Disclaimer: I do not own the characters, not making money from this. Just for fun.

Warning. This is slash. As usual I kept it clean. The male cousins in my story are in a relationship. The first chapter is clean, only a hint of a relationship.

Note: Some of this story is based on events that happen in another story. One I haven't finished yet. Bo was involved in a car accident almost two years ago. He now wears a brace on his left leg.

The Road Home keeps getting longer

They all fell in for the night, each in their own tents. Cooter in his truck and the boys as usual shared a tent. They've been sharing things for so long now, nobody even notices it, or how strange it would seem to strangers that two grown men are sharing a small tent. Never the less after everyone says their goodnights and everyone has been settled in for a while, Bo gets jerked awake by a panicing Luke.
"No! Don't!" Luke rasps out almost struggling to breathe. "Bo?"
"I'm right here." He says as he turns to Luke. At first Bo didn't realize that Luke was still asleep and in the midst of a nightmare.
"Luke?" He said closer to his ear. He was rewarded with a hit to the nose and left eye, when he got too close to Luke.
"Bo! Don't...Don't go!"
"I'm right here, Luke" Bo got on top of him in an effort to stop him from thrashing around.
"It's ok, it's ok." He repeats as he's running his hand through Luke's hair. Luke always used that trick on Bo, whenever he had a nightmare when he was a child. He had learned that trick from Aunt Martha,
seemed to work on Luke as well. He felt Luke calming down and relaxing underneath him. Luke slowly opened his eyes and starred confused into Bo's eyes, "Bo?" He whispers.
"You ok?" He felt Luke's hand on his face, like he needed reasurance that he was actually there. He placed his left arm around his waist and pulled him close. He shook his head in responce to Bo's question. Bo could feel the tears going down Luke's cheek.
"Wanta talk about it?"
"I saw you, thought you..." Luke trailed off and only cried that much harder.
"It's ok Luke, I'm here, I'm here. I ain't goin' nowhere." Several minutes later he felt Luke nod, he slowly got off of Luke and laid next to him. He opened the sleeping bag alittle to get some air and let Bo hold him close. Together they fell back to sleep, no more dreams plagued Luke that night. He knew he was safe.
The next morning the boys woke up later than usual. Bo went out first and walked over to the General. He opened the trunk and took out a wash cloth and a clean shirt. He took off his dirty shirt and placed it in the trunk. He closed the lid and put his shirt on, as he turned around he saw Daisy looking at him with wide eyes.
"What happened?" She asked as she reached to touch Bo's face. Bo flinched back and batted her hand away.
"I'm fine!" Was all he said as he walked away from her and headed to the creek. He reached the creek and started to wash the blood off of his face. The others tried not to notice the exchange between the two cousins. Luke came out of the tent and walked up to Bo, he placed his hand on his back and whispered something in his ear. Bo nodded his head and let Luke look at his face. Luke took the wash cloth and gently washed the rest of the blood off of his face.
The others at the campfire chatted amongst themselves, very curious about what happened during the night. Luke went to the General and got some pain pills and a bottle of water for Bo.
"Hurts?" Bo nodded as he took the pills and water. They walked together to the campfire area and sat down next to everyone. Luke sighed when he saw the look on everyone's faces.
"I still get nightmares from time to time. Bo happened to be alittle too close, and I must of hit him. Didn't realize it until just now." Everyone nodded their understanding. They knew that Luke had suffered from bad dreams from his time in Vietnam.
Cooter heard Luke state that as he was coming back from his truck. He walked up to Luke and put a hand on his shoulder and whispered, "You ok, Lukas?"
"Yeah, thanks."
"Bo?"
"I'm fine Cooter, thanks." Cooter sat next to Luke as he drank his coffee. About a half hour later they heard a small animal making whimpering noises. They all looked around than back to each other.
"I'm gonna check it out."
"I'll go with ya Bo." Replied Luke as he stood up.
"Hold up I'll join ya." Cooter added. They walked towards the source of the sound, it wasn't that far from the camp. Maybe a mile down the road.
"It's coming from over there." Bo pointed towards the side of the road. He looked down the slope and told Luke and Cooter, "I got him." He slowly worked his way down the slope.
"Watch yourself." Cautioned Luke. Bo reached the animal that was making the noise.
"Hey there, little fella." He said to the dog. He worked to get the dog untangled from the brush. The second he got free he pounced on Bo, licking him all over his face.
"Down boy, down." Bo laughed as he gently pushed the dog away, and started to pet him.
"Hey Luke! It's a golden lab."
"I see that. He hurt?"
"Nah, not that I can tell." Bo said as he was looking the dog over for injuries.
"Bring him on up." Yelled Cooter. Bo started up the slope carrying the dog.
"Here Luke take him, he's alittle scarred." Bo lifted the dog up to give to Luke.
"Got him?"
"Yeah." Bo shifted his weight to pull himself up when the ground from under him gave way.
"Bo!" Bo slid down the steep embankment and rolled. He stopped when his left knee hit hard against a large rock.
"AAAHH!" Bo screamed out. Cooter grabbed the dog from Luke.
"I got him Lukas, tend to Bo." Luke slid down to Bo, who was holding his left knee.
"Now Bo, what did I tell ya?"
"Yeah, yeah, I know. 'Watch myself'. Help me up?" Bo groaned when he tried to stand. "I think I messed up my knee again." He replied as he looked down at it. (He had injured his knee almost two years ago in a bad car accident.)
Bo was now breathing heavily which worried Luke.
"Bo take deep breaths." Bo nodded as he stood for a minute trying to take in deep breaths. Luke didn't have his inhaler with him and he didn't want Bo's asthma to act up again. It's been over a year since he had to use one. They finally managed to get up the slope, Cooter and Luke helped Bo get back to camp; with a happy dog following them.
When they got back to the camp all eyes looked upon the three.
"Bo, you ok?" Asked Rosco.
"What happened?" Daisy asked as she walked up to the boys.
"Ground gave way, slid down, hit my knee hard."
"Of all the luck, it's your bad leg too." Remarked Cletus.
"I saw a small clinic on our way through that town down the road." Rosco told them.
"Yeah I saw it too. Hope someone's there." Replied Luke. Daisy dug into her pocket and took out some of the money she got for selling her bike in L.A.
"Here Luke, take this. It should cover it." She handed him the money and he told her 'thanks.' They got into Cooter's truck and Luke and Bo drove into town. They saw the small clinic that very much reminded them of Doc Appleby's clinic back home. The Doctor was on the porch drinking a glass of lemonade and saw them pull up. She walked up to them when she saw Luke helping Bo get out of the truck.
"Mornin'." She got on the other side of Bo and placed his arm around her shoulder.
"Let's get you in." They got into the clinic/house, and she told Luke, "first right. Let's get you on the exam table. My name is Sue-Ann."
"I'm Luke and this is my cousin Bo." Bo got up onto the exam table and laid down.
"Looks like you dislocated your knee cap. I'll know more once we get this brace off." Luke winced at that, he knew that it would hurt like the devil when it was put back into place. She took off the brace and pulled up his pant's leg.
"I have to move it back in place. I don't think I have to tell you, it's gonna hurt." The Doctor gently placed her hands on his leg and told him, "don't move, on the count of three. You ready?" Bo was consintrating on his breathing so he just nodded his head.
"One, two." Before she got to three she popped the knee back into place.
"AAhhh..." Bo moaned in pain. "Thought you said on three." He groaned out.
"I find that a patient is more relaxed when they're not expecting it." Bo was breathing heavily now, having a hard time controlling his breathing.
"Uh Bo, you alright?" Asked a concerned Luke. Bo just shook his head.
"He's having an asthma attack." The Doctor replied as she took down an oxygen mask and placed it over his mouth and nose.
"I need you to take deep breaths." She went to the medicine cabinet and took out an inhaler.
"Bo here." He took the inhaler from her as she removed the mask.
"How long have you had asthma?"
"He had it real bad as a child, but it got better as he got older. He hasn't had to use an inhaler in about a year."
"I'm gonna prescribe you an inhaler, you can pick it up at the pharmacy. Let's get your brace back on your knee, I don't want you to pop it outa place again." She looked around the room and found a cane.
"Here you can have this to use." She gave him the cane.
"Thanks."
"No problem. A friend of mine pays me with homemade items sometimes. I got like 30 of them."
When they were done Luke asked her what they owed her. He paid her the money then asked where the pharmacy was.
"It's right down the road, two blocks north. Right side of the street, can't miss it."
"Thank you." Both of them said and shook her hand before they left.
"Take care now."
"You too." Replied Luke. They made it to the pharmacy, and Luke went inside to get Bo's inhaler. Then they drove back to the campsite.