Drugs, Sex, and Money (boyxboy)

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Dominic made it back home after his long and tired day but he was nervous to even open the door. Of course he did so anyway.

He walked in and the living room and kitchen were empty.
He walked to his bedroom.
The bathroom door opened and out came a large tatted man roughly drying his hair with one towel while another was wrapped around his waist.

"Look who's back." Andrei stated.
Dominic took a deep breath. "Yea."
"Where've you been?"
"Work."
"Mm. Sit down."
Dominic followed directions and went to sit on his bed.

Andrei kneeled down on one knee in front of him and looked Dominic in his eyes.

All Dominic saw was the new scar on Andrei's cheek and how he had somehow gotten bigger since the last time Dominic saw him. Andrei could probably tear him like paper. He also had several more tattoos than he left with. Menacing.

"You scared'a me?" he asked.
"You left me."
"That don't answer my question. You scared'a me?" Andrei repeated.
"No..." Dominic lied.
"Are you lying?"
He didn't respond.
"I know what happened but the past is the past, isn't it? I've missed you, baby." He took Dominic's hand and kissed it. "I know you missed me too. And I'm sorry."
This isn't the Andrei that Dominic missed. He missed the old Andrei.

This was still the Andrei that he separated from. The one covered in scary tattoos. The one with scarred knuckles. The one with demands. The one that was violent and angry most of the time.
His Andrei had maybe a handful of tattoos. He was too busy being an athlete to get into fights. He was happy all of the time and affectionate with the constant need to kiss Dominic on his face and give him hugs like a puppy.

He lost that Andrei when that Andrei decided he wanted to be gang affiliated. When that Andrei grew too attached to the wrong crowd. When that Andrei was competitive and kept outdoing his fellow gang members and rising to the top. When that Andrei became the boss's favorite. Dominic was there everyday and watched that Andrei change into this Andrei. The scary Andrei. The toxic Andrei that used to fight Dominic and let them break up only for him to come back a few days later.

The couple was great until then.

Afterwards, for about three more years, the two weren't healthy at all. It was yelling on both ends and fist fights that Dominic most of the time lost in. It scared Dominic. When the two fought, Andrei always beat him like he was trying to kill him. Then thought kissing the wounds made it better.
All of that and Dominic still loved him deeply. Because when he was on that floor, bloody and bruised, he'd just picture him as the old Andrei again. He'd picture that one coming back. Hell, who knows? Maybe that Andrei will come back.
There was a chance that this one was the old Andrei...
Right?

Andrei is also the reason for Dominic's addiction. They're both addicts. It's started and ended a lot of their arguments.

"I missed talking to you. Being with you. I missed feeling you." Andrei said. He stood up and made Dominic lay back as he began kissing him sweetly. "You're gonna sit here and act like you don't miss me too?" Andrei questioned.

Dominic just laid under him and let him do what he wanted.

"When do you plan on leaving again?" Dominic wondered.
Andrei stopped and looked at him.
Dominic looked back.
"Not soon, why? You busy or somethin'?"
"Yea."

Andrei stood up all the way.
Dominic sat up on his elbows and looked at him.

"What's his name?" Andrei asked.
"Fuck are you talkin' about?"
"Don't play dumb with me."
"I'm not playin' shit. There is no 'him'."
"You fuckin' lying to me?! Who the fuck is it?!"
"Are you high?!" Dominic shouted and stood up.

Andrei stood directly in front of Dominic and looked down at him.
"I look in the mood to you?" he asked threateningly.
Dominic just looked back at him and gulped in nervousness.

Not a lot of people spark fear into Dominic. Not even his own father. But this Andrei came the closest.

"There is no 'him'." Dominic repeated with less bass in his voice.
Andrei nodded. "Alright."

He grabbed onto Dominic's jaw and pulled him close.
"I never liked for anybody to touch my shit. You belong to me. If I leave the city for a week, you belong to me. If I leave the country for a year, you still belong to me. You're still mine, you understand me?"
"Yea..." Dominic responded.
Andrei kissed Dominic's cheek then let him go and walked into the closet.

Dominic noticed Andrei had left while he was at work and packed a suitcase.
He started getting dressed in the clothes he packed.
Dominic took a deep breath when he realized this was Andrei's way of saying he'd be staying for a while.

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Mack made it home and immediately received a phone call.
But who it was from made him not want to hit 'accept'.

The ringing stopped.

It rang again.

Harley's name was in big letters.

Mack just stared at it and let it ring.

It stopped but he received a notification for a voicemail.

He clicked on it.

"Mack, please talk to me. I'm sorry, okay? I was drunk and I was just saying anything that came to mind. I hope I didn't make things awkward for you and your boss. If I did, I'm sorry for that too. Please don't ignore me. You're my best friend. I wanna talk to you. Call me back, okay? Let me make it up to you."

Mack just sighed and turned his phone off.
He had enough relationship problems as is with being a simp for his emotionally unavailable boss. He didn't feel like processing his taken friend's claim to be in love with him at the same time. He just wanted something normal to happen in his dating life.
Just once.