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[justfucked]

When Andrew gets home he has someone waiting there for him. As promised Michael came right to his place and has been waiting for him. He doesn't say anything and just lets Andrew do what he needs to do. He is there for him if he just wants to cling, Michael can be his person to lean on if need be. He does offer a small twitch of his lips in a smile of a greeting.

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[legaltoughguy]

Andrew is done making jokes about how Michael can get into his apartment without needing to be invited. He doesn't even know what he's supposed to do. He just crosses to the couch and sits beside his boyfriend, wiping at his eyes for a moment, yes, he's been crying. A lot recently.

"You know I love you, right?" he says softly and this time he's not joking.

[justfucked]

Michael slips an arm around him to comfort him. He smiles at his words and nods. "I love you too, Andrew."

[legaltoughguy]

"I don't want to lose you. I don't want to lose either of you." Andrew rests his head lightly against Mike's shoulder, now Mike is seeing the vulnerable side of him that only Damien knows about. The scared almost childlike side. "I can't lose her. She's all I've ever had."

[justfucked]

"Everything will be okay, Andrew. And you won't lose me Mate." He leaned in and kissed him gently.

[legaltoughguy]

"You know I've always found it kind of cute that you call me that and not one of the usual pet names," Andrew admitted after he'd kissed Michael back. What had started as a fun fling had quickly developed into something more, at least for him anyway. "I really wanted you to meet her. She'd like you. Hell, she'd probably have had a crush on you before she got married."

[justfucked]

Mike was a bit odd in that perhaps, but to him Andrew was that. His mate, in many ways friendship and relationship wise. He rubbed his back softly. "I'll meet her whenever you'd like."

[legaltoughguy]

"I'll ask her. I'm sure she wouldn't want you to see her in the hospital," Andrew said before turning his attention to his lover. Someone he did see as his match, that he wanted to build a future with. "What about you, Michael? Do you need anything?" He would always offer.

[justfucked]

"Have everything I need right here Mate." He smiled and stole another kiss, this one was slow and loving.

[legaltoughguy]

When Mike was kissing him like that, it became easier for Andrew's mind to wander from his sister's condition to his boyfriend in front of him. He returned the kiss just as slow and tender, shifting so he was facing Michael more, and his hands could gently roam over that well sculpted body through his clothes.

[justfucked]

His body moved closer to Andrew's as he slowly deepened that kiss. His hands mapping out his boyfriend's body enjoying how it felt under his fingers.

[legaltoughguy]

Andrew moaned softly into Michael's mouth, enjoying his gentle touches. His own fingers sliding up Michael's chest, toying with the buttons on his shirt. Andrew had always appreciated Michael's sense of style whereas Damien always looked like someone had woken him up to do whatever it was they were up to. "You're so beautiful," he whispered to his boyfriend between kisses.

[justfucked]

"So are you." His fingers were already slowly unbuttoning Andrew's shirt. Once it was open his hands simply smoothed over his chest, tracing his muscles.

[legaltoughguy]

"Not as fit as you are." Andrew could always tease Michael about that, how well he kept himself in shape for obvious reasons. He slowly began undoing Michael's shirt, sighing happily as he felt Mike's hands on his bare chest and stomach. "You know I think she'd like having you as a brother in law."

[justfucked]

"You think so?" He leaned in close and began leaving soft kisses along Andrew's chest.

[legaltoughguy]

"I think so. You've always been the stable one of the three of us, Mike. She likes the stable one." Andrew pulled his shirt all the way off and ran his fingers through Michael's hair. "Also, she has a real weakness for clean cut guys."

[justfucked]

"I'm the stable one?" He smirked up at his boyfriend playfully kissing back up and along his neck. "That mean I'm the boring one?" He's teasing, trying in the moment to just help Andrew relax and forget all of his stress.

[legaltoughguy]

"You know damn well that's not what I meant." Andrew laughs, leaning his head for Mike's lips. He can feel his cock stirring in his pants at the other man's attentions. "Compared to Damien you and I are both saints. Though I'm afraid of trying to live up to everyone he's been with before."

[justfucked]

"Then don't. Just focus on being you." He smiled at him and nipped his neck playfully. A hand slipped down and rubbed him through his pants.

[legaltoughguy]

"I still don't see what you see in me," Andrew protested, though he did spred his legs more for Mike, a small way of soing he wanted more and was willing to let Mie be the dominant lover.

[justfucked]

"SOmeone who makes me smile, makes me happy. An amazing person inside and out." He continued the teasing, rubbing and massaging as he kissed up along his ear. "Someone I wanted from the moment I saw him, because he just exuded this air that drew me in."

[legaltoughguy]

"Funny, because I wanted you the moment I saw you, too." Andrew had already admitted that to Michael the first night they'd had sex. But now Mike's hand was turning his semi into a full blown erection, the bulge clearly visible through his pants. "Mm, babe, don't stop," he encouraged, just waiting for his cock and his ass to receive Mike's expert attention. He was in love with a very special man, he knew that. Someone he wanted to spend much longer with.

[justfucked]

He only stopped the rubbing for a moment, and that was to get those pants unbuttoned and to pull the zipper down. Once that was done his hand slid down into them to cup him through just his boxers now.

[legaltoughguy]

Andrew gasped at that, completely relaxed at the moment. He wanted to offer him so much more. "God, I love you," he repeated.

[justfucked]

"I love you too, Andrew." His words were whispered hotly against his ear as his hand slipped down into those boxers. He wrapped his hand around his boyfriend's cock and began slowly stroking him.

[legaltoughguy]

"I really don't deserve you," he commented because he really believed that. Moments like this and things that went wrong just convinced Andrew he was a lost cause. As much as all he really wanted was a normal life like anyone else.

This got wordy, sorry

[filthymouth]

Of course he had gotten all the calls and texts sent to his phone, and after awhile he wound up taking the battery out of his phone just to have time to think, selfish enough that he ignored that Andrew and Mike or Section 20 might need him. (They'd just come find him themselves if they really needed him to go save the world.) Scott wasn't aware how big a commitment he was agreeing to with both the other men, and having time to think only reminded him how afraid he was of the C-word. It's not that he didn't want it, he did, more that he had to get over himself first.

Damien had to deal with his shit the Damien Scott way. And that was drink, fuck women, and drink. Only this time, he hadn't done the fucking part, much to his own surprise and when he'd gotten the text about Tess he got his act straight, fast, and made his way back to Andrew's place after being MIA for several days.

He was quiet coming in, or at least that was the plan before he noticed Mike and Andrew getting intimate on the couch. "See you two didn't wait long before you jumped into the sexual healing," he remarked nonchalantly and went over to sit behind Andrew, a hand running into the back of his hair. "You doing alright? Is Tess doing alright?"

[legaltoughguy]

Andrew had been so caught up in the moment with Michael that he didn't hear Damien come in, and feeling him there was something of a buzzkill. It was like being caught, not to mention that the reference to his sister made him remember exactly what Mike had been trying to get him to forget: that the most important woman in his life could be dying.

"She's at home with Will. Pretty scared, but what do you expect?" he commented, fixing his pants as thankfully Mike was thinking on the same wavelength. "At least the firm's insurance covers all of the tests, and most of the treatment if it goes that far. We're lucky that we have the money to spend on it." Between him and Will, they had the resources to fight this, it was just if either of them had the emotional fortitude to endure it.

He didn't know what to think. Part of him wanted to be angry at Damien for not being there as quickly as Michael had been. Part of him was just happy the other man was there at all. As they'd joked, Michael was the more stable one, and maybe that wasn't so much a joke anymore.

"I need a drink," he muttered, and got up from the couch to head for the fridge. He shouldn't be drinking, but now he felt like it.

[justfucked]

Mike looked up when he heard Damien, and smiled yet watches as Andrew stood for a drink. He stood up with him and furrowed a brow. "Is that a good idea Andrew?"

He turned to his partner just to let him know he was glad to see him too. "Good to see you here Damien."

[filthymouth]

Damien ended up watching as Andrew left, his hands left in the air and expression plainly saying 'what did I do?' He stood after Mike did, lightly punching him in the shoulder. "You too, buddy."

Walking over to the kitchen where Andrew had gone to find a drink, Damien stood in the doorway, arms crossed. "I'm with blondy over here. I didn't mean to upset you, alright. I just thought I'd come by and..." He turned back to Mike. "A little help here, please?"

[legaltoughguy]

"Yeah, well. It took you long enough." There was a twinge of bitterness to Andrew's voice. He was hurt that Michael, who hadn't known him nearly as long as Damien, was the one who'd gotten there first. Was the one to say he loved him first. He was remembering now Damien's hesitation when he first asked him to make this work and wondering now if he really didn't want to be dating. Maybe he should have left him to his cocktail waitresses.

He took a long drink off his beer, ignoring the fact he'd been sober for at least a decade as he leaned against the wall, scrubbing a hand over his face. "You have no idea how scared I am right now. No idea how much weight is on my shoulders," he said softly. "How many things I have going through my head. And you just walk in here cracking wise like everything is fucking fine."

[justfucked]

Mike tended to be that voice of reason. He smiled and took the drink from Andrew and set it down smiling. He nodded towards Damien and smiled at them both. "Why don't you two go catch up? I'll order us all something to eat." Mike dumped the beer out and went and grabbed some menus.

[filthymouth]

Alright, so he definitely had that coming. He knows he's at fault here and Andrew has every right to be pissed at him for just up and disappearing and then not even being ass enough to phone back that he was alright or even a text saying 'Fuck you'. Being afraid he mess up this dating thing had been keeping him away and he screwed up either way.

"Thanks, Mikey," he sighed out and nodded for Andrew to follow him, hopefully. "C'mon, let's go sit and talk in the bedroom. You can finish ripping me a new one there." And he could apologize in private without Mike hearing him get all soft.

[legaltoughguy]

Andrew was surprised at how quickly Michael had taken the beer away from him, in one fluid motion that he didn't even have time to stop. He knew Michael was right, though, so he didn't argue. He just nodded and followed Damien back to his bedroom, buttoning his shirt back up as he went. He wasn't going to be getting naked, at least not right now.

"What do you want to talk about?" he said quietly, closing the door behind them both and sitting on the end of his bed. "Damien, listen...if you don't want to do this with me, if you just want us to go back to the fling that we were...I'd prefer if you tell me now because I can't deal with this on top of trying to take care of Tess and trying not to go out of my mind right now."

[justfucked]

Mike ordered something substantial yet nice for dinner. He also set himself to busy getting rid of the beer stash, and anything else he could find. Mike at least could go without the beer, and he knew Damien might feel the same; for Andrew's stake.

[filthymouth]

Damien sat beside him, dragging a hand down his face and his shoulders slumping. "That's not, I don't want that. The whole fling, I mean. I said I'd give the three of us a try and I will. I just..." He paused and sighed again. "Guess I didn't realize what this all really meant until I was alone the other day and really started thinking about it. I don't wanna fuck this up or something going wrong because knowing my track record..."

He stopped and hand-waved it. "Look, what I did wasn't an excuse, I know that and I'm sorry I couldn't be here sooner. I'm sorry I didn't call. And I'm sorry about Tess. That's gotta be hard on you and I wasn't here, so...sorry."

[legaltoughguy]

"This is my sister, goddamnit." Andrew couldn't help the snap, he'd never yelled at Damien before but he couldn't help himself now. "It's not like I was calling you to get laid. If you can't be here when the worst thing in my life happens, when will you be here?"

Maybe it had been his fault. Wanting to see more of the other man than just every couple of months when he came through Chicago. Wanting to let him into his life. Trusting him with his darkest secret. He sighed and when he looked at Damien the other man would see tears in his eyes. A desperation, wanting to know what he had to do.

"I love you," he said softly. "And the only way you're ever going to let me down is if you don't try."

[justfucked]

Mike heard the yell, but right now his place was out here. He knew Damien and Andrew needed to talk things out, they had been the original two in this and he had just walked into their lives this way.

He went and waited for the delivery guy outside, giving them more privacy.

[filthymouth]

He blinked several times at the shout, taken back by it because that was definitely something Andrew didn't normally do. It's just more reason to be mad at himself for doing this to Andrew. Damien never claimed to be an angel, but that was no excuse for not responding sooner. Andrew deserved better than what he was giving him.

He looked up and noticed the tears, pulling the other man into a hug and held him tightly. "Andrew, I love you, too. I swear I do." Damien stroked the hair on the back of his neck, it actually broke his heart to see the other man crying. "I promise to make a better effort at this, okay? No more bullshit. Last thing I wanted to do was hurt you."

[legaltoughguy]

Andrew was grateful for the hug, allowing himself to melt into it for a moment. The familiar sensation of Damien's fingers stroking over the back of his neck, he'd always found that comforting and something that he loved. It helped him take a deep breath and compose himself, it would do no good to start fighting. Not when he knew he needed both of them, at least as long as Michael and Damien could stay before Section 20 called them back.

"Just stay with me," he asked softly, resting his forehead against Damien's shoulder. "I can't lose you. I lost my parents, I lost Matt and Kelly, I could lose my sister, I cannot lose you." He knew that if he had a choice he'd spend his life with Damien, but fuck if he was going to say that and scare the other man off any further. He just knew he'd hit that breaking point they'd talked about in bed the last time - he couldn't do this alone anymore.

"We should get out there," he said after a moment. "Mike's probably getting worried."

[justfucked]

Mike was still outside when the delivery guy came. He smiled and paid for their dinner and carried it inside. He grabbed three plates and began plating the food. It was just getting finished when they would come out of the room.

[filthymouth]

Holding and consoling Andrew had been equally comforting for the both of them. As much as Damien walked around like a textbook macho man, he was surprisingly gentle and emotional when things got bad enough, like having to say goodbye to Ester, for example. He loved that kid but no one else would ever know it.

"Not going anywhere until my job comes and drags me away from here. I'm all yours. And Tess is a strong girl, she's gonna fight this, alright? So stop talking like that, you're gonna make me hit you." It's a soft and playful tone and he kisses the top of Andrew's head before standing with him. "Oh right, I almost forgot about, Mikey." He grinned and wiped a tear from the corner of Andrew's eye and nodded for him to lead the way back.

"Hey, Mikey, what'd you order for us? Better be something good." And he went poking around the food to see what it was.

[legaltoughguy]

That last part made Andrew laugh despite himself as he leaned up against the wall of the kitchen. Damien's sort of cavalier sense of humor had been one of the reasons Andrew had become friends and later lovers with him. He could always make Andrew laugh, and right now that felt even better.

"He was probably just glad you gave him some peace and quiet for a few minutes," he teased Damien, helping Michael set the table before he pulled up a chair and sat down between the two of them. It would be nice to have company in the apartment for a while. "So I'm going to go see Tess again tomorrow. Trying to keep her from being alone as much as I can. Would you two come with me? She'd been asking about both of you."

[justfucked]

"I got you a big plate of steamed vegetables, Mate. No meat for you." Mike smirked at his partner. In actuality he got some pretty fancy looking burgers with curly fries. It was not greasy fast food, but simple enough all three would enjoy it.

He smiled at Andrew and nodded as he sat down, after getting them each a drink. "Of course I will."

[filthymouth]

"Pfft! Yeah, well, that's all over now," he grinned back and went for the curly fries before the other two guys could even get everything set up. Don't mind him. But then he's deadpanning at Mike, not even finished chewing his fries before he starts threatening him. "You had better not, I'll kick your ass." Luckily for Mike, it was but a joke and Damien gladly sat down for his burger.

"Same here. You two are gonna bore the poor girl out of her fucking mind." He took a large bite from his burger. Just what he needed for an empty stomach.

[legaltoughguy]

"Says the guy who tried to give her way too much information about our sex life," Andrew replied, giving his boyfriend a mirthful look. He could still remember Tessanne telling him about her first meeting with Damien and all the innuendoes therein.

"She just wants to meet you both. It's been awhile since I've dated anybody, and never anybody who's not from here, so it's different for her. For me, too," he admitted. But he was getting used to being here while the guys jetted off to save the world.

"Is somebody taking the spare bedroom later or do I need to get extra pillows for the master bedroom?" he asked as he ate.

[justfucked]

"I can take the spare bedroom if need be." Michael offered as he ate. He smiled over at them both. If they wanted more time alone then he would give it to them.

[filthymouth]

"Hey, me and her had some very entertaining conversations, many of them about you, jerk." He elbowed Andrew lightly in the side. "Seriously though. I just let her know she had nothing to worry about because she's clearly the big, little sister here. Annnd I know who to go to when I need dirt on you. Oh yeah."

The unruly soldier stole a curly fry from Andrew and shrugged. "Well, I mean, I don't mind if we all squeeze into one bed. Don't start getting all shy now, Mike. Grab some extra pillows, it'll be one big, burly sleepover," he chuckled.

[legaltoughguy]

"You know, for someone that loves me, you really enjoy screwing with me," Andrew commented, giving Damien a mirthful look. They had their more tender moments, certainly but there was always a wisecrack or an innuendo somewhere. That was who he was.

But Andrew glanced over at Michael at Damien's last words. "It's really up to you, Mike," he said. "Whatever you feel comfortable with." They hadn't ever all shared a bed before, and since all three of them weren't sleeping together, he didn't know if it might be uncomfortable for Michael. Especially since Damien tended to get handsy.