A/N: Sorry this took so long to get up my daughter got sick on Friday =(. I will be updating less often, once every few days, at least once a week. Thank you so much for the reviews and follows they mean so much to me. If you have any ideas where this should go PM me. Enjoy Chapter 3.

Derek was standing on the other end of the door with his hands balled into fists; he could hear John say something to Spencer as the door opened. Derek waved at the blond man when the door opened a smirk playing on his face when he saw the anger written all over the lighter mans face. "Where's Spencer?" The taller man asked when he heard Spencer whimper in pain.

"I was just telling him that I didn't appreciate being lied to." John said before being pushed out of the way.

"Spence are you okay?" Derek questioned kneeling beside a sobbing Spencer, who just shook his head in response. The older man looked over his best friend, his hands hovering over his body afraid that he would hurt him more.

"Awe, big bad FBI agent has a soft spot for the weakling. You know Derek, he isn't good for much. Well now that I think about it, he isn't good at anything." John had said with malice on his voice.

Derek stood up from the smaller man's side and walked up to John, clenching and un-clenching his fists. John and Derek were standing face to face, "just because you can't appreciate what you have doesn't mean no one else will." Derek said through gritted teeth before punching John on the stomach and watching the lighter man fall. Derek wasn't the kind of man that kick people when they were down but this was a whole different situation, he swung his leg back and kicked the figure laying below him in the ribs. "What? Cant take what you dish out?" Derek grabbed John by the collar of his shirt and threw him against the wall, lifting him a few inches. His face inches from the lighter one that he despised and he whispered, "You tell anyone what I did and I will make your life a living hell." Derek let the man fall to the ground, carefully taking Spencer's hand and guiding him to Derek's car.

"I-I'm so sorry Derek" Spencer finally said not looking at Derek.

"Pretty boy it's not a problem, I'm glad I got there before he did any worse to you."

"I shouldn't have called you. You could lose your badge."

"Spence, you mean more to me than my badge. I would rather have you alive and well. Let's get you to a hospital." Spencer looked up with a shocked look on his face.

"W-we can't."

"Why not? You have broken bones Spence."

"What if he finds me? I can't do anything to keep him away. He is going to be angry" Spencer started breathing fast, his palms sweating, his eyes darting around. "Derek I have to go back."

"No Spencer. I can't let you do that. He would have killed you if I didn't show up." Derek's expression softened when he was the panic in Spencer's eyes. "Pretty boy I will stay with you as much as I can. If I ever have to leave I will have an officer there with you. I promise you he won't get anywhere near you."

"Der, he knows where I live I can't have a police escort for the rest of my life."

"Spence you can stay with me until you find somewhere new to live." Derek didn't want to tell him that he wanted Spencer to stay with him forever, to be his one and only. He knew Spencer would be broken, he was determined to show Spencer he was different. That he deserved to be treated right.

Spencer had spent a few days in the hospital for a couple broken ribs. Right now he was relaxing in his bedroom at Derek's house. The day after Derek had saved him from John, Derek talked to the apartment manager about letting Spence out of his lease given the circumstances. Once he was fully healed Spencer had every intention of finding his own place. There was a light knock on the door; the brunette looked up to see Derek walking in with a tray of food. "Sit up Pretty Boy, I brought you breakfast." Derek said with a smile.

"Derek you didn't have to do all of this for me." The younger man said trying to adjust his position without causing himself too much pain. Once he was comfortable Derek set down the tray and Spencer's eyes widened, sitting on the tray was a stack of pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausage and a huge cup of coffee. "You really didn't have to" Spencer said a light pink blush coming over his cheeks.

"I didn't have to but I wanted to." Derek reached his hand up and brushed some of the brunette hair from the smaller mans face. "Besides, I think you deserve a good meal after everything you have been though. If you ever need anything just let me know alright?"

"Thank you, for everything." Spencer said a small smile playing on his lips. "Derek, don't you have work?"

"Not unless we get a case, I was able to bring paperwork home. The next few days are all about getting you better." Derek ruffles Spencer's hair before he walked out of the room.

An hour later Derek went back to Spence's room to bring his dishes into the kitchen, he lightly knocked before walking in, he saw the younger boy in a little bit of pain "Hey did you need your medicine now?" Derek asked, he had lost track of what time Spence was supposed to take his pills. Spencer nodded in response as Derek handed him the pills. "Spence, how about we take a look at that tape?"

"It's not going to hurt much is it Der?"

"Nah, it won't hurt at all. I just have to lift up your shirt a little alright." Derek said lifting the too big shirt up, Spencer was wearing one of Derek's shirts for the simple fact that it didn't hurt as much to get them on and off; he made sure that everything was okay and nothing needed to be changed. "Come down stairs and we can hang out and watch whatever you want."

Spencer looked down a little embarrassed, no one knew about his favorite movie, "Can we watch Lemony Snickets: A Series of Unfortunate Events?" He looked up at Derek a hopeful gleam in his eyes.

"Really? Do you have that movie?" Derek said with a chuckle. Spencer nodded in response and pointed to his box of DVD's.

The two men sat on the couch a bowl of popcorn in between them, the younger to focused on the movie to realize that the older wasn't paying attention he was starting at the younger taking in all of his perfect features.

"I'm going to take a nap." Spencer said to no one in particular, he was so used to being ignored or not being cared about then he just says what he is doing. The brunette got up and carefully made his way over to his room.

"I have to go run some errands, are you going to be okay?" Derek paused and saw the fear in Spence's eyes. "I'll be quick. If you need anything you can call me." Spencer nodded as Derek pulled his blankets up and smiled at him.

***

He bought Spencer a few bookcases so he could have his books and movies in the living room; he hoped Spence was still asleep so it could be a surprise. Once he was finished putting it together he quietly walked into Spence's room to get the boxes and organized his books and movies just the way he knew Spencer liked.

Spencer woke up and made his way downstairs, he saw Derek sitting on the couch watching the football game and the new bookcases. Spencer's eyes lit up, he sat down next to Derek, "Derek, what is that?" He questioned pointing to the bookcase.

"It's a bookcase Spence."

"Well I know that. I'm a genius, remember? But why?"

"Because I want you to feel like your home, you don't need to live out of boxes while you're here."

Spencer looked down at the ground and whispered, "Why are you so nice to me? I don't deserve it."

"Pretty boy, listen to me. You do deserve this. You deserve the very best. I meant what I said the other day, when I said I love you." Derek said placing a finger under the lighter man's chin and gently moving his head so they were looking into each other's eyes. "I know that you aren't ready for another relationship, I don't even know if you feel the same about me. But I will be waiting and showing you that you deserve only the best."

"Derek, I love you too. I don't know if I will ever be ready, you can't wait around for me." Spencer said as a single tear ran down his face, knowing that John had ruined his chance at happiness.

"I'd wait forever for you Spencer."