The Storm Comes Before The Rainbow

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"Please, baby?" Brendon whines.

Ryan re-wraps a few of Brendon's larger scratches. "I would love to but..."

"But what?" Brendon frowns.

"I..."

"I'm a grown ass man! I deserve to do whatever I want." Brendon nudges Ryan aside and tries to get up.

"Baby, please!" Ryan tries to ease Brendon back down.

"No!" Brendon stands up and nudges Ryan aside again.

"Brendon!" Ryan walks beside Brendon as he limps toward his crutches.

Once he gets them, he quickly hobbles toward the door.

"Brendon! Please don't leave!"

"You can't keep me in here. I want to walk around town." Brendon cries.

Ryan and him have a stare off. Ryan looks uneasy rather than mad. Suddenly, Ryan's shoulders shake slightly and his face falls.

"Ry..." Brendon eases.

Ryan starts to sob.

"Ryan, come here." Brendon hobbles back over.

"I-I don't wa-want you to get hu-hurt again." Ryan's voice shakes.

Brendon's positive he can feel his heart splitting into two. "Baby..."

"I'm re-really scared Br-Brendon. I'm scared for e-everyone."

"Ryan...it's okay." Brendon tries to hold Ryan as he balances on his crutches.

Ryan holds him extremely tight, sobbing into his chest.

"Ryan, it's okay, I'm okay. We're going to figure this all out." Brendon runs his fingers through the brown hair, his lips brushing against Ryan's forehead with every other word.

"I don't know how long I can wait." Ryan says quickly, high pitched and squeaky. He resumes his full body sobs a second later.

"Is everything alright?" One of their maids, Jessica, steps in.

"It's fine." Brendon smiles. "Just close the goddamn door."

Jessica nods.

"Ryan, please look at me." Brendon whispers.

Ryan's head tilted upward. The beautiful melted chocolate brown eyes look up at him. The white of his eyes are now red and cracked,

"I can't promise anything with this psychopath. If I can help it, I won't let anything happen to you or me or anyone."

"Bren..." Ryan whispers.

"I'll be safe too, Ry. You've got to promise me you'll be safe too, Okay? I don't care what happens to me but if anything happened to you, I wouldn't be able to function."

"I'll be safe." Ryan whispers.

"Promise?" Brendon's lips hover dangerously over Ryan's.

Ryan tries to move his lips against Brendon's but the singer slowly moves away. "I promise."

Brendon pushes his lips against Ryan's. Ryan instantly mouths against Brendon.

"You're my beautiful moon." Brendon whispers.

"You're my beautiful sun." Ryan drags his hand down Brendon's face.

"Can I take my moon out to lunch?"

Ryan smiles which in turn causes the younger to as well. That's a yes.

"Get ready, gorgeous." Brendon smirks and hobbles toward his comb.