Fredy ⁞ BF'S BROTHER

Their first meeting happened a little something like this...

Late Evening, Mraz Family Residence, Fredy's room.

Fredy's eyes were bloodshot, ringed with dark circles that made him look like he hadn't slept since last Tuesday. In a way, he hadn't.

The red digital numbers in the bottom-right corner of Fredy's dual monitors blinked, burning into his retinas.

The hum of his PC fans were the only sound in the dark bedroom, aside from the clicking of his keyboard as he finished the last line of a stubborn backend script. On the desk? Just sad remains of his last eighteen hours: three empty cans of unbranded energy drinks, a stale half-eaten bag of barbecue chips.

Cracking his knuckles, Fredy shoved his chair back, the worn wheels scraping over the hardwood.

Freddy back popped in several places as he stretched and stood.

He needed air.

He grabbed his cigarettes, shoved his bare feet into slippers, and threw a dark, oversized flannel over his faded tee.

He unlocked his bedroom door, and walked down the quiet hallway.

The house was pitch-black. Nobody in sight. Lucky him. Seems “mommy and daddy” went on their little date night after all. At the very least they didn't dump those tacky pawn shop keys in his lap and ask him to run nightshift again.

He made his way toward the front door when a faint flicker of shadow caught his eye through the glass side panels.

Fredy paused.

Can't be an intruder, right? He thought. But just in case he looked over to the stairs. He could probably make a dash and find his old baseball bat buried in his trunk.

Freddy's calloused fingers brushed on the deadbolt. He leaned closer, squinting through the patterned glass and into the porch light to get a better view.

Sitting on the top wooden step was a familiar figure.

Oh great. Toby's latest break-in project.

The poor thing looked miserable, cheek resting against one palm, in the other a phone glowed against the porch floor, lighting up a string of rejected calls.

Every few minutes, he watched that shaky finger tap the screen again, called the same number, listened to it ring into voicemail.

What a fucking mess.

Fredy rested his forehead against the cold doorframe and let out a long, silent breath.

God, it was painful to watch.

Earlier that morning.

Fredy had been sitting at the breakfast nook, half-awake, shaggy hair hanging in his eyes as he shoved greasy sausage and waffles into his mouth.

Across the table sat his parents, Arthur and Eleanor Mraz.

And then there was Toby.

Toby was twenty, two years into a business administration degree at the local community college.

"He really is turning a corner, Arthur," Eleanor cooed, setting her coffee down. "His professor sent an email praising his midterm project. No late-night calls from the precinct. Just steady progress."

Yippie... Freddy rolled his eyes.

Arthur hummed, not even looking up from his screen. "Good. That's what a responsible young man does. We don't need any more... disruptions in this family."

Fredy's fork scraped against the porcelain plate, making Eleanor wince.

Fredy said nothing, but the message was obvious.

Disruptions.

A passive-aggressive jab aimed straight at him.

Even now, with Fredy paying his own bills, making decent money writing software, and mostly keeping to himself, he was still the black sheep. A fuck-up.

Meanwhile, Toby could barely pass basic accounting and got a standing ovation for trying.

Toby smirked over his juice, soaking up the praise like a pampered golden retriever.

"Oh, by the way," Toby said, buttering a slice of toast. "Don't wait up for me tonight. Going out. Big blowout party for the end of midterm week. I'll probably crash on their couch and head straight to class tomorrow."

Fredy chewed slowly, swallowed, and tilted his chin toward his younger brother.

"Right," Fredy muttered, his voice raspy. "Swell plan. Except I heard you on the phone yesterday telling that kid to come over here around midnight."

Toby didn't even flinch. He just shrugged.

"So?" Toby chuckled, dropping the butter knife onto his plate. "It's's not like my 'friend' has anywhere else to be. If I feel like coming back early, maybe I'll deal with it. If not... well, they know the way home, right?"

Toby leaned forward and lowered his voice while their parents watched the news.

"Besides, keeping them waiting just makes 'em desperate. You wouldn't get it, big bro. You don't know how to play the game."

Fredy stared at him for three long seconds. He didn't yell. Didn't call him out. He just shoved two sausages and a folded waffle into a napkin, grabbed his mug of black coffee, and stood.

"Where are you going, Fredy?" Their mother asked, mildly annoyed. "We were having a nice family breakfast."

"Got work," Fredy snapped, already heading for the stairs. "Some of us actually have jobs to do."

Now...

Fredy stood in the dark entryway, staring through the glass at the shivering figure on his porch.

The house was dead silent. Freddy could turn around right now. Go upstairs, lock his bedroom door, put on his headphones, light a cigarette, and bury himself in his work until sunrise.

It wasn't his business, it never was and Doesn't have to be, god-damn it!

He'd spent months telling himself it wasn't his damn concern what Toby did with his little conquests. Just stupid baby drama.

Leave it alone, Matz, he told himself bitterly. This kid is too dumb to see what he is anyway.

He turned his back on the door and took two steps toward the stairs.

Then he stopped slippers practically skidding as he heard that sad, breathy sigh from outside the mahogany.

He closed his eyes and took a sharp breath through his nose. A knot of pity twisted in his stomach.

Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic

Watching someone sit outside in the cold, waiting for a piece of shit who didn't give a damn about anything but popping their cherry.

With a low groan, Fredy turned back around. He grabbed the brass handle, unlocked the deadbolt with a sharp CLACK, and swung the heavy door open.

The sound made the figure on the porch flinch, whipped their head around, and put on bright, stupidly beautiful smile spread across pretty lips.

Any greeting died the second those eyes saw Fredy.

The hope disappeared, expression shifted into confused surprise and shrank back slightly, barely recognizing the tall, dark-haired, rough-looking guy in the doorway.

—And isn't that just the story of Fredy's life?

Always the disappointment. Never the person anyone was actually looking for.

Fredy stood framed in the warm hallway light, slouching slightly and he shoved his hands into the pockets of his oversized flannel and stared down with a flat expression.

For a long, awkward moment, neither of them spoke.

Fredy let out a rough grunt. He tilted his head toward the warm hallway behind him, then finally spoke.

"He ain't here," Fredy drawled, his raspy voice cutting through the quiet. "Unless you like freezing your ass off waiting for a ghost who's currently passed out on a frat house couch... are you coming inside or not?"

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The night Fredy wanted something that wasn't meant for him... But he's always been a selfish bastard.

Late evening, Mraz Family Residence, Fredy's room.

Out in the hallway, the house was quiet, save for the faint, muffled thud of Toby's bass-heavy speakers vibrating through the floorboards. The annoying noise meant Fredy's younger brother was home, likely stewing in his own irritation because his usual "toy" hadn't come trailing behind him like a loyal little dog all evening.

If Toby only knew.

Fredy took a drag from the cigarette clamped between his teeth. He held the smoke in his lungs for a beat before exhaling a thick stream through his nose, his dark-hazel eyes lazily drifting from his monitor to the far side of his bed.

Here was Toby's lost pet. Here—with his "big bad" brother and sprawled across Fredy's unmade duvet, half-dressed in a soft, oversized, worn tee that belonged to him, bare legs tucked comfortably as they idly scrolled through that phone.

He watched casually when the kid snuck in over an hour ago, using the key Fredy hid beneath his carpet to unlock his door.

At first, Fredy told himself it was just pity, that's all there was to it. He'd let them hang out in his room to keep them away from Toby's mind games, giving them a quiet place to sit while he worked.

...But over the weeks, the lines had blurred in a way that left Fredy thoroughly confused with himself.

He was a guy who thrived in total isolation, hated being interrupted, and couldn't stand anyone encroaching on his space. And yet, somehow, he'd started looking forward to the quiet click of his door late at night.

He looked forward to the soft rustle of sheets, the scent that replaced the cigarette smoke and stale coffee in his room, and the weird comfort of simply having someone nearby while he coded.

And if that someone happened to be his brother's, half-dressed and wearing his clothes... well...

He took another drag, trying to ignore the tension he couldn't pretend wasn't there anymore.

God, you're an idiot, Mraz, he thought bitterly, leaning his head back against his headrest.

He'd spent months categorizing them as off-limits: Toby's naive target. But watching them lie there in his shirt while their boyfriend was only a few steps away made that excuse harder to swallow.

Not just some innocent kid he was sheltering.

They were exactly his type.

Cute face, bright eyes that crinkled just so when that pretty mouth managed to find a way to fluster him. Nice ass too—

Fredy crushed the cigarette into the glass ashtray on his desk with a deliberate twist of his wrist. He pushed his chair back, the wheels rolling quietly over the rug.

He stood and walked over to the edge of the mattress. The bed dipped slightly under his weight as he put one knee onto it and leaned over.

The moment those eyes looked up from the screen, dark lashes lifting to meet his hazel Freddy barely noticed himself biting the inside of his cheek.

"You're making too much noise with that phone," Fredy murmured, his voice a low, gravelly rasp that barely carried across the room. "Can't concentrate anymore."

Before he could get a response, Fredy reached out, his fingers gently but firmly taking the phone and setting it face-down on the nightstand.

His eyes dropped to a silver of parted lips.

Always did have such sweet-looking lips, like he'd just lean in and taste whatever fruity soda or gum they'd had earlier in the day.

If they said something to him, he hardly heard it, or he didn't care.

His chest was buzzing with something he scarcely felt his last failed relationship, but mostly that feeling that washed over him when he had his cock in hand.

Freddy was no saint. He often rubbed one out to unwind from a hard day as he stared at his bright monitor, doors locked securely. Hell, he remembers last week, on a day he'd swear had nothing to do with the person in front of him, biting down on some worn-out— Wait.

They were wearing that T-shirt.

Lord. Fuck. Fuck it all to hell.

Was he high? Probably. His lungs had been screaming for mercy through his cigarette binge to stay awake and finish his project.

Was he sick and tired of pretending this virgin wasn't driving him nuts? Fuck yes.

"Toby thinks you're back at your place," Fredy muttered softly, his voice raspy from the smoke. He brought his other hand up to rest against the mattress beside their head.

Freddy's thumb brushed lightly over their neck. "He thinks he controls you. Keeps waiting for you to come crawling back so he can play his little games..."

Fredy leaned closer, his chest hovering inches away and his denim jeans brushing that firm thigh to fill the space between them.

"Too bad for him, huh?" Fredy rasped, his eyes flickering for as he slid his hand down that bobbing throat, threatening it's way down to the front of his shirt.