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Ashely was quiet for a long while before he dared to speak up again, turning his head so his cheek was aganst his chest, his face not hidden as much now. "Can.. we just.. stay like this a while? I promise. ... I won't try to do anthing. " He whispered, breathing in a ragged breath again, though he was much calmer now.
He wished these arms had more confidence in thier hold, but he did not mind, at least Alex had opened up enough to him to give him this comfort. He really wanted to lay down and curl up with someone, but he thought that would make Alex too uncomfortable, so he dind't ask it. |
Though his grasped lacked the confidence that was wanted, Alex was slowly getting used to it. He hesitated only a moment at Ashley's request and gave a small nod brushing again across Ashley's brown curls as he murmured a small "Alright."
His eyes had drifted open slightly looking down at the portion of Ashley's face that was revealed when the man shifted. Alex was actually growing used to this and could imagine himself ending up falling asleep if he relaxed any more around the other man. |
After the gentle strokes to his hair and the agreement that he'd be able to stay like this a while, Ashley relaxed further into the hold. He was comfortable and comforted, tears still wetting his cheeks now and then, and a bit of Alex's sweater, but he just stayed put and closed his eyes, listening to the beating of the other man's heart. It was so lulling, but he worked so hard to fight sleep, his arms relaxing faintly about Alex's torso.
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Alex was having a harder time fighting sleep even though just earlier he couldn't stand being too close to the other man. Over the day there had been some semblance of trust gained towards Ash, and Alex just wanted to have a friend, perhaps it wasn't such a bad thing that he'd tried to get to know the other.
Each fraction that Ashley relaxed more Alex followed suit, his head lightly using Ash's as a pillow as his eyes drifted loosely shut and yet he fell asleep, proving to have some trust that the other wouldn't molest him in his sleep. Well.. since he'd turned to Jacob who he slept with twice it wasn't quite true.. A few moments later Jacob shifted realizing he was sitting up and holding someone. With a confused look he opened his eyes to look down at the curly brown hair of Ashley who seemed almost asleep. Jacob's arms shifted around Ash pulling him a smidge closer his lips pressing to his forehead. "I wouldn't have believed I'd succeed to waking with you in my arms," Jacob said in a quiet murmur to the man in his arms. A hand moved to caress Ash's cheek but he paused when he found it wet with tears. "Ashley? What's wrong..?" |
The voice and touch had startled Ashely right back into a full state of consciousness and he blinked up at Jacob, flushed and trying to blink away the last of thos tears so quickly. Had Alex fallen asleep? It seemed so.
"I Just.. I.." He thought about telling him it was nothing, when really, it wasn't. "i... Ran into Andrew today. " He managed to say after a pause. "Alex and I... we went to the store to restock yours and my own fridges. I took him up to work with me to drop some stuff off and pick up something, and.. Andrew was there." He mumbled, wrapping his arms around Jacob a little more and shifting in closer ot the man now that he knew he was allowed to. |
Jacob's arms tightened slightly almost protectively around the other man at the mention of Andrew's name. He didn't like the man at all, if it weren't for the good money received by the man he wouldn't even bother paying attention to him. It was also the fact that Jacob was the only one here he went after though.. He seemed to be his favorite.
"What did he do?" Jacob asked slowly as he shifted slightly, it was obvious to him his body hadn't been used without his knowing so. Gently he drew Ashley onto his lap holding the other man close, concerned blue eyes looking over him. "Did he..." |
"No-No.. He didn't..." Not this time anyway. He wished he could bring himself to say something about it to Jacob, leaning into the man gently with a heavy sigh. "He just... scared me. He does everytime I see him." Without knowledge of what happened while he was interning, this fear of Andrew might have seemed irrational.
"You.. said he's a regular right? I.. Do you let him.. stay around after you fall asleep?" He swallowed thickly, he felt so bad for Alex, relaxing a bit in Jacob's lap, it was nice to be held like this too, pressing his face agianst the man's shoulder momentarily as he hid his face and tried to calm back down. |
Jacob looked down at Ashley his brows furrowing a bit. He rubbed his hand over his back gently, his blue eyes still concerned. "What.. makes you so frightened then? Did he ever... try to?"
His brows furrowed a bit at Ashley's question but he closed his eyes and gave a small nod as he thought about it. He remembered times he'd just been so exhausted he'd stayed awake only long enough to take the money from the man before falling asleep. He'd presumed they'd leave on their own, everyone did when he was still awake and cleaning himself up. "Not voluntarily, my body would just give up on me the moment I was satisfied I had my payment.." Jacob said slowly shifting uncomfortably now. |
"He... has. . before." He whispered, frowning as he listened to Jacob's explanation. He knew it must have been difficult to stay awake sometimes but his two-toned gaze flickered up to look at his companion curiously, fingers drawing gently over his cheek and jaw.
"I... When you fall asleep... Alex wakes up. He's.. been raped by Andrew, and I'm sure others.. PLease.. try to get them out before you fall asleep." He murmured, blushing now. He wanted to tell Jacob not to do it at all. "I feel bad for him. He's terrified.. of going outside of this place." |
Jacob silently seethed at Ashley's reply. He'd known the man was capable, always taking the control rather mercilessly when Jacob tried to keep control of his own body. The only thing that sated his anger was that if the man didn't listen he'd charge triple or completely empty the man's wallet before he'd leave.
He listened as Ashley explained what happened to Alex feeling numb at what has been caused by his foolish thoughts. It wasn't as if he'd known what happened before now though, he'd never thought of it and who would? How many had two personalities waking when the other fell asleep? "I'll be sure to do so..." Jacob murmured quietly. He brushed his lips over Ashley's forehead, his fingers gently combing through those curls. |
He closed his eyes slowly as he was held, not asleep but just taking in the feeling of those lips against his skin and a hand through his hair. "I'm afraid... I might have started something with him. I don't know what I was thinkng--I usually just found the fastest escape when I get cornered by him, but I just.. I went off on him to keep him away from Alex." He grunted, uneasy with how things had gone earlier.
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"I'll.. do my best to keep him away from you," Jacob murmured quietly. He wasn't sure how great his attempts would turn up because part of the time he wasn't himself, but a fragile frightened boy who couldn't function outside of the apartment. Jacob sighed and held Ashley gently, trying to think up a plan that would get Andrew off Ashley's case at least.
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Turning his head up again, he pressed a gentle kiss to Jacob's lips, smiling so slightly against his lips, knowing he would try to keep him safe as best as he could. When he broke the kiss, he wrapped his arms around Jacob and just rested there, nuzzling into his neck a bit more.
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Jacob returned that gentle kiss and gave a small smile towards Ashley. They remained in that position for a while keeping in companionable silence. Jacob rubbed Ashley's back comfortingly and looked out the window. It's been a while since he'd seen the sun still up, always waking well after it set but now he got to see the sun set and heard the bar downstairs swing into action for those that got there early.
Jacob didn't mind not heading to work, he'd rather stay up here with Ashley holding and comforting him. It'd be awkward to ask him to leave so he could get to work and at this point he didn't want to. Their silence was broken though when a rapping at the door vibrated around the room and Jacob looked confused. No one was permitted upstairs after sunset without an escort, some manage to sneak by security he knew but only one of his customers felt the need to rush and be first. Jacob stayed where he was trying to ignore it as another rap at the door sounded more urgent this time. He wasn't working today and he was acting as if he weren't home, Andrew can go away Jacob wasn't in the mood to deal with him. |
Ashley had dozed a little, leaned into Jacob as he was held, his head resting agianst the man's shoulder as he breathed slow and steady. The knocks startled him awake, his body jolting faintly as his eyes fluttered open. He was glad to find Jacob still there with him and his gaze flickered in the dirextion of the door as there was another round of knocks, his body pulling in closer to Jacob--he knew exactly who had to be beyond that door, his eyes closing as he took in a gentle breath.
Ashley remained silent as more knocking occured and he swallowed thickly, nervous with each pound on the door. |
It was soon obvious the other man wasn't going to leave, only pauses were made as Jacob presumed the man would pretend to me leaving rather than trying to get in when he was passed in the hall. He silently cursed the man to himself and looked down at Ashley apologetically, he would have to try get rid of the other man before the man broke the door down.
"I'm going to try get rid of him," Jacob whispered to Ashley, he wouldn't try if Ashley told him to stop so he wasn't going to make any unneeded noise if he wasn't going to try otherwise. |
"Nh? Okay." He breathed faintly, nodding more than anything. He was nervous, but he believed that Jacob could handle getting rid of Andrew. He shifted, giving Jacob's cheek a gentle rub before kissing him again, so brief but loving. THe persistant knocking was just givng him a headache and his shoulders wer tense as ever. At this rate, Jacob would never have him nice and relaxed again.
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Jacob shifted Ashley of his lap onto the couch and stood to walk over to the door and unlocked it and opened it a crack ready to brace for when Andrew would presumably try to push his way in. It was common practice for the other man to do and indeed he did so again this night.
"I'm not working tonight Andrew," Jacob told him making sure to keep himself in the way of Andrew's sight, hiding Ashley from being seen. The man looked drunk already though as he tried to continue to barge in, that hungry smile only making Jacob's stomach knot. "Come on, I promise not to tell those downstairs that you gave out one fuck on your night off. Your boyfriend even said I could see you at nights.." Jacob looked confused for a moment and glanced over his shoulder at Ashley, the man was talking loud enough for the other to hear he knew. He looked back though glaring at Andrew, "Those are only for the nights I'm working.. get lost." |
Ashley listened carefully, keeping quiet as he listened to both men talk, noticing the drunken sound to Andrew. Hew as always horrible when he was drunk. When Andrew mentioned the conversation from earlier, he frowned, narrowed his eyes and grunted, his body slumping back quietly into the couch. He'd said that, hadn't he? He hadn't meant to, he didn't want that man around Jacob ever...He'd just wanted him to hurry up and leave Alex and him alone.
Flustered, he ran a hand through some of his hair, realizing how much an ass he'd made of himself earlier, He should have just told Andrew to get lost all together earlier, not tell him to gos see Jacob. |
Jacob could see he wasn't getting anywhere with the man due to him being drunk already. The man could never see reason with alcohol in him, instead he continued try to push inside.
"Leave." "Not until I get my money's worth." Jacob looked back at Ashley worriedly. If Jacob went to get security Ashley would be at risk if Jacob managed to keep Andrew off of himself. Part of him just wanted to give Andrew what he wanted to get him to leave and he could get back to Ashley. The other part of him didn't just because Ashley was there to witness it. "Let me in." |
His hands folded in against him a bit as he looked up at Jacob when he recieved that worried look from the man. He didn't know if he could help any, his gaze returning that worried feeling. He didn't kmnow if he could get over there quietly enough to help him without alerting Andrew to someone else being in the room.
His hand gripped the couch as he shifted a little, restless in his nervous state--he didn't want anything happening to Jacob. |
Instead of letting him in Jacob stepped outside, making a face as Andrew grabbed him. Unfortunately pushing the door open wider. "Let go of me Andrew. I'm not working tonight, if you want any any night I am working leave."
Jacob already knew the other man was capable of taking what he wanted with no qualms about it. The way things looked it appeared that he would do so again if needed. "Another night, two hours for the cost of one if you behave." Jacob coaxed. "I'll pay for two to get one hour now." The man growled. In the position he was in he could tell how aroused the other man was. Jacob looked back into the apartent and Andrew followed his gaze spotting Ashley on the couch with a gloating grin. "So that's why you're not working.. He's keeping you from earning money now?" "I choose when I work.. It's not uncommon that I don't work for a couple days at a time." "Just a quicky then.. Still paying for two." Andrew pressed. "Get lost.." It was a good temptation, the man wasn't known to offer a quicky and he must be desperate. "Get permission from your boyfriend, he'd already given me it." |
Now that Andrew had seen him, Ashley looked a bit more unnerved but he tried to get up with his crutches. He didn't like that Andrew had gotten his hands on Jacob. "A-Andrew, let him go." He managed out, though he didn't sound entirely confident about himself, giving the man a wary glare as he wobbled a little on his crutches.
He fisted his hands on the bars. God, he'd never flet like hitting someone so badly, and he just wanted to beat Andrew down. "Let him go!" |
Jacob pressed himself away from Andrew glancing back at Ashley as he heard him speak up. Andrew's grip only tightened and grinned at Ashley tauntingly.
"You heard him Andrew, you don't have permision anymore, let me go." Drunken Andrew though was wanting to make Ashley jealous though and kissed Jacob full on the lips. Jacob struggled away and managed to break his hold. "Get out of here before I call security." Jacob growled angrily. |
When Andrew kept refusing and taunting him, he slowly got closer, unsteady as he trembled with anger. "You're.. such.. a stubborn.." He didn't even get to finish what he was saying before he'd gotten into a position to jab the end of his his crutch right under the larger man's ribs. Immediately he looked surprised at himself for what he'd just done.
He'd never gotten angry enough to really get physical with someone. He swallowed thickly and looked panicked, he didn't know what to do now, stumbling back slightly as he lost some of his balance. |
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