Title: Old Scars, Future Hearts
Disclaimer: I do not own any person, place or thing you may recognize. I do, however, own the various OCs.
Rating: M
Warnings: language; mentions of inhumane and ethically questionable scientific experiments; moderate D/s implications; mentions of off screen rape, torture and murder; mentions of a past dub-con relationship.
Series: Go Your Own Way
Spoilers: The Fast and the Furious, Fast and Furious, Fast Five, character spoilers for Fast Six and Furious Seven, and potential spoilers for 2 Fast, 2 Furious
Pairings: Dominic Toretto/Brian O'Conner, Vince/Rosa and a couple of OMC/OFC; implied onetime non-con OMCs/Mia Toretto; mentions of past Dominic Toretto/Letty Ortiz, Brian O'Conner/Mia Toretto and dub-con Lucas Hobbs/Brian O'Conner.
Characters: Brian O'Conner and Dominic and Mia Toretto; with appearances by Lucas Hobbs, Hernan Reyes and the rest of the cast of Fast Five, and mentions of Letty Ortiz, Owen and Ian Shaw, Agents Bilkins, Penning and Stasiak, Sophie Trinh, Monica Fuentes, Suki and Jimmy, Leon and Jesse and nine OCs.
Summary: Brian and Letty had a plan to keep Dom out of prison but an unexpected complication forced them to improvise. Now, he and the Torettos are on the run in Brazil, trying to stay one step ahead of the local crime lord and the best the US could send after them while Letty is doing what she can to help from halfway around the world.
Word Count: 12,783 and counting
Author's Note: Okay, so here it is. Finally. The official sequel to "It's Not Easy". I am so sorry it's taken me so long to get this up. When I killed my flashdrive three years ago, I lost everything that I had written for this story in addition to losing the second half of the original.

Additionally, the way that "It's Not Easy" ended didn't work with what I had originally planned for the sequel. Therefore, even if I hadn't lost what I had previously written, I would have had to start from scratch anyway. Not only that, but one of the oneshot pieces I wrote also forced me to rethink what I was going to do for this story.

Originally, Letty was going to help with the bus break and be there for the Rio heist. However that obviously didn't work out, considering what happened in "New Trouble". So I had to think up a new plan. I'm mostly happy with what I've decided to do.

Unfortunately, most of the changes are still going to be minor, behind the scenes things that don't affect the overall plot of Fast Five. There will be some changes starting when Hobbs finally catches up to them, but until then, the story will mostly follow the movie while going into detail about what Brian is thinking during the whole thing, as well as expanding on some scenes in the movie to take advantage of things we didn't see on screen. (For example, the scene in the warehouse where Dom breaks free to fight the goons while Brian is still hanging from the scaffolding. Did anyone else wonder how Dom took advantage of that before letting Brian down after the scene faded to black? :D )

Anyway, this story is NOT complete yet, however, I am far enough ahead that I decided to go ahead and start posting it anyway. Because of that, updates will only be once a week on either Sunday or Monday, depending on when I work.

Oh. One last thing. When I started writing this series, Fast Six hadn't even come out yet, much less Furious Seven. Therefore, when I started this particular piece of the series, Owen's brother was still known as Ian. I know the new movie changed his name to Deckard, but I am ignoring that, and sticking with Ian as the older Shaw brother.

Anyway, let me know what y'all think.
Fae

Word Count: 3,232

Chapter One
Brian got out of the Skyline and looked up at the favela in disbelief. "You sure this is the right place?" he muttered to Chase, even as Mia asked him the same question.

"River and Jayne checked it out last week," Chase confirmed.

Brian merely shrugged at Mia. He couldn't very well tell her that he'd had friends check it out and confirm that this was where Vince was actually living. He went around to the trunk and slung one bag over his shoulder. He kept the other one in one hand while reaching for Mia's hand with the other.

The two of them had spent a lot of time together while waiting for Dom's trial. They had been able to work through the awkwardness of Brian hooking up and were on good terms now. She was as much his little sister as she was Dom's and he loved her for it.

Things had been tense right after they had broken Dom off that bus. Brian had been skittish and unsure of his place in Dom's life, considering Dom had broken up with him before the trial. He was not ashamed to admit that he had hid behind Mia for about a week before she finally got tired of it and dragged Dom out for a drive one night.

Brian didn't know what Mia had said to her brother, but whatever it was, Dom had all but gotten down on his knees. He hadn't begged, because Dom didn't beg, but he had definitely groveled for Brian's forgiveness.

Of course Brian had forgiven him. His entire life was so wrapped up in Dom that there was no way he could have done otherwise. Mia and the others all thought that he had forgiven Dom too easily, but they didn't understand. They couldn't understand. Ali was the only one who possibly could, but while she came close, she still didn't fully understand it.

Things had been good for about a week before they caught the attention of the local federalis. They had split in a hurry, but Dom had met Brian's gaze over the tops of the cars and silently ordered him to protect Mia.

Brian had nodded once before watching Dom get into the Charger and drive off, leading the federalis away from Brian and Mia. As Brian had driven in the opposite direction, Mia had clenched her fingers so tightly together that her knuckles turned white.

From then on, the three of them kept their distance, traveling in the same general direction, but far enough away that they weren't in danger of being caught together. Every couple of weeks or so, they spent two nights in the same town, but didn't dare risk more than that. Dom and Brian were large targets on their own. Together, they were practically flashing a neon sign.

When they were together, the two of them never outright flaunted their relationship around town. That would have been a huge calling card to anyone who cared to look. At the same time, it was obvious to anyone with eyes that neither man was Mia's boyfriend. Most of the time, their presence alone had been enough, but once, up in Ecuador, it hadn't been.

She had come back to the motel sobbing and bleeding. Dom had wrapped his arms around her, looking lost and helpless, unsure what to do. Brian had watched the two of them in silence before storming out of the room. He gathered a first aid kit and went back into the room, handing it over and helping Mia clean up.

He waited until the siblings had fallen asleep, tangled up in each other, before slipping out of the room. With Chase's help, he had tracked down the men and viciously slaughtered all three of them, making them pay for hurting his family. After slipping back into the room and cleaning up in the bathroom, Brian had spent the rest of the night standing guard with a gun in hand.

They were supposed to stay another night, but after what happened, Dom and Brian had reached the silent agreement to leave the next morning. As they headed out to the cars, they heard some of the locals talking about the three mutilated corpses found in an alley. Neither one said anything, but Dom sent him a grateful look while Mia slipped her hand into his.

After that, Brian treated Mia as his girlfriend, no matter where they were, hovering protectively and doting on her. She was starting to chafe under his close scrutiny, but there was no way that he was taking any chances with her safety again. So here they were, holding hands as they made their way up into the favela.

About halfway up, Brian got the sense that they were being watched and he squeezed Mia's hand in warning. He wasn't terribly surprised. He was too damn white to be native, which threw suspicion on Mia by association. The closer they got to the top, however, the more hostile the stares became, until they were surrounded by at least a dozen guys with guns.

He glanced around, taking stock of the situation. He could take them, easily, but there were too many innocents around, not to mention Mia, who could easily be turned into a hostage. Instead of engaging, he tugged Mia's hand. "Come on," he said, taking a step back down the path.

Truthfully, he never thought he'd be glad to hear Vince's voice. But he was, as the other man came down a side stair and told the locals to back off. Mia moved in to give him a hug and Brian was glad to see that she hadn't completely retreated into herself.

He and Vince exchanged a tense handshake and Brian was inwardly amused at the male posturing Vince was showing off. The other man had been threatened by him back in LA and it looked like six years wasn't enough to help him get over it.

To some extent, it was understandable. Brian had almost completely taken over Vince's spot in the Toretto family, even if it had been by accident. He had never meant to push Vince out. It was just that while the others had mostly accepted him, Vince never had. Vince had been confrontational and territorial, even when the top dog told him to stand down.

He knew Vince had mostly just acted like that because Brian was moving in on the girl Vince had been crushing on for years. He wondered what Vince would say when he found out it was Dom and Brian, rather than Brian and Mia.

On the one hand, he suspected Vince would lay off a bit, since they would no longer be competing for Mia's attention- a moot point anyway, since Vince had settled down with some Brazilian chick. On the other hand, he suspected Vince would start taking potshots at the fact that he was willingly bending over for another guy.

Carefully out of Dom's hearing, of course.

Brian didn't care. He was secure enough in who he was; what he was. Vince could say whatever he wanted. Brian would just let it roll right off his back.

Of course the problem was that he was certain that Vince would forget that the fact that Brian was bending over for Dom meant that- Well. He was bending over for Dom. Meaning that anything Vince said about Brian, he was also saying about Dom.

And that- That was not copacetic.

Brian didn't care what anyone said about him. He never had, not even Before. Most of his nicknames had always been some variation of 'Ice' or 'Snow' for the simple fact that- not only was he very white- he never lost his cool. Not when someone talked shit about him to his face. Not when they talked shit about him behind his back.

He took the comments and let them fly right over his head, maintaining a wide ass grin or a cocky smirk, knowing that the combination just pissed off whomever was talking shit about him.

The only times he ever lost his cool was when someone started talking shit about the people he cared about. Growing up, that had been Rome. After LA, Dom and Mia had joined the list. Letty, Leon and Vince had joined the list on the periphery, only because of their importance to Dom and Mia. Miami had added Tej and Suki, even Jimmy, to some extent.

He had stayed in contact with Monica after the Verone op and she had earned a place as well. Ali and Austin had moved to the top very quickly after what they had done for him when he thought eating his gun was the only option he had left. Through them, the rest of Serenity had joined the list as well.

Returning to LA had had Letty joining his list on her own merits, instead of just her importance to the Torettos. Sophie had wormed her way in, too. Penning and Bilkins had earned probationary positions after everything they had done for him and Dom after the Braga op had gone to shit. Stasiak had even started to make his way onto the list, despite their rocky start and the constant one-upmanship they had been doing when Brian first joined the LA office.

Still, not everyone was equal. There were some that he would not hesitate to sacrifice if it meant saving someone else.

Stasiak was at the bottom right now. It was a work in progress. Penning and Bilkins were next, followed by Monica. She had quickly realized that his attention was elsewhere and they had moved into a solid friendship. Sophie was a little higher, mainly because he knew that Monica could mostly take care of herself, while Sophie was still getting her legs under her.

The rest of Serenity, followed by Tej and Rome who were about equal. He knew Rome should probably be higher, but they had drifted apart in the years between getting busted for boosting cars and driving together for Verone.

Suki was above them. God, he loved that girl. She had welcomed him with open arms when he rolled into Miami and had never been bitter about the fact that he kept beating her. She was always a good sport and he loved her for it.

Then came Ali and Austin. He could never repay them for what they had done for him after finding him in London.

And finally his sisters. Mia and Letty. Letty and Mia.

If someone had told him six years ago that the two girls in Dom's crew would become like sisters to him, he would have laughed himself sick. At the time, he had been as deep in denial about his attraction to Dom as he had been about the fact that Dom was the one pulling the hijackings, so he had convinced himself that he had a future with Mia. And Letty-

Shit, he had been more wary of her than he had been of Vince. She was a hard one to read. Not to mention the fact that he was in love with her boyfriend. But both girls had given him their blessing to pursue Dom and they had become the little sisters that he had never known he wanted.

He would smack down anyone and everyone who talked shit about them- or worse, like in Ecuador. Everyone except one person. Because there was one name at the top of his list that would never move.

Dom.

Always Dom. It had been Dom from the moment their eyes locked that day at the store.

Anyone talking shit about Dom would be in for the biggest smackdown he was capable of. They wouldn't know what hit them. Not even the others on his list would be safe if they trashed Dom. And if they weren't safe, then Vince definitely wouldn't be. He may have been on the edge six years ago, but not anymore. He had given up that right when he had abandoned Dom and Mia.

Of course, he had no intention of getting between the two when Letty paid Dom back for leaving her behind. Man had made his bed and he had to lie in it. It may have worked out so that he could have Dom, but it was still the dumbass decision that had led directly to Letty being scooped by the scariest fucking criminal organization Brian had ever had contact with.

It also led to Brian keeping more secrets from Dom, which he loathed, but had no choice.

Still, internal monologue aside (and seriously, he was feeling a bit like a cheesy Bond villain or something), he was glad to see Vince, if only because Mia needed the distraction. Not to mention the fact that they had finally reached a safe-ish haven where they could relax their guard, just a little.

Brian and Mia followed Vince into a small, but well-cared for house where they were introduced to Vince's wife and son. Brian allowed himself a soft smile at the obvious love between Vince and Rosa, and the way that the surly man doted on baby Nico.

Despite the looks that they were getting from their hosts, Brian couldn't find it in himself to care as he shoveled food into his mouth. He was starving. They had had to take a detour through Bolivia and Paraguay before finally being able to make their way across Brazil to reach Rio and they had been running low on cash and food. As a result, he had given as much of his share to Mia as he could get away with without being slapped.

So yeah. He was starving. So suck it, Vince. And while you're at it, take your pity and shove it where the sun don't shine. He mentally flipped Vince off, but was too busy eating to be bothered to do so in person. Not to mention the fact that he didn't feel like flipping Rosa off at the same time. She hadn't done anything to deserve it.

Later, after they ate, Mia with Rosa to tuck Nico into bed. Brian watched her go with a small smile before being distracted by the beer Vince offered him. The two of them sat at the table in silence, neither one really having anything to say to each other.

Brian caught sight of the vivid scars on Vince's arm and mentally winced. He had been so terrified that Vince would die out there on the side of the road; terrified that Dom would be more interested in beating him for being a cop instead of letting Brian save Vince's life. He shook off that line of thought.

He and Dom had cleared the air between them. So had he and Letty; he and Mia. Maybe it was time to clear the air with Vince since Leon had disappeared and Jesse was gone.

"So why Rio, Vince?" he asked.

He knew a little. Letty had started to fill him in on the basics, but they had gotten distracted by Dom threatening one of Brian's witnesses. By the time Brian had solved that problem, they had run right into another snag and another and another and they had just never gotten back to the conversation. It hadn't been all that important in the grand scheme of things.

"After you screwed us in LA, you mean?" Vince asked, anger in his voice.

Brian merely sent a pointed look at the scars on Vince's arm and the other man let out a snarl.

"I freefell through South America, hitting every hellhole on the way down until I ended up here. Met Rosa. Don't know what I'dda done without her. She saved me. Been savin' me ever since."

Brian just nodded slowly. Domestication looked good on him; had settled him. Now if only they could move beyond the childish posturing and into- if not friends, then at least non-hostile in-laws. He spared a passing thought to wondering if the relationship between him and Vince was any indication of what the relationship between Dom and Rome would be if they ever met.

He shook off a shudder at the thought and looked back up at Vince.

"I won't apologize," he said. Not to you. "What I did- I was doing my job, Vince. Right up until I realized it was you guys. I honestly didn't think that Dom was stupid enough to do something like that, though finding out you were involved honestly didn't surprise me."

He smirked slightly and to his surprise, Vince smirked back.

"But I made my choice, Vince. I threw my entire life away for Dom. Not just once, twice. And if I had been any other cop, you would have died on the side of the truck and Dom would have been sitting in LOMPOC for the last six years instead of stirring up shit in the DR, or helping bring down one of Mexico's biggest cartels. And I can't- Dom believing me over you- That's on him. Not me. If you're still pissed about that, take it up with him when he gets here."

"I managed to piece most of that together on my own, thanks. But knowing all of that doesn't make me like you any better."

"I never expected it to. We're not friends. I don't think we ever would have been, even if we had met under different circumstances. I'm ice and you're too much fire for us to get along. But for Mia and Dom's sake, do you think we can put outright hostility behind us? We're on the same side now. And I ain't goin' anywhere until Dom sends me away."

Vince narrowed his eyes, but Mia came back into the room before either of them could say anything. "So listen. There's this job coming up," he said, and Brian heard the silent agreement in the change of subject. "I was hopin' Dom would be here, but it's clean enough we can do it without him."

Brian and Mia exchanged glances and Vince got a little defensive.

"It's a good gig," he said. "Couple of high end cars, easy targets. Guy I know's putting together a team to swipe 'em. Just need a few more warm bodies."

"I don't know," Brian said, taking a drink.

"Look, the way the car scene is down here, we can unload 'em quick and get top dollar. It's easy money. And from where I'm sittin', it looks like you both could use the payday."

Brian winced and looked away, tightening his grip on his beer. Vince wasn't wrong. They could use the payout from an easy job. They couldn't rely on Vince's hospitality for long. That wasn't fair to him and Rosa. Besides, Brian hated accepting charity. Always had, all the way back to being a punk kid with an absent father and a druggie mother.

He looked over at Mia, gauging her reaction. She shrugged slightly, but he could see in her eyes that she was interested.

"I promised Dom we'd lie low," he said. It was a half-hearted protest at best and he folded when she turned on the puppy dog eyes. "All right, fine. But if Dom kills me, I'm coming back and haunting your ass," he warned.

She just grinned and kissed his cheek.