Fandom The Farmhouse Dream { The Last of Us 1x1 with icedthemoon }

[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Kaleb Price, Jordan DeShay, Kaiden Lachlan, Elijah Lewis and Cameron Harris (and the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former FEDRA officer, Former Smuggler, Former WLF, Former Seraphite, Former Firefly | 19, 27, 30, 26, 27, 23 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Josh listened to Nate, as did Jacob. To Jacob, the idea sounded like a really good one. It was entirely possible to give Hayden back his full range in his leg. In fact, he was kind of surprised he hadn't thought of that himself. Josh on the other hand wasn't so sure he wanted to rebreak his husband's leg just help him. It was a weird dilemma to him. But that little bit of hope in Hayden's eyes made Josh falter for a moment. He knew how Hayden had struggled for years with this, and how often his husband wanted to do things but couldn't because of his leg. "Hayden, if this is something you want to do, then I'm behind you and I'll support your decision." Josh told him, as Jacob thought for a moment before looking at Nate. "You say you're self-taught, but you're very smart at this medical stuff. You would've made a great doctor in the old world if given the chance." Jacob told him. Alex smiled, seeing Nate in his element, it was a beautiful thing to witness. So he continued to sit back and listen.

Kaleb nodded as he felt Asher take his hand and pull him out. Cam waved to them as they left. Kaleb moved with Asher down the street, and then heard his words. "Oh? You going to sneak me out once I'm allowed to leave the town?" Kaleb asked with a grin and a chuckle.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Carlos Price, Asher McCoy, Ezekiel Finch, Theophilus Sharpe, and Emmett Adler (and the Smith Clan)
Former Firefly, Aspiring Artist, Former Hunter, Former Seraphite, Former WLF, Former Firefly | 21, 25, 32, 29, 25, 24 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Nate blushed at the compliment. “No no, I don’t think I could have done that. There are real heroes out there who can do things like that.” Like the doctor who could have saved the world. The one who died at the same time as his mama. “And I only know things in theory. I’ve read a lot of the medical journals and texts. I had a lot of time waiting on my mama to get back home.” He walked around so that he could put both hands on Josh’s and Hayden’s shoulders. “I have never done anything like this before. I am not a doctor.” He pointed to Jacob. “He is way more of a doctor than me.” He placed a gentle hand on Hayden’s leg. “And we may not be able to get full range, but we may be able to get it a whole lot better than it is.” He moved to the other side and pointed at the guy who was just now walking into the place. “But we can try. And that’s the best part. We can try to make a difference.” The guy who just walked in was Soren who always came here after their patrols, especially when Josh got himself hurt. “What are we doing?” he asked as he joined Alex towards the back. Hayden laughed. “I think we are going to break my leg again.” He wrapped his arms around Josh. “If this works, you know what we’re going to go do? We’re going to go swimming.” With that okay, Nate bounced up and moved away from the rest of them. “Okay! Okay? Okay! I need to know literally everything we have.” He grabbed Jacob’s hand as he dashed behind and past him, pulling him along. “Aaaand I need to know everything you have access to. I will travel if we have to.”

Asher lightly swung their arms as they walked. “Of course not,” he insisted as he scrunched his eyebrows together. He looked forward to make sure he knew when to turn. “I was going to sneak you out before that.” He flicked his gaze towards his companion and grinned. He pointed forward. “We’re going to turn up here and then it should be close.”
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[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Kaleb Price, Jordan DeShay, Kaiden Lachlan, Elijah Lewis and Cameron Harris (and the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former FEDRA officer, Former Smuggler, Former WLF, Former Seraphite, Former Firefly | 19, 27, 30, 26, 27, 23 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Jacob saw the blush and smiled a little bit. He could see that he was one to not take compliments well. "The only difference between reading the medical journals and being a doctor or nurse is the field experience." Jacob commented as he watched the two of them. Josh eyed Nate but then he heard Hayden's words and smiled, feeling the arms wrapped around him. "If this works, I can't wait to go swimming with you." Josh said, looking at Nate and then Jacob. The same man who was looking at Soren then at Nate. "So we have a good amount of stuff here, but there's a hospital about forty five minutes ride from here that has all kinds of surgery supplies that we can gather, so what do you need? I know we'd need screws and stuff to screw the leg back and I don't think we have that here." Jacob said as Alex looked at the excitement in Nate as he listened to them.

Kaleb heard that and then the rest of his words and snorted a laugh. "Oh is that so?" He said with a grin. He followed Asher down the road, taking the turn. He looked up ahead to see a gazebo and smiled as he walked. "You are a bad influence." He said with a laugh.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Carlos Price, Asher McCoy, Ezekiel Finch, Theophilus Sharpe, and Emmett Adler (and the Smith Clan)
Former Firefly, Aspiring Artist, Former Hunter, Former Seraphite, Former WLF, Former Firefly | 21, 25, 32, 29, 25, 24 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Nate had not been so excited in a long time. Normal people were not excited about getting to cut open someone’s leg and potentially make everything worse. He was be devastated if he made it worse, but it was already pretty bad off. “Um, I don’t know? I’ve never done a surgery before!” To this, Hayden laughed, because he had essentially agreed to let a kid who had enough experience to have sewn some people together perform an extremely invasive surgery on his already messed up leg. He leaned his head against Josh’s. When he could feel him there, it was like everything felt a little bit better. “What’s the worst that could happen?” Nate thought about this and then answered, “You lose the leg?” Because he would amputate before he let it do something worse to the rest of the body. That he could do. He had done that quite a few times actually. Not that his mama knew about that. Hayden slowly nodded. “That’s not so bad. “I feel like that might be easier anyway.” Soren, sitting in the back with Alex, told him under his breath, “I’m actually shocked he hasn’t cut it off himself already.” Nate was running somewhere else in the room. He had so much more energy than Hayden or Soren had anymore. “Alright, let me make a list, and then ugh, shoot I wish I had this one old journal. No, it’s fine! I can do this. We can do this.” He swiveled around to look at as many of them all at once. “Hospital forty five minutes away, yeah? Can I come?” There were a million reasons to include because he should be there with Jacob to grab what they needed. Also, what was more exciting than that? He loved traveling the hospitals.

Asher dipped his head down low. “That’s where you’re wrong,” he countered. “I am not the bad influence. Jordan is by far the worse influence. I cannot help that I took so much from him.” He walked them up to the gazebo and stopped at the steps. “And you are a bad influence.” He grinned. “I wouldn’t have to sneak anyone out if you weren’t on probation.” He led them up the steps and opened his arms out wide. “Have your pick of spots.”
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[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Kaleb Price, Jordan DeShay, Kaiden Lachlan, Elijah Lewis and Cameron Harris (and the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former FEDRA officer, Former Smuggler, Former WLF, Former Seraphite, Former Firefly | 19, 27, 30, 26, 27, 23 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Jacob and Josh shared a look as they looked at Nate. Josh heard Hayden laugh and felt the head leaned against him. He wasn't so happy to hear that it could happen where he could lose the leg. He was putting a lot of trust in Nate, Jacob and supporting Hayden with this. He just hoped that it would end well for them. Alex looked at Soren, hearing that comment and snorted a laugh. Jacob couldn't imagine having as much energy as Nate had, and watched him. "Yes, you can come with us to the hospital. We're going to need all hands on deck to make sure we can get everything we need from there." Jacob said, looking at Nate then over at Alex and Soren. "Everyone, including you two." He said.

Kaleb looked at Asher, seeing him dip his head down low. "Hmm. Are we so sure it's just Jordan as a bad influence?" He asked, chuckling as they made it to the gazebo. "I am absolutely not a bad influence, that would be Carlos." He said with a shake of his head. "I didn't put myself on probation okay.." Kaleb added as he looked around. He took a seat on a two person bench and padded the seat beside him with a grin.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Carlos Price, Asher McCoy, Ezekiel Finch, Theophilus Sharpe, and Emmett Adler (and the Smith Clan)
Former Firefly, Aspiring Artist, Former Hunter, Former Seraphite, Former WLF, Former Firefly | 21, 25, 32, 29, 25, 24 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Nate suddenly jerked to a full stop and slowly turned to face as many people as he could. “This doesn’t have to be today.” It just occurred to him that he came in and potentially disrupted everyone else’s lives. “But also I’m on probation for like a month, so I am not entirely certain that I can go anywhere.” He pressed play on the bouncing and dashed around everyone so that he was beside Alex. If he was going to share his excitement with anyone, it would be him. “Which is probably for the best! A month means I could prepare and really know everything that we need and also see how to perform a surgery.” He smiled nervously. “It’s not that I’ve never done any surgery. I can amputate without issue. I have in fact done that. But I’ve never done an invasive surgery to this extent. I need to research to make sure that my knowledge is accurate.” Hayden squeezed Josh’s hand, and whispered for only him, “Think about what else we could do if this boy could make this work.” He smiled and kissed Josh’s cheek. He glanced towards Soren and grinned. “I have been tempted far more often than you believe.” Soren believed that. “Okay, medical journals, records, and books?” Soren stood up and nodded. “Sounds like a good game of a scavenger hunt. I’m in. There are several places to look in this nice town.”

Asher slid onto the bench next to Kaleb and placed his arm on the back behind them both as he placed the book in his lap. “I think that maybe we were a whole lot of bad influences who converged in the best way.” He held the book with his free arm to read the cover and flip it over to the back. “Are you ready to fall deeply in love with… this vampire guy? Or are we falling in love with the human? I feel that the best way to enjoy this is to be deeply invested from the beginning. Or at least that was what I was told by Emmett.”
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[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Kaleb Price, Jordan DeShay, Kaiden Lachlan, Elijah Lewis and Cameron Harris (and the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former FEDRA officer, Former Smuggler, Former WLF, Former Seraphite, Former Firefly | 19, 27, 30, 26, 27, 23 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Jacob chuckled, hearing that and then a nod. Right. He should've guessed that the newcomers would be put on probation. Especially after Abby. Alex looked at Nate when he came bouncing over and smiled at him, listening to him. Jacob nodded as he looked between them. "Yes, we can use this time to research and prepare. Perhaps having time to prepare and get things ready, this will work perfectly." Jacob agreed as he looked over at Josh. Josh had felt the squeeze to his hand and heard the whisper. His eyes widened as he flicked his gaze to look at Hayden with a grin. "Mm. So I can prove I'm still not an old man?" Josh asked, recalling a conversation from years ago. Alex looked at them as he heard that and nodded. "Scavenger hunt? Sounds like fun. Let's see what we can find." Alex agreed.

Kaleb looked at Asher as he slid next to him and he leaned back against the bench's backrest and slightly to the side, so his side touched Asher's. "I guess I can agree on that." He said with a smile. "I always fall in love with the love they share together." Kaleb said as he looked at the book. "But I think I'd like the vampire guy more."​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Carlos Price, Asher McCoy, Ezekiel Finch, Theophilus Sharpe, and Emmett Adler (and the Smith Clan)
Former Firefly, Aspiring Artist, Former Hunter, Former Seraphite, Former WLF, Former Firefly | 21, 25, 32, 29, 25, 24 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Nate slid his hand into Alex’s. “Who doesn’t like a good scavenger hunt?” he asked with a grin. Soren shrugged. “Crazy people. Well, wait, no. All I know is crazy, and they all love a good scavenger hunt. So, is that what we’re doing now? Am I about to raid this town with our newcomers? Because that sounds like fun.” Nate laughed. “My mama told me that I was constantly shaking things up everywhere we went, so that seems about on par with what we do.” Hayden just smiled at all the movement around them. At Josh’s answer, he grinned. “Baby, you are an old man when it comes to the standards of this world.” He captured Josh’s face in his hands and kissed him. “But that doesn’t mean anything to me.” He pulled away and took Josh’s hands. Without looking away, he told whoever was listening, “I’ve got a collection of various science materials. I think I have some of the medical texts from the WLF still. I wasn’t about to leave all that hard work I point into it, even if it wasn’t what I actually wanted to do.”

Asher laughed. “I am trusting you with this story. But if I was going to trust anyone, it would be you. Jordan is lovely, but he doesn’t really sit around doing a lot of reading. I can’t trust that judgement.” He opened up the book. Skipped all the boring first pages. Then he began to read.
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[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Kaleb Price, Jordan DeShay, Kaiden Lachlan, Elijah Lewis and Cameron Harris (and the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former FEDRA officer, Former Smuggler, Former WLF, Former Seraphite, Former Firefly | 19, 27, 30, 26, 27, 23 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Alex felt the hand slide into his and he smiled, turning to look at Nate. "I have to agree there." Alex said with a smile, while Jacob walked over to Soren. "That's exactly what we're doing. And I resent that, I'm not crazy, everyone else is crazy." Jacob told Soren, taking his hand and smiling as he looked at the others. Josh saw that grin and heard him, chuckling a little bit. "Oh, I see. Got it." He said, kissing Hayden back before he heard that. "I'm glad to hear that." He said while he raised his eyebrows. "You actually brought those with you? Why am I not surprised." Josh said as he snorted a laugh, looking at the others.

Kaleb looked at Asher and smiled wide. "I'm glad you trust me with this." Kaleb said as he shifted, leaning his head onto Asher's side as he looked at the book. "I can't picture Jordan sitting around and reading." Kaleb commented as he fell silent, listening to Asher reading. A contented sigh slipped out as Kaleb enjoyed the moment.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Carlos Price, Asher McCoy, Ezekiel Finch, Theophilus Sharpe, and Emmett Adler (and the Smith Clan)
Former Firefly, Aspiring Artist, Former Hunter, Former Seraphite, Former WLF, Former Firefly | 21, 25, 32, 29, 25, 24 | Current location ;; Wyoming

“I resent that you say that Josh is an old man,” Soren announced as he brought Jacob’s hand up to his lips to kiss it. “You’re right, my love, you aren’t crazy. He’s crazy and also old. What does that make us?” Nate had a potential answer to that. “Ancient,” he suggested as he pulled Alex up. He had things to steal. Hayden waved a hand as he dismissed everyone. “Of course I brought them. I didn’t know where Kai was taking us. I mean, I knew where and had a basic understanding, but what if we were bored? Sure, they aren’t exactly my favorites, however, science is science.” Nate raised a hand to that. “Science nerds for the win.” Soren high fived that hand which both shocked and amused Nate. “Yeah, I’m not a science nerd, but I wanted to join in.” He pointed to Alex. “It’s you and me and the old man surrounded by definitely not crazy people.” He laughed. "So who all is searching around to steal things?"
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[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Kaleb Price, Jordan DeShay, Kaiden Lachlan, Elijah Lewis and Cameron Harris (and the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former FEDRA officer, Former Smuggler, Former WLF, Former Seraphite, Former Firefly | 19, 27, 30, 26, 27, 23 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Jacob chuckled softly as he felt Soren bring his hand to his lips and kissed it. He was going to comment on Soren's question when he heard Nate's response. "Ancient. I like that. Or fossil, that's a good one too." Jacob said teasingly. Alex moved to his feet when Nate pulled him up and laughed softly. Josh looked at Hayden and shook his head as he laughed. "Alright my love. You stay here and keep Jacob company, we'll go find some medical articles." Josh said as he kissed Hayden's forehead. "Okay ancient one, say goodbye to your husband, its us two and the young ones." Josh said, moving towards the door with a grin as Alex shook his head with a laugh listening to them.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Carlos Price, Asher McCoy, Ezekiel Finch, Theophilus Sharpe, and Emmett Adler (and the Smith Clan)
Former Firefly, Aspiring Artist, Former Hunter, Former Seraphite, Former WLF, Former Firefly | 21, 25, 32, 29, 25, 24 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Nate turned to Alex. “Do you also feel like when he calls us the young ones that it makes us sound like small children?” Soren clapped a hand on their backs. “Well, since I am literally you having lived your lives three times, then I would see that is it exactly.” He swiveled around and quickly slid an arm around Jacob’s back, pulling him close without warning. He lifted his other hand and swept it across his cheek. “Farewell, my love. The old man cannot keep us apart forever. I will return to you after achieving success on this most noble quest.” He kissed Jacob like one might if he were leaving his love forever. Hayden pushed at his arm. “Josh, can you take the dramatic one now. We have actually work to get done.”
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[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Kaleb Price, Jordan DeShay, Kaiden Lachlan, Elijah Lewis and Cameron Harris (and the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former FEDRA officer, Former Smuggler, Former WLF, Former Seraphite, Former Firefly | 19, 27, 30, 26, 27, 23 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Alex looked at Nate and then felt the hand clapped on their backs. "Yeah, it does sound like small children, but at least we aren't ancient." Alex said with a grin as he watched Soren move around and go to Jacob. Jacob felt the arm slide around his back and pulled close. Jacob laughed softly as he felt the hand sweep across his cheek. "Mm. Farewell handsome, I'll see you later. Good luck." Jacob told him, kissing him back the same way. Josh rolled his eyes and kissed Hayden's forehead. "I've got him. I'll see you soon baby." Josh said, grabbing Soren's arm and pulling, aiming to drag him from Jacob's side so they could head out.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Carlos Price, Asher McCoy, Ezekiel Finch, Theophilus Sharpe, and Emmett Adler (and the Smith Clan)
Former Firefly, Aspiring Artist, Former Hunter, Former Seraphite, Former WLF, Former Firefly | 21, 25, 32, 29, 25, 24 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Very many people were laughing at this goofy display of affection both from the couple and from the brotherly love. Soren moved away with Josh as he was yanked from his love, letting a hand linger between them as he laughed. “Alright, alright, I’m coming. This is me joining you.” Hayden waved as his people left, sitting down at what had become his desk at some point. He had a lot to think about since this group came to them. Nate held Alex’s hand as they moved out of the building after Soren and Josh. “So, where exactly are we going? Because I’ve only been here long enough to know that I don’t know anything about this place other than it works and it shouldn’t.” He was not sure he would ever get used to the fact that this town ran like a town. Soren shrugged. “This is what we know. We have a bookshop, though I don’t know if Em has serious medical journals and what not. Hayden said he took the ones from the WLF, which is so him. We could head back to their place. I think some people have a stash of old books and things from the old world as a bit of a collection. Josh. You got any other thoughts?”
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[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Kaleb Price, Jordan DeShay, Kaiden Lachlan, Elijah Lewis and Cameron Harris (and the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former FEDRA officer, Former Smuggler, Former WLF, Former Seraphite, Former Firefly | 19, 27, 30, 26, 27, 23 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Jacob smiled as he watched Soren get yanked away. He turned back and sat down at a desk that had been brought in before they’d come along. “So. Are you really okay with this?” Jacob asked, now that it was just them. Well, it was for about five minutes before the door opened again. Kaiden came in, alone at the moment. “Hey dad. Uncle.” Kai said, a smile on his face. He came in every few days after patrol and got a back massage. He’d fallen a few years ago and his back was already messed up from an old fight. Almost like a muscle was pulled and now it needs massages and rubs to keep it from tensing up and getting much worse. “Hey Kai. Sit down.” He said, as Kaiden sat down and removed his shirt and started massaging the muscle.

Alex walked out of there with Josh, Soren and Nate. Josh hummed as he thought about it for a moment. “Well. We could check our place first and then the book shop or, we each take one of these young adults and split up. One goes with me to my place and then the other goes with you to the bookshop.” Josh suggested as he looked at the other two. “Would you rather stay as four or split and cover more ground?” Josh asked looking at them. Alex shrugged, though he was curious to learn more about these two men. “I don’t mind, it might make more sense to split up.”​