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Triple Frontier RomanaVerse

(Leather and Lace Universe)

Hi guys! Many of you know I have a ongoing universe within Triple Frontier that I have put a lot of time and effort into. It started with Leather and Lace with Santi and Laci's story, then Take Your Time with Frankie and Jana, now with For the Longest Time with Will and Lorelei, and then next with Benny and Cameron in No Surrender.

I decided to make a cohesive master list for the complete timeline, as with bonus chapters it can get very confusing.

Remember, each man's individual story runs as its own story you can read separate, but it's better all together. Especially with Santi and Laci, we follow the full story of finding Laci beaten and bloodied in a basement, through her recovery, wedding, pregnancy, family life. Also with Benny, his spiral down and building back up.

This is NOT a reader series. All the guys have partners that are named, described, and have extensive backgrounds. All of them come from diverse backgrounds with varying socioeconomic backgrounds, races, mental and physcial disabilities. You may be able to see yourself in many of their trauma's, ethnicity, personalities, etc, but they are not meant to be you.

All stories at 18+ and contain themes of sexual assault and sex trafficking, alcoholism, addiction and others.

Part 1. Leather and Lace (Santiago and Laci)

Summary: Santiago and the guys find a woman tied up in a drug lord basement, a victim of sex trafficking. Santi takes Laci into his home when they get back in the states, and as he and the men help her recovery and provide a safe home, Santiago can't help but fall in love with the sensitive girl. Always conscious of her trauma and always in his own head, Santi learns to navigate her, himself, and his friends as Laci turns to trust again.

Main warnings: Sex trafficking, rape, physical abuse, addiction, violence, PTSD

Chapter 1: Santiago Garcia finds a girl tied up in a basement. They get separated from his friends, can they make it back okay? Chapter 2: Santi and Laci walk back to the meet-up point. Santi tries to break the ice, but even his charm struggles to break through to Laci. Chapter 3: Santi and Benny board a plane back to the US. Santi reflects back on his last day with Laci. Will is being an ass. Bonus Chapter: Vengo a Cantarle a Mi Amada Chapter 4: Santi and Laci settle in Santi's home and share a brief, tender moment. Benny and Laci get along. Frankie has a cookout, Will keeps being an ass. Chapter 5: Laci and Santiago find a special space for them. Santi has a night out with the guys, allowing Laci some much needed independence. Bonus chapter: Sick fic Chapter 6: Benny and Laci spend the day together, must to Santi’s chagrin. Laci and Santi share a special moment. Bonus chapter: Will’s perspective Chapter 7: after a day in the park with Frankie and his little girl, Santi and Laci spend the evening in the woods, Laci suddenly very open. After things go further than Santi plans, things escalate. Chapter 8: Santi makes his round of apologies. Later, Frankie has an emergency and Santi has to take Laci to Will, where Laci, Ben and Will have their own adventure. Chapter 9: Santi takes Laci to one of Ben's fights. Later, Santi takes Laci on their first real date Chapter 10: just a lot of smut, fluff, and hurt/comfort. That’s it Chapter 11: Santi has to leave for a few days with Frankie and Will, leaving Laci with Benny. Bonus Chapter: Santi’s revenge Chapter 12: On a cabin trip, antics ensue, and Laci and Santi spend a special night together Friendsgiving: Laci and Santi invite the guys over for thanksgiving, and I made it as sweet as pecan pie. Santiago can’t skate: Santi takes Laci ice skating with the guys, quickly realizes his mistake. Christmas Tree Hunting: Frankie wanted a Christmas tree for Rosie, enlists the guys to help as he reflects on the past.

Part 2: Take Your Time (Frankie and Jana)

Summary: 15 years ago, Frankie visited Santi while they were stationed separately and met Jana Fernadez, a confident, laid back, fun loving woman in the Army to pay for school and fell in love. After years together and falling into addiction and chaos, Jana got clean and got pregnant with Rosie. Frankie could not sober up, and after the fated Colombia trip, things only got worse and Jana left with Rosie, but never stopped loving him. 6 months into sobriety, with the help of his team, Laci and Jana, Frankie is still struggling. Jana refuses to give up on him, and neither do any of his found family.

Main warnings: Addiction, self harm (act is not shown, but the cuts, blood, and first aid are.), alcoholism, extreme self loathing, avoidant behavior.

Chapter 1: Francisco calls Jana late one night, trying not to relapse. She comes to him, finding him in a deeper emergency than she anticipated. Chapter 2: The next day, Jana and Frankie deal with the fall out of the night before, and Frankie begins spiraling. Chapter 3: Frankie gives up, but those around him don’t. Chapter 4: Frankie talks to Rosie, apologizing for not being the dad he wanted to be; flashbacks to Frankie leaving for Colombia. A Little Game: just some extra LaL smut Chapter 5: All flashbacks to periods of time in Frankie and Jana’s relationship; meeting, Frankie’s relationship with Jana’s family, and finding out they were having a baby. Leather and Lace and Daisies: Valentines Day special, Laci shows Santi just how much he means to her Chapter 6: Jana and Frankie decide the time is right. A Reluctant Addition: Laci has a little request. Bonus Chapter: Learning to let go Chapter 7: Frankie feels insecure, but Jana is always there for him. Laci and Santi take a big step

For the Longest Time (Will and Lorelei)

Summary: Will and Lore keep running into each other in town. Despite the fact she's with someone else and he gets on her damn nerves, that doesn't stop Lorelei from stalking him through her boyfriend's yearbook. When Will finds her outside her apartment one night with a slap mark across her face, he invites her to stay the night, and she ends up staying on a roommate while she figures out the next steps. An ER nurse and highly independent, Lorelei has one weakness. Crippling loneliness she fills with sex, sex that ends with her pregnant with Will's baby, a man she only really got to know a month ago, and whose friends are not her favorite people.

Main warnings: Domestic violence, child abuse, eating disorders, racial issues, daddy issues, domestic violence, addiction, alcoholism, parent death.

Chapter 1: Lorelei meets Benjamin Miller’s older brother and is not impressed…. Yet she finds herself obsessing enough to stalk him through high school year books. Chapter 2: Lorelei and Will spend the night together; Lorelei unexpectedly meets one of Will's friends. Chapter 3: Will and Lorelei make a choice on the baby. Lorelei meets the rest of Wills friends. Chapter 4: A beach day to celebrate Rosie's birthday eases some tensions and reveals others Chapter 5: At the funeral, Will and Lorelei find common ground. Chapter 6: Will and Lorelei find out what they are having. Chapter 7: Ben is in trouble, and Lorelei is able to be there for both her Miller boys. Bonus Chapter: Because of you: Lorelei finds her dad again, but it only sets her and Will back. Chapter 8, part 1: It’s time for the ball. There’s some ups and downs for everyone. Jana is a queen Chapter 8, part 2: Confessions and fucking.

Chapter 9: Happy announcements turn into arguments. Alice’s true colors are revealed.

Bonus chapter, scenes: snippets of life between the fight and the wedding

Chapter 10: Garcia-Dumas wedding, Lorelei is a part of the family.

Coming soon… No Surrender

Ben is trapped in an abusive relationship and Cam might be the only person who can get him out

Oc's

Lacina Marie Dumas (Laci)

29-31 depending on the timeline, 5 feet tall, petite, underweight most of the series but how severe depends on when. She has straight, thin, blonde hair she usually keep quite short. Shy, sensitive, empathetic, emotional. When overwhelmed or overstimulated, she doesn't talk, so she and Santi learned sign language from Ben. She adores Santi with everything in her, he is her center and the love of her life, and he adores her right back. Laci is French, her dad marrying her mom and immigrating. Both her parents are dead, as is her older brother. Laci had no family left at all, making her an easy target for sex trafficking. Later into the universe when she's doing better, Lorelei volunteers at the women's shelter Jana works at, and her and Santi do respite foster care.

Jana Abeda Fernandez

35-37, Jana is 5'9, long legs and thick thighs Frankie is obsessed with. She had big, beautiful curls she inherited from her fathers side, as she did her dark skin. Jana's father is Ethiopian, and her mother is Cuban, just like Frankie. Jana grew up in a loving, stable household with her brother Jacob and sister Katie, and as a result is a confident, kind patient person with a heart for helping others. Jana can speak Spanish fluently, as some Somali. She is a social worker at a women's shelter as is highly educated. Despite this, Jana became addicted to coke and had to drop out of her doctorate program during her party era. She got herself clean, and helped Frankie sober up. She is a loving mother to her daughter, and a loyal and protective friend. Jana is bisexual

Lorelei Yen Giang

A tough exterior built up over years of disappointments, Lorelei is a a deeply caring 34 year old with a strong sense of right and wrong, and if you're wrong, you will hear about it, and her height of 5'3 will not stop her. When her boyfriend slapped her, she knocked out his tooth. Although her pregnancy was unplanned, she loves her daughter more than anything, and refuses to continue the cycle of her families. Herself a child of unplanned pregnancy from second generation Vietnamese parents, Lorelei's father left when she was young, and her step-father and mother treated her poorly. She has 2 younger siblings, Rene and Alex from her mother and step-father. Lorelei is an ER nurse, tough as nails and pretty as a princess. She loves everything classic and 50’s, especially Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean. She had black hair she sets into large curls or waves, and outside of scrubs dresses in classy, beautiful clothes. Her red lipstick is a must.

Cameron Andrew MacDonald

A free spirit even at 35, Cameron has lived on hell of a life. Originally from Utah, he left to live with his older sister, Bella, in Florida after causing enough problems for his Mormon family, where he met and fell in love with Ben Miller in high school. In small town South in 2003, there way no way to be out and proud and survive, so they fell in love under the night skin on Ben's barn roof. Cameron left Ben after graduation, needing to escape and travel, while Ben was a hometown boy at heart. Laid-back, stoner hippie with an obsession with "the greats" (Springsteen, Petty, Melloncamp), Cam is blunt and honest, easy-going, and happy. 6 foot and broad as all hell, under the chunky exterior is incredible strength coming from a farm hand. Cam is deaf, has an implant for work but prefers to sign, so Ben learned sign language in high school.

Alice Mcarthy

Benny’s girlfriend during part of Take your Time, through For the Longest Time and part of No Surrender. Alice knew Ben and Will in high school, Will not being a fan of her. Alice is judgmental, does not like Laci and picks on her in a mean girl way the guys don’t pick up on. She has no filter, and this causes issues with Jana especially.

#leather and lace #lal universe #take your time #for the longest time #william miller #will miller #ben miller #benjamin miller #benny miller #santiago garcia #santiago pope garcia #triple frontier #triple frontier fanfiction #Francisco morales #frankie morales

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toyastales · 5 months

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ornithorynquerouge · 29 days

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Kate Moss "Body Conscience" by Mert & Marcus

#kate moss #mert & marcus #charming #slim and sexy #captivating body #stunning beauty #leather and lace #kinky goddess #dream girl

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haplesshandmade · 7 months

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the scaled bracelet and vanilla bracelet in brass, always available from my basic chains collection

#alternative style #chainmaille #handmade jewelry #queer style #witchy #witchcore #fairy punk #whimsigoth #fairy grunge #90s grunge #soft grunge #lace gloves #leather and lace

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save me sugar & spice/leather & lace from joel schumacher's 1995 film batman forever. save me dr. chase meridian from joel schumacher's 1995 film batman forever. save me save me save me

#i need a backstory on them two #why were with two face? did they already have the opposites personas or did they get them #when they started working with him or were they already going with that aesthetic #anyway i watched this movie for three reasons and three reasons only #batman forever #sugar and spice #leather and lace #dr chase meridian #drew barrymore #debi mazar #nicole kidman #batman

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sinners-go-to-drink-the-wine · 1 year

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saw people on twt posting their "Jake icks", and like... some of them are literally just pictures where his jawline isn't super visible... just say you're fatphobic and fuck off.

Jake's round face and soft jaw are the sweetest, most beautiful thing, and if y'all have anything negative to say about his body, you can unfollow me right now.

#letters from the author #leather and lace #soft jaw king

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Ophelia by Theodor Von Der Beek // “Leather and Lace” by Stevie Nicks feat. Don Henley

requested by anonymous

#fly art #stevie nicks #don henley #leather and lace #bella donna #1981 #please don't remove caption

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its-the-val-pal · 9 months

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Contrition

The Seeker lay back on the strange, grassy floor. Carpet? Rug? Something like that. He'd never quite seen anything like it, and certainly didn't know what to make of it. It, as well as the gothic manse he'd found himself laying in for the evening, confused him. There was a strange familiarity in its architecture. Shadiyah and her husband stayed in a place not unlike it. Rather than horrors and apparitions stalking the hallway, this one was full of duskwights. Even now he could hear them rummaging about, expecting one to walk in at any moment and cast him out. Yet, they didn't. They'd afforded him and the lady in his arms some semblance of privacy, even if it wasn't warranted.

He didn't actually want her. At least, not in the way many likely assumed they were spending the evening. Sure, she lay curled up in his arms, gently snoring her drunken stupor away. And sure, many a men and women would be envious to know of his position with her. But she didn't smell of vanilla with a slight hint of blood underneath. She didn't look at him in the same way. She didn't comment on the clothes he'd now worn for two days, and she didn't reprimand him for going all-in on a drink he had to sign a waiver for that claimed, if things went very wrong, would kill him. That was the woman he wanted to be in the arms of. That was the woman he wanted to open his eyes and see. That was the woman he wanted to devote his life to.

The truth was, she had ruined him. And he loved her for it.

"You don't get a say. I've already made my choice. I've moved on. You need to, too. For your own sake--certainly not for mine. Or, if it's what you insist on doing, you can keep pining over me. But you can't do it here."

The words echoed in his head as he stared up at the ceiling. He was thankful that the dark shades helped to hide the red puffiness of his eyes underneath. Thankful that he'd garnered a reputation for wearing them, too. No one would ever question him. He knew, however, that they would not hide the silent tears that fell along either cheek. He'd need to clean those up before his companion for the evening awoke, or she'd surely question him too.

He thought about cold nights in front of the fire, curled up on the couch. He thought about laying in bed, being taught how to read by the woman he loved the most in the world. He thought about how proudly she often looked at him after he won a fight or did something exactly the way she wanted. He thought about all of the holidays he'd never get to spend with her again. The sweet sound of her voice as she whispered sweet nothings to him. The sweet moans she'd reward him with as he took her at night. All sounds and things he'd once threatened to burn the world to preserve. All the things he'd still do it for today.

She had ruined him. And he loved her for it.

"I don't want you gone. I want to wake up beside you and see you every day. I still have my ring, and I can't bring myself to actually divorce you. But none of that--none of that changes anything! Things are not that simple. There is someone else I care about now. And I promised I would give it a fair shot."

The words echoed in his head, her voice sweet despite the venom that spit from her lips. It angered him. But, for the first time in his life, he could do nothing with that anger. It used to be a weapon. It was a gun. A blade with a finely-honed edge. A fist. A torch in the night. A weapon that he masterfully wielded against any that dare to stand in his way. But now it was nothing. He had no energy. He had no strength. He had no hope. For the first time in his life. Truly, the very first time. He had nothing.

She had ruined him. And he loved her for it.

"You were perfectly content with your life when I met you.. I'm sure you can be perfectly content once more without me. Love is nothing but a liability."

There was a time when the old him would have been happy to take this woman to bed. There was a time when he'd push his feelings aside and simply have her. Lose himself in her and all she had to offer. To fall prey and lose himself to hedonistic pleasures without a care in the world. But none of that mattered now. None of it felt the same.

She had taught him what love was. She had convinced him to take a chance on a monogamous relationship. She had shown him the power that love could give him. She'd proven to him that it could make him stronger. Make them stronger. And then she ripped it all away and sent him away with nothing. He had nothing to his name.

All of it was hers. She'd spent countless gil on clothing him. Feeding him. Giving him a home. Taking care of him. And in return, he gave her his body. He broke flesh for her. Broke bones for her. Killed in her name, if she desired it. Took bullets and blades for her. And where had it gotten him? The floor of an unknown mansion in an unknown place with a barely known woman in his arms. Entirely empty inside, for he'd spent the better half of two days crying out all of his emotions.

He wanted to fuck this girl. He wanted to fight these duskwight. Maybe one would end his life for him. He still wanted to burn the world. But this time, he wanted to burn himself with it.

She had ruined him. And he loved her for it.

"Now go. Please."

He thought about all of the things he'd thought about. He thought about how they were no longer his. He thought about how now she was in another's arms. How someone else would taste those lips. Over and over again. How someone else would take in her sweet scent. Could he even smell the blood? Could he appreciate it? Could he please her like he did? Could he keep her safe like he did? Could he give her everything she wanted? Worse, could he give her more? Was he better? Did he kiss better? Did he love her more? Better? Did he have more to offer than himself? Did he have sweet pet names for her? Did she have sweet pet names for him?

Was there even a point to living anymore?

For the first time in his life, Val thought about ending himself. Perhaps it was the sleep deprivation talking. Maybe it was the hysteria. It certainly was the desire to just.. not feel like this anymore. Anything to end the pain. The suffering, to which he was certain would be eternal. A hell of his own making.

Maybe he could drown himself at the bridge he slept under. That would be poetic, wouldn't it? Maybe he could find someone better than him. Stronger than him. And let them beat him. Maybe they would end his life for him. Maybe he could start trashing things at this estate. The duskwights were proud and kind to him so far. Maybe they'd do him a final kindness. Maybe he could convince Shadiyah to feed. Maybe he could convince her to not stop until he was entirely consumed.

In the end he didn't know if he'd have the courage for it. Pathetic, even in this moment. All he could do was tighten his hold on the woman sleeping at his side and softly sob into the night. He wasn't strong enough to do anything. He wasn't strong enough to keep the woman he loved. He wasn't strong enough to end his own life. He wasn't strong enough to move on. He could no longer kindle a flame of rage, much less the blistering inferno inside or the courage to face a world without her in it. He'd fought monsters and Voidsent and Garlean armies and everything in between. He'd been shot and stabbed and tortured. But in the end, it took only one to bring him helplessly to his knees, powerless and sobbing with nothing left.

She had ruined him. And gods, he loved and missed her so very much for it.

#val nunh #ffxiv #ffxiv rp #val covington #leather and lace #balmung rp #ffxiv oc #val selvik #suicide

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romanarose · 3 months

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Happy Valentine’s Day! 💖

How are the couples in the Leather and Lace universe celebrating? (or are they celebrating at all???)

Sorry this is so late! I hope you had a great day! Forgive my typing my laptop took a shit on me on v day so Im typing on an unfamiliar one lol

Warms my heart people still care about this universe!!!!

I have Leather and Lace Valentine’s Day special from last year!

As for the whole gang, let’s see….

This will be a brief sneak peek into the future, as canonically the universe is at abouuuttt June/julyish? There’s some creative liberty there😂

Previous day there was no Lore, and I think everyone wants lore ♥️ and by the time next v day comes, there will be no Alice and Ben will be happy with Cam so, welcome to the LaL universe Cameron!!

Mentions of addiction bulimia abuse smut

Santi and Laci

All the cutesy. Santi knows Lacina is a lover of cheesy romance so last year it was dinner. However now they have a baby. Doesn’t mean romance is dead however! After their strain over the summer Santi refuses to let Laci feel less than, esp after giving birth to Leto.

Leto is a few months old, I think approaching 6 months, and Laci has just started back at work. When she comes home, Santi has the whole dinner set up with candles and lights. Laci feels bad when she has to pause dinner to feed Leto but Santi thinks there’s nothing more beautiful than his wife breastfeeding his son. His heart is so full and happy, he couldn’t imagine a better day, even as he burps the tiny baby.

Of course, Laci isn't going to forget him either. Laci buys him the first bouquet of flowers he's gotten outside of his mom and Fatima's deaths. And, ofc, bc it's them, they make love that night. Laci is tired but they do their fav none intercourse activity and do hand stuff while making out. It always feels intimate and close.

Frankie and Jana

Just because they've been together more or less 15 years, doesn't mean Jana isn't slacking on making sure Frankie, and year and a half clear despite the stress of two children, feels loved. He's so good to her, going above and beyond during her pregnancy, finishing her doctorate, and handling both a newborn and a 3 year old. Jana was not the type of woman to congratulate a man on doing basic parenting, but christ he was amazing. Both were still on maternity leave, little Max being maybe 2 months old? Ish? Frankie would be going back to work part time soon just to keep a schedule, but would largely be a stay at home dad. She knew it wasn't easy and wanted to make sure he was so, so loved. So, under the guise of feeding Max, Jana sneaks out of the room and gets working on breakfast.

"Hi mommy, are you making me pancakes?" A sleepy Rosie toddled out in her doc McStuffins PJ's"

"Lo siento mija, did I wake you?"

"No." Rosie shook her head. Quería saludar a Max pero estaba durmiendo."

"Ah, I see. Would you like to help me cook for daddy?"

Rosie excitedly said yes, and after little bit they brought Frankie breakfast in bed. His eyes woke with a start, still protective of Jana even though she was past the 6 weeks of a c-section recovery.

"Baby, what are you-" he started to stand but as instructed Rosie ran up and pinned him down. Rosie explained the food they made while Jana got a crying Max. When all four were settled into bed, they eat together, Frankie feeding Jana as she breastfed Max. And don't you worry, once Max and Rose were down for a nap, Frankie gave Jana her Valentines Day gift. about 6 or 7 of them.

Will and Lorelei

Lore and Will had no issues giving Chloe away for a few hours.

Make no mistake, they adored their daughter, Lore loving to watch Chloe learn knew things about the world around her and Will was so wonderful when he played with her. Chloe would never have to wonder her worth the way Lorelei and Will did, they'd protect her the best they could from what they and their friends had endured.

No they loved Chloe Sen. However, they were comfortable taking time off. Lorelei had given birth in late July, and had a speedy recovery, making a mile run two weeks postpartum. This was not because of her eating issues (okay maybe baby weight was a small factor but she was working on it, okay?) more importantly, she needed to be ready to help run the farm for harvest season. Mrs. Miller would be watching Chloe Sen tonight for a few hours while Will took Lore out to dinner just as she had over harvest.

Lorelei had never been somewhere so fancy. She was dressed up in a dress Will said was "fit to attend the Oscar's with James Dean" never mind Dean's Oscar win was posthumous, but the compliment felt nice. Lorelei loved the traditional schtick, even if she told him she didn't need anything, that having a family was enough. Will, of course, would never let that slide. He also bought her jewelry, and he was the first man who didn't fumble that bag, getting her a classy tennis bracelet that matched her silvery dress. Lorelei's red dress was not fitting right with her breastfeeding boobs, and once thing about Lorelei Yen Giang, she did not where pink.

Lorelei's gift surprised Will. Not that Lorelei couldn't be sweet or tender; Lorelei always showed Will her love in her own love language, but gift giving was not one. She gives him a framed picture, something Laci had snapped at the beach day last summer. Lorelei wasn't showing in her swimsuit yet, Will had his shirt on. Despite the tension of those early months, Lorelei had forgotten how much she and Will still had fun. They were sitting on beach towels, Lorelei's head thrown back laughing, black hair cascading down. Will was grinning ear to ear.

"I love it, Lore..." Will says, smiling brightly.

If Lorelei didn't have make up on, she'd be blushing.

"I love you, William. I know there were so many reservations from my side early on but all these months later, you prove me wrong every single day. You are exactly the kind of man I saw you as, no tricks, no games."

Will kissed her tenderly. "And you, princess, blow me away every single day."

There was no sex that night, Chloe not having fallen asleep for her grandma nor a few hours after, keeping them both up. But Lorelei feel asleep with her loving boyfriends arms around her, and that was enough.

Benny and Cameron.

It was all so new. Being the off season, Ben and Cam were somewhere in Arizona, fucking the entire day away in Cam's van. Ben was still worried about the other ball dropping, for something in Cam to switch. For him to leave again or for him to hurt him like Alice. Things weren't easy peasy; Ben was still relapsing on bulimia and drinking, but the recovery periods were getting longer and Cam was always quick to assure him relapse is a normal part of recovery. Frankie quit coke cold turkey, but that's because he had a scare. it'd take Ben some time, but Cam would be there every step.

As soon as Cam woke after a long nap to Ben in the kitchenette, listening to him clanging around trying to cook he knew Ben was having a bad day. When he opened the curtain to find the living space/kitchen a massive mess, with food everywhere in Ben's attempt at cooking and a table set up of half-made crafts, he knew it was Ben's ADHD. He was trying to get Ben to warm up to the idea of trying meds again, but once step at a time.

"Baby?" Cam called, and Ben wiped around, eyes wide as he began sputtering.

"I'm sorry! Im sorry I was trying to make breakfast and also this craft I saw on printers and also this other one then the bacon was burning and-"

"Baby, can I hold you?"

Ben blinked at him, looking nervous. He wasn't used to people asking if they could touch him. "Oh. Um... no I don't think so."

Cam smiled, happy Ben felt comfortable enough, trusted him enough to communicate. "Thank you for telling me. Benny, does this have something to do with Valentine's Day?"

He hesitated but admitted yes. "I love you so goddamn much Cam and we've been on the road so I haven't hardly been aware the month let alone the year... Then all of a sudden I wake up and its the 14th and you've been just... just the fucking best. I don't want you to feel like I don't appreciate you..."

Cameron listened until he was sure Ben was done. "Would it help if we just... pretended today was another day? I swear, just you being here..."

"No! Cam let me do something nice for you."

"Something nice for me," He started slowly. "Is you being nice to yourself. Listen, my birthday is coming up, if you really want to, not saying you have to, but if you really want to you can go all out that day. But what I really, really want..." He reached out his hands, which Ben took. "Is to eat this burnt bacon, tape this half-made craft to my wall, and then get back into bed with the love of me life that I thought I'd never get to hold again. What do you think."

Ben paused, allowing himself to absorb Cam's words. Cam din't want anything from him outside of his love, fidelity, and company. He didn't want ben's money, didn't want him to change or hide self, and although they certainly had fantastic sex, if Ben wasn't feeling it he could say no, but Cam usually picked up on it before hand.

"Okay, yeah, that sounds good..."

"Good." Cam smiled and reached behind Ben. "I like my bacon extra crispy."

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Happy v day!!!!

tagging a few peeps who still interact with the all universe

@my-secret-shame-but-fanfiction @missdictatorme @ivystoryweaver @pimosworld @miraclesabound @poeedameronn@itspdameronthings @whatthefishh

#leather and lace #lal universe #leather and laci univere #lacuna dumas #Santiago garcia #triple frontier #Frankie morales #jana fernandez #will miller #Lorelei giang #ben miller #Cameron macdonald #triple frontier franfiction

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