𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 ℚ𝕦𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕪, 𝕎𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 {𝕂𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕟𝕒𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕪}

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕋𝕖𝕟: 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕕

ᴵᶠ ᴵ ᶜᵃⁿ'ᵗ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ᵐʸ ˡᵒᵛᵉ...ᴵ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵈᵉˢᵗʳᵒʸ ʸᵒᵘ.

TW: //panic attack// 

Alex woke with a start, something had woken him he was sure of it. he was the lightest sleeper of the three so the sound probably wasn't that loud. He took a deep breath laying there listening in the dark as shadows adorned his walls. he felt Karl stirr and move closer to his side burrowing his face in Alex's neck. Usually Alex would melt under the comforting touch of his lovers but something was wrong. He stiffened and stared at the ceiling listening. There was a bang in the kitchen, Alex flinched and let out a gasp before shakily peeling the two males hands off of him and slipping out of bed.

He crept slowly down the darkened hallway, his legs shook as he approached the opening that led to the kitchen. It sounded like someone was in the cabinets looking for something, so he moved closer and let out a scream. There stood schlatt, he couldn't see his face but he knew from the smell of alcohol that it was indeed his ex. "hey Q..been a while" Schlatt's voice was sickly sweet and Alex was tempted to throw up. Schlatt advanced and Alex tripped while stepping back falling down and trying to scoot away. "Stop! don't come near me!" he yelled "KARL NICK!" His back hit the wall and he covered his head. He started to hyperventilate and he covered his head with his arms, rocking  back and forth repeating his lovers names over and over as if hoping that will cause them to come running "Your dating two people now...so your a double cheater huh? They don't even love you, wouldn't they be out here if they did?" Schlatt tormented. Alex once again shouted for his lovers, curling his wings around himself. now he was crying. When was the last time he sat like this, crying? He couldn't remember. Suddenly the bedroom door burst open and hit the wall and Alex could hear two pairs of footsteps rushing down the hall. In a flash Karl had Alex in his arms, Moving his wings aside, holding him tight. Alex knew he had read somewhere that hugging a person tight and putting pressure on their chest helped to calm them but that wasn't going to help him. "He's here he's here..." Alex said suddenly still though his body shook. "who alex who?" Nick asked crouching beside him. Alex looked at them, terrified. "Schlatt." He broke down and Nick joined the hug, trying to reassure Alex that it was going to be okay. alex obviously didn't believe it "No..no he won't stop he'll keep coming back a-and I-" he was choking on his own tears so Nick pulled his head onto his shoulder and Karl smoothed his hair. "You don't believe me..." he sobbed "We do..We do believe you Alex but you need sleep okay?" Alex shook his head wildly "No! No I don't I don't I-" finally Nick broke "Maybe you just saw a shadow that looked like him-" "I know what I saw!" Alex raised his voice in frustration and terror. Karl pulled back with a look of shock on his face "Alex..." nick said his embrace softening. Alex felt helpless, Nick and Karl didn't believe him. "I'm sorry...Maybe it was just a shadow...I'm sorry" He said shakily. Karl helped him stand and Alex pulled away "I'm gonna sleep in the guest room" He said walking past the bedroom into the guest room. He locked the door behind him and collapsed into his bed.

The next morning he remained silent much to his lovers dismay. They tried to talk to him but he would quietly brush them off with a word or two before moving on to the next task at hand, like laundry, or the dishes. Time flew by slow for the throuple and karl found himself asking Nick if they had done something to upset Alex last night. "I just thought he wanted some space..." "He's been through a lot. I mean, he hasn't even told us about his past relationship with Schlatt just yet y'know...All we really know is that he was abused physically" Nick said shrugging. He had also busied himself that day and he acted as if he stopped moving he would die. "Nick we have to get him to a therapist I mean...He really needs it" Karl forced Nick to look at him "Please? for Alex?" Nick sighed "Fine...We'll set up a time for the first meeting" Karl leaned up for a kiss just as Alex walked in. He paused and glanced at them before turning to put his shoes on. "Oh honk I forgot! It's time to go.." Karl rushed to snap on his shoes and his coat. Alex stood by the door, arms crossed over his bartender outfit. They headed to the car, and finally after a moment of silence Karl spoke. 

"Alex we think it's best if you go to therapy"

  { ℍ𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕠 𝔸𝕟𝕘𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣. 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕦𝕕𝕖 𝕒 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕤𝕠- 𝔸𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤. 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕄𝕣. 𝕄𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣 𝕩𝔻. 𝔹𝕦ℍ 𝕓𝕐𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕟𝕖𝕩𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕋^𝕋 *𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕪 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕤*}