Okay, new story! YAY! I hope you're all super excited, cause I've been dying to write this forever. (Relax, just a four shot that I'm about to POWER through)
GAVE YOU ALL I HAD AND YOU TOSSED IT IN THE TRASH, TO GIVE ME ALL YOUR LOVE IS ALL I EVER ASK BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS I'D CATCH A GRENADE FOR YA ... I WOULD GO THROUGH ALL THIS PAAAAAAAIN TAKE A BULLET STRAIGHT THROUGH MY BRAIN... IF MY BODY WAS ON FIRE, YOU'D WATCH ME BURN DOWN IN FIRE, YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME YOU'RE A LIAR CAUSE YOU NEVER, NEVER, NEVER DID BABY! BUT DARLIN' I'D STILL CATCH A GRENADE FOR YA!
Okay, I just love Bruno Mars. He's a great fifth husband. (Score for all of you who got where I was going with that...)
Logan:
Of all the boys, it was probably Carlos who was most attached to Logan. Their relationship was built on an intense codependency that the Latino couldn't help but eat up. The fact that they were the two shortest members of the band and were both so opposite they balanced each other did a lot to aid their close knit bond along, but there were also lots of reasons Carlos loved Logan that had nothing to do with either of those things.
For example, Carlos liked how every time Logan was sent out on errands by Mrs. Knight, he came back with either smiley faced or scooby-doo band aids. Carlos's face always lit up when Logan pulled out one with Shaggy on it, despite how much the cut he had gotten might have hurt, and the pale boy knew it. Carlos was worried that one day Logan would start using the regular plain band aids he did for James and Kendall when he patched them up, but he hadn't started yet.
It made Carlos feel like he was worth something when Logan stayed up late studying with him. He felt loved when he would look up at Logan in confusion as he explained something for what could have been the hundredth time, but despite the bags growing under his friend's eyes he would relay it to him once more with the same patience he had used the first time.
The best part to him, was that even though Logan had to keep having to say everything over and stay up half the night just to help him finish his homework, the other boy had never made him feel dumb. Not once. In fact, if anything, Logan made him feel smarter because with everything he said and did, Carlos could tell Logan had faith in him. His friend always made it nearly painstakingly clear that he absolutely and completely believed that the Latino could understand everything school through at him. Carlos wasn't sure even his parents had put as much trust in him as Logan did when it came to school.
Despite how he couldn't resist rolling his eyes and complaining every time Logan started a rant, Carlos loved how Logan always warned him against doing crazy stunts. It drove him nuts, but he knew he only did it because he cared, and that was enough to make him at least stop and listen before doing what ever dangerous thing he had been planning on anyway.
However, what Carlos really liked was when, even though Logan had told him not to a trillion times, he would always follow after him, med kit in hand, to patch him up when it inevitably went wrong. Logan would always slap a bandaid on and, instead of an 'I told you so', tell him to wear kneepads next time.
Carlos liked how Logan always let him tag along where ever he went, waiting up for him when he took a second to talk to a Jennifer or Guitar Dude before resuming following him around again. Logan was who gave him direction.
But the biggest thing Carlos loved about Logan was the thing he wouldn't talk about with anyone, and that he knew Logan wouldn't talk about either. You see, Carlos could be sensitive. The normal ball of energy and happiness that was Carlos broke every now and then, and when it happened, he tended to realize he had been holding back a bunch of stuff he couldn't even remember getting worked up over and the thing that made him start crying in the first place was barely a big deal at all. Carlos would become one babbling, crying, snotting mess, and while Kendall or James would just hold him, not really listening but still caring, Logan analyzed every little bit of what he was saying and reassured him about every detail.
Logan was Carlos's provider.
James was probably the boy who was the most connected with Logan. James saw Logan as someone easy to get close too, and the most similar to him out of all the guys. They were both easily flustered, easily absorbed in things, and that the whole talking to inanimate objects thing down pat.
The biggest thing they had in common though was their ambition. Logan had dreams of becoming a doctor, and James wanted to be famous. Both took a ton of work, but neither was about to give up. So that's another thing they had. Determination. They were close, and James had a lot of reasons to love Logan.
One of the best things about Logan to James was how he always picked his side for everything. Sometimes it didn't have anything to do with Logan agreeing with him, though the two were nearly always on the same wavelength, but just because Logan was the most comfortable backing James up. The two were a pair, and James knew the pale boy would always team up with him for whatever argument or mission came their way. James loved how he had Logan's support.
Another thing James liked about Logan was his need to protect him. The shorter boy had a habit of being that second pair of eyes on him. Logan was a caring person, he couldn't help it, and more than once James had caught Logan checking labels on his Cuda products after he'd been allergic to his man-spray that year. James knew it should probably make him feel loved or taken care of like it did for Carlos, and it did make him feel a little bit of that, but mostly he just thought of it as endearing. They both knew James was the protector in their relationship, and the fact that Logan still tried to look after him was charming.
He loved how Logan came to him with girl problems. James couldn't help but smile and wrap his arm around the boy's shoulders, leading him towards Camille, beaming and spewing with advice. James was good at girls, and helping Logan always reminded him of that.
James liked how Logan looked up to him for anything, actually. Whenever the shorter boy felt too embarrassed or didn't think it was a big enough deal to go to Kendall with it, the tall blonde providing for all three boys, James always found him right by his side, asking him for help. It made James feel like he was worth something, which wasn't always something he felt. Life was hard as the pretty one, but Logan looked to him as more than that.
Logan was James's little brother.
Kendall was the leader of BTR, and because of that, he tended to be a little isolated from the boys, but Logan was the hardest one for him to get close to, but that wasn't a bad thing. Logan was just shy and quiet, and that was something Kendall really liked about him. He almost admired him for it.
Kendall liked Logan because he was the most sensitive. He was a definite introvert, but it wasn't hard to tell when he was upset. The hard part was breaking it out of him, and Kendall loved it. Logan was a puzzle that he was still trying to figure out. He knew once he did, though that day might never truly come, there was no way he'd be bored of Logan. Sure, he wanted Logan to be open with him, all the boys did, and sometimes he was, but Kendall didn't mind waiting for it. He loved Logan.
Kendall liked that Logan was a speed demon on the ice. He'd spent nearly all of his sixteen years trying to keep up with that kid, but he never could. It was insane how fast he could move, and Kendall was jealous beyond belief. But hey, if he couldn't be that fast, then he was glad Logan was.
He also liked how slight Logan was. He so loved how even though Logan could hold his own every time they wrestled, although eventually getting pinned beneath him, that he could still pick him up and hoist him over his shoulder. Kendall loved how he could just leave him up there forever and carry him around without crowing tired. He liked that Logan was so little.
Kendall loves how Logan worries constantly. The blond was admittedly concerned about how terrified the boy was to take risks and goaded him to do it daily, but he couldn't help but like the way Logan processed everything. He loved how he always thought ahead and planned the next step, making him a great second in command when James wasn't around. His problem was that he could crack under pressure, but, hey, let's stick with the positives here.
He adores the way Logan let's him coddle him. Like Katie for Mama Knight, Logan was always there to make Kendall feel needed. He was the leader, and the boys were becoming their own people. They were growing up. Yes, they still needed him to make their decisions, and they always would, but sometimes Kendall felt like their relationship was missing something it did when they were little. He didn't know how Logan did it, and he didn't know if it was on purpose or not, but he always reminded him of how Kendall thought their friendship used to be like, with him on top and them clinging to him from below.
He loved watching over Logan. He loved making sure he was okay, and checking up on him, and asking how his day was. He loved doing things for him and making sure he got everything he needed to done.
Logan was Kendall's baby.
Okay, that was fun. Next time, I'm SO doing Kendall as the one they all love on. I did Logan first cause I just thought he would be easiest. Then... Carlos. And then James. Yeah.
FACT: 'Lighthouse' in diner lingo means bottle of ketchup. A 'houseboat' is a banana split. 'Throw it in the mud' means to add chocolate sauce.
