People always thought Brady talked too much but they had never met his family.

The Madison household was always filled with high pitched laughter, and obscene words that were uttered as a result of boys playing video games. They gathered in their home every weekend to be with each other because of the love they shared for one another. It was tradition now.

"Hey Liam, language! Hi sweetie," his mother shouted at his older brother then stood on tiptoes to give Brady a peck.

"Sorry Ma!" Liam said while laughing.

"Hello mumzie!" Brady had a huge grin on his face despite the fact that he was tired. He hugged his mother tight.

He would have joined his brothers if he didn't want to sleep so badly. Or if he wasn't thinking so much. After hugs and several fist bumps, Brady rushed to the shower and then straight to his bed with promises to catch up in the morning.

Soon he was drifting off but something at the back of his mind remained restless.

Nobody knew it like the million things we don't realize everyday but at the same Brady drifted off, somewhere, a man sat up in bed.
He wasn't sleeping well lately, always waking up at the most random hours and failing to go back to sleep. This man, his name was Leo.

With a sigh he left his bed. He went for a water like he always did, then went out to his apartment balcony to observe the night sky. And maybe witness the break of dawn, if the timing was right.

It wasn't long before he felt tiny hands wrap around him. Before he could let himself relax into the touch, he realized he needed to snap out of it.
Lisa isn't here anymore you idiot. He thought to himself.

It was the heartbreak that ached to almost a point he couldn't take. It even had him losing sleep for God's sake.

Sean had been his most pleasant distraction for quite some time but he officially belonged to somebody else.
What a man! He thought like he always did.
He was so happy for them.
If anyone asked him, Met deserved everything good and then some.
He didn't know Jade so well but he must have been really special to catch the attention of those two.

Leo wore a face everyday, one of seriousness and whatever it was normal people should look like. No one saw the mask that had melded till it became his face, the heart ache he wasn't able to shake off no matter how hard he tried.

Sometimes it seemed like the universe was laughing at him. Sending a straight boy his path. God only knows what would have happened if things had been different.

He almost never kept his cool when something he wanted was available to him and seeing a certain guy had him scared for a second there.

He wondered what expression his face would have made if he had let the box drop, pushed him hard against the wall and pinned his hands above him.
What would he have seen in those big brown eyes?
But that chapter was over before it had even properly began.

He breathed out his second sigh of the night. "How much does the cure for insomnia cost?" he snorted at his own question.

Loneliness, that was the word that seemed more fitting. What did it take to cure loneliness?

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