Glancing at the clock on the bedside table Tyler noticed that it was just after two in the morning he finally drifted a sleep after twelve, but now he was wide awake.
Something woke him, he was not sure what, but something was not right. He tried to listen to the sounds around him but there was nothing and he realized that was what was wrong. It was too quite. Normally he would hear a horse or a cow or even a cricket, but now there was nothing and it was as if even the night life knew that something was off.
He knew that there was an agent outside his door (stupid Reid with his precautions), but even now he could not hear anything.
Getting up slowly he pulled on a pair of jeans and his sneakers that was next to his bed and slowly crept to the door. Placing his ear next to the door he listened. Nothing.
Taking a deep breath he opened the door a bit and peeked out, it was dark in the hallway; the moon was behind the clouds he could not see a thing. He pushed the door opened further before stepping out in the darkness, closing the door behind him.
The seat were Pogue or Caleb (he was not sure who was on duty) was empty. Trying to find his way in the dark he stumbled over something and felt something warm and sticky on the palm of his hand. Suddenly the moon broke free from the clouds and he looked in horror at the blood on his hand and the man lying motionless on the floor by his feet.
Before he could react someone grabbed him from behind, clamping a hand over his mouth and he felt the slight pressure of a sharp blade on the side of his neck.
"The boss wants you alive but I will not hesitate to "hurt" you if you try something, do you understand?" the voice said behind him and Tyler nodded.
"Good, now I'm going to remove my hand and then we are going to move very quietly towards the bathroom on the far side of the house, understood?"
Again Tyler nodded and gasped lightly as the hand dropped from his mouth and an iron grip was placed on his upper arm pulling him after the person.
Tyler tripped over his untied shoe laces and fell forward, the next moment he hear the soft pop of a gun going of and the man dropping his knife to clutch his shoulder. Fear numbed Tyler's body and he could not move, his mind was yelling at him to grab the knife but his body was not obeying as he just stared wide eye in the direction that the shot came from.
Relieve washed over him, when he saw Reid stepping out of the dark, weapon drawn and pointed at the man who was now leaning slighting against the wall.
Reid stood in the shadow, back pressed against the wall, gun drawn and watched as a pair of big bulgy arms grabbed hold of Tyler and clamped a hand over his mouth.
He was thankful when the moon broke free of the clouds and the first thing he saw was the knife pressed against the side of Tyler's neck.
Seeing the knife Reid only knew to well who the stranger was. Billy "The Blade" was notorious for his methods of torturing his victims with a knife, he also worked for Abbot when he was in need of silencing someone quietly.
Reid saw Tyler trip and fall forward and without hesitation he pulled the trigger of his gun and shot Billy in the shoulder.
Without taking his gun of the injured man he stepped out of the shadow and walked to where Billy was leaning against the wall.
"You!" Billy said when he saw Reid stepping out from the shadows.
"Hello Billy." Reid said pointing his gun squarely at the injured man's heart, silently willing him to make a move so that he could shoot him.
"Do you really want to die for that bastard?" Reid asked cocking his head to the side.
Billy thought for a moment and surrendered.
"Wise choice" Reid sighed with relief and quickly glanced sideways at Tyler.
"You okay?" Reid asked never taking his eyes of Billy.
"Ye-yes, I-I'm fine." Tyler stumbled and Reid knew that he was scared shitless and at that moment he wanted to beat the living hell out of Billy, but he knew that it will not change a thing. His main priority was to get Tyler out of the house safe and fast.
"Pogue!" Reid yelled and a few seconds later Pogue appears around the corner gun also drawn as he assessed the situation.
Seeing Caleb lying on the floor he quickly holster his gun and walked behind Billy. Yanking up his hands behind his head he cuffed him and bent to inspect his comrade.
Pressing his fingers against the injured man's neck he looked up at Reid and said "his pulse is weak but he is alive. You have to get him," and he nodded with his head in Tyler's direction, "out of here now!"
Reid only nodded and moved towards Tyler who was now sitting on the floor, his knees pulled to his chest, and eyes wide.
"Ty? TYLER!" he shouted when he got no reaction of the man on the floor, fearing for a moment that he was in a state of shock.
Tyler lifted his head and looked up at Reid.
Reid gently grabbed Tyler's arm and pulled him up and for a moment he held him against his body before letting him go. "I'm going to protect you and get you out of here safely. Do you trust me?" he asked Tyler.
Tyler only nodded and Reid gave him one of his famous crooked smiles "That's my baby boy."
Turning around he went and bent next to Pogue and whispered in his ear, but Tyler could not catch what they were saying.
Reid got up and grabbed Tyler's hand and pulled him after himself toward the stairs. Once again pressing his body against the hard plains of the wall gun ready, he peeked around the corner not taking any more changes for a surprise attack from Abbot's men. He did not even know how the bastard got in the house in the first place.
Making sure that everything was clear he glanced quickly at Tyler and nodded before he disappear around the corner with Tyler right behind him as they quietly ascended down the stairs.
Without switching on any lights Reid pulled Tyler towards the kitchen to where the root cellar's entrance was. Reid knew that through the root cellar ran a tunnel that ended up in the middle of the cornfield, this was the one reason why he insisted that Tyler got this ranch.
"Reid, where are we going?" Tyler whispered as Reid closed the door of the cellar behind them and locked it from the inside.
"There's a tunnel that runs a few miles and ends up in the middle of your cornfield and the entrance is under this stack of crates." Reid said and started to push the crates out of the way.
"Really." Tyler said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"Tyler, now is not the time to stand there and watch me. Help me move these fucking crates."
Tyler huffed and walked forward to help Reid move the crates. Once the crates were out of the way, Reid pulled up the trap door that was hidden under the crates. Pulling out his Beretta from his shoulder holster he handed it to Tyler who looked stared at him.
"Take this, you know how to use it."
"But Reid, why?" Tyler asked, even though he had a few guns of his own he did not like using a weapon.
"Just in case we get separated." Reid said and pulled another gun from the waist of his jeans. Reid pulled a flashlight from the pocket of his jacket, shining it in the tunnel.
"I will go first and then you follow." Reid said and he started to climb down the wooden steps.
As soon as he was at the bottom he nodded at Tyler indicating that it was safe for him to come down. After Tyler was safely next to him, Reid quickly climbed back up the steps to close the trap door behind them again.
"Ok, now it is only you and me." Reid said and started to walk down the small dark tunnel. You could smell the dampness in the ground and if was sure as hell not a place to be if you were frightened of small spaces.
Tyler said nothing; his mind was working overtime, trying to figure out what just happened in his home. How can someone just come in his house and what about the men inside the house now and Chase and his family.
Chase and his family! With that thought Tyler stopped dead in his tracks, eyes wide with fear.
"Re-Reid?"
"Yes Ty?"
"What, what about your men? What about Chase, Kate and Sarah? Won't they be in any danger is we just leave them there. Maybe we should go back and get them?" Tyler started to rant and turned to walk back toward the way they had came.
Reid quickly grabbed Tyler's arm and pulled him towards him. Tyler tried to pull his arm free and Reid pushed him against the damp wall of the tunnel.
Grabbing hold of Tyler's face between both his hands he lifted Tyler's face so that he could look him straight in the eyes.
"Ty, listen to me! They will be safe as long as you are not with them. Abbot's men will not try to hurt them or the federal marshals, they just want you. So as long as we get as far away as possible from here Chase, his family, Caleb and Pogue will be safe."
Tyler looked into his eyes wide with fear, fear not only for himself but all those around him. How could Reid be this certain?
"Ty, you said that you trust me, right?" he asked and Tyler nodded his head, "Well trust me on this."
"Okay." Tyler said in shaken voice.
"Good, let's get going." Reid let go of Tyler's face and turned away so that he would not reveal the fear in his own eyes. The truth was he did not know if the others will be safe with Tyler gone, but he had to lie to Tyler, it was the only way for him to get Tyler away from here.
They started to walk what seemed like hours but in fact is was only a few minutes, when the tunnel suddenly ended. At first Tyler could not see a thing until Reid moved the flashlight over and up to the top when he noted another wooden ladder.
"Okay, baby boy. I'm going up first to make sure that everything is safe. I know that I said that we should not go back to the house, but if I'm not back in ten minutes, I want you to go back to the house as fast as you can to Pogue. I trust him with my life and he will keep you safe."
Tyler started to shake his head, but Reid stopped him before he could saying thing. "Please Ty, you have to trust me." with that he leaned forward and pressed his lips hard against Tyler's
"What was that for?" Tyler gasped.
Reid gave Tyler one of his famous smirks and started climbing up the steps, "For luck. Oh and Ty? Don't be afraid to use that." He said and pointed to the gun in Tyler's hand.
Just before Reid opened the trap door he looked down at Tyler and said, "Remember what I said, ten minutes." Then there was total darkness as Reid switched off the flashlight.
Tyler could see Reid's silhouette as he opened the trap door and then it was pitch black again, his mind working overtime again. He knew that Reid said that he should go back to the house, but what if he got hurt and needed help. He could not leave him there. He just could not do it.
Putting the gun at the small of his back like he saw Reid did, he moved forward slightly till he could feel the ladder.
Just as he placed his foot on the first step the trapped door open and Reid leaned in and whispered, "it is safe you can come up now."
Tyler slowly started up the ladder; even though the moon was behind the clouds again it was suddenly very bright for Tyler after being in the dark tunnel.
Tyler helped Reid to quickly close the trap door and cover it with dirt and leaves.
"Ty I hope you don't mind," Reid said laughing softly, "but this afternoon I took two of your horses and placed them just over that ridge, ready and saddled for us."
Tyler shook his head in disbelief, but said nothing. He learned a long time ago that Reid did his own thing and that nothing anyone said could change it.
Tyler first heard the whinny of the horses before he saw them, where they stood tied to a tree. He did not know how Reid had known but he had chosen Midnight who was his favorite horse. Maybe it was because it was that they were the only two horses that were pitch black and they would blend in with the night making them less noticeable.
"So where to now?" Tyler asked Reid as he got in the saddle without any effort.
Reid drew in a shaky breath and tried to look some place else than Tyler's backside as he climbed up on the horse. Shifting his weight, he tried to relief some of the pressure in his pants but it failed completely. This was going to be a very long ride, he thought. Shaking his head mentally to clear out all the cobwebs, he cursed at himself. He had a job to do, and that job was to protect Tyler.
"Reid?" Tyler asked again with a knowing smirk on his face.
Reid narrowed his eyes and looked at Tyler, the bastard knew what he was thinking and he was enjoying it.
"We are going to ride south for a few miles, there's a cabin near one of the ponds and we are going to lie low for a day or two to decide our next step." Reid said getting up on his own horse and steering the animal in the right direction.
"How did you know about the cabin? I've never told anyone about it, not even Chase knows about it."
"Seriously Tyler," Reid growled looking at Tyler, "I scouted this damn ranch for you, and do you honstely think I would not know what is on every fucking acre it?"
"Touchy aren't we." was all Tyler said.
"Tyler," Reid started but was interrupted by a very annoyed looking Tyler, "No Reid, just keep quiet, okay. I don't want to hear it."
"Fine."
With a "fine" in response it was silent between the two men, each busy with his own thoughts. Some pleasant and some not so pleasant.
Tyler was frustrated and he wanted to kick the living shit out of Reid.
Reid was frustrated and all he could think of was pushing the man on the horse next to him up against a wall and kiss him before he fucked him for the next two weeks till neither of them could walk any more.
Reid was the first to break the silence between them. "I'm sorry." was all he said.
Tyler turned his head and looked at the blond man next to him, brows pulled together, "about what?"
"I'm sorry about everything Ty. Especially about how things turned out between us, it was the last thing I wanted, but it was the right thing to do…. at the time." His last words were lost in the night and Tyler did not hear them.
"Yeh, I'm sorry too." was Tyler's only reply.
Tyler let Midnight stroll forward on his own accord as his memory wandered in the past. He remembered the first time he had laid eyes on Reid. He'd just got home from an overseas vacation and Reid was assigned to protect his father. He never thought of himself as gay per say. He had girlfriends before but the moment he laid eyes on Reid something inside him changed.
For weeks the two "danced" around each other stealing glimpses when the other was not looking and it wasn't until one night that Tyler could not sleep and was in the kitchen making himself some hot milk that things changed.
He remembered how startled he was when he was suddenly pinned against the kitchen counter, a hard warm body pressed against his back, warm breath tickling his ear.
"Hey there sexy." Reid had whispered in his ear and a shiver had run down his body and settled in his groin.
Tyler remembered that his breath hitched in his throat when Reid bit down gently on his earlobe before he started to kiss down his neck.
He moaned and bent his neck so that Reid could have better access to his neck, He could feel the heat spreading over his body and settled in his groin, and he remembered how he tried to turn around in Reid's arms but was just held still while Reid's mouth assaulted his neck and one hand moved down to rest on his hard stomach keeping him still.
He remembered that after a few minutes Reid turned him and they looked into each others eyes before crushing their lips together. It was the first time in his life that Tyler was ever kissed that way and it felt good.
That night was the start of many things and Tyler remembered all the placed they used to sneak off to and make love, wonderful sweet love. In the back of his car, in the bathroom of the courthouse just because he could not wait any longer and the stable, especially the stable. They would lie there together in a blissful aftermath and Tyler would dream, hope that things could stay that way forever, but his dreams was shattered.
"There's the cabin." Reid broke Tyler's flashback and he had to blink a few times to clear his eyes of the sudden tears that appeared there, not wanting Reid to see that he, a full grown man, had tears in his eyes.
At the cabin, Tyler let the horses graze at a nearby patch of grass, knowing that they will not leave unless they are instructed to do so, while Reid went to secure the cabin.
Taking a deep breath Tyler turned and headed up the few steps and through the door. He closed the door behind him and saw Reid half bend over in front of the fire place trying to make a fire and he balled his hands into fists trying to calm himself as he looked at Reid's well defined backside.
Tyler turned and looked around the cabin. It was not big, had an open plan with a kitchen, living area and bed room in one with one door to the left of the fireplace that lead to the bathroom that was also very primitive, with only a shower (with no hot water. Hell they were in the middle of nowhere) and a toilet.
"I'm going to take a shower." Tyler announced and walked towards the closed door of the bathroom.
Reid looked up from what he was doing and nod, "just keep the door ajar okay."
Tyler said nothing and half closed the door behind him before he stripped off his cloths, stepped in the shower and letting the cold water run over his body.
Reid sighed as he looked at the half closed door of the bathroom listening to the shower running. He ran a shaky hand over his face, glad that Tyler was not there to see it.
Slowly he got up and took off his shirt, tossing it on the couch behind him. Turning around he walked over to the bed to get one of the pillows as he already decided that he will take the couch, not only did it give him a better view to the only entrance to the cabin but he did not trust himself sharing a bed with Tyler.
Speaking of Tyler, he frowned and looked at the bathroom door, Tyler has been in there far too long to his liking.
"Tyler?" he called out.
No response.
Again he called out, a little bit harder. "Tyler!"
Again no response.
Fear ripped through him and he burst through the bathroom door and pulled the shower curtain away. Fear replaced guilt when he saw Tyler.
Tyler was standing with his head bend against the wall of the shower, his shoulders shaking.
Reaching past him, Reid turned the water off and turned Tyler to look at him.
"Ty?" he asked softly putting a hand under the dark head man's chin, lifting it.
"We should not have left them, Reid. What if they did not make it, what if they got hurt?" Tyler ranted on shaking uncontrollably.
Reid knew the feeling, survivor's guilt; he felt it too but did not want to think about the possibility
"Shh, Ty. They are fine. Don't worry about a thing." Reid said as he reached for the towel and started to dry the man in front of him.
"Promise." Tyler begged.
"Promise." Reid lied as he led Tyler out of the bathroom towards the bed. Pulling the covers back he helped Tyler in before he got in behind him and pulled him closer to his body.
"Shh now. Things are going to be fine, this I promise you, Ty. Sleep now." He said softly and softly ran his hand up and down Tyler's side.
Eventually Tyler fell asleep knowing that for at least that one night he was safe. Safe in the arms of the only man he ever loved.
It was still dark when Tyler woke. Must be near dawn, he thought and snuggled closer to the warmth behind him. Sighing he closed his eyes again only to snap them open wide.
Warmth.
Body.
Arms.
What the hell, he thought and tried to move away but was pulled closer to a hard body of Reid. Tyler relaxed and decided that since they were in danger and he did not know if he will make it alive to the end of the day, that he might as well make good use of what little time he might have.
A wicked smile appeared on his handsome face and he twitched his ass back till he felt Reid half hard against the confinement of the jeans he was still wearing.
"You better stop moving you ass like that. I might not be responsible for my actions if you continue." came from a very husky voice near his ear.
Tyler shivered when he felt Reid's breath on his neck and without realizing a moan slipped out his mouth.
Still half a sleep, Reid pressed his lips to the back of Tyler's neck and gave him slow lingering kisses till he reached Tyler's ear and whispered, "Do you have any idea how hard it is for me not to take you right now."
Tyler moved his ass even closer to Reid's now very hard bulge, turning his head slightly he looked in a pair of very lust full blue eyes. "Then take me. Please, Reid."
"Are you sure, baby boy? Can we do this? Can we make love and when all is over go our separate ways again?" Reid asked and started to move his hand over the hard muscle of Tyler's stomach.
Tyler did not answer him, instead he leaned further back and pressed his lips to Reid's and kissed him. Reid sighed in the kiss as Tyler ran his tongue over his bottom lip begging for entrance which he gladly gave. Soon their tongues were fighting for dominance which Tyler gave up without a fight. He needed Reid like he needed air.
Reid pushed his tongue further in Tyler's mouth and explored the taste of him that he had missed so much. While he kissed him he let his hand traveled further down till he ran his fingers of Tyler's hard erection and smiled in the kiss when Tyler sighed.
Feather light he traced Tyler's erection from bottom to the head, over and under the head to the bottom and back again, before wrapping his warm hand over it and slowly started to stroke Tyler's cock.
Tyler moaned and pushed his hips automatically into Reid's hand.
Breaking the kiss for air, Reid started to kiss Tyler's neck again and over his shoulders while still painfully slowly stroking Tyler.
Tyler could not think straight anymore all he could think off was Reid's hand on him and he wanted him to move faster, but also wanted him to keep the slow pace at the same time.
Reid pushed his own hard on against the hardness of Tyler's bottom and groaned at the friction caused, he was not sure how long he was going to be able to keep this up before he lost control completely.
Tyler wanted to touch Reid as well and moved his arm behind him and Reid and slowly pulled the zipper down over Reid's hard erection before slipping his hand in the fabric, glad that even after all these years Reid still went without any underwear.
He wrapped his own hand around Reid's cock moving his hand in rhythm with Reid's and soon both men was groaning with pleasure.
Tyler whimpered when Reid let go of his cock and almost cried out again when he felt a finger gently probing at his hole. It's been a long time since any body touched him there, but he soon relaxed and kept moving his hand over Reid's cock while Reid gently moved a finger gently in and out.
After a while Reid added another finger and slowly stretched Tyler. He knew he found the right spot when Tyler suddenly screamed his name out and slowly he kept moving his fingers again that sweet spot.
"Re-Reid please."
"Please what, Ty?"
Reid groaned against Tyler's ear as Tyler tightened his grip on his cock.
"Please just fuck me." Tyler begged.
Reid removed his fingers from Tyler and pushed his jeans down his waist before taking his own cock in his hands and moved the tip up and down Tyler's hole before positioning himself against it.
Slowly he pushed forward till the head was in and Tyler hissed as pain shot through his body. Reid immediately wrapped his hand around Tyler's now half hard cock and started to move it up and down again and gently nibbling him in his neck, distracting Tyler from the pain, while he slowly pushed further until he was completely in.
Reid did not move even though he was going insane from the tightness of Tyler around him and he just wanted to move, but he wanted to give Tyler time to get used to him, before moving.
"You can move, now" Tyler panted and gasped when Reid pulled almost completely out and pushed back in a little hard hitting him in the right spot the first time.
Reid keep thrusting his hips in the same angle making Tyler whimper with pleasure.
"Harder, oh, please, harder." Tyler begged and Reid smiled only glad to obliged, how could he deny his baby boy anything.
Thrusting harder he could feel the coil in his stomach winding up tighter and tighter and he knew that he was close but he wanted Tyler to come with him, so he wrapped his hand yet again around Tyler's cock and moved his hand with his thrusts.
"REID!" Tyler screamed as he came hard over Reid's hand.
Reid felt Tyler's muscles tightening around him and it was enough to send him to his own release.
"Fuck." He murmured as he came in Tyler.
For a while neither man moved, slowly coming down from their orgasmic high. When Reid had control over his body again he slowly pulled out of Tyler who whimpered at the sudden loss of fullness and the resulting soreness.
Reid turned him over so that he could look at his face. He did not say a word only pushed himself up on one arm while he his eyes roamed over Tyler's face before bending his head and softly pressing his lips against Tyler's.
Tyler immediately opened his mouth to the kiss and sighed when Reid pushed his tongue in his mouth and started to explore inside .
Reid leaned further over Tyler until he could wrap both hands around his face and deepened the kiss. The need for air was strong and as soon as he broke the kiss he started kissing Tyler down his jaw then further down till he found the sensitive spot where Tyler's shoulder met his neck.
Tyler moaned loud and pushed his fingers through Reid's blond hair pulling his head up. Looking into the blue eyes for a second he crushed his own lips to Reid for another earthshaking kiss.
Satisfied Reid pulled back and rolled onto his back taking Tyler with him so that Tyler could rest his head on his chest.
Words was few as neither man wanted to say something about what just happened, afraid that it will break the blissfulness of the moment so instead, Reid just ran his hand softly up and down Tyler's spine till he heard gentle breathing indicating that he was asleep.
Closing his own eyes, he thought about it and decided that he will deal with whatever happened later, for now he had his baby boy in his arms where he belonged and with that he fell asleep.
When Tyler woke for the second time it was full daylight. He did not know how late it was but the sun was shining through the curtains of the cabin.
Without turning he immediately felt the emptiness next to him and knew that the bed was empty. He slowly sat up and scanned the room, but he was alone. For a moment he feared that, what happened was only a dream till he heard the shower running.
Getting up off the bed he stretched his stiff muscles and walked naked to the bathroom.
Once inside the bathroom he pulled the shower curtain aside and stepped inside. He dragged a deep breath in when the cold water hit his warm body but soon all thoughts of the cold water was gone when he looked at Reid.
Reid stood under the water dripping down him plastering his blond hair to his face. Tyler moved his eyes over Reid, from his head down to his well sculpted chest, over his hard abdomen and further down. He had to swallow hard when he noticed Reid's half hard erection and he felt his own cock hardening with the sight. He slowly lifted his face back up to meet Reid's eyes.
Reid had a crooked, knowing smile on his face and Tyler murmured "bastard" under his breath before he stepped closer and claimed Reid's mouth. He kissed him hard, all his pent up frustration in the kiss and he then trailed his mouth down to Reid's ear and whispered "now it's my turn."
He bent down and Reid hissed then grabbed hold of his hips. Never lifting his mouth of Reid's body, he started kissing down his chest till he reached one of his nipples. gently bit down on the small bud, causing Reid to thrust his hips forward.
Tyler moaned as Reid's now hard cock rubbed against his own and he grabbed hold of Reid's waist to keep him still.
Yet he still was not done kissing Reid and trailed his mouth down further. Running his tongue over the hard muscles of Reid's stomach, he moaned when Reid lifted one hand and pushed his fingers through his hair, holding on to his head.
He went down on his knees in front of Reid and lifted his head for a brief second looking up at Reid's face and knew that he will never forget the look there. Reid's head was pushed back against the wall of the shower and he had his lower lip between his teeth waiting in anticipation.
Tyler lowered his head and wrapped a hand around Reid's cock before running his tongue over the tip tasting the slight saltiness there, Wanting more he closed his mouth over the cock head and sucked.
"Ah fuck." Reid moaned and tightened his hold in Tyler's hair while pushing his hips forward, silently begging Tyler to go deeper and harder.
Tyler held on to one hip keeping him still while he hold the base of Reid's cock with his other hand and slowly started to move his head up and down and with every downwards movement he took a little bit more of Reid in his mouth, till he could feel him at the back of his throat.
Reid moaned incoherent words and every now and then Tyler only heard the word "fuck".
Opening his throat he took Reid further in and started to hum. Reid bucked his hips and with a loud "FUCK" he came in Tyler's mouth and his lover swallowed every drop offered to him.
When Reid came down from his high, he grabbed Tyler by the hair and roughly pulled him up before kissing him hard, tasting himself on Tyler's lips.
Breathlessly he pulled away from Tyler and both men slumped against the wall of the shower, water still beating down on them.
"Well, uhm, well." was all Reid could master.
"Yes. Good morning." Tyler chuckled.
"Good morning indeed lover." Reid laughed as well before claiming Tyler's mouth.