BOUGHT & BOUND (malexmale) 18+

Fate Part 51

Harpers.p.o.v

I watched as a distraught Thomas paced the halls of the clinic. He was so tightly wound if anyone so much as blinked at him wrong I feared their life would be over.

I watched as he paced back and forth turning quickly with hopeful eyes every time a nurse or doctor came and went. It was surprising how quickly he had taken to Jess but I was even more surprised by how quickly Jess had taken to Thomas.

My heart nearly stopped when I saw Jess laying there on the cold stone floor. I never in a month of Sundays thought Radcliff would have hurt the sweet loving boy but I was wrong. He didn't love Jess if he did he could have never hurt him.

As I sat here and waited for news I realised what he felt wasn't love it was an obsession. He treated Jess like a piece of precious art work that he could keep safe and not allow anyone else to touch.

To try to take the boy with him in death was his way of keeping anyone else from loving him. He had made Jess so dependent on him that he could barely function without him. The boy had been through so much before Radcliff had saved him from his abusive family. Jess was so grateful he never realised that what he felt wasn't love it was a dependency.

My fear is that when he awakes he will be so crushed that he will just shut down. One thing I could be hopeful for is that Thomas would be there for him every step of the way.

I flinched as I felt Castens warm hand softly brush my shoulder alerting me to his presence. I pulled my knees up to my chest and rested my chin on top of them. I was so angry at him for letting Jess go to see Radcliff that my stomach turned when I looked at him.

I know he wanted answers but he could have got his men to beat it out of the sick son of a bitch instead of putting Jess at risk.

I pulled away as he tried to get me to look at him I didn't want him in the same room as me at the minute never mind touching me.

"Harper please, we had no idea this would happen. I wouldn't have intentionally put Jess in danger if I thought for a second  Radcliff would have harmed him. Please talk to me I know you're upset about your friend but...."

I turned my head quickly and gave him the most hateful glare I could muster making him shut up.

"But what Cass? He shouldn't have been there and it's as simple as that. You wouldn't let me confront him but yet you allowed Jess to go in there, You disgust me!"

I gulped as I watched a flash of pain pass through his steel eyes. A look of defeat etched its way on to his handsome face making my anger dissipate. Who was I really angry with?Cass for letting him go or me for hoping the sweet boy would find out what happened to my father.

I turned quickly and threw my self into my lover's arms and sobbed out the most heart felt apology I could muster. He just held me close to his chest as I cried my heart out. I cried for the cruel hurtful words I had said to Cass, I cried for the pain I felt when I saw my friend laying there clinging to life but most of all I cried for jess for everything he had been through and everything he would go through when he wakes up.

I snuggled deep into the warmth of the man I truly loved and hoped that things would get better, but deep inside I knew this was the calm before the storm. But what ever we faced I was sure of one thing, we would face it together.

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Thomases p.o.v

I walked into the dimly lit room with a deep dread forming in the pit of my stomach. Jess had come through surgery fine the doctors were able to repair the damage to the carotid artery before any major damage was done to the brain. The only thing we had to worry about now was my poor sweet boy's mental state. I didn't care though, I would be there for him for as long as he allowed and even if he didn't want me there I would watch over him from a distance.