Safe?.... Never! (Re-edited for easier reading)

"Baby?.. Can you tell me what happened now?.."

Frank asked gently, as he sat down on the sofa, with Gerard across his lap.
Gerard sobbed heavily and buried his face in the smaller man's neck.

".. Baby?.."

Gerard clung to Frank.. his heart racing.. fresh tears falling.. until..

"Bert!"

FUCK, not again!.....

Over the next half hour or so, Frank worked to calm Gerard more and to uncover just what had happened~

".. So I left, then...?"

Frank urged gently, as he continued to stroke his fingers through the trembling man's hair.
Gerard sniffed and rubbed his face against Frank's shirt, taking comfort in the warmth and familiar scent. He didn't want to think about the phonecall..about him!.. but Frank needed to know, and Gerard knew that talking would help.

"My phone rang.."

He began, his voice no more than a shaky whisper.

".. I thought it was you.."

Fresh tears slipped from his eyes as he lifted his head to look into Frank's concerned face through his darkness.

".. He was quiet.. I kept saying 'Frankie?'.. Then.. Then he said 'Hello GeeGee'.. I lost it.. I d..dropped the phone i.in the b..bath..."

He couldn't hold on any more, his body started to shake uncontrollably as he buried his head into Frank's chest and sobbed, his breath sharp and ragged.
Why was this happening? Why couldn't he just leave them alone? Hadn't he suffered enough?
Frank tightened his grip around Gerard's quaking body, and cried as he watched his lover fall apart.

This couldn't be happening!.. He was gone!.. It was over!.. And now?
All Frank wanted to do was protect Gerard, hold him close and never let him go.. This couldn't be happening, not again.

At that exact moment, Bert was sat in a small dark space, laptop propped on his knees and headphones clamped firmly over his ears.
He was watching a live feed from one of the dozens of tiny cameras he'd hidden strategically around Gerard and Franks house.
It burned him that Frank got to touch Gerard like that. He should be the one holding the trembling man, though, in his mind, they'd both be naked, and Gerard would be crying for a different reason all together, but give it time, soon.. very soon, things were gonna change, and he'd have what he longed for, and this time, nobody was gonna get in his way.

Notes

Hi there chipmunks, just a short chapter, but I felt like I was neglecting all my lovely readers, so I had to give you something.
ive had trouble writing this past few days, won't bore you with the details, but let's just say my heads been in the wrong place lately, and leave it at that.
I'm back now, and I'll try to update more regularly, though I am currently writing 8 fics, and I'm a one finger typer, so I'm REALLY slow. Lol
Well, peace out for now babies
Comment please, I need your thoughts
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