𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓟𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼 & 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓮𝓯

Chapter 5-𝓘 𝓣𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓢𝓸

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"Cᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ Dᴇᴠɪʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Dᴇᴠɪʟ sᴀɪᴅ ǫᴜɪᴛ,"
"Cᴀɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇ ʙᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴇᴅ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ sʜɪᴛ,"
"Kᴇᴇᴘ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴡɪᴛs ᴍᴀɴ, ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴡɪᴛs,"
"Kɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟꜰ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ɪɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ..."
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𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩 ♡︎

Luke rolled onto his back, staring up at the bleak ceiling of their cell. He was stretched out on a narrow bed, which was hardly softer than the stone bench Alex and Reggie were sitting on.

The dungeon was clean enough he supposed, but also wet and cold, thick moisture in the air clinging to his skin; he couldn't shake the chill. One small window was fastened in the wall outside their cell, the shaft of sunlight burning his eyes whenever he glanced in that direction.

Luke was still getting used to the contrast to the stiflingly hot outdoors. They hadn't even been through twenty four hours of their imprisonment and he was already longing for the heat and the salty sea breeze.

He let his head fall to the side, drifting out of the daze and tuning in on what the others were saying.

"No, I could cry for twenty five years and never get a hug from either of you!" Alex sniffed. "Don't touch me!" He blocked Reggie from doing so.

"This is why no one hugs you," Reggie exasperated under his breath.

Luke was about to tune back out when Alex suddenly stood up. "I mean why did I ever listen to either of you? I told you this was going to go bad, I TOLD YOU! But no one listened! I told you so, I told you so, I told you so."

"Alex—"

"Did I say I told you so?" He glared at Luke.

"Okay, yes, you were right." Luke sat up, stretching sore, stiff muscles. "I should've listened to you, I know, but it's not like we had anything to lose."

"How are you so casual about all of this?" Alex asked, stuffing his hands in his pockets. "Don't you want to find a way out?"

"Of course I do, but Alex—let's be real for a second. What do we have when we get out of here, huh? Five cents and a guarantee that Crazy Betty will give us pizza if Reggie does her a favor? We can't even play music the right way out there, and that's what we're here for, what we live for!" Luke jumped to his feet. "I mean what else is there? It's not like we're close to our families. My folks always regretted buying me that guitar, Reggie never knew his dad and fucking lost his mom, and Alex I, your fancy, royal parents were never cool again after you told them you were gay."

"Okay, none of us had it great, but at least we had freedom." Alex argued morosely. "What do we have now? And before you say plenty of time to think or something, just remember, we're in jail, you jackass."