halloweentown!!! (halloweenish) wrote in politico,
@ 2010-01-20 03:29:00

Entry tags:

vegas, mika, murphy

Vegas was exhausted, but happy to have Murphy home again. By the time they got to his parent's house, it was pretty late. Their mother cooked everyone a snack while Murphy showered, and after they all ate Murphy fell asleep in his room with Seth and Vegas. Vegas was wide awake, waiting or Mika to get there after work.

Mika had worked late and he hadn't had much time to really go home and get his things, so he just walked to Vegas' parents house when he was off work and he texted Vegas from the porch. He didn't want to wake anyone up by knocking and he also didn't want to just let himself into the house.

When Vegas got the text, he slipped out of the bed to go downstairs so that he could let Mika in. As soon as the door was open he wrapped Mika up in a tight hug. He dipped his head down and pressed his face against the smaller boy's hair.

Mika wrapped his arms tightly around Vegas and just clung to him. He was so happy that the boy's brother was back and he was so happy that Vegas was back. "I told you they'd find him one day." he whispered. "Is he all right? Is he sleeping?"

"He's as all right as he can be right now," Vegas murmured against the top of Mika's head. "He's asleep upstairs with Seth right now. Mom keeps peeking her head in to check on him," he added before he closed and locked the door.

"I love you." he whispered as he came inside with Vegas. He was holding tightly to his hand as they made their way through the house in the direction of the bedrooms. "Are you okay? Are you happy?" he knew that Vegas was probably worried, but he had to be happy, right?

"I'm happy he's home, but I can tell he's confused. He got so use to how things were wherever he was, he developed a relationship with that... Guy. And that guy is still out there somewhere, I'm just freaking out about that. What if he comes back to take Murphy away again?"

"Well we just won't let him do that, all right?" Because he didn't want Vegas to have to go through losing his brother all over again after finally getting him back. "Are we sleeping in your old room or down here?" he wasn't sure how the sleeping arrangement was going to be for everyone.

"We can fit in Murphy's bed with him and Seth, I kind of want to be with him, is that okay?" he asked softly, feeling a little sheepish but he couldn't help it.

"all right, we can go in there." He didn't mind. "I need to eat something before I go upstairs though, so I can just meet you if you want to go back up there with him."

"My Mom made some pasta, it's in the fridge," Vegas said as he led Mika into the kitchen. He went to get the Tupperware out of the fridge. It was obvious hr wanted to spend a little time with Mika, and he handed the boy a coke. "Is pasta okay? It has chicken in it."

"It's fine." Mika went to slide up onto the stool at the island in the kitchen. He wasn't going to complaina bout the chicken or anything. Most of the time he tried not to eat meat but he'd eat the pasta tonight because he didn't care enough to make a fuss. "Sit with me and then we can go up together?"

"I can eat the chicken and you can eat the pasta," Vegas told him as he brushed a kiss to the side of Mika's mouth on his way to the microwave. He started to heat the food up and he rubbed a hand over his face tiredly. "How was work?"

"it was long and kind of boring." he kissed vegas back and just wrapped his arms around his waist while the food heated up. he leaned his head agaisnt his back and just sighed quietly. "i couldn't stop thinking about getting here."

"I told him all about you," Vegas whispered quietly as he wrapped Mika up. "He wants to see if you're really as teeny as I say you are."

"how teeny did you tell him that i was?" mika pushed up onto his toes, trying to make himself appear bigger even though he really didn't get all that much more height out of it. "did you tell him i was a midget becasue it wasn't funny when you told your boss taht and he believed you."

"No," Vegas laughed softly, and it felt good. He kissed the tip of Mika's nose before he lifted a hand to brush some hair out of the boy's eyes. "I just told him you were adorably teeny tiny."

"okay good. i don't want him to think that you are dating a circus performer or something like that." mika was a little sensitive about his size sometimes, just because he got poked fun of at a lot. and while he knew vegas was just teasing it bothered him when other people did it.

Vegas lifted Mika up off of the floor and pressed a few kisses to the boy's mouth before he set him back down on the stool in front of the breakfast bar. The microwave beeped and he pulled the container out to set it down before he grabbed two forks and sat down next to his boyfriend to take a bite of the food. "He's a lot thinner than he use to be," he said after a moment. "And he use to have this spark about him. You know? It's gone. It's not there anymore."

"That doesn't mean he won't get it back." Mika twirled a little bit of the pasta around his fork and he leaned his head on his hand as he looked at Vegas. "People are capable of surviving all sorts of crazy things, you know? Sometimes healing just takes a while when they are over."

Vegas speared a piece of chicken with his fork and he was silent as he chewed. He hoped Mika was right, but a part of him couldn't help but be a little afraid. He reached for the can of coke he'd gotten out and opened it to take a sip before he offered it over to Mika. "He just seems so broken right now. Lost. Like he's still lost but he's not, we found him."

"You found him, now let him fine himself." Mika patted Vegas on the knee and he leaned his head against his shoulder. "He might not be exactly the same as he was before but he's still your brother and he'll still be someone you can love and be near, you know?"

"I know, I just don't want him to think that we won't or don't because he's a little different now," Vegas sighed as he finished off the chicken bits and left the pasta for Mika. He closed his eyes and swallowed hard as he leaned his head against the top of his boyfriend's. "It's still so ... surreal. I can't believe he's really upstairs right now."

"He's here, and you just need to be happy for that. Everything else will fall into place when it's time." he ate a little more than half the pasta before he leaned his head down and just sighed. "let's go upstairs and lay down with your brother."

"All right baby," Vegas said before he got up to rinse out the tupperware and rinse off the forks before he put them in the dishwasher. He took Mika's hand and turned off the kitchen light as he headed for the stairs, the hall light guiding the way up to Murphy's room. He was quiet as he opened the door, and he went to slip into the bed beside Murphy, leaving the outside for Mika so that he could be tucked in between the two.

Seth was asleep when they got back, but Murphy was awake, just watching Seth as he slept. He was holding his hand, both hands wrapped around one of Seths and he held them to his chest. When the door opened he looked over at them and he felt a little shy over the fact that Mika was there now. Mika felt the same and he squeezed Vegas' hand.

"Did we wake you?" Vegas asked Murphy as he got settled beside his brother, making sure to keep his voice quiet so that he didn't wake Seth. "This is Mika, Mika this is Murphy," he added with a smile. "We can leave you and Seth alone if you want some alone time?"

"no it's all right." murphy scooted over a little bit and he smiled at them. mika came closer to the edge of the bed and he smiled bigger at murphy. "Hi." he whispered to him. "i'm mika. i'm not as little as vegas said."

"Yes you are," Vegas smiled as he patted the bed, urging Mika to settle down beside him. "He is, isn't he? He's adorably teeny tiny."

"he's very teeny." Murphy kept a hold of seth's hand and he turned over onto his side to face Vegas and Mika. Mika poked his head over Vegas shoulder and just looked at Murphy. "You guys look so much alike."

"Yeah," Vegas said happily as he looked over at Murphy. It was nice to see that familiar face again. "Could you not sleep?" he asked as he lifted a hand up to sweep some of Murphy's hair away from his face.

"I just woke up becasue I got cold." He was always cold though so it was no surprise. "Just on one side though." on the side Vegas had been on before he got up.

"So I did wake you up," Vegas smiled before he snuggled up with Murphy, looping one arm around his twin and the other around Mika. "Seth is out cold."

"I think he's tired." And Murphy didn't want to say that he also thought that Seth was probably exhausted from having not been able to drink anything at all. "When did he start drinking again?" he asked softly.

"A year after you went missing," Vegas said softly as he swept his fingers through Murphy's hair. "Christmas." He remembered because he'd tried to talk Seth out of it, but it hadn't worked. The guy had tried so hard to be strong for a year, but then he'd just fallen apart.

Nodding, he just frowned a little bit and then went quiet, thinking about how hard it must have been for seth to be alone. He turned over again and wrapped his arm around Seth's waist to stay close to him.

Vegas kissed the back of Murphy's neck before he took a hold of one of his brother's hands, and he turned his gaze towards Mika sadly. He could tell that seeing Seth drinking again was breaking Murphy's heart, and he felt guilty, like he should have done more to prevent it.

Mika leaned his forehead against Vegas and he pressed a soft kiss to his mouth and he rubbed his hand up and down his side. "I love you." he mouthed, just to let him know.

Vegas kissed him back softly, and he mouthed the words back before he kissed him again and closed his eyes. He knew that it was going to be a long road of healing for Murphy, but he just hoped that Murphy knew that he wasn't alone.

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