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Comfort

Chapter 8

Adam woke up the next morning after having the best sleep he had experienced in months. He hadn't had the fitful dreams that haunted him with the memory of Derek leaving him. He hadn't had the other dream where he ended up living his entire life alone, even without all his friends. No, that night he had a dream of a different kind. One that shocked him upon remembering.

He groaned as he woke up, "Oh that's all I need."

Rocky heard his friend stir beneath his arms, and he woke up as well. "Morning!" he said.

"I forgot that you are a morning person."

"Oh hush," Rocky said. He still had his arms around Adam. "So what were you groaning about?"

"Just a dream that I had."

"Want to tell me about it?"

"Nah," Adam said sheepishly. "It was just strange." Adam then noticed that Rocky still had his arms around him. "Um, Rock? You realize you're still holding me right?"

"So?"

"Well…"

"Oh please. Just because I know you're gay? I used to hold you all the time to help you fall asleep."

Adam chuckled at the memory. His parents went through a stretch when he was around nine or ten of fighting a lot. They never got divorced but it was close. Adam would sometimes sneak over to Rocky's house next door, and climb in through his bedroom window. Rocky never asked, just allowed Adam to climb into bed with him to allow the future black and green ranger to sleep without being scared of the fighting.

"Wow, talk about old times," Adam said.

"Yeah, I just figured you could use a little comfort."

"Thanks," Adam said, and removed himself from the bed. He started to head out the door, but turned to face Rocky. "You coming? I smell bacon. Kat must be up."

"Yeah I'll be down in a few," Rocky said. Adam smiled, and left the room. Heading down the stairs, he confirmed his theory that Katherine was awake. She had started on what looked like a feast.

"Wow Kat. This all looks great," Adam said, kissing her on the cheek.

"Thanks hun. Now where is the bottomless pit?"

Adam laughed. "He's upstairs still. Said he would be down in a few."

"Good. How did you sleep?"

"I had the best sleep I have had in a long time."

"Probably helped getting everything out in the open with Rocky."

"Yeah…" Adam trailed off.

"What aren't you telling me?"

"What makes you think I'm not telling you something?"

"I know that look."

"It's just… um… Rocky kinda spooned me all night."

Katherine dropped her spatula.

"Spooned? Like in…"

"Not in a romantic way. Just in a comfort way. He used to do it when I was younger when my parents would be fighting. It did help me sleep."

"I see," Katherine trailed off herself.

"I know what you're thinking. You can stop thinking that though. Nothing happened. Nothing will happen."

"What makes you think that?"

"Because Rocky is straight, and he is just trying to be a friend. Kim did the same thing for me after Derek broke up with me, and it didn't mean anything like that."

"We'll see."

"Kat!"

The conversation halted when Rocky headed down the stairs.

"What are you yelling at Kat about?" Rocky said as he stuffed a piece of bacon in his mouth. Katherine immediately slapped at his hand.

"Nothing," Katherine said. "I was just teasing Adam. Now go sit down and wait for me to finish breakfast."

Rocky joined Adam at the bar area surrounding the kitchen. "So did Adam tell you about the dream he had? Cause he didn't tell me."

"Dream?" Katherine said, raising an eyebrow. Adam rolled his eyes.

"It wasn't a big deal."

"You were moaning about something being all you needed, so spill," Rocky said. Katherine choked on the orange juice she was sipping.

"Um… I was just having a dream about bacon and pancakes," Adam lied.

"Bullshit," Rocky said. "But fine, if you don't want to tell us."

Katherine just stared at Adam. She was going to get this dream out of him sooner or later.