Levi [boyxboy]

Chapter 4

"Stop.. Please.." Levi whimpered as the whip came down across his back again. "Please.. I'm sorry sir." Levi whimpered again as the man yanked him to his feet.

"You're pathetic." The man told him, "Worthless." The man spoke, as he shoved Levi. Levi fell and hit his head against the wall. Levi whimpered as he curled up, holding his head. The man kicked Levi, knocking the breathe out of him. Levi struggled for breath and he couldn't understand what the man was saying.

"Pleaser sir," Levi struggled to regain his breath, "I'm sorry.."

Levi woke up to Joey shaking him. "Lee, hey, are you alright?" Joey asked gently, sounding worried.

Levi wiped the tears from his face, "I'm fine." He told Joey, sitting up on the couch. He wasn't fine, the nightmares terrified him, they felt so real to him. He always thought he was back in that house when he had the nightmares.

Joey reached for Levi's arm, trying to comfort him. Levi flinched away, looking terrified. Levi gasped softly, so quietly Joey almost didn't hear it, Levi looked down, knowing the beating was coming. Every time he had flinched away from the man in his dreams he'd been beat.

Joey pulled his hand back, "I'm not going to hurt you. I promise." Joey told Levi gently, realizing why he had flinched. "Can you look me in the eyes when I speak to you?" Levi slowly lifted his gaze to meet Joey's.

"I want you to be honest with me." Joey told Levi. "Are you alright?"

Levi slowly shook his head as his eyes filled with tears. "I'm sorry.." Levi whispered, looking down.

"You have no reason to be sorry." Joey told Levi gently.

"I- I didn't mean to be upset, really you guys have been so nice, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry." Levi spoke quickly as the tears he'd been trying to hold back spilled over.

"Why are you sorry?" Joey asked gently.

"It- It isn't that I'm ungrateful, I-I-" Levi cut off when he saw Joey lifting his hand. Levi instinctively covered his face, "Please- Please don't hit me." Levi begged. "I'm sorry.."

Joey had only been reaching to try and comfort Levi, he felt bad for scaring him. Joey, as gently as he could, pulled Levi's hands away from his face.

"I am never going to hit you, or hurt you in any way. You can trust me. Alright?" Joey very slowly, so he don't scare Levi, rested his hand on Levi's back. "Nobody here is going to hurt you. No matter what you do. And you don't have to apologize for being upset."

Levi sniffled and looked at Joey. "You're.. You're not going to hit me?" Levi asked Joey hopefully.

"Never." Joey told him, "Why are you so upset?"

"I.. Have bad dreams sometimes.."

"Bad dreams? Of what?" Joey asked Levi, looking at him softly.

"My.. Uh.. Foster dad." Levi told him hesitantly.

"And he used to hit you?" Joey asked, already knowing the answer he would get.

"Yeah.." Levi whispered, sounding very tired.

"I'm sorry Lee.." Levi looked at Joey, stunned. "You don't deserve that." Joey gently moved Levi's hair out of his face, and smiled gently at Levi when Levi looked up at him, meeting his gaze.

Levi closed his eyes, unable to stay awake any longer. He hasn't gotten sleep without nightmares in days. He always wakes up from the nightmares feeling like he didn't sleep at all.

Levi leaned on Joey's shoulder and fell asleep. Joey, surprised, gently moved Levi off his shoulder and rested him on the couch. Joey pulled a blanket on top of Levi and quietly left the room so Levi could sleep.

I haven't been on wattpad in forever and my writing has been kinda cringey, but I still want to write this story. So I'm going to post this short chapter I had saved, and hopefully my new chapters will be better.
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