Sebastian raised an eyebrow. "Mm-hm, yeah, great story--bullshit," he muttered, keeping their eyes locked. "Tell me."

Damon curled up next to him, smiling, as he settled back down for rest.

Ryan whimpered lightly as once again he began to tell the story. It killed him as more memories came up.

Rail wrapped his arms around him fallig asleep.

Sebastian immediately felt terrible. He hugged him, tightly. "Sorry for trying to push everything onto you...you do need to get over your fear, though. And...I think you need to tell Gray, if he doesn't know already. It's going to devastate him...but the longer you keep it from him, the harder the hit's going to be. And he'll find out eventually. Trust me..."

Damon cuddled up against him, also drifting back off into sleep.

"I can't it'll kill him…he was right there and he couldn't do anything…" He shuddered cliging tightly to Sebastian. Fresh tears falling.

Rail smiled highly content.

Sebastian held him, stroking his hair in a calming matter. "I know. But it would be better if he found out earlier than later...the longer you keep it from him, the worse it's going to be. He's going to find out one day. It would be much better for you to tell him. Trust me, Ryan...just trust me on that."

Damon slept peacefully, his nightmares chased away.

Ryan whimpered as he held on to Sebastian as a life line, "F-fine…"

Rail's own nightmares didn't happen.

Sebastian continued to pet him, eyes closed, as he held him close. He didn't want him to be upset, but he had a feeling Ryan needed to get all of this off his chest, especially when it came to Gray...

Damon slept for quite a while before he woke up, blearily.

Ryan clung to him tightly. After a while his grip began to slip as his breathing deepened as he began to slowly fall asleep.

Rail was still sleeping atvthe time but feeling the slight shift caused him to stir sleepily.

Sebastian gently set him down in the passenger seat, buckling him in. "I'll take you home. Just relax." He began the drive home, focusing on the road.

Damon didn't bother sitting up--he just laid there.

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Ryan nodded falling asleep.

Eventually Rail woke up looking up at Damon, "Hey…" He said groggily.

As soon as Ryan was asleep, Sebastian whipped out his phone, texting Gray. <You need to have a serious talk with Ryan once he's woken up from his nap. It's bad. Don't even ask me--I'm not saying anything. Just promise me this. If you're going to freak out about it...do so after you've had a calm, loving talk with him. Come to my room if you need to do so...just don't let him see you doing so...it will crush him. Understand?>

Damon yawned softly. "Hi..."

Gray read the text frowning before sending a message back, <Okay but is my angry side gonna come out?> He frowned not liking the idea that something bad had happended.

Rail smiled looking at him, "How you sleep?"

Sebastian sighed softly, trying to focus on the road while he texted. <I don't know...I'm not sure. But you need to keep your cool while you're talking to him. It's really, really bad...>

Damon yawned softly. "Okay...you...?"

<Okay I will…drive safe see you soon…> Gray sighed worriedly.

"Perfectly…" He smiled looking at Damon.

Sebastian breathed a sigh of relief once he reached home and parked his Jeep. He killed the engine and hopped out. Carefully, he unbuckled Ryan from his seat and held him, bridal style, as he headed back inside.

Damon smiled. "That's good..."

Ryan snuggled against him feeling warmth.

Gray dance worriedly looking at them.

Rail smiled at him slowly getting up.

Sebastian sat down with Ryan on the couch, gently, so he could rest. He considered taking Gray aside and telling him, because he had a right to know...but that was Ryan's job. He would try to answer questions, if Gray had them...but he would leave the telling up to Ryan.

Damon sat up, finally, stretching.

Gray looked at Sebastian worredly, "What happened?"

Ryan slept soundly slight nightmares brewing.

Rail smiled at him.

Sebastian chewed his lip. "He...has been hiding something from you," he muttered, softly. "Something he's ashamed of. Something he's afraid will upset you, because you couldn't do anything about it...that's all I can say. You'll have to hear it from him."

Damon smiled back, playing with his fingers. His hair was all mussed up--he looked disheveled.

Gray looked down thinking.

Ryan struggled in his sleep twiching slightly.

Rail chuckled, "I like that look but you might want to fix your hair before we go down…" He smiled.

Sebastian shook Ryan awake, slowly, flicking his forehead. "Hey. Nightmare. Shake it off."

Damon went bright pink and scrambled to fix his hair, embarrassed.

Ryan nodded his lip wobblig as Gray moved to hug him. Ryan flinched away which caused Gray to flinch pulling away sharply.

Rail chuckled, "Aww I liked it…" He sighed.

"Ryan...you need to have faith in him. He'll understand. He'll probably be upset, of course. But that's only natural, right?" Sebastian reasoned, setting Ryan down next to his brother. "Tell him. Go on. Trust him." Carefully, Sebastian edged out of the room. He headed back upstairs, sighing, and knocked on Rail's door. "Stay in there for a while...drama going on downstairs."

Damon went a little pinker, then jumped at the knock on the door. "Oh...I hope nothing bad is happening..."

Ryan told his story and Gray listened holding him. "It all makes sense now…" Gray said sadly crying with his brother. "That asshole…even when you would see him you would never show. I would have never guessed…never known…" He frowned. "So much sense…" He mutterdd rocking his brother.

Rail nodded looking at Damon, "Yeah…I think I know though what it is…"

After giving them a few minutes, Sebastian popped downstairs to check on them. "You two okay down here?" he asked, calmly.

Damon nodded, concerned, but he took a deep breath and calmed down, not exactly knowing what to do, now.