Does anyone else think the summary was cheesetastic? When I read it all I could think was "It sounds like the back of some awkward romance novel."

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Chapter 1

Axel never thought he'd be back in this small town. It had taken him four long years of hard work to do it, but he'd graduated high school and gotten accepted to college with a full academic scholarship.

Twilight Town was one of those tiny, suffocating towns in the boondocks, where most of the people who were born there never escaped. It was a place where their parents and parents' parents had grown up and lived, and where Axel had desperately needed to escape.

Axel's father had knocked up his mother in high school and then drove out of her life on his motorcycle shortly after. She was left with a set of twins, an unfinished high school education, and little to no money. She had done her best raising the boys, Axel and Reno, and even though she was more often than not inebriated, she cared and wanted the best for them.

Reno wasn't like Axel at all, he loved Twilight Town. He loved knowing everyone that lived there, and being surrounded by the people he grew up with. He never felt like he was drowning or choking or suffocating in his life. Not like Axel did.

So as soon as graduation was done, Axel packed his bags and fled the small town, never once looking back. Until now, that is.

It had been five years since his escape from Twilight Town. He had graduated from college and had just started work at a construction company. He had studied architecture and construction in school and figured that before he could start his own business he'd need to get some experience (and money).

Life was really just starting for him, which is, of course, when his past came knocking. Axel never expected anything special in the mail, just the usual bill or advertisement, so he was overwhelmed with surprise when he received an envelope with an invitation to his brother's wedding. He read and re-read the card in amazement. Reno was getting married at twenty-three. Axel thought that it wasn't really that strange, especially in a small town, but he couldn't imagine himself in the same predicament.

Wondering vaguely who Reno was even marrying he grabbed his phone and dialed his brother's number. The phone was answered after only one ring.

"Hello?" Reno's voice came over the receiver sounding no different than it had the last time Axel talked to him two months ago. It was still the same sly tone ever full of mischief.

Axel felt a grin growing on his face, "Hey brother, I hear you're getting hitched."

"You heard right," Axel could hear the smirk in Reno's voice. "So you got the invitation?"

"I did." Axel moved from his front door to the living room of his apartment and settled himself down on the couch.

"Well, there's no getting out of coming, you're the best man."

Axel sighed heavily into the phone in mock annoyance, "I suppose if I really have to…"

Reno gave a short laugh, "Just get your ass down here."

Axel shook his head, smiling as he heard the click of the phone when his brother hung up. Sighing and standing up, he began mentally preparing himself for the trip back to his hometown.

A/N Yup, it's really short, but it was just a fleeting idea that I wanted to get out fast before it flew away. Reviews are good for the soul.........