Larry muttered softly, what had woke him? his looked down at Sal to make sure he was still asleep. he was happy to see his younger boyfriend was cuddled up to his chest, snoring. Larry gave a tired smile, looking at his clock. 2 AM. he was confused and pulled Sal closer. something had woken him up. he was sure of it. after looked around a little more, he shrugged and laid back down with Sal. Sal muttered under his breath in his sleep and cuddled closer. Larry smiled and kissed his head, closing his eye's. he relaxed slightly, but just as he closed his eye's he heard it. sirens. loud sirens. he shook his head, they weren't police sirens. suddenly he could hear the smoke alarm going off in the kitchen. Larry shook Sal roughly, knocking the teen into the floor as he jumped off the bed. Sal jerked up, looking over at his boxer clad boyfriend.

"Larry?" Sal muttered. Larry tossed him some clothes.

"get dressed now." Larry said, pulling on some pants. Sal pulled on his own pair of pants and stood. Larry pulled on his Sanitys Fall shirt and grabs an extra, for Sal.

"what are you doing?" Sal ask, putting his mask on. Lisa burst into the room.

"buildings on fire boys!" Lisa shouted. Sal jumped up and ran for the elevator. "where are you going!?" Lisa shouted.

"Gizmo! he's still in my apartment, I can' t leave him." Sal replied.

"you won't make it." Lisa warned.

"then I'll die trying. he's all I've got and I won't leave him." Sal said heading for the emergency stairs.

"I'll go with him. just them know we're still in here." Larry said, running after Sal. Sal was already almost to his floor when Larry caught up to him. "he's a cat Sal." Larry said.

"he's not just a cat. he's mine and he was my best friend before I met you." Sal said, throwing the door open. he raced for his apartment and threw the door open. "Gizmo! come here Gizzy!" Sal shouted, running into the apartment. "come here kitty kitty." Sal said, searching. Larry couldn't let his boyfriend search alone.

"Gizmo! come here buddy!" Larry shouted, searching the apartment. Gizmo came out of Sal's bedroom and ran to Larry, meowing loudly. "there you are." Larry said, scooping him up. "Sally! I got him!" Larry called. Sal raced over, scooping the cat up and hugging him tightly. he ran to his room then came back, a necklace Larry recognized as Megans was clutched in his hand.

"come on lets go." Sal said, grabbing Larrys hand. Larry grabbed hold of his hand and followed him down the stairs. the stairs were creaking and groaning and burning embers were falling around them. "I'm sorry I couldn't leave him." Sal said, clinging to Larry's side when they reached a point where the flames engulfed the stairs. Sal winced as some embers fell on to his bare shoulder, wishing he'd put the shirt on Larry had thrown him. the hand railing was getting hot under their hands, burning hot but they couldn't just let go.

"I know and you couldn't leave Megan either." Larry said, his arm out in front of Sal protectively as he stared at the flames. he pushed Sal behind him gently. "it's okay. it's just who you are. I just didn't want you trapped in here alone." Larry said. "back up the stairs come on." Larry said, turning around. he pushed Sal to go back up the stairs and the smaller nodded racing back up the stairs, Larry close behind.

"now what?" Sal ask nervously.

"fire escape goes to the roof." Larry said. Sal nodded, Gizmo clutched to his chest as he raced up the stairs to the roof. he burst through the door and stared down at the ground. the fire trucks and crowd of people below caught his attention. he swallowed hard.

"I'm sorry Larry. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to put you in danger." Sal said.

"it's okay Sal." Larry assured him.

"no it's not." Sal said.

"Sal, I would've done the same thing. it's alright." Larry said, hugging him gently. Gizmo meowed lowly and cuddled to his distressed owner. they jumped at a loud voice.

"you boys alright?!" a voice, clearly through a megaphone, shouts.

"sort of! I mean, we're in one piece and we're not on fire!" Larry shouted.

"we're setting up a jump spot! hold tight!" the voice shouted.

"jump point? did they say jump point?" Sal ask.

"yup. we're going to have to jump." Larry muttered.

"oh no no no no no no." Sal said, backing away quickly.

"well it's that or the alternative. we all burn." Larry said, looking at the door on the roof.

"I'm an idiot, but I couldn't leave Gizmo." Sal said.

"well he's going to die with us if we don't jump Sally." Larry said.

"yeah thanks for that." Sal glared.

"alright boys! all we need for you to do is jump!"

Sal stared at the edge.

"no I'm good." Sal said.

"come on it's just like jumping from the tree house." Larry said, reaching for his hand. Sal shook his head, but Larry grabbed the necklace from his hand and slipped it over his neck. he grabbed hold of Sal's hand. "come on you can do this. I'll jump with you." Larry said.

"I can't." Sal said.

"I'm not going to let you die. I'll push you or you can jump with me." Larry warned. Sal swallowed hard, clutching Gizmo tightly.

"no." Sal replied.

"alright. ready?" Larry ask. Sal shook his head.

"no." Sal said. Larry grabbed him roughly. "L-Larry wait! Larry! hold on!" Sal shouted, holding on to Larry's hand.

"one." Larry said.

"don't Larry come on!" Sal shouted.

"two." Larry continued to count.

"stop! don't do it!" Sal shouted.

"three!" Larry shouted, throwing Sal off as he jumped. Sal clutched Gizmo tightly, yelling profanities at Larry. they landed with a thump and the fire fighters quickly pulled them off the pad.

"you fucking threw me!" Sal screamed shoving Larry with his free arm.

"well you made it clear you weren't going to jump. I had to." Larry said. "besides you're alright." Larry added. "well sort of we're a little burnt but we'll be fine." Larry muttered. Lisa ran over and grabbed Gizmo as the boys were taking to be checked over. Gizmo was treated for smoke inhalation while the boys were treated for burns and the same. "you alright Sal? sorry I had to throw you. I was afraid I'd jump and you wouldn't come with me. I didn't want to lose you." Larry said. Sal nodded slightly.

"yeah I'm okay now. you just scared the fuck out of me." Sal muttered. Larry hugged him tightly, careful of the burns on his back.

"what did you lean against?" Larry ask seeing the off burn on Sals side and across his back.

"the railing on the stairs. when you pushed me back to keep me from going forward, I fell into the bar. I didn't notice it hurt until we landed." Sal muttered. Larry looked the burn over.

"sorry." Larry sighed. Sal lifted his mask slightly, giving a small nervous smile.

"I, uh, would've done the same." Sal said. Larry smiled at him, kissing him deeply. "I burnt my hand on the railing too." Sal muttered.

"yeah same." Larry said, looking at his own hand. he hugged Sal tightly. "I'm glad you're okay though, even if I had to push you." Larry murmured. Sal leaned against him and cuddled him. "I love you." Larry said.

"love you too." Sal replied and winced as they treated his burns. once they got the fire out, they checked the building, no one else was hurt. everyone had managed to get out and was safe. Sal looked at the necklace around his neck. "I couldn't leave Megan." Sal said. Larry smiled slightly.

"it's alright Sal. I'm sure she's okay." Larry said. Sal frowned and held the necklace.

"I hope so. I hope I actually managed to save her by taking this." Sal said.

"you managed to take her to school with that one day, I'm sure she's fine." Larry said. Sal nodded slightly and looked up at the burnt building.

"what now?" Sal ask.

"they'll find us a place to stay until the building is fixed up." Larry said. Sal nodded and and hugged his side.

"okay." Sal murmured. they stared at the scene, which seemed slow motion but it was okay, they were together and alive, everything would be okay.