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The Make-UP
« on: September 06, 2019, 10:30:08 PM »
 Ty West had won his match, but he didn't feel like celebrating at all. His heart was heavy with the weight of hurting the man he loved most. He knew he should have talked to Kristjan but fear had held him back. Fear that saying he wanted to adopt his niece would cause his beloved Jan to leave.

He supposed he felt worse because this was supposed to be someone he knew better than himself but yet he had not foreseen the Icelandic man accepting this decision.

He sat on a bench near the bow of the ship. His dress shirt was open two buttons, his hair disheveled from constantly running his fingers through it. Thinking about what he could possibly say or do to make up for the wrong he had committed. The lights were dimmer on this part of the ship, usually only the crew occupied this particular place for their breaks, there were no activities or special events to attract any of the hundreds of guests on board, but the quiet was nice, despite being able to faintly make out the tint of laughter and music coming from the post show reception for his Aunt and her new husband. His potential opponent but that was the least of his worries.

”If you were trying to hide, you did a piss poor job of it.” The aforementioned Kristjan, or “Jan” as Ty had affectionately nicknamed him, said from out of the dark. The sudden appearance of his boyfriend gave Ty a start as it was unexpected, perhaps thinking he had found a quiet place out of the way where he would not be found or disturbed.

As was the norm, Kristjan fell into his native language of Icelandic when he was under no obligation to speak English. He continued, ”All I had to do is ask crew or fans if they seen Ty West. They pointed me out right to you.”

That being said, Ty found he had company who took a seat beside him on the bench.

”The reception is not here, it is inside.” Kristjan said while his blue eyes looked out at the dark waters of the ocean beneath the stars and moon. ”You did not actually think Lora would not notice you gone? She sent me to find you.”

Ty leans back on the bench, he continues to look out at the dark water and stars.

"I just needed a few moments so I didn't have to pretend to be happy. I put on this persona and when I show the world anything different I am ridiculed for not fitting into this mold they all set me up in. I suppose once an actor, always an actor."

He speaks back to him in the language he had learned for the man next to him. He still wasn't completely fluent and if Jan spoke too quickly he missed things but he was able to hold conversations with him and his family.

"Surprised you are the one that came to find me. Last we spoke you needed your space. Not saying it isn't justified. I royally fucked up. I hurt you. And I'm sorry that I let my own anxiety and fear take over.

Ty had no other way of apologizing. Even if his love decided he was done, he would at least have some restitution for his behavior. As little as it was.

”Is that why you had ‘that’ song requested from the DJ during the reception?” Kristjan asked with a flippant smirk on his face. ”That was fighting dirty.” And by ‘that song,’ Kristjan was referring to the Adele song “Water Under the Bridge,” a song that had been played when there was more troubled waters between the pair of lovers, one that Kristjan enjoyed, surprising many as it was not what one might expect from such a hardcore personality. And it was a song those close to them acquainted with being ‘their’ song.

Kristjan caught Ty’s eye and shook his head.

”Don’t play dumb with me. I know you sent Evan up there to request it.”

”How did you find out?”

Kristjan turned his eyes back to the ocean’s waters but wore that self confident smile that made so many want to strangle him, ”I bribed her with cake.”

Ty chuckled.

”Traitor. I think she likes you more than me.”

But his smile quickly fades as fast as it appears. The subject at hand was still on the table.

”I don't want to give up on us, Jan. I meant it when I told you I loved you. I don't just throw that word out. I want to adopt Evan as my daughter but it means that you'd have to be okay with it too because I can't make life decisions without the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. ”

He ran his fingers through his hair.

”I have no idea if I'll be good at it. She has special needs that need to be addressed. I could very well make her life worse. But I know that in my heart, there are two people that I never want to be without. I just hope that's enough. But tell me, honestly? Do you think it's a bad decision for me to do this? ”

He finally looked at Jan fully, straight in the eyes and there are tears forming in his own. The conflict raging a war inside him was tougher than any match he'd been in. It felt like he was being ripped apart. Yet Kristjan met his eyes and there was perhaps a surprising touch of anger or annoyance in his own gaze as his brow knitted into a frown.

”How the hell would I know, Ty? How the hell would anyone know? All I know is that I am the one who said you should do your family duty for that child and how often do I make mistakes? Unbelievable…” He all but muttered beneath his breath as he turned to look out into the ocean. ”Are we really going to go through this whole episode … again? You think you could be making a mistake but what is the bigger mistake? You taking that kid in or letting that man your aunt just married be a father to her? The man talks to a plant!”

He shared a quick look with Ty from the side.

Your aunt? Definitely mom material. I can’t say that about Vinnie. I don’t know the man well enough to judge.” He then shifted so he could turn around to face Ty directly and he pointed a finger at his boyfriend.

He said, “I told you the ball was in your court to make things right between us. It always has been. I told you if you want to adopt this girl, then it would not affect us. But I also told you that I could not be a parent to her. Being a father is not in the cards for me. Never was and I told you this from the very start! The question is, can you accept that?”


He pointed back in the direction of the reception hall aboard the Sun Princess.

”Can you take that girl who is blaming me for you not adopting her and tell her that in fact, that was your own insecurities and not mme?”

He nodded. This time he replies in English.

"I already talked to her. I also told her that she owes you an apology for being so rude. She feels bad but it's not entirely her fault. If I Had just been up front with you to begin with then this could have been avoided. Jan, you don't have to be her father. Legally, you aren't anything to her and you would never have to do more than just be a friend. If that's what makes you comfortable."

He sighs.

"My aunt kind of freaked me out. She brought up how my mom, her and my Aunt Vanessa all pretty much gave up their lives to raise me. But if I'm being honest, I'd be okay with that, but you not being bothered that I had a kid gives me so much relief. I think I was just more scared that you wouldn't forgive me for being stupid."

He looks over at him, earnestly now.

"And I know I was stupid not to trust my instincts and for not trusting you. I know deep down that it wouldn't have bothered you."

He tentatively put his hand on Kristjan's, hoping he doesn't shrug it away. And he does not. Kristjan looked down at Ty’s hand over his own, then up at him with a raised brow. Kristjan shook his head with wonder and said, “Don’t get sappy with me or else you won’t see me naked again until Christmas.”

Ty laughed and squeezed his hand before letting it fall away. "Oh we both know who's the sappy one in this relationship..."

He sighed deeply.

"You missed out on seeing me drop down drunk."

“No, actually I did.” Kristjan said. “Who do you think it was that took you from A and helped you back to your room?”

Ty looked at him with surprise. "I take it back, I think I am rubbing off on you just as much as you are on me. You took care of me even though I was the fool who pissed you off? You've kicked my head off for less."

He's amused at Kristjan's evolution.

“Yes, well…” Kristjan shrugged, playing it off. “Don’t look too much into it. I’d rather people not get the mistaken impression that I have a heart or some shit. Besides… if I hadn’t helped you would have yakked in the pool and pissed off an entire ship.”

"To be honest, I'd me more scared of you than a ship full of people. Just for full disclosure, my ex-girlfriend is on board. Evan and A locked her in her room so she won't be a problem, but I doubt she's going to give up that easy."

“Don’t worry about her.” Kristjan said just a touch too casually. “If she gets too close I’ll just throw her in the pool again.”

"Again?" Ty shook his head and facepalmed. "Why am I not at all surprised..."

“Hey she got off lucky! The bitch almost got tossed overboard!”

Ty chuckled again. He had grown to appreciate Kristjan for everything he was. He was not going to make the same mistakes again and he certainly was not going to second guess his relationship. The two men grew quiet, nothing else needed to be said. Just them two, the quiet and, a dark sky full of bright stars.





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