All Time Slash - Fireworks. (Jalex FanFic)

Chapter 11

Surprisingly, dinner wasn’t as bad as Jack or Alex expected it to be.

Neither of the boys wanted to be questioned, but thankfully, it was relatively quiet at the table.

Alex’s dad had surprised Jack, just like he had been with his mother. Jack expected a lean man, quite well built in fact, with a handsome face to match. He guessed it was simply because Alex was impressive himself in appearance, surely he had to have the good-looking genes from somewhere.

However, the man was quite large, a round face, but he never once stopped smiling. Peter Gaskarth was an average man, living in an average home, with his average wife, and his average teenage son. There was nothing special about the family, they simply disguised their tragic past, and they lived life like normal.

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Jack scraped his chair back after everybody had finished their meal, “Please, let me help wash up, just to say thank you.” He smiled brightly, one which Alex’s mother just had to give in to. “I would normally decline the offer, but you seem to be so keen. Thank you, Jack.” She smiled, passing hers and Peter’s stacked plates to the boy, the cutlery balanced on top.

“It’s fine, honestly.” He beamed, looking towards Alex who kept his plate to himself. He noticed the boy had barely touched anything, a few bites were taken here and there, but Alex didn’t look at all comfortable. However, his parents hadn’t made a single comment, he could only assume that Alex rarely ate meals on a regular basis.

“Want me to take that for you, Alex?” Jack asked, the other boy’s parents having left the table to enter the living room.

“No, it’s okay. I’ll help you.” Alex sighed, standing to his feet, following Jack to the sink.

He turned the hot water tap on, and squirted washing up liquid into the bowl, bubbles soon began to overpower the water.

“Are you alright, Alex?” Jack appeared worried by Alex’s change of behaviour, but he assumed it was simply mood swings again.

“Yeah, I’m fine, honestly,” Alex tried to smile, but he wasn’t fooling Jack. “I’m just thinking too much.” He finally admitted, dipping his index finger in the water to test the temperature. He drew his hand back sharply as the burning sensation shot through his nerves.

“Ow, fuck!” He cried, waving his finger about as if it would make it feel any better.

“You’re such a loser.” Jack groaned, taking the boy’s hand, turning the cold tap on to cool down the burn.

Holding Alex’s finger beneath the water, he began to chuckle, “Any better?”

Alex nodded, pulling his hand back, “It’s still sore, though.” He mumbled, staring at the whitened mark.

“Want me to kiss it better?” Jack teased lightly, surprised when Alex held his finger towards his mouth. He lightly pressed his lips to the tip, ever so softly kissing the skin.

Leaning back, the boy grinned, “You’ll be fine, now. I have a magic touch.”

Adding cold water to the sink, Alex waited for the temperate to reach a warm state so he was able to scrub the used plates.

“I thought I was supposed to be doing that?” Jack laughed, “I guess I’ll stick to drying everything.” He picked up the creased towel from the sideboard. As his eyes drifted to Alex, he noticed how the boy would sway his hips in a rhythm as he cleaned.

And damn, that ass.

It was just too tempting.

Folding and twisting the towel tightly, he stepped behind Alex trying to be as silent as he could. The boy seemed to be too distracted by his washing to notice Jack move.