Skullfuck {5SOS;CASHTON&MUKE}✔️

Eight

Ashton carried Calum out by his waist, arms secure as the brunet kicked out even though he knew it was useless. He was being sat down, pressed against the wall as he panted hard, not looking up at Ashton with his nails buried inside of his palms.

His knuckles were swollen, bruised and bleeding lightly as his own blood mixed with Luke's. He slipped down the wall to sit on the floor as he threw his mask to the side, not paying any mind to the blood he was smearing lightly as he wiped under his nose and let his head fall back against the wall so he didn't have to support himself. Ashton stepped back after a few seconds, turning to go back into the room where Luke was barely starting to push himself off the floor, watching him spit blood to the floor.

The blond could only push himself to lay on his back rather than his stomach, closing his eyes again as his ragged breaths filled the air of the otherwise quiet room he laid in, holding his side as he waved Ashton off without a word. The man turned back around after shutting and setting the deadbolt into place to lock Luke inside, though he knew the blond wasn't in any shape to be trying to escape. He went to pick Calum up off the floor, moving him upstairs to their bedroom to put him into the bed.

Calum listened quietly, watching as he went into the bathroom for a minute and coming back over to him with the first aid kit and sat in front of him without a word. Calum never hated their silence before, always felt comfortable when the quietness found the two of them, which it often did since he knew Ashton was never a man of so many words, even if it was directed at him. He enjoyed the way Ashton didn't speak with his words but with his actions, still appreciated it right then, though he was looking to prompt the man into speaking to him or speaking for himself.

"He's still calling out for Michael and that stupid man hasn't called in two days. I knew he'd slipped right back into being happy Luke is gone until he'll randomly come back and be pissed with us. I can't believe he's acting like this. He's just as stupid as he was back for his dad and just as stupid as I was back then. I hate this."

Ashton nodded, Calum hissing softly at the alcohol rubbed over his knuckles and cleaning his hands, the honey haired man rolling his lips shortly before he spoke up as well with actually having more to say than his actions could interpret to Calum in front of him.

"You're confusing yourself, Bonny. Luke can't help who he loves just like you couldn't before and he's going to keep pushing your buttons like now because he knows Michael wants him to suffer at least a little bit. He doesn't really believe Michael wants him dead, I don't think even Michael knows what he wants with him. One of them will figure it out soon enough but I want you to know that I'll do whatever you want me to, okay? I just need you to keep talking to me, letting me know."

Calum pulled his hand away when Ashton moved back first, nodding and promising to. He kept their foreheads pressed together gently, feeling Ashton's rough skin of his calloused thumb softly over his cheek. He kissed back barely, keeping his eyes closed even after Ashton pulled away and moving to lay down on his side. Ashton stayed the fifteen minutes it took for him to finally relax enough to start falling asleep with his bandaged hands. He was going straight back down to Luke with the same box in hand as he had just used on Calum's.

His mask covered his face again as he undid the deadbolt, pushing the door open and seeing Luke still laid out on the floor and his breathing more evened out as he stayed in place. He sat besides the blond on the floor, Luke groaning in pain as he lifted himself up slowly after staying frozen to prepare himself to actually movie and sit up, exhaling sharply once he finally got himself to sitting rather than laying. He let Ashton hold his chin to keep him in spot, not wincing much at the feeling of his fingers gripping at where his first bruised laid when he had so many more to be concerned with and aware of because of the pain.