-1"Wake up, babe."
Reid smiled sleepily at the soft kiss to his shoulder. He was content to keep laying here; it couldn't have been time to get up yet.
"We're gunna be late for school."
Reid just shrugged and let out a small groan as he resettled himself on the bed. School could wait a bit; it wasn't that important, not to him at least.
"Tyler's gunna wonder where you are."
That had Reid's eyes opening; he couldn't let Baby boy worry over him. He stirred a little and only found more comfort when he backed up into the warm, solid chest behind him.
"He loves you, y'know."
Well, that had Reid bolting up and covered in cold sweat and… not in Chase's arms.
Again.
Reid rubbed at his eyes and looked around the dorm room; Tyler was sleeping peacefully next to him, the digital clock on the nightstand was blaring '3:33' at him, everything else was dark, too dark to see.
He laid back down and sighed, his arm wrapping around Tyler's waist as his eyes clenched shut. He kept trying to get the feeling of Chase back, of his arms around him, of his warmth, his scent… everything.
Sometimes, if he tried hard enough, it was just like he never left.
Like he never tried to kill Caleb.
Like he had never betrayed them.
Then everything came spiraling down and it hurt that much more.
