The Long and Winding Road 1/?
Title: The Long and Winding Road
Pairing: Reid and Luke
Warning: Noah will be a part of this story, but he will not come between Luke and Reid, even though he may want to..
Disclaimer: These are not my characters. All mistakes are mine.
Set-up This is how I would have liked the scene to go between Luke and Reid on Wed. June 30th. Some of the dialogue is taken directly from that episode.
Summary: This is a story about the courtship of Reid and Luke.
A/N This was originally intended to be a one shot, but alas it has continued. This is a rework of a previous story. New material will start in chapter 6.
Rating G
Reid’s head was spinning as he left Yo’s. Why had Luke talked to Mona and Bob about getting Reid’s job back? He had told Luke that he was moving on and away from Oakdale so why was Luke trying to get him to stay? Why, why, why? Most importantly why do I still care about what bloody Luke Snyder wants? Oh my god, I hate feeling this out of control. Does Luke know the kind of power he has over me? Oh my god. Just kill me now.
The worst part in all of this is that now I have to go and talk to Luke. Luke, Luke, Luke! Why do I care so much about him? Rationally, I know that he is with Noah and that he loves Noah so why can’t I just accept that and move on? I hate these feelings that I have for Luke. Why can’t I just make them go away? Surely to God I am not going to feel like this for much longer. I should probably just take the job with the Mayo clinic and be done with this hellish town, but no I am going to stay here and torture myself with fantasies about bloody Luke Snyder.
Reid, still arguing with himself got into his car and drove to Luke’s house. It was a short drive, perhaps too short for now he had to go and see Luke. Maybe he won’t be home. Oh God, please let this be over soon. I don’t want to have to deal with any other people in Luke’s family and then have to come back again. Reid looked at the driveway and was relieved to see Luke’s car and no others in it. He realized that there could be a car in the garage, but at least it looked like Luke was home.
Steeling himself as if to do battle he quickly walked up to the front door and rang the bell. Luke answered almost immediately, Thank God!! Reid could barely look at Luke and had to rush past him. Unfortunately he couldn’t miss how hot Luke looked in his button down black shirt and tight pants. Reid spied a drink and quickly took a long sip to calm himself down. He carefully looked away from Luke and began to explain why he was there.
He explained that he was going to stay in Oakdale and made it clear that he was staying for the patients and not for Luke. Luke didn’t seem to care and Reid started to feel uncomfortable for even coming over to see Luke. When he said “just like being with Noah works for you.” He was just trying to let Luke off the hook and show that he didn’t really care that they were back together. When Luke replied, “What?” Reid suddenly faltered, “you are back together, right?” Reid asked Luke.
“No, you idiot” Luke replied suddenly realizing that this was the reason why Reid had been so cold to him this morning and had been refusing to take his calls. Noah was right; Reid had felt rejected and hurt. Luke felt hope bubble up inside him. Reid had quit his job for Luke.
Reid just stood there thinking oh my god they are not back together; maybe I still have a chance with Luke. Oh God what about the conflict of interest am I going to have to quit my job again. Why is life in Oakdale so complicated? I never had any of this crap to deal with in Dallas.
“You did quit your job for me, didn’t you?” Luke asked, but it was more of a statement than a question.
Reid finally looked Luke in the eye and said “yes, for all the good it did me.”
“What do you mean?” asked Luke. ‘What is he going on about now,’ wondered Luke to himself. ‘Why can’t we just be together?’
“Well I don’t know where things stand in my personal or professional life.” Reid said bewilderedly. ‘What does this all mean?’ Reid wondered to himself. ‘I am completely at sea. Oh my god, maybe I should just leave this godforsaken town. I don’t think that I can handle the drama! Why is Luke staring at me like that? I can’t leave this town because I can’t leave Luke. When he looks at me like that I can barely breathe.’
Luke looked at Reid with a soft smile on his face. ‘Poor Reid,’ he thought to himself, ‘he just looks so lost. I can practically hear him babbling in his head.’ Luke couldn’t help himself he leaned over and kissed Reid lovingly.
As soon as Luke started kissing Reid, he was rewarded with a soft moan. Reid couldn’t help it. It just felt so good to be kissing Luke again. Kissing Luke was amazing, it was hot and seductive, but also gentle and sweet. Kissing Luke was worth all of the drama and angst he had been suffering through.
As soon as the kiss ended Reid was snapped back to reality. He wanted to start a relationship with Luke but he was unsure about the whole conflict of interest issue.
“Uh… where do we go from here Luke? I want to have a relationship with you but what about the conflict of interest?” Reid inquired nervously. ‘Perhaps Luke didn’t want to have a relationship with him. Maybe that was just a pity kiss. God I hope not,’ Reid thought to himself.
“There is no conflict of interest. I resigned my seat on the board when I was talking to Mona and Bob. So you don’t need to worry about any more of my silly ideas.” Luke stated smiling at Reid. “By the way, I want to have a relationship with you too.”
“Thank God!” Reid said smiling as he grabbed Luke and kissed him like there was no tomorrow.
When he broke the kiss Reid looked at Luke, “why did you resign your seat on the board? I never would have asked you to do that, you know.”
“I know that you wouldn’t have asked me to, but really it’s the solution that makes the most sense. When I found out about the ultimatum that Bob had given you I wasn’t really upset with you for not choosing me over your career, I was hurt that you hadn’t bothered to talk to me about it. I never expected you to give up your job for me, but I did expect you to talk to me about something that affects both of us. I want a real partnership with you Reid, and that means that you are going to have to share your problems with me and not just make unilateral decisions by yourself, okay?” Luke finished.
“I’m not very good at sharing. It never occurred to me that we might be able to come up with a solution that worked for both of us. I felt that I needed to figure it out on my own and then just present you with the solution. I can see now that I should have talked to you first, I would have saved us both a lot of pain.” Reid admitted quietly.
“I think that we are both going to have to work on communicating better with each other.
Right now I just want to do something fun to celebrate us being a couple. Are you hungry?” Luke asked Reid with a knowing smile.
“Yes” Reid smiled back at Luke.
“Will you do me the honour of having dinner with me at the Lakeview, Dr. Oliver?” Luke inquired formally.
“I would love to, Mr. Snyder” Reid replied smiling.
Luke grabbed his keys and Reid’s hand and headed for his car.