ANOTHER STORY ANOTHER TIME

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE * TWO ROADS

"Stiles, you seem like you're in pain?" Stiles grimaced, it was Peter, "Your friends are on the deck." Stiles looked at Peter in the eyes, Peter felt his stomach lurch.

 "What's wrong, you should be happy." Stiles eyes started to water, and the tears flowed down his cheek. 

"I can't remember everything, if I sit long enough and think about something, yeah it comes back, but I have no total recall." Peter stood and made Stiles stand and walk with him, 

"Let me show you something." He took Stiles to the end of the hall and had him look at Michael outside on the deck.

 "You see that man, Michael. You and Ethan busted your asses for four months looking for him. And don't say it was out of Duty and Honor, Nooo, you love that man, you worked hard learning it was okay to love him." Stiles looked at Michael, then it hit like a freight train....

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Stiles was sitting at the desk; the laptop was open, and he was reading about an auction of the old Hale Estate. 

"Hmm, looks like no one is yet interested in the property, I might get lucky." Michael was laying on the bed. Both men were off duty and hanging out in running shorts and plain white muscle shirts. 

"So, you are serious? What are you going to do, when you get it?" Stiles smiled

 "I want to build a cabin by the lake, and maybe you could help me?" Michael rolled his eyes, 

"You just can't live without me now, can you?" Stiles stood up and sat on the floor with his head leaning against Michael's arm.

 "What if I couldn't?" Michael placed his hand under Stiles's chin, Stiles in turn placed his chin on it. 

"Then I'd help you build that cabin." Stiles smirked and then laid his head completely on Michael's arm.

As the memory ended Stiles looked at Peter, 

"I need to explain to Michael what happened, thank you Peter." Peter winked at him, 

"It's the least I could do for the man who found another Hale family member." Stiles corrected Peter, 

"That was just a coincidence." Peter looked him in the eye. 

"Stiles if you look at the last five years, how many coincidences do you see?" Stiles just looked at him, turned and walked towards the sliding glass door that led to the deck. Michael looked inside, he could see Stiles coming their way, 

"Petey, could you go check on Jacob, so Isaac can have a few moments to himself?" Pete looked at Stiles sliding the door shut. 

"Yeah, sure." He smiled at Stiles as he passed quickly. Stiles looked at Michael, he then looked out at the city, this was an unusual situation, their eyes pulled them together, as each moved closer to the other, leaning in for .... Stiles put his hand on Michael's chest stopping his forward motion. 

"Sarge have I done something wrong?" Stiles didn't want to look at him, but he forced himself to, 

"No, no you didn't, I, I mean, I sustained a concussion at the park, I'm having memory lapses, and I'm scared." Michael pulled Stiles into him,

 "Do you have any memories of us?" the younger man nodded, 

"I know we care for each other; you were going to help me build a cabin together." Turning to the side, Michael let the hurt he felt from the last statement sink in. 

"No Sarge, we are building it together, you and I." Stiles shook his head up and down slowly, 

"Okay, you and I." Michael put his arm on Stiles's waist, "Stiles, I do love you, and if I can make you fall for me once, I can do it again." With that last statement, Michael pulled Stiles in till their lips clashed into each other. To Michael's joy Stiles kissed him back. Stiles stopped, 

"Oh, wow your dad is going to be so happy to see you." Michael looked at him, 

"You have talked to my father?" He looked happy, 

"Yeah, he was the one whom, with help from my friends, set up the rescue." Michael looked confused, 

"He and I talked about you and Pete all the time; I was afraid he would be mad about my personal life." The younger man turned to the door,

 "Come on, lets introduce you officially to my family, 

"One more of these first." Michael kissed Stiles, and both men could smell the happiness coming off the other............