Ste looks at Doug and can't take his eyes off of him. "Wow, he says. I will be feeling that against me lips for the rest of the day and maybe tomorrow as well. Oh God, Doug, I have so missed you."

Forgetting who was around Ste caresses Doug's Cheeks, "save some of that for later under your blankie."

Mike burst out laughing and says. "He still has blankie." He moves over to his baby brother and tussles his hair. "You and blankie always did make quite a couple Dougie," he teases his baby brother. Ste steps into rescue his husband, I love blankie. I love wrapping up in it on those cold, wet English Nights. I wouldn't trade blankie for anything."

Doug starts to blush a little, but he didn't care. Ste was here now. Everything was going to be okay.

Doug looks down and there is Ste looking into his eyes. Doug thinks, he had that look that said I am here and I am here to stay.

As Ste held Doug's hand, he couldn't help feeling like it had all been worth it. He was here where he was supposed to be with Doug.

After the emotional welcome, Ste moves to sit down next to Doug.

Ste looks at his brothers-in-law who have walked over to them. "Blimey Doug, I didn't realize ya whole family was so good lookin.' What did ya mum feed all ya? Ste jokingly asks. Doug kisses Ste on the cheek, "It's just good genes baby," Doug says smiling at his brothers. Thad says to Ste, "You must be something really special. I've never seen Baby Dougie here so taken with anyone." Ste turns to look and teases him, "Baby Dougie, I like that."

Finally, Ste gets up and excuses himself to head to the restroom.

Doug yawns a little and turns to speak to his mom not noticing Mike's signal to Thad. Both brothers leave the room following Ste down the hall.

Mike calls out to Ste who is a few paces ahead of them. "Ste, could we talk to you a second?"

Ste turns around wondering if they were mad about how he had treated their brother. Well if I take a little abuse, I certainly earned it he mutters to himself. I made a mess of things. I made me bed so I guess I gotta lie in it.

Mike is the first to speak. "That was a brave and wonderful thing you did in coming here. I know that Doug loves you. We can see it in his eyes and the way he talks about you. Thad and I have talked about this, and we want to try and help." He pauses and Thad jumps in. "Ste, we are just concerned. Our baby brother was in pieces when he got here. He had to face all of us and had to tell us that his relationship with you was over. As an older brother, you hate it when your kid brother is hurting," Thad says. "We just don't want to see him like that again. Do ya understand?' Mike asks looking sympathetically at Ste.

Ste chokes up a bit. He looks at them again and looks down. "I broke him, and I cannot undo that. It kills me knowing how much he hurts. I don't know what to say except I'm sorry and I will do everything in my power to treasure him now and in the future." Ste says. "I love Doug. And although you don't know me, I hope you can see that I love him."

Mike nods and says, "We saw you in there with him. That's real love! I….we just want you to know where we are coming from, Mike says. "I am older than Doug by seven years. When he was a baby, I helped my mom change his diapers. Thad and I have always been over protective of him. We didn't like the thought of him staying in England and much less getting married to a man that we had never met. We confronted our parents about our concerns. Mom told us how you stood up for Dougie when dad came down on him when he was going to enter into a sham wedding. She knew at that time. She said she saw it in you how much you loved our Doug. And from what I just witnessed in that waiting room I saw something that was beautiful between the two of you." Mike says to Ste.

Thad picks up by telling Ste, "We want to support you. Yes, we are his overprotective big brothers and will always be when it comes to Doug. I guess what we are asking you, please if you feel you are not in this with Doug for the long haul then don't lead him on. Don't shower him with words if you are not fully committed to being with him."

Ste looks both brother in their eyes. They have the same eyes as Doug, and that makes what he was about to say so much more difficult. "Mike, Thad, thank you for being honest. I haven't given you much of a reason to trust me up to this point. I do have a past, and some of it is not pretty. I have made mistakes in my relationship with your brother. It took me too long to fully understand how deeply and completely I loved him. That was my fault. But my eyes are open. I don't know what the future holds for us. I want it to work. I have been honest with myself. Doug may be too hurt to give me a real second chance. If that is the case, I will have to live with that. I will always love him. Like I told your dad, Doug is one of the good ones. Whether we are together or not, I will always want to protect him and keep him from harm."

Both Thad and Mike smile, and hug Ste. Mike adds, "welcome to America, Ste. We want you to feel like you are a part of the family." Thad nods in agreement.

"Thanks Thad and Mike," Ste says, "I will take you up on that. Any family that loves and support their son as much as the Carters is a family that I would like to be a part of," Ste says to the brothers.

With that said there is silence until Ste blurts out, "So where is the loo again," Ste asks.

Mike smiles at him. "Down the hall on the right. If you see Janice you've gone too far."

Ste smiles and heads off to the restroom.

Mike turns to his brother and quietly says, "That went well, don't you think?"

Thad replies, "Mike, he seems like a good guy. I'm glad that we did not have to put the fear of God in him. I think that he truly loves Doug. It's Doug I'm more concerned with. I hope he is going to be able to see through his pain to give Ste a second chance. I mean a real second chance."

Mike smiles at his brother and says, "well, we will have to do all we can to convince our baby brother that Ste is for real. Deal?"

Thad replies, "Deal. Who would have thought two married straight guys would ever be playing matchmaker for their gay baby brother? I feel like we are living on a soap opera."

Mike smiles put his arm around his brother's shoulder and they head back to the waiting room