80s Band Imagines

❤️Nikki #4- Always Be Something/Her

Fluff, Friendship

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Nikki and I had been friends since we were five. We'd been through thick and thin together. He was there for me when things were rough at home, my dad was a drinker. A bad one, so I moved in with my grandma just a few blocks down from Nikki.
But Nikki wasn't so lucky. 
He couldn't escape her.

So, when Nikki pounded on my door at midnight, I knew something was wrong.

"Niks, what's up?"

"Can-can I sleep here tonight?"

"Nikki what-"

"Please."
He cut me off.

"Come on."
I ushered him inside.

He made a b-line to my couch, getting ready to lay down. Moving the couch pillows and taking his boots off.

"C'mon Niks, you can sleep with me."
I said quietly from behind him.

"It's fine. I can sl-"

"Nikki. Come sleep with me."
I said firmly.

He nodded and followed me upstairs. 
I got into bed and patted the spot next to me. 
Nikki sighed and removed his shirt before climbing next to me. He sat his head on my chest and we wrapped our arms around each other.

"So, what's up?"
I asked, my hands moving to run themselves through his hair.

"I don't wanna talk about it."
He says, nuzzling his head into my neck.

"Niks, if you don't talk about it, you'll let it pile up and bust. You don't want that again, do you?"
I asked the broken man that was half on top of me.

"I hate home June. I hate being there, thinking about it, even the walk home is fucking depressing."

"Why do you hate home so much Niks?"
I questioned, partially knowing the answer already.

"Because of her."

I sighed. I knew how awful his mother could be. She was everyone's worst nightmare. The devil in disguise. She was always 'open for business' for lack of a better term. Guys were in and out of Nikki's apartment forever. And he got the brunt of it.

"Nikki-"

"I hate her."
He sighed.

"Don't say that Nikki. She's your-"

"Don't you dare call her that. She's anything but that. She's the damn devil. She stands by while her boyfriend of the night takes his frustrations out on her son. She's supposed to protect me. Love me. Why doesn't she love me June?"
By the time he was done speaking, tears were falling freely from his eyes. He tightened his grasp on me, digging his head into my chest.

"Nikki. She loves yo-"

"No! No she doesn't!"
He said shooting up to stand.
"How could she stand by and smile when she sees what happens?! She doesn't love me."
He repeated that last phrase and pulled the roots of his hair before sinking to the ground.

"Nikki."
I sighed before crouching next to him and pulling his now-shaking figure towards me.

"I wish I didn't get it."
He sobbed.

"Wish you didn't get what?"

"Why she doesn't love me."

"Why Nikki? Why do you think she doesn't love you?"
I asked, knowing he needed to let everything out.

"Because I'm worthless."

"Frank Carlton Serafino Ferrana Jr. you look at me right now."
I said lifting his chin with my fingers.
"You are not worthless. You're not a screw-up, you're not whatever fucked up shit you may think you are. You are worth so much Nikki. You're worth the whole goddamn world Niks. You're priceless. You're so much more than you think. You're a brother, a son, whether you like it or not, a grandchild, and my best fucking friend."

"But that doesn't change how I feel."

"It should. You, Nikki Sixx, put up with so much shit. You go through hell and you're still fucking stand here. You may feel the way you feel but know that you are worth so much more to the people that love you. I love you. You're my best friend, my shoulder to lean on, my fucking rock. You'll always be something to me."

"I love you too Bug."
He says, wiping the tears from his eyes and cheeks.

"Come on, let's go to sleep."
I said pulling him up and to my bed, resuming our previous position.

"Goodnight June-bug."

"Goodnight Niks. Don't forget, you'll always be something to me."

With that, he sighed and fell asleep almost instantly, his emotions taking their toll. He fell asleep, a small smile on his face. It was then that I knew that not even she could take away his self-worth. He still had a ways to go, but I know with time, he'll be able to get over what she puts him through.

Eventually, Nikki will be able to face her with no self-doubt.

Because he'll know that he'll always be something to someone who cares.

So, I couldn't decide whether to name the imagine her, or always be something, so I put both. I might change it eventually, but for now, it's both. I couldn't pick because they both had a big part in the story so. 
That's all for today...

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