fear not [muke]

twenty - five

'...michael called the offices and said there were two people that could take you in, if you're willing, until this whole thing is sorted out.' luke was now curled up in ashton's lap, staring at both of his friends like he hadn't seen them in years.

'want to go with them, please.' luke whispered, turning his attention to dr. fleming at her desk.

eventually, when paperwork was worked through and agreements were made, luke was standing with calum and ashton, holding both of their hands as they left the offices. calum helped both of them into the car. ashton decided he wanted to sit in the back with luke, especially since he wasn't used to getting to have other friends in the car with him.

the second everyone was situated, calum started up the car and drove to his house, where he knew his parents were going to be upset about the new addition to their lives. they already didn't love the idea of ashton having to live with them, but he wasn't sure how they would react to a new little in the household.

'luke, when we get there do you think you could be big for a little bit? just to help everything be a little smoother?' luke nodded, pushing aside his exhaustion as he forced himself to age up for a the rest of the car ride. ashton grabbed his hand and gave it a small squeeze or reassurance.

'missed you, lukey.' ashton whispered, giving his friend a small kiss on the cheek before luke dropped his head on ashton's shoulder.

-

luke listened from calum's room as calum argued with his parents about him. he didn't want to be a burden, but he also knew that he was the reason they were arguing.

'don't worry about them, luke. they argue like that all the time. they aren't very accepting of the different classifications. they'll stop eventually and then calum will come back and we can all watch movies.'

luke nodded, liking the idea of it being quiet and watching movies with his friends. he fought against falling back into his littlespace as he sat with ashton, each insult that calum's parents were throwing at all three of them sitting in his brain uneasy.

the bedroom door opened and a teary-eyed calum walked in the room. ashton gently let go of luke and rushed to his boyfriend, who embraced him gently.

'i'm fine, ashton, really.'

'i-i know, sir but-'

'you know i only like you to call me sir when we are doing,' calum paused and looked at luke, who was staring at him with tired eyes, 'grown up things, i guess.'

'luke wants to watch a movie, i do too. want to join us?' and calum just couldn't dare say no to luke's pouty face, nor to his own boyfriend. the settled down onto calum's bed, calum holding ashton and luke's head in ashton's lap. surprisingly enough, this wasn't the first time they had laid like this, and luke really hoped it wouldn't be the last.

-

'luke it's nearly two in the morning, you really should get some rest.' luke blinked sleepily up at calum, who was now holding him and not ashton. ashton had fallen asleep hours ago watching mulan, one of ashton's all-time favorites. luke fought to stay awake, thinking that, if michael walked through the bedroom door, he wanted to be awake for it.

'n-no, i want to wait for michael.' he had managed to stay out of his headspace, knowing that he would pass out the second he felt little and was being held by anyone. calum seemed to know this too, as he had been trying to coax the boy into his littlespace for nearly an hour.

'c'mon, lu. michael wouldn't want you to keep yourself awake this long. judging by how tired you look, i take it you didn't sleep at the offices either.' luke rubbed his eyes and shook his head, feeling a little bit tinier as calum spoke of michael. calum continued speaking, moving his hand to play with luke's curls.

'when this all over and back to normal, me, you, michael, and ashton will all get together and have a big movie night, it'll be fun. i know it all seems hard now, but eventually we'll all be back in school and feeling better.' luke nodded, nearly fallen asleep by now. he whined and motioned to where ashton was lying, wanting to cuddle with him. calum smiled and lifted the boy up and scooting him closer to ashton. instinctively, ashton wrapped his arm around luke, and with that luke was out cold, dreaming of calum's movie night.