Fragile (Nicolas Brown Fanfiction)

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"Can you believe what happen at the market?! How can someone just treat another like that?!" - Avery grumbled walking back and forth. "Where are the police?! We need to do something"

"Sweetheart please" - Hugh laughs coiling one arm around her waist while the other connected their hands together. "Why not put this to rest for tonight. Nico was fine. Didn't even have a scratch on him"

"It's not fine Hugh! how could you say that?"

The Lady has always come from wealth and leisure but how can you ignore the ones who struggled to put them on top? Avery could not be ignorant to this type of injustice.

"He's a tag Ava. A mutated beast. They don't have feelings, if it wasn't for the 3 laws they would treat us like slaves"

"But it's perfectly fine for us to enslave them?" - she remarked back and Hugh let out a sigh knowing that his wife-to-be was starting to get a rise out of this.

Her brows furrowed and she just rips her hand away from his loving grasp.

"What is the matter with you? This is Ergastulum;  not our home. Who fucking cares how they treat these things"

"Things?!" - she retorted back Avery couldn't recognize Hugh any longer. The man she knew was gentle and kind. "I didn't realize your political views were so different; to think I thought I knew the man I was going to marry"

"What are implying?"

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"I know it's not much but our lovely abode is welcome to you. If it's ok of you to share a room with Ally that is" - Worick tells me "you ladies can have my old room and I'll share the other room with Nico."

"No that sounds lovely actually" - I say putting my pillows down on the sofa in the small living room. "It's just temporary I promise"

"Please! No need. Stay as forever if you must!" - Worick laughs throwing an arm over my shoulder before leaning into my ear "And if you ever have the urge for a more masculine company you can definitely share a bed with me." - Worick jokes only to have Nico scoff at the idea before getting a beer from the fridge and slamming the door to his room. "Don't mind him, he's not use to having two lovely ladies joining our family"

"I can help move some of your things Ava" - Alex suggested picking up a few blankets to the our new room together. "I'm glad you are here, it's nice to have another girl here. Worick told me you lost your memory?"

"Yeah. I was hoping Nicolas might help me figure it out from there but he seems so reserved."

"I know how you feel. Nico is very different from Worick. He doesn't really open up as easily. I've been here so long now and it seems like I still live with a stranger. But Worick mentioned me to not worry about it, that Nicolas doesn't mean harm. It's just his way of securing himself." - Alex explained sitting on my bed with me.

"That's sounds reassuring, thank you Alex" - I say as she flashes me a kind smile.

"don't wait up for us tonight, we have a late gig!" - Worick shouts as the front door slams shut.

I spend the rest of the day just talking to Alex and helping her clean and set up the rest of our small apartment adding flowers and a few colors to what feels like the a baron waste land.

"What's this?" - i ask picking up an old wooden box. The lock was broken and it seem to not really have a purpose. It was just sitting on the coffee table.

"Oh that's Nico's. It's usually where he keeps his Celebrer."

Being nosy I opened his box to find an empty pill canister.

It looked so familiar.

And suddenly a rush of memories start to flood my brain.

"Ava?" - Alex called and suddenly I collapse to the floor