...To See You Again

'Baby boy, what's wrong?" Matt asked as he held Jeff close, wondering why his brother was crying. He kissed his temple. "Baby why are yeh cry in'?" He asked worriedly, rubbing his back soothingly.

"I never wanna come back here. It was horrible," Jeff whimpered. "Never make me come back here," he demanded and looked at Matt, his eyes wide and glassy, child-like. "Pleas," he whispered.

Matt frowned. "I promise, I won't ever make you come back. Now tell me what happened, tell Mattie what happened." he whispered, gently wiping away a few tears on his soft cheeks. he hated seeing his baby brother cry.

Jeff shook his head, not ready to talk. Ken had threatened him and told him if he told anyone, he would find him and kill him.

Matt sighed and kissed Jeff's forehead. "Let's go home." He whispered. He had a couple weeks until he had to go on the road with the team again. So he was gonna take Jeff to his home in Raleigh, NC.

"Okay," Jeff said quietly, though the word 'home' was foreign to him. He didn't realize that Matt was going to bring him home to North Carolina.

Matt put all Jeff's stuff on the car before driving to the airport. He was happy to be going home. He wrapped his arms around Jeff's waist as they walked to the gate.

Jeff frowned. "Mattie?" he asked softly. He knew they were gonna be leaving, but he didn't know they were going anywhere so far they needed a plane.

"Don't worry babe." Matt said with smile as they boarded the plane. He was glad to be going home, and bring Jeff with him. It had been a while.

Jeff frowned deeper. He seriously didn't know where they were going. "Where are we going?" he asked as he followed Matt.

"Home, darlin'." Matt said with a smile. He couldn't wait to take Jeff to his home.

"But WHERE?" Jeff whined a bit, really wanting to know where 'home' was. He hasn't had a home in years.

Matt shrugged. "You'll see. Now relax." He chuckled and relaxed in his seat.

Jeff pouted a bit. "Fine," he grumbled and leaned against Matt, closing his eyes and relaxing.

Matt simply chuckled at his brother. When the plan started to decend, he nudged Jeff. "Look out the window." He said, knowing Jeff would recognize the familiar mountions of North Carolina.

Jeff's eyes fluttered open and he looked at Matt. "Huh?" he said and looked out the window, his eyes brightening. "North Carolina!"

Matt chuckled. "That's right darlin'." He said as he stood and grabbed their bags before pulling Jeff to get off the plane.

Jeff had a huge smile on his face as they got off the plane. He may not have missed home, but he had missed North Carolina. He bit his lip as he looked around, happy to be home again.

Matt smiled, glad to see Jeff happy. He wrapped an arm around his waist, grabbed their bags before they got into a taxi taking them to Matt's huge mansion in the woods

When Jeff saw Matt's house, his eyes widened. "Holy shit, Mattie," he said as he got out, in awe of the mansion.

Matt chuckled, grabbing their bags and pulling Jeff inside. "You like it, huh? Me too. Everything is costume made." He said, putting their bags aside and giving Jeff a tour of everything.

Jeff was in awe as Matt gave him the tour. The place was gigantic. "Wow, Mattie," he said once they finished the tour.

Matt chuckled. "I know. So darlin', soo I'm gonna be not he road again with the team." He said, wrapping his arms around his waist. "I'll feel bad for leaving you here alone."

Jeff leaned into Matt and nodded reluctantly. "I understand," he said softly, closing his eyes. "How long do we have?" he asked.

"A few days." Matt sighed, sitting down on the couch and pulling Jeff in his lap, holding him tight.