Two Brothers. One Soulmate . Chapter 12: the nightmares were real? . “Williams are you okay?” asked Jedidiah as his soulmate gave him a boxy smile.“Just a bit of a concussion,” replied Williams. The boy was wearing a pair of hospital pajamas and his hair was mostly dry, his wet clothes were in a bag in his hand. “They wanted to put me in a room but I insisted on coming out here to be with you. Gave me some pills for the pain.”“He’s lucky that’s all he got from a fall that high,” said the doctor. “If the bridge had been any higher than a hundred feet both boys would be dead upon impact. Williams here at least knew enough to protect his ribs with his arms. Hello, you may address me as Doctor Jayden.” The man held out his hand to Jedidiah who took it and introduced himself.“We’d be dead depending on how we hit the water there doc,” replied Williams. The doctor just rolled his eyes at him.“If you didn’t have a concussion I’d hit you upside the head for being an idiot,” said Nath
Two Brothers. One Soulmate . Chapter 13: paradise at the end of hell . Williams tucked the bags under the bed before flopping down on the other side of Jedidiah. “While I was in the ER I overheard the doctors saying something about Luca’s injuries,” He said. They all looked at him as he sat up and moved behind Jedidiah putting his arms around his stomach and his head on his shoulder. “When we were in the ambulance I saw a whole bunch of bruises on his chest and I was pretty sure they didn’t come from his fall. From what the doctors were saying they had the same idea, possibly abuse. I tried asking but they wouldn’t tell me anything.”“Do you think that’s why Jedidiah was having nightmares about Luca? Because of the abuse?” Saint asked as he rested his elbows on his knees as he sat on the couch next to Harry.“But why would I only have the dreams?” asked Jedidiah. “Why not Williams too?”“Maybe that’s something you can ask the doctor,” said Nathan. “I mean, they should know more a
Two Brothers. One Soulmate . Chapter 14: fears, heights and dashing hopes . Cold and darkness was the first thing he remembered. Not being able to breathe as the pressure around him squeezed his body. His chest hurt and his head was swimming. Jedidiah, he had seen Jedidiah atop the bridge with another boy, who was that boy? He remembered reaching out and trying to catch himself. He remembered them reaching for him. He remembered arms wrapping around him and the warmth they provided. He remembered seeing faces, blurry through his lack of oxygen haze and tears. Voices, there were voices talking to him and without thinking he called out the first name that came to his mind, Jedidiah.“Yes Luca, it’s Jedidiah. Williams is here too.”“Williams?“I’m right here Luca.” He couldn’t help but sob as more tears spilled from his eyes and more warmth was wrapped around him. If he was dreaming he didn’t want to ever wake up. There were more voices and sharp movements making pain shoot thr
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 15: escalating... elevating problems .“Imagine my surprise to find five messages on my phone this morning informing me that my good for nothing son is in the hospital,” The man sneered.A shiver ran down Luca’s spine and he grabbed the back of Jedidiah’s shirt tightly causing the boy to look at him. “G-get o-out,” He stuttered, eyes wide in horror at his father. Even with his soulmates and their friends here he was still terrified. The boys, seeing his fear sprang into action immediately.“Security!” Harry yelled as he leapt across the bed to stand in front of Williams so there were two on his side between the man and Luca.Jedidiah scooted so he was more in front of Luca as he could without sitting on him and held up his arm in front of his soulmate. Williams also put an arm out in front of Luca and Jedidiah as Jackson and Saint moved closer. Jedidiah fumbled with the nurse call button and hit it several times, figuring that the more times
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 16: soft touches and back rubs..Luca didn’t know how long he spent just snuggled up with Williams and Jedi. For the first time in his life, or at least in the past four years, he truly felt at peace and safe as Jedidiah petted his hair while pressed against his back, his soulmate’s warmth seeping into his sore muscles. Williams had his forehead pressed to his as he played with Luca’s fingers, kissing each digit and massaging them with his own. Occasionally the brunet would press a kiss to his nose or forehead making him smile and a couple of times he would try and tickle him lightly to get a small giggle out of him. No words were said between them only sweet, comfortable silence.It wasn’t until nurses came in and fussed at the two boys saying they shouldn’t be smothering Luca and laying on his wires that they pulled away from their cuddle session. Williams protested that they had every right to smother their Luca with love and affection wh
. Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 17: could have saved you .Adrien switched to the subject Luca was dreading the most. “When did the sexual abuse start?”.Not subtle in the least bit and Luca sucked in a breath squeezing both his soulmates hands that were still clasped with his. He tried to hide himself behind Jedidiah’s shoulder.“S-six months ago,” He let out. Adrien nodded. “Why did it start? Why the change?”Luca shrugged. “I don’t really know why,” He shivered as he tried to stay calm. “Dad, c-came home one day angry. He l-lost his job which I got a beating for and then later his girlfriend at the time c-called and s-said she was d-done with him. I was trying to do my h-homework when he came into my room. He b-blamed me and next I knew he had me pinned to the wall and that’s… that’s when he raped me for the first time.”“What are some of the things he would do to you?”. A shiver ran down Luca’s spine and his face paled as he turned it and pressed it into Jedidiah’s
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 18: what the future holds... .“You should smile more,” Williams’s voice was nasally as he tried to talk with his cheeks being squished.Luca dropped his hands and gave the boy a small smile. “I’ll try,” He said.Jedidiah wrapped his arms around his shoulders and kissed his cheek. “One step at a time yeah?” Luca nodded. “Don’t worry baby, we’re going to take care of you from now on. Our friends will help too, especially Jackson. He’s like our mom of the group away from home and he’s a great cook. While Nathan is like the smartest person alive but unfortunately he is too clumsy.”“He breaks everything he touches,” chimed in Williams. “He’s an amazing song writer though and the stuff he comes up with is so cool! Meanwhile Saint on his own too is a producer and then there is Harry who has dedicated his life listening to all these raps that are pure genius. We all met in high school though and have been friends with each other ever since then”. “I
Two Brothers. One Soulmate .Chapter 19: connected wherever, whenever . The next two days Jedidiah and Williams spent going in and out of the hospital, well it was mostly Jedidiah going in and out due to his lessons and Williams staying behind to keep Luca company. Jedidiah had protested about leaving Luca’s side but Williams had reminded him that their parents were the one paying for his lessons and that they’d be pissed if he skipped out on them. That didn’t stop Jedidiah from texting Williams’s phone to check up on them just about every fifteen minutes to half hour.“You can also tell my teachers that I won’t be in class,” Luca had suggested giving his soulmate more of a reason to get out of the stuffy hospital.It wasn’t like Williams and Luca would be one hundred percent left to their own devices as Jackson was almost always there along with Nathan. The oldest of them insisted on being present as he was responsible for the entire group. All of them were technically in his