{Hayden's POV}

(Sunday, February 28, 2021-4:40 pm)

[Berkian Memorial Hospital]

After eighteen long months of being at war, I was finally home on the Isle of Berk. I was expecting to see Troy's parents and little brother. My folks and maybe my friends. I definitely wanted to see my Uncle Gabriel, but he wasn't there. As soon as I had asked where my uncle was; I wish I hadn't. My parents said there was an accident, and I swear my heart skipped a beat in terror that I was about to be told my Godfather had been killed. I breathed a sigh of relief that Gabriel was alive, but the relieved feeling didn't last long upon hearing that my uncle was in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, and in a coma that the doctors weren't even sure he would recover from. After reaching the destination, I asked my parents if they could just leave me alone while I was there, and they understood that even though I just got home from Syria; hearing my uncle was in the ICU and a coma meant I wanted to be with him for a bit. I stayed until visiting hours were over at 10 pm, then returned to Troy's, utterly miserable. Troy comforted me the best he could, but it was hard to console me when I worried if my Godfather was going to live or not. It's been nine days that I've been home, and I've seen everyone; getting welcomed home and promises of getting to hang out as soon as I was settled. It sounded nice, but until I knew what was happening with Gabriel; I just wasn't in the mood to do anything.

Troy's little brother Cole and his girlfriend, Rosanna decided that they would keep their baby after the seven-week sonogram to check growth and placement. Tomorrow, Rosanna would be two months along. Other decisions hadn't been made yet as both teenagers still had one year of school left come September 2021. Right now, the two were just getting through their Junior Year. However; I had a strong feeling that Rosanna might be coming to live at the Raseri Home because her parents were livid that she got pregnant at seventeen. I suppose I understood their disappointment, but kicking out a pregnant teenager didn't sit well with me. Just as Dustin and Rachel didn't like that my parents threatened to kick me out of the house if I didn't pay them rent within two weeks. That's how I ended up living with Troy the day we had become best friends. And to this day, I still couldn't be more grateful to the Raseri's for opening their home to me. I haven't seen Avery once, and I kind of didn't want to. I still haven't decided if I'm going to or even can forgive her. I mean, she kissed me knowing I'm with Troy and that gay. How was I supposed to let that go? And she asked me to lie to my boyfriend? That was messed up and bothered me that as a friend, or so she said she was, that she did these things.

Today is my twenty-first birthday, and while that should overjoy me; it doesn't because once again, almost everyone has forgotten about it. My birthday is February 29th, and that date, unfortunately, only comes every four years. So naturally, when that day doesn't show on a calendar; everyone forgets. I typically celebrate my birthday on the 28th unless it's a year where the 29th is present. This year, almost everyone seems to have forgotten. I got wished a happy birthday by Dustin, Cole, Rachel, and of course, Troy, but nobody else; not even my parents. I always usually got one from Gabriel, but I guess that wasn't happening this time around. Right now, I was at the hospital; sitting with Gabriel. Troy said he had to help his parents with something, and I didn't mind. The time was going on 4:45 pm as I sighed heavily. I heard the hospital door open as I glanced over to see Troy standing there.

"Hi, babe," Troy greeted.

"Hi, baby," I said softly, then looked back at Gabriel. I closed my eyes as I felt Troy walk next to me. Troy's hand rested on my shoulder.

"Any changes?" Troy asked.

"The doctors say he's stable, and will live, but can't predict how long he'll stay in the coma or how he'll be when he does," I informed.

"Well, some good news is better than nothing, Love. At least we know that he'll survive," Troy offered, I nodded knowing he was right. "Come on," he said.

"Where to?" I asked.

"Hayden; it's your twenty-first birthday. I'm not going to let you spend the entire thing until 2200 here at the hospital. Let's go to dinner together, a date?"

"B-But Gabr-," I began.

"Will be okay here, babe. And I'm sure he wouldn't want you spending all your time here worrying about him. What's something he would say? Oh, go have yer fun and don't ya worry 'bout me, laddie. Ole Gabriel will be just fine," Troy imitated Gabriel's solid Scottish accent. I covered my mouth, trying not to laugh, but it was pretty good. Troy smiled. "Come on," he motioned with his head and offered a hand. "Let's go get a bite to eat, spend your birthday together. Hell, we can celebrate both of ours since mine happened while we were still in Syria," I got up and kissed Uncle Gabriel's forehead, then left with Troy.

. . .

(9:20 pm)

[Raseri House]

Troy and I went to dinner together, then decided to go do indoor mini golf when we passed the establishment and figured, why not? After Troy kicked my butt in that, we decided to grab ice cream and go for a moonlit stroll in the park. It felt nice to do these kinds of things again without the worry of being interrupted because of a mission or others coming in, and we'd have to stop whatever it was we were doing. Let's face it, taking a night stroll through the Archian Outpost wasn't exactly romantic. However, now we were back at Troy's place and had already mentioned to Dustin and Rachel that we were heading downstairs to watch a movie. I had to admit; this birthday was turning out to be pretty alright given the circumstances. I think ending the night with my boyfriend sounded like a fantastic idea.

{Normal POV}

Troy and Hayden were laying on the bed together watching a film; it was only about thirty minutes into it when Troy looked over at Hayden, smiling lightly.

"What?" Hayden asked.

"Just looking at you and realizing how lucky I am that you're mine," Troy said as Hayden blushed a little, looking off to the side. Troy turned Hayden's head, so they were facing one another again. Troy cupped Hayden's cheek, stroking it with his thumb before leaning in and kissed Hayden. Instantly, Hayden melted into it as the movie faded off as just background noise. In seconds, Troy positioned himself to crawl over Hayden and hold himself up with his arms and knees, still kissing.

{Lemon Start}

Moments after beginning, the lovers were feverishly making out and removing their clothes; tossing the articles to the floor and not caring where they landed. Troy's kisses moved to Hayden's neck; hitting the spot that made Hayden shiver with pleasure and gasp out Troy's name.

"Oh," Hayden moaned. Troy smiled as he ran his hands down Hayden's nude figure, making the man twitch at the light touch. Troy kissed down the front of Hayden's body, reaching his boyfriend's cock and holding it in his hand before beginning to suck on him. "Ah!" Hayden gripped Troy's shoulders at the feeling. The last time Troy and Hayden did something like this; it was July 16, 2020, their one-year anniversary and also their first time doing anything sexual. That had been a trial and error experience, but this time; Troy knew what Hayden enjoyed. Troy sucked on Hayden's length until he was hard, then Troy began stroking as well. "Gods, Troy…Mmm," Hayden panted.

After five minutes of this, Troy stopped and looked at his boyfriend. "You ready?" he asked.

"C-Can I do it to you?" Hayden asked.

Troy quirked a brow. "What? Give me a blow and handjob?" Hayden nodded to him.

"I-I've never done it before, and it's something I wanted to try last time," Hayden admitted. Troy chuckled as he nodded and moved off Hayden to lay down on his back. Hayden moved between his boyfriend's legs and carefully wrapped his hand around, then lowered his mouth to begin bringing his head up and down.

"Oh, Hayden," Troy breathed out, completely reclining back on the bed against the pillows. Hayden continued and eventually started to stroke as well. A few minutes passed before Troy made him stop.

"Did I do something wrong?" Hayden asked, confused.

"No, no, Love. If you keep that up, though, I'll cum too early," Troy smiled. Hayden nodded, understanding now as he moved back a little, then laid down once more as Troy reached into his nightstand to grab the lube out. "Want to try it differently tonight?"

"You mean a different position?" Hayden questioned.

"Yeah," Troy replied.

"Can we start with me on my hands and knees? It was…easier going in that way," Hayden admitted.

"Of course, flip over," Troy chuckled. Hayden did so as Troy got some lubricant on Hayden's rear, then himself before setting the small bottle down and placing the head of his cock at Hayden's entrance. Troy held his length, easing himself inside as Hayden tensed a little, hissing, but remembering to breathe and stay relaxed or it would hurt more. Hayden closed his eyes, calming down and unclenching while taking deep breaths. Once Troy was inside, he paused a moment and patted Hayden's side. "You need a minute?"

Hayden shook his head. "No, I'm alright. Go ahead," Hayden responded gently. Troy held Hayden's hips and began to rock his hips back and forth. Hayden didn't feel any pain at all, and he loved it. "Mmhm," he moaned.

"It's good?" Troy asked.

"Oh, yes. Don't stop," Hayden told him. Troy decided to pick up speed, and force. "Ah! Gods," he moaned out.

"You're so tight," Troy panted a little.

"Haven't done this in seven months…" Hayden reminded, breathing heavily.

"Very true," Troy chuckled as he continued. Ten minutes of this led to Troy pulling out and Hayden almost whimpering when the feeling disappeared. "Lay on your back, Love," Troy told him. Hayden rolled himself onto his back as Troy sat on his knees, then pulled Hayden's lower half forward so his legs would be over Troy's. Next, Troy quickly entered Hayden again, resuming the same speed and force as before.

Hayden's head whipped back onto the pillow in pleasure. "Mmm, fuck!" Hayden moaned loudly.

"Ssh, babe," Troy said. Hayden bit his bottom lip, trying to keep from moaning out again. Troy leaned forward, kissing Hayden's lips and beginning to make out while Troy still held his thrusts the way Hayden seemed to be enjoying them. At least now Hayden's moans were muffled by the kissing. Troy continued in this position for a good fifteen minutes.

"Can I ride you?" Hayden asked, which took Troy by surprise.

"I don't do pene-," Troy started.

"No, not like that, babe. Just me on top of you?" Hayden reiterated.

"Oh! Yeah, sure if you want to," Troy said as he pulled out and laid down on the bed. Hayden crawled over Troy, who held his length steady for Hayden to lower onto. Hayden cringed at first as it was a different feeling to be going down on instead of being pushed into. Hayden kept his knees on either side of Troy, then using Troy's chest to hold onto; Hayden started rocking himself back and forth. "Fuck…That's good," Troy put his hands on Hayden's hips to help guide him, then Troy used one hand to start stroking Hayden's length.

"Yes!" Hayden moaned. This position didn't last more than five or so minutes, because as soon as Hayden leaned forward to start kissing Troy; he took over by thrusting upward into Hayden's rear, but Hayden loved the feeling of being pounded into it seemed. "Ah! Troy…Yes! More…" Hayden asked, but remembered to keep his voice down.

"Get on your back again," Troy told him. Hayden lifted up, then laid down as Troy got back between Hayden's legs, lifting them up and keeping his hands on the undersides of Hayden's thighs before shoving in hard and fast once more.

"Gods!" Hayden cried out in pleasure. Each thrust back in was hard and came fast. Hayden loved it, and Troy was nearing his release. "Fa-Faster," Troy was happy to oblige his boyfriend, Troy angled himself just right and picked up speed while panting. Troy knew he was hitting Hayden's G-spot to get those kinds of moans, and that was fine because it meant Hayden was close to cumming too. "Mmm, ah! I'm…gonna…cum…" And there it was.

"M-Me too, Hayden," Troy grunted a bit. Troy happened to see Hayden hold his length as still as possible and start releasing, moaning as he did so. Troy grit his teeth after a final thrust and came as well, inside of Hayden's ass. Hayden's semen ended up on his own stomach, but Hayden didn't seem to care one bit. The two were panting, enjoying the orgasm. Troy let go of Hayden's legs and set them down on the bed before pulling out, then leaned over Hayden and kissing him passionately.

{Lemon End}

"I love you," Troy whispered against Hayden's lips.

"I love you too," Hayden smiled tiredly. Troy got off the bed to get a towel as he left Hayden to wipe off first, then himself before the two climbed into bed, turned off the TV. Hayden cuddled up to Troy after the two slipped their boxers on. Not long after, both of them were fast asleep.

(Tuesday, March 9, 2021-9 pm)

{Berkian Memorial Hospital}

Hayden's birthday hadn't been a total bust after he got to enjoy a date night with Troy, and the two ended the evening by making love and then falling asleep together by 10:30 pm. At the moment, Hayden was at the hospital to visit Gabriel. Troy had come to keep Hayden company, but the two would be going home soon as visiting hours would be over.

"We should thinking about heading home, Love," Troy said after checking the time.

Hayden sighed. "I know. I just…hate leaving him here," Hayden admitted.

"At least you know he's safe, and well taken care of," Troy reminded as he kissed Hayden's forehead.

"True. Alright, let's get back to your house," Hayden stood up, then he squeezed Gabriel's hand. "I'll come see you tomorrow, Uncle Gabe," Hayden went to walk away, but he felt a hand holding his. Hayden's eyes widened as he whipped around and looked at Gabriel who was beginning to open his eyes.

"Hayden, what is it?" Troy asked.

"Un-Uncle Gabriel?" Hayden said quickly. The man blinked a few times, then turned his head to see Hayden there.

"Hey, laddie. Fancy runnin' into yew 'ere," Gabriel forced a chuckle. "They send ya on family emergency leave just for me?"

"N-No, Uncle Gabe. My tour is over; I'm home," Hayden said, his tone cracking.

"Oh, sorry I missed yer homecoming; I'll make it up to ya," Gabriel said. "Now, how 'bout a hug?" Hayden didn't need to be told twice, he hugged Gabriel tightly, letting a few tears slip from his eyes. Gabriel was awake! Okay and out of the coma! It only took nineteen days since the incident, but who cared!? Hayden could not be happier than he was right now. Troy just smiled. Finally, things were going to be alright. Hayden wouldn't be so miserable now that Gabriel was awake, and everything would be just fine.