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noah, brennan

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:29:29 GMT

When Noah had slipped into his English class, he'd been more than surprised to catch Sigmund's scent. For a moment he was puzzled and once he slid into his seat behind Brennan, he knew just where it was coming from. For the rest of class he was confused, trying to place why his friend smelled like his Alpha when he remembered half way through that Bren now worked at the paper. With Sigmund. That had to be it. Still, it was an unusually strong scent, but Noah didn't put a sexual context on it. Bren had a girlfriend, after all. So it just had to be from work, right? By the time class was over, he'd convinced himself that it was just that simple, and he got up to gather his things in his bag. "I was so zoned out," he mumbled to Bren, "Were you paying attention? Maybe I can borrow your notes."

"Yeah totally," Brennan nodded, shoving everything into his bag. "You wanna come over to my place?" His apartment was just across campus. He had no idea that he still smelled like Sigmund or that his apartment did even more. "its not far away and you can totally copy my notes." He put his backpack on and stood up, smiling at Noah. "I wanted to talk to you anyway."

Delilah was busy for the afternoon, so it wasn't as if she needed him around for something. Now that she was pregnant, Noah was a lot more conscious of being around for her. He was doing his best to be a good boyfriend and hopefully that would translate into a good husband, when he eventually popped the question. And he prayed he'd be a good father, too. He wet his lips and nodded his head, "Yeah, sweet, thanks," he smiled as he slung his bag over his shoulder. "What did you wanna talk about?" he asked, figuring it had something to do with Bren's very absent girlfriend. Sometimes Noah felt bad gushing about Delilah so much, knowing that Brennan's relationship was suffering.

"Oh...nothing that important," Brennan said, thankful that his longer hair covered the fading hickey Sigmund had left on his neck. "Just...she was supposed to come up over the weekend and she didn't," he knew Noah knew this was nothing new. "And I ended up having someone over..." he trailed off, pulling on his beanie with the earflaps as they exited the building. "I guess im just trying to figure out what counts as cheating."

Noah held onto the strap of his messanger bag as they exited the classroom and headed down the hallway, just listening to his friend talk. She. Noah knew that was Sarah, and he found it funny how often this conversation came up. Well, the last bit was a surprise. He arched a brow, his expression shifted from confident to confused. "Oh," he said, "Well, Bren. Having someone over isn't cheating," he laughed, then paused as he glanced over at the other boy. "Unless something happened?"

"Well," Brennan said, staring down at the ground. "I didn't mean for something to happen. We were drinking and playing Halo and the other person made the first move," he said quietly. "I was kind of drunk for the beginning of it but I wasn't by the end," he admitted. He didn't think it was wise to lie to Noah. There was no point really.

"Ah," Noah said, lifting a hand up to rub at the back of his neck a little. "Well.. it sounds like there was some cheating, yeah," he said honestly. There was no reason to sugarcoat things. "And I think you all ready know that. Things with you and Sarah are... they haven't been good, you know? Maybe it's time to just.. throw in the towel, and move on?" He paused and dropped his hand to his side as they stepped outside, and he drew in a deep breath of fresh air. "What's the girl's name? The girl from this weekend?"

"Well we didn't have sex," Brennan said, not wanting Noah to think he was a total cheater. As if there were levels of cheating or something. "And...I know, about Sarah. But her family loves me and my parents love her and its just so complicated." He trailed off, staying silent and ignoring the question about the name as they went up the stairs to his apartment. Unlocking the door, he pushed it open. "That's also very complicated," he finally said.

"That's not a good reason to stay with someone," Noah said honestly, finding the idea particularly ludicrous. Then again, he didn't have a family unit quite like Brennan's. Noah's living situation was with a pack, and the dynamics were definitely different. "You should be with someone for yourself. You know?" he added, shaking his head out of his eyes. He wet his lips, his expression twisting into one of confusion at Bren's last statement. "What is?" he asked, not making the connection as he stepped inside his friend's apartment. He was immediately hit with the overwhelming scent of Sigmund and he just froze for a moment. "Oh my... God," he muttered, turning to look at Brennan. "A guy?" Sigmund. It explained everything. But he couldn't let on he knew it was Sigmund exactly, because it wasn't as if he could tell Brennan he could smell his Alpha all over the place.

"How did you know?" Brennan's eyes went wide and he stared at Noah as he shut the door behind him. "And yes, that's what makes it so complicated and random. I only ever kissed one other guy and this guy just totally started making out with me and...I liked it," he said softly, plopping down on the couch. "And then..." he went a little red. "He jerked me off."

"Just a... guess..." Noah stuttered out a little, trying not to go red in the face as Brennan kept on talking. The thought of Sigmund jerking Brennan off made his face flush and he just sort of stared at his friend for a moment before he went over to the couch, shrugging off his messenger bag. "Wow that's, uh..." he paused, glancing at the couch, "It wasn't on here, was it?" he asked as he pointed down on the couch.

"Um...actually," Brennan nodded a little, covering his mouth with a hand as he realized. "But uh, he jerked me off here. I jerked him off there," he pointed to where Noah was sitting, unable to keep from laughing just a little bit at how funny the situation was.

Just as Noah was about to sit down, he changed his mind and moved to drop down in the chair across from the couch. He couldn't help but be curious just how this had happened. Brennan was... younger than him, by a year. And Sigmund was... well, older. It was just so goddamn random. "So, do you like... you know, like him?" he asked, arching a brow.

"I don't know," Brennan moaned flopping over onto the couch, clearly not bothered by what had gone on there. "I mean yeah, I do but what about Sarah?" he sighed, draping himselfoff the couch backwards to look at Noah. "It's this guy from work. He came over so I could teach him to play Halo."

"Halo?" Noah said slowly, arching a brow. The thought of Sigmund playing Halo made him want to giggle, but he held it back and cleared his throat instead. "Okay. Sarah. Bren," he sighed, shaking his head. "You haven't been happy for a while. She never puts any effort into your relationship, she doesn't even meet you halfway. So what the fuck about her?"

"Yeah Halo," Brennan replied before listening to his friend talk. "And I don't know about Sarah. We've been together for like two years," he sighed. "Shouldn't we be able to make it work out?" He reasoned out loud.

Noah simply shrugged. He didn't know why Brennan was holding onto someone who just wasn't there, but it felt sort of like he was talking to a wall and he didn't want to give advice only to be ignored. "You cheated on her, you tell me," he said simply.

Brennan just stared at Noah, still upside down. "I didn't mean to," he said softly. "So I should break up with her then? But I don't even know if the guy really likes me, you know? I mean, he doesn't seem like the type to just mess around for fun but how do I know?"

"I'm saying you should do what you feel is best for you, not for your family and not for Sarah," Noah said after a moment, sighing a little. He chewed on the inside of his lower lip and furrowed his brow. He knew that Sigmund was a good guy, more than good, but when it came to Sigmund's sex life? He knew nothing. "Aside from how this guy feels about you... Are you happy with Sarah? Can you honestly say that you've been happy these past few months? When was the last time you were happy."

"No, I guess not," Brennan said, in response to whether he'd been happy over the past few months. He ran a hand over his head and pulled the beanie off to tug at his curls. It took a little while longer of thinking before he came to a realization. "I guess I was really happy when Sigmund spent the night," he murmured. "We took a shower and then he fell asleep and stayed over."

While Noah had figured out that it was Sigmund, hearing the name officially come from Brennan's lips still was odd to him. He wet his lips and cleared his throat a little. "Sigmund?" he said, trying to act as if he was just piecing everything together. "You said you met him at work?" he smiled a little, "You realize I live with a Sigmund. Who works at the paper. Sigmund is a pretty unique name around here."

"Yeah, at the...paper," Brennan said slowly, righting himself from his upside down position. He rubbed at his forehead as the blood rushed to his head. "Oh shit! My Sigmund is your Sigmund? What the hell?" He looked over at Noah, eyes wide. "How is that possible?"

"Well, he's not my Sigmund," Noah said with a warm laugh, unable to help it. "Not in the way he's been your Sigmund, anyway," he amended as he drummed his slender fingertips against his knee. "Small world, huh?" Really small world. Small world didn't even begin to describe it.

"You know what I mean!" Brennan said. "And yeah, really crazy small. You live with him! That's so insane. When are you going to invite me over?" He grinned, poking at Noah's knee.

"Oh, you find out our Sigmunds are one and the same, and suddenly you want to come over," Noah teased with a smirk. "If you want to see Sigmund, it sounds like you don't need me to invite you over," he grinned, picking up one of the pillows from behind him to toss it over at his friend.

"I thought he wasn't your Sigmund," Brennan replied, sticking his tongue out at Noah. "Now I guess the question is do I tell Sarah or just break up with her and keep it to myself?"

"He's my father figure," Noah replied with a grin, "Which makes the idea of him and you entirely awkward, but whatever," he shrugged his shoulders as he wet his lips. "And as for Sarah... well, I think that's your call, bud."

"Oh God," Brennan sighed. "Now I feel bad. Just remember that I didn't make the first move." He opened his backpack and handed his notebook to Noah before getting up. "You want a beer?" He offered.

"Don't feel bad," Noah chuckled as he reached out and took the notebook. "Sigmund's a good guy. It's just.. you know, you. And him. Kinda weird, that's all." He pulled out his own notebook so that he could start to copy down Brennan's notes. "Nah, no thanks."

"Okay," Brennan nodded, going to grab two bottles of water instead. He came back and gave one to Noah before settling back on the couch. "So enough about me. What's been up with you?"

Noah took one of the bottles of water and twisted open the cap for a sip before he wet his lips and sighed. "Well," he said after a moment, "Delilah's pregnant."

"Oh....wow," Brennan said softly, looking at Noah. "When did you find out? Why were you letting me go on and on about Sigmund? You should have told me," he said.

Noah shrugged his shoulders a little. "Still getting use to it, I guess," he sighed as he bit down on his lower lip. He glanced up at Brennan with a faint smile. "The hard part was telling Sigmund."

"Oh man, yeah...what did he say?" Brennan asked, leaning against the arm of the couch. And then, more importantly, "when is she due?"

"Six months," Noah said with a sigh as he stretched his legs out and then relaxed them. "And Sigmund said, you know. He was cool about it."

open to sigmund, london + sigmund

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:03:37 GMT

While it hadn't been his intention to stay out overnight, it wasn't as if it had been his choice. Well, after he'd been attacked and saved by Roman he'd had a choice, but he wasn't about to deny Roman after they'd been apart for months. He'd been the first guy that London had really started to fall for, and he'd ran in the opposite direction instead of letting himself fall because of his secret. London always reasoned that it wasn't just his secret he'd be telling, it was his entire pack's secret, and if London was anything it was extremely loyal. But it had turned out that Roman had known all along what he was, and that Roman knew how to pick out different supernatural creatures. Finding that out had been a shock to London, and he'd felt incredibly stupid for giving up someone out of fear when they'd known who he was all along. They'd spent the night together, though, and now things seemed like they were right as they were before London had given up.

Once Roman dropped him off in the morning, London was slow moving to get into the house. His body was sore for the car crash Elgyn had caused, and he was still weak from the vampire's bite. The man had nearly drained him, and if it hadn't been for Roman, London knew he'd probably be dead. Or locked away as the vampires pet. Death was definitely much more appealing than the alternative, but thankfully London was now home. Safe.

He slipped into the house, chilled from the morning cold despite his usually warm nature. His body was still recovering. He took the back way, the door that led into the kitchen, and he was quiet. The second he opened the door the smell of coffee hit his senses, and he was comforted by the familiar scent of Sigmund. He shut the door quietly and leaned up against it with a heavy sigh as his gaze settled on his Alpha and friend. In other packs, most would never dare to categorize their Alpha as a friend, but London did. There had been a time when he'd hoped for more than friends, but that wasn't something that was meant to happen and he'd come to terms with that a while ago. And then he'd met Roman, and moved on through falling for someone else, then he'd given Roman up for his pack's secret though no one had asked him to, and now... Roman was back. It was safe to say that London's head was spinning a bit, and not just from his injuries.

"My car needs to get towed," he said after a moment, his voice clearly exhausted.

open to sigmund - noah, sigmund

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:04:34 GMT

To say that Noah was nervous to talk to Sigmund was a complete understatement. He was more than just nervous, he was a little terrified. It wasn't that he was afraid that Sigmund was going to turn into the Incredible Hulk on him, it was just that what he had to tell his Alpha was such a huge deal that he wasn't sure how it was going to be taken. Being one of the quieter members of the pack, Noah hadn't ever been in any kind of trouble. He helped out when it was needed, he was smart and did well in school, and now he was going to college for art and design.

It was no secret that he had a girlfriend. Noah had been with Delilah for about four years now, the two having been high school sweethearts. Anyone who knew Noah knew about Delilah. Sigmund had even met her a few times, and though the living situation that Noah had was a bit odd - to Delilah anyway - she had always been sweet about it.

And now there was this. Noah had never shared his secret with Delilah, and he had talked to Sigmund about it once before, promising to talk to him again before he made any sort of choices about it... and well, her carrying his baby? That sort of made him make a choice about it.

And that was why he was pacing back and forth in the kitchen of the pack house, a complete and total nervous wreck as he tried his best to think of how he was going to tell Sigmund that he'd accidently knocked up his girlfriend.

jude + ryland (w/some Loren + Chrissy)

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:50:16 GMT

Jude had been busy all day long. He was doing a show in town, a show with London, and he was excited because that meant Ryland would be there. Anytime that Ryland came to a show, it was always a million times better and more meaningful for Jude. They'd met at this place, after he'd done a show, and he always thought of the venue with fondness. Tonight was just extra special. Ryland would be there, that made it extra special.

He was getting the stage ready and talking with London was the crowd milled about, drinking and talking. Loren was there with Chrissy, and they were hanging out with Ryland over by the bar. Chrissy had a shirley temple in hand and he looked like he was really enjoying it, which made Jude smile. Once everything was almost done, he hopped down from the stage to go over and say hello to his boyfriend.

"Hey," he greeted as he leaned in to give Ryland a soft kiss.

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:06:20 GMT

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