Criminal {ManxMan}

-Chapter 2-

Alister

Later I went into the hospital to question Julian, I walked through the double doors and resisted the urge to cringe at the smell. I walked up to the front desk and smiled a little at the woman behind the counter, "Hello, I'm here with the PD. We had a victim come in earlier; Julian Scott. What room is he in?" The nurse blushed under my stare and checked her computer, she wrote something down on a sticky note and handed it to me, smirking, "He's in room 324. That's my number, just in case you wanna get a drink sometime." She winked and I struggled to keep my smile, cringing as I walked away and to the elevator, throwing the note away. I'm sorry that I don't like girls! I like guys, back off please!

I sighed as I stepped into the elevator and pressed the third floor, when the door closed I looked at my reflection in the mirror-like surface. I'm not full of myself but I'm not going to lie to myself- I don't look that bad. My light grey eyes lit up in the light, my jawline had girls drooling (not my fault), and I noticed I needed to shave, I was getting a slight stubble on my jaw. I ran a hand through my hair to fix it as I got a little self-conscious as I thought about seeing Julian. Julian's eyes, I had noticed, were aqua, his smile he gave me was just adorable. I couldn't tell what color his hair was because of the dirt caked on it and it was messed up the first time we met. The elevator opened and I walked out, going to Julian's room. I knocked on the open door that had a boy sitting on the bed inside, looking out the window, "Julian?" He turned his face to me and smiled softly yet shyly, a blush creeping onto his cheeks.

"You said your name was Alister, right?" I smiled back at him and nodded, I walked up to the bed and sat in a chair near the bed, taking out a notepad and a pen. I looked at Julian and saw his full appearance, his eyes that same crystal blue, his hair was fluffed up and a dark brown. I pushed down a blush as I cleared my throat, "Alright. So I had a few questions to ask you, Julian. Is that alright?" He hesitated, "I..I guess so.."

I soon got serious as I read over the report in my mind, "Okay, Julian, you were at the man's house for.. 3 weeks- correct?" He nodded, "Y-yeah.." He looked down and I placed my hand on the bed, "Can you tell me what he did to you, while he had you there..?" Julian's jaw clenched and I saw tears well up in his eyes, he shook his head. I then did something I've never done for a victim, I took a hold of Julian's hand and looked at him, "Julian, please.. That man can't hurt you anymore." He looked at me and I saw the tear slip down his cheek. I set the notepad down and wiped it away, looking at him with care. I let my hand linger on his cheek and his cheeks heated up and he squeezed my hand. "O-okay.. Well, i-it just started out as beatings," I took my hand away from his cheek and listened to him. "Th-then.. H-he.." More tears leaked from his eyes and my heart broke, "He what, Julian?" Julian took a deep breath, "He started touching me.. I-in places he shouldn't have been.." My anger flared for this man who put Julian through this, I soon got jealous as well and I reached my hand up again and wiped Julian's tears away, "Th-the other officers... They're s-scary.." He said shakily, I smiled a little, "Am I scary, too?" Julian looked at me and smiled softly, "No... You're really cute though.." I blushed hard and smiled a small smile, "Thank you, Julian.. Now, how old were you again?" Julian blushed this time, "I just turned 22 a few months ago." I nodded, "I see.." I thought for a moment, "What're you thinking, Alister?" I smirked slightly, "Trying to figure out if it'd be out of line to ask for your number?"

Julian's eyes widened and he blushed again, looking away from me, pulling his hand back, "I-I don't know.. I'd have to think about it.." I completely understood his doubts, I nodded and stood up, grabbing my notepad, faking a smile, "Alright, I'll be on my way. Thank you, for your cooperation, Julian.." His eyes filled with something that said 'Don't go..' And I bit my lip, "I've got to get back to work.." He nodded and looked down at his lap again. "O-okay.. One more question though.." I raised an eyebrow, "Of course, go for it." I said quietly, "Can I... Call you Ali?" I smiled a small smile and nodded, "Sure.." It saddened me as I walked out of the hospital because I didn't think I'd ever see Julian again..

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^Julian^