#43k

The Buckleys are celebrating their 50th Anniversary, and Maddie and Buck are both expected to come. To take the heat off Maddie, Buck impulsively blurts out that he's seeing someone new.

Obviously, there's only one solution: bring Eddie as his fake boyfriend, pretend to be in love with him, and survive the weekend with minimal bloodshed. No problem, except for the, uh. "Pretend" part.

Oops.

Jesse’s eyes roam between them, and his expression hasn’t changed one bit. “Am I missing something here? ‘Cause I’m really getting the feeling I’m missing something.”

The three of them look at each other – Sam with raised eyebrows, Fi with a subtle smile, and Michael just shrugs. It’s Jesse; they don’t need to hide anything from him, and it wouldn’t work for long, even if they tried.

“Well, you know, there’s Michael and Fi,” Sam starts, “and then there’s me and Fi…”

“And then there’s Michael and Sam,” Fi finishes.

“Huh.” Jesse looks from Michael to Sam and back again, and he only looks surprised for maybe half a second before he doesn’t any more. “Well, I guess I should’ve figured that one out sooner.”

“No reason you should,” Michael says. “We didn’t.”

Title: Longing: A Yearning Desire

Author: NaHe

Word count: 43k

Contains: Slow Burn, Angst, Fluff, Romance, Smut

Summary:

The first words a person’s soulmate will say to them appears on their left wrist on the day of their 18th birthday. Unless, of course, their soulmate has passed away.