It was actually Sebastians date, Juan, who first noticed it. Theyd been out drinking and dancing and having a good time and then, much to Sebastians delight, Juan had agreed to go back to Sebastians place.

Sebastian was living in Dayton. Hed graduated from Oxford spending a few years out of America and not thinking about… about former Warbler crushes. He father had wanted Sebastian to go to Sanford, his Alma Mater, and at fist Sebastian had. But after everything that happened when Blaine ran and the argument they had and then both him and Kurt disappearing, Sebastian decided he needed to get away for awhile and transferred to the University of Oxford.

His time in England had been good for him, helped him get a short curly haired, golden eyed boy out of his head. Now he was back in Ohio working at his dads firm and very much enjoying being free and single.

He and Juan stumbled into the living room almost tripping over the rug as their hands explored the others body and their lips crashed together. Sebastian maneuvered them over to the couch and they fell onto it still kissing and grabbing at each other.

They were both halfway naked when Juan kicked out a leg and knocked over the end-table by the couch.

"Oh shit. Sorry." He said.

"Dont worry about it." Sebastian replied one hand going for Juans zipper while the other held his arm so he wouldnt get up.

"Just… Just let me fix it…"

"No need."

"It will bother me." Juan kissed him and then got up from the couch seemingly ignoring Sebastians groan of protest. He righted the table and started picking up the lamp and other things that were knocked over with it.

"Um…" Juan said holding a stack of mail in his hands. "Youre mail is here."

"Yeah, the housekeeper must have put it there. Even though she knows to leave it in my office, but who cares. Put it down and get back over here."

"No. I think you want to see this." Juan said holding up a letter.

Sebastian rolled his eyes and sat up on his elbows looking at whatever it was that Juan had in his hand. His heart stuttered when he realized what it was.

"Damn." Sebastian said finally getting up off of the couch. "Damn." He repeated taking the blue envelope out of Juans hand. "Well shit."

"Its your Lifemate letter."

"Thanks genius. I figured that out."

"Hey, no reason to get hostile."

Sebastian looked up from the blue envelope. "You wouldnt want to forget this for the night and…" Sebastian nodded back to the couch.

Juan looked surprised for a moment. "Uh… no. Sorry Seb. It just doesnt feel right. You know, now that youre someone elses."

"I dont belong to anyone." Sebastian spat out feeling his anger rise.

"I know. Thats not what…" Juan looked around sheepishly and then grabbed his shirt and shoes from the floor. "I just wouldnt want someone sleeping with my Lifemate the day he got his letter." He explained while heading for the door. "I had a really great time tonight. Sorry we didnt get to…" He bit his lip and looked over Sebastians body.

Good, let him regret leaving.

"Hey, good luck!" Juan said and Sebastian watched wordlessly as Juan left. Sebastian all but slammed he door behind him. Fine, whatever, Juan wasnt going to be anything more than a one-night stand anyway.

Sebastian went back to the living room and poured himself a glass of scotch and then sat back on the couch, not worrying about putting his shirt back on. He looked at the letter for a long time and then callously ripped it open and read what it had to say. "Dear Sebastian Smythe." He groaned "Whatever, fuck off with the preamble." He got down to the name.

"Matthew Williams of Dayton Ohio." Sebastian rolled his eyes. "Ive never even heard of him, must not be from one of the better families. Dad will be thrilled." He tossed the letter aside, finished his scotch and went upstairs to bed. He felt buzzed and unsatisfied after his encounter with Juan and decided to take the problem into his own hands. Afterwards he was warm and out of breath as he rolled up in his covers, alone in his big bed in his huge house and went to sleep.

Sebastian didnt even tell his parent about the letter, even when he saw his dad at work Monday morning.

"I have to leave early today." Sebastian said.

His father looked at him sharply. "It doesnt look good if the bosss son leaves before everyone else does."

"I have a doctors appointment." Sebastian lied and he dad let it go.

He drove up to the Lifemate center in a less than pristine part of Dayton and hoped this wasnt the neighborhood Williams was from.

"Probably matched me with some welfare kid just because I have money." Sebastian mumbled to himself.

In the past few years with the passing of the True Love Bill the Lifemate laws had gotten better. For one thing Sebastian knew before he opened the letter that he would read a guys name because that is how Sebastian registried and the Registry was no longer allowed to ignore that. Also if he and his Lifemate completely didnt work out they could file a petition for divorce. That wasnt much comfort though; it was a social stigma, especially in his circles to have a failed pairing.

He checked in at the front desk and then sat and waited, not even looking around to figure out who his Lifemate might be. He didnt care. He played games on his phone until his name was called. He got up and the Lifemate counselor greeted him. For the first time Sebastian glanced over to see who this Matthew Williams might be.

"Hi!" Matthew said brightly, too brightly and Sebastian wanted to roll his eyes. But for some reason he didnt. Matthew was tall, auburn haired with green eyes and a huge smile. Besides the smile part he was totally not Sebastians type.

Sebastian ignored the counselor and Matthew all the way to the room she left them in and then Sebastian looked around at the depressing room for a minute before sitting on the couch. Matthew sat next to him.

"It… Its nice to meet you Sebastian." He said a little nervously.

Sebastian nodded and looked Matthew up and down. "Yeah. Nice." They sat in silence for a little while until Matthew spoke up again.

"I was told I was going to move it with you, but I was thinking after we are done here… well my family lives nearby, maybe we could drop by and you could meet them?"

"No." Sebastian said. "No families. I… cant do families today."

Matthew nodded. "Okay."

Sebastian was annoyed. Matthew was too nice and it was getting on his nerves. He decided it was time to set things straight. "Listen." Sebastian said fully looking Matthew in the eye for the first time. "You should know up front, I dont want a Lifemate. Not you. Not anyone. Im not the fall-in-love-and-live-happily-ever-after type." Sebastians voice was cold. "Im more of the find –a-cute-guy-have-a-one-night-stand-and-forget-his-name-in-the-morning type."

Matthews face fell. "I… Okay. Thats… fine."

Sebastian regretted his words as soon as he said them, but instead of trying to make things better he clenched his jaw and looked away.

"Ill just have to make sure you scream my name so loud you wont forget it in the morning."

Sebastian snapped his head back to Matthew who was smiling at him and checking him out. He took a minute to really look at Matthew as well, and okay he wasnt Sebastians type, but he was admittedly hot. Maybe this wasnt a completely terrible start after all.

Matthew scooted closer to Sebastian on the couch. "Youve been up front with me, so let me extend you the same courtesy. Im in this thing for the long haul. Im the for-richer-for-poorer-in-sickness-and-in-health-to-death-do-us-part type. And hey, if that isnt you fine." He smiled at Sebastian and it really was a nice smile.

Sebastian was embarrassed to admit his heart beat a little faster. He half thought about chewing the guy out just for making him feel like that, but then Matthew placed a hand on Sebastians leg and leaned in.

"Also, I love a challenge, so you go right ahead and be a jackass, it will be all the more rewarding when you fall for me."

Sebastian was speechless, something that rarely happened to him. He wanted to push Matthew away and tell him that was never going to happen. He wanted to, really he did. Instead he sat there with a scowl on his face as Matthew leaned in bringing a hand up to Sebastians face and when Sebastian didnt stop him Matthew kissed him, parting Sebastians lips and deepening the kiss until Sebastian could hardly think straight. Damn it he was a good kisser… if Matthew was anything like this in bed… Sebastians brain almost sort circuited at the thought.

Matthew pulled back and looked at Sebastian with dark eyes. Sebastian made sure to keep his face expressionless.

"Whatever." Sebastian said and stood from the couch because it was getting really warm in here and he needed some space.

Matthew laughed a little. "Yeah, Im not worried. This will be fun."

Sebastian had his back to Matthew and he couldnt help the smile that grew on his face. Damn stupid hot cocky redhead, this was going to be fun. For the first time in his life Sebastian was considering that maybe having a Lifemate wasnt all bad.