Time Warp: If You Were Gay (Chase and Niko)

[Nikolai Campbell]

"Oh, hell-"When Chase mentioned Dr. Neville's sex ed lecture, Niko had all the reason in the world to look at him as he automatically voiced his displeasure. Whatever curse words or other not-so-kind words that would have followed hell were quickly omitted by Niko trailing off. Even so, he had to ask himself; Was he serious? That was one reason not to have sex. Ever. Niko couldn't help but appear mortified by the very thought. And why? Dr. Neville was the last person Niko wanted to hear about sex from! Whether Chase meant it as a threat or not, Niko viewed it as just that. Sure, Niko respected and admired Dr. Neville, but he was like a family friend. It would just be awkward and embarrassing and a million other things that Niko was not looking forward to. At least he knew better than to verbally argue his opposition.

Arguments would come on the day of the lecture, not now. Now he had to figure out how to make words again as he directed far more attention than necessary to tightening the grip on his clasped hands, then loosening his grip again. It was harder than it should have been. Unfortunately for Niko, the question Chase started out was a hard one- one Niko wouldn't have been able to answer even if the conversation had remained casual. Niko knew the 'right' answer, but he couldn't give that answer without lying. Finally, Niko just let go completely, drawing his hands to each of his sides before he pressed down against the cushion, as though he were trying to push himself up. This seemed to satisfy whatever it was that was bothering him, because he found the words he wanted to say within seconds after the move.

"I like her a lot. But it didn't seem like a big deal at the time. We didn't ask each other were it put us. Nothing changed because of what we did."Niko answered, his tone subdued, but clear. His mumbling phase had passed, it seemed."It wasn't planned. It just happened. There was no reason for it not to. It was suggested at some point, so we did it." Okay. That wasn't really true. Sex didn't 'just happen', and Niko knew it. But they didn't have a meaningful discussion about it or anything, and there was no reason for them to think ahead. It'd been a casual suggestion that they acted upon. Nothing more, nothing less. What Niko was silently hoping, though, was something along the lines of 'oh god, Chase, don't ask who suggested it,'. Hopefully Chase didn't want to know. Niko wouldn't have been able to answer that one, and he knew it.

[Chase Campbell]

Chase arched an eyebrow at the mild curse. He couldn’t stop himself from looking amused. Really, Niko didn’t curse often, so this was funny to him. “Not ‘oh hell.’ You’re going, case closed.” Not that Niko really had a choice in the matter. It was one of those mandatory lectures. You want to graduate? Listen to Sean talk about condoms. Really, it wasn’t such a bad thing. At least Sean made it vaguely interesting, as far as Chase had heard. It might just be more awkward for Niko. Sean was a family friend, and had probably been around Niko more than some of the other Hammel staff, simply because he was friends with both of Niko’s parents. But that didn’t change the fact that Niko was going to that lecture.

Watching his son squirm probably should have given Chase some perverse form of pleasure. All kids ended up facing up to this sooner or later. And good thing for Niko, Chase wasn’t about to subject him to how his mother had handled this moment. They were not marching to the nearest drug store for a public lecture, thank you. Chase just watched Niko with a mix of amusement and discomfort on his face. This wasn’t really going to be fun for either one of them, and he got the horrible feeling that James was going to mock him for this, when he heard about it.

When Niko finally began to speak, Chase listened quietly. Idly, he wondered if ‘the talk’ was worse for males or females. Females really had to live with long term consequences. He’d think it would be more of a worry with them. Then again, if the boys were educated, there wasn’t a problem. And Niko was being honest, as far as he could tell. “Nikki. I’m not mad at you or anything, okay? And I promise, I could make this ten times worse than it has to be. I could do what my mother did to me, which involved a trip to the drug store and a very public lecture. It’s just you and me. I just... y’know. I know you know how this stuff all works. I just want you to be careful. Look at your dad, with Ginny. Things worked out, but... y’know.” He smirked and reached out to ruffle the sixteen year old’s hair. “Just be careful.” He met his eyes carefully. “Anything else, you can learn at Sean’s lecture.”

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