Numbness… it seemed to be his entire world these days.

Sighing he rolled over and stared at the wall wondering what was going on in the room on the other side of it. In his mind he envisioned the two lover's bodies tangled together in their own special combination of lust and love. Suddenly Scott's voice broke the silence of the night. His Razor Ramon accent thickening his cry of love. Then closely behind him came Justin's familiar shout. The boy cursed even when he was cumming.

Realizing that sleep wasn't going to come he slipped out of bed careful not to wake the blonde lying sleeping next to him. Quietly he slipped out of the room shutting the door behind him to protect his bed partner's slumber.

Slowly he wandered through the house not really in any rush to get anywhere since he had no particular destination in mind. The light coming from an open doorway grabbed his attention. Pausing he heard two more voices both distinctive in their own familiar way. The lovers were whispering in a rare serious moment. Separated more often than not by hundreds or thousands of miles they were spending a rare moment alone.

"I miss you," he heard the younger of the two voices whisper painfully. "It's so hard without you. After all the years you'd think it would get easier, but it doesn't."

"I know," the older man whispered. In his head the eavesdropper in the hallway pictured the couple curled together. The younger one standing in front of the older one whom was seated on the pool table. The one standing had his arms curled around the seated one's waist with his head resting on his shoulder. The seated one's head would be rested on top of the others. The two connected so deeply in love and in their shared pain.

"Did you talk to him about our idea?" The older one asked.

The eavesdropper heard the younger one sigh. "I tried. I told him the whole idea, but I don't think that he heard a thing. He's been in the strangest mood lately… so quiet and distant. He walks around in a haze not really seeing anything or anyone."

"I understand," the older man sighed with obvious disappointment.

"I'll try again," the younger one swore earnestly. "I love you so much."

"I love you too," the older one replied. The man in the hallway turned and walked back the way that he'd come. When he reached his room he opened the door quietly and heard the voice inside just in time to prevent his presence from being seen.

"I love you Sprite," the blonde whispered and after a long pause said, "Monday night I'm all yours I swear."

Backing out unseen the man shut the door again quietly then headed out of the house. The sound of his feet hitting the rough cement surrounding the pool echoed in the still night air. Selecting a lounge chair he sat and immediately shivered as the cool damp cloth touched his bare skin. Suddenly he remembered that he was as naked as the day he was born, but dismissed the thought as soon as it came to him knowing that there wasn't a man in the house that hadn't seen him in all his naked glory dozens of times.

Thinking of the hushed conversation he'd overheard the big man sighed and mentally reminded himself to call Vince in the morning and tell him their idea. Mike and Sean shouldn't be kept apart just because he was a lonely and grouchy old wolf. He then thought of the blonde in his bedroom and made a mental note to find a way to get Paul and Jeff more time together.

He was happy that Scott had finally found someone to love. They'd been broken up for nearly a year and a half. A part of him couldn't be happier for his ex-lover because he knew Justin was perfect for Scotty. Another part of him though was jealous as hell because despite the fact that he had been the one to end their decade plus long relationship he was the one that was still alone. Maybe that was only fair though. What right did he have to be happy when he'd caused Scott so much pain?

There was one though that'd caught his attention recently… one dark curly-haired Carolina Boy. Easily he thought back to his parting words after last Raw. "If you need me this week call me," the brown-eyed pup insisted. "I'm worried about you."

Kevin rolled his head and looked down at the forgotten cordless phone sitting on the table next to his chair. Not pausing to think twice he picked up the phone and quickly dialed the cell number that he'd memorized, but had yet to call. Nervous he almost hung up, but the phone on the other end was picked up before he could make up his mind.

Jeff frowned hearing Matt's cell ring. Rolling out of bed he picked it off the nightstand and crossed the short distance to Matt's bed. "Hold on Pauly," Jeff asked before shaking his brother awake. "Phone shit head."

Sleepily Matt stared at the number displayed on the caller ID and barely recognized the area code as being Texas. "Kevin?" He asked answering the phone.

Kevin sighed as the sleepy voice heavy with its Carolina accent soothed him and chased away the numbness if only temporarily. "Puppy I need you."

Matt immediately heard the stark loneliness and quickly got out of bed. "I can be there in a few hours. Jeff and I aren't far away."

Kevin nodded then remembering that Matt couldn't see him said, "thank you baby."

"Do you have the address I gave you?"

"Yeah," Matt said breathlessly as he hopped into a pair of jeans.

"Bring your brother," Kevin ordered then softening his tone said, "I think Pauly misses him."

"We'll be there soon," Matt promised then said goodbye. Turning he saw Jeff sitting and staring at him on his bed. "Hurry up dumb ass. We're going to Texas."

Several hours later Kevin sat looking at the ripples in the pool caused by the light breeze. His skin was warm already from the morning sun. Vaguely it occurred to him that he should get dressed, but he couldn't find the energy to stand. He could feel several pair of eyes on him, but he also didn't have the energy to care. The numbness had come back when Matt's voice went away.

Inside the house Scott shifted his weight from one foot to the other as he felt his lover sigh. "Isn't there anything that we can fucking do?" PJ asked worried. They all hated to see their fierce leader in so much pain.

"There's nothing we can do," Paul said reluctantly standing next to the couple. "He needs Matt."

Just then the doorbell rang and the three men sighed. Matt barely had his finger off the button before the door was thrown open. Looking into the concerned blue eyes on HBK he asked, "Where is he?"

The words out back were barely out of the Heartbreakers mouth before Matt was running past him. Seeing Jeff smiling shyly at him. Mike extended his hand in welcome. "Come on Kid. I'll take ya to Paul."

Paul smiled as he felt Jeff's arms slip around his waist. "Thank God," he heard Mike sigh from within Sean's arms.

Turning his attention back to the pool he saw Kevin clutching Matt desperately. "Will Kevin be ok now?" Jeff asked worried about his lover's big friend.

"Yeah he'll be fine," Sean replied confidently.

"How can you be so sure?" Jeff asked unsure.

"Because Matt is everything that Kevin needs," Paul answered before kissing the top of his lover's head.

"What is that?" Jeff asked again.

"Everything I could never be," Scott answered hoping that his ex-lover could finally be happy. "Matt Hardy is the Kliq rolled into one sexy, non-stop libido, twink body."

Out in the pool Matt kissed the big wold leader's tears away. "It'll be ok now. I'm not gonna let you be a lone wolf anymore."

Shuddering Kevin looked into Matt's watery brown eyes and finally felt the numbness fade for the last time. "I love you Matt Hardy."

"I love you too Kevin Nash my wolf, my lover, my hero, my soul mate," Matt replied and as the two kissed the small group in the house sighed with relief.

THE END??

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