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chp 8 The Flight is Bumpy

Stefan tried to stay as far away from Rage as possible. He could smell the homophobia on that guy.

This trip might not have been such a good idea. The only guy that was really talking to him was Ace. Who he could just tell was a extrovert that loved to talk to anyone he came across.

But maybe Ace was trying to make him feel more accepted. The behemoth spent the entire flight talking to him about anything and everything. Stefan just tried to keep up. He had a feeling that Ace might have adult ADD from how varied the conversation got.

He went from talking about Vegas to talking about his trainers big dog to telling Stefan about his tattoo and the story behind it.

Stefan sipped a rum and coke as he looked over the tattoo of for leave clover. Apparently it was supposed to represent a week long sex romp in Ireland.

Ace chuckled and Stefan rolled his eyes smiling. Then Ace pointed at the Tattoo around Stefan's wrist. It was a pair of wings that wrapped around his wrist and the words under it were in cursive. Fly Free. "What is the meaning behind that one Mighty Mouse? Looks cool."

Stefan blushed and put a hand over the tatt. He saw Dane peeking at him now watching quietly. He sighed and decided he wasn't going to hide who he was. Even if... Even if Dane hated him afterwards. "I... well I got it the day after I came out." Ace eyes widened a little bit. Stefan just shrugged. "I just wanted to... to remind myself that being free to be me is better than trying to gain other's approval..."

Ace nodded "Wow. That is a pretty good thing to remember. Well it is a cool looking tatt." Ace grinned and then suddenly there was some turbulance and the plane shook. It was kind of scary but Stefan was used to it.

But Dane dropped his drink and gripped the armrests and tensed. Jaw clenched and a deep scowl on his face.

"Aw come on man don't tell me you are still not over your little fear of flying Bane?" Ace said as he calmly took a swig of his beer as the plane shook again.

Dane growled over at him as he closed his eyes. "I didn't have this problem until that fucking little fucking plane we went on 3 years ago crashed!"

"What oh my god Dane you were in a Plane crash?" Stefan asked in shock.

"It wasn't a crash he is just being dramatic. The plane had a part that malfunctioned and it was small it only sat like 10 people so we dropped down too fast. The pilots landed us in some field. It wasn't as bad as he makes it out to be." Ace rolled his eyes and chuckled.

Stefan looked over to Dane who was staring ahead and gripping the arm rest tight. Reaching out before he realized what he was doing Stefan gently touches his hand and gives him a reassuring squeeze. "It's okay." He said under his breath.

Dane snapped his eyes over to him and the uncertainty in the man's eyes made him want to hug him. He was trying to comfort him. Dane looked down to his hand touching his and then back up at him.

"Why don't you get his mind off it Mighty Mouse. The bathroom is empty in the back." Rage piped up from a row away laughing harshly.

Stefan blushed deeply and they both took their hands away from each other.

"You're a real riot Rage. The last time you got so drunk you puked all over the bathroom during the landing." Ace threw back at the man.

"Whatever man." Rage grumbled drinking the rest of his shot.

Stefan just kept quiet and tried to stop the heat in his cheeks.