A/N: Thank you guys for being so patient and thank you to those of you who do comment, it means the world! So, another very long chapter which is heavily NC-17 nearer the end, just to warn you! It's their last day in Cornwall I'm afraid but they will make full use of it! Feedback would be LOVED and hope you enjoy! :D

Chapter 25

"Oh my god, Reid..."

"It's good, right?"

"Really, really good...amazing, but...I've never done this before."

"Why not?"

"I don't know...isn't it weird?"

"Is this about that N—I mean the douche again? Because if I ever saw him, I would sacrifice my hands and knock him to the ground."

Luke laughed, "You would do that for me?"

"On second thought, maybe not...I think a verbal put down would be enough and you can do the punching, my hands are my livelihood."

"And I need your hands for other things, too," Luke added casually.

"What for? Do you mean this?" Reid reached his free hand out and cupped Luke's groin, startling him.

Luke's eyes widened and he laughed, swatting Reid's hand away almost making him drop his spoon scooped full of the delicious creamy ice-cream.

Reid raised his eyebrows in warning, "Mr. Snyder, if that had dropped, you would have had to pay a very hefty price..."

"What would that be Dr. Oliver?" Luke asked whilst he leant in and wrapped his full lips around the spoon that Reid had been holding and ate the ice-cream. He hummed in approval at the coolness of the ice-cream running down his throat leaving the rich taste of chocolate on his tongue.

"Hey, that was mine," Reid said sadly and Luke grinned widely back at him.

"That's it..." Reid moved the tub of ice-cream away from Luke just as he was about to dip his spoon back in, "no more ice-cream for you this morning."

"No, Reid, please come on, don't be like that."

"Like what? You steal my spoonful of ice-cream and I'm just supposed to hand you over the tub?"

"Well, you might be amenable to the idea," Luke placed the spoon on the coffee table in front of him and clambered on top of Reid, straddling him, "after this...".

Luke pressed himself hard into Reid, making Reid arch his eyebrows in surprise as he leaned in and pressed kisses to Reid's neck. He licked and sucked on his neck moving closer to his ear and took his earlobe between his teeth, biting on it gently before soothing it with his tongue. Luke heard Reid groan in appreciation as he feathered small kisses along his jaw line till he reached Reid's lips. Luke licked across the seam of his lips and then without warning crashed their lips together in a hungry kiss. Luke smiled as he heard Reid softly moan into it, his free hand coming up to run through his hair and his arousal was just as evident as was his. As he kissed him he let his arm run down the length of Reid's arm until he finally managed to wrap his fingers around the ice-cream tub. Just as Luke tried to ease it out of Reid's hands, he pulled away from Luke's lips and moved his arm further away. Luke dropped his head into the crook of Reid's neck and groaned in frustration as Reid laughed.

"I didn't know you could be so determined to get what you want, Mr. Snyder."

Luke rested his forehead on Reid's and smiled flirtatiously, "I always get what I want, Dr. Oliver."

"So do I..."

"Oh really?"

"Yup."

Reid leaned forward holding Luke in his arms and put the ice-cream on the table before manoeuvring Luke onto his back onto the couch and covering him with his own body. Reid winked at him and immediately latched his lips onto Luke's neck sucking and kissing whilst his hands found their way under Luke's t-shirt, rubbing his hands up and down his side. He eventually made his way to Luke's lips and captured them between his own. Reid felt Luke arch up and moan into his mouth whilst his hands pushed down on his ass to bring him closer. They kissed like that for several minutes, moving against each other, hands never staying still as they roamed, caressed and touched each other's bodies.

Both men were interrupted as they heard the loud ringing of a cell phone, "Leave it," Reid murmured against Luke's lips. Luke nodded in response and wrapped his legs around Reid's waist. The phone, however, rang again and this time Luke's hands stilled and he pulled away from the kiss.

"No, no, no," Reid mumbled leaning in again.

Luke bit his lip, smiling and lightly pushed Reid of off him, "It might be something important."

Reid groaned and pushed himself backward and up allowing Luke to sit up as he reached behind him to pick up his phone and flipped it open.

"Hello?" Luke smiled at Reid who he swore looked as if he was pouting. He grasped a hold of his hand and squeezed it, trying not to laugh, "Yep, this is Luke Snyder," he replied in answer to the voice on the other end of the phone.

Reid noticed Luke's amusement instantly schooled his features into something more like...him. Not too interested in listening to the phone-call that had interrupted their amazing make-out session, 'Jesus, I'm such a girl', he shuffled down slightly and lifted the hem of Luke's t-shirt, pressing soft kisses to his abdomen. He heard a sharp intake of breath from Luke and a nervous laugh as Luke tried to explain to whoever was on the other end of the phone that he was okay. Reid grinned into Luke's skin and continued moving his kisses up higher, letting his hands and lips wander and dance across his chest. Luke tried to push him away but Reid stayed adamant and so he eventually gave in, running his hand through Reid's hair.

"So you have the second one booked...yep...uh huh...Dr. Reid Oliver, that's right...that early?"

Hearing his name, Reid raised himself up and glanced up at Luke and raised his eyebrows questioningly. Luke shot him a quick smile and held up a finger signalling for him to wait.

Luke sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, "I guess that's fine, yep. Confirm that for the both of us. Yeah...thank you, thanks...bye."

He snapped his phone shut and exhaled loudly, biting his lip. He glanced up at Reid who was watching him curiously.

"What was that about?"

"Umm, I managed to get us flights back to New York. International flights have started leaving and we have a flight booked for Monday afternoon, that was the earliest I could get, so the guy from the airline called to confirm our tickets."

"That's great, when did you have time to call them up after our very busy day yesterday?"

Luke smiled briefly at the memories of the day before and the strenuousactivities they had partaken in, "I called up the airline when you went to get water or something to see what the situation was with the volcano...I knew that you had a job to get back to and you have all those patients dependent on you so...you know...I thought the quicker you get back the better."

Reid frowned at the morose tone of Luke's voice knowing that something was wrong.

"And you're obviously unhappy about this, why?"

"I'm not unhappy."

Reid was a little surprised at how easily he was able to read Luke's moods and emotions, and smiled softly at the obvious sadness that he was trying to hide.

"You don't want to leave do you?" he asked knowingly.

Luke cast his eyes down to look at his hands and after a few moments looked back up with his wet and shiny eyes and nodded.

Reid rolled his eyes, sighing dramatically and spread his arms, "Come here..."

Luke narrowed his eyes thinking that Reid was trying to make a joke out of it all.

"What are you waiting for? An official embossed invitation with glitter on the inside, come here...," he urged.

Luke moved closer to Reid, wrapping his arms firmly around his waist and burrowed his head into Reid's chest, under his chin, breathing him in as Reid's arms encircled Luke.

"You must think I'm some sentimental, emotional fool," Luke mumbled whilst his hand played with Reid's t-shirt.

"Hmmm, you got that right," he replied, but was rewarded with a light smack to his chest.

"Shut up, Reid."

Reid chuckled, letting his hand gently run through Luke's hair, "It's good to be honest and that doesn't make you a sentimental, emotional fool."

"You wouldsay that because you're always honest and you don't do the whole touchy feely crap."

"I think I have my moments," he clarified.

Luke hummed in approval and closed his eyes, "That you do."

Reid smiled and pressed a kiss to the top of Luke's head, "Thank you for being so considerate about making sure that I got back to New York as early as possible. I have noidea how they're surviving in that hospital without me."

Luke snorted, "I bet the nurses are wishing that you stay here forever so that they never have to hear you berate them again."

"I don't beratethem, they're all so incompetent and they need to know it. All I do is tell them what is expected of them no matter what Internet site they managed to buy their qualifications from."

"In other words, you berate them."

"I don't ber-whatever, what I was tryingto say was that no one has done that for me before, so thank you."

Luke squeezed his arms around Reid, hugging him tightly and pressed a kiss to his chest, "You're welcome," he said quietly.

They sat in silence for a few minutes, holding each other, neither of the men wanting to admit or acknowledge just how much they didn't want this day or this week to end.

"Aren't you looking forward to seeing your family again? Surely that's a reason to be happy?" Reid asked rubbing Luke's back soothingly.

"Yeah...I guess I do miss them."

"See, that's a positive and you have your work to get back to too, so stop moping and stop trying to cuddle me."

Luke pulled away from Reid and quirked an eyebrow, "I tried to cuddle you?"

"Of course, I don't do cuddles or hugs."

"So who was here just now wanting to hug me? Your good twin?"

"Hmmm...probably. That Ron just ruins my reputation all of the time."

Luke rolled his eyes and laughed heartily before pressing his forehead to Reid's breathing in shakily, emotion overwhelming him, "I don't want to go," he whispered.

"Neither do I," Reid admitted as he lifted his hand to caress Luke's cheek, gazing intently into his eyes and kissing him softly. Luke smiled into the kiss wanting to memorise the feel and taste of Reid forever in his mind. But before the kiss could lead to other things, Reid stopped them and placed a finger on Luke's lips.

Reid grinned at the disappointed look on Luke's face, "Let's go out today."

Luke scrunched his nose and shook his head, "No, let's just stay here. I don't feel like going out."

"What are we going to do all day?"

"What we did all day yesterday?" he said smiling hopefully.

Reid smirked, shaking his head in amusement, "Jesus, you're insatiable. I think I've unleashed a sex beast."

"But you love it and you benefit from it, so let's just stay here, please."

Reid raised his eyebrows in disbelief, "Who was the one who said, Reid...we can't stay cooped up in the cottage the whole day...I want to see Cornwall and not just from outside a window. I'm not going to let you ruin this for me...or something like that in a whinier voice."

Luke huffed and dropped back onto the couch crossing his arms and pouted, "You're an asshole, you know that right?"

"I know," Reid smiled smugly, "So, get your ass off the couch, we have one more day here, let's make the most of it, okay?"

Luke sighed and nodded, "Okay."

"Good," Reid stated grabbing Luke's chin between his fingers before kissing him hard, "now...let's go and work off this ice-cream we had for breakfast..."

Luke frowned, "What? Now? I thought you wanted to go out."

"That doesn't mean that we don't have time to shower together..." he said pointedly.

"Ohhh," Luke shook his head at his stupidity and got to his feet, letting a smile break out on his face. "Well, we wouldn't want to waste water on separate showers...obviously."

"Obviously," Reid replied as he watched Luke slowly strip off his t-shirt, mussing up his already sexy bed hair and drop the shirt into his lap. Reid involuntarily licked his lips and lifted himself off the couch moving toward Luke, pulling on the elastic of his sweat pants to bring him closer. Luke's breath hitched, his hands grabbing onto Reid's shoulders as he felt Reid's fingers slip past his waistband teasingly. Reid licked a line up Luke's neck till he reached his ear and bit on his earlobe, sucking on it lightly before turning his attention to his neck, eliciting a moan from Luke. He giggled when Reid's hands found that ticklish spot on his stomach whilst he walked them back towards their bedroom.

"Christ, you're so amazing, Luke," Reid murmured between kisses.

Luke's heart almost burst with emotion as he realised how much he needed to tell Reid how he felt, Should I say it now? Is this the right moment? Was there ever the right moment though?His already quickening breaths became even quicker in anticipation if that was possible, and before he knew it he'd pulled back abruptly from Reid just as he was about to push down Luke's sweatpants.

Reid frowned concernedly, but Luke bit on his lip, unsure about whether to say what was on his mind, "Hey...can I tell you something?" he asked quietly.

"Yeah, sure...is anything wrong? Do you feel okay?"

Luke laughed softly at Reid's concern and shook his head, "I'm fine...I just," Luke exhaled, trying to bring up the courage to look into those gorgeous blue eyes and just tell him, tell him that he...

"What is it?"

Luke opened and closed his mouth trying to get the words out, 'Fuck', he sighed audibly and squeezed his eyes shut before opening them to look at Reid, "Can we have something else for breakfast? I don't think the ice-cream was enough..."

Reid narrowed his eyes knowing that thatwas not what Luke had wanted to say. Luke's deep brown eyes and his nervous disposition indicated something else entirely. However, he had a feeling in the pit of his stomach that he knew exactly what Luke had wanted to say but not wanting to unnerve him anymore, he nodded hesitantly shooting him a half-smile, "Okay...sure. Whatever you want."

Luke smiled and pushed Reid back gently before sauntering towards the bathroom. Just as he reached the door he took off his sweat pants and threw them at Reid and smiled seductively.

Reid touched his tongue to his top teeth and grinned, "You really are a sex beast..."

"But I'm your sex beast..."

Reid groaned inwardly and threw the sweatpants on the bed. He quickly undressed leaving clothes in his wake and walked towards Luke who was leaning on the bathroom doorframe, winding his arms around his waist, "Yes...you...are..."

After their extra long shower and a more normal breakfast, both men finally left the house and walked towards their car in the warm sunshine.

"I love how it's been sunny all this time we've been here, we've been really lucky."

Reid scoffed as he opened the car door, "Luke, don't trust the weather in this country. By the end of the day it will be raining, I guarantee it. England has some fucked up weather."

"I don't think so. I don't think it will rain," Luke said with confidence as he looked up into the cloudless blue sky.

Reid raised an eyebrow and got into his seat and buckled his seatbelt, as did Luke, "You want to bet on that, Snyder?"

"Hmmm, okay sure. If you win, what do you want?"

"Any sexual favour of my choice, obviously."

Luke laughed knowing that he shouldn't have even asked, "Fine, I can agree to that."

"Really?" Luke nodded and Reid grinned back, "So what about you? What do you want if you win?"

"I want to hear you sing Bublé again, sober this time," and then Luke's eyes widened and he clapped his hands together, "and you have to do a striptease to the song of my choice," he grinned.

Reid sighed, "Are you serious? You could ask me for anything sex related or otherwise and you ask me for that."

"Hey, I can choose whatever I want, Oliver. The striptease is kind of sex related, but you can't stop me or try to change my mind, so," Luke leaned forward closer to Reid, "it's a deal?"

Reid turned to face him and glared at him mockingly but his lips involuntarily curled into a smile seeing the excitement on Luke's face, "It's a deal," he said kissing him hard.

"So, where do you want to go?" Reid asked, tapping the steering wheel.

"I thought you already had an idea, genius!"

"Well, we did decide that we would plan on our next date together...so?" Reid pursed his lips and glanced over at Luke, "What do you think about going out on the water, without getting icky?"

Luke pressed his lips together trying to stop his laughter, "Seriously, Reid, you are so...," he sighed thinking what a contradiction Reid was, how complex and surprising he was, but somehow he got him and understood him. "That sounds great."

"So, this is a mutual decision and if it turns out to be the worst date ever, we both take the blame, yes?"

"Yes, we will," Luke reached over and took Reid's hand in his, "but...I don't think it will be bad at all as long as we're together."

Reid rolled his eyes at the sentimentality but his hand instinctively squeezed Luke's hand anyway and he was unable to hold back a smile.

They drove for about an hour to a place called Falmouth, famous for having one of the deepest natural harbours in the world and also most well-known for the various historic expeditions that had started and ended there. The town was almost picturesque, with evidence of its vibrant past seen in the architecture, the roads and the scenery around them. They made their way down to Falmouth Marina and parked their car nearby. They finally stepped out into the sunshine and the cool breeze of the sea air, hand in hand towards the harbour seeing all the yachts lined up prettily, the sails rustling in synch with the winds. Luke however, couldn't take his eyes off Reid because he hadn't looked hotter. Reid in sunglasses was a revelation and Luke wondered whether there was any sort of eyewear that didn'tmake him look amazingly attractive. Reid being naked was way hotter, but the sunglasses ranked a close second and weirdly he couldn't help but feel grateful that Reid was with him despite the fact that he knew all his faults and all about his past. He thought that feeling ranked pretty highly too.

"What are you staring at?" Reid finally asked, pulling him flush to his side, when Luke nearly crashed into someone walking his way.

Luke's cheeks reddened slightly and he looked away, "Nothing."

Reid furrowed his brows in confusion but wound his arm tighter around Luke's waist and pressed a kiss to his temple.

"Okay, I'm going to try and get us a boat, you stay here and don't fall in the water or something, knowing how clumsy you are..."

"Fuck you," Luke said pushing Reid away playfully.

"I love it when you talk dirty to me, Snyder," Reid growled hotly into his ear. Luke felt a tingle run down his spine but nudged Reid away.

"Go, you jerk," Luke shooed him away with his hands, "I'll be waiting here."

Reid slapped Luke's ass, startling him, "Reid!" but he grinned back and walked away quickly to the offices he could see a few metres away and Luke couldn't help but stare at his ass in those jeans.

Reid stalked back a few minutes later muttering curses under his breath, his sunglasses now pushed up onto his head and his eyes were full of annoyance.

"What happened?"

"They don't have anything left and I can't believe I didn't think to call ahead. They're solidly booked for the whole day or something," he grumbled.

"It's okay, Reid," he smiled, "It's not a big deal, maybe we can do something else."

"Yeah, I guess so, I'm sorry."

"Hey, there's nothing to apologise for," said Luke ruffling Reid's hair, but suddenly an idea struck him and he kissed Reid on his cheek quickly, "Let me go and talk to them."

"What? Luke...didn't you hear me? They have nothing."

"I have my ways, Dr. Oliver..." Luke pushed Reid's sunglasses back over his eyes and fixed his hair, "You stay here and look pretty. I'll be right back."

Before Reid could say anything, Luke sauntered off, hair flying, chest out and shoulders straight, walking confidently towards the offices.

Reid sat down on one of the benches nearby and dropped his head back and closed his eyes. He breathed in lungfuls of the wonderful sea air, thinking about what the hell Luke could do to rectify the situation and why the hell he suddenly loved the sea air. But he didn't have to wait long and was brought out from his thoughts about the sea air and Luke when he felt Luke's soft lips on his own.

"Did you fall asleep or something?" he asked once he pulled away.

Reid lifted the sunglasses and placed them on his head again, "Nope, I was thinking about you."

Luke felt his cheeks reddening slightly and he frowned, "Stop trying to flatter me just so you can get what you want."

"No flattery here, just being honest, my love," he winked and kissed him quickly on his lips. "So tell me, what happened?"

Luke wrapped his arms around Reid's neck, "I...got us a yacht for two hours plus someone to take us out on the water," he said slowly, smiling smugly.

Reid narrowed his eyes, "How did you do that?"

"Like I said, I have my ways...my looks and my charm..."

"Oh, you have your ways, do you?" Luke nodded.

Reid's eyes then widened in realisation, "You went all Luciano Grimaldi on their ass, didn't you?"

Luke laughed, "Maybe...you don't mind do you?"

"Hell no, why would I mind?"

"It's just that N-" Luke closed his eyes briefly and shook his head, "Forget it, oh and I got something else too," he grinned.

"What's that?"

"I got us some food for us to eat on the yacht..."

Reid sighed happily causing Luke to laugh even more, "I love it when you go all Luciano Grimaldi, plus I love that you have money. I don't care how you sorted this out because Luciano Grimaldi seems to be very ingenious."

"You really don't mind that I have money?" he asked uncertainly.

Reid scoffed, "This is about that douche again, right? Firstly, no talks about exes on a date, especially douchey ones like yours." Luke couldn't help but chuckle at that. "Secondly, money is there to be used, to be enjoyed. As long as it's not used to harm anyone you can use your money however you want. You're welcome to be my sugar daddy and you'll have no complaints from me."

Luke's eyes sparkled and he grinned widely, "You're seriously unbelievable...you know that?"

"I've been told that a few dozen times..."

Luke rolled his eyes and kissed the smirk off his face.

"Come on, Mr. Unbelievable, our yacht awaits us..."

Their skipper, Nina, showed them onto the yacht that they had for the next few hours and Reid whistled in approval as they climbed aboard. One thing he noticed was the cabins that were below deck and he definitely wanted to make use of that. They were finally out on the water, the waves gently rocking the yacht as they went further out into the sea. Reid walked to the bow of the yacht thinking that Luke was right behind him, but when he turned around, he saw Luke talking to Nina animatedly and helping her to steer and sail the yacht. Reid rolled his eyes at Luke's enthusiasm, but watched admirably as Nina directed him and Luke used those broad shoulders and muscled arms to help pull the mainsheet and tack, and his tight t-shirt didn't leave much to the imagination.

Reid had his arms stretched out, sitting out on the deck, one leg crossed on top of the other, feeling the wind ruffling his hair and he felt incredibly relaxed, the only thing that was missing right at that moment was...

He felt a pair of strong warm arms wrap around him and kiss being pressed to his neck. Reid tilted his head allowing Luke more access, which he took full advantage of. Reid suddenly missed the warmth of Luke's arms but then saw him coming down to sit next to him. He looked slightly flushed from the work he'd been doing and there was a light sheen of sweat on his forehead for his efforts.

"Ahoy there, sailor..." said Reid suggestively in a deep voice.

Luke giggled and a light blush rose up on his cheeks, "You have a thing for sailors?"

"Only for hot blonde sailors with a perky ass..."

Luke raised an eyebrow and pursed his lips turning serious, "Is this a fantasy you would like fulfilled at some point?"

"Would you?" he asked.

Luke moved in closer to Reid's ear, "Sure, but it will happen when you least expect it," Luke whispered, kissing his cheek.

"I look forward to that, Mr. Snyder...or should I say Captain Snyder?" Reid said waggling his eyebrows.

Luke laughed and kissed Reid soundly on his lips, "Yes, I'll let you know about that," Luke then rested a hand on Reid's chest, "You hungry?"

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

"Aye, aye, captain, I'll be right back," he saluted goofily.

Once Luke came back with the food, he apologised that he wasn't able to get anything more substantial but Reid didn't care, food was food. They sat on the deck eating their fish and chips and both men never loved food more than they did in that moment.

"Why have I never tasted this before in my life? This is amazing..."

Reid agreed, talking with his mouth full, "I haven't had this in a long time. We need a place in America that sells this, the traditional fish and chips. There has to be a place somewhere, right?"

"I don't know, but if there isn't, I'll make one," Luke said determinedly, dipping his chip into the ketchup.

"Yes! Have your own fish and chip place, you have the moolah!"

"But then would it be profitable? How many people would be buying this on a regular basis?"

"Well, you have one customer right here, but because I'm your boyfriend, I'm sure that means that everything will be on the house for me."

Luke stopped chewing in surprise, "Boyfriend?"

Reid glanced up and he frowned in confusion, "Are you not my boyfriend?"

Luke ducked his head and scratched behind his ear, "I just...it's just-I haven't heard it all this time we've been together so it just surprised me, is all."

"Do you want to use another word then? My lover, partner, my other half, my significant other, my baby, sweetheart, darling...I could go on," he said waving his hand in a sweeping gesture.

Luke chuckled softly and raised his head to look straight into Reid's eyes, "Boyfriend is perfect."

Reid nodded sharply and moved his hand to pick up one of Luke's chips but he managed to swat Reid's hand away in time, "Hey, that's mine...eat your own."

"I thought we're boyfriends, aren't we supposed to share?"

"Will you share with me?" Luke asked pointedly.

Reid narrowed his eyes in thought, "Naah, I wouldn't, this is too good."

"I know right?"

Reid picked up his beer and took a swig before speaking, "We still haven't solved the problem...where the hell will we find fish and chips in America? I think I need this in my life forever and always."

"I'll work something out," Luke said nodding his head with confidence as he munched on a chip, grinning.

After discussing their business idea a little longer whilst eating and once they'd finished, they pushed away their plates and their drinks and lay down on the deck on some towels that Luke had found in the cabin below deck. Their conversation drifted from their favourite movies, to their favourite TV shows and music, and this allowed Luke the opportunity to mock Reid about his age, which he didn't react to very well, but he played along with it anyway. Seeing Luke smile and laugh was worth it.

"So, tell me, how many boyfriends have you had?" Reid asked, wanting to steer the conversation from anything other than talking about his in depth knowledge about Star Wars.

Luke turned his head to face Reid, "I thought you said we shouldn't talk about exes on a date."

"But this information is vital to getting to know you, and that's what you do on dates, don't you?"

"Why don't you just admit that you're being nosy?"

"I'm not being nosy, I'm just curious..." Luke raised an eyebrow at him and he sighed, "Okay, I'm being nosy..."

Luke turned onto his side, resting his head on his hand and looked down at Reid, "You really want to know?"

"Yeah, sure...why else would I ask?"

Luke exhaled and closed his eyes, "Only two...," he opened his eyes again at the confused expression on Reid's face.

"And that's bad, why?" Reid asked.

"I don't know, but the guys I know who are my age must've had way more boyfriends than that, but...you don't think that's too few?"

"No, not at all, I thought when you asked whether I really wanted to know, you were going to give me a three digit figure or something."

"No," Luke laughed, "No way! Before Noah there was this other guy in high school but that didn't last too long, high school being high school and all, so, yeah...my love life...not so interesting."

"I happen to think it's pretty interesting right now."

"That is true and it's pretty interesting I guess, so tell me Dr. Oliver...what about you?"

Reid rubbed a hand over his face and sighed, "After Dean, I didn't really have a boyfriend, just guys I would spend the night with but I stopped that after a while because studying and medicine became my main focus and my only focus, but...there was this one model guy who I kinda saw on and off when he was in town."

"A model?" Luke interrupted.

Reid noticed the flash of envy in Luke's eyes and knew he couldn't let this opportunity pass, "Yup, he was a model for something, I don't remember and to be honest, I didn't care. He had this amazing body, seriously...he worked out pretty hard, and his arms, Jesus. His arms and hands and lips and his..." Reid pointed towards his crotch.

Luke huffed and lay back down, "I get it, Reid...he was perfect. I don't need to know everything about this model guy with the perfect arms and perfect lips."

Reid had to stop himself from laughing loudly but he turned on his side and saw Luke's eyes blazing with jealousy, "Is that a green eyed monster I see lurking within you, Mr. Snyder?"

Luke frowned, "I am not jealous...I don't get jealous, ever."

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"You remember Ben's bachelor party? There was that guy in the leather jacket who I was having a nice chat with, Alan or something, and then you came storming over pretending to be my boyfriend. Sure...you weren't jealous at all."

Luke opened and closed his mouth a few times before he spoke, "I was just saving you from Aidan. He looked creepy and you were drunk out of your mind."

"I wasn't that drunk."

"You offered to marry my grandmother."

"I did? Which one? The rich one or the one who makes amazing food?"

"The rich one."

"Oh yeah, good choice, but I don't remember that. However, I clearly remember that you were jealous when I was with the leather jacket guy," Reid grinned down at him and saw Luke's resolve breaking.

"Fine, I guess I was jealous," he finally admitted, "You weren't exactly so subtle with Alejandro either."

"I was actually saving you from the randy dance teacher because he was coming onto you and you didn't like it."

"So you weren't jealous?"

Reid leaned over and cupped his cheek, "I've been jealous since the day I met you, knowing that I couldn't have you for my own even though you were in my orbit all the time, tempting me."

Luke smiled coyly, "But now you do have me..."

Reid covered Luke's body with his own and kissed him deeply, "Now I do..." he murmured gazing intently into his eyes. They got lost in their kiss not wanting it to end,

Luke wrapping one leg around Reid's, bringing him flush to his body, allowing them to rock against each other. The kiss quickly became heated and Reid let one hand travel between them to palm at Luke's semi-hard cock.

Luke pulled away with a gasp, "Reid, we can't do this here."

Reid licked his lips and wracked his brain for something, he was far too gone to not finish this, "Umm, okay...I have an idea," he lifted himself off Luke and held his hand out.

"Come on, get up."

Luke frowned and got up, taking a hold of Reid's hand who dragged him across the deck towards the cabins below.

"Reid! We can't go in there. We don't have permission," Luke stopped in his tracks leaving Reid to walk ahead.

Reid rolled his eyes and signalled for him to wait where he was and walked over to talk to Nina. Luke watched as they talked and saw Nina nod whilst grinning and Reid kissed her on her cheek, making her blush. Reid came back to him and grabbed a hold of his hand, "What the hell did you say to her?" asked Luke.

"Some things should stay a secret, Mr. Snyder," Reid led him down to one of the small bedrooms and closed the door, pushing Luke up against the door, leaving him more turned on than ever, his hands dropped to his waist and he squeezed lightly.

"How about we finish what we started?" Reid asked huskily, nosing Luke's neck while his hand found the zipper of Luke's jeans.

Luke growled, "Yes," and tugged on Reid's hair crashing their lips together.

After making full use of the cabin below deck, their yacht trip was over. Luke thanked Nina profusely as did Reid, promising that they would come back again soon, but they would take their own vessel out the next time once Luke had learnt how to sail and so Reid could do what he wanted without prying eyes. They spent the rest of their day walking around the town admiring the little shops, as well as sampling the Cornish Pasty, which Reid thought were heaven in a pastry case. The skies started to turn grey, the sunshine from earlier disappearing behind dark, murky and ominous clouds.

"I think I'm going to win my bet, Snyder..." Reid said, rubbing his hands together.

Luke dismissed it with the wave of his hand but when he felt raindrops soaking his skin he knew it was over, "Will I never hear you sing Bublé again?" he asked sadly.

"Maybe when you least expect it, meaning...never..." Reid entwined his fingers with Luke's. "Let's get back before we get soaked in the fucked up British weather."

Once they reached the cottage, they ran out of the car wanting to avoid getting soaked by the torrential rain pummelling the earth and their bodies. When Reid got to the door his wet hands, soaked by the rain, made it harder for him to open it. He fumbled with the keys before finally managing to unlock the door and both Luke and he tumbled inside, talking off their shoes and trying to shake the water out of their bodies. Reid felt a chill run through his body and he immediately ordered Luke to get changed out of his wet clothes before he caught something. He followed shortly after and grabbed a dry towel from the bathroom before wrapping it around Luke's bare shoulders and hair and rubbing him to get rid of the moisture.

"Reid, I'm fine. You get changed, too and I'll make us something warm to drink."

Reid nodded and set about getting rid of his own wet clothes, and once he'd made it back to the living room, Luke was walking back from the kitchen with two mugs of steaming hot tea and a plate piled high with biscuits. If only Luke knew how much Reid had wanted to drag him back into the bedroom and pleasure him for hours and hours at that point. But no, he had to get the cottage and Luke warm first. So after shaking the images of a naked Luke writhing beneath him on the bed out of his head, he set about starting the fire in the fireplace.

Once he'd gotten the fire going, Reid plopped down on the sofa next to Luke almost making him drop his tea. He opened up his two blankets to allow Reid to settle down next to him, his arm wrapped around Luke's shoulder so his other hand was free for the tea and biscuits. Luke dropped his head onto Reid's shoulder and he instinctively pulled him closer.

"Hey, Ron," Luke grinned up at him.

Reid scowled, not wanting to dignify that statement with a remark because first, he'd have to admit he was becoming a cuddler and that was not him and secondly, he had his mouth full of biscuits. It would be rude to talk with your mouth full and also, after mentioning that he didn't in fact do any of that, he just grunted in response making Luke laugh.

After finishing their light snack, they sat down in comfortable silence to watch a black and white movie which Luke had insisted on. Reid had to stop himself from making snide comments because it was so boring and pretentious and when he couldn't, he was earned with a light slap to his chest. Reid, at one point, became engrossed in the movie and for once when he wanted to say something complimentary about the film, he glanced down at Luke who was fast asleep on his shoulder. He let him sleep a little longer waiting for the film to finish and when it did, he gently tried to lift Luke's head off his shoulder but he jerked awake instead, his eyes blinking rapidly trying to adjust to the darkness, the room only lit by the roaring fire.

"I guess you found the movie boring then," Reid said as he moved away to get a glass of water for himself and Luke.

"No, it was interesting, I was just tired..." he said half-heartedly.

"It was pretentious, just admit it...," Reid held out a glass for Luke and used his free hand to flatten Luke's hair before sitting down.

Luke took a sip of the water before he spoke and chuckled, "Yeah, it was pretentious and boring. Not all critically acclaimed films are as good as they claim to be."

"Never trust critics. Only you can judge what's good or not."

"That's right," Luke nodded.

Reid took Luke's empty glass and his own, placing it on the coffee table in front of him. "I have something for you that might keep you awake."

"What? Your dick?"

Reid snorted at Luke's bluntness, "I like the way you think, Snyder, you're learning. But my dick is yours later because I won the bet and you owe me. I have something else for you."

Reid slipped off the couch and walked into the spare room and feeling Luke's confusion and curiosity in the air, he smirked to himself. His eyes fell on the small box that he'd asked to be sent here and he ran his hand over it. 'Fuck it...'his denial at being a romantic was shot to hell now. He made his way back with the small box and sat down next to Luke, holding it out for him to take.

"Here..."

"Reid, I can't take this."

"You don't even know what it is yet."

"But Reid, I can't...I mean I haven't got you anything...it's just...I dunno..."

"After such a compelling and well thought out argument, you definitely need this, take it."

"But, Reid..."

"Take the bloody box for fuck's sake."

Luke laughed, his hand squeezed Reid's knee, "Oh my god, you sounded so hot just then, speak more British to me, baby."

"Luke," he warned with a smile, but took note of that piece of information.

"Okay, okay," he grinned taking the box from Reid's hands.

Luke let his fingers run lightly over the black box and the red ribbon tied elegantly into a bow. He could see out of the corner of his eye that Reid was becoming impatient and fidgeting, his right hand bouncing on his knee out of nervousness.

Luke pressed his lips together and pulled on the ribbon delicately, which fell out of its knot effortlessly. He lifted the lid of the box slowly and lifted away the paper. He swore that he heard Reid stop breathing but he couldn't be entirely sure because he'd stopped breathing too. Shit, his heart had stopped too.

"Reid..." he breathed, his eyes widening.

"You don't like it, do you?"

Luke managed to tear his eyes away and looked at Reid's worried expression. "No, Reid," but his face dropped and Luke grabbed a hold of his hand reassuringly, "No, I mean, yes, I love it. I love it, Reid."

Reid nodded sharply and breathed a sigh of relief. Luke eyes immediately went back to the contents of the box and he pulled the books out slowly, not wanting to damage them.

"Reid, these must've cost a fortune, early edition Jane Austen's are almost priceless...I can't-"

"Do you like it?" he interrupted.

"Yes, I love it."

"Then that's it, don't question anything. If you like them and you're happy with them, then it's all worth it and nothing else matters, okay?"

Luke nodded not able to believe that Reid had remembered something he'd said in passing a few days ago and then had done something like this for him. He ducked his head and wiped away a few stray tears falling down his cheek.

"Oh crap, this wasn't supposed to make you cry, stop with the leaking," he moved closer and wiped away Luke's tears with the pad of his thumb.

Luke chuckled and sniffed, "Then what was it supposed to make me do?"

"Make you jump my bones, or something."

Luke laughed and wiped his face with his hand, "You'll get that too, Dr. Oliver..."

Reid punched the air triumphantly, "Now it's definitely worth it."

Luke nudged Reid's shoulder, "Jerk," he then let his fingers lightly run over the cover of one of the books and he took a deep breath and shook his head.

"Reid...I don't know how to thank you."

"You don't have to thank me for anything, but I'm sure I'll think of something if you really want me to." He lifted his hand and placed it on the back of his neck, rubbing his thumb just behind his ear.

Luke closed his eyes briefly, loving the warm feel of Reid's hand on his neck, trying to compose himself. "But no one's ever given me something like this and I don't know..."

"Maybe it was about time then...and like I said, you loved it and that's all I care about."

Luke glanced over to finally look at Reid smiling widely who smiled back. He wondered what the hell he'd done to deserve someone as amazing as him. He quickly placed the box on the coffee table, making sure it wouldn't fall and without warning pulled Reid into a tight hug, burying his head in the crook of his neck. Reid made a sound of surprise at the strength of Luke's hug but wrapped his arms around him firmly. Luke pulled away after a few moments and immediately captured Reid's lips between his own, kissing him passionately, their warm wet lips moving in synch. Reid's hand was in Luke's hair, the other on his waist, whilst Luke was holding Reid's face between his hands kissing him with all he had. He reluctantly left Reid's lips to catch his breath and rested his forehead on his.

"God, I love you."

Reid squeezed his eyes shut and replayed what Luke had just said wondering whether he'd heard right, but Luke's mind caught up with the words that he'd thrown into the air and against Reid's lips a few seconds later and he immediately backed away from Reid, holding his head in his hands.

"Oh my god, I can't believe I just said that, fuck, oh my god, oh my god," he mumbled to himself repeatedly.

Reid took a few seconds just to compose himself but shifted closer to Luke, grabbing a hold of his wrists, trying to pry them off his face, "Luke...Luke?"

Luke finally dropped his hands, his cheeks were flushed but he was still unable to look into Reid's eyes.

"What did you say?" asked Reid calmly.

Luke furrowed his brows and shook his head, "Nothing, I said nothing, just forget I said anything." He got up to leave but Reid managed to grasp his arm and he pulled him back down onto the couch, holding onto his hand firmly, thinking of a way to get him to open up.

"Reid," he whined closing his eyes, "Just-"

"Do you love me or not?"

Luke jerked his head up to stare at him, "What?"

"Look, you'd better take care of that kidney of yours, because if I plan on falling in love with you, I want the whole enchilada here and I am willing to give you my everything, but I want everything in return here, too. I don't want you leaving me or backing out of this now, you hear me?"

Luke tried to process what Reid was trying to say but was interrupted, "So, do you or don't you?" Reid asked again, raising an eyebrow. "Or do you have someone else in mind?" he smirked.

Luke nudged Reid with his shoulder and frowned, "Of course you, you idiot...I love you, only you."

Reid let a smile curl up on the corner of his lips and nodded slowly, "That's good to hear."

"That's good to hear?" repeated Luke still unsure as to what was happening.

"Extremely good," Reid held Luke's face between his hands and locked his eyes with Luke, "Because...I think I'm falling in love with you," he said softly.

Luke's breaths quickened in realisation and he gazed into those gorgeous blue eyes and he knew, he just knew that he was telling the truth and that he didn't think he was crazy or irrational because Reid could feel it too even though he might not be ready to say it just yet. His heart started pounding, his eyes danced with love, affection, desire, want and need...because he loved him, he loved him. His face broke out into a smile and he laughed nervously, his hands lifting to rest either side of Reid's face.

"You don't think this is too fast?", Luke asked quietly, still unsure.

Reid chuckled wryly, "I would have said that before, but for once in my life I don't want to question anything...it is what it is..."

Luke grinned widely, "I love you, Reid," he said, caressing his cheek.

Reid mirrored Luke's grin and didn't know what else to do but lunge towards him for a kiss but they ended up falling off the couch onto the floor between the coffee table and the couch making the both of them laugh uncontrollably. However the laughter died down once Reid began kissing Luke deeply, his hands finding bare skin and Luke's thickening cock. Luke gasped in pleasure and arched up into Reid's hand, his own hands trying to pull Reid's t-shirt off but to no avail, they were trapped in the tiny space.

"Wait, wait..." Reid lifted himself off Luke and pushed the table towards the kitchen making space in front of the fireplace, leaving the rug free. When he came back, Luke was already half undressed, his t-shirt had been thrown onto the couch and he was in the process of getting his sweatpants off which Reid helped him with before quickly undressing himself.

He then lay down on top of Luke, resting his weight on his elbows he brushing his hair back softly before kissing Luke at a slower pace than earlier, wanting to memorise the feel, the warmth and the sounds that Luke made. When he pressed soft kisses to his jaw, he let his hand firmly grasp Luke's now leaking cock, and began to stroke gently. He ran his thumb over the head a few times before twisting his hand around the length whilst moving his hand up and down. Luke moaned and threw his head back when he felt Reid kiss down his chest, biting and licking at his nipples, before moving back up to kiss him again.

"Reid, wait a minute," Luke held cupped Reid's cheek, "What about the bet?"

Reid grinned down at him and ran his thumb over his kiss swollen lips, "I want you to take control, you guide me and I'll follow."

"You sure?"

"I'm yours..." Reid said sincerely.

Luke leaned up and kissed Reid, his eyes sparkling with want and desire and he then rolled Reid onto his back, so that he was straddling him. Luke then ran his hands up Reid's body, grabbing a hold of his wrists and placing them above his head. He then left open-mouthed kisses down his neck and chest whilst using his other hand to stroke the both of their cocks together. Reid groaned into Luke's mouth as he kissed him, wanting to feel Luke's skin with his hands. He resisted against Luke's strong hold but he didn't give in and although Reid wanted his hands free, being controlled like this felt amazing.

"Fuck, Luke..." he groaned as he felt Luke bite and then soothe his nipples with his tongue. Luke let go of Reid's wrists as he made his way further down his body before taking his rock hard shaft into his mouth, licking and sucking on the head and then working it with his mouth and hands. Reid bent his knees, allowing Luke to sit in between and he made unintelligible noises. Not one for making much noise during sex, Reid gave himself up to Luke and in turn his mind and any ability to control the sounds he was making. His hands were pulling and tugging on Luke's hair but he let Luke pace himself, not that he wasn't doing exactly what he wanted. When Luke could feel Reid was close, he kissed the tip of his cock before moving closer to the sofa and rummaged under the seat till he found a bottle of lube and a condom.

Reid couldn't help but laugh, "Did you plan this? Having sex in front of a fireplace..."

Luke unwrapped the condom and put it on Reid, who hissed a little at the contact, "I'm just very resourceful, that's all..." he grinned as he slicked Reid's cock with the lube and his own hole. Luke then straddled Reid, leaning down to kiss him, "Always be resourceful..."said Reid, leaning up to kiss him. Luke pushed himself backward and lined himself up with Reid's shaft, bracing one hand on Reid's chest and using the other hand to push Reid into him. He gasped at the slight burn but it soon turned to pleasure as he let himself envelop his cock. Reid groaned at the tightness as it felt so good, he thought he might come just like that. He dropped his head back to try and control himself and placed his hands on Luke's thighs letting him relax around him. Luke then placed both hands on Reid's chest and rode him slowly whilst Reid tried to control himself, bucking up and slamming into him so that he could hit that spot for Luke.

But Luke was in control, and so he let himself move deep within him as Luke moaned, throwing his head back at the pleasure as he could feel Reid hitting his spot every time. After several minutes of riding Reid long and slow Luke could feel he was close and so he grabbed a hold of Reid's hand and placed it on now own throbbing erection, moving his hand up and down in time with his movements. Luke then increased the tempo and Reid took this as his cue to follow and lifted his hips to slam into him whilst jerking Luke at the same time. He was mesmerised watching Luke ride him, his eyes were squeezed shut in pleasure as he held his bottom lip between his teeth trying to keep his moans at bay. Luke was unable to hold himself up any longer and dropped onto his elbows, resting his head on Reid's chest, rocking against Reid's cock as he thrust into him long, hard strokes.

"Mmm...Reid...Reid...love this...you..." he mumbled incoherently, over and over again.

Luke's hands found their way into his hair and lifted his head to kiss Reid whilst he continued to thrust into him. Feeling close to the edge himself but wanting Luke to find his release first, Reid stroked his cock a few more times and then felt Luke shudder above him, moaning low into the crook of his neck as he came hard. Reid thrust into him a few more times and found his own completion, falling over the edge and groaning, squeezing his eyes shut as his orgasm washed over him. When his breathing returned to normal, he opened his eyes and saw that Luke was still trying to recover, he turned his head and kissed his forehead, holding his lips there a second longer before brushing away his hair so that he could see his eyes. Luke blinked his eyes open slowly and his face broke into a lazy, satisfied smile.

Reid let his thumb brush over his cheekbone and tilted his head up with his forefinger and thumb and kissed him softly. Luke hummed into the kiss happily and let his fingers play with Reid's curls while Reid rubbed Luke's back soothingly. He pulled away from the kiss looking at Luke intensely, the glow of the fire making him look ethereal. He kissed him again on his forehead and Luke settled his head back into the crook of Reid's neck, and threaded their fingers together, knowing no more words were necessary right now.

Reid exhaled and ran his hands gently up and down Luke's back and sighed contentedly. He couldn't believe that this week was now coming to an end, and yes he would admit it, he didn't want it to be over. Being without him wasn't an option anymore, not having his warm body by his side every night, not being able to hear him laugh, to see him smile that dimpled smile, he couldn't live without it...he couldn't live without him. Reid groaned inwardly at his sappiness but he knew that this time he'd fallen deeply, deeply in love with Luke...and if this is what being in love with Luke felt like...then he didn't want a way out.