Short Stories

Boundaries (Niam)

Prompt:

Niall has trust issues, has been raped by his last boyfriend and has and always will feel unsafe in this cruel world. But when he meets Liam he suddenly feels safe in his arms. But when Liam gets Cancer, what would happen to Niall if his protector wasn't there to protect him anymore?

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It was one very bad day for Niall Horan, he had quit his job at the market because of his boss, the fat old man that always wanted to pervertedly get into his pants, and there was too much immature boys there, it's not like he already was paranoid enough of people touching and looking at him. And while he was walking home, he didn't realize he dropped his house keys.

So that brings him to now, where he sits in a deserted cafe with a half empty cup of tea cupped in his hands. He can't go home, I mean, he can, but he will be just standing outside the door. And it's supposed to rain soon, and he'd rather not have another bad thing added onto his list.

He sighed deeply and rubbed at his forehead, but froze once he heard the ring of the doors entrance, I sign someone had walked in. A shiver went down his spine, just the feeling of someone walking past him made him paranoid, the presence made him want to scream and run for his life.

But the person walked past him, and they were now ordering some food and a coffee, it's not like he was stalking the person or anything, he definitely wasn't that kind of person, he was just curious as to why someone would show up at such a abandoned looking cafe, and ironically at the same time he does.

He hears footsteps coming closer and suddenly the presence is too close for comfort-even though the person is a few feet away from him still.

He turns his head sharply and gasps once he sees the man standing right beside him, the chair scraping against the tile floor echoed through the room.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." And Niall looks up, seeing a particularly gorgeous, built man staring down at him with big brown eyes that made his heart melt. "Just have never seen another person in here before, this place isn't as popular since it's at the edge of town." The man continued, still looking down at him.

But Niall didn't feel uncomfortable under the mans gaze, and he was confused at himself. Just the feeling of someone looking at him or even the thought made him cringe and frantically search his surroundings, but actually having this man staring down at him and actually speaking to him, it made him want to question himself and yell at himself saying how ignorant he is. This man could be a rapist, a serial killer just doing his normal task of daily killings.

"Are you alright? You seem lost in your thoughts." And the man seems to realize his thinking face. He looks up, and as soon and his eyes lock with those brown ones, he immediately caves in, and he doesn't realize he spoke till the man starts nodding with a sympathetic expression.

"That sucks, I can have you stay over at my house for tonight, help you search for them tomorrow, I mean, you don't have to, just giving you an option." The man scratches at the back of his neck, an awkward silence falling into the air.

Niall doesn't want to, he really doesn't, but then again, sleeping on the streets for the night isn't going to be an option for him either, because that will just make his paranoia worse. But he doesn't even know this mans name, and he would smack himself it he didn't ask soon enough.

"What's your name." And it comes out demanding and Niall has never felt the feeling of hope that this man wouldn't look at him weird and walk away. But the man doesn't, and smiles. Niall couldn't help but admire the wrinkles at the corner of the mans eyes, the man turned from handsome to cute in seconds.