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The next thing Scott became aware of was someone screaming, or was that him?
Gordon's head snapped around when he heard Scott yelling behind him. He'd come down to watch some television, as he couldn't sleep, but after seeing Scott lying on the sofa had decided to leave him there. After all everyone had witnessed how angry Scott could get when he was tired…
He quickly hurried over to his older brothers side and encircled his waist and chest with his arms trying to stop him from tossing and turning all the while trying to calm him down. "Scott wake up Bro its just a bad dream, come on." Scott had stopped screaming now and had started to whimper quietly instead.
After deciding that he wouldn't be yelled at for waking him Gordon gently shook his brother. "Scotty? Wake up, I need to get you to bed"
Scott's eyes slowly opened as he noticed a figure looming over him. He yelled before hastily sitting up and pushing the person away from him.
"Get away from me!"
"Scott calm down for Christ's sake, its me Gordo"
Scott's breathing slowed as he realized where he was. "Gordo?"
Gordon smiled and moved closer to his brother. "Yep its me. You gonna be okay now, not going to attack me again are you?"
Scott shook his head.
"Did you have a nightmare? Its just you were screaming and well… crying slightly so I thought I'd better wake you…"
Scott nodded staring blankly at the floor.
"You sure your okay Scotty? What are you doing sleeping down here anyway?" Asked Gordon worriedly.
Scott didn't answer, just shrugged his shoulders.
Gordon frowned at his brother's behavior, even if Scott said he was okay it was quite clear that he wasn't, he'd made that quite obvious intended or not. He rarely slept for more than 3 hours at a time anymore and it hadn't escaped his or his other brother's attention that he had lost weight either.
His father hadn't noticed but that wasn't really expected anyway.
"Hey Scott maybe we should get you to bed, it can't be too comfortable sleeping there can it?"
Scott shook his head.
Sighing Gordon kneeled down in front of his brother, "Scott, talk to me? I just want to make sure your okay so if you just talk to me…?"
"Where's Virgil?" Asked Scott nervously.
Gordon was shocked at the sudden question but decided to answer anyway; at least Scott had said something. "He's in his room sleeping, I don't think he'd be very happy if he knew you'd been sleeping out here"
"He's not happy, he's sad because I yelled at him," Scott explained remorsefully.
"I didn't mean to… I was just tired and he wouldn't listen to me…now he probably hates me…" Scott began to break down as Gordon wrapped his arms around Thunderbird 1's pilot once more.
"Shhh, it's okay Scotty don't worry about it. You know Virgil doesn't hate you."
He ran his fingers through Scott's hair gently trying as best as he could to soothe him. He'd never really been in a position like this before as it was usually Scott in his place comforting him.
"I grabbed him Gord… and then I told him, I told him to get to his room and not sleep
here, I'm such a hypocrite. Oh god you should have seen how scared he looked".
"I'm sure he understands Scott, you've been under a lot of stress lately, look tell you what. How about we take you to your room so you can get some sleep and as soon as Virg wakes up I'll come in your room and drag you out of bed so the two of you can have a talk about this. Now how does that sound?" Asked Gordon trying to lighten the mood a little.
Scott chuckled between tears; Gordon always knew what to say to cheer someone up. "Like a plan", he answered.
Gordon had never seen his brother in this condition before. Being so used to Scott being the strong one it broke his heart to see his brother in pieces like this.
He'd always took care of them since as young as he could remember, but he'd never actually stopped to think about who took care of Scott…
He would say it was his Father's job, but Gordon understood the amount of work his Dad had to do and knew he had tried his best since their Mother died to look after them all.
"What if I have anymore nightmares? I don't want to see Virgil dying anymore." Scott had stopped crying now and had adopted a worried looking face instead.
Gordon was confused, he didn't even know about any nightmares, Virgil dying?
"Look Scott I know you don't want to sleep, but you need to. It's okay though because after this little escapade, I'm feeling a little drowsy myself. So you can sleep in my room with me for now if you want. I don't know if it will help but it really is the best I can do, I promise I will wake you if I think your having a bad dream." Reassured Gordon.
Scott thought about it for a moment then nodded, "Thanks".
"Anytime Bro, come on lets get to bed, carry me? Please?" Begged Gordon childishly.
Scott sighed and shook his head; he did owe Gordon a favor considering he was allowing him to stay with him for what remained of the early morning.
He hoisted Gordon up off the ground and into the air just like he used to when they were children as he began walking towards Gordon's room.
"What's the new plan then?" He asked curiously.
"Simple… we err, sleep for a while then…"
"You don't know do you?" Questioned Scott amusingly.
"Actually no, maybe we should worry about that later, once you've slept"
"Yeah guess your right", arriving in the room Scott dropped Gordon onto the bed.
"You want the inside of the bed right Scott?"
"As always" Scott clambered onto the bed and snuggled under the covers. "Your bed is so much more comfortable than mine, only your room is far to hot." Commented Scott.
"Stop complaining Mr. I like to leave my windows open all night".
Scott laughed but didn't say anymore as he felt himself drifting off to a much more relaxed sleep than he had had in a long time.
It would have been a lot more relaxing if his mind wasn't dwelling on the ever-nearing apology he owed to Virgil, he just hoped Virgil would forgive him this time.
There it is , please review if you liked. It was all originally supposed to be one chapter but I figured I should update as I havent in a while.
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