Haunted

A World Alone

"Shh," Brent whispered. "Shh," he laughed.

"I swear, if you stop one more time," Maddox groaned.

"Then don't make so much noise," Brent scolded. He kissed Maddox's thigh before he turned back to take his entire cock in his mouth.

"Mmm," Maddox closed his eyes and tried to keep from making any sounds.

It had been almost two weeks since the night Brent had broken down and confessed his drug problems to Maddox. Two very painful and scary weeks. Nothing could have prepared Maddox to watch Brent go through detoxing from all those pills. He'd thought Brent was hard to be around before but it was worse to see him in pain and witness his mood swings.

Maddox still couldn't decide if he was glad to have his parents there or not. Watching Clara take care of Brent was so strange. He'd never seen that side of his mother before. He'd always known she could been tough but Maddox had never really seen her do it before. And she never left. Justin only stopped by for a few hours each day but for the most part he stayed at home with the kids. Clara had all but moved in.

Then again, so had Eli and Hunter. They were staying on the second floor of the pool house where they had access to Brent and Maddox 24 hours a day. Maddox couldn't remember the last time he'd been home alone. At first it was kind of nice knowing he always had someone with him to keep an eye on Brent but after a week he'd been ready to have his life back to normal again.

"Fuck," Maddox sighed. He'd managed to get off but it wasn't anywhere near as good as he was used to with Brent.

"I love you," Brent whispered, swallowing and licking his lips.

"I love you too," Maddox made himself smile. "Are you sure you don't want a turn?"

"What I want and what my body can do are two different things," Brent shook his head and Maddox wanted to hurt himself for even asking. Ever since Brent had stopped using the drugs he couldn't get hard. The doctor promised it was temporary but that hadn't made Brent feel any better.

"Hey, do you maybe want to go out for dinner?" Maddox suggested, hoping he could save what had been such a good moment.

"So I can gain more weight? No, thanks, I'll just stay here and drink a protein shake."

"I'm trying to help," Maddox tried not to clench his teeth while he spoke but he could hear the tension in his voice.

"Yeah, I know," Brent sat up. "I should go before your mom comes looking for me."

"Okay," Maddox didn't bother trying to protest. He got up to clean himself up and then went and curled back up in bed.

With Clara in charge and Eli around to do just about everything around the house, Maddox had almost nothing left to do all day. He was supposed to be using the time to rest and focus on being healthy so he could be there for Brent but that mostly just translated to him being bored out of his mind.

Meanwhile, Brent was busier than ever trying to balance work so his fans wouldn't find out what he'd done while he was going to therapy and doctor appointments and doing whatever it was that Clara made him do to fill up his free time. Maddox wasn't allowed to be part of most of the process. All he knew was that by the time Brent got in bed every night he was so exhausted he barely had time to tell Maddox goodnight before he fell asleep.

"I brought clean laundry," Eli knocked but didn't wait before he pushed the door open.

"Oh, you already folded it?" Maddox sighed.

"I've never heard anyone complain about not having to do their own laundry," Eli laughed. "Of course I folded it, and don't worry, I still remember how you fold your clothes."