Violent Delights (Johnny Slaughter x Leland McKinney)

Chapter Six.

There's this feeling inside of Leland's chest that he can't get out. It's found its way to dig right behind his rib cage, and it's hurting the more he takes a breath in. He has to bring up one of his hands, to place it right against the pain - pushing down on it; in an attempt to make it stop. His head is beginning to hurt from it as well, thoughts swelling inside of his mind of the news that he just heard.

He doesn't know what to make of the situation he just put himself in, and this fucking thing inside of his chest won't stop.

He needs to try and ground himself, leaning up against the wall as he takes in deep and calm breaths. Trying to calm the mind down so it will stop racing around, and so he can just have a proper moment to think . He needs a clear head for this, because it's a lot of information for him to process - and if he doesn't do it right . Then he's going to find a way to fuck up things even more.

It's just so hard for Leland to try and wrap his mind around the fact; that all of these suspicions must be true . They were true enough that the police wanted to put Johnny in some kind of 'house arrest.' And they were true enough that the police are literally trying to find more evidence, to lock him up. He should've seen the signs more clearly, should've listened to his friends when they all thought the same thing.

But he didn't, he was blinded by his heart - and he went where his body wanted to go. He got himself wrapped up in this small world of just him and Johnny , that he would completely blank on the facts;

Johnny Sawyer, or better known as; Johnny Slaughter was the campus ground serial killer.

That thing in his chest is starting to hurt even more, and Leland thinks for a brief second; is this what a heartbreak feels like? The constant pain shooting behind his ribs, like it wants to escape from his body and be anywhere else but here. It's a painful feeling, and if this is what heartbreak is, Leland never wants to experience this again.

It's getting to the point where he can't stay here any longer. He can't keep lingering around these hallways, because eventually those doors will open again - and when they do; those cops are going to come out. They're going to come out, and they're going to put Johnny under house arrest and this little delusional bubble that Leland has - is going to burst .

So he does the only thing his mind is telling him to do right now; and that was to go straight to Johnny's. He knows it's not the smart choice right now, with just hearing the news that he's the fucking killer ; but Leland has already dug himself in so deep. No one was standing on the other side with rope to hoist him out of it, so he needed to find a way to do it on his own.

Pushing himself away from the wall, he stumbles the first couple of steps. His body still feels like shit after it all, and his mind is still running circles. So he tries his best to cut it off for now, as he makes his way down the college hallway. It's hard to shut down his brain, when it keeps yelling at him; that Johnny is the serial killer! Why are you heading there right now? Do you want to die? Leland has to do his best to fight those thoughts away, because he thinks that maybe if he gets to Johnny first - maybe if he talks to him.. Things might turn out to be a bit different.

It's optimistic thinking and Leland knows that, but he also feels that in a way; Johnny might actually tell him the truth. That maybe the cops are wrong , and they have him mixed up with someone else? It's amazing how far Leland will go, just to try and convince himself that Johnny wasn't the bad guy.

Too wound up in his own head, even though he tried his best to push it all away; Leland managed to find himself in front of Johnny's door. His hand was raised, ready to knock - but one last thought crossed his mind, before he could put his hand on the door.