll meet up with you at Al’s for lunch after, okay?”
Luke gave him another kiss as they went inside the door, heading off down the hallway.
Luke was on his way to take the first of his monthly drug tests. He smiled to himself as he walked. The thing was, even though Reid had insisted on them when Luke was in trouble, he knew he didn’t have to take it.
Reid had even said as much, but Luke wanted to take it anyway.
Reid might not need to see the results come back negative, but Luke did.
He took the elevator up the floor where the lab was, stepping out into the hall and catching site of Jade.
“Hi.” He bent down and kissed her cheek.
“Hi.” She returned, linking her arm with his. “You ready for this?”
“How hard is it to pee in a cup?”
“You know what I mean.” She smacked his arm lightly.
“Reid already told me I didn’t have to take it.”
“So why are you?”
“I need to do it for me.” Luke went to the counter and checked in, and then went to sit down when the receptionist told him in would be a minute. Jade followed, sitting next to him.
“So how are things with you and Hot Doc?”
“I really wish you wouldn’t call him that.” Luke blushed. “Things are good. Really good. I even told him about our family and how messed up we are, and he didn’t go running for hills.”
“But…”
“I wasn’t going to say ‘but’.” Luke denied.
“Yeah, but you were thinking it.”
“You know me too well.” He said, and she smiled.
“So…”
“Are you sure you want to hear this?”
“It’s about sex, isn’t it?”
“Jade.” Luke hissed.
“Luke, you can tell me whatever you want.”
“It’s just…Reid won’t. He keeps insisting that we need to wait until I’m better.” Luke sighed. “But the thing is, this is as good as it gets. I am better, until the next time I slip.”
“You don’t know that they’ll be a next time.”
“No, I don’t.” Luke agreed. “But there will always be that temptation. I’ll always want it, just a little bit. I don’t think he’s dealing with that.”