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Chapter 6

"Steven...?"

Brendan's eyes flickered open as he winced in pain. He couldn't focus his eyes properly but could hear a constant beeping noise around him. He was in bed, but whose he wasn't sure.

Where was Steven, he wasn't dreaming that, he'd defiantly heard his voice. He was alone now was Steven talking about, going back to London, why? And where was he now?

"Hello love" Cheryl had come back in the room.

"You're in hospital babe, How are you feeling?" Cheryl asked.

"Like I've been hit on the head Chez, where's Steven?" Said Brendan.

"Who is Steven love?" Asked Cheryl

"He's my, er friend, he was here, did you see him?" Bren, no one else is here except me and Nate. Cheryl replied.

" Look you get some rest huh?" "I'll be back to see you tomorrow" Cheryl kissed him in the cheek and left.

Everything was going dark, like he was trapped. Something was on his neck, touching him there. Pushing and getting tighter, struggling to breathe, two thumbs pushed in close together in the middle of his neck. Can't breathe, stop,stop...

"Where is he Brendan?" "I know you know him, he certainly knew you. Well enough to point a gun at me, and knock a man out. Think a drugs deal would be a good cover up? I am two steps ahead scumbag, and when I find him, he going to regret the day he crossed me"

His thumbs slack off now, and you're coughing and clawing for breath. You try and focus on the man leaning above you.

"Daniel? We got to stop meeting like this" Brendan coughs. "You know people will talk" Brendan feels his throat scratch,it's sore from having Danny's hands around his neck.

"Who are you talking about? I am now a mind reader?" Brendan coughed again.

"Ste Smith that's who, the one who set up the drugs deal, you two concoct it together did you?" Danny replied

Brendan was taken aback, Steven Smith, his Steven? What had he got to do with any of this?

"Steven was in the club, at ChezChez?" Brendan quizzed, he had thoughts racing round his mind.

"Ah so you do know him. I am going to track him down and make sure he meets with an accident". Danny seethed into Brendan's ear.

"You don't touch a hair on his head Daniel. I won't be in this bed forever, and then we really need to discus your manners" Brendan replied trying to sit up. He was still weak and his head pounded. He reached out his hand trying to grab hold of Danny, but he had left already.

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The drive back to his hotel was a sombre one, Ste sat in the back of the taxi wondering how he could sort this out,he figured Danny would have told Brendan about the altercation at the club earlier and he would hate him. Ste winced at his own thoughts. He needed to take Danny out of the picture now, he had put Brendan in danger, and his stupid clouded judgement had put them in this situation.

Ste made contact his boss, " Sir, there has been a development,the information given was wrong; Brendan Brady is only a pawn in a bigger game. It's Danny Houston we need to bring down.

I have discovered he is the main player, organizing the drug shipments, and he is heavily involved in organized crime. Brendan is just one of his many helpers along the way. Danny uses threats and intimidation to get what he wants, any man put under pressure like that would crumble"

He heard his boss take some deep breaths, and take a drink.

"You have proof of this I take it? Our sources are usually second to none, and don't forget there is undeniable evidence against Brady, he has committed crimes himself, and has to be put to justice" Ste's boss replied.

Ste sighed, he knew that, but with Danny put into the frame he could at least give some slack to Brendan.

"Yes sir, this I know, just letting you know my findings. After all you asked me to get close to Brady, and I have" Ste tugged at his shirt collar as he felt an awkward heat rise in his chest and neck.

"The wrong person is being investigated; it's Danny we should focus on".Ste pushed.

Ste's boss considered the information he was being given, and allowed that Ste was good at his job and deserved the chance to complete his mission the best way.

" Okay you have 48 hrs to bring me your report, but Brady is still part of this, he is far from our if this picture"

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About one week earlier.

A limousine pulled up into the entrance to an old cemetery. Inside the church it was beautiful, the sun shone through the stained glass windows that cast the different colours into the building.

There were a couple of worshipers dotted around the pews and a priest walked around lighting candles near the altar.
A man was sat at the back; Danny walked up and sat at the back of him.

"Glad you could make it, knew I'd make you see sense" "Do I have any choice?" The man replied shakily.

"No matter what I do I'm screwed either way!" Danny laughed

"yes, yes you are" "right, this is what's going to happen, you will go to deliver the drugs and collect the money like usual, then my guys will rough you up and steal them off you." Danny continued.

"You will then go back to Brady and tell him Warren Fox set you up"

The man looked back at Danny curious, "Why Warren? Aren't they friends?" The man asked.

"They tolerate each other for business purposes, I know Brady he will be suspicious of Warren". Danny replied.

"And what if he doesn't believe me, he will kill me!" Cried the man.

Danny stood up to leave,"you're telling me this because...? I guess your power of persuasion best be good then. I will contact you again when I require a dogsbody". Danny left and the man put his head in his hands.

Kevin arrived at the club early and walked up the stairs. He went into Brendan's office and sat down. "Morning Kevin, you bright and bushy tailed and ready for your next delivery?" Asked Brendan.

"Yes I am, just give me the packages and I will do the rest" Sighed Kevin. Brendan walked over and passed a parcel to him, tried to search his eyes, but Kevin was looking at the floor.

"Ye look deep in thought Kevin; need to get something off your chest?" "No I am just tired, please just let me do the delivery" Kevin, took the parcel and waited for Danny's men.

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Present day

Brendan woke up in the hospital, it was the next morning so he had managed to get some rest thanks to the painkillers, he was still feeling sore, but was determined to get out of here.

He had a lot of thoughts racing through his head, who was Steven, why was he dealing with Danny? Brendan needed to find him, but didn't have a clue where to begin. He called for the nurse and asked for his doctor, then asked for his phone.

Brendan made two calls, first to his sister Cheryl, he explained he would be discharging himself, and had to calm his sister down when she told him that was out of the question.

"Chez, I am okay I promise, but I may be in trouble, so I need to sort some things out". Brendan tried. It took a lengthy call, but Cheryl gave in defeated and told him to be careful.

The second call was harder to make, he had to delve deep and put their differences aside.

"Foxy?" Asked Brendan

"Blimey! There's a voice I wasn't expecting, calling to arrange our meeting from the other day? Oh and cheers for calling me back by the way"Warren drawled down the phone.

"Look Foxy, I have been busy, like having a stay in hospital for one" Brendan sighed.

"Oh yeah, heard about that, you wound up Danny? You must have a death wish mate" Laughed Warren.

Brendan shifted off the bed and began to walk around the room."Hm,yeah,funny. Look, I need ye help, I want to take Danny down, getting to big for his boots. You know it makes sense and it would benefit your business too" Brendan was pacing the room now.

"You want me to help you?" Warren laughed down the phone.

"Thought you couldn't trust me, thought me and mine had attacked your employee Kevin? That's right Brady, I know what that runts been saying" Warren's voice was getting angry.

"Yeah, well I have been thinking about that, I know you're a thick twat, but even you wouldn't be that stupid, recon Danny is playing us both" "I am going to get Walker in on this plan, are you with me or not?" Asked Brendan

Warren was taking an age to decide Brendan knew he was going to help, and this was just a way to wind him up.
His doctor entered the room, and Brendan mouthed to him to hang on a minute.

"COME ON FOXY, give me a break will ye?! Impatience had now taken over.

"Ok, keep your wig on Brady! I will help you, what do you want me to do now then?" Warren asked.

"Go to Bradys, pick up Walker, you can explain on the way to the airport. Get your arses over here. Call me when you land in Liverpool" He ended the call and looked at his doctor.

"Dr Browning? I am discharging myself, run along and get me the relevant papers there's a good man".

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Ste had got back to his hotel to get the things he needed. He packed up his belongings too, for the flight home. He found the file and opened it up to the photo of Brendan he had seen those couple days earlier, he again used his fingers to train on the outline of Brendan's face, once again pausing on his moustache.

He closed his eyes to remember the desperate kiss they'd had on the plane, the closeness they had shared, he must have felt it too, like something had drawn them together, he'd been given this mission for a reason, were they meant to have met? Ste opened his eyes again; he made a decision about his future in that moment. First though he had something to take care of. He took out his phone and called Brendan.

Dr Browning had signed the discharge papers under duress, but Brendan could be very persuasive. He left the hospital in a taxi and went back to Chez,Chez. Probably not the greatest plan, but he had to do something there. He arrived back in Hollyoaks and went upstairs. Joel was in the office sorting paperwork. He was shocked to see Brendan.

"What are you doing here?" Asked Joel. "It's my club Joel, why wouldn't I be here? Can ye leave me please, I need to watch yesterdays CCTV footage" Brendan told him.

"Oh right,ok then,glad you are doing better then" Joel closed the door to the office on the way out.

Brendan sat down at his laptop and clicked to yesterdays CCTV footage. He was scrolling through when at 11:30 he saw Danny arrive and sit at the bar, then another man not long afterwards, Brendan saw they acknowledged each other. Then just after 12, he saw another man, wearing glasses approach Danny, wearing a suit.

It was him, it was Steven. There was no voice on the CCTV so all Brendan could do is watch as it all played out. He saw Steven seem to panic and left towards the bathroom hurriedly before he himself arrived. The man then assaulting him, but then a surprise, Steven holding a gun?! He watched him knock out the man with his gun, and Danny leave. Not long after Steven ran out of the club.

He sat back in his chair dazed, what was going on? Brendan's phone buzzed and he picked it up.

"Hello,Brady here" Brendan answered. "Brendan? It's me, it's Ste" Brendan's heart soared, he couldn't deny he was happy hearing his voice again, but tried to play it cool.

"Steven? I missed you" Said Brendan. "Oh really? God yes I missed you too" Steven replied happily.

"No Steven, I mean on the CCTV,I missed you by minutes yesterday, I am just watching this now. Makes great viewing, you could be the next James Bond eh?" Brendan smirked to himself.

"Oh god, how did you find out?! I'm sorry! Wait you heard me at the hospital didn't you? Look I was going to tell you I worked for the government, it just went crazy, we met and I fancied you like mad, and then we kissed and it was like, amazing and..."

Ste was talking quickly trying to get every word out on time,but sounding like a babbling baboon.

"Steven", Brendan slowed his words, "you fancy me?" Brendan beamed.

"I,erm,what? Yes,No,look..Have you heard a word I said? I work for the British government as a spy!" "Yes Steven, I heard ye, and I'm sure you have a frankly wonderful story to back that up, however right now I am more interested in 'how amazing' our kiss was. Brendan heard Steven blush, even though that was impossible, he just knew he was a shade redder now.

"Stop it" Steven smiled.

"Where are ye Steven? You alone?" Brendan asked.

"Yeah, in my hotel room why?" Steven replied.

"Tell me the name of it I am coming over" "You are whatnow?! I don't think so, Brendan you ain't coming here!" Ste sat up straight on the bed.

Brendan decided to have some fun.

"I want you to touch yourself for me Steven, take your hand and put it on your groin, right now" Brendan was enjoying the tease.

"Touch myself? No,I can't...stop it" "Then tell me The hotel name,Steven" Brendan requested.

"No,I can't" Ste sighed.

"Steven, I want you to imagine I am there with you, use your hand, move it down your stomach and rub over your groin, move down under your boxers and grab your cock, stroke it for me"

Steven gave in and started to move his hand as Brendan had asked, he felt himself harden at the sound of his voice. Brendan heard Steven's breathing change and he felt aroused by it, he then himself felt over his cock, it was straining against his trousers.

"Steven,tell me which hotel you're at. I want you, tell me you want me too, please..."

Steven had moved his hand to under his boxers and grabbed his cock, rubbing and squeezing it quivering at the sound of Brendan's voice.

"I want you Brendan, but I can't tell you where I am" Steven groaned.

"Rub yourself harder Steven,use a tighter grip move your hand up and down slowly on your cock" He could hear Ste ,moaning and breathing heavy on the phone

"Now twist your hand while you move and touch the slit, smooth the pre cum over your fingers, smear it on yourself...the hotel name, Steven?"

Brendan moved his hand into his boxers and pushed into the slit on the head of his cock and pushed down hard ,he groaned loudly as he touched under the rim of his cock it sent shivers through his body. Steven was falling apart now, and he wanted Brendan there touching him, kissing his lips.

"I want to suck you down deep in my mouth Steven, make you so hard and drink you up" Brendan kept teasing.

"I'm at the Hilton in town, get your sexy backside over here, room 29." Steven sobbed over his words feeling so turned on right now.

"Nah, Steven, I'm too busy, can I take a rain check?" Brendan covered his mouth trying not to laugh.

"WHAT!?" cried Steven who could kill Brendan right now.

"I'M JOKING! I'll be there faster than you can strip naked and lie on your bed waiting. And that's a order, not a request" Brendan put down the phone.

Brendan drove himself to the hotel he needed to get there fast, wanted to see Steven more than anything else right now. He was thinking about what Steven had said, British spy? Now there's a conversation piece!

Steven was sat on the bed, hard in his boxers and heart about to burst out of his chest, Brendan was on his way. He had the butterflies in his stomach again. He striped down to his boxers and put a t-shirt on had a quick tidy up, then put the door ajar so Brendan could walk in.

Steven had drifted off to sleep when Brendan had arrived. He locked the door behind him. Started to remove his jacket and shoes, loosened his shirt and crept up along the bed next to Ste. Brendan looked at Ste in awe, he fancied him so much it made him catch his breath.

He ticked the sole of Ste's feet, and he didn't move, so he took his hands and stroked smoothly over the hairs on his legs, tickling his fingers up and stopped at his groin. His fingers crept inside the bottom of Ste's boxers and caught his balls and he played his fingers over them.

Ste moved slightly, Brendan smiled as he moved a finger over his boxers and moved over the length of his cock, which started to twitch. Ste was murmuring now as he opened his eyes and tried to focus, he saw Brendan was there on the bed with him, he was looking at him smiling. Brendan crawled up the rest of Ste's body and stopped to drown in his eyes again.

"Hey" Brendan said.

"Hey" Replied Ste as they kissed each other again, so deeply as if their lives depended on it. There tongues meshed together as one exploring each others taste as it exploded on their senses. They kissed for what seemed like hours,both melting into the bed covers.

Brendan moved back down Ste's body and removed his boxers and flung them across the room. He took his tongue and pressed heavy onto the base of Ste's cock and in one long movement he wet it up to the tip and licked into the slit, once, twice three times till Ste was arching up his back and moaning loudly.

He took his mouth and sucked hard around the head taking it into his mouth, kept his lips there sucking harder each time, then took his entire length into his mouth, moving back up to the tip and suck swallowing harder each time to the base, hearing Ste moaning loudly. He could taste the pre cum already and knew he wouldn't last much longer.

"Oh my god Bren, Bren I'm gonna come, Oh god" Cried Ste. As he came into Brendan's mouth shooting his cum down his throat. Brendan drank him right up like he'd promised. He came back up to Ste's face and told him he knew he'd taste that good,and tongue kissed him again.

Brendan settled onto Ste's chest,like he was pinning him down,and managed to stop grinning long enough to speak.

"So Steven,just before round two...what's this I hear about you being a British spy?"

Steven blushed,"Ummm..."