Summary: AU - When Dom gets a call telling him that his lover Brian has died trying to free him, he comes back home to avenge his death. Along the way, with help from the team and Mia, he not only avenges Brian but also remembers the man that changed his world, the man he gave his heart to.
Chapter One
Dom should have known that the phone call wasn't about anything good; he could feel it in his gut and in his heart. He just wanted to hope that maybe the people he cared about, his family was safe but then Mia uttered the words that changed his whole world.
"Dom its Brian," Mia cried saying his lover's name, "he's dead."
Dom couldn't breath and he couldn't speak. For years he had left Brian, going to him and leaving in the night, to protect him from the Feds and now his lover, his soul mate was dead, gone in the blink of an eye. He held it together until he got to his apartment and then slamming the door closed Dom collapsed against the wall lost in the memory of his now dead lover.
"Why are you telling me about this Dom? You don't need to man I know it's got to be painful for you," Brian stated standing next to Dom after he had finished telling him about his dad's death and the death of the man that led him to be locked up.
"Because you and I are going on a date," Dom answered like it was obvious and continued at Brian's confused look, "You think I didn't notice that you were constantly staring at me."
"But Letty," Brian said his voice shaking because Dom had turned them so that Brian was leaning against the Charger and the older male was crowding him.
"She's with my sister Buster," Dom smirked leaning in until they were cheek to cheek and his smirk grew when he felt Brian shiver, "I'm going to drop you off at Harry's and I suggest that you are ready by eight if I were you."
Dom stood up on the hill overlooking the funeral. He saw Letty holding Mia, and Leon and Vince standing in the background as support. Despite their differences the crew forgave Brian for being a cop because he made a deal with the Feds to exonerate them but unfortunately it wasn't enough for Dom. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the FBI standing watch and he knew that the vultures were waiting for him. When the service had ended Dom went to the house and waited for the team. He heard them walk in and his heart broke when he heard Mia cry. Brian and she had become close friends and he knew she was heart broken too.
"Dom," Mia cried and ran to him giving him a hug.
Dom didn't say anything he couldn't. Every time he thought of even talking his voice felt like croaking and his eyes started to water. He couldn't cry yet because he had a mission to complete. He was going to avenge his lover and hope that just maybe it would bring him a little bit of peace. Mia pulled away and nothing else was said between the team and him, like they knew that he was trying to stay strong. Finally silence was broken by him because he had to know what really happened to his strong and beautiful lover.
"What happened?" Dom asked his voice cracking.
"He made another deal with the Feds. He would help them bring down Braga, a drug dealer, and you would be pardoned. He just wanted you to come home finally bro. He went in as a driver and something went wrong. That's all we know Dom, we tried to get Buster to tell us but he wanted to protect us," Vince said placing a hand on Dom's shoulder and squeezing it in silent support, "but I know what your thinking Dom and you're not doing it alone. We let Brian go down that path and it got him killed so we are going to help you avenge our Buster."
Dom was silent because he was still trying to process what had actually happened. He was the reason his heart was dead. Brian had made a deal and went into a dangerous situation without backup because he wanted Dom to come home. Dom exhaled and stood up leaving the house through the back entrance because he knew the front was being watched by the FBI. His emotions became too much and he turned punching the solid wall before him. Dom kept hitting the wall until he knuckles bled and the pain numbed because right now he couldn't let himself feel, knowing that if he stopped to think or feel he would get lost in memories of Brian and lose it completely. Dom couldn't let himself lose it; he had to bring down Braga it was the only path for him to take.
Elsewhere in a hospital far away a man with blue eyes and blond hair that was shaved close to his head was laying a bed with no memory of who he was. Only thing he had was the face an unnamed man haunting his brain and what seemed like his heart. Unbeknownst to this amnesic a sinister enemy was making plans to use him in a bigger plot that could destroy him, not that he would know that.