Black Waves

When He Puts On An Act

The room is so cold. Remington is trembling and wearing only a hospital gown. Andy is standing on the side of him holding his hand while Remington lays back on the table. 

"Alright Mr. Leith bend your knees and spread them on the table. It'll take just a quick second."

Remington looks at Andy and tears up. I don't want to be here just let me go.

"Okay now we are going to swab inside you to see if there is any DNA. Breathe in deep and relax."

He squeezes his ex's hand and tears are falling down his cheeks. He feels so violated. So exposed. 

"Okay Mr. Leith go ahead and take off the gown and lay completely down. We have to take some photographs for evidence."

Andy has to back up and allow them full access to the trembling man. They take pictures of the various bite marks all over his neck and body. Every single bruise, cut, scrape. The hand prints on his bicep. They put a ruler next to some photos to show how huge they actually were on his small frame. 

Andy helps him get dressed while they wait on a detective to take a statement. Remington is still trembling and hugging himself. Andy sits behind him on the bed and wraps his arms around him. "It's going to be okay," he whispers to the man. 

Two detectives walk in and ask Andy to leave. Remington's eyes widen and looks terrified. "They aren't here to hurt you baby, just ask what happened. Breathe. I'll be back soon." Andy walks out and Remington is pulling at his fingers.

"Do you know who did this to you?"

"His name is William. He is my boy....I mean my ex boyfriend's producer."

"Where were you?"

"In Orlando. We were at an album release party."

"Have you met him before?"

"No. But he has been stalking me."

"How did you meet him?"

"He first started texting me just dirty random texts. Calling me a slut. How he was watching me. What he's going to do to me. Would send me random photos of me during the day. He never said who he was. I didn't actually meet him until he sat beside me at the bar and ordered me some shots and drinks. He was asking about my band and wanted us to switch over to his label. He admitted later it was him texting."

"When did you feel like you were going to faint?"

"We went into another room to discuss the label. He brought me a martini and started feeling me up after I drank it. I texted Andy because I was scared and started feeling sick."

"Did he say anything weird to you?"

"Something...about pictures. I think he stole pictures of me off of Andy's phone. When everything started going black I felt my pants coming off." He starts to cry and hug himself. "Please I don't want to talk about it anymore," he whimpers.

"Just a few more questions Mr. Leith. Where were you when you regained consciousness?"

"I was still in the same room on the couch. I didn't have any clothes on. I was covered in..." Remington let's his head fall into his hands," I thought it was his come. I cleaned up and got dressed before he could wake up and I ran back to my hotel."

"Did you have sex with anyone else 48 hours before or after the assault?"

"Yes. Before it happened. With Andy."

"Do you still have the clothes you wore that night?"

"At my house, yes."

"Okay, that's all the questions we have for now. We will come by today and collect the clothes. We need everything, your shoes, socks, underwear, every top you had one, pants, etc. Don't wash it because we will be collecting evidence off of it. Try to rest and take it easy. Don't contact the assailant and lay low. We will contact you if we hear anything or have any valuable evidence."

The detectives leave and Remington stands up from the table. Andy comes back in and hugs the trembling man. "Come on baby, let's go home."

Remington follows Andy into his car and brings his knees to his chest. Andy holds his hand while he drives to his house. They arrive at Andy's house and Remington looks at him confused. "You aren't dropping me off at my house?"

Andy looks at the man. "No, would you rather me drop you off there?" Remington shrugs and looks down. They both get out of the car and walk into the house. Remington follows Andy up the stairs and sits down awkwardly on the edge of the bed. Andy sits next to the man and hugs him. "What are you thinking about, love?"

"About how you said you never wanted to see me again, and now I'm sitting on your bed." 

Andy frowns and rubs the younger man's back. "Remington, I'm so fucking sorry." 

Remington nods and sighs. "I, it's okay, Ands. But I think I need to go home. I'll call an Uber." He stands up and Andy grabs his hands. 

"No, baby, stay. You don't need to be alone right now."

"Andy, you broke up with me. You didn't want to see me anymore."

Andy stands up and hugs the man. "No baby. I should have listened to what you were trying to tell me. I was so angry and unreasonable."

Remington sobs into his shoulder. 

"Baby let's just relax. You are mine and I'm never letting you go again. I should have protected you and I did the exact fucking opposite. But when I see that bastard I'm fucking killing him. You did not deserve any of that."

"Can we just go to sleep, please. Hold me," the boy whimpers. Andy nods and pulls him back into the bed, shushing his cries and rubbing his back until he falls asleep. 

Andy sits up and makes a group chat with Emerson and Sebastian.

Andy- Hey, I don't know if you guys heard what happened but Remington was raped. I have him at my house now. He is really shaken up

Emerson- What the fuck happened? Why didn't anyone tell me? 

Sebastian- I knew but I didn't know what was all true. So what ended up happening?

Andy- We got into a fight and separated at the album party. A producer ended up drugging him and raping him. He's a bloody mess now. He has so many bruises and bites all over him

Emerson- Fuck, Remi. Seb, I think we should go ahead and cancel two weeks of tour and come home. 

Sebastian- Yeah I'll get it all in order. Em go ahead and fly home when you can. I'll meet you there