Listen To Your Heart

Further and Unrelated to Category Disclaimers: I do not own Star Gate and am not making a profit from mentioning it in this fan fic. I do not own Kensington Gardens. It is a real park in London and even though I haven't gone to London let alone that park, I figured it would be nice to add real places in this. So I make no claim to this park nor am I making a profit from using it in this story. I do not own the brachiosaurus. I looked it up and it is a real dinosaur. I do not own it and I certainly make no profit from mentioning it in this chapter. All of these mentioned in this disclaimer is for all future chapters if I use any of these again in future chapters. Thank you.

Listen To Your Heart
By: SinkingIntoDarkness
Category: Primeval
Pairing: Stephan/Connor, Danny/Connor, Stephan/Connor/Danny

Full Summary: A month has gone by since Nick died and Danny took over the team. Danny decides to tell the techno geek his feelings when, Stephan comes back! Things get tricky as Stephan is also in love with Connor. As the two men fight over the one they, both love Connor’s feelings towards both men blossom.

Warnings: Anal, AU/AR, Bi, Death, Language, M/M, Moresome, Other, UST, Violence, WD, WIP (more will be added as the fic continues. Please check back here every so often to see if anything has been added)

A/N: Hey, I am a huge fan of this BBC show and was happy that they brought it over to America. At the time that I had started writing this, they were only in the beginning of the third season. It was right after Danny was chosen to be the leader. I am a huge Connor fan and I was a huge Stephan fan until his death in the ending of the second season. Although, I still am a fan of him. I didn’t know it was the second season that he died in, that was only because here in America they decided to show both seasons as one so I saw all 13 episodes and they didn’t even re-number the third season episodes. They are calling them 14 and up.

Anyway, I got this idea as I walked to my job. I had begun to ponder: ‘what if Stephan came back to the team? He was alive with Helen at the end of season two. So why not? And oh!’ I thought, ‘Why not have Danny love Connor and why not have Stephan end up loving him two; but Connor is oblivious to both of them! Yeah, that would be awesome!’

Yeah, I really thought that haha. Sooo, that’s how this was born. I think it’s original, although I could be wrong. I mean anything could happen in Primeval. I also hate that. I've seen all of the episodes and I'm really upset that they won't make another season. So, I figured I would make my own version of how it goes.

Anyway, as you can tell, I ramble. So, enough of this let’s get this story going, shall we? I warn you that some of the characters will possibly be out-of-character coughBeckerandStephencough but there is a reason. It’s been a while since I’ve seen episodes with Stephen in them…and Becker…well I just think he is like how I portray him, if he was a close friend with Connor anyway. Now I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter One:

A man leaned against an office desk observing the people around him. He wore tight navy blue faded jeans and a white t-shirt. His sandy blond hair was short and just a bit messy. His blue-green eyes looked around the room.

In a glass room, there was a girl, with platinum blond hair styled in a short spiked haircut. Her bright blue eyes were outlined in black eyeliner, making them even brighter. She wore short khakis and a white sleeveless t-shirt. It appeared she was working on a garden, although it was with strange plants.

In another room, was another girl with long brown hair tied back in a low ponytail. She wore shorts and a light blue blouse. She sat over a microscope with her brown eyes staring at a stone. She would write something in a book before going back to the object.

The man’s eyes continued to scan the people in each room until his eyes locked on to a young man. The young man was asleep in front of one of the four tellies. The young man had black short hair that was messy and hiding under a hat. His faded jeans appeared to be wrinkled as well as his gray long sleeve shirt and white hoodie over the shirt. He also wore finger less black gloves, which were folded under the sleeping young man’s head.

The man smirked, amused at the drool that dribbled from the corner of the sleeping man’s lips. His smirk faded as he gave a sigh, letting his mind ponder over the young man.

Danny had been leading this team of a zoologist, a mythologist, and an anthropologist college student for a short period. He had joined the team barely four months ago, and had already led at the least twenty-five missions. It was never a dull day at the ARC. Danny had learned that the moment he met the team. He smiled as he remembered the first time he had met Connor. He was fascinated with the young college student.

Danny never really understood much of what Connor said, but he was never the type to care about the technical part of anything. He learned that Connor could be a bit annoying at times. However, something about the young man made it hard to be mad at him or even hate him. Connor was like a lovable puppy dog where you couldn’t punish him even if you wanted. Connor even had the look down where it melted your heart with one look into those chocolate brown eyes of his. He had something about him that made you have to love him.

If you didn’t know him, you would expect him to be the first one to run away from the beasts and monsters that would come out from the anomalies. However, that wasn’t the case. He was the first one to jump into danger if it meant saving his friends. If Danny believed in those Chinese Zodiac stuff, he’d swear that Connor was born in the year of the Dog.

As Danny worked on missions and got to know each member of the team, he found himself growing more interested in Connor. At first, it started out as admiration at how brave the young man presented himself. From there, it turned into a fondness that quickly turned into a small ‘man crush’ as Abby would say. Before he knew it, Danny found himself falling in love with the college student.

At first, Danny thought it was just the man-crush, however, as the missions grew more dangerous, the more Danny felt he needed to protect Connor. It wasn’t so far fetched that Danny could love the young man; he was bisexual. However, he didn’t want to believe Connor was whom he loved.

Danny thought he had found love with Jenny. She was a spunky brunet who he had fun teasing and loved watching her get angry with him. However, after watching her almost die and have her call out another man’s name while ‘he’ was the one holding her hand; well, that made him realize that she would never see him. Her heart would always love Nick Cutter; the former leader of the team he now led.

It had hurt him when she decided to leave the team. He felt somewhat responsible. He felt that if only he could have protected her more, she would still be with the team. However, he realized that there was no way he could have prevented it from happening. Eventually, Jenny would have left. It seemed that her passion for the ARC had died along with Cutter.

The pain of Jenny leaving had long been gone. So there was nothing stopping Danny’s heart for wanting to chase after Connor. However, just because his heart wasn’t in his way didn’t mean there weren’t other obstacles stopping him. Connor had a close relationship with Abby. They were living with each other for quite a while until Abby’s baby brother came to live with her. There wasn’t enough room for both Connor and Abby’s baby brother in her small flat. So, Abby asked Connor to move out; although she swore it would only be temporary. It had been four months and her brother was still living with her. Connor was staying at a friend’s house, according to Connor that is. No one knew exactly where and with whom he was staying, not even Abby.

If he could, Danny would have already offered Connor to stay at his flat. In any other situation, Danny would have already gone up to Connor, express his feelings towards him, and ask the young man to live with him. However, he hadn’t done so for the fact he was afraid that Connor would reject him. He had already been rejected by Jenny, so he didn’t think his heart could take another shot like that so soon. So here he was standing from afar admiring his ‘sleeping cutie’ and wishing he could tell Connor his feelings.

Danny’s thoughts were interrupted as Connor began to mumble and move in his sleep. Danny scrunched his eyebrow together and walked over to the slumbering young man. He stood barely two feet from Connor. He blinked at the sweat that glistened on his face. His face was also twisted in some form of pain.

“No…please…” mumbled Connor.

Danny tilted his head to the side.

“Please…don’t go…don’t leave me….” He whimpered in his sleep.

Danny took a closer look at his face and found it to be paler than usual. There were some bags under his eyes as well as if he hadn’t slept. This made Danny furrow his forehead in concern. His hand gently rested on Connor’s shoulder and he gently shook him. Connor only shifted in his sleeping position.

“Hey, Connor. Wake up.” Danny whispered, moving his face closer to Connor’s face.

“Don’t…” Connor whimpered again.

“Hey, wake up. Come on mate.” Danny said a bit louder and shook him harder.

This seemed to stir the young man. He made a small groaning from his lips before yawning wide. Danny couldn’t help but snicker as chocolate brown eyes slowly blinked open. Danny couldn’t help but chuckle at the next thing that happened. Connor stared into Danny’s eyes, blinked for a few moments before making an ‘eep’ noise and jumping back out of his chair.

Danny’s laugh was uncontrolled as he stared down at the young man, whose legs were up in the air against the chair and his eyes wide and blinking up in a daze like state.

“What the…Danny?” Connor said, his brain seeming to recognize the man in front of him.

Connor groaned, as he felt sore on his bottom. He rolled to the side, having his legs fall off the chair and where he landed on his knees. He sits up onto his knees before standing up.

“You okay?” snickered Danny.

“My bum is sore.” Connor says, rubbing it to prove his point.

Danny couldn’t help but give a sly smirk, which made Connor raise an eyebrow at the older man. However, before Connor could comment, the anomaly detector went off. The two men stood there for a moment before Connor sat down in the chair, wincing for a minute before rolling up to the keyboard and began to type.

“Where is it this time?” came a dry voice from behind.

Danny turned around to see the boss of this entire operation standing behind him. He wore a business suit all in black and a white shirt underneath. He wore a black silky tie around his collar and stood with his head held high. His brown eyes were looking at one of the four tellies. His brown hair combed back nice and neat as usual.

“I’m checking that right now.” Connor says not evening glancing back at his boss.

He types a few more keys before a map appears on one of the four tallies; a red circle surrounding a particular area on the map.

“Ah, it looks to be in at Kensington Gardens.” Connor says looking up at the screen.

“Let’s go then.” Came a female voice.

Abby and Sarah were standing behind the group. Connor turned around and nodded.

“Right.”

Connor stood up and grabbed his anomaly container, which he had made into a compact version of his first. A man dressed in a black military uniform quietly walks behind the group. He had a gun holstered at his side. His black hair was short and slicked back in a ‘cool’ style, as his hazel eyes looked as if they were always analyzing. He followed closely behind Connor as he walked to the car. They all entered two cars before driving off.


(Twenty Minutes Later At Kensington Gardens)

Two cars stop on a trail. In front of them is what to appear to be many broken mirrors floating in a cluster to form a circle; light seeming to be reflecting from every angle of the mirror looking object. This was known as an anomaly. This was where creatures from both the past and future use as a way to come into the present.

Connor came out of the silver van with Becker right behind him. Danny came out of the other van with a whistle. He walked up to the anomaly and tilted his head as he looked at it. He had seen many different size and shapes of the anomaly but nothing that formed an almost perfect circle.

“I wonder if anything came out yet.,” pondered Sarah.

“We’ll find out soon enough.” Danny says watching Becker help Connor set up smaller container version.

Danny furrowed his eyes as he noticed how Becker seemed a bit…friendly? Yes, that was the right word. The military man didn’t speak much and the only thing Danny knew about the man was he was hired to protect them all.

‘Well, I’d say he’s doing too good of a job with Connor…’ Danny thought as he watched Becker pat Connor’s back and Connor smile back at the military man.

Connor finishes the set up and holds the new remote he made for the machine. He was very proud of himself. Lester had told him that it was ridiculous to bring all of that ‘junk’ as he put it just to contain the anomaly. Therefore, with that in mind, Connor figured out how to condense the electronic field.

Becker took out his gun and gave some silent orders to a few men that had come with the group. Connor gave the military man a smile, who gave one back. They had become great friends as they worked on more missions. Connor found that even though Becker was quiet, he was a great guy; even had a sense of humor. They had hung out a few times outside of work, just a ‘guys night’ out. Who knew that the military man liked Stargate? Although, Connor was forbidden to share that little bit of information, providing he still wanted to keep his tongue in his mouth.

“It doesn’t seem like anything came out…” Abby comments as She was looking around for any sort of tracks of something going in or out of the anomaly.

“That would be lucky.” Sarah says.

“Too easy.” Danny commented as he studied the anomaly.

For some reason, he didn’t like this anomaly. It wasn’t as if he liked any of the other ones; however, this one felt different to him. He wasn’t sure why, but he had a bad feeling in his gut about this one.

“I don’t like this…” Danny mumbled aloud.

“I’m ready to close this thing.” Connor says holding up the remote.

Danny gives the anomaly one last look before walking back and stands behind Connor. Connor holds the remote in his left hand. He opens and closes his fingers on his right hand a few times, before he places his hand above the button. He begins to count down from three.

“Wait, it looks like something is coming through.” Abby says, causing Connor to halt in the middle of saying one.

Abby squints her eyes as she stares into the anomaly. Connor tilts his head to the side as he bends in closer towards it. Becker brings his gun up and is prepared to shoot whatever would come out. Sarah looks in anticipation, wondering what would be coming out. Danny stood there; feeling like his stomach was flip-flopping inside.

There was a shadow forming with in the broken mirrors. However, what came out surprised everyone. It was a man! His clothes were present day clothes; however, they were torn and tattered as if they had seen many battles. Scratches and blood littered the poor man’s body along with dirt. He clenched his right arm to his chest, as he seemed to stumble forward towards the group, who were too stunned to move.

His raven black hair was soaked with sweat and some blood as it stuck to his head. The man breathed heavily as he fell to his knees. Slowly, his head looked up. Abby and Connor’s eyes widened as a gasp escaped their lips.

“Stephen?” Connor asked his voice shakily as he stared into those icy blue eyes.

Stephen looked at Connor with a glazed over look before giving him a small smile.

“Hey…” he said before his eyes rolled back into his head and he fell forward before everything went completely black.


(A Few Hours Later…)

His head felt like it was about to explode. He could hear voices surround him. Could it be? Had he finally made it? He stirred slightly which seemed to quiet everyone in the room. His icy blue eyes opened slowly, wincing a bit at the light in the small room. He blinked his eyes a few times before they were fully open. He looked around finding a few familiar faces and a few that he didn’t recognize.

Abby let out a happy cry and held onto Stephen’s hand as if she were afraid to let it go. Connor was on the other side of the made shift bed looking as if he was about to explode with joy. Stephen looked up at the two people he hadn’t seen for what seemed like years. He squeezed Abby’s hand to let her know that he really was here and looked up at Connor who had un-shed tears in his eyes. He smiled up at the young man.

“I can’t believe it, you’re alive!” Connor says before rubbing his eyes with his arm trying to get rid of the happy tears.

“You’re staring right at me.” Stephen says with a smile.

“I know but still!” Connor says with a smile and a laugh, his arm missing a few tears that fell down his face.

Abby had a few happy tears in her own eyes.

“Stop that, or I’ll start crying,” laughed Stephen.

“We’ve missed you so much…” Abby says her eyes staring happily; down at the man she had crushed on the moment she had met him.

Sarah stood next to Abby and felt a bit awkward. She felt she should leave or something. She didn’t know the guy, even though she had heard many stories from both Abby and Connor. Connor had more to say about Steven then Abby. To Sarah, it seemed by how Connor would talk about Steven, that the two were very close. She smiled at the man.

“I’m Sarah. I’ve heard so much about you. I’m happy to finally meet you, not to mention that you’re not dead.” She said with a small laugh.

Stephen looked at her with his icy blue eyes and gave her a small smile. He nodded at her having nothing really to say to her.

“Oh,” Connor says turning to Becker, “That military looking mate is Becker.”

Becker nodded in Stephen’s direction, who nodded back.

“And,” Connor says pointing at Danny, who stood next to him. “This is Danny.”

Danny looked at Stephen with a sick feeling in his stomach. The two seemed to have a spark go through them as they looked into each others' eyes. They stared at each other for a few moments causing a silence in the room.

“Uh…you guys okay?” Connor asks looking from Danny to Stephen then back to Danny.

Danny gave Stephen a suspicious look, as Stephen gave Danny one of his famous cold looks.

“It’s a miracle you’re alive. From what Connor and Abbs have told me, is that Cutter watched you die. But here you are; a bit scratched up but here alive and well. How is that, Stephen?” Danny says, emphasizing the man’s name in a way as if challenging the man.

Everyone was silent after that before Abby breaks it.

“He’s right,” she says.

“I was actually wondering the same thing…” Connor says, looking at Stephen “Cutter did say he saw you die…so how did you escape?”

Stephen sat up, winching a bit as he did until he was sitting up in the makeshift bed.

“That is a long story.”

“We have time.” Danny says his voice a bit cold.

Connor looks at Danny confused. He was sure that if Stephen was alive and had met Danny that the two would be best mates; but here the two are, his dream come true and the two at each others' throats.

Stephen sighs combing his good hand through his messy hair.

“I thought I was done for myself. I was planning to sacrifice my self for Nick’s sake. But just as they jumped me, an anomaly opened up right next to me. I saw it as my way out and jumped into it right before they were able to tear into me. I landed back in time and have been searching for a way back. I’ve gone through so many anomalies…I was ready to give up but I thought I should try one more and finally I’m home.”

Connor stared in amazement while Abby looked at Stephen with awe. Danny didn’t seem to buy the story and folded his arms across his chest.

“That seems a bit too convenient, doncha think?”

“Convenient or not, that’s how it happened.” Stephen says, giving Danny a look, “Who is this guy again and why isn’t Cutter here? I was sure he would be the one standing next to my bed…no offense.”

Stephen gives an apologetic smile to Abby and then to Connor, staring a bit longer at Connor, to Danny’s discomfort. Connor feels his heart skip a beat as he takes in a breath. The look Stephen gave him made his heart jump, however, the question about Cutter pained his heart. He looked away from Stephen with pain filled eyes.

“Stephen…” Abby says with a sad voice.

Stephen looks between the two with a curious look.

“What have I missed?”

“Nick…Professor Cutter is dead…” Connor chokes out, his face growing pale from the memory.

It still plagued his thoughts and his dreams. Connor couldn’t forget Nick’s words or how he could sense Nick’s very soul slip away as his head rested against his shoulder as the flames from the fire surrounded the two of them. Connor bit his bottom lip trying to keep it from quivering. He had to be strong. He had promised Cutter that he would continue the work. Connor promised that he would be strong, and not let him down.

Stephen stares at Connor, eyes wide. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. It couldn’t be true, could it? After all he did, after all he went through; after all the work he had gone through to get back, to get back to him. He went through all of that for Nick; and it was all in vain, Nick Cutter was dead. His hand went to his forehead as if he had a headache.

“When?” he asked in a soft voice.

Abby opened her mouth, however Connor answered.

“He’s been…he’s been dead for at least four months now…I…I was there when he died….” Connor says closing his eyes, trying to hold back the tears as his hand went to the shoulder where Cutter’s head rested when he had died.

Connor was unable to hold back the tears that he had held since the day Cutter died. He bites his lower lip and took in a deep breathe through his teeth and opened his eyes. He looked at Stephen who had a pain filled look to him as well as confusion. Connor looked away, unable to look at that pain filled look. He still felt that he could have saved Cutter. Connor still felt that if only he went in after Cutter when he first ran in; that maybe Cutter would still be alive. He felt arms wrap around his waist and a head resting on his shoulder. Becker said nothing as he held Connor in a protective yet comforting hug.

Abby knew how close the two were and didn’t think it to be anything more. Connor seemed to calm down in Becker’s hug. She looked sadly at Connor and wished she could comfort him. She found that only Becker could calm Connor down after Cutter had died. In her eyes, it seemed Becker had taken Cutter’s place in helping Connor. He wasn't replacing Cutter, but just filling in.

Danny looked stunned at the two before his face crunched up in jealousy. He wished he could hug Connor and make him feel better. However, he still held back by the fear he had, about Connor’s possible rejection of him.

Stephen felt a pain in his heart at seeing the way Becker held Connor. He felt his hand move on its own as he grabbed Connor’s hand. Connor’s eyes opened and he blinked down, tears coming out of his eyes, which were now wide. He stared down at Stephen’s hand before looking into his eyes. Stephen looked back into those chocolate brown puppy dog-like eyes and reflected the same pain. Connor sniffled and squeezed Stephen’s hand back. Becker didn’t let go of Connor but did loosen his grip. Becker had feelings for Connor however; it was in the little brother category.

Connor let out a breath and pulled his hand away from Stephen before pushing away from Becker, who released the young man in an instant. Connor wiped the tears away and smiled.

“Thanks guys, but I think that’s too much cuddling for me.” He said with a weak laugh.

Abby snorted through her tears and wiped them away. She was happy to see Connor was back to his old self. She was beginning to worry. Becker moved back from Connor and smiled.

“I thought you were the cuddling type.”

“What gave you that idea?” Connor says turning to Becker with a pout on his lips.

Becker chuckled at the pout and couldn’t help but smirk before shrugging.

“You’re better at being ‘cuddled’ then being a ‘cuddler’.” Abby laughs.

“Now what does THAT mean?” Connor asks giving Abby a half glare half pout.

“Sorry to interrupt such a ‘touching’ moment,” came Lester’s voice from the doorway, “But it’s four o’clock and even though I’m ‘thrilled’ that you are all willing to stay after hours and possibly do some work; I’m afraid I can’t afford overtime. So if you could all finish up here?”

Lester glanced at Connor as if telling him something. Connor looked thoughtful for a moment before a smile crossed his lips.

“Hey, why don’t you stay with me, Stephen? I mean I’m sure you don’t have a place to stay now that you’re back.” Connor says looking happily at Stephen.

“Absolutely not!” Lester growls.

This had caused the group to look at him funny, everyone excluding Connor.

“Why not?” asks Sarah a confused look on her face.

“You may be the boss but that doesn’t mean you can boss us about things out side of work.” Abby says with her hands on her hips.

“I agree with Lester, for once.” Danny says, not liking the idea of Stephen living with Connor.

“Please Lester? I promise it won’t interfere with work or anything else.” Connor says going up to, the boss who gives the young man a firm glare.

“Connor, you don’t have to beg him to let you have Stephen live with you.” Abby says a bit taken aback by Connor’s action.

Lester sighs and puts his hand to his forehead as if he is having a headache.

“Oh, alright…but,” Lester says, before whispering so only Connor can hear, “we’ll discus this at home.”

Connor’s eyes brighten and a huge smile crosses his lips.

“Thanks Lester!”

Lester snorts and turns around however, he couldn’t help but smirk. He had a soft spot for the ‘puppy’ look that Connor seemed to be a master at making. However, that didn’t mean Lester would let the techno geek walk all over him in other decisions.

Stephen was standing up now and putting on a coat that was left out for him to use. Connor smiles at Stephen, who smiles back.

“Well, guess we should go now. I’ll see you guys later.” Connor says before running out of the room.

Stephen slowly walks out the door after Connor. He gives Abby a smile. She smiles back. He turns and nods at Becker and Sarah, however when he reaches Danny he gives him a cold look before leaving the room.

(At Lester’s flat)

“So this is where Lester lives?” Stephen says looking around the nice flat.

“Just don’t tell anyone that we’re living here, or Lester will kick us out.” Connor says as he walks over to a small closet and pulls out some sheets and a pillow.

Lester had driven the two in his car, where everything was explained, including the rules.

“I know, I heard it on the way here.” Stephen sighed as he combed his good hand through his hair.

“Just making sure you know is all.” Connor says with a smile.

Stephen couldn’t help but smile back. He had missed everyone, however it was Nick and Connor he missed the most. Nick was his best friend, not just his boss. Nick was always there for Stephen. He felt like he lost a brother than a business partner. He missed the banter they had shared with each other and he was looking forward to hanging with his best friend like the ‘good old days’. However, it seemed fate had decided to laugh in his face. His sacrifice was obviously in vain.

Connor was the only person left he felt he could live on. He had a major ‘man crush’ on the young man the moment he met him. When Connor told Abby that he thought he, Stephen, was gay; Connor was only half right. He was a bisexual and at the time, he had a girlfriend. It didn’t last long as the hours of his new job, at the time; were too demanding. Having a girlfriend meant you needed to be on call 24-7. Stephen couldn’t handle that so he broke it off.

It wasn’t until the incident, as Stephen called it; where he felt he really loved Connor. It was after Tom, Connor’s best friend died. He couldn’t stand to see those pain filled eyes staring at one of the few friends he had. Stephen had promised himself after that, he wouldn’t let that look come back into Connor’s eyes. However, it seemed he had failed in that promise as he saw that very same look today while Connor was telling about what happened to Cutter.

Stephen sighed. Nick had told him that he should tell Connor how he felt, however, Stephen wasn’t the type to share his feelings. He wasn’t good at displaying feelings and felt that protecting him and loving him from afar was all he could handle. He never knew that he wouldn’t have time to tell Connor how he felt. Stephen thought he had plenty of time to tell the young man his feelings but then destiny interfered and he was stuck traveling from anomaly to anomaly. If Nick was still alive, he would have demanded Stephen tell Connor his feelings.

However, Stephen couldn’t, not yet anyway. He had to take care of a few things first before he could take his friendship with Connor to the next level. He watched the young man set up the couch as a bed. Lester was already in his room, doing whatever he did to relax after work.

“You can sleep in the room over there.” Connor says, pointing to a room next to Lester’s room.

“Where are you sleeping?” Stephen asks, looking at the couch.

He was sure he would be sleeping on the couch, although, he wouldn’t have minded sharing the bed with Connor. He let out a sigh and tried to get any and all ‘nasty’ thoughts out of his head. Connor just smiled at Stephen.

“Out here, it’s better for me anyway. Lester snores like a brachiosaurus.” Connor comments with a goofy smile.

“I heard that!” came Lester’s voice from his room.

Connor winces.

“I meant it in a good way?” Connor says hoping that Lester believed that.

He turned to Stephen, who just laughed.

“What?” Connor asks blinking at Stephen.

Stephen just shook his head.

“I’ll take the couch.”

“You’ve probably been sleeping in caves and in grass or something like that. You should sleep in a bed on your first day back.” Connor says with a smile.

Stephen thinks about it. It did sound tempting.

“I have missed sleeping in a bed…”

“So I’ll sleep on the couch.” Connor says with a yawn before crawling onto the couch.

“Night, we gotta wake up early for tomorrow. Lester likes getting to work early so no one sees me riding in the car.”

Stephen nods.

“Night then.” Stephen heads towards the room.

“I’m…” Connor started, making Stephen stop and turn towards the young man who had his back away on the couch.

“I’m happy you’re back.” Connor says turning around and looking at Stephen with his puppy dog eyes.

Stephen couldn’t help but smile.

“I’m happy to be back too. Good night Connor.”

Connor smiled and lies back onto the couch.

“G’night.”

(End of Chapter One)

So, that is the end of the first chapter. I know, very long. I am going to make each chapter long. I figured the show is an hour long, why not have long chapters? Well, I have this story outlined and so that being said; I know what I’m doing for once. I hope you guys enjoyed this and please review!