Merry Christmas my Lovelies! Hope this will get you through until the next timed which should come faster now that holiday season is over!

Nightfall finally came and with it a gaggle of fans ready for the concert. Seth had did what Kane had asked all throughout the day. Ordering some food, making sure the stage was set up properly, even helped set up the band's next interview. He had been so busy that he hadn't even thought of Dean, at least not until Aaron from Gemini Syndrome asked about him.

"You've been hanging around Dean a lot, any idea where he is? Caleb is looking for him." Seth had to admit he was a little embarrassed that he was called out so quickly on that. However he hadn't seen the older man since mic check earlier on in the day. Seth shook his head and Aaron sighed.

"Alright well if you see him will you let him know?"

"Yeah of course." What could the lead singer of Beartooth want Dean for? A part of him was irrationally jealous but then he remembered Caleb was absolutely straight he even brought his girlfriend out for the week. It just goes to show his crazy he was about the auburn blonde male. As he was lost in his Dean riddled thoughts he almost missed the man himself walk right in front of him.

"Hey Dean!" He called out to grab the guitarist's attention. Those beautiful blue eyes turned their attention to him and Seth wanted to melt inside, he had to stay strong though at least for a little while longer.

"I've been looking for you." That deep husky voice called out, making Seth forget why he had even called the older man over in the first place. His heart started racing and his palms were getting sweaty.

"Why were you looking for me?" He asked, his cheeks burning from blushing. Dean's mouth smirked up at the sight, the kid was just so fucking cute. He never thought he'd see anything as cute but there was no other way to describe the brunette. He stood in front of the Seth, his hand resting on the wall beside Seth's head as he leaned his head down to talk to him.

"That conversation we need to have?" He prompted and Dean's smirk left his face. He didn't want that to come up right now.

"Yeah…about that…" And just like every other time he tried talking about this subject he was interrupted.

"Thank god, man I've been looking for you everywhere. I know I have no right to ask this is and it's probably a long shot anyway but Taylor broke his hand last night. Too many drinks I guess, anyway we don't have a guitarist for a few weeks. So you think you could play with us? Just for a bit and if you know the songs."

"I could probably play the songs you've played while on tour with us but that's about it and I'd catch on to the lyrics while we're going." Dean was pretty damn good playing by ear and he had no worries as long as they stuck to the set they've played the past two days.

"Man I could kiss you! You saved my ass, I owe you big time. We go on in like two minutes." He felt like he would never get a chance to talk to the kid, especially if things kept going this way. Looking over at the person in question he saw that Seth was biting his lip and sort of smiling.

"What are you thinking about?" Dean moved closer to the brunette male, smiling himself when those big brown eyes met his. He knew something passed between them in that moment but he was trying to ignore it. Hell he needed to ignore the little voice in his head telling him to just kiss Seth. Thick lashes batted over those beautiful eyes, a shrug being the answer to his question.

"You better get going, don't want to keep them waiting." Dean smirked and shook his head as he turned towards the stage, taking the guitar that was handed to him. Seth stood there and watched him begin to play for a bit. He looked like he was comfortable up there, like he knew that's where he belonged. Seth envied that, he didn't feel like he belonged anywhere. As he continued to play he seemed to catch on pretty easily to all the words and even started singing along, the fans eating it up. He was pulled out of his awe by a hand on his shoulder and when he turned around he saw that the hand belonged to Kane.

"Your brother is looking for you."

"So what, you're like his errand boy?" He didn't mean to say it out loud and the look on the bigger man's face made him immediately regret doing just that.

"Look kid I like you and I see a lot more than you think I do. The way you look at Dean, the way he allows himself to look at you when he thinks no one is watching. The way you two seem to gravitate towards each other whenever you're in the same room. That one has actually been going on for a while now. Then there was the first night on the bus, the way he took care of you when you were so drunk and confessed your feelings for him and practically threw yourself at him. He cares about you so much that he refused to acknowledge that confession because he wants to hear you say it and while any other man would probably take advantage of the situation he managed to resist. I believe he wants you just as much as you want him and the fact that he didn't sleep with you that night proves it in my book. And if you don't want your little plan that you have to become common knowledge to your brother, don't talk to me like that again. And just so you know I don't approve of the plan but I know you're going to do it anyway. Now like I said, your brother is looking for you." Just as fast as Kane came, he left. Leaving behind a confused Seth in his wake. What the he'll was he talking about, about the first night on the bus? Dean had told him nothing had happened. Was that just his way of protecting Seth from embarrassment? And how did Kane know what Seth was planning to do? Hell he just figured it out like half an hour ago! That man would always be a mystery to Seth. Going in search of his brother it didn't take long before he ran into said man, literally.

"Woah take it easy there tiger!" Roman threw his had up in faux surrender as Seth regained his balance.

"I was told you wanted to talk to me?" His big brother's playful smile seemed to disappear.

"Why were you on the phone with hotel earlier? You doing Kane's job now?" He sounded as if he disapproved and Seth knew immediately that this was going to be a battle. The brunette was trying to figure out exactly how he would say this to his brother without him getting extremely upset.

"Kane took me on as an apprentice of sorts. I help him out with all the not so important stuff and he's going to teach me what it takes to be a good band manager." That was good, yeah? Nothing too confrontational. He didn't have any tone to his voice, managing to keep it flat and yet Roman still looked like he was going to explode.

"Seth you don't need some summer job, what you need is to figure out what school you'll be going to, what you want to do for the rest of your life!" Now it was Seth's turn to get angry, how dare he tell Seth what he needed to do.

"That's what you don't understand Roman! This is what I want to do. I love music and this industry, and I'm a hell of a people person. Why can't you just support me on this?" Seth's eyes were starting to water at the end. More than anything he wanted Roman's approval on this, he never wanted to let his big brother down.

"Seth I see what this does to Kane he's a ball of stress most of the time. I don't want that for you."

"But it's what I want." His voice was soft, almost as if he was afraid to admit it but eventually Roman blew out a deep breath and nodded his head.

"Alright then, make me proud kid." Seth jumped with joy he was so happy. If only it was that easy to get him to approve of him and Dean being in a relationship.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" He hugged Roman as hard as he could gaining a chuckle from the older male. Dean walked backstage just in time to see this brotherly bonding and he released a small laugh as well. Roman was always a sucker for his baby brother, well about most things. Grey eyes met baby blues and Ro lifted his head in acknowledgement.

"Hey Dean, you were great out there. I didn't know you knew any of their songs." Roman had let go of Seth but kept his arm loosely thrown around his shoulder, keeping him close as if he was worried Dean would jump the younger man right there. It was actually quite amusing because if Dean were going to fuck Seth it sure as hell wouldn't be in front of the big Samoan man.

"I didn't really, just kind of went with it." He shrugged as if it was no big deal making Roman shake his head.

"Alright well rest up cause we're on in an hour." Dean nodded and when Roman turned around he jerked his head to the side, silently telling Seth to follow him.

"Dean can I talk to you?" Kane's voice came from behind him making Dean clench his jaw and just as he was about to tell Kane to fuck off the man added a 'now'. This talk with Seth was just being put off longer and longer. At this rate he's just end up shooting a text to the kid. When he didn't immediately answer, Kane grabbed a hold of his arm and drug him away.

"What the fuck, Kane? What is so goddamn important?!" He yanked his arm out of the bigger man's hand, coming to a stop a decent distance from where they started.

"What your about to do, don't. Don't break his heart because you're afraid of his brother. You love him and he loves you. Everything other than that is irrelevant, Dean." Dean thought Kane might have been kidding but the look on his face told otherwise.

"I'm not scared of Roman." He scoffed making light of the whole thing. In actuality he was uncomfortable that the big man had read him so well. Dean prides himself on not letting his emotions shine through, of keeping a cool demeanor and pretending nothing got to him. Kane just rolled his eyes and told him to think about what he said before he walked away, leaving Dean standing there doing just that. Should he take Kane's advice? What would happen if-

"If you want to talk still now would be the time before anyone else interrupts us." Seth interrupted his questioning mind and Dean couldn't help but smile at the young boy. Maybe, just maybe Kane was right this one time.

"It's okay pretty boy, let's just go catch up with the rest of them." Throwing his arm around the younger shoulders, Seth's arm immediately went around his waist, like it belonged there and a little part of Dean got worried. They were, after all, walking towards the rest of the band which included the big brother of the man his arm was around. He didn't think he was ready for that just yet. Smoothly getting out of the predicament he didn't notice the look on Seth's face as he backed away from their embrace. This guy just couldn't make up his mind. One minute he was all over Seth and the next he was backing away as if the younger bit him. Rolling his eyes Seth continued walking beside his crush and that's when it hit him. He knew exactly what he was going to do, the answer was so simple that he couldn't believe he hadn't thought of it earlier.

A/N: I know it has been going slow and I just want to thank everyone for sticking with me on this. I appreciate all of you.