Dom nodded in agreement. "Ramsey, can you track that SUV to wherever they're staying? Maybe hack their records so we can get a room number?"

"Sure thing Dom," Ramsey answered happily. She'd known Jesse for years and she was more than happy to do anything she could do to help him get his family back together. The team watched the screens of God's Eye as it tracked Brian across the city, praying to the car gods that they wouldn't lose him again now that they'd just found him.

"Wonder if he'll bring Pretend Dom with him when he comes home." Leon questioned, not quite sure if he wanted Brian to bring an outsider with him or not. If X came with him, then they'd have to share him. Brian had always been all of theirs, they'd never had to share him with someone outside of the family.

"That'll be up to him, I'll let him know it's his choice when I talk to him…" Dom answered, watching as two black-suited agent types got out of the SUV at a hotel. They had obviously intended on helping Brian out of the vehicle, but quickly changed their minds at X's possessive growl. Brian merely chuckled as he let himself out, patting X on the shoulder as he stepped passed him.

"Come on, I'm tired." Brian encouraged when X simply stood there glaring at him. "Want to sleep."

X caught up to Brian quickly. "Yeah well getting shot will do that to a person." He answered sarcastically. "And getting stabbed. And hit."

Brian stepped in close to X, tucking himself under the bigger man's arm and wrapping his own arm around the guy's waist. "There, happy now?" Brian murmured softly, knowing full well that X needed to be able to at least feel like he was helping and comforting after he'd watched Brian get wounded.

"Mmm, be happier once you're showered and sleeping. Be even happier when we're on that plane heading somewhere warm." X answered.

The team watched them disappear into the hotel, happy to see that X was at least taking care of Brian. He might have sat back while Brian fought, but he was doing his damnedest to make sure the ex-cop was well taken care of after it.

Dom dropped a kiss on the top of Jesse's head. "You did a good thing, Jess, sending the word out in your own circles." Jesse's face lit up at the praise, and at the realisation that it had been his contacts that managed to find Brian.

"Dom, they're in room 564, give me another minute or so and I'll have a direct phone number for you…" Ramsey murmured.

XXX

Brian fell onto the hotel bed and moaned. Warm sheets over a marshmallow soft mattress had never felt so good. He'd had the quickest shower he could possibly manage while still emerging clean of blood. X had told him to take his time but all Brian wanted to do was lie down and sleep. He was glad they'd agreed to patch him up in the SUV instead of taking him somewhere. Now he could sleep in a comfy bed and not wake up until he was ready.

Before he could drift off the phone beside the bed rang. If he didn't think it might be Gibbons calling with critiques or another mission he would have ignored it. Unfortunately, he had learned the hard way that Gibbons would not be ignored. So instead of rolling over and going to sleep he lifted the phone. "Hello?"

"Brian?" a voice he'd never thought he'd hear again. They might sound alike, but Brian was so accustomed to both voices that he could easily pick the differences. "It's Dom. You have a minute to talk?" He'd never heard Dom unsure of himself or hesitant, but that's what he was now.

Despite protesting muscles, Brian sat up. "Dom? What's wrong? Is everybody alright?" he asked, suddenly worried that his family was hurt or in danger. Sure, he didn't think they would still consider him family, but they never stopped being his.

"Relax blondie, everyone's fine. Well…other than the fact one of us has been missing for over a year. We found a way to track you down, heard you mentioning a vacation somewhere warm…LA is warm Brian."

He almost dropped the handset of the phone in shock. "You…you guys tracked me down? And how the hell did you hear me mentioning a vacation?"

Dom chuckled. "Probably better not talk about the how over the phone. We'll tell you all about it when you come to visit…" another uncertain pause. "That is…if you want to visit. We get it if you don't want to."

Brian shook his head quickly, before his exhausted brain caught up to the fact that Dom couldn't see him shaking his head. "No, no, I'd love to come visit if you guys want me to. Wasn't sure you all would want anything to do with me…" he admitted softly.

"I thought you'd be sitting on the front steps of the house when we got back from Mexico with our pardons. When you didn't show we started to spread the word, but no one saw you. Anyway, that's for another conversation. Will you come visit? Everyone's been missing you."

Brian couldn't find words for a moment, the feeling of relief washing over him making him forget his words. His family still wanted him. His family had been looking for him. "Uh yeah, umm, you guys mind if I bring someone with?" he stuttered out. He hadn't ever planned how he'd introduce Xander to the Toretto's because he thought he'd never have to.

"We saw him on some surveillance cameras, he's more than welcome Brian. Get some rest, and ring us when you need us to pick you up from the airport." Dom hung up the phone before Brian could respond.

Xander took the phone out of his hand a few seconds later and put it back in its cradle. "Take it you heard from the family." He murmured with a smile. Brian nodded dumbly in response, still too shocked to find words. "Told you they wouldn't kick you to the curb. So, we're going to LA then?" he settled into bed before pulling Brian to lie down beside him, tucking the blond carefully into his side.

"Umm, yeah. Dom said they saw us on surveillance footage somehow, said you're more than welcome." He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. He'd been living with the certainty that they'd want nothing to do with him for over a year now. To finally be told, by Dom no less, that he was still one of them… He had expected a repeat of the whole thing with Rome when they were younger.

XXX

Brian was picking up can of NOS energy drink while he waited for the SUV the next morning when Xander came into the room and grabbed it out of his hand. "No energy drinks! You're already antsy about heading to LA, I ain't sitting on a twelve hour flight with you while you're hopped up on NOS and anxiety." He admonished, replacing the NOS with a cup of coffee…which he had no intention of telling Brian was a decaf.

"I'm not antsy I'm just…" Brian frown, taking a swig of coffee while he tried to find the appropriate word to explain what he was at the moment.

"You're just antsy, is what you are." Xander grinned. "But that's ok. They found you Brian, they wouldn't have done that if they didn't love you. If they didn't want you back home." He pressed a kiss against Brian's neck as the driver of the SUV approached them.

The agent scowled. "Really?" he complained. "In front of me? Do you really have to Mr Cage?" He picked up Brian's bag, leaving Xander's on the ground and refusing to help the man.

Xander shrugged, swinging his duffel bag over his shoulder and wrapping his spare arm around Brian's shoulders, who smirked in response to Xander's possessive move. "Not my fault you can't accept the fact that the man is taken." Xander responded calmly to the agent, not even trying to hide the smirk.

The man sputtered in response, face going red. "That's not…it's not…what made you think…" his eyes bulging as he tried and failed to get a whole sentence out.

"What Craig is trying to say is he's not in love with me. We were in the academy together when we were young. He doesn't like seeing a criminal lay claim." Brian offered with a grin before crawling into the SUV, muscles protesting at doing anything much but he was too stubborn to let Xander help.

XXX

He managed to stay reasonably calm until they heard the announcement that the plane was descending to LA. Then he started to panic. "Brian, would Dom have bothered to call you home if he was angry with you?" Brian blinked up at Xander. "They probably weren't very happy when they found out you were a cop, cos they would have thought you were going to betray them. But you more than proved your loyalty. They love you Bri, they're your family." Xander murmured and he watched in shock as his words actually had an effect and Brian started to calm down. "Seriously, you'll jump out of a plane, happily get shot at, but come home to the family and you freak?" he teased.

Brian scowled at him playfully. "Shut up, you'd be freaked too if you knew what we were going home to. Dom could probably kick my ass one handed, and Vince has done his damnedest a few times."

Xander laughed. "Dom's the one that looks like me? Of course he could kick your ass. But seriously man, I've seen you take down some big dudes. It might take a bit of effort, but you could probably kick his ass if you wanted."

XXX

They were glancing around at the crowd of people greeting arrivals, trying to find the Toretto's when Brian found himself engulfed in a hug. "Brian! Man it's good to see you!" Jesse exclaimed excitedly. "We've been looking for you for ages!"

Brian grinned down at the younger man. "Jesse, good to see you too." He wrapped his arms around his shoulders, knowing he wouldn't be letting go for a little while yet.

Then Dom was standing in front of him with a content smile on his face. "Brian, good to see you brother." Instead of waiting for Jesse to let the blond go, Dom pulled him into a hug from the side, wrapping one arm around Brian's shoulders. "Glad you came home." He murmured so only Brian could hear.

"Hey! It's Dom Two!" Leon exclaimed with a grin, staring at Xander. "I don't know where he found you man, but this is just weird!"

"Found me on a cargo plane, couple minutes before they dropped our asses in the middle of a cocaine plantation." Xander replied slowly. Brian had told him it was fine to tell the family anything he wanted to, but he didn't know these people and he wasn't sure how they'd react to what had been Brian's life since they last saw him.

Everyone stared in shock for a moment before Vince snapped himself out of it and stepped toward Brian, Jesse and Dom stepping back to give the two room. Vince gave Brian a lopsided smile before pulling him in for a hug. "Good your home brother, we been worrying."

When Vince let him go Brian stumbled back a step, staring at the man in stunned silence. "Vince?" he asked confused.

The scruffy man gave a one shouldered shrug. "Only ever hated you cos I knew you were the fuzz and after Mia, knew you'd tear our family apart. But you protected us instead, gave us a way out and then a way home. Did more for family than most ever would."

Mia rubbed her hand along Vince's shoulders, smiling at him with tears in her eyes. "It's good to have the whole family together again." She pulled Brian into a bone crushing hug before doing the same to Xander. "We appreciate you looking after him, welcome to the family." She kissed his cheek and stepped back.

"Right! Time for food!" Vince decided loudly. The first available time to fly had had the plane landing late morning on a Sunday, and Brian knew how important the Sunday barbeques were to everyone, especially Vince.

"Sorry we landed on a Sunday, it was the quickest they could arrange for us." He murmured to Dom as he and Xander followed the family through the airport. "I didn't want to cause chaos on barbeque day."

Dom offered him an exasperated smile. "We're glad you landed on Sunday, barbeques are a good time to have a reunion with wayward family." He paused for a second, seemingly uncertain of what he was going to say. "We do all need to sit down and go over everything you told us about yourself while you were undercover, gotta get to know the real you Bri."

Brian nodded quickly, only too happy to go through any kind of interrogation they might have for him. He felt he owed them far more than answers about himself, but if that's what they wanted he was all too happy to give it. "Yeah man, of course."

Everyone was unlocking their cars when Xander came to a sudden stop, staring at the cars. Of course they'd all come in their own car, Brian had never understood their aversion to riving to driving together, especially when they weren't racing. "Brian, this is what they drive? Like…all the time?" Xander asked in shock.

"Yeah man, I told you you'd like them." Brian grinned at Xander before pulling him closer to the cars.

Dom laughed, happy to see that at least Brian was with a guy that could appreciate some decent cars. "You can look 'em over after the barbeque, but right now we gotta get moving. There's food to eat and Coroners to drink man." He laid a gentle hand on Brian's shoulder and guided him to Dom's car, knowing full well that Xander would follow.