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      gabriel sighed softly , bringing the hand to the other’s jaw , running his thumb along the bone , before dropping his touch , realising that he was much too worried about the other for this to remain as casual as it often did . he gave him an encouraging smile and patted him on the back ,  “  wish  there  was  somethin’  I  could  say ,  kid …  my  dad  weren’t  the  best  either ,  kinda  just  –  somethin’  you  do  get  used  to .  ”  he brought his hands together in a clap , turning around to scan the contents of his fridge ,  “  breakfast ?  ”

         despite the gesture , dakota seemed to lean into it some , a soft sigh escaping his lips when gabe dropped his touch all together . ‘  yeah ,  i  hear  a  lot  of  people  have  shitty  dads . ‘ he looked back at gabe , ‘  sorry  yours  was  a  dick . ‘ he pressed his lips together before moving to lean against the counter , glancing over at the older man as he spoke . ‘ do  i  ever  say  no  to  food ? ‘ 

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     matteo stepped aside and closed the door behind the other , shaking his head ,  “  he’s  on  a  job ,  I  think ,  left  about  ten  minutes  ago ,  said  he  wouldn’t  be  back  for  a  while .  did  you  need  to  talk  to  him ?  ” he made his way back towards the main room and gestured ahead to the corridor that lead to his father’s office ,  “   do  you  want  me  to  call  him ?  ” matteo fell into the sofa and gave the other a small smile ,  “  you’re  welcome  to  wait ,  of  course .  ”

      ‘  like  ships  in  the  night , ‘ quin hummed . he really needed to put a tracker on keahi . ‘  no ,  no , ‘ quin waved a hand around . ‘  like  i  said ,  just  dropping something  off . ‘ he raised the hand with the folder in it . ‘  don’t  bother  him .  it’s  not  a  big  deal . ‘ quin seemed to return matteo’s smile with one of his own , ‘  i  appreciate  it .  thank  you . ‘

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        they laughed , almost in relief , really , they may not have known the other , but at least they seemed to be a resident here , and not something that had stalked them from their apartment . finley glanced over their shoulder finally , greeted with nothing but the empty corridor , before looking back to embry and managing another quiet chuckle in response to their words . they imagined they looked quite the sight , paranoid , panicked and exhausted – the same way a lot of people who lived here probably looked . 

they took a step into the elevator , glancing around the shabby interior , he didn’t care that this person may have been going up , they’d ride in the elevator , take their chances with it versus standing out here and waiting for the next time the doors opened . they pressed themselves back against the wall , crossing one leg over the other and letting out a sigh ,  “  this  fucking  place  will  be  the  death  of  me .  ” finley glanced over the other ,  “  I’m  finley ,  just  in  case  you  wanna  ask  about  my  funeral  when  you  don’t  see  me  for  a  few  weeks .  ”

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     embry wasn’t exactly one to judge , especially not when it came to this place . embry had witnessed enough in his short time of being here to know that something wasn’t exactly right with this place . the apartment settled a lot more than other places . made more noise . embry heard the sound of opening and closing doors even with knowing that there were very few people on the floor that he stayed on . he simply chose the road of ignoring it and hoping that it just went away .

‘  probably  the  death  of  all  of  us , really , ‘ embry spoke with a nod noting how morbid that may have sounded . he grinned as he looked back at the other , ‘  embry . hopefully  i  can  just  say  hi ,  finley  when  we  pass  each other  in  the  hall  versus  going  to  any  funerals . ‘

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      gabe had figured as much and offered a pitiful smile to the other when he responded . he felt for the kid , he really did , but he also knew there was very little he could do to make dakota feel better . he ran his hand through his hair and yawned , nodding his head ,  “  yeah ,  not  too  bad ,  same  as  usual  which  ain’t  all  that  good  anyway …  ” he drew closer to dakota , thanking him for the coffee and placing a hand on his shoulder ,  “  you  gonna  be  alright ,  kid ?  ”

       dakota never really looked for sympathy when it came to his family although it never really stopped anyone from giving it . he took a sip of his coffee before gabe moved closer , resting a hand along his shoulder . ‘  yeah , ‘ dakota breathed , ‘  i’m  used  to  being  disappointed  when  it  comes  to  my  family .  nothing  i’m  not  used  to . ‘ 

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he smiled again , breathing out a gentle sigh of relief as he nodded his head , “ although — you might have to not look at me like that … ” matteo reached out , patting the other on the back before turning away and heading back up to the office to wait for his car . it was a few days before he saw quin again , happening to come across one another once again in the comfort of his father’s house , “ hey ! ”

      the two seemed to part then and he didn’t see matteo again until he dropped by keahi’s place only to find matteo inside . ‘ hey , ‘ he breathed , shutting the door behind him before venturing further inside . ‘  just  dropping  some  stuff  off  for  your  dad .  i  figure  he’s  not  here . ‘ keahi could be a hard man to catch sometimes but quin understood . he was a busy man after all . 

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“ uh , I prefer warmer climates , ” he grinned in return , wrapping his arms around his frame , lifting a hand to offer a wave to the other as he watched him head towards his car , only then did the thought enter his mind . “ hey , quin — “ matteo called out , closing the distance between them , “ I’m sorry for earlier , I’m not always fair and … well , I would actually like for us to have some sort of working relationship , no flirting involved … think we can start fresh ? ”

        quin offered a wave of his fingers before he began to move to his own car only to pause when matteo called his name . ‘  you  don’t  have  to  be  sorry , ‘ quin spoke with a tilt of his head before nodding . ‘  but  yeah .  we  can  start  fresh . ‘ quin had his reasons for acting the way that he did around matteo . he didn’t want things to end up complicated here and it wasn’t as if he had much to fall back on if things went south . 

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he laughed quietly , rubbing at his eyes , “ yeah . ” he booked his car and trudged his way to the exit , hovering in the doorway as he looked out at the snow that still clung to the floor . his lips turned down at the sides momentarily , before glancing back to quin with a warm smile , “ goodnight , quin . ”

     quin noticed the way that matteo seemed to hover and a hint of amusement seemed to touch his features . ‘  not  a  fan  of  snow ? ‘ he asked with a raise of his brow although maybe he couldn’t blame anyone for that . snow was something that quin even had to get used to . he offered a smile and a nod of his head , ‘ goodnight , matteo . ‘

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“ probably , ” matteo laughed quietly , pushing himself up and nodding his head , “ I am heading out , ” he murmured , rolling his neck as he reached out for his jacket . he pulled out his phone to call for a ride , while perfectly capable of driving , matteo had never seen much point in owning his own car in the city , he barely drove anywhere . he stepped out of his office after quin , “ thanks for checking in , god only knows what time I would have gotten out . ”

      quin moved to step out of the office before looking back towards matteo . ‘  you’re  welcome . ‘ he paused to pull his own car keys out , ‘  i  know  how  your  dad  can  be .  if  someone  doesn’t  drag  him  out  of  here  ,  he’ll  be  here  when  the  sun  comes  up . ‘  and it seemed as if the same could be said for matteo . 

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     matteo busied himself with work for the rest of the day , he barely noticed the hours tick by and it wasn’t until his office door opened that he was broken from a near trance like state . matteo rubbed at his eyes , glancing towards the clock , genuine surprise touching his features for a moment , before he offered a gentle laugh ,  “  never  understood  how  he  did  this  night  after  night ,  turns  out  it’s  pretty  easy .  ” he wiped his hands down his face and looked out into the hallway ,  “  you  going  home ?  ”

         '   sure  insomnia  doesn’t  run  in  the  family ? ‘ quin asked with a raised brow before glancing down the hallway . ‘  yeah ,  actually . ‘ he looked back at matteo , ‘  unlike  some  people  i  like  my  sleep . ‘ he offered a small smile as he looked back at matteo , ‘ you  heading  out  or  are  you  staying ? ‘ he figured it was a toss up . he knew how keahi worked . the guy could be here until the sun came up but he wasn’t so sure if matteo was going to do the same . 

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     he smiled , there was more to kieran than meets the eye , that much was obvious and he was more than thrilled to see it . it was always a breath of fresh air to meet someone who didn’t depend on the company of others to have a good time , josh was somewhat of a loner in that sense . his hands found placement on their hips , his lips curving into a small smile ,  “   and  how  often  do  you  get  harassed  by  that  line  of  people  who  want  you ?  ”

        kieran had to admit that josh was a pleasant surprise in a lot of ways especially now that kieran seemed to know his intentions . it didn’t appear that he was looking to do anything that kieran wasn’t okay with . the question got a hum out of kieran although they didn’t need to think about the answer to give one . ‘  more  than  i’d  like  to  admit  ,  honestly . ‘ there were those that believed that kieran somehow owed them something and of course there were the ones that didn’t rejection very well . 

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      “  ew  no ,  ” matteo responded ,  “  just  you  know ,  crack  a  smile …  I’m  a  nice  guy  –  a  lot  of  the  time ,  ” he’d had more than enough blood on his hands these past few years to claim that much was true constantly , but quin knew that already , he knew exactly who matteo was and he still looked at him sometimes with amusement and appreciation , matteo just wanted that look to remain consistently , and not harden whenever they were alone together . the other followed him out of the room , but matteo was under no illusions that it was for him , he turned on his heel , looking the other up and down , before sighing and shrugging ,  “  fine ,  you  win ,  pretend  you  don’t  like  me …  ” he gave the other a wave over his head as he turned into his own office just a little ways down the hall , not one he had very many visitors in mind you , but he figured it was his dad’s way at giving him somewhere to call homebase . 

      quin said nothing as matteo moved in the direction of his office , watching him for a moment until the door closed behind him . he sighed , running a hand down his face before moving in the direction of his own . he didn’t see much of matteo after that . not even after he ventured outside of his own office when he realized that keahi was back for the two to talk over some business . the only thing that told him that matteo was still around was the light on in his office even after others had taken their leave . quin sighed to himself before moving forward , knocking on the door first before pushing it over . ‘  it’s  late , ‘ he hummed , ‘ not  to  tell  you  what  to  do  but ...  maybe  don’t  take  a  note  from  your  old  man  and  be  an  insomniac . ‘ 

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      he knew how most had endured this job , he knew that people who stared where he did , didn’t often get the opportunity to get this close to keahi . he was a man that kept himself to himself , never dabbled in the affairs of anybody past a certain level , abel couldn’t blame him for that , business was business , and the people at the bottom very rarely made his past that point . but here he was , worked his way to the top and keahi seemed to like him just fine , thank god , the feeling was very much mutual , probably more so .

abel leaned back , sighed and pushed himself up off the seat , his legs felt a little numb . a soft groan left his lips as he stretched out and nodded his head ,  “  I’d  appreciate  it ,  thanks ,  ” he smiled back at the other , grabbing his jacket from the hanger in the far corner of the room . it was a wonder sometimes how the hours could pass by so quickly , but it was usually that way with the two of them , or at least , for abel . he breathed in deeply , cracking each knuckle , resenting the fact he hadn’t rented a car while his own was in the shop , though he wasn’t about to object to more time with the boss ,  “  if  you  don’t   mind .  ”

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       truth be told , the long hours never bothered keahi any . sleep had never come easy for him and he was sure even after getting home that he would probably be up for another hour or so before retiring to try and get some rest . at least with what he did for a living , if he couldn’t sleep , then he had something to do . he rose from his desk , turning off the lamp before grabbing his jacket and fetching his car keys out of the drawer . ‘  if  i  did  ,  i  wouldn’t  have  offered , ‘ keahi pointed out with a light grin before he moved to the door , pulling it open and pausing for abel to step out first before following suit .

'  you  know  ,  you  could  have  gone  home  a  while  ago , ‘ keahi spoke again when they had reached the car garage , ‘  but  i  appreciate  you  sticking  around . ‘ although , if it wasn’t for abel , he’d probably still be in that spot behind his desk by the time the sun came up . he unlocked the car , getting inside the driver’s seat . ‘  where  do  you  live  ,  kid ? ‘ 

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        “  oh  good ,  you’ve  seen  that  too ,  ” the way joshua attempted to bail whenever somebody else entered the room didn’t exactly mean much , sometimes he was forced to stick around with kieran there , sometimes kieran fessed up the things josh had to say , the way he looked at them , it was kinda sweet , in a way , and josh wasn’t a bad looking guy . matteo grinned back at his dad , lifting his coffee in a cheersing motion , before glancing over his shoulder as their doorbell rang .  “  oh ,  food ,  ” he hopped off his seat , disappearing and reappearing with a bag full of food ,  “  god ,  I  love  how  close  this  place  is  to  everything ,  we  get  food  so  quick .  ”

       '  i   see  a  lot  more  than  people  think  i  do . ‘ even if keahi couldn’t be sure of certain things , he saw enough to pique his interest at times . he figured joshua may have had a bit of a thing for kieran but at the moment , that wasn’t his business . kieran knew how to handle themself and the people that worked for him knew better than to do something that wasn’t wanted especially where family was concerned . keahi looked up with the ringing of the doorbell before matteo went off to answer it . ‘  that’s  why  we  live  here , ‘ keahi spoke with a grin although that wasn’t exactly the case .

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       when he awoke , he was surprised to find the bed empty . gabe hadn’t even remembered drifting off to sleep that night but it seemed dakota was up and out before he was , which was unusual – not a good sign , he imagined . he slowly went about his usual routine , eventually making his way into the kitchen and giving the other a small smile as he propped himself up against the counter ,  “   didn’t  sleep  too  good ?  ”

        dakota was already in the process of pouring a cup of coffee when he heard gabe pad into the kitchen . he glanced over at him before reaching to grab another mug for the older man . ‘  no , ‘ dakota spoke honestly with a slight shake of his head . ‘ not  really . ‘he turned towards him , handing over the mug . ‘  what  about  you ? ‘ 

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       𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬'𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛 𝗧𝗢 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗡𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 , being on the floor they were , they were used to the racket at this point , but on this particular evening , finley was running out of patience . they’d been up most of the night working on an essay , and just as they were ready to wind down for the evening , the noises began . the heavy footsteps above their head , the incessant knocking against their door , the sounds of which they could only put down to someone rocking on a chair in the room above their own , someone rifling through a garbage can out in the street . they’d gone looking for the source of the sounds a lot in the beginning , but they weren’t foolish enough to try that anymore . 

eventually giving up , finley would usually head out onto the fire escape to smoke , but that evening they needed some papers , and figured they might as well grab some food while they were out . craving some normality , they pulled on their clothes and stepped out into the hallway , attention resting mostly on their phone as they stepped out of the apartment and locked the door . the hallway lights weren’t the best here , they flickered in their fluorescent lighting , some of them didn’t light up at all , but tonight most of the lights behind finley were out , they figured it was vacant places down there , but hadn’t really given it much thought .

then they heard a closer noise , one that they assumed would debunk the idea that those rooms were empty , a faint sound of a baby crying , shuffling around , and then a door creaking open . finley paid no attention to how slowly the door moved , it wasn’t their business , and they weren’t about to go looking . they focused on their phone , walking still towards the elevator , the lights buzzing as they flashed on and off above their head . they couldn’t wait to get out of the place . footsteps shuffled after them , somebody cleared their throat and they settled somewhat , the pace of their feet slowing to a more natural speed , rather than the involuntary rush they had begun when the door opened behind him . 

finley glanced over the contents of their social media feed , only drawn out of that trance once again by their name . it wasn’t a voice they recognised , but they spoke it without question , so friendly , that they almost replied . for whatever reason , they froze , silently cursing themselves for pausing in fear . they waited for the noise again , but it never came . slowly tucking their phone back into their pocket for less distraction , finley began to move again , although , it seemed as soon as they did , the shuffling footsteps behind them suddenly took on a more forceful movement , faster , louder , approaching them at a more intimidating speed . they didn’t look back , they didn’t pause this time either , instead they ran , heading straight for the elevator , pressing the button multiple times and refusing to acknowledge the activity from behind them as every door they’d seemed to past began to rattle and shake in it’s frame .  “  fuck  this ,  fuck  this ,  fuck  this – come  on !  ” 

                                                                                         f i n n n n l e e e y .

their name was sung , and they stiffened , eyes wide , near tears now as his chest heaved up and down , waiting for whatever it was behind them to finally catch up to them . the elevator light flickered in and out , they were never able to tell which floor it was at , or when it would arrive , it was a guessing game , and finely only hoped those doors would open before whatever that was got to them . silence enveloped them , for a moment they’d thought they’d gone deaf , it was too quiet , there wasn’t a single sound at all . they blinked as the lights shut off around them , as darkness settled around them , as it seemed to no longer matter which way they were facing , did they really want to see what had stalked them down the hallway ? against their better judgement , finley slowly began to turn , only for the loud ding of the elevator to pierce through the silence , break through the darkness , illuminating the area just before the lights above them flickered back to life . they let out a breath they hadn’t realised they’d been holding , their entire frame spinning around to face the elevator , where an unfamiliar face stood ,  “  fucking  hell .  ” @andyverses​

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      𝒐𝒉 , 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓 . it definitely didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that one out . the place was cheap , cheaper than most around here , and embry could tell from the first moment that he had stepped inside this place that something was off about it . people moved in and out with a drop of a hat although , at this point , he could say that people probably shuffled out of this place more than they shuffled into it . 

the place was old and surprisingly noisy for how empty that it seemed at times . the air conditioning and heat barely worked , the place creaked and groaned more than any other place embry had lived in but he had taken on the role of simply ignoring it . none of it was his business as far as he was concerned and maybe if he didn’t show any interest , maybe if he feigned as if he didn’t care , he would never have to know exactly what was going on here .

he stood in the elevator , earphones in his ears to drown out the silence or the rattling that happened every now and again . embry was sure at some point the elevator was going to fail and he was even more certain that would probably be how he died . maybe it wasn’t such a bad way to go out . he was taken out of his thoughts by the music playing through his ear phones . it almost sounded jumbled or like it was skipping . he could make excuses . like the wifi in this place sucked but it also ever seemed to happen while he was in this elevator . 

embry took one ear phone out as soon as the elevator stopped and the doors opened only to be met by someone that seemed to have seen better days . ‘  good  evening  to  you  too , ‘ he breathed out , looking over the other’s appearance before moving to shift , figuring he was getting on the elevator . ‘  bad  night  in  the  apartment  of  hell ? ‘ or at least , that’s what embry started to call it .

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      he hummed , nodding his head , trying not to react when the other touched him , after all , he didn’t want to break his word here . yes , he wanted them , but he’d be damned if he was just like everybody else that came into their life . his gaze drifted to their lips , his heart near stuttering in his chest at the possibility of finally touching his lips to theirs , but he wouldn’t . there was nothing that would happen between the two of them without kieran making the move . they wanted different , they were sure as shit going to get it – and god help anybody that tried to come between this . josh spun them around again , grinning this time as their frames connected once again ,  “  you’re  alone  tonight ?  ”

      they noticed the way josh looked at them . the way his gaze dropped to their lips but he was a man of his word and didn’t try anything . they wondered how long it would last before he finally broke or if he would really hold out for the perfect moment or until kieran finally made the first move . they guessed only time would really tell but for the moment , kieran would focus on what was happening now and not what may happen later . josh spun them again and they grinned , frames  coming together like they had before . '  yeah . i  don’t  mind  being  alone  sometimes . ‘ 

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      he would never get tired of this , not of their relationship , not of their sex life , not of kieran . he was absolutely and completely infatuated with them , loved every inch of them , loved their mind and body and everything else . kieran was perfect , and josh refused to believe anything less . watching them fall apart had become the most satisfying part of all of this , his own pleasure coming second to theirs , the way their toes curled and their body shivered and their eyes squeezed shut , the way they moaned unintelligible words and something that he assumed was his name . josh melted , following suit without any further warning , grinding his hips into their own as their name fled his own mouth just as he collapsed against them .

         there was nothing tiring about the relationship that kieran had with josh . there was nothing that bored them when it came to josh or their relationship . they were simply happy just being in josh’s presence even on the days where nothing more happened between them than a quick conversation or tired words exchanged between them before they eventually fell asleep . josh was everything that kieran ever wanted and letting him go simply wasn’t an option . kieran’s eyes opened the moment that josh seemed to fall apart before collapsing against them . they stayed quiet for a moment , attempting to catch their breath as their fingertips lazily danced up and down josh’s back .