"Good morning," Luke whispered, sounding only half awake. He'd rolled into Reid, speaking quietly into his ear and stroking his hair. Reid stirred a little, a tired groan falling from his smiling lips. Luke laughed a little. "You know, for someone who usually wakes up at four in the morning you sure do like to sleep in," he teased.
Reid smiled, eyes still closed as he stretched a little beneath Luke. "It's a rare treat," was all his said. Luke watched as he yawned, still idly running his fingers through Reid's curly hair. They laid like that for a short while longer until Reid finally opened his eyes. They both sat up and stretched, Reid wrapping his arms around Luke and leaning into him, resting his head on Luke's shoulder. Luke laughed a little, wrapping an arm behind Reid and again playing with his hair, resting his cheek against the top of Reid's head.
"Come on, people will be getting up soon," he said softly. Reid groaned. "Hey, just be thankful that it's Saturday. My dad actually sleeps in. Any other day someone would have found us by now," he laughs a little. Reid cringes at the thought of any one of Luke's many relatives stumbling upon them, especially naked and tangled amongst a couple of blankets in the loft of a barn.
Finally Reid agreed and they moved around the loft in search of their clothes. It took them a while, tossing things at each other as they found them and laughing about how Reid's shoes ended up on opposite ends of the loft, but overall it is a simple process that doesn't take too long.
It was going on 8am when they quietly entered the house. As expected, it was quiet. Luke could hear the shower running upstairs, indicating that Holden was awake. They took the moment of solitude to sneak up the stairs. Luke expertly avoided the loose floorboards while Reid seemed to creak with every move. They stumbled into Luke's bedroom, laughing quietly as they shut the door behind them. Reid dropped the jackets from his hands and reached for Luke, who stepped into him just as willingly.
Lazily Reid kissed him, smelling of rain water and hay, a mixture that Luke had to admit was quite appealing. It doesn't last long, though, before they are both moving about and changing into clean clothes. Luke took a quick shower while Reid checked his email and voicemail. Once it was Reid's turn, Luke wandered downstairs.
"I didn't realize you two were home," said Holden, grinning from the table with a cup of coffee in one hand, the paper laid out in front of him.. Luke turned red and laughed, scratching the back of his head.
"Yeah, we got in pretty late."
Holden continued to grin but didn't press anything, which Luke appreciated.
"Have you ate yet?" asked Luke, moving around behind the island. He pulled out a frying pan and sets it on the stove before moving toward the fridge.
"Not yet," Holden began, turning toward Luke. "Why?"
"I was getting ready to make breakfast for Reid and I, thought maybe you'd like to join us" said Luke.
Holden smiled. "Sounds great."
Luke was turning on the stove and pulling eggs from the fridge when Reid came down. Luke nearly burns his finger on the pan cracking open an egg and Reid laughs, taking it from his hands.
"Alright, move over," he says, bumping Luke lightly with his hip. Luke laughs.
"What?"
"You're either going to hurt yourself or ruin the food, neither of which sound pleasing right now," Reid grinned, cracking open another egg expertly. Luke grinned and leaned on the counter. "So why don't you let someone who isn't a hazard to themselves or our future meal do the cooking?"
Luke narrowed his eyes and smirked. "Fine," he said with mock complaint, letting his hand fall onto Reid's forearm and his fingers dragging as he walked away.
Reid cooked in silence while Luke and Holden talked at the table. Holden asked about dinner and Reid still didn't move. Luke watched him expectantly, unsure what all the say, but in the end he told Holden everything. He was wrapping up just as Reid wandered over with the plate of eggs and another with hash browns in his hands.
"That grandmother of yours just doesn't know when to give up," said Holden neutrally, though Reid swore he heard a hint of admiration in his voice. "So are you actually considering it? Working at Memorial?" Holden asked anxiously while Reid hovered, dishing off eggs and hash browns onto plates. Luke was suddenly grinning and Reid was trying hard not to do the same.
Holden noticed the exchanging of looks and turned his eyes full on Luke. "Am I missing something?"
Luke shook his head, gesturing to Reid and laughing.
"I think I should start with your first question," said Reid.
Luke had to admit that Holden had taken the news pretty well. Being the protective father that he was, he wasn't sure how Holden would feel about he and Reid's decision, and while at first he'd been a little worried he eventually came around. Explaining things to Lily, Emma, and the rest of the Snyder-Walsh clan that decided to join them at the farm for dinner had been a little more difficult. There were plenty of are "are you sure?" and "isn't it a bit soon?" comments being thrown around, but Luke and Reid, hands linked together under the table, confidently answered each question and concern, reassuring Luke's family that this was the right thing for them to do.
Once it seemed that everyone, including Lily who'd been the worst of them all, had finally calmed down and come to accept Luke and Reid's big decision, the two men said their goodbyes. Lily hugged them both and gave a sappy "welcome to the family" line to Reid, he crinkled his nose at Luke over Lily's shoulder. Luke clutched his overnight bag and helped Reid to carry his things to the car.
