Scott, I'll love you forever.

Chapter 20

Moonlight Escapades

Logan woke, his eyes adjusting slowly to the bright light of the TV and the darkness of the living room he was in. His phone was ringing and he fumbled still groggy for it, "Hullow?"

"Hey Logan," Scott murmured softly, "You want to come down to the med lab?"

"I'd love that." Logan got off the couch where he had dozed off; Remy was still in the arm chair close by; Mari had fallen asleep on the other end of the couch and Logan watched her for a moment, she had been so worried about Scott. He brushed some of the hair off her face, she still looked like a little girl while she slept, "Logan are you still there?" Scott asked his voice breaking through Logan's thoughtful haze.

"Yeah Sorry." Logan murmured tearing his eyes away from Mari and walking down the hall towards the med-lab, "Zoned out there."

Scott was sitting up in bed; his shoulder bandaged carefully; he seemed tired as Logan stooped to kiss him softly. Their lips met for a brief moment after which Logan sat down in a chair close to the bed, "I have to tell you Scott you scared the shit out of me back there."

"I scared the shit out of me too." Scott said closing his eyes behind his glasses and laying his head back on the pillow, his breath was soft and slow and they sat in silence for a long while so long that Logan started to suspect that Scott had fallen asleep. Then Scott moved his hand slightly gesturing for Logan to come closer. Logan rose from his chair and closed the small gap between them. Scott studied his face for a short while, "I want to get out of here,"

Logan raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean?"

"I don't want to be stuck in this creepy med lab all night," Scott said flashing that quirky smile that Logan loved so much. Logan grinned and nodded, "neither would I."

Logan searched the room for a moment and on finding the young man's clothes and helped his dress tenderly slipping Scott's shirt over his hurt shoulder and placing a kiss on Scott's cheek when he cringed in pain its over stretching. They walked quietly down the hall of the mansion pausing at the door to the garage, Logan opened the door nearly silently and they both slipped into the dark room. After locking the door behind them Logan flipped the light switch and scanned the rack of keys selecting a set that belonged to a four wheel drive truck.

The air was cold against Scott's face as they drove down the old roads towards the near buy coast. They drove in silence save for the soft rumble of the engine and the rushing of the wind. As the moon began to set they came to the ridge Logan had been looking for. It was pitch black now as the silver disk of the moon set behind the ocean and Scott could only hear and smell the waves. Logan entangled his fingers with Scott's, "when you get better I'm going to bring you out here and make love to you on these dunes." The promise in his deep voice made Scott blush; there was no lust in the statement only the wish to give Scott something so completely romantic that neither of them could ever forget it.

They lapsed back into silence and as sun started to rise over the surf it lit up the ocean, "Promise me you'll still call me when I go to college."

Logan studied Scott's face, it was soft, devoid of emotion, "I would have done it even if you didn't ask." He leaned closer to Scott, whispering into Scott's ear, "Because I love you Scott; and it would kill me not to talk to you."

Scott turned towards Logan his lips quivering and kissed him, caressing Logan's cheek with his good arm. Tears streamed out from behind his glasses and his small shoulder's shook with silent sobs, "I just worry you know?" Logan nodded pulling the young man close to him; Scott kissed Logan again, wincing as his shoulder complained painfully, at the weight being put on it.

"Don't cry slim," Logan murmured he dried the tears leaking out from under the glasses and then pulled Scott even close to him so that he didn't have to support his weight on his hurt arm, "I'm not going to run the first time you turn your back. I love you Slim, I'm not those other guy's you've been with I'll always be here for you."

Scott draped his good arm around Logan's neck and kissed him, Logan shifted his weight and then lifted Scott slightly Scott spread his legs and straddled Logan's wide lap and Logan ran his large hands across Scott's back. They kissed passionately; Scott whimpered softly and then gasped for air as Logan broke their kiss to replace Scott's lips with his pale neck. The low rumble of an engines reached Logan's ear, but he didn't care, he undid the first few buttons of Scott's shirt and proceeded to cover his collar bones in kisses and light bites. Scott ran his fingers in the hair on the back of Logan's head moaning Logan's name, his eyes half open behind his glasses gazing out of the back window. For the first time in his life, was letting all of his guard down, like a child laying everything out and letting Logan sort through it. Letting Logan do what he would with the tender and sweet emotions before him. As Logan kissed him gently Scott surrendered to his unending love, the long siege that Logan had been waging against Scott's inhabitations finally toppled the last wall. Scott began to laugh and Logan looked up at Scott a pleasant smile on his face, "let me buy you some breakfast."

Scott nodded feeling a light flying sensation in his stomach. They left the car overlooking the ridge and walked down the steep incline towards the boardwalk on the beach. The stands were coming to life; a soft sizzle came from many of them and delightful smells rolled out of the booths. They settled at a small pleasantly bright booth, a young woman bustled about being ordered about by an older woman. Logan leaned back in his chair stretching one arm around to rest on the back of Scott's chair; he closed his eyes contentedly, until the cup of coffee he had ordered was set in front of him with a sheepish smile. Scott smiled at him sleepily.

"What's on your mind?" Logan asked leaning close to Scott and sneaking a soft kiss on the young man's lower neck.

"I was just thinking how safe I feel with you," was the soft reply. Logan shrugged slightly and drank his coffee, "I could say the same for you Slim, I mean you crushed a guy's neck." There was silence for a moment and Scott looked away, then Logan trailed his fingers across Scott's back, "It was the right thing to do."

Scott laughed under his breath and punched Logan softly with his good arm; "Well in that case," Scott trailed off seeing Remy walking towards them.

"You could have at least left a note." Remy said sitting down next to Logan and ordering a coffee, "The professor has had us searching everywhere for Little Mr. Summers here."

"Call Chuck up and tell him he's fine," Logan said offhand reaching past Remy to retrieve a fork for Scott to use on his waffles.

Remy rolled his eyes and lit a cigarette, "you know Mon amor; you're walking on a fine line between friend and boyfriend." Scott and Logan both turned to look at Remy; blush had risen in Scott's face as he swallowed the mouth full of waffle. "Remy's just saying what Remy sees, I mean letting Scott sleep on you, taking him out in the middle of the night – it just looks a little suspicious,"

Logan smirked and drank his coffee, "that's great Rems."

"So what if we were together," Scott murmured before taking another bight of waffle. Logan's lips twitched upwards as he took his meal from the young waitress, "Yeah Rems who cares?"

"The Professor will; Scott is a student."

"Was a student," Logan said raising his fork to interject, "He's not anymore."

Remy spat on the ground and ground out his cigarette in the ashtray, "either way it'll cause quite a stir, almost as much as you going missing has, now come on, you're wanted back at the med-lab."Remy stood his red eyes fixed on Scott. Scott looked at his waffles and then at Logan.

"Let's finish breakfast first Rems." Logan said nodding to the stool Remy had recently vacated. Remy rolled his eyes and took his seat once more. The breakfast was not at all what Logan had hoped it would be, it had swiftly turned from a lightly romantic affair to a more than awkward staring contest between Remy and the side of Logan's head.

Remy's cell phone went off and he answered it glaring dryly at Logan, "Yeah, I have them both with me, no; they want to eat breakfast first. On the beach front. Well I have no idea-" he covered the mouthpiece "Do you two go swimming in the surf?" Logan shook his head, "No they didn't. Yeah he looks peachy keen, not any paler than usual," He covered the mouth piece again, "Scott, do you feel week in the knees?" Scott also shook his head and stabbed a potato off Logan's place and popped it in his mouth, "He says he's fine. Lovely; alright; I'll bring them back as soon as they're done eating." Remy hung up with a disgruntled look on his face.

"Small hiccup in you plan there Remy, I promised Scott he wouldn't have to be locked up in the Med-lab all day and night."

"Well, you can duke it out with Hank when we get back to the mansion."

Hank undid the bandage around Scott's shoulder, he looked at it closely and sighed, "You've been putting strain on it."

"Yeah, I mean not a lot, just dressing, eating… you know."

Hank sighed heavily, "Scott I know that you and Logan spend quite a lot of time together, but you've got to take it easier than you've been doing."

"What's Logan got to do with it?" Scott asked eyeing Hank with a smirk playing across his lips.

"Logan doesn't have to let his body recuperate after an injury, that's what he's got to do with this, listen to me Scott, you cannot push your body like Logan does his."

Scott nodded his smirk fading into a soft smile, "Ok Hank, thanks for the advice."

"Now as for leaving in the middle of the night," Hank said turning his back on Scott and shuffling his papers, "That is strictly forbidden; and that's not from me, that's from the Professor."

Scott nodded and looked out the open door of the med lab, "it won't happen again."

Hank set down his papers and looked at Scott, he smiled kindly resting a hand on the young man's shoulder, "Scott you gave me quite a fright when you turned up missing this morning. I don't think you know just how much The Professor and I care for you."

"I know Hank. I guess I'm just not really using my head."

Hank sighed and made a sweeping motion to indicate all was forgiven, "You're free to go Scott, just stay indoors, and try not to get into any trouble."

Scott smiled and slid off the examination bed, he walked to the door and hesitated in the entryway, "Hank - Thanks for everything," he finished lamely. What was he planning on saying; that he was in love? That Hank had been more right about Logan then even he had known? That he had instigated leaving the mansion in the first place? Logan had already taken the blame, had taken the lecture; that the professor had given him, without a murmur of defiance. No; this was not the time to undermine everything Logan had already done for him.

He walked to the living room where Logan sat his legs stretched out and arms behind his head gazing at the TV screen, a show about sharks was on and he and Marie were glued to the couch gazing mystified as the great white thrust itself out of the ocean to grab a seal. Scott sat down next to Logan, leaning on him lightly, Logan tore his eyes away from the screen and smiled at Scott kissing him lightly, "you OK?"

Scott nodded and rested his head on Logan's shoulder closing his eyes and falling asleep.

He woke several hours later with Logan's arm wrapped around his waist and the TV still on, this time there was some sort of reef shark swimming lazily across the screen. Scott stirred a little and Logan turned his attention back to his lover sitting him up strait with a quick tug on his hips. Marie turned to look at the both of them and smiled silently as they put their foreheads together before Logan stole another kiss and Scott turned red seeing Marie watching. Logan blinked at Scott's blush and he looked at Marie and then shook his head, "If you're gon'na be doing some voyeurism shit I'm gon'na have to ask you to scram."

Marie laughed and shook her head, "that would defeat my being a voyeurist wouldn't it?"

Scott blinked behind his glasses and looked between the two, "So, this doesn't bother you?"

Marie shook her head, "It's nice to know, I don't like to think of Logan hooking up with strangers."

Scott turned a darker shade of red, "We- we don't hook up."

Logan nodded, "that's right Marie; we have a completely platonic relationship, aside from the occasional kiss."

"I have to tell Jubilee," Marie said with a giggle, but Logan yanked her back down into the couch.

"If I so much as hear you breathe a word of this to anybody,"

Marie blinked taken aback, "are you threatening me?"

Logan shook his head, "I ain't got the heart to do it kiddo."

Marie laughed and stood again, "I'll keep it quite Logan." Logan smiled appreciatively at the young woman and let her go off out of the room then turned his attention back to Scott whom pushed his glasses; that had been sliding threateningly down his nose, back up. Logan leaned closer to the young man and kissed him slowly running the tip of his tongue across the young man's lips coaxing him to open his mouth. Scott wrapped his good arm around Logan's neck and Logan pulled Scott closer to him running a hand down his lover's back. Logan heard footsteps coming down the hall but he didn't care, he didn't have enough energy left to expend worrying about getting caught. Then there a was a cough from the hallway and Scott pulled back in shock Logan lurched forward slightly and lifted his eyes to see Hank standing his arms crossed glaring daggers at Logan.

"What are you doing Logan?"

"I-" he began to answer when Hank cut him off.

"Don't answer that it was rhetorical. What I want to know is what made you think it was OK to kiss Scott?"

Logan didn't say anything and tapped his finger's lightly on Scott's thigh. Scott shifted uncomfortably and then rubbed the back of his neck and shrugged, "I kind'a kissed him Hank." Hank didn't seem to have heard Scott and continued to glare at Logan, "is this why you wanted to skip the Siberia mission Logan?"

Logan shrugged a little, "not the only reason…"

"How long has this been going on?"

Scott bit his bottom lip and laced his hand into Logan's, "It's fine really Hank-"

"How Long?" Hank said his voice lower than usual and every syllable of the two short words pronounced perfectly.

"A week," Logan, murmured softly standing, "I know what you're thinking and nothing happened in Canada. You should know me well enough to know that."

Hank raised his eyebrows, "I don't know if I do know you that well."

Logan nodded and shrugged, "listen, Hank, I know you're pissed, and you have every right to be, but I think we should move his conversation to a different location… Scott doesn't need to be part of this."

Hank led the way to his office and when Logan had moved into the small space Hank slammed the door behind him his fists balling into fists, "I want the truth Logan."

Logan nodded, "I'm in love with Scott."

"You are so full of shit Logan!" Hank said throwing his arms up, "when I told you to move on after Jean I didn't mean to a child!"

"He's not a child Hank, he's legal, and it's not like he doesn't want me."

"Even if we were just going off of looks you'd still be almost twice his age!"

Logan rolled his eyes and crossed his arms across his chest, "What's this about Hank? It can't be just about you catching me kissing Scott."

"This is about you kissing Scott," Hank said clenching his hand's tighter, "I didn't go and save Scott to have him come here and fall right back into what he had just escaped."

Logan bit back a retort and shook his head.

"And I'm not taking your place on the mission Logan." Hank sat in the chair behind his desk, "You're just going to have to go."

Logan nodded and stood silently for a few more moments and then turned and left the office. Scott was waiting for him on the stairs and he laced his fingers in the hair on the back of Logan's head and pulled him into a kiss, "I want you to make love to me," he whispered into Logan's ear. Logan smiled softly and pulled Scott to the edge of the stair he was standing on and pressed their body's together kissing him again.

Logan's room smelled fresh and Logan tossed open the window then turned to Scott pulling the young man to him, Scott gasped as Logan ground their hips together and he bit his lover's lip. Logan moaned low in the back of his throat and dragged Scott to the bed, "I love you slim."

Scott closed his eyes and leaned his head back exposing the tender flesh for Logan's teeth to gently tease. Scott made gasped as Logan pulled down his pants and tossed them away Scott moved to take off his shirt but Logan brushed his hand away, "I don't want to put your arm through anything else today."

Scott smiled hearing Logan's voice and feeling his lips brush against his ear, "are you going to Siberia?"

Logan growled softly and stripped himself of his clothes and kissed his lover, "I'm not going to be able to help you move in," Scott smiled and opened his eyes gazing through red lenses, Logan looked a little sad as ran a hand up Scott's hard stomach and rolled the young man over, settling Scott over his hips. Logan shut his eyes as they made love and Scott wandered what had passed between the two men in Hank's office.

They lay in silence, Logan's eyes still closed, Scott ran his fingers through Logan's hair and gazed at the older man, "what did Hank say?"

"He said a lot of things," Logan murmured not opening his eyes but bringing his eyebrows together, "It's not your problem Scott."

"It is my problem Logan," the statement was quite, and to punctuate his declaration he took off his glasses and laid his head on Logan's chest, "this has as much to do with me as it does with you."

A smirk flickered on Logan's lips and he ran a hand down Scott's back, feeling the fabric, "Scott," he sighed heavily, "Scott," he began again, "I think that maybe…"

The words stuck in his throat and he let his head fall back on the pillow, Scott bit his lip and curled the fingers on his good hand into the sheets, "Logan, don't tell me to move on from you."

Logan sighed and pulled Scott closer to him and kissed the top of his head, "Ok."

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Author's note: Sorry this took so long…. Lots of stuff's been happening lately so I haven't had much time to write….