Title: Post Blue Chapter: 1 of ? Rating: G Summary: Characters: Luke,Noah, Snyders Genre: happy nuke Warnings: Disclaimer: This site is no way associated with "As the World Turns", CBS, P&G, or Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann. This is not for profit. No copyright infringement is intended. Authors submit and write their own work.

Luke and Noah were sitting on the porch. Noah with his arm around Luke. Luke resting his head on Noah’s chest. Enjoying the warm evening and each other’s company. Noah had moved back to the farm after almost joining the army and grandma Emma even let him and Luke share a room now. He really felt at home at the Snyder farm and had started calling Emma Grandma. Yes everything was going great. But there was still one thing in the back of Noah’s head nagging him.

“Hey Luke” Noah said. “Hmm what?” Luke answered. When we ehm broke up.. and you said Reg had asked you out.. you never accepted that invitation did you? Noah asked with a nervous tone in his voice. He didn’t want to ruin this lovely moment but he just had to know Luke never actually went out with that creep. Luke sat up and looked Noah straight in the eye. “What? No! You know I never went out with Reg I told you that when we were at Java that day. Do you really think I would go out with him?” “No no.. I ehm.. I don’t know what I was thinking I’m sorry. It just kept going through my mind. I thought I really screwed it up back then and well I thought you might have moved on or something.. I know it’s stupid.. just forget I said anything.” “Noah said. "No no its ok. We can tell each other everything right? We agreed no more secrets. No Noah I never went out with Reg.” Luke said reassuringly. “I love you and no-one else. Why do you think I went through all this trouble to get you back home with me?” “I love you too Luke and I’m so happy to be back here with you again.” Noah said. Luke smiles and kisses Noah.

At that moment Holden who is helping Emma out by doing the dishes looks out the kitchen window and sees the boys kissing. He can’t help but smile at seeing his son so happy. Both his sons. Noah had come to be as much as a son to him as Luke. Those boys have been through a lot and yet they still find their way back to each other. “Hey what are you smiling about?” Lily asks. “Huh? What? Where did you come from?” Holden asks like he’s been caught doing something he shouldn’t. “I live here remember. I just went to check on Ethan and the girls.” Lily said. “So what were you smiling about?” “Oh I just saw 2 happy boys on the porch.” Holden says with a grin. And I was thinking about the fact that seeing my sons happy makes me happy.” Holden Snyder are you going all soft on me now?” Lily asked her husband teasingly.

Back on the porch Noah and Luke heard Holden and Lily laugh and joke around in the kitchen.”Looks like we’re now the only happy couple at this farm right now.’’ Noah said smiling at Luke. “Yeah I can’t believe it, just a few weeks ago they were living in separate homes and now they’re teasing each other here in the kitchen.” Luke said. "Everything is just working out so well right now. It’s scaring me a little. Because when you have everything – you can lose everything. You know..” Hey you’re not going to lose me ok? You’re not getting rid of me that easily Snyder. Noah joked. “I’m not going anywhere. Well maybe to bed in a minute because it’s getting a little late.” “I don’t feel like going to bed yet.” Luke said. Noah looks at him raises and eyebrow and grins. “You don’t want to go to bed yet?” “Get your mind out of the gutter Mayer. There’s no way we can do that when the farm is filled with family. Especially because you don’t know how to be quiet!” Luke teases. “I don’t want my grandma or worse my sisters banging down our door because they think something’s wrong. Why don’t we go for a walk to the pond. You need to get rid of that extra energy because there’s nothing I can about that tonight.”
They walk to the pond hand in hand both lost in thoughts. Memories of the previous summer flooding their minds. They sit down on the bench and re-live those precious moments. After a while Noah starts talking. “Hey Luke, you know what you said earlier.. about not being able to do anything because of the farm being filled with family members...” “Yeah..have you thought of some magic way to get rid of all of them at the same time?” Luke asks. “Well.. sort of.. I was thinking.. ehm..” he was getting nervous and he knew Luke could tell and would worry about what he was trying to say. Just ask him Mayer. Get a grip! He thought. Noah what’s wrong? Luke asks. “Nothing.” Noah says and kisses Luke. Both boys get lost in the moment for a little while but then Luke breaks the kiss. “As nice as that was, you were going to tell me something..” he says. You know you can tell me anything, right?” “Yeah. I ehm was thinking about.. how nice it would be if we would have our own place. I want to get an apartment with you Luke. As much as I love your family, I’m in love with you and I want to be alone with you. But if you don’t want to leave now that your parents are back together and everything I completely understand and I won’t hold it against you or..” Luke shuts him up with a kiss. “Noah really you talk too much sometimes. And I would love to get an apartment with you.” Noah just smiles and kisses Luke once again.