Miller's funeral he'd relied on Noah to be many things. Sub, lover, partner, and friend, Noah had really been exactly what Tobias needed, when he needed him to be it. Tobias had also spent more time with Phantom than he had been, and while he knew Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html that Noah understood, he also knew that there was a time when certain things were going to have to be underlined once more. Like the fact that Noah was his, he was Noah's, and that Tobias wasn't the only one with issues. The weekend of Noah's thirtieth birthday, Tobias had plans to give his boy a monumental gift. Intangible and horrible, the gift was one that Tobias hoped would lead Noah past one of his deepest limits. Friday was passed in the usual way, with added teasing as Noah prodded him for hints about his present. All that Tobias would tell him was that Saturday would be long and intense and that dinner was being catered. Saturday morning, while Noah saw to the horses, Tobias made a few changes in the ring, adjusting the furniture to suit his needs.
