Adrian made it back to the table, stumbling through the bodies as he drank from the nearest bottle that had any kind of alcohol inside.

After not having enough, he made it to the bar as he pushed his way through, ignoring the looks everybody was giving him.

Picking anything, he drank everything that was handed to him, wanting to forget the most recent interaction he had with Elliot, and what he had just done to him.

'I assaulted the guy with a weapon... Because he was harassing me... He was bleeding and he may have a head injury... And I just left him...'

While he was thinking about the assault, Brody passed him a drink as Adrian took it with ease. Downing the shot before nursing it with his own beer, Adrian had just looked up to see Brody join him , "Back here again?"

Ignoring his own problems, Adrian nodded his head as he continued to nurse his beer.

"Why's your face red?" Brody asked, as he stroked Adrian's left cheek that was a darker shade of red compared to the other side.

This was when Adrian downed his whole bottle. "It's just the alcohol I guess." He then took Brody's drink from his hand and downed that one too.

"Whoa easy there babe," Brody said out of concern. "I don't want to have your stomach pumped later."

Adrian ignored the concern as he pulled Brody into a passionate kiss, hoping that having the feeling of his boyfriend close to him would help relieve the stress of attacking somebody - as an act of self-defence Adrian kept telling himself.

Brody was pulling back when he ended up grinning after he saw Adrian was seeking out another kiss. "We have plenty of time for that later."

A calmed down Adrian had a genuine smile on his face now. His thoughts about Elliot seemed to disintegrate when Brody was smiling at him like he was now. He was feeling safe again, comfortable because of Brody's presence. "Thank you."

"For what? I get the same amount of pleasure from making out with you too." Brody joked.

"Let's get back onto the dance floor, I kind of liked what we were doing earlier." Adrian then took Brody's hand as they made it back to the centre of the club, feeling better now that he was with Brody.

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Adrian and his close friends were still at the club late at night, they were back to enjoying themselves as it was just the 4 of them.

The alcohol that Adrian quickly consumed started to effect him, he began to slur his words and Adrian became more clingy at the same time.

"Brody." Adrian whispered repeatedly into Brody's ear. He then started placing a quick kiss on his cheek after every word he was saying. "Brody. Brody. Brody."

Turning his head, Brody looked at his boyfriend who was extremely giddy. "Yes babe?"

"Hi." Adrian giggled as he took another shot of vodka that was just sitting on their table.

Brody smothered Adrian's head with his hands, as he then bent it down a little bit so he could kiss the top. "Dork."

"Your boyfriend's struggling to handle his liquor too?" Ashley joked as a sleepy Adam was dozing off on her shoulder.

"I have no idea what you mean." Brody replied sarcastically.

He was now watching his boyfriend get dragged onto the dance floor by some girl, bumping into may people on the way as they cleared the area.

Adrian stopped thinking about any repercussions from tonight, and just carried on feeling the music, the alcohol, and the liveliness around him. He was having fun, and that's all that mattered at the moment.

Dancing with random guys and girls, it made no difference as everyone around him were having the times of their lives - so Adrian did too.

But the constant dancing made Adrian nauseous as he reluctantly belched, rushing towards the toilet before he threw up everywhere.

Hurling himself over the toilet, Adrian threw up down the toilet bowl as he couldn't hold it all in anymore. Being careful with not spilling it anywhere, Adrian dabbed his mouth dry before he flushed the toilet.

Resting his back against the stall door, Adrian took a breather to calm himself back down, and sober up just a tiny amount. After his break, he had rinsed his mouth with tap water and headed back out again.

Twice in one night, Adrian felt himself get grabbed and pulled away before he could get back to his friends.

Gaining instincts and reflexes since the last encounter like this, Adrian raised his fist as he was already swinging again. "Elliot I swear to god if you touch-"

"Whoa whoa Adrian, it's me!" Brody caught Adrian's fists before they landed on his face, he was too drunk to be able to coordinate his punches in the first place.

"Brody?" Adrian's heart dropped after almost attacking Brody. "Shit."

"Yeah. I saw you about to throw up so I went to check up on you. Who did you think I was?"

Guilt started to bubble inside of Adrian from almost hurting his boyfriend. If Brody wasn't quick enough to stop him, then Adrian wouldn't have been able to forgive himself for hurting Brody.

Brody had let go of his hold on Adrian, letting his arms sag by his side as Adrian began to get flustered. "I don't know, doesn't matter, no one. Let's get another drink!" Adrian said as he left without waiting for Brody.

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"I knew that last tequila shot was a bad idea."

Having left the club together, Brody was stumbling along home with Adrian, who was staggering ahead of him.

He watched from afar as he saw his boyfriend trip onto the sidewalk, not bothering to get up as Adrian began to doze off on the cold pavement.

When Brody tried to prod him awake, Adrian batted his hand away and closed his eyes. "Sleepy."

Knowing that his boyfriend was in a much more drunken state, something inside of Brody kicked in as he sobered up more, wanting to get Adrian home safely.

"Adrian, you need to get up." Brody said softly as he rubbed Adrian's back gently.

"Can't," Adrian whined, "My legs are sleepy too."

Simultaneously laughing and groaning, Brody crouched down in front of a planked Adrian. "Up." He said as he patted his own legs, signalling for him to climb up.

When Adrian didn't attempt to move, Brody sighed before he wrapped Adrian's arms around his own neck. He then lifted them both up from the floor by standing up. Brody then managed to grab a hold of his boyfriend's thighs, making sure that his arms were still wrapped tightly around him as well.

Now giving his boyfriend a piggyback ride, Brody began walking them both home, with Adrian resting his head against Brody's shoulders.

Taking a few test steps first, Brody checked on Adrian. "You okay up there?"

"Comfy." Adrian mumbled into Brody's shirt.

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The cold air in the middle of the night gave Adrian the energy to perk up and tease his boyfriend.

Still clinging onto his back, Adrian made no attempt to get off Brody's back as he snuggled closer to him.

"Tonight was great fun." Brody said as he effortlessly carried Adrian in the middle of the empty street. "But you really shouldn't drink so much if you end up like this."

"Bullshit, I'm completely sober." Adrian expressed, with the enthusiasm of a jolly town drunk.

Making his point, Brody crouched down to let Adrian off his back. "Then you should be fine walking then."

"Noooooo." Adrian whined out loud, drawing out the vowels. "I drank too much." Adrian admitted as he scrambled to get even closer to Brody, making sure he didn't get dropped or thrown off.

Laughing at Adrian's 180 reaction, Brody stood back up and continued carrying him home. "You're too heavy though." Brody said as he pretended to whine.

"Don't tell me you don't like carrying me," Adrian suggested. "Why else would you have so many muscles that are popping out of that shirt?"

A smirk appeared on Brody's face, hidden from Adrian, as he remained silent because of the fact that he enjoyed carrying him.

The old fashioned act that showed his possessiveness and protectiveness elated Brody, because it meant that Adrian was his.

Brody's reaction wasn't missed by Adrian as he playfully smacked his boyfriend, pointing it out at the same time. "You're silence speaks a thousand words, Brody. Plus I know you're smirking right now you jerk."

Adrian then placed several kisses onto Brody's neck, showing his gratitude for Brody's caring, gentle, and loving side.

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Brody started to slow down when Adrian became less talkative. He didn't want to jostle Adrian too much, and tempt him into throwing up since it appeared that he was almost asleep.

Adrian was barely awake as he continued holding onto Brody, still mumbling as he got more sleepy.

"Brody?"

Brody turned his head slightly to see that Adrian was resting his head on top of his shoulder. "Yeah? You okay up there?"

Adrian tapped his fingers against Brody's shoulders. "I need to tell you something important."

"Right now?" Brody laughed. "We're both drunk, in the middle of the night, and I'm carrying your lazy ass home."

Adrian was too tired to control what he was saying, he wanted to open up about tonight. "I'm sorry Brody, it's all my fault."

Seeing that his eyes were closed, Brody couldn't read a honest reaction from Adrian. "What is?"

"I almost attacked you, I'm so sorry Brody. I never want to hurt you." Adrian mumbled earnestly.

Laughing it off, Brody didn't see the big deal Adrian was making out of it. "I know babe, I believe you."

Adrian sighed as he head butted the wall that was Brody's shoulder, trying to hit himself as he was still clinging onto Brody. "I thought you were someone else, I swear I didn't want to hurt you. I'm such an idiot."

Brody stopped walking so that he could listen to Adrian properly. With the way Adrian was now cradled against his neck, Brody couldn't turn to look at Adrian. So he had to talk out loud instead.

"What do you mean? Who were you trying to attack then?"

Brody waited for a response, but he was met with silence. Brody heard the light snoring from his boyfriend who was about to fall off his shoulders. Brody then shuffled Adrian back up onto his body as he continued to not let go off him.

~~~~~~~~~~

Adrian was still asleep by the time Brody carried him up to his house. Using Adrian's keys, Brody opened the door for them.

When he closed the door behind him, the light switched on as Sally stood on top of the staircase in her dressing gown.

Quirking her eyebrow at them, "Fun night?" She laughed after seeing her son passed out on his boyfriend's back.

Brody jostled Adrian to see if he was awake enough to respond to his mom. When it was met with more light snoring, Brody answered on his behalf.

"Yeah it was great." Brody laughed. "But Adrian may have overdid it."

Sally sweetly smiled at Brody before turning back to her bedroom, leaving the boys alone while Brody carried his boyfriend into his room.

Brody set Adrian down gently onto the bed, deciding to not bother with getting him changed. After making sure all of his limbs were comfortably on the bed, Brody settled himself down beside him.

With the familiar warm body next to him, Adrian instinctively shuffled around on the bed to face Brody's chest, staying close to him again.

Brody then covered them both with a blanket, carefully kissing him on the forehead goodnight.

"Love you too." Adrian whispered.

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