Hollyoaks spoilers follow.
Hollyoaks has revealed a first look at Lucas Hay’s return to the village.
The teenager is released from Young Offenders next week, just as his boyfriend Dillon Ray’s big secret threatens to be exposed.
Viewers recently discovered that Dillon is the father of Leah Barnes’s baby son James. Dillon was seen arguing with Leah over the secret, shortly before she left the village to attend university in the US.
The revelation meant that Dillon had cheated on Lucas with his boyfriend’s sister – something he’s determined to keep under wraps.
Next week, Lucas’s friend Frankie Osborne spots Dillon spending time with James and is suspicious over the way he’s behaving around the baby.
Frankie confronts Dillon with her suspicions that he’s the father, putting him on the spot.
The next day, Lucas is released after serving his sentence for attacking Frankie’s abusive brother JJ.
Lucas enjoys reuniting with Frankie and his dad Ste, as well as meeting his baby nephew James for the first time.
It’s an emotional time for Lucas as he admits how much he missed Ste and how he feared he’d never get him back when Ste was in his coma.
Although Lucas is nervous about seeing Dillon again, he’s reassured by Leela Lomax that Dillon missed him. Leela also praises the way Dillon looked after Leah when she was pregnant.
Over at Price Slice, Dillon makes a desperate plea for Frankie not to tell Lucas that he is baby James’s dad.
Frankie is determined not to keep secrets, but she’s torn when she witnesses Lucas and Dillon’s heartfelt reunion. What will she decide to do?
Speaking about the baby twist, Nathaniel Dass – who plays Dillon – recently told Digital Spy: “I don’t think it’s something that the fans, nor us, expected to happen. It’s a big shock and it’s going to cause a lot of tension, let’s say, between the two characters.
“We thought Dillon and Lucas were tight, they were solid, but I think it’s the biggest bump in the road you could throw at these two characters, who you thought were so happy.
“It’s thrown them completely off course and it’s going to provide some serious challenges for the two of them.”
