Centering his eyes on Will at last, Kyle spoke, “you wanna know how I feel?” he then raised his voice slightly, “how I really feel?”

Will simply nodded as he dared to look back up at Kyle. A moment later, Kyle was reaching for Will’s wrist, clasping it tightly in his hand as he pulled him up from the bed and with him into the cabin’s restroom, where he kicked the door shut behind them, pushing Will back against the sink.

There was a brief flash of what was almost fear in those doe eyes before Kyle closed the gap between the two men, roughly covering his mouth with his own, as he tore at Will’s clothing. After nearly ripping the clothing off of the other man’s slightly trembling body, Kyle moved to quickly turn on the shower, pulling at his own clothes and tossing them to the floor a moment later.

In the next instant, when both were each relieved of all their clothing, Will could do nothing more than just keep his shocked gaze upon him. Then, Kyle reached for some small tube the previous resident had left behind on the sink. He then pushed Will backwards into the shower, stepping up into it with him, the luckily still heated and running water cascading over them as he placed another rough kiss over Will’s mouth.

After that kiss continued long enough for the water to thoroughly drench them both, Kyle finally moved back from the other man’s lips. With just as much nearly scary intensity, he pushed Will down to his knees and moved to take a place behind him. Will tensed more than a bit as he felt the warm water and the cool lotion combine upon his skin. He then gasped loudly as Kyle entered him deeply, turning the gasp into a moan as he began thrusting into him once more.

It was literally only moments before both men reached their climax, Kyle collapsing across Will’s back, where he struggled keep his arms and legs from buckling beneath them both after their intense mutual orgasm.

After several heavy breaths on the part of each of them, Kyle finally spoke again, “how you make me feel is like nothing in this entire fucked up world even makes any sense anymore. And I don’t know if it ever will again” he added through what almost sounded like his own tears.

At hearing the breaking of Kyle’s voice through his words, Will slowly turned beneath him, separating their bodies as he moved to face Kyle. Leaning back against the wall of the shower now, he pulled Kyle to him, wrapping his arms around him, holding him close, as he just let Kyle feel it all; more than willing to be right there for him, holding him, as he did.

It was several hours later when Kyle awoke with a start, his mental,physical, and especially emotional exhaustion having all taken their toll. When he came to, his head was still laying against Will’s chest, his equally nude body cradled between Will’s long, only slightly bent legs.

They were still there in the bottom of the shower stall. Will was looking up at the shower nozzle high above them, just barely dripping water in tune with their heartbeats now. His fingertips slowly tracing the frosted glass on one side, and the smooth porcelain on the other. Noting Kyle’s return to consciousness, Will smiled down at him happily.

“This is really how you, all of you, grew up, in this place?” Will asked in wonderment.

Kyle bit back a small smile as he slowly moved back to sit against the opposite side of the stall, their legs still touching in that somewhat confined space, “actually this is just where we showered; we grew up in the whole dang ship” he told him matter-of-factly.

“I know that” Will allowed his own little laugh, “but it’s amazing” Will returned. Kyle still held the smile as he simply shook his head over at how Will was in awe of, and just so appreciative of every tiny discovery, and amazed by them all.

“You’re one to talk about thing’s being amazing” Kyle replied, though in a slight whisper, his eyes trailing over Will’s body once more, trying to come to grips with this entirely strange new relationship he never thought he’d find himself in. Then again, he never thought he’d find himself in any of the relationships he had experienced since originally leaving this home of theirs, over a year earlier.

Will almost blushed then, before speaking, “I’m not amazing. I barely understand any of the things you all know” he stated with a bit of sadness to his tone.

Kyle couldn’t help the small chuckle of disbelief, “Will, you survived, all alone, on a huge planet, all by yourself, from the time you were only five years old, til now. How can you not see how amazing that is? The rest of us; we barely survived one year, and even then, we needed you to save us, more than once” he told him with his own amazed look back at his companion, who almost looked about to shed tears again at the sound of Kyle recounting his life in such a way.

Will took a shaky breath as he did then reach up to wipe away a tear from those stunning eyes of his, “you keep saying things like that, and I might think you actually do like me, after all.”

Kyle just let out another tiny laugh, and moved to kiss him once more.

It wasn’t too much later that the two finally decided that they had spent enough hours in the shower stall that day, and both stepped out to re-acquire their clothing. But at least both were still wearing smiles as they dressed there together in the small bathroom.

Though before they could make their way back out to the main part of the cabin, there was a persistent knock on the bathroom door. “You in there, Kyle?” Jared’s voice came to them through the door.

Will took a breath as he moved his eyes to Kyle, awaiting the younger man’s response to his friend; not able to keep from wondering if it would be reminiscent of the way he acted the last time the two had been caught together sharing small confines, while in an obviously post-coital state.

“Just a minute, Jared” Kyle called through the door, his eyes coming up to meet the expectant look in Will’s.

Outside the bathroom door though, Jared was slightly caught by not being greeted with anger by the younger man, considering the last time he had paid him a visit in his quarters earlier that same day.

“One second, ok?” was all Kyle managed to mouth in regards to Will’s continued look, just waiting to see how Kyle would behave this time.

Kyle cleared his throat as he moved to inch the door open a crack, as Jared looked down at him from the other side, the same expectant look on his face, but for entirely different reasons than Will’s.

“Trying to find something to throw at me?” Jared offered, then added, “cause I’m pretty sure I could throw it back, without even using my hands” he couldn’t help adding.

“What?” Kyle asked as he awkwardly stepped through the slightly ajar door and into the main part of the cabin with Jared, closing the door quickly behind him.

“You building a bomb in there or something?” Jared asked as he glanced at the door that Kyle still held tightly shut behind him.

“Did you need something, Jared?” Kyle asked in the same distracted tone, his hands still clutching the doorknob behind his back.

“So, you’re being held hostage then, is that it?” Jared then had to ask furtively, completely puzzled by Kyle’s behavior, especially after their last conversation.

“What?” Kyle asked again.

“Last time I talked to you, I hinted at your possibly sociopathic tendencies, and you’re apparently...over it?”

Kyle scoffed as he averted his eyes, “so did you just come here to go another round then?” he finally managed.

Jared shook his head at Kyle’s suspiciously calm behavior, but moved on, “actually, I needed to find ghost---Will” he corrected himself again.

“Will?” Kyle repeated, his voice tightening a bit on the other man’s name.

“You found me” Will then stated, now having appeared behind Jared, causing the nineteen year old to turn back to face him, startled.

Jared allowed a nervous smile over at the other man, “that still takes some getting used to” he greeted him.

Trying to ignore the relief that now flooded over Kyle as he stood behind Jared now, Will attempted to turn his attention back to the elder teen, “did you need me for something?”

Miranda was now nearly fully recovered from her surgery a few days prior; and she found herself going more than a little stir-crazy waiting to find out when she would finally see Lili again. She took a breath, got up from the sofa in her cabin and headed down the hall toward the apartment they had converted into a nursery/playroom of sorts for the younger children.

Once she poked her head in, she was not able to help the smile at where several of the children were playing, completely unaware that the world around them had changed so drastically. India was also there, changing the diaper of the youngest, Oddra. The little one was still only two years old and sadly, would never even know the parents who worked so hard to even bring her into the world.

“I guess you’re feeling better too?” Miranda asked.

“Figured I better get some practice in, since I can now apparently have one of these” India smiled back from gesturing to the little girl with a bit of worry.

“Well there’s obviously no need to rush” Miranda assured her. India simply smiled back as she continued her task. “Here, let me” Miranda offered as she moved forward to help the girl who wasn’t even seventeen herself yet. “I may be outta practice, but I think I can still swing it” Miranda smiled as she tended to the diaper instead.

“I bet you can’t wait” India smiled as she watched as Miranda gave Oddra a playful tickle above her new diaper.

“Can’t wait for what?” Miranda asked as she glanced back at the young girl’s pretty aqua eyes which were framed by long brown curls that nearly reached her waist, where she already had all the curves of a grown woman.

“To meet her” India smiled back at Miranda’s own still pretty turquoise eyes.

“To meet who?” Miranda asked, finally turning her attention from Oddra.

“Your granddaughter of course” India smiled innocently. Though soon swallowed her smile as she saw Miranda pale. “Oh god, they didn’t tell you yet, did they?” India asked with a near flinch, knowing she had just revealed a huge secret, without even meaning to.

“Granddaughter?” Miranda repeated with a deep breath, all the secrecy suddenly making much, much more sense to her right then, shocked as she obviously still was.

“I’m sorry. Tyler overheard, and I figured....” India was now tripping on her words, “I’m sorry. I’m sure that I wasn’t the one meant to tell you. Sorry” she repeated with another slight cringe as she left Miranda behind in her attempt to flee from that particular conversation.

A moment later, Miranda had followed the sound of voices to Kyle’s door, and pushed it open to the three men inside, her face saying it all right then.