Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 18:05:49 -0700
From: mistress_n9@juno.com
Subject: Touching

Disclaimer: I do not know the sexuality of Brian but I DO know Danny
	    from the Real World, New Orleans' sexuality. THAT is no
	    question. And no, he didn't break up with Paul. Paul's cute,
	    though. I saw his picture *grin*

Weell, what do we have here? Finally, a regular fic and unserious from
li'l ol me. Maybe I need to take vacations from Nifty more often. Any
how, enjoy the story. I know it's not much now but there will be more
and I'll post chapter 2 of Pure soon. As in tomorrow or so.

Touching
Chapter 1

"Ah...nothing like a relaxing day in the middle of nowhere." sighed
Danny as he stepped in his beloved cabin. "Jen's right, I should get
away from Real World and Paul. Not everything centers around the two,
right?" He walked towards the large bedroom to unpack his things. "Just
a nice vacation away..."

He was good looking, maybe. His bright blue eyes and his tousled dirty
blonde hair gave him a boyish air. Built, sensitive, a girl's very dream.
But he wasn't interested in girls, EVERYONE had known that. He made that
fact clear in the first couple of episodes of the Real World. Not that
he regretted the Belfort, he loved it but it was just the cameras that
bugged him.

That and the media bugged him more than usual lately. After the break
up with Paul, they've jumped all over him. Here, at his hideaway, no
one could bother him. It wasn't too close to the city but it wasn't too
far from it either. Just perfect enough for him to think and reinvent
himself. He collapsed on the king sized bed and drifted off to blissful
sleep.


Brian Thomas Littrell surveyed the familiar cabin he visited just about
every summer. Now that Leighanne divorced him for another, he needed a
getaway where he wouldn't be recognized. He took out the key and
inserted it in the lock. He turned the doorknob and walked in,
breathing in the woodsy smell. No media. No false friends. Just him and
the wilderness. He dropped his bags next to the couch, failing to
notice another suitcase. He shed the jacket and yawned.

He wanted a quiet getaway but couldn't find one until he was reminded
of the cabin in Atlanta. Nick had the sea and his new sports store.
Howie had his Club. AJ had monastery. Kevin had his new ranch and wife.
Brian had...just about nothing. Fans assumed that he had the B-ball to
get rid of his stress and Leighanne. "Bullshit." he muttered to himself.
He was smiling on the outside but inside, he was cursing and sulking.
Everyone had what they wanted but he didn't. Sure, he sounded like a
spoiled brat but damn, he wanted to be happy too.

His muscles protested from the long hike and his eyes began to droop.
Brian yawned and headed towards the bed room. It was dark as he stripped
off his shirt and pants and snuggled into bed. Through the haziness of
his mind, he didn't see that he wasn't alone.

Both men snuggled towards each other unconsciously. Danny's arms were
wrapped around Brian's lithe body perfectly as Brian snuggled against
the younger man. The warmness of each other made them both relaxed in
each other's protective arms.

Only 2 hours and a half later, they opened their eyes to make sure it
was a dream. As soon as blue met blue, they both leaped out of bed and
screamed in shock.