"yeah Monty?" Doc ask.

"do you want me to call you Hud?" Lightning ask. Doc smiles slightly.

"you don't have to, you can if you want to." Doc assures gently.

"I dunno I sort of called you that when we were in Thomasville, but not really. I'm kinda used to calling you Doc." Lightning mumbles.

"you can call me whichever you like Monty. I don't really care." Doc murmurs, kissing his head.

"is, is that like your real first name or something? I've only ever known you as the Hudson Hornet and Doc Hudson. but like is it your actual first name?" Lightning says.

"yeah." Doc snorts. "kinda stupid isn't it? Hud Hudson." Doc chuckles, squeezing him gently. Lightning cuddles closer.

"not really. I mean, mine is Montgomery McQueen, well actually its Fallen but I don't use that name." he frowns. Doc nods slightly.

"well, you can call me whichever you want is fine." Doc assures. Lightning nods, curling up more.

"hey Doc?" Lightning ask.

"hmm?" Doc smiles.

"what are we going to do about my dad?" Lightning ask.

"take care of him. either he'll leave you alone or he'll end up in the ground like Chick." Doc assures. Lightning tensed slightly and Doc almost apologized, but Lightning spoke first.

"okay... but I don't know if I can shoot him myself. you might have to hold him down." Lightning mumbles. Doc snorts and squeezes him gently.

"of course. I'll hog tie him and you can shoot him." Doc assures. Lightning cuddles closer happily, smiling a little to himself.

"okay. good." Lightning mumbles. Doc looks down at him watching him quietly, gently rubbing his back and just watching him lay there. he rivals in the fact that he gets to hold the younger, watch him, squeeze him, kiss him, love him, or even just lay here with him. he still hasn't gotten over that. before they'd gotten together, he'd spend hours secretly staring at the younger. studying him and watching him, raking his gaze over the youngers body longingly just hoping he wouldn't be caught and laughed at, or worse fired. he didn't think he'd ever get used to it and sometimes his heart still sped up with the rush of excitement and feelings he hadn't felt in over 50 years, if he'd ever actually felt it. sometimes Lightning could either feel or hear his heart speed up. like now apparently. "your hearts doing that thing again where it gets really fast for no reason." Lightning mumbles. its not no reason, but Doc wouldn't admit that. Doc smiles slightly. he always says the same thing.

"s'cause m'old kid. my heart just does this sometimes." Doc replies, kissing his head. Lightning smiles and tilts his head up to look at Doc, who can't help but stare into those bright blue loving eyes. Docs pretty sure Lightning knows its not because he's old, but because he's so in love with the younger he can't help it, and he doesn't say anything. he never says anything, he just grins and leaves his head right over Docs heart and changes the subject or goes back to watching tv. he never brings attention to it and now is no different. he just stares at Doc with a goofy grin. "I love you." Lightning says. Doc kisses his head.

"I love you too kid. a lot more than you realize." Doc murmurs. "god baby, I love you so much." Doc murmurs, holding him tightly. Lightning sighs happily, melting into the warm and strong grasp of the older man. "and I'd love to sit here and tell you that all day, but I think you should get some sleep. you look so tired." Doc murmurs softly, gently rubbing his thumb over the youngers cheek. Lightning closes his eyes and sighs happily, leaning into his touch.

"m'kay." Lightning mumbles. Doc smiles softly, continuing the gentle caress on his cheek, until the younger snores. he chuckles softly and gently holds him. he looks over at Bolt whose just watching them carefully. he carefully takes his arm off Lightning and scratches the dogs head gently.

"hey buddy. you get get some sleep if you need it." Doc mutters. "or if your hungry or something. you have bowls in the kitchen." Doc adds. he's not really sure if Bolt actually understands him, he's not even sure why he's talking to the dog, but he does it anyway because its something he's noticed Lightning doing. Bolt wags his tail happily crawling over to cuddle with them. Doc turns his face away from the dog breath, but pet the dogs head gently. "okay thanks. thats close enough." Doc smiles slightly. his head jerks over and he's immediately scrambling for his cell phone when it rings. "yes?" Doc ask.

"hey, you busy?" Mack asks. Doc frowns and looks down. both Lightning and Bolt are snoring now.

"define busy. I'm currently being used as a pillow by both the kid and his dog." Doc frowns.

"oh, alright. it's nothing important. I was just hoping for a hand with the 95. I'm having some issues with the engine and Rust-eze can't send any one out to help with it for a few days." Mack says.

"can Ramone help?" Doc asks, trying to think of ways he could get up without bothering either of the sleeping two.

"he's, uh... busy." Mack says.

"busy as in, busy busy or busy as is busy?" Doc asks.

"whichever busy means he's trying to keep Flo from killing a customer when they threw a plate. some of these customers that come through this town are pretty crazy." Mack mutters.

"is Sheriff out there?" Doc ask.

"he's dealing with Mater. guy went cow tipping again and Franks not happy." Mack frowns.

"that idiot is going to get killed by that bull one of these days." Doc mutters. "Red free?" Doc ask.

"yeah, pretty sure he is." Mack grunts. there's a loud clang. "uh-oh." Mack frowns.

"Mack, what was that?" Doc ask.

"uh..." Mack trails.

"just send Red over and don't do anything else until I get there." Doc says.

"got it." Mack says hanging up. Doc sighs and looks at Lightning. how the hell was he supposed to get the kid off him with out waking him up. the kid barely slept and he couldn't risk waking him. he looks up when Red comes in. the younger man snorts at him grinning.

"stuck?" Red asks.

"just help me before your idiot boyfriend gets crushed by an engine." Doc frowns. Red snorts and frowns looking them over.

"can you move at all?" Red asks.

"not really. kids kinda holding on." Doc mutters.

"alright I got an idea but you're not going to like it, I'm going to have to get real up close and personal." Red mutters walking over.

"just don't wake him up." Doc grumbles. it takes them several moments, but eventually Red manages to get Doc free. "finally." he mutters, grabbing his shoes.

"don't let Mack kill himself." Red frowns, laying down carefully.

"no promises." Doc grumbles leaving. Red sighs quietly as Lightning shifts.

"Red...?" he asks without opening his eyes.

"yeah." Red murmurs.

"someone hurt?" he asks.

"I hope not. Mack called me and told me he needed Doc." Red murmurs. Lightning snorts softly, cuddling closer.

"our boyfriends are having an affair." he jokes.

"hmm. I end up laying in bed with you more often than I do with Mack and way more often than you get to lay with Doc. maybe we're having an affair." Red snorts. Lightning mumbles at him and snores. Red smiles and lays with him quietly.

Lightning wakes up before Doc gets back and, after taking forever to stretch out every inch of his body he can, he decided to attempt some dinner. Bolt immediately followed him to the kitchen. Red stayed behind to help, he didn't want Lightning to catch the kitchen on fire again. it was a real mystery to him as to how Lightning and Mack survived so long with each other. Mack could cook, but not very well. he generally burnt things or caught things on fire, but Red would eat whatever he made for the simple fact he was trying. Lightning couldn't cook. there was absolutely no way around it. he tried, but it was clear the younger had never spent a single day in the kitchen as a child. no one had taught him anything. it either wasn't done when he was a child or it was done for him now, he paid people to do it. it had been super surprising to him when Lightning had come to him privately, probably too embarrassed to go to someone who would blab or Doc, who'd judge him, and told him he honestly didn't know how to use a washing machine. Red remembered that day clearly, it was the first time he'd ever spoken to the younger man.

"Red I need your help and you can't tell anyone. god I'm so stupid." Lightning mumbles, looking behind him nervously. Red tilts his head in confusion and Lightning groans looking at him. "Doc wants me to wash laundry." Lightning said. Red raised an eye brow at him. "and I don't know how to work the washing machine." Lightning mumbles, looking up at him. Red immediately laughs in his face, like he doesn't believe him. "I'm serious! I've never used a washing machine," Lightning whines. Red shouldn't be surprised, but he is.

"Lightning, are you actually serious?" Red ask. the younger mans stunned into silence at the older mans deep voice.

"oh my god you can talk." Lightning says horrified.

Red snorts at the memory and watches the younger stare up into the cabinet. he grunts pulling himself up onto the counter.

"Lightning stop!" Red shouts, running over quickly and grabbing him off the counter. he holds the younger tightly around the waist with one arm, turning him away from the counter

"hey! I can't reach!" Lightning huffs.

"ask for help, I'm right here." Red huffs. "now what am I grabbing?" he asks.