Fleeing The Past || PURPLEPHONE

The Plan.

Dan walked downstairs and into the kitchen.

It didn't surprise him at all to see Vincent and Scott pressed up against each other so tightly that if not for Vincent's obscure colouring, it would have been hard to pick out which person was which. 

"Oh come on," Dan complained, "I just lost a thousand dollars thanks to you two."

Scott opened his eyes at the sound of Dan's voice and gently attempted to push Vincent away. Vincent seemed very reluctant to move, but after a bit of a firmer push he pulled away. "What do you want, kid?" he snapped at Dan.

"Aw, no need to get grumpy, just 'cause I walked in on your little makeout session..." Dan teased.

"We weren't making out..." Scott mumbled.

"No?" Dan raised an eyebrow, "I'm sorry, do you prefer the term 'trying to swallow each other's tongues'?"

Scott reddened slightly more, which was rather impressive, seeing he was already the colour of a beetroot.

Vincent, on the other hand, was completely unashamed. He grinned and let go of Scott, "It was a bit of both, I guess. Did you need to talk to me...?"

"What is with your guys' secret conversations?" Scott frowned, eager for a change of subject.

"What secret conversations?" Dan asked. "I asked to talk to him once, dude."

"Mm, and he asked to talk to you once, that's twice..." Scott said. "I mean, I don't really care if it's something personal between you guys, but... you can't blame me for being curious."

"You sound jealous, Scotty~" Vincent said. "It's nothing to be concerned about, don't worry."

"I know, I trust you... I'm still curious, though..." Scott said.

"Scott, baby, I'd never lie to you," Vincent said with such sincerity there was no not believing him, looking straight into Scott's eyes.

"Yeah, I know," Scott smiled and hugged him quickly.

Dan was mildly disgusted by the whole exchange, knowing the truth, and seeing how smoothly and willingly Vincent would lie to his partner to keep his own interests safe. What other lies had he told?

"I won't hesitate to eliminate any threats to my plan, Daniel,"

It was like two puzzle pieces fell into place. Dan's eyes widened. It had all been a plan.

Vincent had planned for Scott to be framed.

It was the perfect plan. Fake his own death, get the investigation on himself dropped, get Scott framed, and once his name had been cleared, to simply arrive and sweep Scott off his feet. The knight in shining armour.

Of course! He should have known, back when he'd first encountered the tall, purple stranger, who pressed a shining silver blade to his throat and purred, in the deepest of tones, to be shown where Scott was living.

How did he know Scott was in this city? It was nowhere near Hurricane, the old place where Fazbear's had been. How did he know Dan knew about Scott? Those phone boxes are soundproof, he couldn't have overheard his call.

Because he'd been stalking Scott. He'd never left for those five years. He'd followed him to their house, but hadn't been around when Chris had taken Scott to his house, and so ambushed the nearest known acquaintance of Scott...

It all made sense...

But then, was this, too, all planned? Was Vincent using everyone? Was he really the murderer behind Chris's mother's death? Because if he was...

Maybe Vincent was right. Maybe he would make a good murderer.

"...lousy, dead-brained teenager..." Vincent was mumbling, snapping Dan back to reality.

"Oi! I'm not a dead-brained teenager... I'm almost twenty..." Dan complained.

"Ooh, when's your birthday?" Scott asked.

"First of February..." Dan said.

Vincent snorted, "You mean you've only just turned 19?"

"Oh, shut up," Dan said. "When are your guys' birthdays, anyway?"

"25th July," Scott said. "I'll be 30... officially middle aged..."

"30 isn't that old, Scott. I'll be 31 on the 1st of October," Vincent grinned. "The scariest month of the year. Fitting, isn't it?"

"Not really," Scott said, "You're not scary. Wouldn't harm a fly."

Vincent gave a low chuckle, "You have no idea..."

(( 1. Forgive me for the TSE reference, but it's much easier than making up a town name, and tbh I think it's fun to tie this story into "canon"-ish storylines...

2. IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW AYYYYY!!

3. Probably going to publish another chapter today bc I has the many ideas. Though it's probably not going to turn out as planned, knowing me, so don't count on it. ))