Chapter 1

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Wade is recording gang beasts with his friends, Mark, Bob, and Jack. They've been recording for hours now. Mark has picked up on the fact that Wade hasn't talked much and seems....off. Bob and Jack say they have to leave so they do, but Mark stays in the call. 
"Hey Wade?"
"Yea?"
"You ok?"
Tears fall down Wade's cheeks as he lies, "Y-yea, I'm good, Mark."
Mark frowns, knowing he's lying, but he doesn't argue. "Alright." 
He gets an idea, "Wade, I gotta go. Talk to you later, man."
Wade nods, understanding. "Alright, man. See ya."
Wade starts to cry, as he's alone now. But, in LA, Mark starts to pack a suitcase, getting ready to fly out to see Wade for a while. 
~~~
The next day, Mark headed to the airport very early in the morning. His plan was to wake up Wade, but the time zones made that a challenge. Although, he was going to try. Mark called an Uber to take him to the airport. Soon, he was on the plane, headed to Cincinnati and to his friend. After a few hours on the plane, he arrived at his destination. 
Meanwhile, in Wade's house, his alarm goes off, waking him up. He lazily got out of bed and headed downstairs. He sat down on the couch, still in his PJ pants and shirtless. He turns on the TV when he hears a knock at his door. As he gets up to answer it, a deep and familiar voice calls out from the other side. "Wade! You up, man?"
Wade recognizes the voice and runs to the door. He smiles when he sees Mark there. Mark throws out his arms and hugs Wade's bare torso. "Hey, man!"
Wade hugs back. "Hey! What're you doing here?"
"Well, I've come to cheer you up. I'm staying here for a while." Mark makes his way past the taller man and into the living room. 
Wade becomes surprised at the statement. "Huh? Why?"
"Well, I could tell you were lying when you told me you were ok, so I decided to come see for myself."
Wade smiles and runs over to the shorter man. He picks him up, wrapping his arms around him, and spinning around. "Yes! Thank you!"
"Aaahh! Put me down, man!"
"Ok, ok." Wade sets Mark down and walks to the kitchen. Mark finally notices that Wade's shirtless. He blushes and looks away, getting comfortable on the couch. Wade comes back with some food. "Wanna play some games?"
"Nah, I'm pretty jet lagged right now. Sorry, man."
"Oh, no worries. Take a nap and rest up."
Mark nods and lays down on the couch, falling asleep. While Mark sleeps, Wade goes upstairs and gets ready to record. He realizes that he's still shirtless, so he goes to put a shirt on. 
~~~
While Wade records, Mark wakes up from an hour nap. He hears Wade scream upstairs and knows he's recording, so he thinks of something. He sneaks upstairs and into the recording room with Wade. He's playing a horror game, Amnesia. Wade doesn't notice Mark, luckily, he's too focused on the game. Mark sneaks up behind Wade, making a silly face to the camera, before scaring the shit out of Wade. He shakes his shoulders and screams. Wade screams and jumps, throwing his headphones across the room. 
"MARK?! WHAT THE FUCK?!"
Mark dies laughing, "I'm sorry, Wade, I had to! Hahahahah!"
Wade turns around, pulling Mark up into his lap, tickling his sides relentlessly. Mark screams of laughter.
"AAAHHH! WADE!"
Wade smiles and stops for a second, pulling Mark closer to his chest, laying his face in the crook of Mark's neck. He sighs and smiles, absentmindedly nuzzling into his neck. Mark blushes hard, but he smiles. 
"Uh...Wade?"
Wade blushes, realizing what he's doing, and that he's doing it on camera. His head snaps up and he lets Mark go. "I-I'm so sorry, man."
Mark stands up and dismisses the apology. "Eh, it's ok, man. I'm gonna go get some pizza from that place around the corner."
"Alright, here." Wade reaches into his pocket for his wallet, but Mark stops him. 
"No, I got it. I'll be back, man." And with that, Mark leaves. 
"Be safe, babe!" Wade shouts before he could stop himself. Mark comes back in, his face a light shade of pink. "I'm sorry...what was that?"
Wade blushes, picking up his headphones, "I said be safe."
Mark nods and closes the door, headed towards the pizza place. It's within walking distance from Wade's house, so no need to call a cab. 
While Mark is gone, Wade decides to finish up his recording and clean up a little bit. 
~~~
After around an hour, Wade hears the front door open from the living room. He rushes over to help Mark. He takes the pizza and sets it on the kitchen island. Mark gets a couple slices and plops down on the couch. Wade follows suit, setting a bit farther away from Mark on the couch. Mark looks over to Wade, finding it odd that he's so far away, but he doesn't question it, eating his pizza quietly. Meanwhile, Wade's mind was running wild. Thoughts of what happened in the recording room keep playing over and over. Wade becomes embarrassed, so he excuses himself and goes up to his bedroom. Mark notices and runs after him. 
Wade sits on his side of the bed, rocking back and forth, not knowing that Mark was right outside the door. He starts to hyperventilate and Mark hears him. He opens the door.
"Wade?"
Wade looks back at him, his eyes red and tears falling down his cheeks, holding himself. Mark notices he's in distress and gasps. He closes the door and runs over to his friend to comfort him. 
"Wade...dude..what's wrong?"
Mark lays his hand on Wade's back, rubbing small circles up and down it. Wade sniffles and looks over at Mark.
"I'm sorry, Mark...for earlier."
Mark looks at him, confused. "What do you mean, bud?"
"Y-you know...what happened in the recording room before you left."
"Oh that? It's ok, Wade. Don't worry about it." Mark looks at Wade sincerely and opens his arms for him. "Come here, bud."
Wade looks over at Mark and nods, falling onto Mark's lap, crying and clinging to him. Mark pats Wade's shoulder and lets him cry into his lap. 
~~~
A few minutes later, Wade looks up at Mark, Mark smiles down at him. "Feeling better, bud?"
Wade nods and sets up. "Yea, thanks, Mark."
Mark smiles. "No worries, Wade. Wanna go finish up that pizza with me? We could watch some movies or something."
Wade smiles at the thought of spending time with Mark. "Hell yeah! I'd love that."
Mark stands up and claps his hands together. "Sweet! Come on, man!"
Wade stands up and hugs Mark. "Thank you for being here, Mark."
Mark blushes and hugs back. "Of course, Wade. Now, come on."
Mark takes Wade's hand, basically dragging him down the stairs and back to the living room. 

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