A/N: Hey guys! Please just assume from now on every chapter will be NC-17/Mature :) This time it's Luke's turn to take Reid out on a date! It's a pretty lengthy chapter but I hope you enjoy it! Feedback, as usual, will be LOVED! Thank you! :)

Chapter 21

"Good morning, Reid," Luke whispered softly, kissing Reid's ear and then across his jaw. He kissed him lightly on his cheek before pulling back to look at Reid's face. He still didn't wake up, so Luke tried again.

"Reeeeiiid, wake up," he kissed down his neck slowly until he reached his collarbone, his hand finding its way under Reid's t-shirt and he rubbed his hand over Reid's chest and stomach. He continued kissing the other side of Reid's neck up to his ear and then back down again, his lips latching onto the juncture between his neck and shoulder and he sucked on it lightly. Luke felt Reid stir and heard him breathing in deeply and humming contentedly. But as soon as Luke tried to move from Reid's neck, he felt Reid's hand come up to finger his hair, holding Luke in place on his neck. His other hand found Luke's, which was splayed on his stomach and he grabbed a hold of it moving it further down.

Luke laughed against Reid's neck and slipped his hand from his grasp.

"Reid," Luke looked down at him squeezing his side, "You're so awake, get up!"

"I'm not awake," he murmured with his eyes still closed, "I need a more effective wakeup call than that."

Luke rolled his eyes and chuckled, "Okay, fine. How about this?"

He straddled Reid, holding his face between his hands and leaned over, taking Reid's bottom lip between his own, biting on it before soothing it with his tongue. He then slipped his tongue into Reid's mouth and kissed him hard. Before Reid could even have a chance to respond to the kiss, Luke pulled back and sat back down next to Reid.

Reid opened one eye and scowled at Luke's grinning face, "You don't play fair, Mr. Snyder."

"You were the one who was faking the sleeping. You started the game, not me."

Reid grunted, rubbed his eyes and sat up in bed. He opened his eyes fully to see that Luke was freshly showered and dressed.

"Why in the hell are you already dressed?"

"Because I woke up early, I had things to plan."

"What things?"

"Our date, of course." Luke beamed.

"What?" Reid leant over to the bedside cabinet and looked at his watch, it had only just past nine in the morning.

"How long have you been awake?"

"Since...six-thirty or seven, I don't really remember."

Reid stared at him, "Why so early? Aren't dates supposed to take place at night?"

"But I planned us a whole day out, so it's kinda like a date day?"

"A date day, okay. What have you planned?"

"I'm not telling you, you'll find out when we get there. I had to make some calls."

"Who do you even know in this country except Ben?"

"I know people and I have my ways to get things done," Luke winked and ruffled Reid's hair, "Now Dr. Oliver, get your butt outta bed because we need to leave soon."

He lightly slapped Reid's cheek and moved off the bed but he couldn't get far when Reid wrapped his arm around waist and the other round his chest, pulling him straight into him.

"Can't we just stay and have our date day here?" he murmured, kissing Luke behind his ear softly.

Luke turned around in Reid's arms and kissed him, "As tempting as that is, I want to treat you today like you treated me last night."

"Really, Mr. Snyder?"

"Yes, Dr. Oliver," he smiled before pecking Reid's lips and nudging his nose against Reid's, "We need to leave soon but I'll have breakfast ready for you if you hurry up..."

"You drive a hard bargain, Snyder." Reid got to his feet and stretched his limbs, "You're not even going to give me a clue as to what we're doing today, are you?"

Luke shook his head defiantly, grinning and walked out of the bedroom leaving Reid to wonder what the hell kind of day Luke had planned.

Luke insisting on driving, which Reid was reluctant about because he had no idea what kind of driver he was. He told Reid that he needed to make one stop before they went to their first destination, which made Reid question how many things they were supposed to do if there was a first to begin with. Luke wasn't a bad driver at all seeing as though he'd never driven in England, and in no time they had reached a small village. Luke parked the car and got out waiting for Reid who was sitting grumpily in the car.

Luke walked over to the passenger side and opened the door, "Mr. Grumpy, can you get out of the car? Why are you being so moody?"

"Because I would rather spend the whole day in bed with you than outside," Reid smirked as he let his index finger trace down Luke's body.

Luke pressed his lips together to hide his smile, "Reid, we can't stay cooped up in the cottage the whole day. Plus I want to see Cornwall and not just from outside a window. I'm not going to let you ruin this for you, so get your ass out of the car, now."

Reid rolled his eyes and got out of the car, "I seriously don't know how you control me like this, it's really weird."

Luke laughed, "It's the Grimaldi in me, and you don't want to mess with that. I assure you."

"You don't need to tell me twice but...it is kind of hot," Reid raised an eyebrow and Luke ducked his head, his cheeks reddening a little.

Luke glanced up at Reid who was smirking and he smacked his arm playfully, "Stop stalling, let's go."

He let his hand find Reid's and they walked down the small road, hand in hand. Luke couldn't help but let his thumb run lightly across the back of Reid's hand. He watched as Reid's eyes flitted across the road looking at various shops and the people walking past and Luke had to close his eyes for a moment trying to believe that

Reid was here and he was with him. Luke had found him when he thought that he'd lost him and Reid had accepted him for who he was. He didn't judge and he didn't care about his past, he accepted him for him.

And last night had been amazing, the way he'd done something just for him, no one had ever done anything for him without expecting something in return. Luke hadn't felt anything so profound for any guy, even Noah, and he didn't want to mess this up. This meant too much to him, Reid meant too much to him. He was in so deep that he felt that wouldn't be able to get out even if he tried, as long as Reid was by his side he was sure that he'd survive anything. But he couldn't understand how something so strong had developed between them in a week, he didn't want to think it possible, but was it possible that he was falling in love with Reid?

'Falling in love in a week? That's the stuff of fairytales and it doesn't happen to someone like me', Luke thought.

He glanced to his side to look at Reid who had been looking at him intensely, his eyes giving away more than he knew and Luke had his answer even if he wasn't willing to accept it yet.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

Luke smiled and squeezed Reid's hand, "I'm great, what about you?"

Reid rolled his eyes, "I feel great," he said sarcastically.

Luke laughed it off and got a piece of paper out of his pocket which had some directions written on it. He saw Reid trying to peer over but he pocketed the paper before Reid had a chance to look. He glanced around and found the shop he was looking for. They crossed the street and Luke opened the door, a little bell ringing to signal their arrival, with Reid following behind him. Luke looked back at Reid who was eyeing all the food, licking his lips with hunger.

An older, short portly woman in an apron came out from the back of the shop and smiled.

"You're Luke, yes?"

Luke turned and smiled at the woman, "I'm guessing you're Betty?"

Betty laughed, "You're in my shop," she winked, "I knew that I would recognise you instant I saw you, sweetie," she glanced behind Luke and pointed to Reid, "And that must be your young man, Reid, yes?"

Luke faced Reid and saw that he was staring at them with his mouth open in disbelief and he raised his hands in surrender, "I'm not even going to question how the hell you know this place or her because I'm pretty sure it's beyond my understanding."

Luke's eyes widened, "But I thought you were a genius, Reid."

"That I am, but still this is just...I've never even been here...and you...I—I don't understand..."

"Which is exactly why I called Ellie and she recommended this place to me. Seriously Reid, I think the genius title should be left to someone more worthy."

Luke and Betty laughed together while Reid scowled at them.

"Hang on, sweetie," Betty said as her laughter subsided, "I'll go and get your things and I'll be back in a moment."

Luke nodded and turned back to look at Reid who was standing with his arms crossed and a frown on his face. He walked over to him, trying to make Reid drop his arms and laughed when he wouldn't move them.

"Reid, come on, I was only joking."

Luke tried once more to try and drop his arms, "Reid..." he laughed as Reid wouldn't move his arms. But Luke knew that Reid was messing with him, his eyes were glinting with playfulness and a small smile was curling on the corner of his lips. So, instead Luke held Reid's face between his hands and went in for a deep kiss, letting his warm wet lips glide with Reid's. Luke's plan worked, as Reid began to respond to the kiss, his arms dropped and he wound them around Luke's waist pulling him closer, one hand finding its way into Luke's hair.

A short but polite cough interrupted both men and Luke turned around, his cheeks reddening slightly at the smile on Betty's face. Luke pried himself out of Reid's arms and walked over to Betty who passed him over three bags.

"I'm sure I have everything in there, I did double check..."

"It's fine, I'm sure everything is there, thank you so much."

"You're welcome my dear, now you go and have a lovely time."

Luke smiled and was about to pay her when she pushed his hand back.

"It's all taken care of sweetie, you go and have fun."

Luke chuckled, said his thanks and waved goodbye as they left the shop. Reid walked beside Luke as they made their way back to the car.

"Shall I hold a bag?"

Luke narrowed his eyes at him, "You just want to see what's in the bag, don't you?"

"Umm no?"

Luke rolled his eyes and passed a bag over to him, freeing one of his hands, "No peeking though," Luke warned and held Reid's free hand. Reid rolled his eyes but squeezed Luke's hand in response but neither admitting that they just wanted an excuse to hold hands and be as close as possible.

"So the calls you made this morning were to Aunt Ellie?"

Luke grinned, "Yep, I called her and she recommended this place and she said she would call Betty and let her know to get it ready."

"You're just going to take me to some fancy place to eat then?"

"Nope, we have one thing to do before that and then one more thing after that and then we eat."

"There were too many 'things' and 'ands' in that sentence and whatever is in these bags smells good..." Reid lifted a bag to have glimpse but Luke nudged Reid to stop him from looking.

"Dr. Oliver, can you please try and keep that hunger of yours under control? Oh and also your witty comebacks and sarcasm, it doesn't work on me. I think you're losing your touch."

Reid scoffed, "I am not losing my touch and I can control my hunger. I have six hour surgeries sometimes, what do you think I do then?"

"Have a nurse feed you while you operate?" Luke nudged Reid's shoulder jokingly and laughed.

"Yes, that is exactly what happens in an operating room."

"I knew it," Luke said triumphantly and laughed and Reid couldn't help but laugh along.

Just as they were approaching the car, Luke suddenly stopped at a window. Reid walked ahead a few steps without realising Luke had stopped and he turned to look back when Luke let go of his hand.

"What's wrong?"

Luke looked back at Reid a little dazed, "Umm nothing."

Reid walked back towards Luke and stood behind him, peering over his shoulder, "Books?"

Luke nodded, "Mmhmm, they look like early editions of Jane Austen," he dropped his head back and rested it on Reid's shoulder and sighed, "I haven't bought books in so long. Actually, to be honest, I haven't had a chance to read any books lately."

"Why's that?"

Luke shrugged, "Just been busy with work and I have no time. I'm so tired at the end of the day that I just fall into bed and sleep."

"What about the weekends?"

"Weekends are for family. I don't see my siblings all week and I feel kinda bad about it, so I spend as much of the weekend as I can with them and my parents."

Reid brought his free hand to caress Luke's cheek with his fingers lightly, and looked at his reflection in the window, "When do you ever have time for yourself then?"

Luke looked up to see Reid's reflection in the window with an impish smile, "When I'm sleeping...?"

"Luke..." Reid frowned worryingly. He didn't understand why Luke would so willingly put everyone else's needs before his own.

"Reid," Luke took Reid's hand in his own, "You worry too much," he laughed.

"No, I just don't want you to be running yourself down because you want to make other people happy all the time. Concentrate on yourself for once."

Luke turned around and leaned his chest into Reid, his hand carding through his hair, "Yep, you're not worried at all, are you?" he teased and Reid rolled his eyes, "Look, you're sweet to worry, but how about I promise you something?"

Reid narrowed his eyes, "What would that be?"

"I promise that I'll find time for myself from now on, okay?"

Luke waited for a reaction from Reid but his were eyes boring into his. It was as if he was trying to be sure that he meant what he had said, whether he was truly promising it.

"I mean it Reid, I will. Okay?"

"Yes fine," Reid mumbled, feeling slightly uncomfortable that he'd made his concern for Luke so obvious.

Luke smiled and kissed him softly.

"So, let's go, we're going to be late!" Luke grabbed Reid's hand and dragged him down the street towards the car. Reid tried to let his concerns go because what mattered was the now, and that Luke was here with him.

"Hell no."

"Reid..."

"No."

"But we haven't even gotten inside yet."

"I can see where we are and no, I'm not doing it again."

"Do you even know what we're doing?"

"We're at some fucking stables, so I think I have an idea."

Luke rolled his eyes and huffed but drove on into the stable car park and parked the car, unbuckling his seat belt.

"Reid, let's go, we're going to be late."

"I'm not going Luke, I hate this shit."

"It will be fun, I promise you."

"Fun? I don't do fun, Luke."

"Not even for me?"

"Nope."

Luke took a moment to gather his thoughts and glared at Reid, "Fine, suit yourself. I mean I wake up early to plan something for the both...You know what? You're free to drive yourself back to the cottage seeing as you don't do fun and I'll just find my way back somehow."

Luke dropped the car keys into Reid's lap and stormed out of the car slamming the door hard which shook the car in the process. Reid sat and watched Luke walk off in the direction of the stables and groaned in annoyance and rubbed a hand over his face, 'Fuck'. He wasn't going to leave Luke here on his own obviously, 'Christ, that kid was a drama queen'. He got out of the car, locking it and followed Luke's path into the stables but couldn't find him anywhere.

Reid walked further inside into the stables and saw that Luke was talking animatedly to a guy, a very attractive guy. The guy seemed to be decked in all his equestrian glory and he was tall and hot and clearly looked like he worked there. Reid strode over to Luke and slipped an arm around his waist making Luke jump and turn to look at him with anger and surprise.

"What are you doing here? I thought you didn't do fun."

"Luke, come on, I didn't say that."

"You said those exact words, Reid. Just go and sit in the car or hang on, I have a better idea. We'll just go straight back to the cottage and you can do whatever you want."

Reid rolled his eyes and held on tighter to Luke and then turned to glare at the hot guy who was watching them confusedly. He caught Reid's eyes and swallowed audibly his eyes widening.

"Umm, Luke do you want me to get the other horse or not?" the hot guy asked.

Luke pulled away from Reid and shook his head resignedly, "No, its fine, Josh. I think we're just going to head back, he doesn't want to ride..."

Reid sighed, "Yes, I do. Get the other horse."

Luke narrowed his eyes at Reid in disbelief, "If you don't want to do this, just leave it. We'll go back, Josh, it's okay."

"Josh or whatever your name is, go and get the damn horse, don't listen to him."

Josh looked between the two of them still not sure what to do but when Reid shot him an angry look, he quickly made his way further down the stables. Luke turned away from Reid and moved towards the other horse and stroked his head slowly, the horse neighed softly and responded by nudging his nose against Luke making him chuckle. Reid was transfixed watching him, it was as if he was having his own private conversation with the horse, 'Christ, he even gets on with animals...'

Luke could feel guilt bubbling up inside him. He didn't want to force Reid into doing something that he obviously didn't want to do. He couldn't believe that he'd acted so whiny and overbearing, no wonder Noah had left him in the first place. 'Gosh, I am such an idiot...'

"Reid, you don't have to do this for me," Luke said after a few moments, "It was unreasonable for me to ask you. I should've known that you would have hated this...I'm-"

"Shut up, don't you dare say sorry or feel guilty..."

Luke turned to face Reid, "How'd you know I would say that?"

Reid tilted his head and raised an eyebrow, "Because you always apologise for silly things, blondie."

Luke ducked his head and he scuffed his feet on the floor, and glanced back up, "Reid...I'm being serious though. If you don't want to do this, it's okay, honestly."

"And honestly," Reid walked closer to Luke cupping his cheek, "I don't mind...much," he smiled wryly.

Luke chuckled, "What do you have against horses?"

Reid looked surprisingly at Luke, "Do you know how many injuries you can sustain if you fall off a horse? Head injuries, spinal injuries, not to mention broken arms and legs."

"So you don't like horses because you can get hurt? And you're saying this as a doctor?"

"Yes."

"Well, you see Dr. Oliver, I don't believe that. I think there is something you're hiding from me because I don't think your concern is purely professional."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because earlier, you said something like, you didn't want to do this again. Have you been horseback riding before?"

Reid dropped his hand from Luke's face and he cleared his throat, "No, I haven't been riding before. Did you even hear the injuries I talked about?"

Luke pursed his lips, "I don't believe you, Dr. Oliver. Tell me what happened."

"Nothing happened."

"I can see it your eyes, Reid. Just tell me, I promise I won't tell anyone."

"Nothing happened, Luke."

"Reid, you can trust me, come on, tell me."

Reid sighed exasperatedly and pinched the bridge of his nose before he spoke, "Okay, fine. When I was about six or seven my dad took me to one of those kiddie farms where they had all those small animals or whatever. He took me to get a pony ride and let's just say it didn't go to plan."

"Why, what happened?"

Reid squeezed his eyes shut trying to rid the memory, "The pony almost sort of bucked me off for some reason and then when the instructor lifted me off he hadn't tied the horse to the post and then it..."

"Then it what?"

Reid exhaled loudly and looked into Luke's concerned face, "It chased me around the paddock," he mumbled.

"It chased you?"

Luke pressed his lips together trying not to laugh at the image, bringing a hand to cover his mouth but his eyes gave away his amusement.

"Luke, it's not funny," Reid exclaimed, his eyes widening at Luke's reaction. His voice pitching higher as he spoke, "It was fucking scary being chased like that."

"Are you sure it was chasing you and not just following you?"

"It was chasing me, Luke. I think I would know."

Luke's eyes were watering from not being able to laugh and he dropped his head into Reid's chest and held onto his shoulders for balance and laughed hard.

"Luke, it's not funny." Reid tried to pry him off his chest, "Luke!"

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," Luke said into his chest trying to control his laughter but just thinking about a little Reid running around being chased by a horse sent him into another fit of laughter. He brought his arms round Reid's neck and buried his face in his neck trying to calm himself. Reid had given up trying to stop Luke from expressing his delight at such a horrific childhood memory. He could feel the vibrations of Luke's laughter through his body and patted Luke's back until he calmed down.

Luke eventually wiped his eyes with his hand and held Reid's scowling face between his hands.

"I'm so sorry, it must've been horrible at the time, were you hurt?"

"No, I was fine, my dad managed to pick me up, but it's still horrible to think about it now and I don't appreciate your amusement over it."

"Reid, nothing will happen to you here," Luke ran the pad of his thumb across his cheekbone, "I promise, I'll be right next to you should anything happen, and so is Josh."

Reid rolled his eyes and shook his head, "The things I do for you..."

"But you love it and I'm telling you, you might enjoy it, maybe just a little bit." Luke winked and kissed Reid softly before pulling back. But that wasn't enough and Reid brought a hand to the back of Luke's neck and tilted his head leaning in for a deeper kiss allowing his tongue to find Luke's. They kissed intensely, letting tongues glide together, lips never losing contact and their hands exploring each other's body, not being able to get enough of each other.

"Sorry I took so long," Josh's voice called out and Luke and Reid immediately sprang apart. Luke looked down at the floor in embarrassment and Reid wound his arm around Luke's waist pressing a kiss to his temple, "That's okay," Reid said.

"Apparently I wasn't gone long enough..." Josh smiled knowingly. He cleared his throat and brought over the other horse that had already been saddled up and in his other arm he was holding some riding gear. He passed the helmets over to Luke and Reid who fastened them on each other. Reid taking extra precaution that Luke's was on tightly. Luke commented how cute Reid looked in his helmet and wished he'd brought a camera but Reid just glared at him threatening to break and/or destroy any evidence.

Josh then led them out of the stables, Luke leading out on horse and Josh leading the other whilst Reid followed slowly behind.

"Okay, Reid, she's yours, now hop on." Josh gestured with his hand.

"What?"

Luke walked up to Reid placing his hands on his shoulders, massaging gently, "You can do this, Reid, I'll be right beside you."

Reid breathed out and hesitantly walked over to the horse as Josh directed him, making sure he put his feet in the stirrups correctly. He managed to lift himself with the help of the saddle and swung his leg around expertly, settling himself onto the saddle grabbing a hold of the reins.

"You got on with no problem. You're a natural, Reid!"

Reid looked down at Luke and smirked, raising his eyebrows, "I've had practice..."

Luke's mouth dropped open and he let out a surprised laugh, "Reid!"

"What? I'm just saying that horses aren't the only things I've straddled...or ridden."

Luke glared at him half in hilarity and half in anger but he couldn't help the smile on his face, "I don't think the whole world needs to know that though, Reid."

"What whole world? It's just you, me and Josh over here."

Josh covered his ears, "Whoa, hey! Don't involve me in this, I didn't hear anything, but I do think we should get going. I have a large group coming here in an hour."

"Sorry," Luke said as he got up expertly on his horse, "Let's go and maybe Reid can keep his mouth shut."

Josh just laughed at the childish looks the both men sent to each other. Josh led Reid's horse and gave him instructions on how to handle the horse as Luke followed side by side. Once Reid got a hang of the directions and commands, his photographic memory helped, he let Luke and Reid take the horses further out while he watched in the distance.

They rode over the surrounding hills, through the beautiful scenery and Reid had to admit, he was having fun. Luke looked as if he was in his element as he told Reid of the horses at the farm and how his dad taught him to ride. Seeing Luke so happy was probably worth it, and yes, he might have also got over his so called fear of horses. 'Maybe this wasn't such a bad idea,' he thought.

"I get a horse called Blossom and you get a horse called Zeus?"

Luke giggled, "Blossom was the tamest one. I'd asked Josh to find you the friendliest horse because I thought you hadn't ridden before."

"But Blossom?"

"But she liked you so much. Did you see the way she kept nuzzling you? It was so sweet."

Reid scoffed and Luke laughed.

Both men had had their hour of horse riding and they'd just left the horses with Josh thanking them for his help. They were walking through the stables back to the car when Luke wrapped an arm around Reid's waist and leaned in kissing his cheek, "Thank you."

"For what?"

"For going along with this...I just missed my horses and thought this was a perfect opportunity for me to share this with you. I didn't realise you would hate it and I just...didn't think things through. Plus, I acted like such a drama queen storming off the way I did. I feel like I guilt-tripped you into this..."

"Luke," Reid put a finger to Luke's lips, "Thank you for sharing and I didn't hate it," he smiled, "I guess I need to think outside the box a little and not be so rigid.

You gave me the push and I adjusted, that's what people who are together do, right?"

Luke nodded, "But it was still wrong of me...I just-"

"Luke, it's over, there are no hard feelings and yes, you are a drama queen," he elbowed Luke lightly, "But I tried something new, maybe something I will never try again. But I would definitely love to see you ride again and preferably not a horse next time..."

Luke laughed nervously and nudged Reid playfully.

"But...before that, I have an idea..." Reid said as his eyes darted around for a moment before they fell on a stall filled with bales of hay.

He grabbed a hold of Luke's hand and pulled him into the stall, shutting the door and without warning crashed his lips against Luke's, kissing him hungrily. His arms wrapping around Luke pulling him flush against his body. Luke pushed Reid away laughing after a few moments, resting his forehead on Reid's trying to catch his breath, "What are you doing? We're going to get caught, do stables make you horny or something?"

Reid moved his lips to Luke's ear, licking the shell, "No...you do," he whispered hotly.

Luke moaned softly as he felt Reid bite on his earlobe which he then soothed with his tongue. He pushed Luke against the bales of hay, Reid's hand fell to Luke's growing erection and he palmed it through his jeans while Luke groaned into Reid's neck. Luke wrapped his leg around Reid's thigh, pulling him closer so that their groins were aligned. Reid lifted Luke's other leg up urging him to wrap it around his waist, he then held Luke's ass up with his arms, while Luke wrapped both his legs around Reid's waist rocking against him while they kissed.

A slam of the door and a cough were just enough to stop them. Luke unwillingly pulled away from Reid's lips and glanced over his shoulder to see Josh with his eyebrows raised in surprise. Reid turned around at the same moment and seeing Josh's expression and Luke's mortified one, he dropped his head onto Luke's shoulder and laughed.

"Seriously guys, here? Even my wife and I wouldn't be able to get away with it."

Luke dropped his legs from Reid's waist, unable to answer, his cheeks flushing furiously red. He urged Reid to move, but Reid couldn't stop laughing.

"Reid, come on, let's go," he whispered harshly.

Reid lifted his head and slapped Luke's cheek lightly, but he just glared back at him, nostrils flaring, which made Reid laugh even more. He held his hand and led him out of the stall, "Maybe you and your wife should try it sometime," Reid suggested and Josh had to bite his lip to stop himself from laughing and just waved his arm to lead them out.

"Sorry," Luke said sheepishly as he passed him and Josh just nodded his assent, unable to hide his amusement.

Both men walked quickly to the car without saying a word but as soon as Luke got in the car, he covered his face with his hands and groaned and Reid burst into a fit of laughter.

"Reid, that wasn't funny," he mumbled into his hands but glanced to his side and punched Reid lightly, "Stop it!"

"Luke, you need to calm down. If he'd walked in a few minutes later then maybe you'd have something to feel embarrassed about."

Luke leaned his head against the headrest squeezing his eyes shut, "Yeah, I guess that would've been worse," he turned his head to face Reid and bit his lip, "It was kinda hot though..."

Reid quirked an eyebrow, "Luciano, have you never had a 'roll in the hay'? I thought you had a farm and a barn..."

"I've always wanted to and I almost did once but..." he trailed off.

"But what?"

Luke looked down at his hands, "Noah thought it was weird..."

Reid scoffed, "What a douche and also, it's not weird," he linked his hand with Luke's, "He's the weird one for not wanting you anywhere anytime."

"Anywhere, anytime, huh?" Luke asked with a shy smile.

"Yes," Reid whispered, as he moved closer to Luke and lifted his hand to his hair, pulling out a piece of hay. He dropped it in Luke's lap and lightly slapped his cheek.

"So now where are we off too? Don't tell me we're going to go and do some more farm-y things, like ride a tractor or milk a cow," Reid shuddered, "Even I won't get that close to an animal."

Luke laughed as he started the car, "Nope, no more animals, I assure you. Just...something more relaxing..."

"Relaxing...hmmm...does that include a bed?"

"Reid!"

"How the fuck is this relaxing?"

"Isn't the sea air and the beautiful sunshine so wonderful, I feel relaxed anyway."

"That's because you're wearing the right shoes and you're not carrying a back pack full of food."

"Food, which is all for you, Reid, we're nearly there now anyway. Do you want me to hold your hand?" he asked teasingly.

"No, I'm fine thank you."

Luke and Reid had been walking for about thirty minutes steadily uphill. The car had been left behind in a car park so they could enjoy a coastal walk through the dramatic landscape of the Cornish coastline. Luke had found some back packs in the cottage and had packed them full of the food from Betty's shop and had handed one to Reid and he'd kept one for himself. Reid was less than impressed with the walking he had to do, he was a fit man, but walking whilst hungry was not a good combination for him.

Luke finally stopped and beckoned Reid closer with a huge grin on his face. He helped Reid drop the back pack off his shoulder and he dropped his to the ground. He bent down and pulled out a blanket from one of the bags and spread it across the grass before sitting down, his arms around his knees. Reid followed in suit, taking off his shoes before sitting next to Luke who was marvelling at the view. The walk was long and hard but the view gladly made up for it even though Reid wouldn't admit it.

"Isn't the view beautiful?"

Reid looked over at Luke, "I prefer this view better though..."

Luke looked confused but when he saw the way Reid was looking at him he understood what he meant and he bumped his shoulder, "You're such a sap."

"That's what you've done to me Mr. Snyder, you have ruined me..." he said seriously gazing into Luke's eyes.

Luke breathed in deeply, trying to control his emotions while his heart raced a million times a second. His heart felt flooded with something that he couldn't even explain, it was out of this world and in that moment he felt as if he was on a high. He wasn't able to form anything coherent to say and so just smiled softly trying to convey all that needed to be said without words. He turned and opened one of the backpacks and pulled out the small boxes placing them between the both of them and gesturing to Reid to have a look.

"Go on Reid, it's all for you," Luke smiled.

Reid narrowed his eyes at Luke but opened the boxes one by one revealing cakes, sandwiches and a whole assortment of finger food. Reid sighed happily and winked at Luke whilst he happily devoured the monster sandwiches and whatever else he could see in front of him. Luke watched happily and entertained him with stories about Oakdale and their various residents while they both ate.

"It sounds like Oakhell rather than Oakdale," Reid commented and Luke threw a grape at him. He told Reid about his family and how things were so complicated, about his cousins and about the amount of marriages that he'd attended, most of them being his parents'. "Are you sure you're not your own granddad or something?" he laughed. Even through that, Reid couldn't believe how well adjusted he seemed to be with such a crazy upbringing, but Reid knew where his insecurity stemmed from. Luke had never had that stable family he had always craved and he was always left to take care of the messes his parents or even his friends left behind.

"So wait a second, kidnappings, shootings, adultery and robberies are just regular occurrences in your town?"

"Well yeah, I would be surprised if no one came back from the dead, we have one of those at least once a year. I've learnt to never presume someone dead, because you never know when they'll be back."

"I have no words, Luke. Honestly, that is the most disturbing but fascinating thing I've ever heard."

Luke laughed as he passed over a slice of cake to Reid, "Here you go. Now that you say it, it is rather fascinating. But...I'm used to it. You have to come and visit sometime."

"You're an idiot, Luke. After what you told me, there is no way in hell I'm going there, I have a feeling that once I step foot in that town I will never be able to escape it's clutches."

"Hmmm, that's probably true," he laughed, "but this idiot will be there with you, so at least there would be something in that town worth staying for." Luke grinned.

Reid rolled his eyes at Luke's sentimentality but couldn't help but let his face break out into a small smile at his words, because he guessed that they were kind of true.

Reid pointed to Luke's mouth, "You have something there."

Luke stuck his tongue out trying to lick it off, "Is it gone?" he asked, knowing that there was nothing there at all.

Reid shook his head, "Here, let me get it," he leaned in and licked the corner of his mouth before kissing him fully. Luke ran his hand through Reid's hair as they kissed softly for a few minutes, exploring each other's mouths slowly. Luke pecked his lips before letting Reid go and started to pack away the leftovers and moving it over so that they could lie down together, side by side.

They lay in a comfortable silence watching the clouds above them float by, the sunshine wasn't as harsh at that time of day and it was a warm day but the cool breeze made up for it. Their fingers were threaded together between them, they were unwilling to lose contact with each other for even one moment.

"Hey, Reid?"

"Mmhmm."

"I was just wondering, after your parents passed away, who did you go and live with? Did you come here to live with Ellie?"

Reid opened his eyes to see Luke on his side leaning on his elbow looking down at him, his hand running through his hair.

"I did come to England, but not straight after my parents died. I lived with my Uncle Angus before that."

"Angus?"

"Yeah, he was my dad's brother. After my parents died I went to go and live with him, it was better than nothing."

"Oh, but he did take care of you didn't he?"

"He did, but in his own way. My parents didn't really have any custody agreements in place for me if anything was to happen to them and so I had to go and live with Angus as he was my closest relative. He didn't even really know about me, my dad and Angus weren't close."

"What about Ellie?"

"She tried her best but it wasn't enough and that wasn't her fault. She lived in England and she had her own family, but she did always check up on me and come to visit whenever she had the chance."

Luke nodded, "You said that you did come to England, when was that?"

Reid exhaled deeply, rubbing a hand over his face and didn't speak for a few moments.

"You don't have to tell me, Reid. It's okay," he could see that Reid found it difficult to speak about it and he didn't want to force anything out of him.

He sighed, "My uncle found out about my incredible chess skills and used it to his advantage. He wasn't really doing well with money and so he put me in for competitions, taking the prize money for himself. This carried on for a few years...I didn't really tell Aunt Ellie about it because I didn't really find it out of the ordinary. He'd told me that the money was helping him pay for me so I just let him take me to these competitions. It seemed like the only logical thing to do because he was the one who put a roof over my head."

Luke dropped his head onto Reid's shoulder and he wrapped an arm around Luke, his other hand finding Luke's on his chest.

"And then once Ellie found out, she got pissed off and I don't know how but she managed to get me here, with Charlie's help. I'd never seen her so angry and yeah that's when I came to England and I was here for some time."

Luke played with Reid's fingers, "How old were you when you came here?"

"I think I was 16 nearly 17."

Luke gasped, "Christ, Ellie didn't know for that long?"

"Yep, she didn't know."

"How did you end up back in America then?"

"I wanted to go Harvard and Aunt Ellie supported my decision. She made me promise that I would come and visit her. I also had to accept some financial help from her at the beginning without any complaint, which I had to agree with, because she knew that I was too much like my mother," Reid laughed softly at the memory, "and so she made me promise. But after that I managed everything myself."

"By yourself? Were you working?"

"I did work but I also had some money coming in from my mom's business."

"Your mom had a business?"

"Yeah, she did."

"What was it?"

Reid paused before he spoke, "A sandwich shop."

Luke laughed and moved from Reid's shoulder and looked down at him grinning, "You're kidding me!"

"Nope."

"That explains the sandwich obsession then," smiled Luke.

"I learnt from the master," Reid grinned.

Luke leaned his chin on his hands on Reid's chest, "Is it still there?"

"Yeah," he let his fingers run through Luke's hair, "My mom's best friend takes care of it now, but she made sure I got my share of the money from the business."

"You have to take me sometime. I would love to see it and Harvard, too."

Reid lifted a hand to thumb Luke's chin, "Of course I'll take you."

"You will?" Luke asked uncertainly.

"I will..."

Luke scooted up Reid's body and kissed him before dropping his head back onto his shoulder feeling grateful for what Reid had shared with him, "Thank you for telling me, Reid."

Reid kissed Luke's forehead, hoping the gesture was enough to let Luke know that it was okay for him to have been able to share this with him and if he had to be honest, it had been so easy to talk to Luke, as easy as breathing. 'Benny boy was right for once in his life...'

They had spent another hour just talking about inane things, laughing and just enjoying each other's company. But as it got chillier and as the sun began to set, they made their long walk back to the car, back packs lighter, as well as hearts. The journey back to the cottage was a long one and by the time they'd gotten back, Reid was so exhausted he slumped down on the sofa bringing Luke down with him.

"You've tired me out, blondie. Was this your plan all along, so that you could have your way with me?"

"Reid, I just wanted you to be at one with nature for the day," Luke laughed.

"I don't do nature."

"And you come to stay in Cornwall, in a cottage, in the middle of nowhere, by the sea, and you don't do nature? Hypocrite much?"

"Urgh, whatever," Reid dismissed Luke's words waving his hand, although a half smile crept its way onto his lips and Luke playfully slapped Reid's knee.

Luke shuffled down and laid his head in Reid's lap and brought one of Reid's hands to lay on his chest, playing with his fingers.

"Reid?"

"Yeah..."

"I think I'm shit at organising dates, too."

Reid chuckled, "What makes you say that?"

"Because I made you do things you hate."

"No one makes me do anything, you should know that by now and I didn't hate today, I told you that. I mean, the food was great and our almost roll in the hay was fantastic, barring the interruption, but can I make a suggestion?"

"Go on..."

"When we go any more dates, let's not keep them a secret and we'll decide what to do together. If we put both our minds together, we can come up with something spectacularly rubbish or amazingly good."

"Oh my god, Reid..." Luke slapped Reid's chest lightly.

"Hey, I happen to think that's an awesome idea."

Luke giggled, "Fine, it's an awesome idea, you want to shake on that?" he asked holding his hand out.

"Err, I don't make deals like that Mr. Snyder," Reid leaned down and rubbed his thumb across Luke's bottom lip before kissing him hard, "That's how I make a deal."

"Do you fix deals like that with everyone?" he asked licking his lips.

"No, only with the pretty ones..." Reid said casually while Luke rolled his eyes. He moved his head off Reid and straddled his lap, wrapping his arms around his neck.

"By the way, the date isn't over yet, Dr. Oliver. I have one more thing on my list."

Reid rubbed his hands down Luke's back before nudging his nose with Luke's, "And what is that Mr. Snyder?"

"Why don't you go into the bedroom and get undressed and I'll be in soon?"

Reid narrowed his eyes but nodded not sure as to what before pecking Luke's lips, "Soon?"

"Soon," he replied kissing Reid's cheek and he moved off Reid, watching him walk to the bedroom.

Luke hoped that maybe after the activities of today, maybe this could make it up to him. He got to his feet and put away all the leftovers from earlier that day. He had asked for extra knowing that Reid would enjoy it the next day too. He switched off the lights in the living room and walked into the bedroom just as Reid came out of the bathroom in his black boxers.

"You want these off too?" he asked, quirking an eyebrow, as his hands skimmed the elastic of his boxers.

Luke walked over resting his hands on Reid's hips, letting his eyes roam over Reid's body, "Not now, but maybe later. I want to treat you to a massage first, if that's okay?"

Reid stared at him incredulously, "Luke, do you even need to ask?"

"Obviously I don't," he laughed, "Go on, lie down and I'll be with you in a bit."

Reid walked over to the bed, pulling down the covers as he lay down on his stomach and a few moments later he felt Luke straddle his hips, feeling his comfortable weight, he adjusted his head on the pillow, his arms holding his head up and he turned his head to the side.

"I'm not too heavy am I?"

"No, you're fine."

"Okay, if anything hurts or feels uncomfortable then let me know."

"Luke..."

Luke chuckled, "You're so impatient." Luke had stripped down to his own boxers and wasn't able to take his eyes off Reid's body under him. He grabbed the bottle of lotion that he'd brought to bed with him and poured some into his hand before rubbing his hands together to warm it up.

He spread the lotion carefully over Reid's back, not forgetting his neck and shoulders and worked his fingers into his body, pressing lightly but soothingly across his shoulders. He brought his hands down to his lower back and made an L shape with his hands and ran his hands up and down Reid's back, slowly but in a confident rhythm.

"Is this okay?"

"It's great, you're great," Reid mumbled.

"It's not too hard, is it?"

"I like it hard," he replied in a deep hot voice and Luke chuckled.

He moaned in appreciation as Luke hit the right spot in his lower back which had been bothering him for months. Reid felt Luke's knuckles kneading either side of his spine, his hands moving up and down making sure that he wasn't applying too much pressure. When Luke reached the Reid's shoulders, he leaned over, almost lying on top of Reid and kissed the back of his neck. He heard Reid sigh and Luke kissed him behind his ear and then across his jaw to his lips.

Reid lifted his head as much as he could, as the massage had left him feeling like jelly and a little too relaxed and he brought a hand up to Luke's head pulling him closer for a kiss. Luke moved from Reid's lips back down his neck, his hands still massaged Reid as he left open mouthed kisses behind. He could hear Reid make sounds of appreciation from the pleasure his hands were giving him and he felt Reid's body relax under his. Luke rubbed and worked in the lotion for another ten minutes till it had almost disappeared and wanting to pleasure Reid even more, he let his fingers trail up and down his sides, his hands playing with the elastic of Reid's boxers in anticipation.

"Hey, Reid, turnover," Luke whispered.

Not getting a response, he leaned in closer and nosed his hair, kissing his neck "Reid..."

Luke again heard nothing but the soft sounds of Reid's breathing, "Reid?"

He moved off him and lay on his side, close to him and ran a hand through Reid's hair, laughing quietly to himself. Reid had fallen asleep, his head rested on his arms and his lips slightly parted, his breath hitting Luke's face in small puffs. Luke flipped the bedside lights off and got comfortable, pulling the covers over Reid's back and over himself moving closer to watch Reid sleep. He ran his finger delicately over his eyebrows, down his nose and back through his hair affectionately.

'Where were you all my life?'

Luke woke up with a start early next morning, he felt cold, chillingly cold. A sense of unease was running through his body and he had no idea why. He turned his body, reaching his arms to find warmth but was left with empty space. He opened his eyes as he saw Reid wasn't in bed, his heart raced and his breathing quickening. 'He can't be gone again...'

Luke slipped out of bed in a hurry, pulling on some sweatpants and one of Reid's t-shirts, and called out for Reid but he heard no answer. He checked in the bathroom, the living room and the spare room, but he wasn't anywhere. Panic was coursing through his body and he didn't know what to do. He walked to the kitchen near to the sink and rested his palms on the work surface, dropping his head trying to control his breathing.

He took a deep breath and looked out through the window and his eyes locked on a lone figure sitting on the rocks below on the beach. 'Thank god', Luke didn't even need to double check it was Reid, he knew it was him and he let out a deep breath, shaking his head at his stupidity. But relief was soon replaced with worry as Luke wondered why he'd left so early in the morning without even waking him up. Luke didn't know what it was but he knew that he needed to be close to Reid and so he slipped on his jacket and grabbed a blanket off the sofa leaving the cottage.

He took the steps down to the beach and closer to the rocks on which Reid was sitting. His arms were wrapped around his knees as his eyes were fixed on the sea, watching waves crash and roll against each other.

"Hey, Bublé..." smiled Luke.

Reid turned slowly to face Luke as he walked closer and smiled faintly back, "Hey..."

Luke frowned, knowing that his earlier concern had been valid, "Are you okay?"

Reid looked down at his hands not sure how to answer. He took a few calming breaths before he spoke, "I don't know, Luke...I don't know..." he quietly said.