Okay, so this is my new story Fighting for Love. I was watching Home of The Brave with Chad Michael Murray and I loved his character well before he died. So I decided to make a story out of it. Well Lucas' character is based on Jordan Owen's Chad's character in the movie. And he never died in my story. Oh, and also I just saw Stop Loss and I loved it so I might use characters from that movie also.

Background Information- Lucas Scott was a normal country boy who grew up in Texas. He grew up with his two best friend's Jamal Aiken and Thomas 'Tommy' Yates. And his younger cousin Nathan Scott. When the boys were all thirteen Haley James moved to Texas. They all met and Nathan and Haley fell for eachother. When they were all sixteen Haley found out she was pregnant and her and Nathan got married. Haley's god sister and best friend Brooke Davis moved in with the couple to help Haley out. That's when she met Lucas and they both fell in love. However, a year and a half into their relationship Lucas joined the army and sent to Iraq for a year. HE and Brooke didn't end on a good note. Now he returns from his duties at war and he's determined to get Brooke's trust back. What happens when she moves on? Will he fight harder or will he just give up? Find out in the all new story Fighting for Love.

Rated T for Strong Language.

Disclaimer- I don't own One Tree Hill (


He breathed in the freshness of the air. It had been one whole year since he left home and he was happier than ever to be back. He looked around and saw the various families greeting his fellow troops with hugs and kisses. Cries of joy. He was finally back. Away from it all. Away from all the pain. Away from the guns and the bombs. Away from the shooting and bloody bodies. And most of all he was away from the haunting thoughts. He was away from the thoughts of if he was ever going to see his loved ones ever again. If he was ever going to live through this hard time. He looked around for his own family and let a smile grace his face as he saw his younger cousin and his younger cousins very worried very pregnant wife with him.

"Nate! Hey Nate!" He yelled as he ran over to the small family. His cousin looked up and smiled when he saw him. He couldn't believe he was back after all of this.

"Luke! Hey man it's good to see you." Nathan Scott greeted his cousin Lucas Scott as he patted him on the back and gave him a man hug.

"Lucas! Thank god!" Nathan's wife Haley James-Scott cried as she flew into Lucas' arms upon seeing him. Lucas laughed and hugged Haley anyway.

"It's good to see you Hales." Lucas laughed, as the short woman wouldn't let him go. It was already hard enough to hug her when she was pregnant.

"You are never going there again! Do you hear me? I don't care how much it means to you or how important it is! You could have died out there!" Haley scolded as she pulled away from the hug and hit Lucas' shoulder hard.

"Yes. Hales I hear you. I am never going to go there again. Even if it does mean fighting for our country." Lucas laughed as he rubbed his shoulder where Haley had hit him.

"Yeah. Yeah there are other important things to do." Haley said waving Lucas away and rolling her eyes at him.

"She's hormonal." Nathan said with a laugh as he looked at his wife who had taken to glaring at Lucas.

"You don't say." Lucas laughed and shook his head at his cousin in law. "So where's my mom and dad?" Lucas asked as he wiped the sweat that was forming on his forehead.

"Looking for you somewhere." Nathan answered with a smile. Lucas looked up at him surprised but let a smile escape on his face.

"Luke! Man you going to just leave us like that? You can't even introduce us to the family?" Thomas 'Tommy' Yates said as he came up to Lucas and patted him on the back.

"You already know my family ass. We grew up together." Lucas said as he looked at his lifetime best friend Tommy.

"Oh yeah. Well anyway Hey Nate." Tommy said as he turned toward Nathan and Haley.

"Hey Tommy." Nathan greeted as he gave Tommy a man hug.

"Hey Haley. Looking beautiful as always." Tommy said turning toward the short pregnant woman who currently had a scowl on her face.

"Shut up Tommy. You're just saying that because you haven't seen a decent pair of boobs in twelve months." Haley snapped and all three men looked at her in surprise.

"Oh-kay. So, Luke where's-" Tommy started but was soon cut off by a shrieking voice.

"Oh Lucas! My boy!" Karen Scott cried as she ran up to her son and hugged him tightly to her chest. Lucas smiled as he breathed in his mother's scent and held her close to him. He hadn't seen her in months.

"Hey mom." Lucas smiled and let go of his mother. He then turned toward his father. "Hey dad." Lucas smiled and hugged his father.

"Hey son. It's good seeing you." Keith Scott greeted as he hugged his son.

"Mama and papa Scott. What's happenin?" Tommy greeted as he smiled over at them.

"Hey Tommy." Karen smiled as she hugged the boy. She had known Tommy all her life and he become a son to her.

"Hey Thomas." Keith smiled and gave the boy a handshake.

"Well it was nice seeing you guys but I'm gonna go back to my family. I'll see you guys later. Luke don't forget party later." Tommy said as he looked at Lucas and then smiled at everyone before departing.

"So, we should head back. I have to go pick Jamie up if I wanna bring him tonight." Haley said as she smiled up at Lucas.

"Yeah. I'll go with you guys." Lucas nodded and his parents just smiled and started to follow them to the cars. "So, how is my favorite little nephew?" Lucas asked as he threw his bag over his shoulder and started towards the car.

"A brat. He thinks because he turned three four months ago he's a big boy. And it doesn't help that Nathan and- well yeah Nathan spoils him." Haley answered as she glared at Nathan but then caught herself before she said too much.

"That's great. I bet he's big. But umm…how's Brooke?" Lucas asked as he looked over at Haley who looked down at the mention of her best friend and god sisters name.

"Lucas. I'm-I'm sorry." Haley said as she gave him sympathetic smile. Nathan patted Lucas on the back and also smiled as Lucas looked down miserably.

"She didn't even ask?" Lucas asked looking back up at them.

"We invited her Luke. But she didn't want to come. She said she had things to do." Haley told Lucas. She felt bad for Lucas but after their last encounter he kind of deserved how Brooke was acting towards him.

"It's all in the game of love. Right?"