A Happy Accident- A Ryzab story.

Ch 2: Is this real?

Reese was a very energetic but very protective red head and was one of Dean's closest friends. Jon was her longtime boyfriend who was her partner in crime in chaos. Reese waved to Austin and Dean as she made herself into the house, bringing many party games on the floor.

"Jesus Christ, Reese, you went all out." Dean exclaimed at the obvious overdoing of all her party games.

"What? We gotta have some fun as we celebrate to try and survive another year of the hell known as college. Gotta live a little since we have not much left till we can do this" Reese said in her more serious tone. She was right, some of them would be leaving for jobs soon and starting the rest of their adult lives. But for now, they had to forget and enjoy each other's company. They spent the rest of the late afternoon and early evening on party games, videogames, and laughs. As the night grew later, Reese pulled a bottle out and called for everyone to go in a circle.

"Going old school, Reese?" Jeff questioned.

"Yep, nothing like a classic 'Spin the Bottle' to stir the pot!" Reese squealed in excitement.

"But.. there's only one girl and 5 guys, are we all comfortable kissing each other?" Stewart mumbled, knowing full well he caused suspicion on himself.

They all stared in an awkward silence , exchanging stares until Reese broke the tranquility:
"I'm fine with it, though none of you better steal Jon away from me, I know he's amazing as hell but you know, he's definitely hitched."

Everyone chuckled, loving Reese's bluntness as it helped clear the air. She placed the bottle in the middle as everyone stared, not sure who would go first. Finally, Jon got up and spun the bottle which pointed towards Jeff. Everyone exclaimed, waiting to witness the two kiss which was short and quick, nothing more than a peck, but it was enough for get a reaction, with Reese absolutely losing her composure. Finally, Stewart got up to spin the bottle, watching as the bottle points to Dean, gaining a reaction from everyone.

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Why him? I don't know if I can keep my cool, I was supposed to bottle these feelings up, not expose them to everyone. I can't do this, not in front of everyone and not with De- "So are we gonna do this or..?" Dean looked at Stewart for approval to which he nodded to turn to face the dark haired man. He positioned himself and leaned forward, gently pushing his lips towards him. Dean responded by pulling him closer, grabbing Stewart's hair and fully embracing each other with more passion in each second passing in their kiss. It felt as if time stopped for them, at the time it was just them two, obviously forming something new, but scary. Dean started to question his friendship with Mcj- Stewart. Was this something he wanted with him, and was it something worth fighting for? He wouldn't know as Austin interrupted with a:
"Jeez Dean, don't eat my brother alive. Get a room, you two."
They pushed each other away and both hid their obvious blushing faces.
"Damn, Dean, that was some serious chemistry right there." Reese commented.

Crap everyone saw that. Stewart buried his face in embarrassment as he reflected what he just did, worse, in front of his brother. What if he told their- no. He's not like that. But still, if they found out, they would kill him. Worst of all, he didn't know what his feelings were, it was all a giant black hole that he can't get out of. But he can't be like this, he's supposed to be the emotionless professor.. right?

Stewart spent the rest of the evening having these thoughts until finally, Reese, Jon, and Jeff left for the night, leaving Dean alone with the two brothers. But something about the air was... different. It was tense, and Austin didn't want to deal with it, so he went upstairs to crash for the night. Dean stared at his shoes, avoiding to stare at Stewart from across the couch. He looked up to hear him say: "I'm sorry for-"

"Don't." Dean made his way to next to the fidgety man and held his hand.

"I shouldn't have kissed you like that, I just.. don't know, we shouldn't have agreed to it. I can't-" Stewart pushed away from him and shut himself off from Dean.

It hurt Dean to see him in this state, knowing he couldn't do anything. But this wasn't something they could completely sweep under the rug and call it a day, he had to get him to say something. Finally Dean called out to him.

"Mcjo- Stewart."

Stewart turned to look at his eyes. God his eyes. It was the first time Dean referred to him by his real name. He positioned himself close to Dean as he continued. "Look, this isn't easy for me, either. I don't know what will come out of this, obviously I care about you a lot. But I don't know about you, I can tell you have these emotions but you don't know how to navigate through them, and it's ok. Stewart, I'm here for you and I'll always be."

That was enough to form tears in Stewart's eyes. Dean obviously expressed his worry but Stewart motioned, "I'm fine, I just, feel this need to play this part of an emotionless asshole. But, I don't feel that way around you, somehow you find a way to figure me out. I can't describe it, it's-"

"Love?"

"Yeah, you could say that."

Dean pulled Stewart closer to him and pushed his lips towards the light haired man. Their kiss was slow, but passionate, it didn't feel rushed or the end of the world, it was them in their world. Stewart felt a sense of satisfaction, not wanting to let Dean go as this moment was the only perfect in this imperfect world. They proceeded to let go for a breath, leading Dean to kiss Stewart's neck, letting out a giggle from both men. Dean pushed him away to lay down on the couch where Stewart laid his head on Dean's chest, hearing the rapid heartbeat. Dean proceeded to stroke his hair watching Stewart wrap his arms around him. This was perfect. He was really with the love of his life. Both men continued to cuddle close to each other, embracing each other as they drifted off to sleep.

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AN: Fellas we hit 1K words holy shit, hopefully y'all enjoying this since i literally spent hours trying to find out the perfect way to bring them together, but it's definitely not over yet, stay tuned. ✌️