Back Home Again [Closed]

There was something funny going on... The idea of Logan moving miles and miles away from his home to stay with a woman was almost laughable to some people. It seemed completely impossible. He just wasn't that type of man. Logan was supposed to be the tough guy who didn't really care about anyone, especially some woman. But his soft side often showed when coupled with Olivia. She was different. She was the only person he had a hard time saying no to. He didn't really want to say no anyways. So when the idea of moving from Varedia to Colburn came up, there was little hesitation or thought backing it up. He wanted to be with her because with her, he was someone special.

It had been a week since he had officially moved in with her. He didn't have to bring much. He had one pair of shoes and very few clothes. The small amount of belongings he brought with him barely made a dent in the amount of space she had. When arriving, he realized the two of them were going to share a bed. She offered the master bedroom even though there was a second bedroom. Who was he to deny something like that? She was the one who said they were a couple, so they might as well act like it, so he took up her offer about the bed. He woke up every morning right next to the cutest little angel he'd ever seen. This morning was no different and there was no doubt that he absolutely loved it...

Logan sat up in bed and stretched. He was still a little shy around her, especially since he was now living in her family home. He slept fully clothed, was careful when exiting the shower, and was even more careful about what he left laying around. He wasn't this cautious back at his own place, but he felt the need to sort of honor where she lived. She had grown up here after all. Logan had even been running through memories of his childhood, wondering if he had known her way back then, but nothing was coming to mind. He looked down to the sleeping beauty next to him and then to the clock. She hadn't set the alarm. Did she forget about her school? He chuckled and lightly shook her shoulder.

"Olivia... Wake up. You're going to be late, you know? It's your first day back... Don't want to do that."

If Logan had a cuteness overload button, she probably would have hit it. He didn't care about the drool or that she clung to him like a koala to a tree throughout the night. It was nice she felt so safe and comfortable with him. "I don't know about that..." he chuckled and stood up, stretching his back, "I think I'd prefer you acing all of your classes and graduating on time. No missing anything." He tapped at her nose once before she began getting dressed. He had an urge to smoke, but never did it in her house. "Don't apologize. I was thinking about heading over to Alain's today. I've been back here for a week now and I don't think he knows I'm around, so it'll be a nice surprise." Logan said with a chuckle as he just watched her. She quickly realized what she was doing, which he knew she would, and ran into the bathroom. "And that was a sight to last me the entire day anyway, so... I'm good." He mumbled while she got dressed. "You said you had a short day? Well, if you get off and I'm not here, I'm over at Alain's... You can head over there and we could maybe spend the day hangin' out with him and that... girl. What the hell wa... Serena? Would you be up for doing that?"

Logan scrunched his nose for a moment after she kissed him. She was too damn cute for her own good. "Oh, yes. Right. Serenity. Ironic... I swear she'd bite my head off if she could..." Logan laughed a bit. It was time for Olivia to be off and he returned the hug. "You be careful on your way to school. Have a good day and learn somethin'." he said. He apparently deserved another kiss. It was a good thing he was good at controlling his blush otherwise he'd be as red as his hair. Congratulations Olivia, Achievement Unlocked. He waved as she began leaving and froze when he got an "or else" when it came to making Serenity angry. "I won't." he said and watched her as she walked off to school, "Much." He chuckled at his little addition. He slipped on his shoes and locked up the house.

It was a little bit of a walk back home. Well, his old home. His home was with Olivia now. He wasn't being stealthy and it was early enough in the morning that he hoped to catch everyone by surprise. Unfortunately for him, someone was already awake and cleaning up the kitchen. Out of the corner of her eye, Serenity noticed the man approaching. Her eyes widened and she pursed her lips in annoyance. "No, no, no!!" she mumbled a bit. Alain was still asleep. She would have to stop this intruder from invading her home! She grabbed... the broom! The perfect weapon. By the time she got to it, Logan was at the front door. She hurries over and didn't let him knock. "No! Go away!" Serenity said, armed and dangerous. Logan smirked and talked at her, "Aw, come on! I came all this way!"

"I don't care!" she yelled in a whisper. Yeah, yelled in a whisper. People do it, I swear. "You really aren't going to let me in?" Logan asked and she nodded in reply. Logan shrugged and began walking around the house. Serenity remembered the back door wasn't locked and hurried back there. She locked in on time and smiled as she returned to the living room to see him standing there with a smug smile. "You forgot to lock this one." he pointed his thumb back to the front door. "Go away!" "No." Serenity began swinging the broom at him and he started dodging her attacks. Shiro, their little puppy, came down to join the fun and began barking at Logan and Serenity like a mad yapper. "Aww, you guys got a dog? He's cute!" Logan went over and picked the little guy up, hugging and petting him.

"PUT HIM DOWN!" she yelled and swung the broom at Logan again, but with a little more force than usual. "WHOA!" Logan dodged back and fell on his ass, "Come on! I'm just here to see Alain for a bit. I won't cause no trouble and I ain't touchin' your damn diary again, I swear. I told Olivia I wouldn't make you mad. Just a visit!" Logan was being sincere. He had his fun at the beginning of all this, but he could tell that the joke wasn't getting a little too serious for Serenity. She wanted him out and he understood why. He had kind invaded her privacy last time. For a moment, Serenity thought he was being truthful. She thought about letting him stay, but quickly changed her mind. She shook her head. "Come on, Serena. Just for an hour or so?" Serenity was taken aback, "My name is SERENITY!" she swung at him again and Logan dodged realizing he fucked up her name again, "AGH! AND NO! I DON'T WANT YOU HERE TO PICK ON ME AGAIN! BESIDES, ALAIN IS ASLEEP ANYWAY SO GO HOME!"

Making Alain laugh was one of the things that Serenity lived for. It only made her hold on tighter, which made Logan freak out more. This was gonna be a good day! And a good day starts off with a good breakfast: eggs, bacon, sausage, and pancakes. Of course, Serenity could only partake in her specially made meal. She wasn't going to kill herself this time. It was too nice of a day for that! While she cooked, the men talked in the living room.

Logan saw that expression, repeated what he said in his mind, and then mentally facepalmed. "No." was all he replied with. It wasn't his business anyway! Was it? Was that something that brothers talked about? Maybe. "No, we haven't gotten that far. How about you two?" Logan motioned toward the kitchen. Was this appropriate conversation? They were brothers, right? Even if Alain hated to say it. Hmph. Logan wasn't that bad of a guy...

"Yeah, but unless you're going to the Academy, there ain't no way to have fun and that's annoyin'. It's why I left this town in the first place. Only reason I'm back is cause she wants to graduate... She also still stays in her Dad's home, so I don't want to pull her away from that." Logan explained. The entire time, he was sitting on the ground, playing with Shiro. The little guy was biting his sleeve and he pretended to want it back.

Over the time catching up with each other and creating the beginnings of a friendship with Alain's little monster, Logan explained moving here, what he's been doing for the week, complimenting Serenity's food to make her happy (though it was damn good), and informed them that Olivia would likely be showing up. They were able to laugh and both Serenity and Logan were able to be around each other. The mop was put back in the closet! After a while,  Olivia indeed showed up. Logan heard the knock and his expression soured. Something happened. Alain told her to come in and she did. He watched her movements and his heart began to race. When she looked up and began crying again, his expression turned to worry and he was ready to destroy something, someone, and their damn mother. He was about to get up and go to her, but she ran over and jumped into his arms. He caught her easily and held her tight. "What happened?" he narrowed his eyes in anger, but he was obviously worried. He immediately began searching for any injuries or signs of some sort of confrontation.

The amount of crying she was doing bothered him. What the hell happened. He wanted to know now and her talking into his chest was not helping! She realized it though, he knew she would and then began explaining. The name did not ring a bell, so he just raised an eyebrow. Alain explained and Logan began staring off, his eyes fixated on a single point across the room. He listened to every detail of this story, his body becoming more and more tense with anger as her details became very clear to him.

It was that name. He remembered that name: Boyard. "Is this that same fucker that laughed and called me a rat when his carriage covered me with mud?" It was something Logan never forgot. He began caressing Olivia's back to calm her down. When Olivia started again, Logan was done. They cornered her. Oh hell no. Three of them. Yeah, kicking their ass. Compared him to a dildo. Wait, what? Insulted them. Strike 10. Logan couldn't count up the amount of strikes this fucker had against him at this point. And then he threatened to get her kicked out... Done.

Logan's eye shifted toward Alain when he talked about some sort of experiments this prick's Father was doing. "Good. Means I can take care of this the way I want." Logan said. There was a fire in his voice that could startle and even scare the people in the room. He sounded as if he was ready to kill someone, which he was. He wasn't stupid enough to try it, unless Renald fucked up more than he already had. When Olivia looked to him with those beautiful eyes of hers and asked to get the notes back, he just smiled and kissed her forehead. "You don't have to worry about anything. I'll take care of it." Logan gently lifted her off of him and stood up from the couch. "Where's this guy at?" "What are you gonna do?" Serenity chimed up and sat next to Olivia, patting her back to try and comfort her. "Take care of it."

There was a certain point that any man could get to when something of theirs was threatened. Logan was beyond that point. Olivia had been cornered by four men, insulted, and threatened. When he stepped into that bar and was greeted, the look he shot the bartender caused the man to go wide eyed and almost drop the glass he was cleaning. "Uh, I don't want any trouble here, sir." the bartender said. Logan walked up to him. "Renald and his lackeys. Where the fuck are they?" Logan asked. The bartender shook his head, "I don't think it's in the best interest of my establishmen-..." "I'll pay for the damages. Where the fuck are they?" At that moment, a snobbish 'kid' with slicked back black hair stepped up to the bar. The bartender motioned discretely toward him. Logan didn't hesitate. "Hey, you Renald?" he asked. "Yes, who's asking?" he replied in his uppity tone. Logan just narrowed his eyes and watched Renald for a moment. Renald scoffed and waved his hand. His friends stood up and came over. "Uh... There a problem here?" Renald asked, as if his three lackey's were going to scare Logan off.

Logan blinked once before it began. Within what felt like the blink of an eye, Logan had grabbed Renald's head and slammed it into the counter. The fool shouted in pain, got dizzy, and fell. Logan then looked toward his friends and the true fight began. The first was Tiny, a shorter man with a little too much attitude for Logan to care for. The second was a blond man with sunglasses, wearing a damn suit. We'll call him "Suit". The third was Curly, a wavy haired pony-tail wearing man about Logan's height with a jacket that Logan had to say looked good. "That's gonna be mine in a minute here, Curly. Don't get any blood on it." They all laughed at him and Curly was the first to throw a punch. Logan moved his head to the side, dodging it easily and countered with three quick consecutive blows to Curly's stomach and ribs. Curly was down and having a hard time breathing. Suit stepped forward, summoning some sort of diamond-made dagger. He made multiple attacks toward Logan, but only managed to cut through his shirt. Logan roundhouse kicked that bastard so hard he flew into the next table. "Alright, little man, you're next." Logan moved toward him and Tiny countered. Logan was struck in the stomach and jaw, taken slightly by surprise. "At least one of you have some fight in ya; Wasn't expectin' it to be you though, Tiny." Logan got excited and a rather maniacal smile showed up on his face.

The fight went on. Tiny and Logan went at it for five minutes before Suit and Curly got back up. Renald was still dizzy. A three versus one person fight went on. People in the town began gathering when the sounds of broken would, yelling, and shattering glass caught their attention. Suit and Curly both grabbed Logan and ran out of the taverns front door with him. Tiny woke Renald up and the two of them joined outside. Everyone had received injuries at this point. "'Ey! What y'er problem with me, huh?" Renald asked, as he came down the steps of the tavern. Logan said nothing. He didn't need to explain himself to this prick. "Come on, man. Look around you. You really think y'er gonna be able to get outta here now?" Renald said with a laugh, "Come 'ere, attack me in the pub. You really think you can win four versus one." Logan spit out a bit of blood and smiled. He chuckled and then began to laugh. "...'Ey! What the hell you think is so funny, huh?" Renald asked and Logan fired up. "This is going to be fun." he said as an aura of flame surrounded him. "You people stay back for your own safety!" Logan told the citizens of Colburn and many back up, while others took cover.

"NO ONE, AND I MEAN NO ONE, THREATENS MY WOMAN!" Logan shouted at the top of his lungs as his flames enveloped him in a heavy red aura. He shot forward toward Suit, who immediately powered up as well and covered his fists in a diamond-like material. The two went at it and Curly summoned a red staff to take Logan by surprise. The staff hit Logan about thirty feet into the air, but he adjusted himself to face them and shot downward toward Curly, slamming his flaming fist into Curly's chest and knocking the bastard out into a five foot crater. Logan stood up in the crater and looked over to Suit and Tiny, who were second guessing this fight. "Kick his ass!" Renald ordered and they charged forward. Logan held a hand out and fire short forth and grabbed Tiny. Burning his skin and causing the man to scream in pain, Logan threw him into a tree. Logan then looked to Suit, who held his hands up in defeat. "You're talking about Olivia, right? That's all him." Suit pointed to Renald and backed away. "You're saying you weren't there to corner her?" Logan asked and Suit hesitated, "Thought so." And Suit was given the same treatment as Tiny. Before Suit even landed, Logan was in front of Renald and grabbed the prick by the throat, picked him up, and slammed him into the ground. He did two more times before Renald began to beg Logan to stop hurting him so much.

"You want me to stop!?" Logan asked and Renald nodded and started trying to crawl away. Logan just moved with him, looking down at Renald as if he were nothing more than a bug beneath his shoe. "Then hand them over... The notes you took. NOW." Renald struggled to pull the papers from his pocket and handed them to him. "Is it all here?" Logan asked and Renald just nodded, tears of pain squeezing between tightly shut eyelids. "Now understand something." Logan was speaking so even the watcher's could hear, "You come near my woman again, you dare threaten her like you did earlier today, or you ever even attempt to blackmail her like you did with this bullshit..." Logan held up the notes and turned them to ash, "You won't just get a beating. Wounds heal, remember that. You try anything like this again, I will ruin you. Your life will become nothing more than pain and misery. You will fear the very ground you walk on. I will take every dream you have, every wish you make, and I will crush it will the uttermost cruelty right in front of your eyes. I will make sure that you feel like the nothing you are and not even the gods themselves will be able to pull you from the depths of hell that I will personally carve out for you and your friends. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" Logan shouted, causing Renald to flinched. The coward nodded and Logan took a deep breath and powered himself down. "Good. Then we're done here." Logan walked away from him and to Curly, "Hand it over." Curly pulled off the black jacket he was wearing and gave it to Logan. Logan smiled and put it on. "Fits rather nicely, don't you think?" Logan asked and Curly nodded, giving a weak and fearful thumbs up. Logan had a bruised face, busted lip, cuts over the back of his shoulders from glass, and bruised chest and rib area, but he was in better shape than all of them and that he could take home as a victory for Olivia.

Logan was able to walk normally, ignoring the pain he had. The accomplishment and pride of being able to defend Olivia like that was enough to keep him going. He got home and was stepping up to the door when Alain ran through the door. He tensed, which hurt, when he thought he was about to fly back. He didn't have the reflexes right now to dodge like he wanted. "Don't worry..." Logan sighed and shook his head and started to try to pass up Alain, "Only one, and I didn't even burn it down. There's just a lot of broken tables and glasses and shit like that..."

Well, he was going to try and enter the house, but a little ball of cuteness ran into him. Logan's eyes widened and he tensed, grabbing onto Alain out of reflex when pain shot through him. He didn't want to show Olivia that she had kinda just hurt him. Alain would understand, hopefully. Logan calmed down and let go a moment later, before Olivia was able to take a look at him. "Uh... I'm gonna be sore for a few weeks, probably got a few bruises. They got a few licks in sometimes, but otherwise I'm fine. And you will be too. I got those notes back... I hope you didn't need them, I kinda didn't think and well, burnt them to ashes. Was a little more than angry at the time, so... Sorry."

"God, I need to sit down." he said and went into the house, collapsing onto a sitting position on the couch. He sighed in relief and relaxed. "That's better." Serenity brought in some hot tea and sat down on the love seat, placing the tray on the table. "Take some, it should help." Serenity said and took her own cup. "So what happened? I wanna hear about it!" she asked excitedly. Logan raised an eyebrow and took some tea before beginning to explain everything. He described the fight in detail, like he had a lot of fun out there, but he kept out details about the things that were said. He especially kept his little ending speech to himself. He then explained the jacket he was wearing and said it looked better on him anyway. "It was payment for comparing me to a dildo." he said jokingly, though still meant it.

Logan appreciated the secret protection his brother was giving right now, but there was no way to stop Olivia from sitting there, unless Alain took that spot, which would be weird and would likely cause Olivia to just sit in his lap anyway... Seeing them so close, Serenity wished Alain would sit next to her, but he wouldn't. He liked his chair, she understood. Stupid chair... She nudged his foot back with a playful smile and then paid attention to Logan's story. Impressive. That laugh. Serenity absolutely adored that laugh. It was such a rare thing that it always felt special and like a serious accomplishment when she heard it. Logan scoffed when his reasons were laughed at, but when Olivia let a certain sentence slip, his eyes widened and he turned back to her, looked Alain, and glared as Alain laughed again. There was no way he was going to laugh at Olivia's sentence slip...

"What's a dildo?" Done. Logan burst out into a hardy laugh as well and actually had to hold his stomach because of it. It was a little on the painful side, but he couldn't hold it back. "Oh, if Natalie could hear that one..." he said, wiping a joyful tear away. Logan looked to Olivia when he saw her moving toward him and blinked as she just plastered small kisses all over his face. He didn't protest, but he was surprised she'd do that in front of other people. He was a little shyer in that aspect. When Alain looked to Serenity, her arms were crossed, lips were pursed and cheeks puffed out in jealousy. When Olivia explained her reasons, Logan was very tempted to look to Alain and say "That is why I challenge your earlier statement", but it was safer not to bring up that argument here. Instead, the man smiled and kissed her forehead. "Well, thank you."