Door Number One

The band aid effect

Liam woke up and smiled as he found himself entwined in Aidens arms. He snuggled in further seeking more warmth when he felt his boyfriends grip tighten round his body. He looked up to find Aiden smiling down at him.

"How long have you been awake"yawned Liam sleepily.

"Since forever! Although it's been fun watching you happily snore away".

"That's just creepy"said Liam, pulling the duvet up over his body more.

"I love you too"answered Aiden. "Shall we get up and have some breakfast and then we can go into town and go shopping or something".

"Do we have to?"whined Liam. "Your bed is so comfy".

Aiden grinned before suddenly pulling back the duvet covers leaving Liam lying there naked shrieking from the cold and yelling various expletives at him. Both boys quickly got washed and dressed and wandered into the kitchen to make breakfast.

Liam was surprised when he came face to face with a young attractive blond lady he'd never met before. He assumed it must be Aidens dads girlfriend which also meant that his dad was also in the flat somewhere making an awkward conversation later.

"Hi"smiled the petite blond woman. "I haven't seen you before honey".

"Liam, this is my dads girlfriend Amanda"Aiden introduced tersely.

"Nice to meet you"greeted Liam politely.

Amanda stepped closer, her face inches away as she blatantly checked him out, "My, you are handsome. You must have all the girls chasing after you".

Liam laughed nervously while Aiden gritted his teeth trying to control his irritation.

"You should come along to one of my shows. I could show you a thing or two"continues Amanda as she trailed her finger suggestively down Liams chest.

"Show?"Liam coughed out awkwardly.

"Amanda's a stripper"Aiden announced dryly. He moved closer towards Liam and wrapped an arm round his waist possessively. He looked up at Amanda coldly who still had her finger resting on Liams chest, "Can you not touch my boyfriend please".

"Sorry what did you say?"boomed a voice behind them.

The three of them turned to see Aidens dad hovering in the doorway of the kitchen looking less than pleased with the situation in front of him.

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"Well"smirked Aiden as he spoke to his boyfriend over the phone. "Cats out of the bag now".

"How'd it go?"asked Liam, slightly concerned.

"Ok, I guess"replied Aiden, hesitantly. "My dad doesn't really understand. Basically I can't be gay because I've dated girls and play football and other sports. He even suggested that you made me gay and perhaps I shouldn't spend as much time with you".

"How is that ok?"demanded Liam, feeling slightly horrified at the thought of seeing less of his boyfriend. It was hard enough already sneaking around and hiding their relationship from friends and family.

"Yeah"Aiden sighed heavily down the other end of the phone. "But then I told him that I met you on a gay dating app and you weren't the first or second".

"Oh God. You didn't?"Liam laughed nervously.

"Yeah. Dinner got a bit weird after that".

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Aiden decided that since he'd officially left Narnia that now was the time to introduce Liam officially to his mum and brother despite having met them numerous times before. Liam reluctantly agreed although he did memorise several bus routes out of town first but also gave him one condition that he would return the invitation which Aiden eagerly accepted.