What are you waiting for?

Chapter 2

Seamus looks stunned and Sly can't blame him. He doesn't say anything and Sly's pretty sure he might cry if Seamus does say anything soon.

"Seamus-"

"No."

"What do you mean no?"

"You aren't leaving." He answers, sounding almost delusional. Sly feels so bad because he knows how hard this is for Seamus to hear. Being attached by the hip basically for 2 years now and then finding out he's leaving in a week to move half way across the country from him.

"Seamus I have to. My family needs me."

"I need you!"

"Seamus-"

"I love you Sly you can't do this to me!"

Seamus starts tearing up then and Sly immediately grabs him for a hug because he can't bear to see his Seamus cry.

"You can't leave." Seamus mumbles sadly in Sly's shoulder.

Things don't get any better. Seamus continues to keep telling him he can't leave and that he isn't leaving and anytime Eddie starts asking Seamus about any of their stuff when packing Seamus just tells him he doesn't need to pack if he isn't going anywhere.

"He's just in the denial stage. It's like the 4 stages of grief." Kevin tells him over lunch.

"I think there are 5 actually." Aleks cuts in as Kevin just waves him off.

"Well there better only be 4 because I'm seriously getting sick of hearing about how I'm staying here when I know I'm not and it's just making it harder for me to want to leave."

Aleks nods "I know what you mean. Any time I go away for even 3 days without James he acts like it's the end of the world and that I'm breaking his heart."

"Seamus is never like this though. He usually just tells me to be safe and have fun for the both of us. I've never seen him get this upset."

"Well it could be because he doesn't think he's going to ever see you again. Have you guys even talked about what this means for your relationship?" Kevin asks.

Sly's wanted to but he knows if he even tried to bring it up to Seamus it would just end with him crying and unpacking his stuff while repeating 'You're not going anywhere'.

After their lunch Eddie decides to stop home quickly to let puppy Chef out before he goes back to the office and considers how he can approach Seamus about where their relationship stands before he leaves. He wants to still be with Seamus. He hadn't really considered them breaking up over this. Frankly when he had thought it through beforehand he was thinking Seamus was going to be really supportive and help him pack and drive him to the airport and they stand there and hug for a really long time before he left and none of this crying would be happening until Sly was off the ground and in the air back to the sunshine state.

He walks into their shared apartment to hear someone else already there, and that someone else being Seamus. He's about to shout out some sort of a hello to him when he hears he is talking to someone else.

"You're going to take good care of Sly for me right Chef? You're not going to let him get into any trouble while I'm not around. Because I don't want to lose him and I trust you to keep him busy so he isn't out being stupid too much, okay?"

Sly stops dead in his tracks when he hears this. His poor Seamus really is grieving. Not in the same way he was a month ago but he still knows he's losing something important to him and he can't do anything about it.

"I'm going to miss you to so much." He hears Seamus say before he decides to head into the bedroom where he finds them, Seamus and his tear stricken face and holding Chef in his arms giving her little kisses.

Sly climbs right into bed beside them and snuggles up to Seamus' side. "I'm going to miss you too." He whispers but loud enough that Seamus will hear. "So much Seamus you don't even know."

Seamus takes one of his arms from around Chef and pulls Sly into a group cuddle with the three of them. "I still don't want you to go."

"I don't want to go either. But I have to."

Seamus sniffles but nods. Sly presses a kiss to his cheek.

"We're still going to talk all the time Seamus. I'll get Ze to teach you how to Skype and I'll text you every day and call you every night before I go to bed. And when you can get some time off you'll come visit us in Florida and when my family is back on their feet I'll come out here again to see you. I'm not going to let this tear us apart Seamus, or at least I won't without fighting for you."

"I don't want to break up either."

"Good" Sly says before leaning in to give Seamus another kiss.

The time finally comes for Sly to leave a few days later. Jordan and Dan take them to the airport, the rest of the Creatures saying their good-bye's the night before at James and Aleks' place as they had a small 'Farewell Sly' party last night.

Once they call for Sly's group to start boarding Seamus starts to get emotional again and Sly grabs him for a hug and they share one last sweet goodbye, Sly promising to call the second he gets home. Finally the two let go and share an 'I love you' before Sly starts heading towards his gate.

They get back in the car and Dan and Jordan give Seamus his space while he tries his best not to cry again in the car. Mean while in the air Sly is having his own little break down because he knows he can't turn around now and go back to their apartment and snuggle up with Seamus and Chef and forget this ever happened. He can't go back to the office and ask any of his friends for help anymore and has to rely on his phone and the computer to talk to all his old colleagues and friends in Colorado.

Eddie and Seamus talk on the phone all night after he lands and it ends with Seamus comforting Eddie and telling him he made the right decision when Eddie starts to get emotionally when he realizes he'll be sleeping alone for the first time in almost two years.

"I love you and everything's going to work out and I promise I'm already planning my first trip out to see you." Seamus says

"I love you too. Don't let the bed bugs bite."

Seamus laughs at his boyfriends humor "I'll try my best, now without you to defend me I might have to invite James over to sleep here so I have a brave hero to defend me from them."

Sly laughs his famous laugh "You suck. Good night."

Seamus sleeps that night but he still thinks of Eddie in all his dreams.