The horizon and the balcony

Chapter fourteen

Everything was going fine until John's eyes widened and he slowly backed away from the toy car.

"What the fuck am I doing?!"he cried out and jumped to his feet. Hercules looked over at Lafayette and they shared a mutual understanding.

Yes John had adapted very quickly to little life, too quickly. It just wasn't like him to jump into things so quickly.

"Y-y'all got me out here actin like a baby just cause my life was tough?"he said.

"John your life wasn't tough, it was traumatic"Lafayette said calmly. John shook his head throwing his hands up.

"Nah fuck your big bad therapist words! My life was tough and that's just it, I ain't traumatized!"he screamed.

Lafayette pinched the bridge of their nose and sighed. They had really though John was past the phase of denial.

"John sometimes you wake up screaming in the middle of the night saying 'daddy I'm sorry' and 'mommy I'll do better' what does that sound like to you?"They asked.

John's face turned bright red and he gritted his teeth.

"You don't know jack shit about me!"he screamed. Hercules quickly grabbed Alex and slung him over his shoulder jogging into what they called the safe room. It was a sound proof room that held things like blankets, a bed and various miscellaneous objects.

Lafayette stood up towering over the man.

"Exactly I don't know jack shit about you because you won't ever tell me!"They exclaimed.

"I don't need you using your fancy shrink words on me and diagnosing me with shit I don't have!"He screamed back.

Anxiety,PTSD and depression, three things John along with Alexander did in fact have. Not to mention his severe anger issues and ADHD.

"John I'm not going to sit here and argue with you"he said. That only seemed to make things worse.

"Why won't you argue with me? Am I not worth your time!"he screamed.

"Don't you love me!?"He said voice breaking half way through the sentence.

"Mon amour...love isn't about yelling at each other"Lafayette said taking a step forward. John's breath soon started to pick up and his eyes watered as he roughly buried his face in Lafayette's chest.

"Shhh I know mon amour I know"they said soothingly and rubbed his back.

"I-I-I'm s-sorry!"John sobbed struggling to get the words out.

"Shhh it's okay baby you don't have to speak right now"They said.

They stayed like that for a while before John's sobbing soon ceased and he slumped against them. Lafayette cursed under their breath and transferred him to the couch checking his pulse. It was coming in slower than usual and Lafayette sighed, he had passed out.

They pulled out John's phone and typed in the passcode. They opened up the contacts list and scrolled to the very bottom, evil bitch. They rolled their eyes, of course John would have her saved as that.

They pressed the call button and put it up against their ear.

One ring...two ring...thre-

"Hello?"the woman's voice chirped.

"Hello Ms.Schuyler? Yes this is John's partner eh...Gilbert, I am very worried about him and I would like to make an appointment for him...this Friday works fine, no I will be taking him myself...take care"They said and hung up the phone.

They looked over and jumped in shock to see John's eyes were still wide open. They sighed and gently closed them before leaning back against the couch.

"I hope you can forgive me mon amour..."