Old Ghosts and New Friends

Disclaimer: I don't own The Dukes of Hazzard or The Magnificent Seven, not making any money, just cheap thrills.


Warnings: Slash, Established Couple, Incest, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Graphic Sex


Rating: FRAO


Archive: Yes


Pairings: Bo/Luke Duke and Vin Tanner/Ezra Standish


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Old Ghosts and New Friends
Chapter 5


While everybody else had been out searching, Vin, Jesse and Daisy had been at the farm getting to know each other better. All the while keeping Michael indoors, since they didn't know where the kidnapper was.


"So Vin, you and Ezra have been together five years now?" Jesse asked.


"Yes sir," Vin replied, a soft smile playing across his face. "In fact it was you telling Ezra about Bo and Luke that gave him the courage to finally tell you about us, Mr. Duke."


"Call me Jesse son, you're with Ezra that makes ya family. Your friends didn't seem surprised about the boys, so when did Ezra tell them about Bo and Luke?"


"He told 'em on the way out here from town. He knew it wouldn't bother them any. He was just worried they'd say something that might upset the boys if they were caught off guard."


"That's fine, probably a good idea. Now I think Ezra said y'all met through work, that right?"


"Yes sir, uh Jesse, we've known each other for seven years. Took a while to get Ez to trust any of us, course after the way the fibbies treated him I don't blame him a bit. I guess I was about the first person on the team, after Chris, that Ez trusted. One thing we all found out pretty quick about Ez, is that he might have a hard time trusting us, but once he did. ...Well once that man gives you his friendship, you've got a friend for life, just as long as ya don't betray his trust."


Jesse was a little surprised; true, he didn't really know Vin, but from Ezra's letters he had gotten the impression that the young man was the quiet sort. The fact that he spoke at such length about Ezra told Jesse a lot about Vin's feelings for Ezra. Jesse was glad to see that Vin felt as much for Ezra as he knew Ezra felt for Vin. He had always worried that Ezra would never find somebody to spend his life with, not after the way Maude had raised him. He had been surprised last night when Ezra told him of the way Maude had changed. He only hoped for Ezra's sake that Maude was being honest, that she wasn't just running another con. Though she was his cousin, Maude had used shucking and jiving in ways no Duke ever had done before. Of course given how much Vin obviously loved Ezra, Jesse had a feeling Maude would do good to stay on his good side. They spent the rest of the day sharing stories about Ezra, while Daisy helped keep Michael occupied by having him help with baking cookies.

Returning to the farm, Luke insisted that Bo lay down for a little while, knowing that he needed to recover from his confrontation with Ledbetter. Seeing that Bo was resistant to the idea, Nathan suggested that maybe Luke could lay down with him, since Luke could use some rest too.


"Luke what's he talking about, did you get hurt again?" Bo asked, worried for his lover.


"I'm fine Bo," Luke assured him, shooting a glare at Nathan.


"No he ain't Bo, I had to make him take a break a couple of times while we were searching. Maybe if you lay down with him he'll get the rest he needs," Nathan told him, not in the least bothered by the glare.


Even though he knew he was being manipulated, Bo went along with it out of concern for Luke. After all he had been stabbed just the day before and even though it wasn't a serious wound, Luke still needed to be careful until it healed.


Once Bo and Luke had gone to their room, the others explained the days' events to Vin, Jesse and Daisy. Relieved to know that Michael was safe, Vin allowed Buck and JD to take the boy outside to play, knowing that his son needed to burn off some of his excess energy. Since he was Vin's son, he didn't like being cooped up anymore than his father did, so by the time everybody had returned he was bouncing off the walls.


By the time Ezra and Chris arrived back at the Duke farm, Michael had run off a lot of his energy and was more than ready to spend some time cuddling with his fathers. Ezra and Vin took Michael inside to spend some quiet time with their son, grateful that he was safe from Harvey Ledbetter.


A short while later Bo and Luke came out of their room and joined everybody else outside, while Jesse and Daisy got supper together. Supper that evening was again eaten outside; with eleven adults and one child it was the only place with enough room. As they sat around after supper visiting, Josaih remained off to the side, quietly watching and thinking.


As he watched Bo leaning against Luke, Josiah couldn't help noticing the way Bo flinched whenever anybody came near them. Thinking about Bo's reaction to that one picture and the way he'd been while searching for Ledbetter, Josiah had an awful thought. He had thought at the time that the way Bo laid into Ledbetter, you would've thought it was his son Ledbetter had hurt. Now watching as he stayed close to Luke's side and the way he responded to the others, he wondered if maybe it was even more personal for Bo. Wondering if he should say anything or not Josiah didn't notice Ezra watching him, as he watched Bo. Josiah knew that sometimes it was easier to talk to a stranger than to family and wanting to help, to repay the boys for their help, he made his decision. At the first opportunity he got he would take Bo off by himself and ask him about what he only now suspected.


That chance came sooner than he had expected as Luke went inside to get some more beer. Walking over to where Bo now sat alone, Josiah sat down beside him, hating to see Bo flinch at his nearness. "Bo, I was wondering if I could ask you something?"


"Yeah I guess so," Bo answered, not at all sure he wanted to answer Josiah's question. He had noticed Josiah watching him as he sat beside Luke, at times feeling as though the profiler knew all of his secrets.


Josiah took a deep, calming breath before plunging ahead, "How old were you,...when you were sexually abused?"


"How did you..."Bo trailed off, horrified at what he had been about to reveal. Turning and heading to the barn, he was practically running in his hurry to escape the memories Josiah's question had unleashed, so lost in thought he didn't even hear Luke calling his name.


When Luke came outside and saw Bo heading away from Josiah, almost running he called his name, not surprised when Bo didn't answer. Stalking up to Josiah, Luke shoved him up against the side of Jesse's truck. "What did you say to Bo?" Luke asked, barely holding onto his temper.


"I'm sorry Luke, believe it or not I was hoping to help him.... I asked him how old he was when he was sexually abused."


"WHAT? Damn it how could,...ya had no right...no right," Luke yelled, before running off after Bo.


The others stood in stunned silence at the turn the evening had taken. Ezra was the first to recover from his surprise. "Josiah whatever possessed you to ask Bo such a question, I'm not surprised he left. I am only surprised he didn't hit you first, I'm certain he is angry that you would...."


"Ezra; Josiah's right," Jesse told him, shocking him into silence. "I won't give you the details, what or how much you're told is up to Bo, but he was hurt by somebody he thought he could trust."


"How old was he Uncle Jesse?"Ezra asked, finding it difficult to speak around the lump in his throat.


"Fifteen...it was the summer he was fifteen," Jesse reluctantly told Ezra.


"Fif...oh Dear Lord; I was here frequently that summer. I was a goddamned FBI agent, how did I not notice anything was amiss?"


"Ezra don't be so hard on yourself. You were going through a hard time at work, and when you were here Bo was barely around the place. He lived in my house Ezra, I saw him everyday and I didn't see it so how were you supposed to? I know you feel bad for Bo, and I know you want to help him so don't stand there beating yourself up. Ya can't help anybody if ya let guilt, which there ain't no call for, to eat you up," Jesse told him.


Out in the barn Luke found Bo hiding in a corner of the hayloft. "Bo? You okay darlin?"


Bo didn't answer right away, when he did the misery in his voice broke Luke's heart. "Josiah knows Luke, I don't know how but he knows about what Jeff did to me. What am I gonna do Luke, I didn't want them to know about it, especially Ezra, you know how he is."


Wrapping an arm around his cousin, Luke turned Bo's face towards him and placed a gentle kiss on his lips. "Bo it's gonna be okay, ain't none of those men gonna think less of you, ya know that don't ya?"


"I know Luke, heck I ain't sure exactly why I'm so upset, guess it's mostly that I didn't expect any of them to figure it out. I'm sorry I ran off like I did. So, how bad did you lay into Josiah anyway?" Bo asked, with a small smile.


"Not too bad, soon as I knew why you ran off I came out here. I was a little more worried about you at the time. Figured I could always go after him later if need be. You think ya can handle going back now?"


"Not just yet, ya think we could stay out here a little longer, please?"


"Of course darlin, whatever you need," Luke responded, unable to resist the pleading note in Bo's voice.


Sitting with his arms wrapped around Bo, Luke knew the perfect way to take his lover's mind off of his memories. "Maybe if we try, we can think of someway to pass the time," Luke suggested in a husky whisper as he began to kiss his lover. Sucking and nibbling his way down Bo's neck as he slowly unbuttoned his lover's shirt, Luke paused to bite gently at Bo's adam's apple, knowing he was sensitive there. Enjoying the sound of Bo's pleasure, he slowly and teasingly moved downwards, stopping to pay attention to his lover's nipples, rubbing at Bo's erection through his jeans as he did so.


"Luke, ah...please Luke...need you. Please love...touch me...oh God please," Bo moaned and begged as Luke continued to tease him.


Finally taking pity on Bo, he removed his lover's jeans and boxers, kissing his way up Bo's legs he couldn't help grinning as Bo writhed beneath him. Reaching his lover's weeping erection, Luke took the head into his mouth, thrilling at the way Bo bucked under the onslaught, as he took him deeper into his mouth. Taking him as deep as he could and swirling his tongue around Bo's dick, he gradually increased the strength of his sucking until Bo could no longer hold back. After swallowing every drop of his lover's essence, Luke kissed his way back up Bo's body, finally claiming his lips in a passionate kiss.


"Great way to pass the time, always knew you were the smart one love," Bo murmured, relaxing into Luke's embrace.

Thirty minutes later Bo and Luke returned from the barn. Bo was relieved when nobody seemed to be looking at him any differently; though he was sure they all knew what had happened to him. He stiffened slightly when he saw Josiah approaching him. As he forced himself to relax, he was grateful to have Luke beside him. "Bo, I'm sorry that I upset you, that wasn't what I planned to do. Your uncle told us that somebody hurt you when you were fifteen. Now he didn't give us any details and he only confirmed my suspicion because Ezra was angry with me for thinking what I was." Pausing for a moment, Josiah thought about how best to proceed. "Bo the reason I asked is because I wanted to offer my help. I'm concerned about you, the way you reacted to all of this makes me think you never really dealt with whatever happened to you. I just want you to know son that you can come to me if you need to talk, either while we're here or you can call me when I'm back in Denver. Sometimes it's easier to talk to a stranger and I do have some training as a counselor,. Just know the offer is there if you want to take me up on it."


Trading a look with Luke, Bo didn't know how he felt about Josiah's offer. "That's nice of ya Josiah, but I don't know if I'll ever feel like talking about it. I'm not sure I even need to, but I'll think about it, thank you," Bo told him, holding a hand out towards him.


Nothing more was said about the earlier conversation for the rest of the evening. After the supper things were cleared away, they sat around the picnic table, playing poker and relaxing in the evening air, until time for bed.


TBC