Haunted Souls

Prologue

Nico stared at his husband as if he had grown a second head, the paper he was holding fluttering out of his hands. "I...I... Excuse me?"

Will Solace moved his hands to Nico's, his grasp tight on the paler boy. "Neeks...I know, I know it's a shock-"

"A shock?!" Nico pulled his hands back. "That isn't just a shock, William! That's a damn heart attack!"

Will sighed. "Please calm down...the kids will hear you."

"Hear me go on about how you have a weird ass family?" Nico crossed his arms but lowered his voice. "Are you sure we can even trust this? This...this is shady."

"My mom said we can." Will grabbed the paper Nico had dropped and held it in front of his husband's face. "And it would get rid of this problem for us."

Nico snatched the eviction paper from Will. "Don't let the kids see it. I don't want them worried about it."

"Nobody would have to be worried if we took my uncle's offer." Will scratched the back of his neck. "I looked into it. Looked into all I needed to. It would work."

Nico glanced around at the dirty kitchen, saw how poor it looked. Everything was falling apart, nothing was in good shape. His kids had to share one room, their clothes weren't ever new. In his hand he held a paper that could leave them on the streets, that could take away everything they had.

"Fine..." Nico breathed out. "Fine. Fine, Will. But if this goes wrong..."

Will grinned. "I'll start packing! The kids will be so excited!" He kissed Nico's cheek before running to his room, leaving Nico alone in the kitchen. His fingers tingled, his heart jumped every other beat. He knew this was the wrong choice, knew something wasn't right.

But he made it anyway.