*later that day*

"Are you ok?" Riley asked, opening Xander's door for him.

"I'm fine, baby." Xander smiled, as he walked into his basement.

"You've got to rest, so go lie on the bed, and I'll do everything for you." Riley grinned, waggling his eyebrows.

"Oh, Mr. Finn, you don't have anything naughty planned, do you? Because I'm in such a vulnerable state, I might not be able to defend myself." Xander stopped walking as Riley caught hold of his arm.

"Well, Mr. Harris, I do believe you've exposed a new kink. Like being seduced, do you?" Riley held onto Xander's arm, staring intently into Xander's eyes.

"Mr. Finn, you never have to try to seduce me." Xander grinned, wrapping his arms around Riley's neck.

Riley dipped his head, slowly slipping his tongue into Xander's mouth. "Well, there will be no seducing tonight. You need your rest."

Xander's mouth immediately formed into a pout. "But...but...seducing is good! I like the seducing!"

Riley chuckled, placing a kiss on Xander's forehead. "Well, if you wait, I'll make it worth your while. There could be handcuffs."

Suddenly, all the blood in Xander's body rushed downwards. "Handcuffs?!"

"Only if you go rest."

"Sir, yes Sir!" As fast as an Olympic runner, Xander sped towards his bed, and tucked himself under the covers.

*one month later*

Xander and Riley lay together in bed, spent from a night of exhaustive love making. Xander inched down, resting his head on his boyfriend's chest.

"You know you've got to talk to him."

"No, I don't."

Xander lifted his head, looking Riley in the eye. "In case you've forgotten, Graham's part of the very organization that nearly killed Buffy, and drugged you. What if they turned on Graham? Could you deal with losing him?"

Riley tightened his hug. "I guess not."

"So you'll talk to him?"

"I will." Riley placed a kiss on Xander's head. "What would I do without you?"

Xander laughed, patting Riley's stomach. "Eeesh. lets not think about that, baby."

Riley sat up, laughing when Xander moaned. "If I don't go now, I never will."

Xander nodded, patted Riley's naked back, and fell asleep.

*half an hour later*

"Hey, Gray." Riley murmured, as Graham opened the door to his dorm room.

"I'm glad you came, Ri." Graham stood aside, allowing Riley to walk into his dorm room. Graham gestured for Riley to sit on the bed, while Graham sat on a nearby stool.

"So, there's stuff we need to talk about." Riley sat on the bed, his hands resting between on his legs.

"Look, I really want you to know that I'm not going to be making any moves on Xander. He made his choice when he stayed with you. Besides, I love you way too much to hurt you like that." Graham looked away from Riley, not able to look his friend in the eye.

"I love you too. I freaked when I saw you and Xander together in the hospital, but I should have given you the chance to explain before I beat you. I can't tell you how much I'm sorry about that." Riley watched Graham, as his friend tried desperately to look anywhere else but at him. Finally, Riley cupped Graham's chin, making Graham look him in the eye. "I'm sorry."

"Well, I'm sorry for nearly breaking you guys up." Graham let a small smile show, hoping the action wouldn't be taken the wrong way.

Riley smiled back, the tension in the room dissolving away. "You're forgiven." Riley stood, and threw an arm around Graham's shoulder. "Why don't you to the Bronze tonight? We're going with this crowd Xander and I hang out with."

Graham laughed, giving his friend a small hug. "You're sure? I won't be in the way?"

"You'll never be in the way." Riley laughed with Graham. "Come on, we're supposed to be meeting them in half an hour."

Graham stood, catching hold of Riley's hand as he did. Squeezing it tightly, Graham offered another apology.

Riley grinned, standing with his friend. "Shut up and go get ready." Graham smiled, and quickly threw on a dark red shirt.

"Let's get going then."

*half an hour later*

"So, Graham, where do you know Riley and Xander from?" Buffy asked, sitting at the table the gang had managed to bag before the Bronze packed out.

"Oh, me and Riley grew up together, and I met Xander during the summer." Graham smiled at Buffy, who was sitting to his left.

"Really? How?" Willow asked, gently kicking Xander's leg, who was sitting opposite her. "You didn't tell me that."

"I didn't? Sorry." Xander gave Willow an apologetic grin. "Want to dance, baby?" Xander asked Riley, who was sitting next to him.

"Always." Riley whispered, inches from Xander's ear. Riley stood, holding onto Xander's hand. Smiling, Xander walked with his boyfriend to the dance floor.

Three songs later, and Riley and Xander were still dancing, pressing their bodies against each other.

Graham watched the couple, jealousy building up inside him. Excusing himself from the table, Graham stood and began to walk to the door.

"You're not leaving are you?"

Graham turned, and saw a young man, in his early twenties, dark blonde hair, reasonably built, talking to him. "Excuse me?"

The stranger moved closer to Graham, so close Graham could see the blue of his eyes. "I was hoping to get the chance to talk to you. Get to know you."

Graham chuckled. "Feel like dancing?"

Smiling, the man nodded. "I'm Mike." Mike offered his hand.

"Graham." Graham shook the offered hand, noting the very masculine feel to the hand shake. Together, they made their way to the dance floor, Graham nodding at Riley when he walked past the dancing couple.

Almost straight away, Mike was moving his body to the music, placing his hands on Graham's hips, grinding himself against Graham.

A few minutes later, and Mike was aggressively nibbling on Graham's earlobe, his hard cock brushing against Graham's thigh.

"Hey, what's the rush?" Graham chuckled slightly. "Not like I'm going anywhere."

Whispering into Graham's ear, Mike let his tongue gently brush against said ear as he did so. "Sorry, you just look so hot. Can't help myself."

Graham laughed gently, hiding the fact that Mike was making him feel uncomfortable. "Could you back off a little please?"

Mike's head snapped back, looking Graham in the eye. "Sorry. Didn't realize."

Immediately Graham began to apologize. "I didn't mean it like that, sorry."

Mike nodded, smiling. "It's cool. Maybe you want to go get some coffee? We could chat quietly."

Graham returned the smile. "Sure, I'd love to."

Mike grinned, took Graham's hand, and led him out of The Bronze.

"Hey, I think the Espresso Pump is the other way." Graham stated, as Mike turned to the right as they walked out of The Bronze.

"I know a shortcut." Mike grinned once more, before he turned towards Graham, grabbing his arm, pushing him against the wall of the nightclub. Graham yelled out in pain as his head connected with the concrete wall.

It took Graham a few moments to realize that Mike's hand was frantically trying to undo Graham's jeans, his hand, more than once, brushing against Graham's cock.

Still very dazed, Graham managed to shout his objections. "Get off me!"

Mike merely laughed as he succeeded in unbuckling Graham's jeans, shoving them around his ankles. "Shut your fucking mouth, or I'll promise you I'll be back for more." Mike positioned himself behind his prey, unzipping his own jeans.

He never managed to get further than that before Riley managed to knock him out.

"Graham! Gray? Did he hurt you?" Riley asked his friend, hands on Graham's shoulders. Graham could only look at him, and Xander behind him, with a dazed expression on his face.

"Ri? Xand?" Graham looked at his friends, confusion in his eyes. All of a sudden, Graham snapped out of it, realizing his pants were around his ankles, showing the world his privates. Yanking them back up, Graham began to walk away.

Riley called after his friend. "Gray? What about him?"

Graham stopped in his tracks, pulling out a small mobile phone. "This is Agent Miller. We've got a possible demon contaminate outside the local nightclub. Rendered unconscious."

"Gray, come on man, talk to us." Xander called after him, shooting a worried look at his boyfriend.

Graham looked back at his friends, tears beginning to fall. He didn't have to say anything before the two men had him in their arms, silently offering their comfort as Graham sobbed.

"Come on Gray." Riley whispered, tugging slightly on his friend's shirt. "My car's just over here. We'll take you somewhere safe, ok?"

Graham nodded slightly. Xander cast a worried look at Riley as he felt Graham began to shake under his touch. Riley mouthed 'he's in shock', to which Xander nodded in reply.

Slowly, the threesome walked to Riley's car, Graham leaning on Riley and Xander for support.

Silently, Xander opened the backdoor to his basement, allowing Riley and Graham to walk in.

Shrugging off Riley, Graham stood without support. "I, um, I need to take a shower."

"Sure, I'll show you where it is." Xander walked up the stairs, which lead to the kitchen.

"You parents don't mind?" Graham asked, desperate to remove the air of tension in the room.

"They're away. Visiting family."

Graham decided not to ask about Xander's family. Judging by Xander's expression, it wasn't a favorite topic.

Watching Xander and Graham walk away, Riley sat on Xander's bed, burying his head in his hands. Minutes later, his boyfriend came back down the stairs, and sat next to him.

Riley rested his head on Xander's shoulder, who took Riley's hand in his own. "You ok?"

"Yeah, I'm just worried about him. Never seen him like this."

Both men lay back on the bed, their faces inches apart. "He's got to deal with it first." Xander placed a kiss on his lover's lips, attempting to reassure him. "And we're going to help him as much as we can, right?"

Riley nodded, his eyes flickering up to look into Xander's. "Of course we will." Riley wrapped his arms around Xander, breathing in the scene of his boyfriend. "Love you."

Xander kissed Riley's forehead. "Love you too."

The couple held each other until they were interrupted ten minutes later. "Hey, sorry, didn't mean to intrude." Graham walked down the stairs, clad in his boxers.

Riley sat up, smirking. "Nothing to intrude on. You feeling better?"

Graham shook his head. "I just want to go to bed."

Walking over to Graham, Xander also shook his head. "Take the bed. Me and Riley can take the couch tonight."

Riley agreed, wrapping an arm around Xander. "Sounds good to me."

Graham shifted on his feet, obviously uncomfortable. "I.um.I'm not sure I can.I don't think I can sleep alone. He.he said he'd come back." Tears began to fall from Graham's eyes, causing him to look away from his friends.

Immediately Xander moved to Graham, enveloping him in a hug. "He's not coming back, ok? I promise you. And, if you want, you can sleep with us tonight."

Both Xander and Graham looked back at Riley. "That's ok, right?" Xander asked, eyebrow raised.

Riley smiled, wrapping his arms around both men. "Of course it is."

"Thanks guys." Graham smiled, broke the hug, and headed to the bed.

A minute later, and the other two men joined him, Graham smiling as he fell asleep in between his friends.

***** Part 4:

Graham shot up, sweat dripping down his body, screaming for Mike to stop violating him.

"Graham? Gray? You're here, with us, remember?" Riley placed a hand on Graham's shoulder, Xander doing the same.

"He was here.touching me.oh God." Graham sobbed, his words strained.

"He's not here, see?" Xander switched on the night-light. "It's only us, and we're going to help you as much as we can."

Graham nodded, not looking at either man.

"Do you want to go back to sleep? We could watch some TV, if you want."

Slight shake of the head, and Graham lay back down, facing Xander, eyes closed.

Riley was still asleep as Xander and Graham prepared breakfast the next morning.

"Corn-flakes ok?" Xander began pouring the cereal into his bowl, eyebrow raised at Graham.

"Sure." Graham took the cereal box from Xander once he was finished. "I've got something to do in a few hours, so I won't be around."

Xander frowned, sitting on the couch, next to Graham. "What's that?"

Graham glanced at Xander, flicking the TV on via the remote. "Some unfinished business in the Initiative."

Xander nodded, absorbing the information. "You sure you shouldn't have some time off? Maybe you should tell your bosses what happened."

"You're kidding, right? This is the military we're talking about, Xand. Not exactly gay-friendly." Graham didn't look at Xander as he munched on his cereal.

"Yeah, didn't think of that." Xander glanced at Graham, who was keeping his eyes locked on the TV. "You feel like coming with me and Riley? We're meeting up with Buffy and the gang."

"Sure, I'm in."

Xander and Riley walked into Buffy's house, hand in hand, with Graham besides them. "Hey Buff. Why the meeting?"

"News about Adam. Willow and Giles are in the living room, I'm just going to grab some drinks." Buffy grinned at the men, and disappeared into the kitchen.

Xander and Riley took a seat on the couch, apologizing for their lateness. Graham sat next to Riley, smiling slightly at Willow.

"Hey, hope I'm not intruding."

Willow returned the smile. "Of course not. Any friend of Xander and Riley is a friend of mine."

Buffy returned with a tray full of glasses and a pitcher of lemonade. "Graham? You know about Adam right?"

Graham nodded, glancing at Riley. "Oh yeah. Colonel McNamara has us all searching for him."

Buffy poured herself a glass of lemonade, and sat in the armchair. "Well, the latest is eviscerated bodies. Demon, human, anything he can get his hands on."

"Can I be the first to say ew? And also why?" Xander asked, his hand still holding onto Riley's. Without even knowing he was doing it, Riley's hand rested on Graham's thigh, squeezing slightly. Graham glanced at Riley, but decided not to draw attention to his friend's action.

Willow spoke up, answering Xander's question. "We think he's studying biology. Learning how the world works."

"But why? Why couldn't just take the knowledge he wants from the Initiative?" Riley asked, wincing as he felt Graham flinch at the mention of the Initiative. "Sorry." Small whisper to his friend, followed by another squeeze of his thigh.

"It's cool. Er, any chance I could use your toilet?" Graham stood, directing the question to Buffy.

"Sure, upstairs, second door on the right."

Graham sat on the edge of the bath, his head in his hands. Not only was he still hurting from the attack last night, he was now very confused. Confused about his feelings for Xander, and his feelings for Riley.

He loved Xander, he knew that. Not exactly sure why, but he did. But Riley. With Riley, there was history. They had grown up together, joined the military together, lost their virginity to each other. There had always been some underlying feelings between them, but they had never acted on it, neither of them sure it was enough. Apparently, Riley was now sure it was enough.

But what about Xander? Why would Riley come on to him if he loved Xander? Was Riley even aware he was coming on to him?

"Too many damn questions." Graham thought, but knowing he'd rather focus on those questions that left memories of last night flood over him.

Which, of course, caused the memories to come rushing back. Graham was assaulted with the memory of Mike unbuckling his jeans, touching him, violating him. Rushing to the toilet, Graham vomited violently.

Graham walked back into the living room, faking a smile. "Sorry, but I've got to go. That's all the info on Adam, right?"

Buffy returned the smile, nodding. "Yep, that's all we've got. We'll talk to you later."

Xander jumped from his seat, took hold of Graham's arm, and gently dragged him into the hallway. "Everything ok? You're coming back to the basement later, right?"

"Yeah, I'm coming back. Not sure about the first question though." A small smile from Graham that he didn't feel like giving.

"Well, maybe me and Riley can help? Ice cream and Die Hard! How does that sound?" Xander grinned, hoping he wasn't making a fool of himself.

"That sounds great, Xand. I'll be back around 8, ok?"

With that, Graham walked out of the Summer's house. Heading for the Initiative.

Loud footsteps woke Spike from his sleep, but always the hunter, he didn't let the intruder in his crypt know that. An iron grip hold around his neck convinced him to give up the ruse, and voice his feelings.

"Oi, get off me, you wanker!" Spike's eyes widened as Adam's face leered down at him. "On second thoughts, do you what you like."

"Spike. I know of your problem. Your inability to actualise the urges within. Help me with my problem, and I'll help you with yours."

Spike simply raised an eyebrow, considered his options, which weren't a lot, and walked out of the door with Adam leading the way.

Two hours later Xander and Riley were entangled around each other, grinning at each lovingly.

"You were amazing, baby." Xander planted a kiss on Riley's throat.

Riley grinned, tracing Xander's nipples with his index finger. "No, baby, it was all you. It's always you." Riley placed a kiss on Xander's lips, moaning when Xander slipped his tongue into his boyfriend's mouth.

Xander broke the kiss, and looked straight into Riley's eyes. "I want to know the truth. About you and Graham. You were lovers, weren't you?"

Riley looked away from Xander's gaze, focusing on his boyfriend's chest. "We were."

***flashback to the summer of '95***

"Shit, Ri! We ditched bio to hang out in your barn? We're gonna get busted!" Graham's face lit up as he saw Riley take his shirt off, and lie down on a nearby pile of hay. A small part of Graham wondered if he was drooling at Riley began to pinch his left nipple ever-so-slightly.

"Aren't I worth it?" Riley asked, a mischievous grin spreading across his face.

Graham grinned, shaking his head. "Don't do that! Last time you did that we got suspended when the Principal caught me going down on you!"

"Well its not like I didn't repay the favour, is it?" Riley raised an eyebrow, stifling the urge to laugh.

"Yeah, as I recall you gave me a blowjob in the bathroom of a restaurant. Gotta say, that was worth the suspension." Graham smiled, unbuttoning his loose fitting shirt, as he walked closer to Riley.

"Maybe we could do something a little different this time?" Riley asked, uncertainty painted over his face. "Do you, maybe, want to, um, maybe I could beinsideyou?"

Graham grinned, his cock growing harder. "Mr. Finn, are you asking to fuck me?" Graham's shirt was now off, thrown aside, and was now standing above his lover.

"No, I'm asking if I can make love to you." Riley returned the grin, panting at his own hand disappeared underneath his jeans. "God, Gray, I'm so hard. It's all you, baby."

Graham shoved his jeans off, now totally naked, his cock jutting out proudly. "Whenever I think about you, your body, your beautiful hair, that smile that drives me crazy, I get so hard. You make me feel so good, even when you're not around. I love you, Ri." Graham smiled, as he knelt between Riley's legs, unzipping Riley's jeans. "Why, Riley, what a big cock you have."

"All the better to screw you with." Riley gasped, as Graham's hand found his erect penis. "God, Gray, I love you so much."

"No cumming yet. I have plans for you, Ri." Graham grinned as he began to pull Riley's jeans down his legs, leaving them around his ankles. "Need lube, baby."

"In jeans pocket." Riley panted as Graham slowly jacked him off. Graham's hand left his lover's cock as he opened the tube of lube and spread the cool cream over his boyfriend's cock. Squirting some more lube onto his fingers, Graham reached between his legs, and ever-so-slightly pushed his fingers into his tight hole, moaning as he did.

"Oh god, Gray, you look so hot baby. Fucking yourself over me.you're mine, baby. Never gonna let you go."

"I'm all yours, baby. Forever."

His fingers sliding out of his hole with a pop, Graham positioned himself over Riley, wrapping his legs around Riley's waist. Slowly, Graham impaled himself on his lover. "Oh fuck.it hurts, Ri."

"Stop, then baby. I love you, and I want to make love to you, but only when you're ready." Riley looked up at his boyfriend, frightened at the pain flashing across his face.

Graham shook his head vehemently. "No, baby, I've been waiting for this day since I was 14. I need you inside me, Ri. I love you so much." Graham winced as he allowed Riley's cock to penetrate him even more.

The pain was beginning to lessen, pleasure beginning to show its beautiful face.

Before long both men screamed each other's name, along with declarations of their love. Graham began to ride his lover, his cock jumping from side to side.

"Ri, oh fuck Ri, you're so good! So big inside me.fuck me, Ri, make love to me."

Riley thrust up into his lover, close to ejaculating. "Gray, I'm gonna cum. Gonna cum in you...love you so much." His eyes never breaking contact with Graham, Riley stroked his lover's cock, once, twice and his reward was his chest covered in his boyfriend's cum.

Graham was still screaming as Riley came deep inside him. "God, Ri, you're so great." Graham stood, Ri's cock popping out of his ass hole, and rested his head on Riley's chest. "Love you."

"I love you too baby."

***end flashback***

"Wow.that was intense." Xander sat up, pulling his part of the duvet around him, leaving Riley partially exposed. "You loved him that much?"

Riley nodded, not bothering to hide his body. "Yeah, I did. I still do, I could never stop loving Gray.but you..you I love with all my heart and soul."

Xander smiled, lying back down next to his boyfriend, placing a kiss on his willing mouth. "That's what I thought."

Half an hour later Xander was heading to Giles' apartment, Riley waiting behind to take a quick shower.

"Goddammit, Spike! Stop jumping out at me!" Xander walked past the vampire, not bothering to look him in the eye. "Just stay away, fangless."

Spike smiled to himself, hooking his thumbs inside his jeans. "So I guess you don't want to hear about your soldier boy?"

Xander stopped, and turned back to Spike. "I know where Riley is. He's back at my place."

Spike rolled his eyes, trying to fight back the urge to snap the boy's neck. Or try, at least. Not really worth the headache. "Not Captain Cardboard. The new one. Graham."

Xander tensed, a mixture of emotions flowing through him at the mention of Graham. "What about him?"

"I know what happened to him. Last night, I mean. I can smell it on him. The scent of the other man, the dirty way he feels. It's, uh, its familiar." Spike's eyes darted around, trying not to let Xander see the emotions playing in his eyes. "Anyway, I broke into the Initiative and got the disks the Slayer wanted. Should be some tid bits on Adam."

Xander rubbed his head, trying to digest all the information being thrown at him. "Uh, what disks?"

"Information about Maggie Walsh's pet projects, which I guess would have stuff on Adam." Spike shuffled awkwardly, knowing he'd already spilt more emotion to Xander than he ever had to Drusilla and Angelus together. "Um.you should go meet up with the Slayer, figure out what's happening."

Xander nodded, and sprinted the rest of the distance.Spike sighed. For the life of him, he didn't know why he hadn't gone through with Adam's plan. At least the splitting-the-Scoobies-up part.

Xander greeted Giles as he walked into the older man's apartment. "Hey, Giles. Found out what's on those disks yet?"

Giles frowned, walking into the living room area from the kitchen. "No, Willow's working on decrypting them. How did you know about them?"

Xander sank into the sofa, smiling at Willow, who was engrossed with working on her laptop. "Met Spike on the way over. He told me."

Willow looked up at Xander, and smiled. "Xan, I've got something to tell you. It's, uh, kinda difficult, I guess, but I think you'll be ok with it."

Xander took Willow's hand, gently reassuring her that she could tell him anything.

"I've got a girlfriend. Her name's Tara." Willow looked up at Xander, her eyes portraying her nervousness.

Xander jumped from his seat, dragging Willow up with him. Hugging his best friend as tight as he could, Xander yelled his delight. "Oooh, Wills, that's so cool for you! So when do I get to meet her?"

Willow felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders. "Soon. I need to work on these disks first. Thanks for understanding, Xander." Willow sat back down, having another attempt at the disks.

"How could I not understand? Not only are you my bestest best friend, but I'm currently in the best relationship of my life with a very sexy guy, remember?" Xander grinned down at his best friend.

A sly grin crossed Willow's face, now looking up from her laptop. "Yeah, how could I forget? Hey, I think I got it!" Willow jumped up in delight.

Giles sat next to Willow, while Xander stood in front of her, waiting for the information. "So what do they say?" Xander asked.

"There's a final phase where Adam manufactures a group of creepy demonoids like him. This is supposed to take place in some special lab in the Initiative, but it doesn't say where."

Before Xander or Giles had a chance to speak, the door opened and Buffy and Riley walked in. "Hey guys." Both newcomers greeted the gang, and joined them. Willow bought them up to speed.

Riley instinctively put a protective arm around Xander, who gestured for them to sit in the empty armchair. Riley obliged, sitting in the chair, Xander sitting in his lap, holding his hand. "So what now?" Riley asked, his hold on Xander's arm tightening slightly.

Buffy paced, obviously lost in thought. "We attack. Whatever Adam is ultimately planning with his race of super freaks starts in the Initiative, so we need to get there. Riley, any chance Graham can help?"

Riley shook his head. "Last I heard he's already in the Initiative. Anyway, he's had a.tough time recently. I doubt he'd be up for it." Xander consciously stroked Riley's hand at the mention of the trauma Graham had been subjected too only last night.

"Ok, here's the plan."

Graham knew where to look, but finding the right holding cell proved to be a task all of its own. All the hostiles in this section of the Initiative appeared human, but they had some underlying evil urge. Werewolves that craved those three days a month when they could prey upon the populace, demons that could assume the disguise of a human. And, as of last night, your everyday rapist.

Finally finding the cell he wanted, Graham opened the see-through door separating him from the prisoner, the man that had taken his world and shattered it with his bare hands. With a deep breath, he walked in.

"Finally! Where the fuck am I?!" Mike rushed towards Graham, not recognizing the man in front of him. Mike quickly learnt his lesson when he received a broken nose. Blood gushing from his nose, he looked up at Graham, who was watching Mike writhe around on the floor.

Graham walked further into the room, away from Mike, making the sure the cell door was securely locked. "Uh.I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that."

Mike waved a bloody hand at Graham, muttering something to himself. "You.you're that guy from last night. You were up for it, then you went crazy! What the fuck was with you?! Are you the reason I'm here? 'Cos I swear to God, if you are, I'll kill you!"

Graham laughed nervously. "Kill me? Like try to force yourself on me wasn't enough? Now you want to kill me? Go ahead. You'll only be doing me a favour."

Mike stood, wincing from the pain. "Force myself on you? You wanted it, you know you did!"

Graham's eyes darted around the room, trying not to make contact with the man standing in front of him. "No I didn't." Came the reply in a small voice. "I didn't want that."

Mike scoffed, his right hand leaving his broken nose and pointing at Graham. "I can sense it right now, you're screaming "HURT ME"! Admit it, you want nothing more than to be someone's fucktoy, someone's bitch. You realised that last night, and it scared you. You want me, soldier boy, come and get me."

Not even a second later Graham had a gun pointed at Mike's head. "Maybe I'll just blow your fucking brains out. They're pretty lax about those kind of things around here."

Some men might have begged for help, or forgiveness in the face of a gun. Others might have pissed themselves. Mike laughed. "You won't shoot me."

Graham's hand shook slightly. "No? Why not?"

"You don't have it in you. Just a guess, but I'd bet you've never done a bad thing in your life. Plus you haven't taken the safety off."

Graham clicked the safety off. "Want to try ag -" Graham was cut off as the emergency lights switched on, and the alarm sounded.

"We're sure this adjoining spell is going to work?"

Buffy and Willow glanced each other, both not sure how to answer Riley. "Er.maybe."

"That's inspiring as always, Buff." Xander joked, tightening his hold on Riley's arm. "Love you" Xander whispered to his lover.

A small kiss on the lips was his reply.

Straight away, Graham left Mike in his cell, locking the door, and headed for the armoury. The demons had escaped.

Running down the corridors, Graham stopped suddenly, feeling the strong impulse to abandon his attempt to get to the armoury. Without questioning his feelings, Graham made his way to room 314.

"I've been waiting for you, brother." Adam stood in front of Graham, who was standing impossibly straight.

"And now I'm here. Why am I here?" Graham stared at the manmade monster, barely blinking.

"You are here because we share a destiny. We, brother, are destined to lead the new race."

*two hours later*

Xander and Graham walked through the hospital corridors, having already found out where Riley's bed was from a bored looking nurse. Unconsciously, Xander's hand rested on the small of Graham's back, offering reassurance.

"It should be me reassuring you. You're the one with the shot boyfriend." Graham smiled kindly, feeling as if he should be doing anything but smile.

"Don't, ok? I love Riley, and I love.just don't, ok?" Xander winced, emotionally exhausted. "Sorry.I'm just too tired to even try to hide my feelings, ok? I need to tell you something before we see Ri."

Graham nodded slowly, both of them standing awkwardly in the corridor. "What's wrong?"

Xander brushed his floppy hair away from his eyes, "Nothing's wrong, I hope. I.I think I'm in love with you. But I'm in love with Riley. I think you might love me too, but I couldn't do that to Riley, he's my world."

Graham hugged Xander, comforting the babbling teenager. "I love you too, but right now, we should concentrate on Riley, ok? We both love him."

Xander nodded, began to walk away, and stopped in his tracks. "You love Riley? As a friend? Because I've got this feeling that you two were more than that once."

"We were lovers a few years ago. We were.each other's first. You don't get over that, not really." Graham fidgeted, nervousness running through him.

Not knowing what to say, images running through his head, Xander walked away. "Like you said, we should get to Riley."

Graham followed, trying to maintain his stoic mask.

Two minutes later they found Riley's bed. "Ri, baby." Xander hugged his boyfriend, finally letting the tears fall. "I thought I lost you."

Riley wiped Xander's tears, placing kisses all over his lover's face. "Never going to leave you, ok? I promise you."

Seeing his friend standing nervously behind Xander, Riley stretched a hand out to him, pleased when Graham took it. Both men now sat on the bed, watching Riley mentally prepare himself for the task ahead.

"Xander, Graham, I need to tell you both something and I don't know to say it, so I'm just going to blurt it out, I guess." Riley smiled gently, mentally berating himself for allowing tears to escape. "Xander, I love you with all my heart. Nothing, and I mean nothing, will ever change that." Riley turned to Graham, wiping away his own tears. "Graham, I love you too. I've loved you since we met in High School, and I've never stopped." Taking Xander and Graham in hand, Riley's tears fell again. "If you both want nothing to do with me, I'll understand."

A big grin spread across Xander's face, mirrored on Graham's. "We're not leaving, baby. I love Graham too." Xander grinned as both men took hold of Xander's hands, squeezing slightly.

"And I love you both." Graham stated, his face one huge grin.

Riley sat up in his bed, doing his best to ignore the pain. "Really? This isn't a dream from the drugs the docs gave me?"

"It's not, I promise." Xander smiled. "If it were a dream, would we do this?" Placing a hand on Graham's chest, Xander kissed Graham, his tongue gently slipping into the older man's mouth, groaning as he did so.

"Actually, yeah, you would. And a whole lot more." Riley laughed. "So, when do I get some of that action?"

Xander laughed, sitting next to Riley. Graham walked around the bed, sitting on the opposite side of his injured lover. "You get action when you can stretch without yelling in pain."

"Amen to that." Graham chuckled, his fingers intertwining with Riley's, smiling at Xander as he did the same. "Ri, Xand.tell me what happened. I need to know."

Xander and Riley took in a deep breath, scared for their newly found lover. "Gray, baby, maybe we should wait, ok? We should do this somewhere else."

Graham shook his head. "No, I need to know now. Please, tell me."

Riley glanced at Xander, silently telling him that he would like to answer. "We don't know the full story. Buffy had gone ahead, charged up from the Adjoining spell. We followed, and saw you and Mike standing in front of us. Mike had a gun pointed at you, I ran in front of you just in time to stop the bullet hitting you."

Graham responded the only way he knew he could, a tearful kiss, silently thanking him for saving his life. "I can't..there aren't words for what you did. Thank you."

Riley placed a kiss on Graham's shoulder. "I love you both, I'd die for you both."

Xander smiled down at Riley, squeezing Graham's hand. "It's the same for us."

The End. (don't worry, its not the end of the series)