Lurking - Station 19 Fic

Issues

A/N: This chapter contains dark themes that may be uncomfortable for some viewers. So you've all been warned.....

"Travis, where's your kitchen tongs?!" Jace shouted from the kitchen, Travis wandering in from the laundry room. "What's wrong?"

"The tongs, where are they?!" Jace growled, angrily opening drawers and cupboards, rummaging through the silverware and utensils.

"Um, I think they're in the dishwasher." Travis frowned at him as he watched, brow raised at his behavior.

Jace growled and slammed the cupboard shut, opening the dishwasher, glaring inside. "Hmmph. Thanks." He grabbed them out and turned to face Travis with a sort of smirk. "You finished with the laundry?"

"Um, yeah, yeah, all done." Travis smiled softly, Jace coming up to him with a smirk.

"Good, cause that means we can make out now." He wrapped his arms around Travis and pulled him close, quickly kissing him deeply, surprising Travis, who pulled away.

"Um, heh, okay, uh a little warning next time, maybe?" He chuckled softly, Jace pulling him closer again.

"Just shut up and kiss me already." He huffed, kissing him again, a little roughly, Travis frowning this time as he pulled back.

"Whoa, hey, okay, um, Jace honey, are you okay?"

"I will be if you just kiss me." Jace frowned at him, grabbing at his arm, Travis flinching away, suddenly concerned.

"What?"

"You heard me!" Jace snapped with a growl and Travis flinched, gasping as Jace grabbed him by the arm tightly, frowning a little fearfully at him, suddenly reminded of Zack.

"Jace, you're scaring me a little." He frowned, pulling at his arm, Jace not letting him go.

"Just kiss me already, then!" He gruffed, shoving Travis up against the wall roughly, startling him, frowning up at Jace with big eyes as he held him against the wall, Jace already kissing him again deeply, cupping Travis's face with both hands, holding him there.

Travis frowned and almost whimpered a little, not sure what was going on, eyebrows furrowed as he kissed Jace back, but only faintly.

Jace finally stopped kissing him and let him go, smiling down at Travis as he patted his shoulder, walking away as if it had never happened, Travis baffled, not sure what to make of it, staring at him.

Jace was fine after that, but a few days later, the same type of thing happened, while they were out to eat at dinner, Jace suddenly very anxious to get home.

Travis smiled faintly at him in confusion. "What's the rush? We've hardly finished eating."

Jace was already getting out a fistful of cash, getting up. "Let's just get home, alright?"

Travis didn't understand. "Jace, what-"

"Let's just go, Travis, alright?!" Jace snapped as he reached down and grabbed Travis tightly by the arm, pulling him to his feet and towards the door.

Travis frowned, stopping. "Jace, what is the problem?" He asked seriously, flinching when Jace turned, his expression irritated.

"Don't be stupid, Travis, let's go." He huffed, walking out, dragging Travis with him, who went with him in confusion, wondering why Jace had been acting this way lately.

Over the next few days, Jace's temper was easily triggered, Travis not even knowing he had a temper, baffled as to why Jace hollered at him and smiled less, seeming so distracted, only seeming to want physical intimacy now, their conversations becoming less and less frequent.