Roadtrip oneshots (boy x boy)

~ Someone Else's Baby ~

Andy's always found it hard to keep secrets from the roadies, they were like family to him and everyone knows how hard it is to keep secrets from family. The only problem was that this wasn't really his secret to tell. Well it was... but it was also someone else's and besides, Blair never would have let the boys tell the fans. 'Some things need to stay private' He would say. 'What about when it ends? Don't build the fans up just to crush them down again a couple weeks later' It would be at this point that Andy would take offence at Blair's assumption that the relationship wouldn't last, however from the position he stands in now he supposes Blair was right, because the relationship is over. And Andy is sufficiently crushed.

Hard To Say It's Over

Andy also isn't one to allow painful memories from recent events to resurface but desperate times I guess, as they say, call for desperate measures.

ANDY'S POV:

I'm not panicking, I'm not and I won't. It's just the annual Alphadog family Christmas dinner, no big deal. Except Harvey's coming. No that's fine, we're fine, we're friends. Friends.

At least he's not bringing his new boyfriend with him, then I would be panicking. Oh who am I kidding? Of course I'm panicking! I'm going to have to sit down at the same table as my ex and make small talk with everyone about how well his love life is going and how non- existent my own is. Perfect.

"Andy?" Brook calls popping his head round my bedroom door "You've got to come downstairs, the others will be here soon" Then just like that he's gone again.

"Wait, Brook!" I call him back, why am I calling him back? As I go to tell him not to worry though a thought pops into my head, a really stupid thought that I definitely will not put into action. Definitely not. "Be my fake boyfriend?" Well ok then, looks like I'm putting it into action.

3RD PERSON POV:

And with that the wheels were set in motion, because of course Brook agreed, of course he did. Naïve little Brook who'd grown tired of Andy's fretting over the meal that was growing ever closer. It was Harvey's fault they ended anyway, why should he get all the fun? He should feel what Andy's had to feel for weeks now, replaced.

Gave My Heart To Another Lover

The two boys raced down the stairs to inform the others of as much as they could before the rest of the guests arrived, and all too soon they were seated at the dining table in the conservatory making small talk and digging into their chef-prepared meal.

As agreed, Andy and Brook showed as much affection towards each other during the meal as physically possible, it started off with a light bit of hand holding here and there but once they both became comfortable the hand holding was permanent. Then came the kisses on cheeks and finally whispering in each other ears, which of course started a game of 'who can whisper the dirtiest thing into the others ear to get the largest reaction'. Andy obviously won that because Brook's still a bit of an innocent bean when it comes to what Andy was mentioning...

The amount of attention they showed each other was probably even a little too much to seem genuine but Harvey was too wound up to notice whether it was fake or not and as soon as the plates were beginning to be cleared, Harvey excused himself from the table and dragged Rye off with him.

"Rye tell me honestly, what's going on with Andy and Brook, please, I need to know" Rye's heart would have broken at the sound of Harvey's strangled sob that followed if it hadn't have already broken weeks before, when Andy came to him in pieces explaining that Harvey had been cheating on him for seven months with Andy's childhood friend.

You Were Wild, Couldn't Get Enough

"What can I say man?" Rye shrugs unapologetically, "Andy's finally happy no thanks to you, he's found a guy who'll treat him with respect and who loves him unconditionally. You lost him because you didn't treat him right and now he's found someone who will, the least you can do is be happy for the guy"

Harvey then ran off to finish his crying in the bathroom and Rye walked back into the conservatory as if nothing had happened, because in his eyes nothing important had.

Once Harvey rejoined the festivities, a game of logo was suggested and teams were decided. The Roadtrip boys obviously managed to get Andy and Brook together as a team which was a good idea for the whole Harvey thing but not a good idea if they wanted to win because it turned out they were both rubbish at logo's. 

As the game was drawing to a close, Andy and Brook were lacking way behind the other teams and it was their final chance to at least try and catch up a little bit. Somehow, Brook managed to get an answer right and then Andy did and in the end they managed to get five correct in a row, which may not sound like a lot to you but was a massive accomplishment for these idiots.

BROOK'S POV:

Finally! I think Andy was hoping he could use this as a way to prove to Harvey how in tune we are but this is literally the first set of correct answers we've managed to get this entire game. I look at Andy to see a small grin on his face and I can't help myself but to lean in and give him a peck on the lips. I pull away and hear a chair scraping backwards along the ground but all I can really focus on at this moment is the fact that Andy and I are now wearing matching smiles and his gorgeous dimples are showing. Then we both make the mistake of looking over to where Harvey is, or rather isn't anymore, and when I look back at my crush he sends me an apologetic smile and rushes after Harvey. Oh

"Go after him Brook" Jack suggests but I'm already rising from my chair and racing after the two boys, bad move. 

I Saw You There And My Blood Ran Cold

As I round the corner to climb the stairs I see Harvey and Andy at the end of the hall, kissing. Of course, I've had enough of this party I'm going to bed.

3RD PERSON POV:

All Andy has wanted since Harvey left him was to have him back but now he knows how it feels to be in a real relationship, well.. a fake real relationship, he knows that Harvey isn't what he wants. Unfortunately this revelation comes seconds too late as Brook has just sped upstairs and thrown himself face first onto his bed to cry himself to sleep, hoping to be able to pick up the broken pieces of his heart in the morning.

My Heart's Like A Rubber Band

Eventually, the guests say their goodbyes and leave for their respective homes but the boys of the Roadtrip house know that their night is far from over. The boys disperse with Rye going to check on Andy, Jack going to check on Brook and Mikey going to sort out Biscuit ready for bed.

When Jack gets to Brook's room he knows that something is wrong but he also knows Brook won't want to talk about it so he just climbs under the covers with him and they spoon for a while, Jack effectively calming Brook until his quiet crying becomes sniffles that are few and far between.

You Fell Through The Cracks In My Hands

However, in Andy's room, things are far from calm. When Rye goes to check on Andy he finds the boy laying on the carpet beating his fists against the floor and swearing loudly. Andy clearly hears Rye enter because as soon as the door closes he's climbing off of the floor into Rye's lap and confessing is VERY newly found feelings for Brook.

ANDY'S POV:

After Rye's surprisingly helpful advice I burst straight into Brook's room and march over to his bed, push Jack out of the way and pull Brook from is embrace walking him back out of the door. I'm not going to cry, I'm not going to cry, I'm just going to tell him how I feel.

"Brook" I start sobbing, wow of course I do "I'm sorry, I know I only asked you to be my fake boyfriend and you're probably treating me so nicely because it's fake but Harvey treated me SO badly when we were together and I feel like you've shown me what it truly means to be loved and taken care of and I just.. god, I really love you"

And then we're kissing, and it's not like the kisses I used to share with Harvey when we were together, not even when we first starting dating and he actually liked me (or at least I thought he did at least at the start). This kiss feels like a kiss between two people who truly love each other, two people who know what it means to be together and to treat each other right, with respect and adoration.

"I love you" He replies, and I know. I know he truly means it, with his entire heart he means it and maybe I'm scared because I don't know what happens next. But I'm a little excited because of it too.

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