ALL - Kidnapped Sequel

Pogue rushed to Reid and Tyler's dorm from his own and was there in less than a minute. He closed the door quietly behind him before moving slowly moving towards the bed and taking a seat by Tyler.

"What happened?" he asked as he ran his fingers through Tyler's thick hair. It worried him to see Tyler's body shaking so much from his crying. He hadn't seen any of them cry in years.

"He was having a bad dream, then next thing I know, he's awake and crying and spilling his guts about what happened," Reid answered, his voice breaking. There were tears forming in his own eyes at the sight of Tyler so broken.

"Shhh," Pogue soothed, his free hand going to cover Reid's hand. He squeezed it then started to stroke his thumb to offer him comfort. "It's alright."

Tyler had calmed down slightly to a point where he was quietly crying, but his shoulders were still shaking with the force of it. He released his python grip on Reid and turned to hold onto Pogue instead, embracing the strength and power that came with the older teen.

"It's okay, Ty," Pogue murmured and wrapped his arms around Tyler, his hands moving in soothing circles on his back.

"You're safe now," Reid added and wrapped his arms around Tyler from behind then rested his head on his back.

They had been sitting there like that for just a minute before Caleb came through the door. "Sorry... I had to go the long way to get in," he apologized and slowly approached his brothers.

"It's fine," Reid mumbled into Tyler's back. A closer look showed Caleb that Tyler wasn't the only one crying; Reid had tears slowly rolling down his cheeks as well. He met Pogue's eyes and saw the hurt in seeing their Baby Boy like this.

"He's gunna be okay," Caleb said softly and sat next to the three on the bed. He slid his fingers into Tyler's hair and carded through it gently. "You'll be fine, baby boy, we'll make sure of it," he promised.

Tyler slowly let go of Pogue to instead wrap his arms around Caleb and bury his face in his neck.

"Shhh," he cooed and shifted to get more comfortable and to let the other two closer as well. They moved to either side of Caleb and found themselves in a tangle of limbs as they all tried to comfort Tyler and one another.

None of them knew how much time had passed or when they had fallen asleep, but when Caleb opened his eyes, the blinds were letting in streaks of sunlight and he had three bodies on him. Tyler was half on him with Reid spooning behind him, close enough to have his head on Caleb's shoulder. Pogue was on his other side, his arm thrown across Caleb's waist with his hand resting on Tyler's back.

He laid there quietly and let out a content sigh at the peacefulness and serenity of the situation, the complete opposite of the tears and hurt from just hours before. He didn't know if Tyler would be okay right away, but he knew that breaking down was one step closer to healing completely-they would have the old Tyler back.

The next person to wake was Pogue. He opened his eyes slowly and tiredly looked at the three teens in front of him. Groggily, he rubbed his eye and pushed himself up. "Wh-timez-ih?" he mumbled as he let himself fall back down and used Caleb's stomach as a pillow.

"Morning," Caleb greeted softly and moved his free hand to tangle his fingers in Pogue's hair. "You okay?"

"M'fine," Pogue mumbled, "Ty?"

"Sleeping peacefully," the older teen replied with a small smile at the sight of Tyler's completely peaceful features; he hadn't seen him so relaxed in a while.

"Reid?"

"He's still sleeping, too," Caleb responded, "How about we get ourselves out of here and get them some breakfast?"

Pogue groaned at the thought of getting up, but he pushed himself up anyway. "Only if you're driving," he murmured and rubbed his eyes to get the sleep out of them.

"I wouldn't trust you to drive this early anyway," Caleb quipped and slowly maneuvered himself out from under the younger two males.

"Funny," Pogue muttered and helped Caleb get the comforter over Reid and Tyler.

When they came back, Tyler was sitting up in bed, yawning and stretching. He blinked tiredly at them, then smiled a bit. Pogue and Caleb grinned-that was the first real smile they had seen from the youngest since his return.

"Food," Tyler said in his sleep thickened voice.

Pogue's face dropped when he realized the smile was for food and not them, while Caleb laughed and shook his head.

"Wake Reid and we'll dig in," Caleb instructed as he set the Dunkin Donuts boxes down on the nightstand. "He'll be pissed if we don't leave him anything good," he said and slapped Pogue's hand away from trying to get a donut.

"Reeeeid," Tyler grumbled and shook the blond's body.

Reid mumbled something incoherent and lifted his head to look at the three other boys angrily before he smelled the fresh bagels and donuts. "I get first dibs," he announced and threw himself over Tyler to grab one of the boxes. His actions pulled a laugh out of Caleb and Pogue and even a tired chuckle from Tyler.

When Reid, Pogue, and Caleb finished eating, they all watched as Tyler scarfed down another donut effortlessly. Caleb assumed it was all those weeks of him having no appetite catching up to him, while Pogue and Reid just thought he was a beast.

After he finished licking the glaze off his fingers, Tyler looked up and saw the other three staring at him. The stares caused him to sheepishly look down and shrug. "I was hungry," he murmured as an explanation.

"We noticed," Reid snorted and happily tackled Tyler to the bed in a hug. He was pleased to have some of his best friend back. The younger teen let out a yelp as his back met the bed, but he accepted it and wrapped his arms around Reid in return.

"Alright, alright, let's keep this PG-13," Pogue joked and swatted Reid's leg. The blond didn't care, though, and stayed on Tyler, his head resting on the smaller teen's chest. Pogue couldn't help but smile at the picture the two of them made.

Caleb couldn't either, but he, of course, couldn't avoid the real reason they were gathered on Tyler's dorm bed. "You're okay, Ty?" he asked and gained the attention of all three of them, but Pogue and Reid quickly turned their attention towards Tyler instead.

The youngest shrugged slightly and looked away, towards the window. "I'm... better," He answered in a murmur.

"You better be," Reid threatened jokingly and nuzzled his head into Tyler's neck, "You had me worried."

"Reid's talking about his emotions-you know that's serious," Pogue teased and threw a pillow at the blond.

"Says Mr. Stone-Cold Steve Austin himself," Reid shot back and got up to throw the pillow back.

Pogue caught it though and laughed at Reid's lame comeback. "Isn't he like a dinosaur already?"

"Shut up, it made sense in my head," Reid huffed and tackled Pogue none-too-gently onto the floor.

"This BITCH," Pogue laughed, and the two started wrestling.

Caleb laughed at the two, then held onto Tyler's hand and pulled him up to sit next to him. He put his arm around Tyler's shoulders and pulled him in for a one-side hug. Tyler grinned and joined in the laughter.

He knew he wasn't completely out of the dark place his mind had resided in for the past month, but being there with his brothers put his heart and head at ease. He would be okay.