@LosingMyBattles TJ hummed, curling around his fiancé with a soft sigh. God, he loved the feeling of his baby there with him, there in-

@LosingMyBattles -person after so long, but the addict had an empty feeling in his stomach that was only growing as a withdrawal hit him-

@LosingMyBattles -with force, causing the older of the two to shake. "I love you too, Stevie..." He hushed, smoothing his hand over their-

@LosingMyBattles -back, to their thigh with how Stevie was sitting. "Hold on. Just a second, please..."

@LosingMyBattles TJ laid there beside his baby, beside the love of his life while they tended to Artemisia, just holding Steve from the-

@LosingMyBattles -position he was laying in. He inhaled slowly, trying to ward off his withdrawal and closed his icy blues. Just a little-

@LosingMyBattles -longer. Usually if he held off the urge long enough, he could easily get over the hurdle of his need for a fix. The-

@LosingMyBattles -addict spent a long time there, maybe twenty minutes before be pried himself from his fiancé, shaking softly before he-

@LosingMyBattles -gathered Stevie into his arms.

@LosingMyBattles TJ couldn't ask for any better, honestly. Steve was too good to him and he knew it, but right now, the addict was-

@LosingMyBattles -battling himself and he knew it. But they'd be fine. He nodded, pressing a few kisses to the top of Steve's head and-

@LosingMyBattles -curled his frame closer to theirs, scooping them as close as he possibly could. "Trying to be strong for you right-

@LosingMyBattles -now..." He whispered to the teenager, his fingers coasting over his fiancé's sides. "Just need a few more moments..."

"Happy birthday, sweetheart.~"

@LosingMyBattles Steve was being the most supportive now, more than Parker, more than his own mother and TJ would never be able to-

@LosingMyBattles -pay his baby back for that. The addict curled closer and closed his eyes, afraid that if Steve so much as scooted away,-

@LosingMyBattles -his world would fall apart. "Don't wanna ruin our good day with a relapse. I'm trying really hard for you, baby. I am.."