Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
Content: death (car accident), stalking, capture
Whumper had lost his Lover long ago.
A group of boys had been out partying and drinking one night and had decided to drive home while they couldn't even see straight.
Their truck had T-boned his boyfriend's little car, killing him instantly and leaving no more than a few bruises on the damned drinkers.
Whumper would have his revenge on the other guys when they finished their time in jail.
Since that night, Whumper has been mourning the loss of Lover. He visits their grave whenever he can, leaving fresh flowers and brushing the dirt from the headstone.
He avoids driving when he can, opting instead to make daily walks to places like Lover's favorite café and the park they met at. One morning at the café, he saw something that caught him off guard.
A man, maybe a few years younger than Whumper, sat alone at a corner booth. From his beautiful brown curls to his shining green eyes, he looked just like Lover.
Whumper had to force himself not to stare.
Morning after morning, Whumper went to the café and morning after morning, the man was there.
Whumper couldn't talk to him, could he? Every time he saw him, his heart rose with delight. That moment of relief when he saw his boyfriend, his true love safe— it almost made everything better again.
But then, he would remember that Lover was dead. He would never come back, and Whumper was alone.
Some days, however, it was easiest to pretend. What harm was it to imagine that Lover was okay again? Maybe just buying the stranger's coffee once in a while?
Two weeks into this habit, they summoned the courage to go sit by the stranger.
Whumper learned their their name— Whumpee. He learned that they were new to the city, fresh out of college. He learned their birthday, their star sign, their family's names, where they were from.
By the end of the month, they had filled a notebook. They knew everything about Whumpee, except one thing— their address.
So one day, Whumper followed them home. And the next day. It became another part of their routine.
The flowers at his boyfriend's grave begin to wilt.
Whumper needed Whumpee. He needed to hold his Lover again.
In conversation, Whumper would sometimes slip.
"You look nice today, Lover."
Whumpee would tilt his head in that adorable way, his curls bouncing with the motion. "Lover?"
"Ah, my apologies, Whumpee. To be true, I don't even know anybody by that name. Dumb mistake of mine." He would chuckle.
Whumpee would smile understandingly, continuing their conversation.
Whumper loved Whumpee. All their nervous habits, their body language, the way they mispronounced certain words— it was adorable, and Whumper only wanted more.
He would have whumpee, no matter the cost.
Even if it meant sneaking into Whumpee's unlocked back door— obviously they shouldn't be living alone if they couldn't even lock their back door!— and scooping their sleeping form into his arms. He knew they were a light sleeper, so he carefully slid a chloroformed rag over the bottom half of their face. He carefully pulled them against his chest, sneaking him back home through shadowed alleys.
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Whumpee awoke in a different room, in different clothes, with their hair trimmed and their wrists cuffed to a bedpost. He sat up in a stir of panic, eyes flicking around the unfamillar room.
Whumper strolled in as if on cue, coming to a stop at the bed and lowering a tray of breakfast into Whumpee's lap. "Morning, Lover. You sleep good, hun?" The man smiled and kissed Whumpee's head. "Made you waffles and sausage, your favorite!"
"My name is Whumpee. I don't know who Lover is." Whumpee said firmly, given no response as Whumper cut the sausage link into slices. "And, I don't like sausage."
Whumper shook his head, his hand caressing Whumpee's cheek. "Come on, Lover," Whumper murmured, his voice sounding somewhat darker. "You love sausage."
Whumpee frowned, pushing the food away. "Whumper, I don't know what this is, but—"
Whumpee trailed off as Whumper's hand tightened around the knife, twisting to catch the light.
At Whumpee's silence, Whumper relaxed. "Good. I'm sure you'll remember your place in no time. Now come on, Lover. Eat."
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