Death on Campus (Acexreader)

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Your uncles watched one movie with you and Ace before returning to their own room. Mostly because Shanks had fallen asleep halfway during the movie and was letting out some pretty loud snores. Your dad got back about an hour later, he checked up on you two than talked with the two officers outside your room. Through eavesdropping you learned that the other officers had arrived at the hotel and were already searching the building.

Ace wrapped his arm around your waist and pulled you away from the door. He sat down on the bed with you on his lap, his strong arms around your waist keeping you firmly planted against his chest.

"Don't worry. Soon this whole thing will be figured out and we'll go back to our normal everyday lives." Ace pressed a gentle kiss to your forehead.

"I know. Hearing the cops are here searching the place just has me anxious to hear who or what they find." You cuddled closer to Ace, a soft yawn leaving your lips.

"Let's get ready for bed." Ace scooted you off his lap and grabbed your pajamas. You tossed them on and went to the bathroom to brush your teeth and wash your face. About ten minutes later your dad came back into the room to wish you both a goodnight before going to his own room.

Sleep didn't come easy to you. You were half awake excepting to hear the cops shout 'we got him' or to you fear have your stalker burst into the room in last ditch attempt to get to you. Neither of those happened and you ended up falling asleep during the wee hours of the morning with Ace's arms wrapped around your waist.

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You awoke some time later, Ace was still asleep, the door to your room was open and your dad was coming into the room with a tray of food.

"Sorry, didn't mean to wake you." Your dad spoke softly as he set the tray of food down on the table. "It's past noon. I didn't know if either of you were awake, so I decided to get food and check on you both."

"It's fine. Have the cops found the guy?" You whispered while gently untangling yourself from Ace's hold and joining your dad at the table.

"I might as well tell you since you'll hear about it. But maybe we should wait until Ace is up so I don't have to repeat myself again." Your dad suggested. You nodded in agreement and went into the bathroom to freshen up and change out of your pajamas.

When you came back out Ace was up, he'd put on a shirt and went into the bathroom after you. Once you and Ace were settled at the table your dad told you both what he knew so far.

"The cops found a hidden room in the basement of the hotel last night. It used to be a staff room that got boarded up when the hotel got remodeled. There's evidence of it being used lately and..."

"And what?" You asked, you looked up from your pancakes to see your dad looked hesitant about what he was about to say next.

"And they found a body down there. They already notified the family, so the cops told me the name of the poor guy. It's a student at your school named Carl Cliff." Your father replied.

You were shocked, you thought Carl was fine, Smoker had said the poor student was alive. But you guess no one had kept tabs on where he had been. The guy was terrible at flirting, but he didn't deserve to die in some basement, if that's where he was even killed. You pushed your plate aside no longer feeling hungry.

Ace squeezed your hands in his and looked over to your dad. "What about the stalker? Did they catch him?"

Your father sighed and shook his head. "No. But detective Smoker said there was a lot of evidence down there and in those tunnels at your school. Said they should find the guy no problem now."

You didn't say anything you felt bad for Sam, Bartolomeo, officer Brent, and Carl. Bartolomeo was still alive luckily, but he didn't deserve to be hurt simply for talking to you. Sam and Carl didn't deserve to be killed just for flirting with you. And even though officer Brent brushed your concerns aside didn't mean he deserved to be killed either.