Royal Affection

The Plaguing Past

D A M O N

"I have wanted to tell you something about my past for way long but never got the courage. But I think this is the time", I announced to him.

"Damon, you are scaring me. Are you okay? Do you need a hug?", he questioned while his eyes were the size of moons filled with emotions.

I chuckled and nodded in his direction.

He was quick to jump from his seat to my lap. He situated himself on my lap which always makes me believe that this is the best seat according to him. He snaked his arms around my neck and put his chin on my shoulder. His legs were on either side of my waist. And soon he was rubbing my back softly with his hand. The heat of his palm slowly seeped inside my body and I felt I was back home.

Elias. My home.

"You are okay, sweetheart. Take your time, as much as you need", he whispered under my ear not wanting to break the comfortable environment with unnecessary noise.

I smiled and pinched the left side of his waist, "sweetheart?" I inquired.

He quickly pulled back his face from his previous position on my shoulder and gazed at me. He blushed right red in front of my eyes and instantly stick his focus on the wall behind me.

"I-It was a mistake. Sorry if you didn't like that nickname."

"I loved it", I whispered in his ear which resulted in him snapping his eyes back to me.

He shortly went back to his seat but not before he dragged his char close to me. Now the arms of our chairs were touching each other as it was kept side to side. He seated himself in his chair and took my one hand in his and we let the silence envelop us again.

"There is a reason I keep running away from love which ends with me running away from you. I am hot and cold towards you, confusing you to death and I apologise for it. I have this fear that you will leave me as my mom did with my father. And the result will be, me being left alone but this time with a broken heart", I blew out a huge breath.

I gazed at him to analyse his reaction but he just squeezed my hand a little tighter and passed me a smile. I could feel my hands start to get sweaty but still, he didn't leave my hand.

After taking a deep breath again I continued, "When I was a child, I remember my parents being madly in love with each other. He would come back home after his training and duties and mom would wait for him for dinner. They would go for a night stroll with their hands entangled. Their love was deep and visible to everyone around them. But something changed after my father took off for another country to help them with their issue with constant robbery. He was gone for three months, I remember mom would cry in the first month because she missed her dearly but it stopped the next month. She will be not at home during dinner and my neighbours would babysit me even tho I was not a kid anymore. I didn't think anything of it, because I concluded that maybe being inside the home makes her miss father more."

"But that was not the actual truth. The truth was far hidden and far darker. She was hardly there around me in the next two months. But soon after that father came back, I thought now things will back to how they were. Our family dinner tradition would revive again, mom would be happy again and the neighbours won't be required to babysit me anymore. But destiny is an odd thing. Mom would not be around during dinner, it would be only me and father. I could see through my eyes that he was trying for me, he would make dinner most days even tho he didn't know how to. I never get to know the details, but one day when I came home in the evening after spending time with you, I saw my father running like a mad man to every house while holding a piece of paper in his hand. That night I realised my mom left with some other man she fell in love with. And till this day I can't understand how and why. They were so perfect, Elias. After that father started to change, he would still love me but this presence became invisible with the time. And one day after I fought you in your room, I ran back to my house and found he took his own life", I couldn't speak more because I broke down.

"Oh, Damon", Elias whispered and it seems like he was in pain. He didn't waste any time in taking his place in my lap and enveloping me in his warmth. I breathed in his smell which I have loved from my childhood. He was the only constant in my life.

I broke down completely in his arms.

"T-there was s-s-so much blood. The kni-f-fe was so d-deep in his heart. A-and when you yelled about k-killing y-y-yourself, those images plagued my mind", I could hardly understand my words and it was getting hard to talk anymore.

"Baby, calm down. I am not going anywhere. I am here with you. Please try to breathe with me", he whispered in my ears.

I could feel the warmth of his palms on my back and cheek. He keeps wiping the tears from my cheeks.

And even tho I couldn't see clearly, because tears blurred my vision but I could see tears were on his cheeks too.

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