Luke sighed as he opened the trunk to take out the luggage. He placed both suitcases on the floor and looked up shielding his eyes against the sun with his hand. The deep orange evening sun was hanging in a clear blue sky and a chilly wind was blowing. Though he had no idea what was awaiting him the next days, the spirit of departure filled him with a big happiness and relief.

It was good to be going, the rest he didn't really care about.

With a swift move he slammed the door of the trunk shut and turned around.

''Ready?'' he asked holding out one of the bags.

stuffed the small box of candy into his pocket and grabbed the suitcase from Luke's hand.

''How many do you actually have in there?'' Luke lifted his head up from his newspaper and looked at the candy box was constantly flipping over on the folding table in front of him.

''Since we left in Oakdale you must have eaten at least 5 dozen of those.''

''Well it's empty now.'' Dr. Oliver lifted the small blue box shaking it for emphasis.

''You're really nervous.'' Luke folded the newspaper and turned around until he was facing the other man.''

''Of course I am. My whole future is at stake and there is nothing I can do but wait for it to happen. It drives me crazy.'' He paused and turned around to stare at the half open window panel.

''Everything I have could be gone tomorrow. Medicine is the only thing I deeply care about. Everything else is so small to me so unimportant. I just can't lose it.''

Luke unfastened his seatbelt and moved through the small aisle to sit down across Dr. Oliver.

''You're not going to.'' he said insistently, holding 's gaze.

''You just have to fight for it that's all.''

''This is not in my hand.'' Dr. Oliver turned around to face Luke and shook his head. '' After all it's someone else who'll make the call. I'm not used to that. In my area of expertise I've known my way around like no one else. Ever since I started working as a surgeon I have not once found myself in a situation where I was not absolutely sure and confident about my next step. I can't handle this.''

Luke just nodded without saying anything and waited for Dr. Oliver to go on.

''I had to fight really hard to get where I am now. It was not always easy and there were times I thought I'd probably not make it but I knew exactly where I wanted to be and I just did not give up until I was there. I put everything I had into building up what I have. I didn't come such a long way to have it all taken away from me now.''

''Then don't give up now either. Just don't stop until you have it back.'' Luke smiled and followed Dr. Oliver with his gaze to prevent him from looking away as he smiled encouragingly.

Luke gasped for air as he tried to keep up with Dr. Oliver's pace. After his tense and much too fast drive out here to the hospital he had jumped out of the car barely waiting for Luke to catch up with him.

The hospital was a quite modern, huge building composed of grey glazed cubes and a lot of stairs and somehow Luke wondered why none of them seemed to be the entrance they were heading to.

As they finally rushed through the sliding doors Luke had to watch out not to collide with the busy crowd pushing through the hall. Probably the evening change of shifts he guessed as he followed Dr. Oliver into one of the side corridors.

''You can wait here.'' the strained voice pulled Luke out of his sightseeing trance.

Dr. Oliver was pointing towards an empty waiting area in a corner.

''I won't be long.''

Luke dropped himself onto the middle chair fixing his eyes on the door Dr. Oliver had just disappeared through. At least there was a coffee machine he thought to himself as he began searching his pockets for change. The sound of the coins sliding through the vending machine was surreally loud since there was nothing else to be heard around. When he sat down again he could hear two people speak behind the door. He didn't understand what they were saying but one of them sounded a mix of strained and angry while the other voice had an appeasing tone.

Luke was just about to get up and step closer to the door when it opened and Dr. Oliver stormed out.

''We're leaving.'' he said and headed for the exit without waiting for Luke to get up.

Luke closed the door of the two bedroom suite behind them and held his steps as he watched Dr. Oliver head straight for the mini bar. He reached for a glass and a small bottle of vodka. After throwing some ice into the drink he emptied it in one draw not even bothering to sit down.

''You're not planning to get drunk are you.'' Luke was now standing right beside him and looked a little worried.

Dr. Oliver shook his head looking genuinely surprised. ''Why would I do that I have a lot of work waiting for me.''

''Good.'' Luke threw his coat on the bed beside them and watched Dr. Oliver open the black briefcase.

He picked up a folder and held it out to Luke.

''Could you hold this please?''

''Mr. Snyder?'' he insisted as Luke didn't react.

''Yeah sorry.'' Luke reached out for the folder

''You know I think it's kind of weird that you still call me Mr. Snyder. How come you do that?''

''Why wouldn't I?''

''You call Noah by his first name.' 'Luke said pulling away the folder he was about to hand over.

''That's a simple well defined relationship. Patient and doctor.''

''What does that make us then?'' Luke stepped closer and looked at Reid with a provoking smile.

Dr. Oliver frowned at this unexpected question. He looked at Luke trying to figure out what he was trying to do until he finally said:

''That makes us two people who are helping each other to get back the most important thing in their lives. I am your best bet to help Noah and you're mine to get back my career.''

''Two people who hold each other's live in their hands.'' Luke smiled broader and his eyes began to sparkle.

Dr. Oliver frowned again and reached for the folder that Luke was now holding out to him again.

''I have to have a look at those now.''

''Actually I think we think we should go out to have dinner. Now it's still pretty early and if you plan on going over those folders all night I'm sure you'll get hungry at some point.''

It did not take Luke long to sell his idea and he just quickly left for his room to change into some new clothes. When he came back a minute later he could see that the door to the other bedroom was only half closed and he held his steps leaning slightly forward.

Through the three Inch gap he could see moving in the dim light. He was topless and his skin was glowing in the orange brown light of the bedside lamp. When he turned around to reach for his shirt Luke could see the almost healed bruises from the attack a couple of weeks ago.

Just beneath his left collarbone there was a small scar and Luke squinted as he wondered where it might come from. threw the shirt he had just grabbed on the bed and reached down to undo his belt. He quickly shimmied out of his pants and leaned over the bed to pick up a new jeans. Luke was still standing at the same spot his eyes travelling up and down 's chest and then dropped to his hips. The fabric of his dark grey underwear looked soft and was fitting quite tight to his skin.

When turned around abruptly Luke quickly took a step back and quietly walked back into his room waiting for Dr. Oliver to be ready.

''So this is where you eat when you actually sit down for it.''

Luke closed the door behind them and took a look around. It was a small room divided in lower and higher ground level with about a dozen of wooden tables. The floor was dark wood as well and the walls were orange with pop art pictures on them. The bar was in the middle of the room and occupied up to the last space.

The waitress pointed them towards a table in the corner and rushed off again to pick up an order across the room.

''Yes this is where I eat when I have the time to sit down. They have excellent cheeseburgers by the way.''

Dr. Oliver peeled out of his coat and sat down.

Luke took a brief look at the menu displayed under a plastic table cloth but actually he had already decided that he would go for the cheeseburger.

The heels of her pink shoes were clacking on the wooden floor as the young girl approached their table to take their order.

''A beer and cheeseburger please.''

''For me too only I take a coke instead of the beer.'' Luke leaned forward placing his arms on the table.

''You don't drink?'' Dr. Oliver looked surprised.

''Well I can't really. I had a kidney transplant a few years ago.''

‚''Oh.'' Dr. Oliver paused and nodded slightly. '' A hereditary disease?''

Luke shook his head.

''It was an infection. Anyway I'm not supposed to drink and I take that kind of seriously now since I nearly messed up big time not so long ago.''

''What happened?''

''Well I was going through a rough period since I had been expelled from university and I could not really handle losing something that was so important to me and then the despise of my family for what I had done so I started drinking way too much.''

''I had no idea you went to university. What did you study?''

''Screenwriting.''

Luke was slightly puzzled as he saw the curious expression on Dr. Oliver's turn into a huge smile.

‚'What?'' he asked smiling as well now.

''Nothing it's just weird to learn all those things about you. That's not at all what I thought you were like when we first met.'' Dr. Oliver took a sip of his beer still smiling to himself.

''I really thought you were just another bored rich kid killing time pointlessly spending daddy's money.''

''Yeah well you surely didn't raise any doubts about that.''

Their laughter was interrupted by the waitress placing their food in front of them. Eating mostly in silence, they just occasionally shared a small joke or a smile.

''What happened to the writing?'' Dr. Oliver asked as he put down his coffee.

It took Luke a moment until he got what the question was about.

‚''Well I've never really had the time even to worry about that part of my life actually. It was a rough time all together and I kept doing stupid things back then nearly gambling the respect and love of so many people I care about. It was also a very rough time for Noah and me. I was just so happy I could patch it up with my parents and Noah that the writing somehow got into the background I guess.''

''Was he your first lover?'' Normally this question would have irritated Luke but for some reason he didn't think it strange at all tonight and just nodded.

''What about you?'' the relaxed and easy mood of the evening made Luke confident enough to ask a question he would probably not have asked otherwise.

''Have you ever been really in love?''

''Actually was someone I really cared about but somehow we could not make it work and looking back I have to say that it was mainly my fault. I could just never really figure out how to treat him right and instead I kept hurting him with my cold and sometimes patronizing behavior whenever things got too emotional.

We were really attached to one another and we tried to make it work for a long time but by the time I had finally figured out how badly I had let him down it was too late to fix anything.''

Luke held 's gaze for a few seconds before he smiled.

''That was actually the only person ever I cared enough about to say that I was in love.'' Dr. Oliver added smiling back at Luke

''Don't tell me you're going to go over those folders now.'' Luke locked the door and turned around to place the key on the dresser.

‚''Why not. It needs to be done.''

Luke walked across the room until he was facing Dr. Oliver.

''Are you not familiar with the concept of leaving the party when you're having the best time?'''

''What the hell are you talking about?''

''Well would you rather go to sleep now and be at ease after a nice and cozy night out or would you like to get all edgy again before going to bed?''

''I doubt it's as simple as that.''

‚'It actually is.'' Luke smiled and nodded his head as he stepped a little closer.

''The hearing is only in the afternoon and you would only have to overcome your own urge of perfectionism and let this wait till the morning.'' he waved his head into the direction of the open briefcase.

''Probably you're right. I really had a good time'' Dr. Oliver turned around to snap the briefcase closed. When he turned back again Luke was still standing in front of him smiling and his eyes sparkling with whatever it was that delighted him so much. He wanted to step to the side to walk towards the bathroom but somehow he could not look away from this smile.

Dr. Oliver tried to gather his thoughts but he was just hypnotized by the pair of brown eyes that was now openly checking him out.

His brain immediately went back into alert when Luke's lips touched his own. This was not supposed to happen and he would have to end it right now. But instead his hands instinctively went around Luke's back and dug into his hair. Maybe he would just kiss him for another minute he could pull away at anytime and no harm would be done if this lasted just another few seconds.

But then Luke shifted grinding their hips together and Dr. Oliver felt a rush of fire shooting through his body. The kiss turned from gentle into passionate and Reid felt the blood rush to the lower part of his body as Luke slid his finger under the waistband of his jeans urging their hips closer together. Still kissing Luke walked them both to the bed and pushed Reid on his back lying down on top of him.

After a few minutes Luke broke the kiss to catch his breath, resting his head against Reid's chest. Reid took advantage of the moment to flip them and pull Luke's shirt over his head.

He bent down to briefly suck at the skin of Luke's neck before he reached between them to hastily undo Luke's belt and the button of his jeans. After a while of just looking at the body beneath him he bent down again to kiss his way over Luke's chest and shoulders before he sat upright to get rid of his own shirt. Still straddling him he reached down to slowly run his right thumb over Luke's stomach and along the waistband of his pants. Luke lifted his hand to place them at either side of Reid's hips. He ran them around to his lower back and all the way up his sides urging him down again. As their faces were just an inch away Luke pulled him in for another kiss; long and passionate until neither of them could really breathe anymore. Their hands remained buried in each other's hair as they pulled apart and just held eye contact for a short moment.

After another kiss they flipped on their sides entwining their legs, their arms around each other's back. Luke ran his free hand from his neck over his shoulders and down his arm not once breaking eye contact with his lover. When Luke undid his belt with one hand and reached into his underwear Reid closed his eyes and bit his bottom lip. As Luke's warm hands touched the soft skin of his erection with a firm but tender grip a flash of bright light tore through his brain and he just sighed deeply reaching around Luke's neck to steady himself. He felt their hearts beating against each other's chest and Luke briefly let go of him to shove down his jeans and then struggled out of his own. When he was done Luke pushed Reid down on his back again and started to lick over his lips and on to his neck, his chest and down to his stomach. Reid arched his back as he dipped his tongue into his navel and Luke reached out to steady his hips before he moved further down and wrapped his lips around his erection.

The moan coming from Reid went straight through Luke's body from the heart right down his spine.

Reid arched his back again and Luke tightened his grip his fingers almost digging into the soft skin.

''Oh Jesus.'' Reid was trying to catch his breath to speak.

''Luke.'' he paused for a moment panting heavily.

''Luke. I want to hold you when I come.''

Luke pulled away from him and moved up holding Reid's gaze as he lay down beside him. Reid placed his left arm around Luke's shoulder and back pulling him against his chest. When their bodies were connected from lips to entwined legs he reached down between them and began to stroke Luke in a slow steady rhythm. Luke moved slightly forward pressing their bodies even closer together as he reached down as well.

When he felt that he was close Reid loosened his grip. He rested his head against Luke's shoulders and softly sighed his name as he came. Still breathing heavily he reached out and started to stroke Luke again who came just a few moments later. When their breathing had calmed a bit they reached out for one another and came down from their height with a long tender kiss. Suddenly Reid felt a cool brush o fair on his burning skin and he reached beside them to pull the covers around their bodies.

I had the idea of this fic and absolutely had to realize it even though I must admit that along the way it was sometimes really hard to get it exactly the way I wanted it to be. I would be happy to hear what you think : )