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Who: Chance Marsden and Arian Alcott
What: International booty call visit
Where: Arian's Apartment, Hoboken, NJ
When: After this

Before ringing Arian’s doorbell, Chance hesitated in a final moment of uncertainty about whether he was fucking nuts for taking a seven hour chartered flight to New York from the UK on his two week break from work to see Arian and maybe even get laid. Though he wasn’t sure about that last part, considering Ari hadn’t answered any of his texts or the couple of calls he attempted. It meant he would have to self-isolate when he got back to the UK but had Netflix and a hand, so he was sure he could survive it. It’d be worth it - if nothing else - he found out why Ari didn’t seem to want a bar of him.

They really hit it off the first time they hooked up and spent some more time together when Ari was hit with the flu and Chance kept him company for awhile. Maybe Justin was a factored but after talking to Alexis, Chance wasn’t sure that was a viable concern. He didn’t think he had done or said anything to give Justin concern about him hooking up with his social worker. But he knew Ari was still in New York while Justin was in lockdown with his family and Sash in Sydney for the foreseeable future, so Ari should have time on his hands… right? Chance did have a rather elaborate plan to offer Ari but that would constitute them at least having a conversation.

Chance didn’t think he lacked balls, though, so he finally hit Ari’s doorbell, hoping he would be home and not think he was completely nuts. He only needed a small window of opportunity to plead his case. There was no answer. In fact, he was just about to turn away defeated and chalk it up to a complete failure when Ari’s door opened and Chance nearly tripped on his own toe when he turned back around and was met with the sight of Ari on crutches. And not just that, Ari’s face was black and blue, his foot was in a cast, he had stitches above his left temple and painful looking grazes over his left cheek. Fuck knows what else beneath his clothing. Or bathrobe… that was on inside out and barely tied up.

“Ari, fuck! What— how— shit.” When Chance couldn’t form coherent words through his shock, he just took the weight of the door from Ari and didn’t think twice about gently pulling the sleeve of the robe up over his shoulder for him.
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So, I need some big sisterly advice. But first, how's my fave nephew going? I miss you guys. Australia's a fucking universe away.
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Who: Sam Campbell, Alexis Harrington, Justin Campbell, Sasha Stanford, Mark Campbell, Gen Hart-Campbell and Chance Marsden
What: Rainbow Phoenix After Party | Family Connections & Promises
Where: New York City
When: Backdated - After this and this

Sam would never get tired of those moments when he saw Mark get so emotional with pride over his kids, he ended up breaking down and sobbing. Mark didn’t cry a lot and if he did, it was behind closed doors. It wasn’t that he was ashamed or anything like that. All four Campbell brothers had been raised to be sensitive to their feelings and it was okay to cry. Mark was just the least sensitive of them all… about everything but his kids, of course. He always made sure Justin knew there was no shame in showing his emotions and he had definitely softened since becoming a father but the only other times Sam had seen Mark cry this hard about his son was when Justin opened on Broadway and when Sasha proposed to him and they got engaged.

Mark kept it together pretty damn well throughout the show. Sam had sat next to him and wanted to be on hand in case anything - god forbid - went wrong. There reported hiccups earlier in the day. First, Justin disappeared and everyone panicked he had gotten cold feet and done a runner, only to discover Reecy had unexpected and suddenly given birth in the early hours of the morning six weeks before her due date and Justin took off to the hospital to meet his newborn guidedaughter. No one was doing to stop that, no matter how much they tried reminding him it was his tour’s opening night. Then Justin’s stage fright and anxiety had ramped up to a high level and he needed medical intervention to get his shit together again. That was okay. They were prepared for that and had provisions in place. All in all, there were no unexpected disasters and Justin opened without a hitch. Not even a wardrobe or set malfunction to speak of.

Mark was teary when Justin opened with a high velocity three rock anthem extravaganza with all the bells and whistles anticipated. All his family and friends knew what he was capable of when it came to his talent but Sam was pretty sure no one expected it to be as explosive as it had been... )

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Who: Arian Alcott and Chance Marsden
What: Unexpected Visitor
Where: Arian's apartment, Hoboken, NJ
When: After this

Before ringing the buzzer, Chance double-checked he had the right address on his phone. He had laughed his ass off when he saw Autumn had put Arian’s details in his phone under ‘King Booty’ in his contacts, and her own under ‘Consolation Booty’. Autumn had been a bit of fun, they both knew that. She wasn’t looking for her Prince Charming when they hooked up on the dancefloor and after some delicious grinding, had a couple of fucks in the bathroom. She said as much when she left the party with her friends, but they promised if the hookup stars aligned again, they wouldn’t be opposed to it.

Arian was definitely the one who had caught Chance’s intrigue; hook, line, and sinker. They hadn’t swapped numbers at Thanksgiving but they added each other as Friends on Facebook and Chance hoped Ari would shoot him a PM sext or fifty. It had been radio silence, though Autumn filled him in on why that was at the New Year party. Ari had his hands full with Justin after Mark was hospitalised with his heart again and now Ari caught the flu, or something along those lines. Came down with something that kept him from coming to the party. Chance had been hoping they could hookup again but Ari was a no-show.

It had to suck getting ill for New Year. Chance never intended to send flowers to Ari. He wanted to drop in to see if he was okay or needed anything... )

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Who: DJ Wes-K and Everyone else at the New Year's Party!
What: Happy New Year!
Where: Manhattan, NYC
When: New Year, after this

Wesley didn't realise how much he missed DJ'ing until Justin asked him to for the New Year's party. He almost said no, considering everything going on with Merlin and Brandon. But when he told Merlin, his BFF told him to stop being basic and to go along and have plenty of fun for all of them. That lead to Wes being in his absolute freaking element, especially when he discovered the DJ System he would be using was ultra state-of-the-art, better than anything he had ever mixed on. If this thing was a person, he'd want to fuck it. He had no qualms telling Noah that either, who laughed his head off at the imagery of Wes hugging the system. Then to top it off, Justin told him it was his to manage and use whenever he wanted and Wes decided if he wasn't already thoroughly taken by Sash, he'd want to sleep with Justin too. He was that much of a music junkie.

Still, something even better than that came before the party and music really kicked off. Just after he went to get Justin to get the show on the road, Merlin called him to tell him that Brandon's doctors just confirmed his meds were working and he was officially out of the woods again. He still had the whatever thing where Merlin's bone marrow was trying to attack his immune system - or something along those medical lines that Wes didn't completely understand - but it was being well controlled and that meant Brandon was feeling a little better overall. Things were looking up and Merlin was happy he got to kiss his husband for New Year, even if it was in a hospital isolation room. Brandon still had a pulse and was still breathing. It was good news, all things considered.

So, Wesley had the awesome job of leading the countdown to midnight and as soon as the ball dropped, he and Noah shared an epic kiss, and he started to lead a sing-a-long of Auld Lang Syne, while all the party-goers hugged, snogged, sang, cheered, laughed, and all those awesome Happy New Year things. It definitely hadn't been the best year of Wesley's life but some awesome things outshone the worst. He was glad to see the back of last year, though. Once the New Year was officially rung in, he put the rock version cover of Auld Lang Syne by Dropkick Murphys and sat back with his bottle of Coke to enjoy the view of everyone having celebrating and enjoying themselves.
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Who: Alexis Harrington, Justin Campbell, Sasha Stanford, Chance Marsden, and Wesley Knight
What: Goodbye 2019
Where: Manhattan, NYC
When: New Year's Eve

Just after Christmas, when Alexis was still trying to figure out how to connect all the dots of integrating into Justin’s life, he called her up on FaceTime and invited her to a big New Year’s party that was apparently a tradition for their family. Family and friends from all over, including people flying in from Australia, joined them to celebrate the holidays and it was always great music, great food, great company, and lots of laughs. He told her that the year had been a tough one, so everyone was more than ready to have some fun and relax. Not only that, he didn’t just invite her. He invited her, her immediate and distant family, and any friends she wanted to bring along too. It took her by complete surprise because, up to then, he hadn’t said much about how he felt making it known that he was the victim of infant kidnapping in a high profile case. He hadn’t been sure he wanted to go public about it, knowing it wouldn’t be long before people connected the dots that he was the missing New Hampshire baby eighteen years ago.

The call was quick and he seemed to be busy, out of breath and dressed in training gear. He ended the call with a breathless, ‘Seriously, invite whoever you want. It’s cool.’ Then he told her he loved her and went hung up. That was the part that had her heart soaring. He said those words. He said he loved her and she said it back. There weren’t enough ways for her to describe how happy that made her. She immediately Skyped her family and told them, leading to her parents and siblings to promise to book flights to New York for New Year, ASAP.

Then she panicked, psyching herself out that maybe Justin only said that out of a sense of obligation, and when push came to shove, he really wouldn’t want to be inundated by a bunch of strangers during his family celebrations... )

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