Title:Disaster Recovery
Pairing/Characters: Adam/Sauli (4x100)
Rating (Word Count): Rated R for language
Warning(s): None
Author's notes: Beta'd by the lovely leela_cat

Disclaimer - obviously this is complete fiction.



Adam stared at the greasy burger on his plate. His stomach protested, and he knew it wasn't the hangover hamburger making him ill. They'd fought. In public. The press was having a field day. Perez was practically gloating, the fucker. Twitter was a complete disaster area; even his dad had tweeted about the incident.

Adam put his head in his hands. What the fuck had he done?

They'd landed in a fucking Finnish jail. Great impression to leave on Sauli's family. Such a fucking disaster.

*****

He felt Sauli lay what was supposed to be a comforting hand on his shoulder and squeeze. He fought the urge to shrug it off. Sauli meant well but he really had no idea what this meant. Adam felt like Julia Roberts in Notting Hill. This fight was going to haunt him for the rest of his career, just like the damn AMA kiss. And for it to happen the day AFTER his single was released? Talk about bad timing.

Adam sighed, took a bite of the burger, chewed, swallowed, felt it hit his stomach like a lump of coal.

*****

He looked up at Sauli, who smiled nervously at him. He smiled back but knew it was weak. Sauli started talking, mostly anxious chatter designed to make him feel better. He half-listened but his mind was still on the PR disaster that this trip had become. Adam ate his burger until it was gone, answering Sauli when he had to, even laughing at something he'd said.

But none of that changed the fact that he needed to get back to LA and start fixing the mess he'd gotten himself into. And desperately hoping that he could salvage his single promo.

*****

Hangover hamburgers seemed to amuse a lot of people, judging from his replies on Twitter. Made Adam smile, made him feel like maybe things weren't such a disaster after all. Still, he'd changed their flight plans and they were heading back to LA early. They made their goodbyes to Sauli's family, and Adam had to restrain himself from apologizing yet again.

Finally, they were on the plane and Sauli was reassuring him that everything was going to be okay, even mentioning the hangover hamburgers again.

Adam smiled and nodded, holding his hand and squeezing it reassuringly.

"I hope you're right."


The End