Afternoon
I don't own the characters they belong to Hollyoaks
This is a short shot based on the aftermath of Halloween and based on some ideas of conversation I had with friends based on Stendan.
Ste and Brendan have been partners for over a month. With Cheryl's help,Ste comes up with a plan and a surprise for Brendan when they spend their free afternoon and evening together.
It had been over a month since Ste and Brendan had got back together since the day after the Halloween party at the club. Everyone in the village knew that they had got back together thanks to Myra McQueen who told everyone about the latest gossip in the village, however no one had said anything negatively,individually and together, to their faces after Ste and Brendan had displayed their affection for one another in the village.
That moment happened a few days after Ste had spent another night with Brendan at the Brady's. The two men had come out of the Brady's house and headed to the village side by side. They had finished walking down the steps while Ste was about to head to the deli until Brendan had stopped Ste from walking by pulled him closer to where Brendan was standing. Brendan turned Ste's hand, looked at the palm of Ste's hand and brought it up to his lips. The kiss on his palm made Ste shiver as well as made him little turned on at the same time. When Brendan let go of his hand he placed it on Ste's left cheekbone and pulled him closer for a kiss.
Brendan kissed Ste's lips for a second until removed himself to look at Ste's face. He smiled looking at the smile Ste was giving him at that moment. Brendan kissed Ste again however the kiss was longer than the first one. The kiss was slow,tender and their tongues were touching one another, while they kissed Brendan felt Ste's arms wrapped around his neck and it was starting to become a lot more intense to the point they stopped while trying to get their breath back. Brendan opened his eyes to look at Ste for a second until he realised that not only did he kiss Ste in broad daylight but also a lot of people watched while he and Ste kissed.
Ste looked at Brendan for a second. He looked shocked when he had seen the amount of people looking at him while he and Brendan shared a private moment. Ste had a bad feeling that Brendan was going to take his anger out on him for what happened at that moment until Brendan was holding his hand tightly and spoke to everyone who was looking at them.
"Ye all ever have seen two men kissing before?" Brendan shouted.
Not one person had the courage to answer Brendan's question
"Steven and I are together whether ye all like it or not. Do ye her me?" Brendan shouted at them.
Most of the people nodded when Brendan had finished speaking.
"Don't any of you lot think of splitting us up by telling Amy about us and if you lot got anything to say to us then say it right here and now" Ste said while looking at the villagers, mainly Doug Carters friends Leanne Holiday,Texas Longford and Mark "Dodger" Savage.
It took the people a second and not a single one of them dared to say what they had wanted to say to Ste and Brendan.
"Good. Now get back to what you lot are doing the show's over" Ste said to everyone.
"Ye heard him. FUCK OFF THE LOT OF YE" Brendan screamed.
They had done what Ste and Brendan said the moment went back to what they were doing before they watched the their mutual affection for one another.
Since that day Ste and Brendan had no one try to ruin things between the two of them. Only a few people in the village had accepted them as couple which were the Osborne family minus Frankie Osbourne, Jacqui and Myra McQueen as well as Martha Kane. The rest of the villagers were either too wrapped up in their own personal problems or they were didn't say it to Ste and Brendan's face's that they weren't good as a couple, given the history Ste and Brendan had together.
Mitzeee Minniver, Brendan's close friend and confidante, didn't think she would see the day when she heard that Brendan was with Ste Hay. She decided that she would speak to them individually about their relationship as well as give them her advice.
She had first spoke to Brendan in the club earlier one day and wanted to hear it from her friend's point of view. Brendan just told her how they back together and they were taking their relationship each day as it comes. While Brendan was talking she realised that this was the first time he had said Ste's name without a hint of hatred and hurt in his voice. it was now filled with love and respect he had for the man he called Steven. The moment Brendan stopped speaking, Mitzeee told him not to mess what he had with Ste and made him promise never to hurt him after everything that had gone on between the two of them before saying she was happy for him.
When Mitzeee left the club she headed to the deli hoping Ste was in. Luckily he a few minutes she asked him how things where going between him and Brendan. Ste wanted to tell her to mind her own business for once however he told her that they were taking things slow in their relationship. Mitzeee told Ste not to give up on Brendan when things where tough for them, she also complimented Ste on the positive influence he had on her friend; hearing her say that made Ste stunned hearing that he had that kind of effect on Brendan. She also made him promise not to hurt Brendan, to which Ste did promise her before she departed from the deli.
Doug Carter, Ste's business partner and former boyfriend, knew for months that Ste had always been in love with Brendan Brady. He had being in denial until he seen the hug Brendan and Ste shared outside of the police station when he had tried to get rid of Brendan permanently with the help of Simon Walker that day. That was the exact moment that Doug had realised that Ste would never love him the same way as he did love Brendan, it took time for Doug to readjust to single life and the fact that Ste and Brendan were officially a couple, Doug still classed Ste as a friend and as long as his friend was happy that all that mattered to Doug.
Things had being well for the two men until two weeks later, Ste got a call from Amy Barnes,telling him that their children Leah and Lucas will be staying with him for six months while she was going away with a man she had met in Manchester . Ste knew he would tell her about him and Brendan when she visited.
When the day came, Amy had knocked on the door with Leah and Lucas by her side. Ste opened the door to greet them. when he finished giving his kids the biggest hugs ever Ste got hold of the kid's luggage while the three of them went inside the house. Amy looked stunned when she went into the living room to find Brendan Brady sitting on the sofa.
"Hello Miss Barnes" Brendan had said in a calm way before turning to look at Ste's kids.
"Hey kids" Brendan smiled while waving at the Leah and Lucas.
Amy felt her anger about to erupt until she realised that the kids where in the same room as her. When Ste came into the living room he knew that this was the time to tell Amy the truth. He instructed the kids to go to Leah's room to play with their new toy's that Brendan had bought them, when the kids entered Leah's bedroom, Ste closed the door behind him and re-entered the living room to face Amy.
"What the hell is he doing here Ste?" Amy said calmly trying not to scream at Ste.
"I meant to tell ya earlier but me and Brendan are back together" Ste said calmly knowing Amy wasn't going to take the news lightly.
"WHAT! STE AFTER ALL HE'S DONE TO YA" Amy screamed.
"Keep ya voice down. The kids are in the other room" Ste quietly hissed at Amy.
"Maybe its best that I leave ye two to talk" Brendan said while getting up from his seat and started to walk out of the room.
"No ya staying where you are Bren. " Ste instructed Brendan when he grabbed Brendan's arm.
Brendan stopped, stood by Ste's side and watched as Ste looked at Amy.
"Me and Brendan are a couple. He's changed and he won't hurt me again like he did before..." Ste said.
"But..."Amy said interrupting what Ste had to say
"…But nothing Amy. We're together whether ya like it or not. Don't even think about using the kids against me like last time…" Ste warned Amy.
"I wasn't going..." Amy said while knowing full well that she was going to play that card.
"…Yeah ya where and don't think about trying to split us up like ya did in the past" Ste said to Amy,
"What ya talking about?" Amy said while knowing she had tried to split Ste and Brendan up for good in the past.
"He told me it was you that told him about Rae and the baby. " Ste said.
Amy looked shocked when she heard the words come out of Ste's mouth.
"How?" Amy said.
"I told him a week ago" Brendan said when he was looking at Amy.
That was the moment that Amy realised that she had been found out and there was no chance in ever splitting the two of them up ever again.
"As I said, we've back together and no one is going to tell me how to live my life especially you Ames." Ste said while feeling Brendan's right arm around his shoulder.
"Ok. Fine" Amy said in a harsh tone in her voice.
"Well I don't know about you two but I could do with a cup of tea" Brendan said before letting go of Ste and headed straight to the kitchen.
During her stay she tried being civil towards Brendan for Ste's sake. she also realised that Ste was finally happy and she knew that nothing that she would say or do would change Ste's mind when it came to Brendan.
She said goodbye to her kids and to Ste, before she left she wanted to have a word with Brendan outside in private.
Ste was hesitant at first leaving the two of them to talk in private,however, they both reassured him that things would be ok between them. As soon as Ste turned his attentions to his kids,Brendan had followed Amy outside to talk until she turned around to face him.
"You better not hurt him this time" Amy warned Brendan while giving him a dirty look.
"What goes on between me and Steven …" Brendan said in a calm and confident manner.
Amy was going to speak until Brendan stopped her from interrupting him.
"…Listen to what I have to say. I'm not a saint but I will never hurt him like I have in the past, I know ye think I'm lying but it's the truth. I love him Amy and I only want what's best for him" Brendan said to Amy.
"So do I Brendan "Amy said the moment Brendan had finished speaking.
"Then let him be happy with me. The kids will be fine while ye away I'll make sure of that" Brendan said while trying to get on Amy's good side even though that it was impossible.
"Fine but I'm warning you Brendan if you ever…" Amy said harshly
"..I won't I promise" Brendan said meaning every word he said.
"Ya know. I didn't want to say this in front of Ste but you have changed. I use to pity you but seeing you with Ste has made me realise that how much ya do love him, don't think I've gone soft on ya but I'll try to be civil from now for Ste's sake" Amy said to Brendan
"Ok" Brendan said after Amy had finished speaking.
"See ya later Brendan" Amy said before turning around walked to the bus station.
Brendan couldn't believe the words he had heard from Amy's mouth, he knew that Amy would never approve of them as a couple as well as her opinions of Brendan but it just showed how much she loved Ste and would stand by him whatever happened in his life.
Brendan went back into the house to find Ste, Leah and Lucas sitting on the sofa watching the kids DVD that the kids had brought with them. Ste, was sitting on the right side of the sofa, while holding Lucas in his arms while his son was watching the cartoon, Leah was sitting on close to where Ste was sitting. Brendan moved from where he was standing and sat on the arm-chair, he was looking at the three of them watching the cartoon until Brendan watched as Ste turned to look at Brendan.
"Is everything alright?" Ste asked him.
"Ye. Ye everything's alright Steven" Brendan replied back to Ste.
Ste smiled at Brendan.
"Hey come here and sit with us" Ste said to Brendan.
Brendan got up from his seat; he walked to the sofa and picked Leah up. Brendan sat down beside Ste while holding Leah in his arms. The four of them watched the cartoon in silence until the DVD had finished and it was time for dinner.
Two weeks later things had gone very well than expected for Ste and Brendan, they told the kids, in a way that they could both understand, that their dad and Brendan were a couple. The kids accepted it easily than they had hoped and they loved having Brendan around just as much as their father.
Ste and Brendan spent most of their free time at Ste's flat with the kids until it was bedtime for them. When the kids were fast asleep they had some quality time to themselves, they had to make sure not to wake the kids from the time they were in each other's company.
Ste was busy with the deli one thursday afternoon when Cheryl had offered to look after the kids with Nate tomorrow night while Ste and Brendan had time to themselves. Ste was reluctant at first until Cheryl said that she and Nate would be staying over at Ste's for the night while they babysit Leah and Lucas. Ste agreed to it and made Cheryl promise not to tell Brendan about it, that was the moment Ste Hay had a plan.
The next day;Ste was lucky he had the weekend today off while Doug and Barney were working the deli, Brendan stayed over the night before and said his goodbyes to Ste and the kids at the breakfast table before he went to the club. When Ste dropped off the Lucas to nursery and Leah to school, he went into town to buy some stuff for his night with Brendan. Ste had spent an hour in the town until he had stopped and did something he had never done before in his life, he went inside a sex shop. He looked around the shop until he found a pair of steel handcuffs and a collar with diamonds on,Ste bought them with the money he had saved up since the deli had opened,he also bought a bottle of massage oil, condoms and lube.
When he has purchased the items he got a text from Brendan saying that he couldn't make it for lunch he had planned with him while they had breakfast with the kids, Joel wanted Brendan to look at a club in another part of town that they should invest in. Ste replied back telling him not to worry and he would see him later tonight at the flat.
Ste had his lunch while in town his lunch until it was one o'clock in the afternoon. Ste had finished, he went back to his, went straight to his bedroom and packed some things for tonight. In his bag where some essentials for the night,the things he had purchased and a fresh pair of clothing for tomorrow.
When Ste had finished packing, he cleaned his up before the kids had come back. Ste looked at his watch and realised it was now half two. He went to pick up Leah and Lucas with his bag around his shoulders. When the three of them had come home, Ste had found Cheryl and Nate waiting outside for them with their overnight bags. Ste told the kids that Aunty Cheryl and Uncle Nate will be looking after them while he was away with Brendan and telling them be good for their Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Nate for the night. The kids said they will before heading into the house, before Ste left he thanked Cheryl and Nate for doing this for them,gave them a spare key to his flat as well as tell them what the kids eat, what DVDs they liked to watch as well as what time is bedtime for them. Cheryl told Ste not to worry and everything would be fine. Ste kissed Cheryl on the right side of her face and shaken Nate's hand before he said one last goodbye to the kids. The kids came out from the house and gave their dad a kiss and a cuddle before he left, when they all said their goodbyes Ste headed to the Brady household.
Ste got to the Brendan and Cheryl's house at ten to four, with the key Brendan had giving him the first week they had got back together,he opened the door and shouted Brendan's name while he walked into the house, when he got no reply, Ste closed the door behind him and locked it before heading straight to Brendan's bedroom to prepare for his night with Brendan.
He placed the bag on the bed,opened his bag and took out the stuff he had bought earlier one by one and placed them on the night with the lube, condoms, and massage oil before finally taking out a box out of the bag and placed it along with the other. He closed the curtains and turned on the lamp on the night stand, he started to undress until he was completely naked. He opened the box, picked up the choker and fastened around his neck.
I look alright Ste thought while looking at himself in the mirror.
When he finished looking at himself he took the handcuffs from box and placed them on the bed until he heard the door open. Ste took the bag off the bed,moved towards the door and placed his left ear on the door to hear who had come in.
"Chez are ye home? "Brendan has shouted when he entered the living room.
Ste sighed in relief that it was Brendan that had come in the house.
When Brendan had come in to his house he was in a foul mood. He took off his suit jacket off and rolled up his sleeves before walking to the cupboard. He took out a glass and his favourite brand of whiskey, he opened the bottle and poured himself a decent amount of whiskey in his glass before putting the top back on the bottle. He walked to the sofa and was sitting down in the centre of the sofa while holding his drink in his left hand.
"That club Joel wanted me to see was a shite hole. I'm never going to listen to that kid ever again when it comes to business. I'll be meeting Steven later tonight so Joel will be looking after the club. Don't know why after last time he better not fuck it up like he did last time" Brendan said while trying to control his anger and thinking Cheryl was upstairs.
While Brendan was talking, Ste quietly opened the door and removed himself from Brendan's bedroom without Brendan hearing the door make a sound. Ste successfully did this without Brendan knowing he was in the room, he got on all fours and started to crawl quietly until he reached the left side of the sofa. Ste looked and seen Brendan with his head on the sofa and facing the ceiling. That was the moment got up and found his feet placed on the sofa arm without Brendan turning his attentions away from the ceiling, he was lying on Brendan's lap face down wearing nothing but a diamond choker.
Brendan felt something resting on his legs; he looked to find his boyfriend wearing nothing but a diamond choker,with his right hand on Ste's back, Brendan started stroking Ste slowly. The more Brendan stroked Ste's naked back the more turned on he was. Ste turned till he was lying on the right side of his body,facing Brendan while his lover continued stroking his back.
"This is a very nice surprise" Brendan said in a seductive tone.
"Yeah I thought it would be as well" Ste said.
"Where are the kids?" Brendan asked.
"Cheryl and Nate are looking after them for the night at mine" Ste replied back while his left hand was caressing Brendan's crotch.
"You have me all to yourself Mr Brady" Ste said trying to seduce Brendan.
Brendan smiled at the man lying on his lap; he stopped stroking Ste's back and drained his drink before placing the empty glass on the table without moving Ste from his lap. The moment Brendan placed his glass on the table, his left hand was on the back of Ste's head. Brendan pulled Ste closer for a kiss, while they were kissing Brendan felt Ste move and trying to get himself comfortable without Breaking away from the kiss.
Brendan had removed his hand from Ste's back and his right arm were under Ste's legs; Brendan let go of Ste's head and his left arm he placed it around Ste's back. Brendan had got up from his seat with Ste in his arms. He stopped kissing Ste and carried his him to his bedroom, when they had reached their destination, Brendan had kicked the door with his left foot, when the door opened and walked through the door before Brendan had closed it with the back of his left heel.
To be continued
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