Love Will Find a Way
"I may not be brave, or strong, or smart. But somewhere in my secret heart I know… love will find a way. Anywhere I go, I'm home if you are there beside me. Like dark turning into day." – Love Will Find a Way, The Lion King 2
Douglas has always made Martin calmer… But why? Martin/Douglas
Martin and Douglas both groaned in unanimous annoyance as Carolyn made the dreaded announcement.
"We have a very full schedule for the next month!" was all it took for the two pilots to nearly lose the will to live. Martin's face fell into his hands as he thought about all the lost business for his actual money-earning job.
Douglas just let out and exasperated groan at the very thought of no free time. But then, he reasoned, it face him less time to dewll on his status as a single man. His home was so empty, quiet, lonely without Helena. It may have been nearly siz months since the divorce has been filed, and of course Douglas had successfully gotten over his third wife, but that didn't stop the feeling of loneliness. He shook his head lighting, returning to the portacabin abruptly.
"How full?" he dared to ask. He soon regretted it, as Carolyn proceeded to explain that they had twenty flights, in thirty days. The only breaks they got were two days between a flight to Florida, and the return fight; one day between a flight two and from Madagascar, plus five days (split into two separate stretches of 3 days and 2 days) around a couple of flights to and from Hong Kong. Other than that, their only breaks were the required twelve hours between each flight, which to be fair was usually shorter than that (and occasionally longer, but not often). Martin's face turned from scared to terrified. His rent was due soon… How would he pay it without the time to make any money!? Once Carolyn was gone, he started to hyperventilate. Douglas turned his head to look at Martin in shock.
"Okay, Martin, calm down." He said.
"B-but how can I pay my rent!?" Martin couldn't help but wail.
"What?"
"I won't have time for van jobs!" Martin exclaimed.
"Ah, yes…" Douglas muttered, strangely calm. "Don't worry. It'll be okay. You'll think of something." He said, standing up and placing a hand on Martin's shaking shoulder gently, before he left the portacabin. He didn't stay long enough to see Martin's reaction as the words sank in.
Martin slowly began to calm. The warmth on his shoulder spread through him slowly, and his muscles relaxed one-by-one, his breathing returned to a normal rhythm, as he replayed those words in his head: You'll think of something… Douglas thought he could do it. Douglas believed Martin could do something! He couldn't stop the smile that spread across his face at the thought of Douglas believing in him. It was like a sedative, or other drug, injected into an animal to stop it thrashing as the vets did their work. That's what it had done; it had stopped Martin's mind thrashing in panic, leaving him in a numb sense of calming bliss. He could do this.
AN - Hi guys! I know it's been ages since I've uploaded anything... I've recently started back at college, and the work's piling up.
I don't know how many chapters this is going to have... But I hope you like it :) xxx
