So, I replaced the former Chapter 3. It was awful and a guilty pleasure of mine. Now it's gone and we have childish Defalt/JB! XD

This is a head canon where Nicky and Jacks come back to Illinois. Plus there's a cat. Don't like it? Well, don't read it. That's all I'm saying. This one is not being replaced. I refuse. ._.

Enjoy~

When JB woke up he realized two things. One, he was still naked and there was a slight pain in his lower back. Two, he was very much alone. He slowly sat up and looked around and saw that he was the room's only occupant. The only sign that there was another life sharing the apartment with him were the two pairs of clothes that were on the floor, no doubt one of them would be far too big on him. He huffed as he crossed his arms.

"Couldn't even leave me a freaking text message or a note or something! A letter!" JB whined as he flopped back onto the bed and rolled over. His blue eyes caught sight of a piece of paper attached to his cell phone that was sitting on the end table next to the bed. He blinked as he reached out and grabbed it. It was a note addressed to him.

JB,
I went to Jacks' birthday party. Make sure you eat real food and shower. Don't get into too much trouble. We're trying to stay off the radar for now, remember that.

The DJ noticed that it was signed with a familiar symbol: a fox head. He smiled as he traced it with the tip of his finger. It was true that he and Aiden were living on the down low in an apartment in the Mad Mile. Aiden originally wanted to move out to Pawnee but there was no way he was going to that backwater town. Too many militia people, not enough high tech stuff. But Nicky and her son had no problems living there.

They moved into a cute little house near the water and they were happy to have Aiden back in their life. JB could remember when his partner got that phone call. The older man had been worried about them being back in Illinois but his sister had reassured him that they would be fine but there were things that needed to be worked out. It was slow work but Aiden was trying. He still played hero sometimes but that life was mostly behind him. He sighed as he put the note back down and rolled out of bed. He grabbed one of the shirts and pulled it on. A familiar scent filled his nose as the shirt fell past his hips a bit. It was Aiden's shirt.

"Onward to breakfast," He said with a small grin as he walked into the kitchen. When he reached the fridge and opened it he realized that it must've been restocked recently because there was real food in there. The hacker grabbed the first thing he saw: a container of strawberries. It was real food so his boyfriend couldn't get on him about it. He flopped on the couch with his fruit, turned on the television and dug in. There was nothing on that held his attention until he reached some music channel that was currently playing all sorts of club music. The DJ sat there criticizing the work unmercifully.

"I could make better stuff than that."

"Seriously, those beats suck."

"How do these people listen to this crap?"

"My ears are bleeding!"

"I can't handle it anymore!"

Eventually the channel was changed to some nature channel. He groaned and leaned back. His belly was full and there was red juice on his face. He tried to lick it away but it was just out of reach. He pouted before glancing at the clock.

It's 4:30... Aiden probably won't be back for a while. I guess I should shower. Ugh.

The hacker rose from his seat and headed for the bathroom.

"Aiden, you keep looking at your phone. Is everything alright?"

The former vigilante looked at his little sister, Nicky. Her arms were crossed and there was a look on her face that said 'this better not be what I think it is' and it wasn't. He just smiled and showed her his phone, proving that there was nothing going on. She grabbed it from his hands and looked it over.

"Well, if it's not what I thought it was then" She gasped and a grin formed on her face. "Is it a lover?" Her voice was a whisper and Aiden was grateful for that. He didn't want the kids or the other parents to hear him, especially the single mothers that had been eyeing him.

"My big brother has a secret lover." Nicky clapped her hands and started tugging on his sleeve like a child. "Tell me about her. Come on, what is she like? What woman could handle you?"

"Uh," The words 'it's a man' died on his tongue. He didn't know how Nicky would take it. He just got her and Jacks back. There was no way he going to lose her again over something like this. "She's great. Pretty childish sometimes but she's a sweet person. She's a DJ at a club."

"You'll have to bring her over sometime. I want to meet her," Nicky said as she playfully shoved her brother. "Give her some tips on how to handle my big brother."

Aiden just smiled and wrapped an arm around his sister's shoulder. He was pretty sure that if she met Defalt, things would get awkward. Really, really awkward. Hopefully that day wouldn't come so soon.

I can only imagine how he'd get along with Nicky and Jacks.

Defalt was standing in front of the closet with a grin on his face. Hanging up were his boyfriend's various clothes. They all were relatively the same except for the colors. His favorite with the gray jacket that had the greet paint spatters and the blue long sleeve shirt. There were pants that matched the jacket but they would no doubt be far too big on him. It was tempting to put them on.

You know what they say about people who fight temptation. Probably bad things.

JB reached out and grabbed hold of the shirt as well as the jacket. He pulled them on and laughed when he realized that they were huge on his body. They hung pretty low, the jacket just barely touching the ground and the blue shirt was a lot like the one he wore before the shower. He pulled on a pair of his own jeans and got a look at himself in the full length mirror. A grin spread across his face then started laughing.

"I am JB! The vigilante of Chicago!" He got down on one knee and made a gun gesture with his hands, uttering little sound effects under his breath as he shot invisible bad guys. "Better watch out, Blume! I'm out to get you!" He tucked and rolled over, lying on his side while making more sound effects. He started crawling on his belly and made his way out of the room and into the living room. A soft meow sound came from under the table. JB laughed as he pointed his finger at the cat.

"Pow, pow! I got you, Glitch!" The cat meowed and padded over to the human, purring as he started to nuzzle face Defalt's face. "Oh no! The Blume agent is executing tactics to lure the vigilante into a false sense of security and trust! We must stop him!" JB lifted the cat up and held him over his head. "The battle has been won! But this war is far from over!" The cat meowed.

"JB, what are you doing?" The DJ looked over and saw Aiden standing in the kitchen with his arms crossed, a look of curiosity on his face. "Why are you wearing my clothes?"

"How- How long have you been standing there?" Defalt sat up and let the cat go. A light blush painted his cheeks.

"Long enough to know that you shot Glitch, a suspected Blume agent." Aiden chuckled as he picked up the cat that was now rubbing against his leg. "Are you trying to steal our secrets, huh? Or is JB on some kind of trip?"

"Need to have some fun somehow." JB huffed and crossed his arms. The older hacker smirked and walked over, leaning down to press a kiss to the top of his partner's head.