Scott, I'll love you forever.
Chapter 5 Part 2
Where to?
"You don't expect us to hike all the way to the tundra do you?" Scott asked.
"No, I've got a willow cabin just over this hill."
Logan gazed around then began to walk again heading up a steep hill, Scott trudged behind him, they had been hiking for several miles already and the cold that had began to take hold of him in the town was seeping into every bone in his body. They finally came to the crest of the hill and Scott saw a little white cabin with wide glass windows shining happily in the midday sun. Scott stood stalk still on the ridge and gazed at the little house Logan who was already half way down the hill, looked back at Scott, "you coming?"
"It's so beautiful." Scott said not taking his eyes off the house, Logan came back up the hillside and reached his hand out to touch Scott's arm Scott drew back slightly but glanced down and saw Logan looking up at him a few steps down the hillside. Scott relaxed and let his forearm brush against Logan's knuckles, "who built that?"
"I did."
Scott smiled gently and began to fallow Logan down the slope. Logan pulled out a little silver key and fiddled with the lock for a moment and then the door swung open and Logan stepped aside to let Scott in. Scott was shivering uncontrollably now but he didn't seem to notice his own temperature as he gazed around the room. Logan shut the door behind them and moved to the fireplace on one side of the room. He knelt in front of it and crumpled some newspaper then disappeared threw a swinging door and came back with wood in his arms he laid it down next to the hearth and fished in his pocket for a lighter, he lit the newspaper and then laid some twigs on the flames. They caught quickly and he added a few logs to the fire then stood up pulling a great across the mouth of the fire place and went back to the door way where Scott still stood gazing at the finely carved door frame. Logan took Scott hand gently and led him to the fire setting him down in an arm chair that he pulled over, "Do you need a blanket?"
Scott blinked, "did you carve that?"
"The door frame? No. Johnson Senior did, he helped me build this place."
"How long did it take?"
"Six months."
"It took two men six months to build this place?"
Logan nodded sagely and brought over a blanket from a window seat and laid it across Scott's knees, "are you hungry?"
Scott shook his head, "tell me about this place."
It was Logan's turn to shake his head, "you're freezing, do you like hot coco?"
Scott smirked, "I'm not that much of a child."
Logan smirked too and stood up from the kneeling position he had been in after laying the blanket across Scott's knees, "I hope you don't mind but I haven't got any milk in the house right now, I'll have to make it with water."
Scott smiled slightly, "I don't care."
"I'll boil some water for your feet too." Logan said walking threw the swinging door again, Scott could hear muffled music from the next room and the warmth of the fire warmed his face. His eyes were growing heavier and heavier until Scott could no longer keep them open. He opened his eyes to here the soft whoosh of the swinging door and looked up to see Logan peering at him with a strange look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Scott asked.
Logan shrugged and handed Scott a cup, "I was a little worried that you had died of hypothermia while I was gone." Logan said a joking glint in his eye; he set a basin down and poured water from a steaming tea pot into it. Scott pulled off his shoes and sank his feet into the hot water.
"You have to tell me about this place." Scott said looking around again and sipping his drink.
Logan settled himself against a rock wall of the hearth, "It's my vacation home. Johnson and I built it about four years ago."
Scott looked at the books on the shelves, he wondered what they were all about, and he wondered if Logan had this many books on his shelves back in his room in the mansion.
"It's impressive." Scott said watching Logan who had his eyes on his own mug.
"It's small, only has on bed and one bath, but it's the way I wanted it."
"Why don't you have any guest rooms?"
"Who's going to come visit, I don't have any family." Logan drank the hot liquid filling his cup, "not that I know of at any rate."
Scott knitted his brow, what did Logan mean he didn't have any family?
"On the subject of only having on bedroom, you can sleep in my room I'll take the couch." Logan muttered nodding to the wide couch next to the window, it did look rather comfortable.
"No, I mean come on Logan it's your house you can sleep in you own bed."
Logan smirked, "Naw, its not that I don't like my room it's just that it looks like snow and my bedroom is the warmest room in the house- I mean look at you, you almost froze to death hiking up here."
"You think it might snow?"
Logan nodded and stood up pulling some keys off the mantel, "I'm going to go down to the town and get some groceries, do whatever you want just don't burn my place down, there's more firewood in the kitchen, I should be back soon." Scott watched Logan walk out the back door and lock it behind him, Scott heard the roar of a motorcycle coming to life and saw Logan speed off the way they had come. Scott sat still for another ten minuets until he had finished his coco. He scanned the room and found a towel Logan had set next to the basin Scott wiped his feet dry and slipped his socks back on then walked over to the book case and looked over the titles. Some were in Japanese, and several were owners manuals, Scott picked a book off the shelf and opened it, there was a photo in the pages, it was of a young woman, she had red hair and a sweet smile. Scott gazed at the photo for a long while until he heard the engine of the motorcycle coming back to the house Scott put the photo gently back in the book and slid it back into the case. He pulled back the grate over the fire and tossed a few more logs on it, the fire had started to burn low and Scott found himself wondering how long he had been gazing at the photo. Logan came in the house with a backpack full of goods, "there's more still out with the bike, if you want you can run out and bring some in.
It did start to snow just as Logan had predicted, the large flakes came wandering down from the sky. The two men sat on the couch Logan playing an old Pokemon game and Scott reading the book he had selected earlier. They sat in silents until Scott got to the fifth chapter where the picture of the women was. He held it out to Logan, "who's this?"
Logan took the picture from Scott and looked at it sadly, "an old friend." Scott watched Logan for a while longer as he set the photo tenderly on the window sill and went back to playing his game. The night closed in quickly and Scott after much discussion went off to Logan's room to sleep. The night was bitter cold, and Logan moved the couch in front of the hearth to lie shivering in front of the dieing embers. Scott couldn't sleep he could hear the roar of the wind out side. He got out of bed and opened the door of Logan's bedroom a blast of cold air hit him and he walked swiftly to find Logan still curled in a ball on the couch. Scott reached out and touched Logan's arm, Logan's eyes flew open and he jerked up gazing wide eyed at Scott. Scott jumped back and Logan sighed his shoulders sagging and fell back into his pillow, "Shit Slim, don't scare me like that."
Scott smiled apologetically at Logan and jerked his head towards the bed room, "It's freezing out here."
Logan nodded and rolled over, pulling his quilts closer around himself.
"You're room is really warm… you might as well go in there."
Scott shivered his bare chest was developing goose bumps. His statement hung for a moment and Scott wondered if Logan was considering the offer. Logan made a noncommittal noise and buried his face in a pillow, Scott sighed and took hold of the quilts gripping them firmly in his fits and yanked them off of Logan. Logan jumped off the couch and stuck out his hand for the quilts. Scott rolled the quits into a bundle in his arms and walked off. Logan stalked after Scott his pillow under his arm feeling like there was a tornado roaring within him. On the one hand he had the chance to sleep next to Scott. He was going to be mere inches from the young man and on the other hand he was going to be but mere inches from Scott. How much did he trust himself? He still had time to turn back. Scott opened the door of Logan's room and walked in. Logan fallowed him in and watched Scott spread the blankets out and crawled silently under them. He crawled to the far edge of the bed and lay with his back to the wall. Logan closed the door quietly and sighed, Scott look so beautiful under the blankets his smooth jaw line sloping into his pale neck. Logan felt his pulse racing and he closed his eyes and breathing out slowly.
Scott watched Logan; it was almost a liability how terrible his night vision was because of the sunglasses. But he gazed in fixated aw as the older man pulled off his shirt his muscles rippling as he did so and climbed into the bed. Scott closed his eyes and took off his glasses. He reached to set them on a low lying shelf next to the bed but his hand met Logan's. A shiver of excitement rushed threw Scott's body; he felt Logan's hand envelop his, the chill of Logan's fingers made Scott's hand prickle. Logan weaved his hand into Scott's and took the sunglasses, "you were gonna' drop 'em," Logan murmured setting the glasses down on the shelf. Scott felt his face grow hot with embarrassment. Logan rolled over and tried not to think about Scott's silky smooth hands.
Scott touched Logan's back and felt the cold muscle, "you're frozen," he whispered. Logan's breath caught in his throat as Scott wrapped his arms smooth arms across his chest. Scott breathed slowly; it wasn't so bad to be near a man you could trust. He didn't know when he had started to trust Logan, but he had, and all things considered it was a nice feeling to be able to trust someone like Logan.
They lay still and silent neither man interested in sleep anymore; and both men lost in their own thoughts. Thoughts that hinged on the other.
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The second half of chapter 5 for all of you… I've been debating on what I'll do next I have a lot of ideas floating around but my major problem is weather or not I want to risk the social outrage of Statutory Rape (consensual sex between an adult and a minor). IDK…. Also I'm still working on Scott's age IDK if I want him 16 or 17… if you want to try and help me out feel free. ^^