Reid/Tyler

Possessive

It was right before swim practice and Tyler was sitting at the edge of the pool, letting his legs dangle in the water. Pogue and Caleb were sitting on either side of him, talking about.. something. Tyler wasn't really sure; his attention wasn't on their conversation, it was on Reid and that stupid, blonde, slutty-- that girl he was talking to near the ladder.

She was touching his arm and Tyler felt a wave of something run through him. He was glaring daggers at Reid and that girl but Reid seemed not to notice.

"...that show last night? ..Ty? Hey, Tyler, you with us?" Pogue waved a hand in front of Tyler's face, causing him to lean back and shift his attention to Pogue.

"Oh yeah, sorry, that show, uh, yeah.. what show?"

"Why're you so out of it?" Caleb chuckled, nudging Tyler with his elbow.

"I'm not.. it's nothing," Tyler murmured before getting up and wandering away.

Pogue and Caleb exchanged glances but just shrugged, knowing by now that a brooding Tyler never wanted company.

That night, Tyler had stayed in the dormroom instead of going out to Nicky's with the rest of the Sons. He was in bed and ready to fall asleep when Reid came back and placed a kiss on his cheek.

"Shoulda came, baby boy, it was fun," he said as he started to get ready for bed.

"Hm," Tyler shrugged, snuggling into his comforter as he turned to face the wall.

"Something up, man?" Reid asked, trying to slide into Tyler's bed, only to have him shift away.

"Mn," Tyler shrugged again, "Night."

"..night," Reid murmured, giving Tyler an odd look as he slid into his own bed instead.

Tyler thought Reid had gotten the message, but no, his thick head obviously didn't absorb it because the next day, he was flirting with the same girl, in the same place, and Tyler swore this was deja-vu because it was just like yesterday with Caleb and Pogue sitting there with him.

"Tyler, you're spacing again," Caleb raised an eyebrow at him, shaking his shoulder slightly; when he didn't get a reaction, he followed Tyler's gaze (and noticed it was that icy glare he saved for when someone royally got him peeved). "Oh."

"What?" Pogue asked, looking over to where the other two were looking, "..oh."

There was Reid and that girl again, touching and flirting.

"Tyler? Hey, Ty," Pogue nudged him, but no, Tyler was still engrossed in glaring.

"Ty," Caleb tried again, this time snapping his fingers in front of Tyler's face. "You here with us?"

"One minute," Tyler murmured and got up, leaving a confused Pogue and Caleb.

"What's he doing?" Pogue asked, watching Tyler walk towards where Reid was. "He isn't.."

"Oh, he is," Caleb chuckled, "Tyler's claiming his man."

As Tyler made his way over to Reid, he could see the blonde look over to him and smile a bit, but that smile wasn't going to help him now. Before Reid could register what was happening, Tyler was pushing him into the pool and jumping in after him. He had him pinned against the wall of the pool and was attacking his mouth with his own and Reid didn't know how to react so he let his body take over and kissed back, flipping them so their positions were reversed.

"Did I miss something?" Reid asked when he pulled away, panting a bit.

"You're a jerk," Tyler punched him in the stomach, but the water sort of ruined that effect. "And you're mine."

"I can live with that," Reid smirked, going in for another kiss.

Around them, everyone was frozen in place as they watched the scene play out. That stupid blonde slutty-- that girl Reid was flirting was stammering and slowly moving away, her eyes wide with shock.

Everything was silent.. then Pogue let out a wolf whistle and Caleb yelled, "Go Tyler!" and that started a roar of applause and more wolf whistles.

Tyler was pretty sure he was never going to live this down.