*Sorry that this chapter was posted at an awfully inappropriate pace but I unfortunately lost the first draft and let's be honest I'm more like Brendan than I thought and I was hella pissed. Still I didn't want to disappoint my loyal readers and reviewers; I promise it won't happen again. So if you guys are still with me, am sooooo sorry and here's chapter 3(FINALLY!)******

The Brady's though unconventional in their business pursuits were your quintessential Irish family. Pa Brady believed in the value of family and tried to keep his intact. His children were the apples of his eye and he believed that they could do no wrong. By all accounts the Brady children, extra-curricular activities aside were grounded in their principles that exhibited their basic respect for humanity no matter how great or small, at least that could be said for Cheryl and Brendan but their middle brother was a different story. From the time they were children Walker always bore a cruel and ruthless personality one that followed him his entire life, people were mere bargaining chips that could be as easily kept or tossed aside which ever benefited his need at the moment, Walker Brady was not one to be messed with.

As Walker made his way to one of his down town offices late that night he was undoubtedly still consumed with the rage he had mere hours ago afflicted upon Ste. Thoughts plagued his mind of what could be going on between his brother and his boyfriend. "What is Brendan playing at?" years ago he was the king of Dublin untouchable and indestructible, but things were completely different now he owned this city and everyone in it especially Ste big bro would have to learn that lesson and Walker was just the man to teach it.

"Hey" sounded the voice of Walker's right hand man Warren. "What brings you round here amongst the riff raft" Warren continued in an almost condescending tone.

Walker didn't appreciate that he was already pissed about his whore of a boyfriend letting his asshole brother hit on him, he didn't need the comedic styling of Warren Fox in tow. "Had to see what you knuckle heads been up to".

"Everything's going as plan, you know business as usual" Warren said with an ere of contempt he considered himself an "alpha" and hated reporting to anyone, and with Walker being… well Walker the need to rebel was even harder to repress.

"Yeah! Business as usual that's what I'm afraid of, I think I'll take a look myself'

As Walker entered the door of the warehouse he quickly caught site of the little package he was overly anticipating this special investment. "When did it get here?" Walker asked

'Last night, what are you planning to do with this one?" Warren wanted to know what his plan was, Walker was never this hands on with his merchandise but with this case he wanted full reports every step of the way.

"Don't you worry about that my Mr. Fox, leave the planning to me" Walker stalked over to the package laid bound and gagged on the floor with a sinister look creeping upon his face he knelt down over the young woman just regaining consciousness and said "Hello Miss Barnes so nice to have you join us" Walker smile widened as he continued to inspect the girl before him "Oh Miss Barnes you are quite the addition and the best asset that I've acquired in sometime."

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As Brendan sat at the table early the next morning he was met by his dad and sister well into their morning breakfast he couldn't help but notice that there were two people missing. He could careless about what Walker was up to but felt a hint of disappointment upon discovering that two mesmerizing pair of blue eyes were unaccounted for. "Hey… this it?" Brendan spoke to the room quite unimpressed.

"Oh good morning dad, morning Chez! How was you guys night?" Cheryl replied mockingly.

Brendan caught on to his sister with a patronizing tone "Good morning dad, Chez, and how are you this morning? Sorry about being inconsiderate, been a long time I've forgotten how easily offended you are by… well everything."

"Oi! You cheeky git" Cheryl croaked as she tossed a biscuit in her brothers direction. The pastry how ever did not quite meet its desired destination but could be heard bouncing off of an unaware Ste who was unfortunately entering the room.

'Aye!" Steven shouted with a smile playing at the corners of his mouth "Well good morning to you too Cheryl"

"Oh am sorry love, that wasn't meant for you" she said sincerely before glancing back at Brendan with a slight glare.

"I know Chez, I was just playin wit ya" Ste gave a knowing smile, before sitting down at the table he couldn't help but notice that there was a new addition to the Brady's breakfast table.

At that moment Brendan's eyes met with Steven's, he couldn't hide his look of pleasure upon seeing the blonde lad, unfortunately, that feeling was not mutual. Steven quickly withdrew eye contact and started a meaningless conversation with Cheryl. The entire meal comprised of Steven looking down while moving his food around in his plate, rarely looking up, on the few occasions where he managed to pull himself away from his all encompassing dish he used it to look at everyone but the Irishman. "This is ridiculous!" Brendan thought to himself "What is this kid playing at? He was confused the last time he and Steven talked the lad was finally warming up to him, now he was acting as if Brendan was some regrettable one night stand and that really pissed him off.

Steven appeared uncomfortable under the Irishman's undying gaze which by now was turning into a full on glare, he had to get out of this awkward situation. "Well I guess am off" he nervously announced before exiting the tension filled room. He didn't get very far before Brendan was right behind him and with a strong pull on his arm he was involuntarily stopped.

"Hey what was going on in there?" Brendan asked while nodding in the direction of the dining room. Steven gave him an unknowing stare "Look Brendan I don't know what your going on about" and proceeded to walk away. Brendan wasn't having it he knew that Steven was deliberately trying to avoid him and he needed to know why "Hey, hey hey" Brendan shouted while stopping Steven with a grip of his arm "In there you were acting like I was bloody Medusa and if you looked in my direction you might turn into stone" Brendan was beyond exhausted by the amount of time he spent thinking about this young man who stood before him he never cared this much about what anyone thought of him so why the hell was Steven's avoidance of him getting under his skin.

"Huh!" Ste spouted accompanied by a look of utter contempt "You must think that your some amazing guy don't you mister Brady, you must think that ever since I laid eyes on the glorious "Brendan Brady" I do nothing but think about you…no no it couldn't be that I had better things on my mind, things totally unrelated to you." Steven was in defense mode now because his words were based more in reality than he would've liked to admit, he did think about Brendan every moment of every day since there first meeting and with Walker as a boyfriend that was a very dangerous way of thinking, he had to keep his distance from this captivating Irishman.

Brendan was quite put off by Ste's little outburst he didn't know why the lad was being so defensive he just wanted to explore this new obsession that had generated ever since he laid eyes on this infuriating boy, he needed to know if it was only based on physical attraction or if there might be some underline connection that went beyond sexual desire, judging by the way the boy so easily got under his skin he could put money on it being the latter. "Steven!" Brendan shouted as the lad attempted to walk off once again.

As Brendan approached Steven the look that he gave him was all that was necessary to emote silence from the lad "Now I don't know what happened after our little talk yesterday but I was under the impression that you were warming up to me, The look of intimidation was no longer on Brendan's face he was now sporting a slight smile and a cheeky glint in his eyes. Steven was surprised by that change of emotions He felt like a tool for his behavior towards this man and decided to make nice with a little smile of his own.

"What's your deal Brendan?" Ste asked, the man was so confusing Ste didn't know if he was coming or going where Brendan was concerned, every time he expected one thing from him he would go totally off script and do and say something that Ste would never expect and in all of this he still didn't quite know his true intentions.

The boy definitely didn't respond well to the blunt approach so maybe Brendan needed to play this another way. "What's my deal?" Brendan's smile continued its path across his face now turning into a cunning smirk "Ha! That's funny coming from you; you're the one who has me acting like a wee girl freaking out because the cute boy at school won't talk to me." Brendan's comment worked better than he thought because at that moment Steven gave him a full on smile that seemed to light up his entire face.

"Shurrup!" the lad drawled through his teeth, "I know your having a go at me, I bet you say that to all the blokes"

"I'm not one for playing games Steven" the intensity found in the Irishman's eyes consumed Steven leaving him with no doubt that he was telling the truth.

"I believe you" the lad spoke with sincerity which was not lost on Brendan in fact he gained a little hope until the lad opened his mouth once again "Which brings me back to my first question, Brendan what are you playing at?"

"What kind of a bloke goes after their brother's fella?"

'Who said anything about me going after you?" Brendan said with a cunning glint in his eye.

"Well Mr. Brady I'm not usually sort after for my conversational skills" the lad responded with a smile of his own yet there was a sadness behind his eyes, "So what do you want from me then?"

Brendan couldn't help the words that seemed to unconsciously leave his lips. "Well being locked away for years leaves a man with certain… needs Steven" Ste's eyes shot up to connect with a suddenly nervous looking Brendan and to say that his interest was peeked would be a major understatement, "and you Steven have something that I need…" Ste continued staring at Brendan with all eyes on the pink lips that could negatively or positively affect his entire world depending on which words came out of them next, "seeing as I've been off the scene quite some years now, never could manage to keep up with me mates was wondering if you might… ' It was obvious that Brendan's latest confession was the last thing that the lad had expected to hear from the Irishman, it was then that Steven released a booming laugh that could only be compared to that of an asthmatic donkey. " Mates you want me and you to…" another series of laughter escaped Steven's lips unable to restrain the outburst, Steven was sure that the Irishman was truly having a go at him until he finally managed to contain himself and glance up at the completely serious man who stood before him. His composure was now just as serious "Why me? What's so special about me that I am bestowed with this honor… do you even know who I am?"

That last question was slightly confusing to Brendan what did the lad mean by 'do you know who I am' how could he possibly know who Steven really was he had just met him a few days ago, it wasn't like Walker was the kind of brother to come round for weekly visit at the prison and chat about his new boyfriend, if he came by at all. So what was Steven on about, Brendan had never heard about him, he was only interested in what he saw before him the most beautiful man he'd ever seen, and a boy he couldn't stop thinking about. "Well Steven I don't know anything about you, kind of a good reason to seek out a friendship wouldn't you think"

Steven didn't know how to say no to that particular argument mainly because he didn't want to, what could be the harm in getting to know his boyfriends brother, the latest addition… or re-addition to the Brady family who had become more like his family.

"Okay Brendan could always use a mate and you are family couldn't see the harm in us getting to know each other" Ste replied and Brendan nodded his conformation. With one of his winning smiles in tow Ste spun around with all intentions of heading back upstairs when he felt a throbbing pain to his side which clearly reminded him of why this new friendship might not be such a good idea.

*will update very soon, please bare with me *