You Can Cry All You Want To, I Don't Care

I immediately try to let go of Mikey when I see he's in pain but he wraps his arms around my neck and clings to me, burying his face in my neck and I slowly wrap my arms around his waist, trying to hard to not hurt him. "Mikes, what happened?" Mikey mumbles out something but big wailing sobs overtake his voice and nothing understandable comes out. "What's going on?" Frank asks as he comes into the room and Mikey flinches at the sudden entrance and we almost fall but Frank rushes over and wraps his arms around us, stabling us and Mikey pulls his face out from my neck, turning to look at Frank. "Fuck, Mikey what happened?" Mikey lets out a small sigh as he shakes his head and I reach out and grab his hand, squeezing softly. "Mikes did Pete do this to you?" He makes a small pained noise as he turns back to look at me and chokes out "No, his new boyfriend." "What? Oh my god Mikes" I gasp as I pull him back into my arms. Frank guides us over to the couch and we sit down, Ian having disappeared and Mikey curls into my side, his hands clenched in my shirt like he's afraid I'll leave. "Mikes" I say softly as I bring my hands down to rest over his, "It's alright, I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere." He nods but doesn't let go and I sigh softly as I wrap my arm around him, Ian coming back into the room then with coffee. We all sit around for a while after that, Ian, Frank and I talking while Mikey remains silent, only contributing one or two words every now and then and I keep my arm wrapped around him, trying to help him calm down. Halfway through a pointless conversation mostly between Frank and Ian Mikey lets out a soft yawn and he starts to slump further into my side. "You tired Mikes?" I ask softly and he nods his head so I stand up, taking his hand in mine and I lead him to the bedroom, grabbing him a pair of my clean pyjama pants before leading him to the bathroom. "How about you take a nice hot shower and then you can go to bed?" He nods slowly and I sit the pants on the bench and grab him a clean towel before turning to leave the room. "I'll be in the living room ok?" "No please.....he said he'd kill me and I.....please don't go." My face betrays all the horror I feel at hearing that so I turn back around and close the door, sliding the lock into place and saying "I won't let him get you." Mikey sends me a weak smile at that and I turn around so he has privacy to get undressed and once I hear the water start and the shower curtain get closed I turn back around and take a seat on the closed toilet, leaning my head against the wall and letting my eyes slip closed as thoughts of killing Pete for letting this happen run through my head.

After Mikey is done in the shower I turn my back to give him privacy again and when he's dressed he touches my back and I turn to face him, my mouth dropping open as my eyes go wide. "Mikey, we should get you to a hospital." Mikey shakes his head no but I can't tear my eyes away from his chest and stomach which are steadily becoming black, obvious fist marks black against his pale skin. "What if you're..." "I'm fine, please just leave it." I nod slowly, reluctantly tearing my eyes away from his injuries to lead him from the room, taking him to the bedroom for a shirt and once he's dressed we go back into the living room where Frank has blankets and pillows on the couch. "You and Mikes take the bed and I'll sleep out here babe" he tells me and Mikey shakes his head and says "No, I can sleep here." "It's fine Mikes, the bed will be much more comfortable." Mikey shakes his head again and says "It's your bed, I'm not kicking you out of it." "Uh guys, I'm going out with Bert so I could just stay with him tonight and Mikey could have my bed" Ian tells us as he comes back into the room and I turn to face him and say "You sure you wouldn't mind?" "Of course not" he tells me, his eyes subtly raking up and down Mikey's body and I frown at him but he just smiles back. "Ttthank you" Mikey stutters out and Ian smiles at him reassuringly and says "Come on I'll show you the room before I go" and Mikey follows him from the room. Once they're gone I turn to face Frank and he stands up and says "Babe I know what you're thinking right now and committing murder may not be the best solution." "No I'm pretty sure it is, how fucking dare they do that to him? He told me the guy threatened to kill him Frank." When Ian comes back into the room he's alone and he says "Mikey's in bed already and I'm gonna head out, I'll see you guys tomorrow." "Thanks Ian" I tell him and he smiles at me before leaving and Frank and I make our way into the kitchen to get some dinner, me checking on Mikey halfway through and he's sound asleep in Ian's bed.

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