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Fates Warning	By : TheFairyWithBoots Category: Singers/Bands/Musicians > Iron Maiden Views: 206 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: l obviously do not own any of the characters in this story. No disrespect is intended towards any of the real people mentioned, it is simply a fictional story based off their public personas.

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Janick kept his distance from Bruce for the rest of the tour. Dave didn’t have any problem letting Jan roof with him until he found his own room. Bruce was distant with all of them for the rest of the tour, on and offstage. Steve and Nicko had seemed embarrassed to be seen together in public after Bruce had outed them to the entire band despite the fact that Dave and Janick assured them that they had no problem with their relationship.
In between shows, Steve was spending a lot of time hanging out with the lead singer of a band they had been touring with - Wolfsbane’s vocalist, Blaze Bayley. The two of them had formed a kind of friendship with each other that reminded Steve of the friendship that he used to have with Bruce before they had started fighting with each other on an almost daily basis.
By the time the No Prayer on the Road tour was over, everyone was exhausted and planned on going back to their hometowns to rest before they had to start recording their next album. Dave told Janick that he was welcome to visit him on his island in Hawaii any time.
Janick wasn’t sure about that at first, and then remembered that Bruce was expecting him to go back to London with him. He had already decided that he wasn’t going to go with him; he still felt betrayed and used, and wasn’t going to spend his time off with him.
Janick was in his hotel room packing his bags on the day they were all planning to fly back home. There was a knock on his door, and Janick answered it, expecting it to be Dave.
Except it was Bruce.
Bruce grinned at him. “Mind if I come in?”
Janick didn’t give him a verbal answer, but went back to his luggage, allowing him to enter.
“Are you still mad at me?” Bruce asked while giving him large puppy dog eyes. Janick was so immune to his honeyed words, they had no effect on him any more. “You’re still coming back to London with me, right? We’ll have my house to ourselves…”
“No, I’m not going to London with you,” he said quietly while folding his jeans.
Bruce went to his side and slid his arms around Janick’s waist, resting his head on his shoulder. Janick tried to shrug him off, but Bruce was wrapped around him tight like a snake.
“Bruce, please let me go…”
“Are you really telling me that you would rather go back to Yarm all by yourself,” he said in a low husky voice that he used when trying to turn Janick on, “Than come back to London with me…?” Janick felt his stubbled chin scraped against his neck. He cringed, placing a hand on Bruce’s chest and pushing him away.
“I’m not going back to Yarm,” he said while placing his folded jeans in his luggage and moving to fold his t-shirts. Bruce looked at him curiously. “I’m flying to Hawaii.”
Bruce’s face suddenly turned so red with anger, Janick thought he was going to burst a vein. “What the fuck are you going to Hawaii for!?” His anger let Janick know that he already knew the answer.
“I’m going to visit Dave-“
Janick thought that he saw steam come out of Bruce’s ears. “Dave!?” he shouted, “I fucking knew it! You’ve been cheating on me with him, haven’t you!?”
The accusation was so extreme, Janick felt his head spin in shock. “No, I’m not cheating on you! Dave and I are friends-“
“Friends-“ he spat the word out in a sarcastic tone, “-don’t fly across oceans to spend months at a time with each other!”
“Well, that’s what I’m doing,” Janick said while neatly folding his shirts, avoiding Bruce’s eyes.
“No, it’s not,” he said while shaking his head, “You have no business flying to another country to see someone you’re not in a serious relationship with! You’re coming back to London with me!”
This time, Janick did look at Bruce to give him a defiant glare. “I’m not going anywhere with you,” he said quietly yet firmly. He wasn’t going to let Bruce control him, and he was sick of him thinking he had the right to. “I’m not asking for your permission. I’m going to Hawaii to spend my time off with Dave.”
Bruce gave him a hard look that made him appear almost dangerous. He stalked up to him and Janick took a few steps backwards, fear in his heart. Bruce was much shorter than him, but also much stronger, and Janick thought for a moment that he was going to take a swing at him.
“If you get on that plane to Hawaii, our relationship is over,” he said, “And I’m going back to my old girlfriend.”
Janick felt a sudden rush of anger as he stared at Bruce, unable to believe what he was hearing. “Jane!?” he exclaimed, “The woman who cheated on you!?” He genuinely could not believe that Bruce would stoop this low to try and manipulate him. “You know what? Do whatever the fuck you want. Even if I was in a relationship with Dave, at least he would be treating me better than you have.” He zipped his luggage and turned towards the door. “But don’t come crying to me when she ends up giving you gonorrhea!”
“And what the fuck’s that supposed to mean!?” Bruce yelled after him as he stormed out of the room. “Jan!”
Janick slammed the door behind him, wanting to put as much distance between them as he possibly could.
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Dave’s plane landed in Maui a few hours later, and he felt a surge of relief when he saw his island that had been his home for the past seven years. He felt comfort knowing that he could go home and sleep in his own bed. He felt sadness in his heart knowing that his bed would be empty, and without Adrian, but the sadness was not as crushing now that he had come to accept that Adrian was not coming back.
Dave’s house was empty and still, untouched ever since he had left it a year ago. As soon as he entered it, he felt all the stress from touring wash away from him. He would have several months of peace and solace to himself. He wouldn’t have to worry about trying to avoid conflict between Bruce and Steve, or watch Bruce try to shove his tongue down Janick’s throat in front of everyone. However, he would miss spending time with Jan though, and was subconsciously hoping that he would at least call him.
He set his luggage and guitar case down, glancing at the house phone on his wall, noticing that he had some voicemails. He went to the kitchen to get a cold beer out of the fridge before coming back to his living room to play the voicemails back. The first few were from his next door neighbour, reminding him that their dog had come over into his yard while he was away touring and knocked over one of his garden gnomes and broken it, and that they would have to compensate him for it. This didn’t bother Dave much. Accidents happened…
But the last one caused his heart to stop in his chest when he heard Janick’s voice. He must have called him when he was on his flight back. He sounded tired and strained; as if he had been crying. He told him that he was going to take him up on his offer to come and see him in Hawaii, and that he would be there in a few hours. He made it clear that he was coming alone, and Dave thought that he didn’t sound too happy about that. His mind went to Bruce, and how he had embarrassed everyone that night he had outed Steve and Nicko. The hurt look on Janick’s face was unforgettable; he had looked so betrayed. Dave wondered if they had officially broken up yet.
Dave felt happy that Janick was coming to see him, and suddenly found it hard to relax enough to get the sleep that he had been craving ever since he had got on his flight. But he couldn’t help but feel concerned by Jan’s tone on the phone, and wondered what had happened. He had a sinking feeling that it had something to do with Bruce.
He knew that it would be a few hours before Jan would arrive, and got his shower while there was still some time to kill.
Afterwards, he resisted the urge to have a nap in his bed; he was too anxious at the idea of having someone to spend his time off with. Someone he was close with and wasn’t a massive control freak like Steve or Bruce. Knowing that he only had a few more hours, he decided to drive to the airport to wait for Janick’s arrival, deciding that he would pick him up.
He waited in the terminal for the plane to arrive for about an hour. When he saw Janick step off the platform alone, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy. He knew that he was arriving alone, but seeing him alone with a sombre look on his face was like watching a lost puppy wander towards him. He looked tired; Dave was sure that he was hungry, and his honey blond hair was dishevelled. He looked like he was about to collapse.
Dave stood up, smiling at him. Janick seemed to only just realize that he was there. He approached him.
“Hey, Jan,” he said, “I’m glad you could make it.”
“You were waiting for me?” he asked, his greyish-blue eyes brimming with tears.
“Yeah…” Dave said, though now that he admitted it, he felt awkward. “I came as soon as I got your voicemail…”
Jan’s carry-on bag dropped from his shoulder to the floor as he approached Dave, catching him off guard as he wrapped his arms around him, holding onto him as if he was a life raft in a turbulent ocean. Dave stood there, shocked for a moment before wrapping his arms around him and hugging him back. He thought Jan was going to start bursting into tears.
“It’s okay…” he said while patting his shoulder in an attempt to sooth him, “C’mon, let’s go and get your luggage, and you can tell me what happened.”
Janick rubbed his eyes as he made his way over to the conveyor belt to wait for his luggage. Dave picked up his carry-on for him, which Jan seemed too distressed to realise that he had just dropped. When they left the airport and got into Dave’s car, he asked him to tell him what had happened.
“Mine and Bruce’s relationship is over,” he said with a dazed look on his face as if he was unable to accept was he was saying, “I didn’t want to go back to London with him because of what he said to Steve about only being with me to make him jealous… I didn’t want to go back to Yarm by myself, so I told him I was coming to spend my time off with you. He accused me of cheating on him, and said…he was going to go back to his ex - the woman who cheated on him multiple times - if I got on the plane to Hawaii… and that’s when I left.” A few tears fell down his face and he quickly wiped them away. Dave suddenly felt an anger towards Bruce that he never felt before.
“Jan… I’m so sorry…” He didn’t know what else to say. He was torn between pity for Janick and ire for Bruce. Furthermore, he couldn’t understand why Bruce would do this to anyone, especially someone as good-natured as Jan. “You did the right thing…”
“I’m the one who walked away,” he said, his voice cracking as he struggled not to cry, “I didn’t have to, but I did… It’s my fault he’s with her now.”
Dave hated seeing his friend like this. “You did what anyone with self-respect would have done,” he said while reaching for his hand, “It’s Bruce who is in the wrong, okay? You did nothing wrong.”
Jan wiped his tears away. “I don’t know if Steve is going to let me stay in the band or not,” he said, “Or if Bruce is going to convince him to let me go… And I’m going to be forced to retire again. Everyone thinks that the only reason I got the spot in the first place was because I was Bruce’s fuck buddy.”
“What?” Dave said, shaking his head, “No, Jan, that’s not going to happen. Steve isn’t going to let you go, no matter what happens between you and Bruce. He values what you bring to the band too much.” He heard Jan let out a shaky breath as he squeezed his hand in an attempt to comfort him. “You have nothing to worry about, okay?”
Janick nodded, holding back more tears.
“Are you hungry?” Dave asked. Janick looked pale and tired, and the food that they served on the plane wasn’t necessarily filling, at least not for Dave. “There’s a bar and grill just a few miles from my house, and we can eat there.” He was actually pretty hungry himself.
“Yeah…” he said quietly, “And afterwards, I can go and find a hotel to stay at-”
“Nonsense,” Dave said, “I don’t mind you staying at my place.”
Janick looked at him in shock. “You don’t have to do that!” he said, “I don’t want to be a bother!”
“It won’t bother me at all,” he said, “You can stay in the guest bedroom while you’re here. I won’t die of boredom from being alone, and you can save some money.”
Janick was thanking him profusely as Dave drove to the bar and grill, his stomach growling with hunger.
When they got to the restaurant, they each ordered burgers and fries. They both ate quickly; Jan had not eaten since breakfast earlier that morning. Afterwards, they quickly made their way to the bar. Dave was a regular there, and the bartender, Tony, recognized him immediately, and offered them their first drinks on the house.
The weight of Janick’s situation seemed to lift as the night went on, getting pleasantly buzzed as they drank and laughed together. Soon, it seemed as if Janick had forgotten all about Bruce, and seemed more relaxed than Dave had ever seen him. After a few hours had passed, they both stepped out onto the beach, the salty night air an obvious change to the smoke-filled, boozy club they had just left. Dave led him to the shore, hoping to walk off this buzz so that he would be sober enough to drive home. Otherwise, he would have to call them a taxi.
In a drunken stupor, Janick kicked his trainers and socks off and dug his bare feet into the wet sand, giggling. Dave sat down next to him. The sky was clear on this summer night, and thousands of stars were above them and the waves were gently rolling in.
“I’m so glad I came…” Janick said while spreading himself out on the sand, his long blond hair spread around him like a halo.
“I’m glad you came too.”
“I think I would have been miserable in London,” he said, his blue eyes gazing up at the stars above him, “Bruce would have kept me in the bedroom the entire time…”
Dave averted his eyes, feeling embarrassed. Surely, Janick wasn’t going to start rambling on about his sex life…? He didn’t need to know about that. He had already witnessed enough while on tour.
“I don’t have to walk on eggshells when I’m hanging out with you,” Jan said while staring straight up into the night sky. “With Bruce… I could just breathe too heavily, and he somehow took that as a sign that I was being unfaithful.”
Dave looked down at him, feeling sympathy. “But…he’s the one who went back to his old girlfriend.”
Janick closed his eyes, listening to the waves. “Rules never seemed to apply to him. I guess…he thought that I was lucky. Lucky to be with him. Lucky to be breathing the same air as him.” A look of horror suddenly came across his face as if he was just now realizing what he was saying. “I-I shouldn’t be talking about-”
“No, no, no, it’s okay!” Dave said while reaching for his hand. He could tell that he felt guilty for talking about Bruce in such a negative way. This only made Dave feel angrier towards Bruce. How he was making Jan feel was unacceptable. He was too good of a bloke to be put through this. “You have nothing to feel sorry for, Jan, it isn’t your fault.”
He couldn’t imagine ever putting someone that he was supposed to love through something like this. He tried to imagine if Adrian was in a similar position, and he just couldn’t do it. How Bruce was treating Janick wasn’t how anyone should be treating their significant other.
When Dave was finally sober enough, he eventually drove Janick back to his house, helping him carry his bags to the guest bedroom. He came into the living room to find him sitting on the sofa, flipping through the channels on his large tube TV. Dave sat down next to him, going through some of the VHS tapes that he had left sitting on the coffee table.
“Are you going to be okay?” he asked him.
Janick looked up at him and nodded. “I’ll be fine,” he said, “It’s just… it hurts. I didn’t think he would stoop this low. But claiming that he was going back to her… that was the final straw.”
Dave got up and slid a comedy into the VHS player, and changed the TV to the proper channel. He came back and sat down next to Janick, who surprised him by cuddling into his side, almost instinctively.
Dave put his arm around his shoulder, and Janick rested his head on his shoulder. “You know you’re welcome here any time, right, Jan?”
Janick mumbled sleepily, and nodded against his shoulder. “Thank you, Davey…”
The film started, but both of them were too buzzed and too tired to really pay any attention to it. Janick’s warmth was causing Dave to feel comfortably drowsed, and the sound from the TV eventually seemed nothing more than a distant noise. Dave instinctively wrapped his arms tighter around Janick, suddenly feeling very protective of him, the kind of protectiveness that he had not felt for anyone in such a long time.
Not since Adrian, he realized.
After a few moments, he stopped fighting sleep, and fell into a contented slumber with Janick wrapped safely and snugly in his arms.
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