Break the Pen

How Could You?

Title: How Could You?

Rating: PG-13.

Pairing: Aleks/Eddie.

Warnings: None.

Notes: CORRUPTED CREATURE HUB AU.

Links: Masterpost.

It was always work work work and more work with the pair of them. They’d do things on their own, never trying to rely on the others for help, they wanted to get this perfected on their own. No help from anyone. Aleks would go out for the kills and bring the rest back for Eddie so he could do whatever may have been required of him. There would be days where the two of them often questioned it and had no idea why they’d gotten into this business with the rest of their friends. Days where they were so unsure of what they were doing with themselves over half the time.

They were the days where neither could understand one another and questioned motives. Days where Aleks would return to their apartment a mess and Eddie would cringe away from him, not wanting the gift of a corpse that he had brought back. Days where the corpses would go to James instead of to a different use. Oftentimes, Aleks would walk away from Eddie when he began torturing and killing a man in front of him, not able to stand his methods as he usually could on any other day. These were also days where neither could stand to look at one another nor would they bother climbing into bed with each other. Days where Aleks went to stay with Kevin and feel welcomed. Days where Eddie screamed at night and couldn’t handle what he was turning into.

Today was starting out as one of those days when Eddie popped up next to Aleks during a hunt, seemingly having been tailing him for some time now. Aleks ended up losing his next victim as he spun around to greet his usual partner, eyes wide and slightly annoyed that the man had gotten away. He would have to polish him off later and make him regret running away. He’d catch him, that would be for sure. Eddie asked Aleks to follow him and he obliged, unsure of what the ordeal was and why he were needed right then and there. “Eddie, where are we going?” He asked softly as he stopped at the Creature house, an eyebrow raised. “What was the point of bringing me to the house?”

Eddie waved the questions away and tugged at his sleeve, leading him into the basement where they did most of their recordings. On the way by, Aleks flipped the video camera on in the event that Seamus were there and not out reaping. He threw himself into a chair, coated with dried blood and probably something that were decaying. He didn’t know, he just knew how horrible it smelled down here and he didn’t understand how no one had yet to notice it. “Seriously man, you’re freaking me out. What’s the matter?” He asked once more, trying to pry an answer out of his best friend and trying to figure out what the cause of this were.

It was a sudden movement that caught Aleks off guard and when he felt his best friends lips upon his, he yanked back, not understanding. “How— how can you?” He asks, breath hitched and scared of him for the time being. Maybe not quite scared of, but rather, scared of what the Kevins will do once they catch wind of what had happened that afternoon. Aleks figured that Eddie wouldn’t like the answer if the word got out, so he made note to say nothing.

"How can I what? Love you?" Eddie asks softly, looking as though he’d kicked a kitten and killed it. "I can love you because you’re my best friend and partner. Because you’re the only one who understands and sticks with me, despite all the stupid shit I do. Because you actually care about me more than anyone else has before." He takes a moment to breathe and Aleks is sure that he can see tears starting to roll down Eddie’s cheeks. "I love you because you’re Aleks and I know you may not love me back but I also know that I can’t help but to fall in love with my best friend." He could hear the words being choked on and slowly, Aleks stood up and wrapped his arms around the older man in a tight hug.

He too, were now crying and unsure of what to say. “I’m sorry.” Were the most easy of words for him to get out.