Psycho (lashton)✔

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A/N I CRIED LAUGHING OVER THIS #5ONTHEWALL THING LMAO

//Luke//

When the metal door slid back later that morning, well about 6am to be precise, Ashton and I groaned in sync as the guard came into our cell to chain us together again.

"Shit," I mumbled, realising what position Ashton and I had been in and I immediately climbed out of the bed.

"Group activity sessions, hurry up," the guard said monotonously and I grabbed Ashton's hands to pull him to his feet. An expression of pain enveloped Ashton's face as he winced and groaned, finally standing in a slouched position with his arm round my shoulders to support his frame. The guard chained our wrists to one another's, and I slowly helped Ashton walk out of the cell.

"It really hurts, it hurts, it hurts," Ashton blurted, his fingers digging into my arm as he leant almost all of his weight on me.

"I know," I whispered, hoping the guard wouldn't snap at us for talking, "if you do this now, I'll make it worth your while later." I whispered into Ashton's ear and he let out a strangled whimper, letting me put my arm round his waist and help him walk a little faster.

"I'm fine," he breathed out.

"Almost there," I whispered and a smile tugged at his lips as he looked up to see the group activity room appearing in front of us. We made it to the nearest chairs and Ashton sat down with a sigh of relief, running his fingers through his hair and managing to look incredibly hot, his jumpsuit a little too small for him, clinging to his chest slightly.

"Today we're doing creative writing," a patronising woman said from the middle of the room, the desks and chairs set out in a circular shape around the woman sat in the middle. I zoned out until I heard the sound of people talking, signalling that we were allowed to get on with it.

"Are you okay?" Ashton whispered and I frowned.

"Yes, are you okay?" I asked but before he could reply, a familiar voice sounded behind me.

"Hey Lashton," Karina smiled as I turned round, "how are you, Ash?"

"It's Ashton," he mumbled, "I'm fine. I'm absolutely fine other than having electricity go through my fucking brain and my body being electrocuted, I'm fine." Ashton spat and I winced at the harsh sound.

"Ashton she was just trying to be nice," I snapped, grabbing his hand under the table huffily, using my free hand to doodle on the paper I'd been given.

"You two are like a married couple," Karina chuckled, completely un-phased by Ashton's outburst.

"No, we're not," Ashton scoffed, dropping my hand and turning away from me, scribbling on his paper. I sighed and doodled a drawing of me and Ashton, little stick people, absent-mindedly.

"Ash?" I whispered, "are you... um..." I asked, wanting to ask if he was okay but he clearly wasn't.

"Leave me alone," Ashton mumbled, his face focused on his writing.

"Hey, don't worry about him," Karina said softly and I nodded, "he'll come around eventually. You really like him, Huh?"

"Yeah, yeah I do," I mumbled and Karina gave me a sympathetic look.

"Hey, I wanted to talk to you about something a while ago but I never got the chance," Karina said, "I-" she started but she was cut off by a loud clatter from the other side of the room and I looked up to see that someone had kicked over a table and someone... Jack, maybe? was punching another guy I'd never seen before.

"Back to the cells," our guard said gruffly before grabbing Ashton and my's collars and forcing us to our feet, chaining us together, Ashton letting out a yelp as he stumbled.

"Let me help," I begged, reaching out to help Ashton but he shoved my arm away.

"I'm fine," he said lowly, breathing hard as he bit down on his bottom lip, his entire focus on walking, weighed down by fatigue as he took it one step at a time. The guard, clearly annoyed, gave our chains a tug to get us to move faster and Ashton stumbled, my hands automatically reaching out to catch him. He shook the gesture off and took a deep breath before standing up straighter and walking a little faster, gritting his teeth until we finally got to our cell, Ashton collapsing onto his bed with a tired sigh.
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a/n same
~Teddy