BPB - Hostage (x f reader)

CH 4 - Friday

"Aren't you tired yet?" You give your head a shake as the movie ends and you start scrolling for another one and he chuckles and takes the controller. "We can't stay up all night watching movies."

"Why?" You frown as he turns the console off. "I don't have anything to do tomorrow. And I'm not tired."

"But I have stuff to do."

"Then you go to sleep." You mutter.

"Woah, getting comfortable are we?" Alex peers down at you and you hunch your shoulders sulkily. "Let's get ready for bed... then we can talk in the dark"

You look at him and frown, puzzled.

"Why? We could just talk now."

"Because it's easier to talk in the dark and it'll be more fun. Go brush your teeth."

You groan but do as he says, changing into a t-shirt he gave you to sleep in and when you return from the bathroom he's made a bed on the couch. He goes to brush his teeth and change, and you slide under the blanket.

"You can turn the bathroom light off."

You pointedly keep your eyes off him as he returns but from the corner of your eye, you see a lot of skin, which disappears as the light goes off.

You hear shuffling on the bed and when he speaks he's moved his pillow from by the wall to the opposite end next to the couch.

"So, what do you want to talk about?"

"I dunno, it was your idea." You shrug in the dark and hold your hand up, you can't really see it, but you imagine you can.

"Let's do an AMA. I'll go first. Ask me anything."

"Really?" You look towards his voice in the darkness, because yes you have questions, but you didn't think he'd just offer to answer them.

"Really, go."

"Okay... Do you kidnap people a lot?"

"No. And can we stop saying kidnap? Let's say... abduct." Alex laughs. "And actually, you're my first."

"Why? Why me?"

"I... We weren't there to take you. But when I saw you, I just thought... having you might make things go a little smoother, so I just did it. Damien is notoriously difficult to deal with

"You can say that again." He laughs and you smile.

"Why do you live with Damien? Where are your parents?"

"They died. We were in a car accident three years ago."

"I'm sorry."

"It's alright you didn't crash into us. Besides, the other driver died as well. Instantly, which is lucky, because if he hadn't Dami would have made him die slowly."

"Did you get hurt?"

"Yeah, but not so bad. I have some scars. But I don't remember the accident at all. I just woke up in the hospital with a headache and Dami holding my hand."

"He looks after you by himself?"

"Yep. The social workers wanted to send me to my mother's cousins or something, but Dami said 'you're not sending my baby to live with people we've never met in a place we've never heard of.' And that was it. He quit school, moved home, and took care of me."

"You two must be close."

"Yeah. Do you have any brothers?"

"Three. All older. And an older sister."

"You're the youngest?"

"Yep."

You hesitate.