Re: Brian/John
John was occupied with considering all the places he'd hidden in with his mom when Brian took his hands. There'd been a few towns and places near what might be suitable areas. There was no way any of them were near those big cities, though. You wanted to live off the grid, you went where people didn't bat an eye at something as old fashioned as using cash. But, he followed where Brian led with curiosity.
He tactfully refrained from pointing out that Brian cared about more than he admitted and just had uncommon ways of showing it, choosing to focus instead on the actual issue. Not a small undertaking, given Brian's lifestyle. Before he said a word, John leaned up to kiss Brian lightly. "Breathe," he teased gently. "Let's take this apart logically. Working from the assumption condoms don't work, first priority is to make sure you're okay...preferably without having to risk blood tests and the like. As far as you know, you were clean before we got here, yes? So, it's a matter of determining whether everyone you've been with is too."
Alright, the chances of Brian remembering all of them were...well, John didn't really want to think about whether he'd been high enough or there'd been so many Brian couldn't remember them all. "Okay, the soldiers have to have regular medical exams that include blood tests. If I hack into the base hospital's records, we can see if anyone's results came back with problems and I can monitor further results as they get the tests done. The problems are going to be if you've slept with anyone else in ICIS."