Blood In The Water

16

Another knock on the door pulled Kevin from his comfortable spot on the sofa

"I said a minute, James, relax!" He rolled his eyes as he removed his hand from his lover's hair and made his way to the entrance

Connor stayed seated on the couch, watching the broadcast of The World In Your Home that played on the television, covering Kevin's seat with his blanket to keep it warm in his absence. Though, he somewhat mourned the absence of the shoulder that he had spent the last hour leaning upon.

"Christ, you oughta learn some fuckin' patience-" Kevin opened the front door to be met with three men in suits, coats, and hats. Two wielding weapons and one carrying cuffs and a badge. Kevin's heart dropped to his stomach
"..Connor, go wait in my bedroom" he instructed as calmly as he could, swallowing the lump in his throat

Even he can't buy off the feds.

"Mr. Price, you are under arrest on the charges of racketeering, extortion, loan sharking, money laundering, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, gambling, smuggling, fraud, assault, battery, contract killing, and murder in the first degree"

"Kevin.." Connor's voice shook

"That's quite the rap sheet, Mr. Price.."

"Not here.. not in front'a him.." Kevin ordered calmly and quietly

"Put your hands behind your back, sir."

"Kevin, what's going on..?"

"Just lemme say goodbye and drive down to the station to figure this out.. c'mon, he don't need to see all this-"

"Hands behind your back" the man repeated, more sternly

"Connor, go to my bedroom." He ordered, still not obeying the instructions given to him "don't do this in front'a him, just lemme say goodbye, give my lawyers a call and drive down, okay?"

"Mr. Price, I'm not going to ask you again, put your hands behind your back."

"No- I'm not gonna ask you again, give the kid some fuckin' space, okay?!"

In Kevin's failure to comply and growing agitation in his lack of control, the men forced him down onto the ground, kneeling on his back to subdue him. Why Connor's comfort seemed to be his only concern in the face of three federal agents, he couldn't tell you.

"Kevin!" Connor yelped as the men tackled him down, rushing to him on instinct

"Stay back!" One of the officers shouted

As Connor ran to his lover with panicked disregard for the orders barked at him, a loud gunshot ripped through the foyer, making Kevin's ears ring

"Connor!" Kevin shouted at the top of his lungs as the redhead dropped to the ground, blood spilling from the center of his chest

In a frenzy of rage and panic, Kevin fought his way free from the agent's hold, tooth and nail, rushing to Connor's aid. 

"McKinley!" He knelt over the boy, who was quickly falling pale and still "Connor, breathe! Ey- Babydoll, breathe for me! Please! You son of a bitch, breathe!" He grabbed around Connors chest and neck, searching desperately for a heartbeat, for a respiration. He didn't pay any mind to the blood that was now covering both of them and soaking his clothing. He just clutched Connor's stained shirt, shaking him as he became hysterical "Connor, please move.."

Connor's eyes were wide open. Glassy and lifeless. He threw himself down over Connor's still body, clutching him tightly, nearly unintelligible through his hysterics  "Baby, please.."