Septiplier One Shots

The Silence of Him

The house seemed too quiet anymore. It felt cold and empty despite it still only being him and Mark, it was always just them. Something was missing, something he couldn't figure out. He first noticed it was missing when he came home one day, he had been visiting family and when he got home something was wrong. He actually doesn't really remember coming home. But he knows home has never been the same. Jack ignores it, he doesn't want to bring it up for some reason.

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Silence, seemed to have become normal between the two of them. Mark didn't smile enough, he always use to smile all the time. Mark was always smiling, it was beautiful.

Maybe work was hard lately. Mark sat around a lot anymore, he stopped going to the gym and rock climbing. Mark still talked to him sometimes but something was off about it. Mark just wasn't happy anymore.

"Why did you go?" Mark would whisper while they sat at the dinner table. Jack didn't make himself a plate of food, he wasn't hungry much anymore. Mark had been asking him this question for months. He didn't understand why he keep asking.

"I just visited family. Honey, it's all fine. I'm here."

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Sometimes Mark would cry when tried to talk to him. "Mark? What do you think about getting a child? I mean not today but someday? Adopting?" Mark would just look at him but also not at him and just look for a long time before he would tear up and leave the room.

It made Jack upset. He wanted to adopt. He wanted something to bring life back into their home. Bring back that spark that was missing. Why wouldn't Mark talk to him about it?

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Jack cried a lot too. Something was all wrong and he didn't know how to fix it. Mark didn't like him touching him anymore.

Jack tried to wrap his arms around him one morning while Mark was making eggs. He seemed happy that morning, he was humming and swinging his hips to a tune he made up. But the moment Jack touched him he tensed.

Mark didn't smile the rest of the day. "I think I'm quitting my job," Jack said. Mark just looked up. "It's not like I go anymore. They probably fired me already. Actually, I haven't left the house for a while."

Months. Jack hadn't left the house in months now that he thought about it.

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Mark started avoiding home. He would leave early in the morning and wouldn't get home until late at night. Jack was up one night, he wasn't tired much anymore, and heard Mark talking on the phone. He was crying while talking.

"He won't stop," Mark sobbed, "I can't do this."

Mark was silent. "I'm not crazy. I see him sometimes and I hear him all the time. Wade, I can feel him."

Jack watched from around the corner. What was Mark talking about? Mark hung up the phone and Jack ran off to their bed and jumped in pretending to be asleep. Mark crawled into bed next him.

"Jack?" He whispered. Jack didn't answer, he didn't want Mark to know he had heard. "Are you here right now? Why did you leave?...why won't you go?"

Jack started crying. He didn't understand.

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Mark stopped wearing their wedding ring on his finger. Jack noticed this one day as he watched Mark getting ready in the morning. He wore it on a necklace around his neck.

He didn't mention it.

Mark didn't either.

They didn't talk anymore for it to even be mentioned.