elijahrebel | Surprise Visit

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Surprise Visit

Eli had a few weeks off work and found out, on the sly, that his sister's band was stuck in L.A. Of course, it was because of the other crazy ginger in the band. It did mean Hexed was stuck in L.A. and the tour hadn't started yet. Devon was the one that gave him the address of the apartments where the musicians were staying while Rekker's incident was sorted out. Eli knew 'incident' meant the ginger had a glorious loss of temper control. While he liked Rekker, he also treated him like a wild animal. The man was likely to bite.

Of course, he pulled up in the lot without warning his sister he was coming at all. Driving did leave him exhausted and he's as eager to see Dee as he is to get a good night of rest. Sleeping in his car the night before didn't put him in the best mood but it's been way too long since he saw his big sister. Both of their busy lives kept them apart for far too long.

He didn't see Dee but he was excited to see Rekker, oblivious, getting something out of the trunk of his car. Eli couldn't resist sneaking out of his car and coming up to slap the ginger hard on the ass. He knew to step back and dodge the Brit after years of harassing him. Rekker rolled his eyes and let our a breath when he saw who it was. Surprised it wasn't Bjorn but also not surprised to see Dee's little brother standing there.

"Come on!" Eli jested. "You're getting older but not uglier."

Rekker let out another breath as he slung the bag on his shoulder and closed the trunk. "Fucking stop."

The younger man leaned into the Brit giggling. "Do you got another blonde that keeps you on a leash?"

"I'm not on anyone's damned leash." Rekker started walking toward the apartment building with Eli catching up easily.

"You're so grouchy. I know you've got someone." Eli put his palm on the door so Rekker couldn't open it. "Or are you like this because you haven't had anyone to suck the bastard out of you lately?"

Rekker yanked the door open. "He'll kick your fucking ass for saying shit like that."

Eli was about to say something, paused while processing what Rekker said, then started to cackle with laughter. "Did Devon and I finally get to you?"

"No." Rekker snapped as he headed for the elevator.

"You know you like us." Eli blossomed into a huge, teasing grin.

"It's not my fault if you get slapped in the face talking like this." Rekker could only imagine Bjorn's reaction as he stepped into the elevator, Eli following and standing way too close for comfort.

"You don't scare me, you devil." Eli winked at him and Rekker wondered what he did to deserve this. He was carrying too much to stop the arm snaking around his waist and Eli leaning into his bicep. Rekker wasn't one to pray but he was praying as the elevator came to a stop and the door started to open. He prayed to everything in the universe that someone other than Bjorn, anyone other than Bjorn was standing in the hallway.

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"I've done both, but he's something else." Eli was still crushing on the older guitarist. He couldn't help it. Eli said whatever he wanted and didn't mind others doing the same.

"I've heard that about musicians." Eli crossed his arms, smirking mischievously. "Shame that ginger never fit that mold."

"The ginger boy? I haven't really spoken much with him yet but I've talked to Bjorn, his loud fiance. Such a cute boy but a bit too much for me. Besides, I prefer more boyish masculine than feminine."

Ragnar now enjoying his time with Eli, not being able to help the blush across his cheeks. Was he slightly envious that the American wanted the ginger? Of course. But that wouldn't stop him crushing Eli.

"Shall we go and meet a few of them?"

"He's hot as hell. I chased him around for months and the bastard made out with me and then walked away. Fucking tease." Eli was internally frustrated but it was also awhile ago so a lot of it had simmered down. "Fiancé? He's getting married?"

That was something he hadn't heard yet. Dee said he was dating but didn't mention it was this serious.

"I need to find my sister." Eli mentioned. He really wanted to see Dee before doing anything else. "The short, angry, red-head."

Ragnar didn't know what to say about that comment so chose not to reply. What business did he have prying into this boy's past life with Rekker anyway? The Swede found Eli to be hot as hell too but perhaps now wasn't the time to mention such things. He was blushing but knew the boy still found the ginger hot. What if he only liked masculine men? That part caused a pang of worry form inside the Swede.

"Your sister? Short angry-red head...oh, Dee? She should be around here somewhere, probably with her band mates or maybe with her cute blond boy."

Eli obviously didn't know the current news about Rekker getting married but Ragnar and everyone else did thanks to the ring flashing that the loud blond did.

"Yes, he's engaged to Bjorn Larsson. The Swedish singer for the band Blixt. Hans is his older brother; a guitarist for the Hammers."

"Delilah is my older sister." He confirmed. "She hasn't told me much about her young boyfriend yet. Where is he staying?"

That would be a good start to hunting her down anyway.

"What a shame." Eli let out a sigh of disappointment. "Let's find my sister."

He's ready to follow Ragnar to wherever Ulrik might be.

"Delilah--Dee, yes I've seen her around but haven't spoken to her yet. She seems a nice young lady. Ulrik is her boyfriend and is guitarist for Blixt."

Ragnar could sense the disappointment in Eli's voice which coaxed the Swede to gently pat the American on the shoulder in support. It must be hard coming back to find your crush now engaged to someone else.

"Alright, let's find her and perhaps we might bump into a few of the others along the way."

No truer words spoken as Hans was now walking into view, deep into reading a guitar magazine. Looking up he offered a polite wave to Ragnar then noticed the stranger with him. A new arrival it seemed.

"Hej. I'm Hans Larsson, nice to meet you."

"Young?" Eli started to laugh. "She's a cranky old lady."

Eli knew that he would have to accept that Rekker was going to get another lover. This was definitely a one sided crush for years.

"He...Hej?" Eli wasn't sure that that meant but quickly assumed it was hello but he didn't recognize the language for sure. "Eli Edwards."

He glanced at Ragnar when he heard the last name wondering if this was a relation of Rekker's new partner.

Ragnar giggled at the comment around Eli's sister being a cranky old lady. Ulrik definitely had a thing for the feisty ginger and it was cute. Hans realised the new arrival was American like some of Hexed.

"Hej means hello. Myself along with Ragnar here are Swedish and there are quite a few of us among the crazy tour. Bjorn is my younger loud and energetic brother."

Loud and energetic being nicer than being called trashy. The guitarist put a hand out to shake if Eli so wanted.

"I'm rhythm guitarist for The Hammers."

"Your brother's the one with Rekker?" Eli looked this man up and down and could see it, except the blonde hair.. and the comment that he was loud and young. As put off as Eli was by Rekker being taken he is very curious about what kind of man finally got through to the guitarist.

He shook Hans' hand and wondered what to say. It had always been hard to be the non-musician among all the other musicians around. "I'm a machinist, forger and DJ."

That was what he did most but it felt almost embarrassing to not be a musician every time he was around Dee's friends.

"My brother is Bjorn, yes. He's engaged to Rekker."

Hans was pleasantly surprised to hear that Eli was not a musician since nearly everyone who had joined the tour was. Not that this mattered at all because being a machinist and forger took skill.

"It's nice to meet someone with skills other than ones in the music world. You fix electricals and the like? We have a young man called Mick who often has things blowing up on him the poor man. Mostly domestic appliances."

Maybe Eli could help.

Eli didn't respond to the comment about Bjorn. Mostly because it caused a bit of heartache he hadn't been expecting to feel.

"Automotive assembly mostly." Eli didn't share the feelings Hans had. To him it felt like being the odd one out with nothing to connect through. "I've been learning to work on sound systems since I started Djing."

Eli was a little surprised because he thought that this Mick was blowing things up on purpose. What a crew this was!

Ragnar was listening avidly mostly just staring at Eli with admiration and interest. The boy was so cute! He was good with his hands so did that mean he was good with his hands in bed? Oh, the thought!

"It sounds like you're a skilled young man, Eli."

Hans was about to speak once more but then heard a loud high pitched laugh then a lot of screaming getting louder as the person closed in on the group. Oh, that scream---Hans cringed. He knew who it was.

Bjorn.

"Here comes my brother it seems..."

The loud trashy Swede was laughing with Joe, who ducked out into another room while the crazy singer near ran into Hans. He was covered in glitter from head to foot and sparkled like a Christmas decoration. A prank? Who fucking knew. Was Bjorn high? Possibly.

"Ooh, who's this? It's femme boy and my boring brother! Who are you, babe? I've not seen you before."

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Eli started to chuckle at the young man part. He knew from his sister that all of these musicians were much younger than them. He wondered if they realized this but then there was screaming. It didn't really bother Elijah, but who it was did.

He couldn't help giving Bjorn an incredibly jealous and not quite happy look. Though, loud, blonde, thin, high, and young certainly fit Rekker's usual trash. Eli glanced between the two he had been talking to and then back at Bjorn and he felt a swell of heartache and a hint of anger. He couldn't help it and wasn't very good at hiding it in his expression even if he kept his tone mostly peaceful when he spoke.

"Dee's brother, Eli." He doesn't really want to talk to Bjorn but realizes he has to when he felt like he'd rather just walk away.

Hans could sense the tension and wondered why since he didn't know that Eli crushed Rekker. Ragnar knew though since he'd been told earlier on as they began their walk from the elevator. Was Bjorn going to cause issues for the American? Then again, Bjorn caused issues for most since he was loud and obnoxious.

"Dee's brother? I didn't even know she had one. Nice to meet you, honey. I'm Bjorn and I'm singer for Blixt, fuck yeah!"

Loud and obnoxious indeed. Did this guy always act the surly bitchy type? Bjorn could sense something was off just in the way he was looking at him.

"Do you like glitter?"

The loudness had nothing to do with it, neither did the in-your-face attitude of Bjorn. He certainly didn't feel like it was nice to meet this singer.

"It's better for me to not have people showing up at my house." That had happened when their parents were still alive and Hexed was just starting. Dee learned to safe guard her family but he was sure that some of them, or at least her boyfriend probably knew he existed.

"I don't care about glitter." Eli was getting more tense by the moment and crossed his arms. He's having a hard time holding back the body language that says he doesn't really like Bjorn but it's not so much Bjorn's personality as much as the emotions Eli is feeling. He just learned that Rekker was, in theory, picking someone specific and erasing all possibility of doing anything with his crush.

Bjorn always went from 0-100 in any situation because he was naturally loud and in your face with all who he met. Hans nodded regarding Eli's mention of people not turning up at your house. He went through hell when he was with Hunter back at the mansion with the media assholes hounding the singer.

"I fucking love it, babe. Me and Joe got shot with a glitter cannon from Aarne and Rik. Fucking hilarious!"

Hans now standing back from his brother due to the fact that Bjorn was hemorrhaging glitter everywhere.

"You want to come and have a drink with us? It'll help cheer you up."

Ragnar just staring a little because he didn't know how Eli would act.

Eli had no idea who most of these people were and tried to keep track of the names in case he needed to know in the future.

The question though got a scowl and Eli snapped. He couldn't help it because he was still in an emotional tide over everything he had learned. "I'd rather get hit by a fucking car than have a drink with you."

He tried to rein in his mood but he couldn't, even when he rationally knew Bjorn had done nothing wrong. "My mood is your fault."

Even if it was surly, the answer was honest. Bjorn was causing his less than cheerful mood.

Ragnar internally cringed at Eli's bad mood and just wanted to hug the boy and touch his nose ring because he was so sexy. Seeing Bjorn was bound to cause some friction between the two men regarding Rekker being special to them. A pang of jealousy once again coursing through Ragnar because he wanted Eli to crush him and not the ginger.

"What? Fuck, babe! What's got your balls in a fucking knot?"

Bjorn instantly became fucked off with this guy's attitude because he'd only just met and was acting like the singer was his worst enemy. What the fuck? Hans was equally as confused but just figured the guy was tired or irritated about something. That or he really hated glitter or glam guys. Still, it didn't mean he had to snap at Bjorn this way.

"My brother is a loud mouth but he means no wrong."

Hans trying to keep the peace. Bjorn wasn't having any of it. Fuck this bitch!

"How the fuck is your bad mood my fault? That's total bullshit."

Eli was about answer Bjorn when Hans interrupted. Something about that interruption escalated his anger from a spark to a full blown fire.

"You don't know shit. Stay out of it." The older man getting angrier in a hurry especially when Bjorn turned nasty too. Eli is about to start an actual fight.

"Get the hell out of my way." Eli wants to get away from Bjorn before he busts his mouth. He doesn't need to piss Rekker off by punching his partner. However, Eli's eyes catch the ring on Bjorn's finger and he can't hold it in. He moves to give Bjorn a shove.

"Dumb fuck!...." Eli paused because the words got stuck between the emotions and fury. "... That fucking rock on your finger means other people got tossed into the cold, asshole."

Eli is feeling so angry he wants to get physical and doesn't exactly care who it is with. He just wants to punch someone in the face.

Hans just backed off a little holding his hands up because he didn't want to be the cause of escalation in this young man's anger. He obviously had some kind of anger towards glam blond men perhaps but--ah. That comment about the ring. Hans swallowed roughly and then realised why Eli was acting this way. Jealousy. He'd seen and heard that response many a time throughout his life. Was this man a lover of Rekker's? Didn't Rekker like girls though?

"Fuck you! Don't talk to me this way! You arrive and pick on me because of what? My ring? What the?---"

It took Bjorn a few moments to try and figure out what was going on with this guy. This American boy---was he one of Rekker's past lovers? But he only slept with girls. Ragnar gasped at the anger in Eli's voice. This wasn't good at all.

"What about my ring? It's nothing to do with you---Rekker loves me and I'm engaged!"

Bjorn felt the shove and instantly went to shove Eli back. Hans felt the need to step in at this point before it escalated even more. Holding Bjorn back on the shoulder firmly.

"How about we all calm down?"

"I'll talk however I want." Eli wanted to shove this glitter covered bastard onto his ass, just on principle.

Eli made a grab to get ahold of Bjorn's hair or shirt. He's escalating. He's seeing too much red mentally to register much other than his heartache and jealousy. "You're a stupid fuck if you think getting engaged doesn't do anything to anyone else."

Eli's hurting and the rage is still there in his voice but the hurt is starting to show in it too. It doesn't stop him from turning on Hans. "How about you stay the fuck out of this before I bust your mouth?"

"Oh yeah? So will I! You're the new shit head on the block here? Fuck your attitude, brat boy."

Bjorn was so fucking angry at this guy just coming out of the blue to pick on him because he was wearing a ring from Rekker. Ex or not, this was no way to behave! The guy's attitude stank. Hans sighed and pinched his nose. Maybe taking Bjorn away from this guy might help because things were getting worse by the moment.

"Bjorn? How about we leave Eli and his friend Ragnar and take a walk?"

He had to try something. Eli's threat about punching his nose ignored for now because he didn't want to fight anyone. Bjorn huffed and just scowled at the American. He didn't like being picked on and his ring was special to him.

"You touch my brother and I fuck you over, bitch!"

Hans groaned. No, Bjorn. Back off.

"No, you're the new one, bitch." Eli spit the words back at Bjorn. "I've been here since Rekker came to the states so shut your fucking mouth."

He wasn't going to let this glittery bastard tell him what to do. "I'll do whatever the fuck I want."

Dee had heard the yelling, ignoring it at first until she recognized the voice, or more the attitude in it and the accent. She came out of the room at the far end of the hall to see what looked like Bjorn and Eli arguing. Of course they were and she didn't need anyone to tell her what it was about.

"Eli." Dee doesn't care if the two men are fighting and gives her brother a gentle push back toward the elevator. "GO on. Go cool off. You're being a punk."

He might not listen to Hans but his sister drains the anger out of him and it just leaves the heartache. Dee knows what it is about and glances at Bjorn before turning back to her brother. "Go to our old place and I'll come see you as soon as I'm dressed."

Eli was about to protest but then just walked away. He felt like he was going to cry and didn't want to embarrass himself. Once that one was defused she turned back to Bjorn with a soft, apologetic look and ready to help on this end too.

Bjorn went to move forwards about to slap Eli across the face but felt Hans grip him on the shoulders and pull him back with some force preventing the hit. Ragnar was just wincing at it all, just wanting to hug Eli and tell him everything was going to be ok. But how could he? He barely knew the man and the American had just arrived and was arguing with the trashy singer.

"Get off me! He fucking insulted me and!---"

Hans held onto his brother firmly as he heard Dee's voice from behind them all. Oh gods. This had not been a good start for Eli and Bjorn was obviously angry and hurt. Just seeing Eli walk away offered Hans a moment of relief but he did feel sorry for the man. It was obvious that he still harboured feelings for Rekker that were unrequited. That and seeing Bjorn wearing the ring. It must be hard.

"That fucking piece of---"

Hans frowned.

"Shh, Bjorn. That's enough. He's having a hard time, can't you see? Your ring---his anger. He's jealous of you and Rekker. Just calm down."

Hans pulling Bjorn in for a hug which caused the singer to huff then shove his brother off slightly. The singer's emotions were all over the place and he felt upset, now sniffing slightly. The fuckhead had insulted him and----and---did that mean he loved Rekker? But he couldn't! Rekker was his ginger bastard and this fuckhead had no right to come onto the tour to love him. Bjorn just broke down crying.

Hans, the older brother patting Bjorn on the back.

Dee was ready to comfort Bjorn but it came with her normal hotness. "He's my brother. You don't get to insult him either."

She could only shake her head and glance at her brother disappearing down the emergency stairwell. He probably couldn't handle waiting for the elevator. The crying drew her attention back to Bjorn and came over to help Hans while hoping her brother would be ok for a bit. He was too irrational at the moment and needed to cool off. His temper rarely came out but he didn't react well when it did.

"I didn't have a chance to tell him." Dee mentions to both of them quietly. "He's been... He probably doesn't know where he belongs now. He's been close to Rekker for years but he's not..." She started to smile a little. "He's a bit like you, honestly."

It was true. More emotion than common sense some times and easily provoked at times. She reached out and pushed Bjorn's hair out of his face because she would comfort him too, if he needed it.

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