Rejects // Luke Hemmings [au]

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IMPORTANT: READ THE AUTHOR'S NOTE AT THE END SVP ITS QUITE IMPORTANT!! 
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Song for chapter: Drown - Bring Me The Horizon

Enter Sandman - Metallica

December 18th, 1956

3:04 am

Violets POV

"Violet?" I hear the words echo through the somewhat silent hallway.

"Yes?" I answer, knowing it's Luke, as he's one of the only people in this hall that I talk to, let alone can start a real conversation.

"Why are you awake?" His voice is rough, but I like it.

"I'm just thinking" I say, looking at the moon through the barred window. I hear footsteps, and see Luke sitting in front of the bars, pushing his legs through. Picking up my blanket, I do the same thing and press my feet against his. We sit in silence for a few minutes, just looking at each other.

"Can I tell you something? Don't be mad at me, okay?" Luke tells me, which makes me a bit nervous, but more curious to know what he wants to say, so I nod. "I have a bad feeling about Ashton"

"Why?"

"I don't know, Vi" He shrugs, "Michael said some things that made me realize that somethings not right about him"

"Michael's schizophrenic, Luke" I laugh slightly.

"He's not a good guy, okay?"

"Well, he's not the one in an asylum for killing his girlfriend, now is he?" The second the words come out of my mouth, I wish I could take them back. Luke looks away for a second, then back to me with dark, angry eyes.

"Luke- I didn't mean i-" My words come out broken while I watch him stand up with clenched fists, walking to the other side of his cell. I can tell this is going to turn into another breakdown.

"Just shut the fuck up for once, okay?" He hisses, and I stand up to face him, "Don't you have any fucking filters?"

"You know nothing about Ashton! I've been here a lot longer than you, so don't come in here and think you know every fucking thing about everyone" My heart beats hard against my chest.

"What are you going to do about it, Violet," He yells, "burn down my house!? Kill my family too?"

My strong stance falters at his loud voice echoing off the walls, saying things that make me weak. His eyes darker than usual, give me a cold stare, and I feel thankful there are bars to keep him away from me, because he looks like he'd kill me if he could. Luke grabs them and shakes them, screaming something I can't understand, which causes me to move away from the steel bars that seem too close to him. I run to my bed and cover my ears, watching Calum come running in. Fuck. As much as Luke scares me, I can't let him go into shock therapy.

"Luke, stop it!" I scream, trying to get his attention as Calum takes a syringe and attaches a needle to it, getting ready to inject him, "They'll screw you up!"

In the heat of the moment, I grab the back of Calum's shirt and pull him towards me, grabbing his face from behind and scratching it as hard as I can. I never wanted to do something like this, but it will protect Luke, it has to be done. Calum grabs my flailing arm and pushes the needle in, causing a stinging sensation to run up it, while Luke's voice continues in the background.

My vision becomes foggy, and I feel tired, so I slump down into the floor. I lazily watch Calum do the same to Luke, then strap him down to his bed. He didn't even do anything and he gets that, so it makes me wonder what I'll get. How did I manage to end up liking a stupid boy so much that I'd go through hell for him?

Calum opens my cell door and grabs me, carrying my limp body like a baby. I can see blood pouring from the corner of his eyebrow, obviously because of my attack.

"I'm s-sorry Calum" I stutter, leaning my face into his chest. At this moment, he stops walking. "I h-have to k-keep him safe" I can see his eyes gloss over, like he'll cry at any moment. I've never seen Calum cry, or show any real emotion in front of me before.

"I know" he sobs, turning around and walking back towards my cell. I peer over to find Luke, fast asleep and tied in restraints. I know he'll feel bad about this in the morning. He's always a bit on edge at night.

"C-Calum" my words begin to slur as the anesthetics begin to take me over. "I-I can't take this anymore" my eyes begin to shut, and I find myself blinking rapidly. A cloud covers my brain, as if closing my eyes is the only way to feel comfortable anymore.

I know that I will be punished for making a scene like this, I just don't know how anymore. Calum didn't take me to shock, so I'm assuming my punishment won't be as severe. I know that I'm going to have to look beaten up, though. The warden would never allow a patient to misbehave and get away with it.

"Violet, I promise that-" I hear Calum begin to say, but the final words of his sentence are blurred out. Everything goes black within a matter of seconds, and the last thing I feel is Calum punching me hard in the stomach.

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