A/N: Hey guys! I have been trying to upload the chapter for the last two days and I finally got it to work today hence the lateness! After this there are only two more chapters to go! Thank you for being so patient with me and I hope you enjoy! Once again, just to remind you, this chapter is very NC-17/Mature so avoid if you're not comfortable! Feedback would be LOVED! Thank you!


Chapter 28

Reid walked out of the kitchen, his head in his hands and rubbed a hand under his nose in frustration. He hadn't expected Luke to react in that way, but what more could he do till he calmed down? He felt confused and worried like hell and the only logical thing he could think to do, was to leave Luke alone for the time being, even though he didn't want to leave his side at all. Reid made his way back to the living room and sat down on the sofa next to Romy.

Noticing the distraught look on Reid's face, Romy couldn't help but feel concerned.

"Reid, is everything okay? Where's Luke?"

"I don't know," he sighed, "...and he should be here sometime soon, he just needed some time alone or something."

Romy didn't want to question Reid anymore seeing his reluctance to answer her previous question and so placed her hand on his arm for reassurance, for what, she didn't know. Reid glanced down at his arm and then back up at her and smiled softly nodding in acknowledgement of her concern. Just then Luke entered the living room. He glanced over to look at Reid who stared back, his face expressionless, not giving anything away. Luke swallowed hard and looked away taking his place next to Ellie on the other couch.

Reid watched Luke intensely, how he avoided talking and nodded along to whatever Ellie and Charlie were talking about, how he'd plastered a fake smile on his face, how his eyes were slightly red from what he knew were tears. Luke could feel that he was being watched and took a chance a few times to see Reid looking directly at him, his brows furrowed, his lips a thin line. He breathed in shakily, not knowing how to rectify the situation. He knew that Reid must be mad at him after what he'd said. He tried to convey with his eyes that he was sorry, hoping that he hadn't pushed Reid away for good. His eyes glistened with unshed tears and he closed them, willing them not to fall.

Seeing Luke almost close to tears, Reid couldn't take it anymore. He got to his feet and walked towards Luke and held out his hand, not caring that he was effectively causing a scene.

"Get up, Luke."

Luke looked at Reid's hand and then back up at his face confusedly, "What?"

"Get your ass of the couch and let's go."

"Reid-"

"Just get up."

"Reid, we can't just leave like this."

"Okay, does anyone have a problem with me taking Luke out right now?" he addressed everyone in the room. No one said anything and so Reid took that as his answer.

"Good, no one minds and I don't care, so just get up off the couch, now."

Luke glanced around the room at everyone's confused and shocked faces and inhaled deeply before taking Reid's hand gingerly. Reid held onto his hand tightly before dragging him out of the room and outside. Luke didn't know where Reid was taking him and neither did Reid, they kept walking till they reached Hyde Park, which was a short walk from the house. Reid's hand was still tightly gripping Luke's as he followed wherever the path took them.


They found a nearby bench and Reid pulled Luke down to sit next to him. Luke hadn't said a word the entire time, his eyes cast downwards as they had walked through the park. Reid released his hand and looked outwards onto the water, shimmering with the last rays of the sun. They sat in silence for a few minutes, neither Reid nor Luke knowing how to break the silence. Reid turned his head to look at Luke who was looking down at the ground, staring at his feet, a strand of his hair obscuring his eyes.

He reached his hand out tentatively, tucking a lock of blonde hair behind Luke's ear. Luke closed his eyes, the soft feel of Reid's fingers overwhelming him, and he leaned into his touch. He finally glanced to his side to see Reid gazing at him, his eyes full of worry and it was all because of him. It was his fault.

Luke shifted closer to Reid and buried his face into his neck, wrapping his arms around his waist, wanting to feel his warmth, wanting to feel grounded and just wanting to be held. Reid immediately wound his arms tightly around him running a hand through his hair softly and rubbing his hand down his back soothingly. Luke eventually moved his head away from the crook of his neck and wiped away a few tears with the back of his hand before lifting his eyes to finally meet Reid's worried ones.

He licked his lips before he spoke, his head dropping in embarrassment, "I'm so sorry Reid, about earlier...I didn't mean to say what I said...God, you must be so angry at me."

Reid raised his hand tilting Luke's chin up to face him before pushing his hair back softly from his face, "I'm not angry," he said softly, "and if I was, you would know, believe me. I was...actually, I amworried...just talk to me, Luke. What's been bothering you?"

Luke rubbed a hand over his face and looked into those blue eyes, "I'm scared Reid," he said quietly.

"Scared about what?" he asked, taking Luke's hand from his lap and holding it.

Luke frowned and swallowed hard, "I'm scared that when we go back tomorrow, whatever we had here and whatever we shared won't exist anymore and I don't want to lose you Reid, I really don't want to lose you."

"Luke..."

"No, Reid...I've been freaking out since last night when it hit me that we were going back home, home, where you're not going to be there. And I don't know how this is supposed to work because we haven't been apart from each other for all this time. What if when we go back we drift apart or something? I can't deal with that Reid, I really can't."

"Luke, listen to me, just breathe for me...just breathe."

Reid held Luke's face between his hands, helping him to breathe in time with him, recognising that Luke was on the verge of having a panic attack. He smiled at the ridiculousness of it all knowing that he was having an unnecessary freak out.

"You feeling better?" Luke nodded as he took lungfuls of air. "You're going to let me speak?" Reid asked and Luke nodded again as he took another deep breath in.

"Okay, you're not the only one who's been thinking about this and that's what I've been wanting to talk to you about all day today but you kept avoiding it," he teased lightly.

"Reid, I-"

"I know it was unintentional on your part. I know you Luke, and I understand why you acted the way you did. But believe me when I say this, what we have between us will not disappear or diminish in any way once we get back, okay?"

"You think so?"

"I know so, Luke. This isn't just a fling for me because what we have is more than that. I don't play games, Luke, I'm not that kind of guy. You don't give yourself enough credit, you are so strong, so much stronger than me," he caressed Luke's cheek lightly with his hand. "I thought with your sunny disposition you would see the positives in this and believe in us."

"I do believe in us, I do. I just-"

"I know. You're just uncertain about what the future holds for us."

"Yeah, I just can't believe we didn't talk about this earlier, I feel so stupid."

Reid laughed softly, "I thought the same thing as you, but, what matters is that we're talking about this now."

Luke's lips involuntarily curled into a small smile and he nodded, inhaling deeply.

"We have to be honest as to how we're supposed to make this work, Luke. So..." Reid raised his eyebrows not knowing why the hell he was suggesting this, "...do you want me to move to Oakdale?"

Luke's eyes widened in surprise and he shook his head, tightening his hold on Reid's hand, "Oh my god, no, Reid. God, I love you for saying that but no, I can't ask that of you. You have your job in New York and you have your life there. I can't ask you to do that for me."

Reid shrugged, "The only thing keeping me there is my job other than that, there isn't much."

"But you would hate Oakdale, Reid."

"As long as you're there and I don't have to interact with anyone else in that town, I think I could manage living there," he smirked.

Luke laughed, "No way, I'm not letting you move there, not for me."

Reid breathed a sigh of relief finally hearing Luke laugh that laugh, "Hmmm, so that leaves us with New York. Would you want to move there?"

Luke bit on his lip in thought, worrying that he didn't have a definitive answer, because he loved Reid, he really did, he just didn't want to upset him. Reid noticed his hesitance and grasped his hand, squeezing lightly.

"Luke, be honest. I won't be upset by what you say, just say it."

'God, he knows me so well'

Luke bit his bottom lip, exhaling in thought, "I don't know if I'll be able to leave the foundation and Grimaldi shipping right at this moment. I would need to sort things out and put things in place if I was to move out to New York."

"So you would move to New York?" Reid asked uncertainly.

"Yeah, most probably. I want us to work, Reid and I'll do anything to make that happen."

"But then I would have the same concern you have, Luke. I don't want you to move just for me, I can't ask you to do that either, even though selfishly I would want you to," he said smiling his crooked smile.

Luke smiled back, holding onto his hand tighter, finding courage in his touch. "For once Reid, I'm taking your advice and I'm thinking about me. To be honest, I haven't been enjoying my work as much as I should be recently. The foundation is great and I love that I'm able to give back and help in my own way but the shipping company I think would be in better hands with someone who's passionate about it, you know?"

"I understand. So, what do you want to do?"

"I want to write, Reid. When I talked to Ben's friends and heard what they were doing, I knew that I wanted to be a part of that. Your encouragement played a major role in reawakening my desire to write. I want to write. I want to write a novel, I want to work for a newspaper...I don't know...I just want to write and start living my life, with you."

"So let me get this straight, you want to write? Did I hear that correctly?" Reid joked.

Luke swatted Reid's arm playfully, "Shut up, jerk."

"Okay," Reid chuckled softly, "So what this means is that we have to keep up a long distance relationship for a while which, don't take this the wrong way, may be a little healthy for us, don't you think?"

"Yeah, no you're right. We havesort of been inseparable."

"We have, but this distance would be good for us in the long run."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, not to say that we won't work but I think it will make us stronger, if that makes sense?"

Luke grinned, "Dr. Oliver, you old romantic you...you do indeed make sense...distance makes the heart grow fonder and all that, I get it."

Reid rolled his eyes at the sappiness of the statement making Luke laugh, "Yeah, yeah, sure, I don't know how much more I can love you but we will see."

Luke's heart skipped a beat at Reid's words, he didn't know if he'd heard right, "Wait...what did you say?"

So much for not having a big dramatic moment, Reid thought wryly. He looked into the beautiful, brown eyes that were dancing with excitement, love and all those other emotions all those romance novels talked about. Reid never did think that he would ever experience those things or even be loved like this again. But all those books and films were right as his own heart was beating like crazy right at that moment, 'Fuck it...'

"I love you, Luke..."

"You do?" asked Luke, his voice thick with emotion.

Reid tilted his head, quirking an eyebrow, "Do you doubt it?"

Luke shook his head, reassuring Reid with a watery smile, "No, I don't, not at all. It was just nice to hear it, that's all. I never doubted it ever, Reid."

Reid nodded his head sharply, his lips curling into a smile, "Well then, I love you. There...I said it."

Luke's face split into the biggest smile Reid had ever seen, "I love you too, Reid."

"Good to know," he grinned before turning serious, "But remember, you're a millionaire and I am a fucking genius, that's a deadly combination right there. We can take over the world with that shit and nothing, and I mean, nothing, is impossible for us, you understand?"

Luke smiled his dimpled, sunshine smile and laughed loudly. He put his hands either side of Reid's face and leaned his forehead against his, "I love you, so much," Luke said nudging his nose with Reid's.

"I love you," Reid said simply.

They shared a long look before Reid caressed Luke's cheek leaning in to press the softest of kisses to his lips. Luke wasn't content with just that and pulled Reid back in, entwining his fingers through the auburn curls capturing Reid's bottom lip between his own, sucking on it lightly before kissing him deeply. His tongue found his as he tasted the sweetness that was Reid, the man that he loved with all his heart and the man who loved him. Luke elicited a soft moan as Reid's hand found its way under his sweater, his fingers finding the bare skin of his back, the soft touch sending a shiver down his spine. They at long last pulled away from each other, foreheads resting together, fingers threaded together, and they breathed each other in, emotion immobilising the both of them for the moment.

Reid moved back and smirked, pushing back a lock of Luke's hair. "So, next time you want to have your 'Snyder Drama Queen' freak out can you give me a little warning? You really had me worried that something terrible was wrong," he admitted, his voice a little hoarse.

"I'm sorry, Reid. I didn't mean to freak you out."

"It's okay, Luke. But...I know how you can make it up to me..."

"Really? Do tell, Dr. Oliver..."

Reid narrowed his eyes, his eyes glinting with mischievousness, "During this long distance part of our relationship that we shall encounter soon, I want full use of your private jet."

Luke laughed and kissed Reid quickly. "Everything of mine is yours and to be honest I think I'll be the one coming to New York to see you more often anyway."

"Oh you most certainly will be coming in New York."

"Gosh, Reid," Luke whined burying his head in Reid's chest, unable to stop his giggles and the blush creeping up on his cheeks as he felt the rumble of Reid's laughter. He swatted his chest before facing him. "You are seriously one in a million."

"I should hope so, but maybe you should extend that and say the only one in the whole of the human race."

"Christ, you're such a cocky bastard."

"That I am," he winked flirtatiously.

Luke closed his eyes, his shoulders slumping in defeat knowing that he dropped himself into it that time, but he couldn't help but laugh.

"Hey, Reid?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm hungry..."


"I think I've been an influence on you."

"Oh, in what way?"

"Your eating habits have significantly improved since you've been with me."

"And that's a bad thing?"

"No way, I love it. It's just an observation."

"Hmmm, do you want some?" asked Luke, offering his chips.

"Do you even need to ask?" Luke laughed as Reid dipped his hand in picking up a chip and eating it. He tried to lean in for a kiss but Luke pushed him away playfully, not wanting grease stains all over his face.

After their talk, both men had gone out in search for food when they came across a fish and chip shop that was open on a Sunday evening. Both of their faces lit up with joy as they consumed their favourite food on the way back to Ben's. They let themselves in and readied themselves for the interrogation that they were about to face, walking slowly into the living room. As soon as they step foot inside, all their faces turned to look at them anxiously.

Reid rolled his eyes and pulled Luke closer to him, "Everything is okay, guys. There was just a technical hitch through a lack of communication which has now been rectified."

Reid swore he heard a collective sigh in the room and saw Ben get up off the sofa making a beeline for the both of them, grinning.

"I seriously thought something horrible had happened, thank god," he sighed pulling the both of them into a hug.

"For god's sake Ben," said Reid, trying to pull out of his embrace, hearing laughter from Ellie and Charlie.

Ben let go of the both of them, winking at Luke and ruffling Reid's hair.

"I thought for a moment there all our matchmaking efforts went to waste. You gave us a fright!"

Reid paused for a beat and frowned in confusion, "What efforts?"

Ben's eyes widened and he turned to see Romy beside him glaring at him.

"N-nothing," he backtracked, "You know with all the talks that we had with the both of you and all that, you know?" He stammered out, his voice pitching higher as he'd spoken.

Ben grinned unconvincingly and Reid knew that that wasn't it.

"Naa, I don't believe you. What matchmaking efforts?"

Ben saw Reid and Luke staring at him for an explanation and he had no clue what to say, "It was nothing, right Romy?" Ben asked, as he tried to deflect the attention from him to her.

Romy sighed, her eyes looking to the heavens, "I swear to God, you have the biggest mouth ever Ben."

"Romy!"

"So something was planned, wasn't it?" Luke asked curiously.

Ben swallowed audibly as he turned to look to his wife and mother for support, but all he got were glares in return and his father sitting in the armchair trying to hold back a laugh, his eyes full of amusement.

"It was nothing, honestly!" Ben exclaimed.

"Ben," Reid warned, "You are the worst liar that has ever existed on this planet."

"Reid, we didn't do anything!"

"Aha, there was a 'we'! That means something was planned," Luke said triumphantly.

"What? Luke, you're twisting my words!"

"No I'm not, Ben."

"Ben..."

"Reid."

Reid moved closer to Ben, "Seriously, playing name volleyball is useless. Just spit it out - you've been rumbled."

"Oh my god, we didn't plan anything in London or back home for the wedding," Ben hadn't realised what he'd admitted until he saw the look of triumph on both Luke and Reid's faces as they both high-fived. He lifted a hand to cover his face in defeat and turned to see Romy glowering at him. She nudged him hard, "You're an idiot! Is there any way I can get an annulment right now?"

"Romy!"

"Benji, you are the worst secret keeper in the world," Ellie said as she took her seat back onto the sofa trying to hold back her laughter.

Ben finally turned to look at Luke and Reid with a sheepish smile on his face, "You don't want to know what we did, do you? Because you're together now and that's all that matters, right?" he asked hopefully.

"Are you kidding me, Ben?" Luke raised an eyebrow in indignation, "Of course we want to know, now sit your ass down and tell us everything."

Reid nodded sharply and pointed at Luke, "Yeah, what Blondie said."

Ben looked to his mother and his wife for support but both were sitting next to each other, stifling their giggles leaving him to deal with the situation. Ben rubbed a hand over his face and sighed audibly, gesturing at the couch.

"Sit down, I'll tell you everything, unlike those cowards over there," Ben said glaring at Ellie and Romy.

Ben told them everything, from the first day when Luke had fallen down the stairs and Ben had left the painkillers left outside the door, and when Romy knew that Luke had been affected by a sweaty post-run Reid one morning, she made it out that Luke wasn't feeling as well as he should be, so that Reid could check up on him. Luke shivered as he remembered that moment when he could smell, feel and look at Reid for the first time close up. Ben told them about how he'd faked that phone-call at the suit-fitting to leave the both of them alone, leaving Reid to take care of Luke for their day out in London. Reid shook his head in disbelief thinking how the hell he'd fallen for Ben's tricks, not noticing that it was a blatant matchmaking attempt. Ben told Reid how Romy, he said pointedly glancing at her, had gotten Alejandro to work for them to get Reid jealous.

Luke smacked Ben's arm, "Jesus Christ, so he was acting? And all that groping and the flirty looks and him giving me his phone number was all an act?"

Ben rubbed his arm, "Well, yeah! But I think he really was attracted to you, so in a way it was method acting for him."

Reid pinched the bridge of his nose, angry at himself for falling for this, "So, he was at the wedding for the same reason too?"

Ben nodded and winked, "Oh and also, Mother over there, made sure you got rooms that had adjoining doors and that you had to share a bathroom."

Reid looked at Ellie in surprise but was impressed, "Wow, Aunt Ellie, I can't believe you did that."

"I have no regrets, it got the two of you together and that's all that matters," she said smiling.

Luke couldn't help the blush that crept up on his cheeks and turned to look at Ben. "Was there anything else you did that you would like to tell us?"

Ben pursed his lips in thought, "There were other minor things that happened because you were sort of feeding into it. But to be honest, the rest of it was you guys and you only. Just think that we gave you a little gentle encouragement, that's all."

Reid rubbed a hand over his face laughing, "Gentle encouragement? A randy dance teacher and joint rooms? I highly doubt that's gentle encouragement."

"But it worked, Reid," Ben said happily.

"Whatever, I just can't believe that I was tricked by the world's worst liar and someone who I thought was always honest with me."

Luke looked at Reid and smiled, "I don't care what these guys did, Ben's right, it worked and we're together and that's all I care about."

"So you're okay with this?"

"Yeah, weirdly I am. Actually I love that they did it," he laughed. "But don't think you're off the hook Ben with the whole Alejandro thing, that wasn't nice."

Ben raised his hands in apology, "Okay fine, that was a little mean, but man was it funny to see you squirm and then to see Reid coming to your rescue."

Luke grinned and faced Reid, their eyes locking, "He came to my rescue more than once and he doesn't even know it."

"Awwww," Romy sighed, "Ben, can't you ever say anything that romantic?" Ben glared at Ramona mockingly and threw a pillow at her. "I married you, I think that's romantic enough," he joked.

Reid rolled his eyes and couldn't help but smile back at Luke. "I'm going to let all you guys off, and that's only because Luke said he was okay with this, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to forget what you did."

"Whatever, Reid. I know you're only saying that to save face. You totally love that we did all that because with the both of you being stubborn bastards, you needed all the help you could get."

Reid reluctantly nodded in agreement and slapped Luke's cheek lightly when he saw him chuckling. Reid knew that in one way or another they would have found their way to each other. Although the way they had got together was probably not the most ideal way and was filled with obstacles, misunderstandings and misguided fears, he couldn't and wouldn't ever have it any other way. He didn't care how they'd gotten together, Luke was right...What mattered was that they were together now.


Luke and Reid finally made it to their bedroom a little late that night after dinner, making the excuse that they needed to finish packing. That was true, but that didn't stop the knowing looks that Ben and Romy sent them. They bid everyone a good night knowing that they would have to be up early in the morning to leave for the airport.

Luke set to work as soon as they got upstairs, making sure that all the gifts that he'd bought for everyone and his clothes were packed away. Reid had finished packing in ten minutes had gotten changed and was resting his head in his hand waiting for Luke to get to bed.

"How much longer are you going to take?" Reid asked, shuffling closer to the edge of the bed, reaching a finger out to tickle behind Luke's ear, who was sitting on the floor.

Luke giggled at the sensation, using his shoulder to brush Reid's finger away, "I'm nearly done, just making sure everything is packed away well and safe."

"Okay, well hurry up otherwise you won't get use of my own very special package."

"If you stop distracting me then maybe I'll be done quicker, Reid," Luke turned around and grinned.

"Wow, bossy boots," Reid murmured moving closer to kiss Luke who reciprocated, kissing him softly.

"But you love it," whispered Luke moving his head back an inch smiling.

"That I do."

Luke kissed him quickly, flicking Reid's nose with his finger, "I'm nearly done, just lie back and relax and I shall be with you in a moment, Dr. Oliver."

Reid shuffled backwards and dropped his head onto the pillows, resting his eyes as he splayed his arms out to his sides, sighing loudly. Luke finally zipped up his bag, letting his hand linger on it, thinking that it wouldn't be opened till he got back to Oakdale, back to his apartment where Reid wouldn't be. The thought scared him a little, but thinking back to what Reid had said, that they would get through this time apart, he felt stronger. Those words gave him the reassurance he needed and he hoped that Reid was right.

'He's a genius, he's always right'

He got to his feet picking up the one final thing he left to pack, he pondered about whether he should give it to Reid now but instead, he walked over to Reid's bag and making sure that he wasn't looking, he quietly slipped it inside the bag under a layer of clothes. He zipped the bag up cautiously, trying not to make too much noise and looked forward to hearing what Reid would have to say about it when he found it.

Luke went through his nightly ritual, got changed and made his way over to the bed, gently easing himself down next to Reid, resting his head on his shoulder. Luke gently kissed his cheek and Reid opened his eyes slowly, turning his body to face him, adjusting so that they were lying on their sides facing each other.

Both men gazed at each other, as if to memorise and imprint this moment, every groove, every contour of their faces, the sound of their breathing, the way their chests rose and fell with every breath, every quiver of their lips, the flecks of light brown and bright blue they found in each other's eyes. Their hands took to memorising the feel of their skin, the softness, the smoothness and the warmth.

"What are you thinking about?" Luke whispered, breaking the pin drop silence.

"Nothing," he whispered, his fingers lingering on Luke's chin.

"It's weird when you're all quiet. Is this your version of a freak out?"

Reid chuckled softly, "No, I do not have freak outs, Mr. Snyder. I am a very calm and composed person. Rational and pragmatic..."

"What about when you're in love? Are you still calm and composed, rational and pragmatic?" asked Luke, smiling smugly.

"You tell me..."

Luke mused for a moment, "I think you can be, but it isn't necessary to be like that. You can't control it, hold it back or tie it down. It doesn't make sense sometimes and sometimes it may frustrate the hell out of you, but as long as you let it happen, enjoy it, relish it and take care of it, love will flourish and grow and encompass your very being in a way you would never think possible. Love is love, that is all."

"Who knew you were a poet?" Reid grinned playfully.

Luke laughed softly, "Maybe your love made me into one."

"Christ, that sounded so corny just now."

"Shut up," Luke tugged on Reid's hair and smacked his arm lightly.

"Oww," he exclaimed, "And love hurts, who knew?" he said sarcastically.

Luke laughed, his eyes sparkling with playfulness as Reid's fingers played with the strands of his blonde hair. When their eyes locked in that moment, Reid knew that this was it, Luke was it. It was fucking crazy to think that two weeks ago he'd had nothing except his job and now...now he had Luke...and that was all that he needed...forever and always.

"I love you," he breathed, the words coming easier than he had ever imagined, because Luke was right...love was love, that is all.

"I love you, too...," Luke replied as he leaned in to brush Reid's lips with a soft kiss.

Reid kissed him back, the kiss growing more urgent, fervent and hungry as soft moans and groans fuelled their passion. They undressed each other slowly, t-shirts thrown to the floor as were their sweatpants until they were finally, at long last...skin on skin.

Reid lay on top of Luke kissing him gently, his hands running up and down his sides. He left his mouth and kissed down his jaw, his neck and further down nipping at his collarbone before doing the same on the other side. Luke let his hands weave through Reid's hair, down his neck, shoulders and back. He gasped and then moaned when he felt Reid's hand drop down and wrap around both their rapidly hardening erections, stroking them together. Reid kissed Luke again, swallowing his moans as Reid continued stroking, letting his thumb rub over the head of Luke's cock, inducing a louder moan from him.

He then let go of both their cocks and trailed kisses down Luke's broad chest, teasing his nipples with his tongue, teeth and lips leaving Luke writhing under him. He left open-mouthed kisses down his stomach, but when he reached Luke's already leaking cock, he avoided it, choosing to kiss and lick around that area but never touching his rock hard erection. Luke planted his feet on the mattress either side of Reid, arching up in hope that Reid would finally do something with his straining hard on.

"You're such a fucking tease, Reid," Luke managed to choke out as Reid kissed his inner thigh. Reid smiled into his skin and continued with his ministrations moving closer and closer, but not close enough. Luke moaned out loud, one hand gripping his hair and the other clutching at the bed sheet as Reid bit his inner thigh and then soothed it with his tongue.

"Reid, please...please, just do it..."

"Do what?"

"Touch me, Reid...just," he said, his eyes finding Reid's as he lifted his head to look down at him. His eyes were black blown, filled with want and need, "Touch me..."

Reid pressed a kiss to his hip and moved up, leaning over Luke to reach the bedside drawer, pulling out a condom and a bottle of lube. He dropped the condom by Luke's head but coated his fingers up with the lube as Luke watched licking his lips in anticipation, his chest rising and falling from laboured breaths. Reid dropped a kiss on Luke's lips, marvelling at the rosy flush of his skin and moved down in between his legs. He blew on the head of Luke's cock before taking it into his mouth, sucking on the head lightly as his fingers teased his hole. Luke moaned in pleasure as he felt Reid's mouth envelop his shaft entirely and gasped when Reid's finger entered him and thrusted in and out. Reid coordinated his movements with one, two and then three fingers stretching Luke open for him, making Luke arch down onto his fingers, wanting to take him further in. He bit his lip to stifle his cry when his fingers hit thatspot whilst Reid's mouth and tongue did unimaginable things, unravelling him in ways he never thought possible.

"Reid," he moaned his fingers pulling at Reid's hair, "Reid, Reid..."

Reid moved his mouth off Luke's cock, knowing what he wanted and pulled his fingers out, making Luke whimper at the loss. Reid picked up the condom, slipped it on quickly and slicked himself up before dropping his head to kiss Luke slow and deep. Reid pecked his lips once more before lining himself up and pushing himself slowly into Luke. Luke immediately wrapped his legs around Reid's waist when he dropped down onto his elbows and pressed a wet kiss to his cheek. Once Reid was fully inside, he gave Luke time to adjust knowing that he loved to feel him inside him. Right then, Luke opened his eyes whilst his hands ran up and down Reid's back, his breathing harsh and uneven, conveying all his love and trust in that one look. Luke leaned up and kissed him and pushed with his heels onto Reid's lower back to let him know that he wanted more and Reid complied.

He rocked into him in long, slow strokes wanting to make this last as long as he could. Luke moved in time with him, arching up into him and with every stroke wanting him to go deeper and deeper wanting him to hit that spot. Reid let his hands caress his face, his neck and his shoulders whilst his lips worked on marking him, sucking and nibbling on the juncture between his neck and shoulder and both shared declarations of love and promises through touches, whispers and words.

They continued at this pace for a few minutes, kissing deeply and passionately as Reid moved deep within him, in total harmony. Luke's moans became more and more incoherent and were replaced with ragged gasps, his urgency to finally find his release building up inside him. He moved his hand down to stroke his cock in time with Reid's thrusts but Reid slapped it away and replaced it with his own, jerking him in time whilst his other hand found Luke's, threading their fingers together.

Luke cried out loud against Reid's mouth as he soared over the edge, his body shuddered as he released himself over his stomach and over Reid's hand with his name on his lips. Reid followed close behind groaning long and low as his intense orgasm swept through him. Losing control of his body, he dropped down on top of Luke, his head buried into the crook of his neck, panting into his skin as he rode through his orgasm.

Reid could feel Luke's heart hammering away under his chest as he came down from his blissful high and felt Luke's hands glide up and down his back and a kiss being pressed to the side of his head. Reid found the energy to lift his head slightly and he peppered kisses to his neck, moving up to his jaw and across till he found his swollen lips. Reid pushed the sweaty bangs off of Luke's face so that he could see those chocolate brown eyes. They gazed at each other for a few moments when Reid saw Luke's eyes shimmering with tears and watched as one solitary tear ran down the side, hitting his hand that was cradling his face.

Reid frowned and brushed his thumb under his eye to wipe away the wetness, "Hey, hey, what's all this? Was I that bad?" he asked jokingly.

Luke closed his eyes and bit on his lip, laughing wetly and opened them to see Reid smirking down at him. He lifted his hand, running his fingers through Reid's damp curls, "You were perfect and amazing...more than perfect and definitely more than I deserve," he saw Reid was about to protest but Luke pressed a finger to his lips to stop him. "I love you...so much...and thank you for loving me," he whispered, dropping his finger from Reid's lips.

Reid shook his head, resting his forehead on Luke's. He swallowed hard trying to compose himself, "I love you, too, you idiot and don't you ever fucking thank me for that ever again."

Luke's face broke out into a sheepish grin and he nodded. Reid then pressed a tender, lingering kiss to his forehead before capturing Luke's lips between his own in a deep kiss. Neither of them knew exactly what the future held for them...who did? But they knew that as long as they had each other they could and they would get through anything.