Crossing Borders By: Jesse Drache
Disclaimers: I don't own Ephram, Colin, Bright or any other characters you might recognize, I'm just borrowing them for my amusement. So don't sue me.
Warning: This is Ephram/Colin slash; if you don't like it, don't read it.
Rating: There will be two versions of this fic, a PG-13 one (which I will post on Fanfiction.net) and a NC-17 one that I will post on my website and will provide links to.
Chapter 1: Confessions
Ephram leaned down and softly kissed the boy beneath him. He intensified the kiss as he ran his hands through the thick, dark hair, sucking the other boy's tongue into his mouth. They kissed for several minutes until he felt the lips below his become unresponsive and the hands that had previously been exploring under his shirt stopped their movement and hung limply on his hips.
He slowly pulled back, taking in the blank look in the green eyes and meeting it with a worried look of his own.
"Colin, baby, are you ok?" Ephram asked, stroking Colin's cheek softly and getting his attention.
"Sorry," Colin said, awareness seeping back into his eyes as he gave Ephram a sheepish smile.
"It's ok. What were you thinking about?" Ephram asked, laying his head on Colin's shoulder and sliding his hand playfully under Colin's shirt as he settled down beside him on the bed.
No response came and Colin shifted uncomfortably as silence permeated the air.
"Ephram… there's something I have to tell you."
Ephram stopped moving his hands, when he heard the heavy tone that plagued Colin's voice.
He sat up so he could see Colin's face.
Colin avoided Ephram's eyes, looking at his hands instead.
"I-I'm leaving Everwood."
"What?!"
"I went to the doctor for my check-up yesterday and he said he was worried about my adjustment after the coma. They want to send me to Denver for observation. My parents said that your dad said the same thing."
Ephram found he could say nothing, instead he looked past Colin and out the window, attempting to process the information.
"I don't want to go," Colin finally admitted, his eyes filling with tears. "I just started to get used to living here and now they want to send me somewhere where I won't know anyone. Ephram, I-I'm scared. I don't want to leave you."
"It'll be ok," Ephram said, reaching out to take Colin in his arms. "Have you told your parents that you don't want to go."
"Ye-yeah, I also told them about us."
Ephram felt a block of ice drop to the pit of his stomach and his arms automatically tightened around the other boy's body as he waited for him to continue.
"They lost it. Said I was just confused and that going to Denver would help me to distance myself from unwanted stress. I'm not supposed to even be here right now, they've forbidden me from seeing you."
Ephram took in a sharp breath and lightly kissed the top of Colin's head.
"It'll be ok, we'll figure out something."
***
"Dad?" Ephram said, knocking on the door to his father's office.
"Hey, Ephram. What are you up to?" Dr. Brown asked, putting away a file he had been looking at.
"I need to talk to you."
"Sure son, what do you need?"
Ephram took in a deep breath, then took a few more steps into the office and sat down.
It took him a moment to gather enough composure, but he found that once he started talking he couldn't stop.
He quickly explained what Colin's parents and doctor had decided, not stopping to take a breath until he was finished.
"So will you talk to them, offer to check up on Colin every week or something?" Ephram asked, not looking at his father.
"Son, I know that Colin is important to you, and that you don't want your friend to leave, but if his doctor suggested that he should go to Denver, then it must be for the best."
"No! You don't understand, you've got to help him. They just want to send him to Denver so he'll be away from me. He's not just my friend, he's-he's my boyfriend." Ephram said, getting quieter and quieter until the last word barely came out in a whisper.
His father said nothing, just stared at Ephram's slouched figure.
After a few moments of silence, Ephram finally looked up, seeing the look of confusion and disappointment that flew through his father's face before the man could suppress it.
"Ephram, I don't think you know what you're saying-" Dr. Brown began, but the words did not register in Ephram's mind.
Instead he was replaying the look of horror and disappointment that had flashed on his father's face a moment before.
Not being able to bear his father's disappointment, Ephram jumped up in his seat and ran out of the office, not stopping until he made it to his house where he had left Colin to wait for Dr. Brown's answer.
