Title: Your "Everything Better" Plan (4/?)
Pairing: Jalex
Rating: NC-17 (Overall)
Warning: Incest
Summary: "I want to kiss you."
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Title cred goes to ATL.
Author's Note: Ah, sorry I didn't update for the past like two days, but as you can see, this chapter is longer (I think) than the others. I'm half way through chapter five already though yaaay and I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS STORY WOOOO. Read and comment please. :-)
tumblr masterpost The next morning, Alex wakes up before Cassadee.
They didn't get much sleep last night, so he suspects that she'll be out cold for another one or two hours.
He's used to waking up early though, to get home before his parents realise he ever left the house. To get ready to go to the hellhole he calls school. To wake up with Jack on the weekend mornings so they could have extra time together.
Except this time he doesn't need to hurry home, to go to school, or snuggle with Jack.
So he lies there for a while in the silence, which is occasionally interrupted by the soft, girly snores coming from the other sofa.
All he can do is think.
He doesn't like thinking.
If there's one thing he's terrified of, it's his thoughts.
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After Cass wakes up on the beautiful Sunday morning, they have breakfast, and he goes back home.
He almost regrets it immediately.
His dad is about to go to work. Something that never ceases to amaze Alex is how his father can have work on a Sunday.
He's most likely going to spend all day at work.
It’s a usual day.
He gets called 'fag', a 'waste of life' and a 'disappointment'.
But he gets away with only two kicks to his stomach.
Alex considers this one of his lucky days.
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It's Sunday night, so Jack has come back home for their traditional family dinner.
Their father isn't home.
Isobel, on the other hand, asks Jack all about how his week went, if he's feeling all right, how's his studies going, if he has a girl in his life yet.
Alex almost chokes on his chicken when the last part is said.
Isobel gives her youngest son a displeased look, she never approved of Alex's 'choice' to be gay.
Jack coughs awkwardly in attempt to draw his mother’s negative energy away from Alex.
"Actually Mom, I was thinking of staying for the night. I don't have any classes tomorrow, is that okay?"
She gushed and exclaimed what a great idea that is.
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Later that night, while their parents are asleep, Jack sneaks across the hallways into his younger brothers room.
He wasn't sure what he expected to be visited by when he opened the door, but he could hear soft sniffles as he stood outside.
"Oh Alex," He says once he's greeted by the view.
Alex is shirtless and sat on the floor by his bed, the lights are off but Jack can see the blonde clear enough from the light of the moon coming through the window.
There are two small, bleeding cuts on his forearm.
Jack can also see a light bruise on his stomach.
He shuts the door behind him, making sure to lock it before moving quickly onto the floor beside Alex, inspecting his injuries.
"Did he do this?" He gestures to Alex's stomach. Alex nods, tears still running down his cheeks. "I'm so fucking sorry."
"Don't be," Is all Alex replies.
Jack feels his stomach churn as he looks down at Alex's wrist.
He lifts Alex's arm and presses a kiss on the spot next to the blood.
"Let's get you cleaned up, okay?"
It's ten minutes later and they're lying together in bed, Alex has his head laid on his brothers chest, and Jack is rubbing soothing, slow circles onto the blondes back.
He moves his hand slightly to rub the bandage that has been wrapped around Alex's arm.
"Alex. Please promise me, you'll try not doing that again. If not for anyone else, then for more me."
When Alex speaks, his voice is slightly muffled from his position on Jack’s bare chest.
"I promise."