Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:13:28 -0400 From: Miss Meehan Subject: Playing For Keeps Title: Playing for Keeps Fandom: One Tree Hill Pairing: Nathan/Lucas Warnings: Slash and Incest A/N This story is an AU in which Lucas and Nathan meet in college but don't know they are brothers. This story is based on a collaborative effort between myself and the fabulous Ryan E. All typos and errors are mine. Lucas Roe was excited to be heading for college. It was a chance to get away, reinvent himself, be his own person. Not that he wasn't his own person now but his mother tended to coddle him since his diagnosis of HCM in his last year of high school. The disease had forced him to give up his dream of becoming a basketball legend or at the very least getting a scholarship. Fortunately for him, he wasn't a typical jock. He loved reading and writing and his grades were well above average. It so happened that Fullerton College, where he had hoped to play hoops also had a very good English department that had turned out some of the hottest authors to date. They boasted a number of alumni who had novels on the New York Times Bestseller's list as well as two Nobel Prize winners for literature. Another alumni was an Academy Award winner for best screenplay several years ago. Lucas was glad he didn't have to hunt down a new school after his dreams of basketball were shattered. He'd even managed to get an academic scholarship to the same school. He was glad things worked out for his mother's sake. As much as she wanted him to attend college, financially it was impossible. Lucas never knew his father. His mother told him it was a one night stand after high school and she'd never seen the boy again. Sometimes he wished he could have had a relationship with his dad but most of the times he was cool with it. He persuaded his mother not to come with him to his first day of college. He just felt that would be too humiliating. Besides, his best friend Haley James had gotten into Fullerton as well. They had been friends since he could remember and did everything together. She was the only one he'd come out to in high school. His mom still didn't know he was gay. As far as he knew, his mom was probably planning he and Haley's wedding the minute they graduated from college. Everyone assumed they'd slept together and were an item in high school. His mom even gave him the talk, warning him to take precautions until after his graduation. The two drove up together, trunk and back seat bogged down with their things. They talked excitedly about what college would be like and vowed to keep an eye out for each other. The dorms were coed with every other floor being either a boys dorm floor or girls. Lucas and Haley knew they'd be seeing a lot of each other because the were going to be housed in the same building. When they arrived at the campus, Haley and Lucas parked and stared wide eyed at the massive campus. "Are we ready for this?" Haley asked nervously. "I'm game if you are." "Or..." "Or.?" Lucas questioned. "Or we could run off together for the next four years and send postcards to people saying we're here and all is well." "That's an option too," Lucas laughed nervously. "Let's backburner that until we give the place at least a week. Deal?" Haley sighed, brushing her auburn hair out of her eyes and nodding. They walked across campus from the parking area pulling their trunks and baggage behind them and found the Berkely Building. After helping Haley settle in to her empty dorm room on the fourth floor, Lucas took the elevator up to the fifth floor and dragged his baggage to the end of the hall until he found his room. He kicked open the door and was startled to find a tall brunette standing there looking pissed off. "Ever heard of knocking?" The brunette asked. "Sorry, my hands were kind of full and this is my dorm room so I didn't think I needed permission." "Let's get something straight right now buddy.." "It's Lucas, my friends call me Luke." "Well Lucas," the teen began, putting extra emphasis on the last syllable of his name, "this living situation is temporary, but until it is resolved, we need to lay down some ground rules." Lucas kept his expression emotionless as he listened to the boy babble on about what was his and what was not. `What a jerk,' the blond thought. "You keep that straight and we should get along just fine." The brunette turned to finish his unpacking. "By the way, you got a name?" "Yeah, Nathan...Nathan Scott." "Well Nate," Lucas paused, noting the grimace on the other teen's face, "I'd like to say it's a pleasure to meet you but unfortunately I don't like to lie." Lucas threw his bags on the desk that divided his half of the room from Nathan's. His was the bed closest to the door. He heard his obnoxious roommate muttering to himself and grinned. The room was small. In the center was a work station with a tall book shelf that gave a minimum of privacy. One dresser and one closet were on each side of the room. Lucas set up his laptop first before putting his things away. A light knock on the door interrupted both boys silent unpacking. "Come in," Nathan yelled, as if he was expecting company. "Oh hi," Haley smiled, looking around. "Hi yourself," Nathan said, swaggering over. "Haley this is Nate," Lucas emphasized, "Nate, Haley." "It's Nathan and you know this guy?" Nathan asked, pointing to the blond like he wasn't even there. "Most of my life," Haley answered cheerily, grabbing on to Lucas' arm. "Hey, there is a freshman mixer tonight. I think we should go.," Haley announced excited. "I was planning on doing some reading and working on a few things ," Lucas answered, nodding to his laptop. "I'll go with you," Nathan offered. Haley looked at Lucas with pleading eyes. "Okay, let's all go," Lucas offered. Nathan seemed disappointed but he agreed. Lucas supposed he wanted a chance to be alone with Haley. He knew his friend was beautiful and had he not been attracted to guys, he definitely could see himself putting the moves on her. Haley and Lucas roamed around the campus for a while and met a few other freshman who said they would be attending the mixer. On the walk back across campus, Haley and Lucas talked. "I think my jerk of a roommate likes you." "He's not my type," Haley answered, "but he is cute. Too bad he isn't gay, that would be perfect." "Just being gay isn't enough," Lucas snapped back. "He's rude and obnoxious. Why do people think that two gay men with nothing in common should automatically hook up?" "I didn't mean it like that and you know it." "I'm sorry Haley, but that guy is such a jerk. He's probably a jock or something." "You were a jock once," Haley said, nudging her friend in the ribs. "Yeah, but I was also an intellectual. A very rare combination." Lucas walked his friend back to her dorm and met her roommate, a snooty brunette named Brooke Davis. She made it clear she had aspirations of being head cheerleader at Fullerton one day. Lucas kept thinking how much she and his new roommate probably had in common. Haley walked him outside the door and rolled her eyes. "Gonna be a long semester," they both said in unison before breaking out into uncontrollable laughter. What do you wanna bet that mine is a jock," Lucas laughed. "Ten bucks says he isn't," Haley giggled. "Prepare to lose. Pick you up around 9:30 tonight," Lucas said, kissing his best friend lightly on the cheek before taking the elevator back up to his floor. For the next couple of hours, Lucas sat in front of his laptop working on some stories he wanted to post on his live journal. He also decided to add his pictures he had uploaded before he left home to the face book and create a my space account. Lucas was hoping college would be a place to explore his sexuality but so far it seemed as repressed as high school. His roommate had disappeared to go shower so it gave the blond teen some time to write he thoughts and feelings down in his journal. He had managed to connect with other college bound gay teens but still felt lonely. He was hoping there would be someone he could talk with face to face. Nathan sauntered in clad only in a towel and his slippers and walked right up to Lucas' desk. "You gonna get ready soon?" Lucas tried to ignore that the man's cock was at his eye level. Staring straight ahead he answered tightly, "Sure." Mentally he was cursing Haley for planting visions of he and this Neanderthal rolling around in the sack. Nathan leaned over looking at Lucas's screen. "I got one of those," he said, pointing at the live journal page. Lucas quickly clicked off the screen and stood up to get ready. Now he was practically in kissing distance of the brute and found himself staring at the teens face which wasn't as unpleasant as he had supposed it would be. `Damn you Haley,` he muttered to himself when he finally snapped out of it. He wasn't sure but Nathan seemed to be blushing and struggling to control his breathing in those brief seconds that they stood face to face. `Cold shower,` Lucas admonished himself. "Hurry up, we don't want to be late," Nathan called after him as he disappeared out the door. For the life of him, Lucas couldn't imagine why this suddenly felt like a date. The guy had been a total prick to him earlier in the day and now he was literally in his face and trying to be all getting to know you. When he returned he found Nathan looking in his closet. "What's with all this medication? You got some sort of disease?" Lucas felt like saying yes. An ignorant prick like him might actually move out for fear he could catch the disease by breathing the same air. "No," Lucas said tersely, slamming his closet door shut, ` and I'll thank you not to go through my things again. I have ground rules too." "Sorry man," Nathan said backing away. "I just thought..." "You should be," Lucas grumbled. "Anyone ever tell you you're cute when you're mad?" Lucas looked at the man, stunned. "You're eyes get squintier and..." A knock on the door interrupted Nathan. "Come in," both men yelled. "Oh, you're not dressed yet," Haley smiled. "I thought we said 9:30," Lucas answered gruffly. "Everything okay," Haley asked, a tad concerned. Lucas looked over at his roommate whose face was now flushed. "Yeah, just running late." "Okay," she said, eying her friend suspiciously, "Brooke and I will wait for you guys in the lounge. As soon as the door was closed, Nathan began babbling an apology. "Look man, I'm sorry about the snooping and the stupid comments about your meds. It's none of my business." "You're right it isn't." "It's just that I had a friend...never mind...forget it. I'll wait downstairs too." Lucas closed his eyes and calmed himself before dressing. Ten minutes later he joined his three companions and headed over to the Frommer building for the party. The place was packed and Lucas instantly regretted coming. A lot of sororities and fraternities were there recruiting and as he had guessed, Nathan was a basketball player and mentioned on the walk over that he planned to pledge a fraternity. Brooke had convinced Haley to at least consider pledging which pretty much left Lucas to wander the party pretending to mingle. A few hours later his roommate literally stumbled upon him thoroughly drunk. "Great party huh?" He smiled wildly. "Yeah," Lucas lied. "You havin' a good time?" "Yeah...you?" "Awesome. You look like you're ready to go?" "Sort of," Lucas confessed. "Not really your scene, huh?" "No, not really." It was freaking Lucas out that the man was standing so close. He had a drink in his hand and one arm resting on the wall above his head. Lucas suddenly felt like one of the poor girls he'd seen tonight being hit on by some idiot jock or fraternity dickhead that couldn't take no for an answer. "I'll go find the girls," Nathan began, practically talking in his ear, "and we'll get out of here." `Well this is strange,` Lucas thought, `he cares that I'm not having a good time. No Luke, don't go there. He is not even remotely a possibility.` It was another hour before their little foursome found each other and made their way back across campus to their dorm. Haley and Brooke were drunk and walking ahead of them giggling at everything. Nathan was barely holding his own. He was off balance and kept holding on to Lucas for support, finally throwing an arm around his shoulder. Lucas just wanted the night to be over and tried to usher the group across campus as quickly as possible. The men walked the ladies back to their room before taking the steps up to their own room. Nathan forgetting the ground rule he set, immediately collapsed on Lucas' bed much to Lucas' dismay. "C'mon big guy, let's get you tucked in," Lucas pleaded, tugging at the jock who had become dead weight. "Yeah," Nathan grinned foolishly, pulling the slightly smaller man down, "let's get you tucked in." Before he knew it, he and Nathan were lip locked and the jocks hands were like octopus tentacles, exploring every part of his body. Lucas tried to pull away but the brunette was a lot stronger than he looked. "You're so cute," he slurred, rolling Lucas over onto the bed and pinning him down. "And you're so drunk," Lucas replied, trying to avoid another kiss while wondering when his roommate had grown and extra pair of hands. He felt his fly go down and his cock groped through his underwear. "I think we should stop this before one of us gets hurt," Lucas threatened. "Aw baby, I don't wanna hurt you. You're so cute." "So you keep telling me," Lucas managed to get out before his lips were engulfed again. The errant hand had found it's way into the opening of his briefs and suddenly Lucas didn't feel much like protesting. `I know I'm going to regret this,' Lucas thought, as he let himself succumb to the jock's advances. He heard the thud of shoes being kicked off and decided to lose his own. Nathan's hand had rucked up his shirt and his thumbnail was brushing back and forth over his nipple. "Fuck," Lucas blurted out. "I will baby, I will." Lucas felt his whole body shudder. He was gay in theory only. He'd never done this before. He'd always imagined he'd give himself to the person he'd fallen madly in love with but now it seemed like that wasn't to be the case. Lucas realized his lips had been released and that the same naughty mouth that had stolen kisses from him was now assaulting his chest. He felt a long wet lick go up from his navel to his right nipple and then another that landed on his left Lucas heard himself sigh and his hands held the obnoxious jocks head in place against his left nipple. He felt it rise beneath the rough tongue. He felt himself rising as skillful hands brought his cock to full attention. There were too many sensations to concentrate on;; the small playful nips along his chest, the hand that was exploring further and further and then suddenly it stopped. "Be right back," Nathan slurred again, as he stumbled to his side of the room. Lucas lay there confused. He heard draws opening and slamming and the sound of a zipper and a few curse words as apparently Nathan toppled over trying to take off his pants. Lucas wondered if maybe this would be a good time to put a stop to things before they went too far. He had just raised up on his elbows to do just that when his roommate suddenly appeared from around the other side of the desk and pushed him back down. "Let's get these off," Nathan said, sounding a bit more sober than before. Lucas complied and raised his hips and in one fail swoop, pants and underwear were gone. He watched as Nathan laid items next to his head. "Lube and condoms," Nathan answered, as if reading the blonde's mind. Lucas nodded dumbly and watched as the tube of lube was opened with nimble fingers and spread over the tips. "I've never done this before," Lucas volunteered, feeling suddenly vulnerable. "Turn over and get on your knees," Nathan ordered. "It'll hurt less." Lucas was about to ask for a position that wouldn't hurt at all but decided against it. He rolled over and got on his hands and knees. "You're so beautiful," Nathan rasped out. Lucas wasn't sure that it was a compliment. After all up until now, Nathan had insisted that his face was cute but now his ass was beautiful. Lucas decided to take Nate's word for it since he didn't spend a lot of time examining the merits of his own ass. All thoughts of this nature went out the window as soon as he felt slick fingers toying with his opening. "Relax, don't clench up." Lucas wasn't sure, but the prospect of sex seemed to sober up his roommate considerably. "That's good," Nathan moaned, as one finger breached his opening. Lucas gasped and let his head hang between his shoulders. "How you doing, okay?" Nathan asked breathing harshly. Lucas noted that Nathan was also nicer when sex was involved. "Okay," Lucas lied, trying to adjust to the feeling of being filled inside. He hadn't bothered to get a gander of his roommates package beforehand otherwise he might have made different choices this evening. Lucas wondered what were the chances that his roommates goods were smaller than his long skilful fingers. Lucas wondered how he managed to wonder anything at all with his once enemies hand up his ass. "You're dong good," Nathan gritted out. "Maybe you could get a job teaching this," Lucas answered, trying not to moan in the process. He actually did moan when Nathan's fingers touched something inside him that made him see stars and his body go white hot. "That's your prostate," Nathan informed. "You like that, huh." Before Lucas could answer, Nathan touched him their again. He let the long semi-loud moan speak for itself. "Quiet," the jock warned, `these walls are thin." Lucas vowed silently to keep it under control. That worked right up until something thick nudge at his backside and then all bets were off. "Use your pillow," Nathan said, between short jiggered breaths. It took a while for Lucas to realize what he was using his pillow for. `To scream into,' he thought as he felt the first sharp pain of being invaded by something other than fingers. Lucas grabbed his pillow and bit down hard on it. In romantic stories he'd read online, the experienced lover always asked the virgin if he wanted to stop. That was only in stories. Nathan plowed ahead, thrusting himself deeper and deeper trying to breach Lucas as if his life depended on it. By now, Lucas was bent completely over, practically smothering himself in his pillow. The pain was excruciating and in one brief coherent moment, he remembered Haley describing her first experience and how much it hurt. He felt Nathan's chest resting on his arched back. He felt one arm wrapped around his waist, the other had dropped lower and his cock was grabbed with Nathan's free hand. Lucas groaned. For a brief second he forgot about the pain and briefly enjoyed feeling a hand other than his own touching him. Then within seconds he heard cursing in his ear mixed in with a few `Oh baby's' and then Nathan was thrusting harder and harder like he was out of control. He felt warmth pouring inside him and out of him and then the boy behind him became like the dead weight he was earlier and collapsed on top of him. Nathan kissed him on the cheek and whispered how good it was for him. When Lucas woke the next morning, everything hurt, his sheets were a mess and Nathan was gone.