Fic: Boundaries Unknown (6/6)
Title: Boundaries Unknown (6/6)
Pairing: Sam/Mercedes
Rating: PG-13+
Summary: Sam introduces Mercedes to his grandfather, the man who financially rescued his family. It all falls apart from there.
Warnings: Some severely racist language.
Mercedes and her mother arrived in minutes. Sam was a little surprised that Mercedes brought her mother, but at the same time it helped. She walked Mercedes up to the door. Sam opened the door and immediately pulled his girlfriend into a tight hug. “I’m glad you came,” he said softly, wrapping his arms around her and leaning into her shoulder. “He was here a little while ago and it got really bad. It blew up with my parents.”
“What happened?” Mercedes asked.
"It was horrible," Sam blurted out, not even caring that his girlfriend's mother was standing right behind her. In fact, it kind of made him feel better. "He started going off again and there was nothing that I could do. I tried my best to just take it. I knew he would be leaving in a few hours. He just got so bad though that I lost it. My parents supported me in saying it, even my dad, but hell, Mercedes we’re going to lose everything.”
He couldn’t help himself. He started crying at that. He choked, nearly sobbing out the words. He closed his eyes tight and found that he was crying in front of his girlfriend. He hated it. He was so damned weak. Mercedes reached forward and pulled him into a tight hug. “It’s okay Sam,” she said, rubbing his shoulder. “We’re going to find a way to get you and your family through this.”
Mercedes’ mom, who had been standing back, was quick to agree. “Sam, sweetie, ‘cedes has told me a lot about what’s going on. You’re such a strong young man and we’ll find a way to help you out. Sweetie, I’m going to be waiting down the street okay? I need to call your father at work.”
“Alright,” she said. “Thank you for driving me Mama.”
Mercedes and Sam walked over towards the sofa. Sam looked up at Mercedes and smiled. “Your mom is nice,” he said awkwardly.
She nodded.
“She is. I’m sorry I told her everything. I just needed some help.”
“It’s totally okay,” he said as she rubbed his shoulder. She was pretty quiet, comforting. Sam then realized that he wasn’t sure where his parents had gone. No sooner had that thought crossed his mind then did his dad walk into the room. He looked up at the man, still leaning close to Mercedes for comfort.
“Sam,” he said. “I am so sorry for all we put you through.”
Sam listened while his father spoke, but he didn't quite look at him. "Yeah?" he asked, leaning up close to Mercedes shoulder and not looking him in the eye. He couldn’t. He was so mad but at the same time he was so worried. He was tired, exhausted. He had been through so much and it sort of seemed at this point like it would never stop. When would he be able to just get some rest and have it easy?
"Yes," his father said. "Your mother and I have put you into positions that no sixteen year old kid should be in. We’ve asked you to do too much. God knows we never would have if the devastation hadn’t hit in the way it did. We didn’t have much of a choice. We had a choice though this time, Sam and we tried to make you deny your feelings to appease my dad. That wasn’t okay. Mercedes, I owe you a huge apology too.”
Sam watched as Mercedes looked right up at his father. She was a lot bolder than he was. She was such a brave girl.
“We shouldn’t have even tried to let my dad get away with what he said to you,” he said, softly. “I knew that my dad had some very racist opinions but I was certain that he’d gotten over them. I really thought that he had. I guess that sometimes we try and wave away the negative qualities of the people we care about.”
“I understand,” Mercedes said tensely but Sam could see that she was not as forgiving as she sounded. He was glad. She was absolutely humiliated and hurt by his family. He wanted to protect his girlfriend so much but instead he dragged her into some old conflict, racially motivated hate and everything that was bad about being a member of his family. It just sucked so badly. Sam wasn’t sure what to do.
“I am so, so sorry,” his father said, obviously hearing Mercedes’ hesitance in the same way that Sam heard it. “I just…I was so determined to get everything back together.”
“Trust me, I understand,” Mercedes said uneasily. “I really do get it. You have to do whatever you can to protect your family.”
She was so amazing. Sam was just so in love with her that it hurt. “What do we do now?” he choked out. He knew that they weren’t doing the right thing by giving up their pride, but oh god, he couldn’t imagine taking the kids back to some car or crappy motel room. They deserved better. He opened his mouth to speak but found that tears came instead. Fuck, he was crying in front of his girlfriend and father, two people he hated to embarrass. “Will we go under again without his money?”
“I’m trying to believe he’ll come through,” his father said tensely. “But I’m afraid that may be my hope for my father talking again. We’ll survive Sam, I swear it. I…I need to go check on your mother and the kids. I don’t know exactly what they heard.”
“Do that,” Sam whispered. He needed his parents to be the adults right then. When his father walked out of the room he choked out his words, “I don’t know what we’re going to do. I can’t let them hurt again Mercedes.”
She held him tightly and rubbed his shoulder. “My family always says that God will come through when you least expect it,” she said, shrugging a little bit. “I think that we have to be strong and have faith okay? Your parents came through and supported you because somehow, someone knew that you couldn’t keep going on being insulted, hurt-”
“And I couldn’t keep listening to the girl I love being insulted.”
She turned to him and smiled. “Oh Sam,” she said, leaning over and pulling him into a tighter hug. “You’re just the most amazing guy that I’ve ever met in my life. I can’t even describe it to you. You make me feel so perfect.”
“You are,” he said, leaning close.
“I have faith things are gonna be okay,” Mercedes said seriously. “I just do.”
Pairing: Sam/Mercedes
Rating: PG-13+
Summary: Sam introduces Mercedes to his grandfather, the man who financially rescued his family. It all falls apart from there.
Warnings: Some severely racist language.
Mercedes and her mother arrived in minutes. Sam was a little surprised that Mercedes brought her mother, but at the same time it helped. She walked Mercedes up to the door. Sam opened the door and immediately pulled his girlfriend into a tight hug. “I’m glad you came,” he said softly, wrapping his arms around her and leaning into her shoulder. “He was here a little while ago and it got really bad. It blew up with my parents.”
“What happened?” Mercedes asked.
"It was horrible," Sam blurted out, not even caring that his girlfriend's mother was standing right behind her. In fact, it kind of made him feel better. "He started going off again and there was nothing that I could do. I tried my best to just take it. I knew he would be leaving in a few hours. He just got so bad though that I lost it. My parents supported me in saying it, even my dad, but hell, Mercedes we’re going to lose everything.”
He couldn’t help himself. He started crying at that. He choked, nearly sobbing out the words. He closed his eyes tight and found that he was crying in front of his girlfriend. He hated it. He was so damned weak. Mercedes reached forward and pulled him into a tight hug. “It’s okay Sam,” she said, rubbing his shoulder. “We’re going to find a way to get you and your family through this.”
Mercedes’ mom, who had been standing back, was quick to agree. “Sam, sweetie, ‘cedes has told me a lot about what’s going on. You’re such a strong young man and we’ll find a way to help you out. Sweetie, I’m going to be waiting down the street okay? I need to call your father at work.”
“Alright,” she said. “Thank you for driving me Mama.”
Mercedes and Sam walked over towards the sofa. Sam looked up at Mercedes and smiled. “Your mom is nice,” he said awkwardly.
She nodded.
“She is. I’m sorry I told her everything. I just needed some help.”
“It’s totally okay,” he said as she rubbed his shoulder. She was pretty quiet, comforting. Sam then realized that he wasn’t sure where his parents had gone. No sooner had that thought crossed his mind then did his dad walk into the room. He looked up at the man, still leaning close to Mercedes for comfort.
“Sam,” he said. “I am so sorry for all we put you through.”
Sam listened while his father spoke, but he didn't quite look at him. "Yeah?" he asked, leaning up close to Mercedes shoulder and not looking him in the eye. He couldn’t. He was so mad but at the same time he was so worried. He was tired, exhausted. He had been through so much and it sort of seemed at this point like it would never stop. When would he be able to just get some rest and have it easy?
"Yes," his father said. "Your mother and I have put you into positions that no sixteen year old kid should be in. We’ve asked you to do too much. God knows we never would have if the devastation hadn’t hit in the way it did. We didn’t have much of a choice. We had a choice though this time, Sam and we tried to make you deny your feelings to appease my dad. That wasn’t okay. Mercedes, I owe you a huge apology too.”
Sam watched as Mercedes looked right up at his father. She was a lot bolder than he was. She was such a brave girl.
“We shouldn’t have even tried to let my dad get away with what he said to you,” he said, softly. “I knew that my dad had some very racist opinions but I was certain that he’d gotten over them. I really thought that he had. I guess that sometimes we try and wave away the negative qualities of the people we care about.”
“I understand,” Mercedes said tensely but Sam could see that she was not as forgiving as she sounded. He was glad. She was absolutely humiliated and hurt by his family. He wanted to protect his girlfriend so much but instead he dragged her into some old conflict, racially motivated hate and everything that was bad about being a member of his family. It just sucked so badly. Sam wasn’t sure what to do.
“I am so, so sorry,” his father said, obviously hearing Mercedes’ hesitance in the same way that Sam heard it. “I just…I was so determined to get everything back together.”
“Trust me, I understand,” Mercedes said uneasily. “I really do get it. You have to do whatever you can to protect your family.”
She was so amazing. Sam was just so in love with her that it hurt. “What do we do now?” he choked out. He knew that they weren’t doing the right thing by giving up their pride, but oh god, he couldn’t imagine taking the kids back to some car or crappy motel room. They deserved better. He opened his mouth to speak but found that tears came instead. Fuck, he was crying in front of his girlfriend and father, two people he hated to embarrass. “Will we go under again without his money?”
“I’m trying to believe he’ll come through,” his father said tensely. “But I’m afraid that may be my hope for my father talking again. We’ll survive Sam, I swear it. I…I need to go check on your mother and the kids. I don’t know exactly what they heard.”
“Do that,” Sam whispered. He needed his parents to be the adults right then. When his father walked out of the room he choked out his words, “I don’t know what we’re going to do. I can’t let them hurt again Mercedes.”
She held him tightly and rubbed his shoulder. “My family always says that God will come through when you least expect it,” she said, shrugging a little bit. “I think that we have to be strong and have faith okay? Your parents came through and supported you because somehow, someone knew that you couldn’t keep going on being insulted, hurt-”
“And I couldn’t keep listening to the girl I love being insulted.”
She turned to him and smiled. “Oh Sam,” she said, leaning over and pulling him into a tighter hug. “You’re just the most amazing guy that I’ve ever met in my life. I can’t even describe it to you. You make me feel so perfect.”
“You are,” he said, leaning close.
“I have faith things are gonna be okay,” Mercedes said seriously. “I just do.”