Wednesday Briefs - Coming Home

 Wednesday again and her come the flashers. If anyone's interested in Luke and Rune you should be happier about today's installment.

The prompts this week were,

Here is next week's prompt:  use a safe word in your story 

The alternate prompts are:  cherry, innocence, scarf or

"I thought you were .... but you really aren't, you're.... "

or  use any Beatle title in your story or

use: independence, master, control

or make a 50 Shades of Grey reference

 

I used a Beatles song title. I wonder if anyone can spot what it is.

Rune was very quiet all the way home. After being agitated and tearful to begin with, as soon as the adrenaline rush faded he fell asleep. Luke kept looking over, hardly able to believe what had just happened was real. Rune was here, with him. Everything was alright again. Except that it wasn’t, not really. He had a dread feeling in his stomach, worried about what Rio had been doing to Rune that had scared him so much, and how it was going to affect him.  And it had only been a few days since he’d left the hospital, what if what Rio had done made him ill again? What would he do? How would he cope?

His thoughts whirling in his head, Luke arrived back home to find his housemates’ car in the drive. Great, he was hoping they’d be alone. He pulled in next to the red Mazda and gently shook Rune awake.

“W…what? Where are we?”

“Home. Well, my home. I hope you don’t mind I brought you here.”

“No. No, I don’t want to go back to the house, not yet. I… I know it’s silly but I’m a bit scared. It’s Rio’s house, too and although I know he won’t be there… I’d rather not for a while.”

“I can get some stuff for you.”

“Thank you.” Rune rewarded Luke with such a bright smile the icy feeling in the pit of his stomach melted and he felt warm.

“My housemates are home. They’re a bit boisterous so don’t worry if they tease you. They’re nice guys really.”

Rune looked a little nervous but smiled and nodded.

Jeff and Jayden were in the kitchen. They were twins, both fiery redheads and both extremely gifted musicians, although Jeff tended towards rock music while Jayden was strictly classical.

“Hey, housie,” Jeff called, hearing Luke. “Where the hell have you been? Rob said you kicked out of uni so fast he thought your arse was on fire. Oh.” He’d appeared in the doorway and seen Rune. “Who’s this? I know we haven’t met before because I never forget a face and I definitely wouldn’t have forgotten that one.”

“This is Rune,” Luke said simply.

“Oh,” Jeff said again, his eyes widening. “Jay,” he called over his shoulder. “Luke’s brought Rune home.”

“He what?” Jayden appeared beside his brother and gave a low whistle when he saw Rune, who was blushing furiously and trying to hide behind Luke. “Well damn, and I thought he was exaggerating.”

“Hey, you two, leave him alone. He’s had enough for one day, without having to put up with you. It’s been a hell of a day. Were going up to my room. Don’t disturb us.”

“Wouldn’t dream of it,” Jayden said with a wink.

Taking Rune’s hand, Luke let him past the two grinning men up the stairs to his room. As soon as he closed the door, Luke took Rune into his arms and held him close.

“God, this feels good.”

“Oh Luke,” Rune breathed, “I thought I’d never see you again.”

“If I’d know I’d have been with you from the start. If Rio hadn’t lied…”

“Rio lives on lies. Sometimes I think he even believes them.”

“Never mind; it’s over now.” He stroked Rune’s hair as Rune’s head rested against his chest. “I’ve missed you do much.”

“I’ve missed you too,” Rune whispered, then tilted his head to look up. “Kiss me,” he pleaded and Luke was only too happy to oblige.

Rune’s hands in his hair, his soft lips pressed against his own, the warmth of his body, made Luke’s head spin. He’d been dreaming of this moment so much lately he had a flash of fear that it was just another dream. But no, Rune was far too solid, too eager, too desperate to be a dream.

Luke let Rune kiss him for a while, then reluctantly broke away. “Hey, give me room to breathe,” he joked. For a moment Rune looked dazed then he smiled his slow, sexy smile.

“I’m sorry Luke. It’s just that I missed you so much and I’ve been so afraid I’d never see you again, I have to keep reminding myself it’s not a dream.

Luke chuckled. “Me too. It’s been quite a ride, hasn’t it?”

“That’s one way to put it.” Rune lay down on the bed and held his arms out to Luke. “Please hold me, Luke. It's all too much. I need to feel safe right now, safe and truly wanted.”

“I truly want you Rune. I care for you so deeply it hurts. When I thought I’d lost you I almost went insane. It was like a nightmare. First you being ill, and then not remembering me, and then Rio… I really thought he’d changed after what we shared when you were… Dammit, I should have known better.”

“Ssh,” Rune said, touching Luke’s lips where the words had become strained and angry. “Rio fools a lot of people. He fooled me and I really should have known better.”

“I’m not going to fall for any of his crap again. Do you think he’ll come back for you?” He’d voiced something that had been bothering him since he’d taken Rune from the house.

“Absolutely. He won’t let go as easily as this. He thinks I belong to him and he doesn’t like his belongings taken away from him.”

“You belong to no one.” Luke said harshly.

“I know. I truly do know, but Rio doesn’t. He’ll make trouble for you.”

“Nothing I can’t handle.”

Rune smiled again. “I have something you can handle.”

“Really?” Luke raised his eyebrows. “And what might that be?”

“Me,” Rune breathed as he moved closer and, once again pressed his body and lips against Luke’s

Yay, home at last where he belongs... for now.

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