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[mostlyajerk]

He's pretty. Are you pimping him out? I'd consider taking him on. Give you a good cut, once we're even.

You used to be smart.

[trickedya]

He's not going into that trade. Trust me, he's not. Leave him be.

I was never smart. Like ever. If I was smart, I wouldn't be a whore and oweing you this much money.

[mostlyajerk]

Oh, sure. But you used to be only out for yourself. Now? Not so much.

Go back to the begging, that's working better for you than playing tough.

He really hurt some of my men. What do you make of that?

[trickedya]

I'm out for him, I just changed which person I like the most. I'm still a close second but priorities change.

What do you want from me to leave him unharmed? I can give you anything you want. A golden opportunity here, handsome. I'm literally on my knees begging you here.

He's scared and defending himself.

[mostlyajerk]

Sweet. I'll think about it.

You're lucky I like you, Axel, or I'd have broken all of his fingers by now and sent you a nice video. I might still send you another one if I get bored waiting. How good is he at sucking cock?

[trickedya]

I'm on my way now, I'll be there as soon as I can.

I'm glad you like me then. You're so good to me. And he's not as good as me. You know that no one is. Why settle when you can have the best?

[mostlyajerk]

He's not a good influence on you. So many complaints suddenly, slacking in payments, going clean. I don't like it.

Fair enough. How much money are you bringing?

[trickedya]

I'm sorry. I'll be better. You know what a good boy I can be for you.

What I owe and I have an extra two hundred and some shit that can be pawned for more. I can get more but right now, all my contacts have gone dark and I need more time to get more but I can.

[mostlyajerk]

Good enough. If it had been under two hundred extra, I'd have fucked pretty boy in front of you. But I get the feeling you don't like to share, so I'll be nice.

[trickedya]

Good, keep being nice and I'll be as loyal as a dog.

Are you in the usual place?

[mostlyajerk]

Yes.

Your boyfriend's sassy. I haven't decided if it's cute or if I should break his jaw.

[trickedya]

If you find it cute, you'll all the pay of my next three clients.

I'm close now.

[mostlyajerk]

Make it five and I'll settle on 'cute'.

Good. Getting bored of this.

[trickedya]

Done and give me just a sec.

And there was Axel, out of breath, coming in as fast as he could and holding in his hands the savings tin he'd stole from James and the envelope with his own owed money crammed in. "I'm here, I got everything. That's all I have and like I said, anything else you want you can have. Just not him."

[mostlyajerk]

Hartley had been beaten up pretty badly from the looks of it, he was limping when he was shoved at Axel. However, he simply turned back around with a glare, even as he back up enough to lean against his boyfriend, staying there as if he could just somehow protect him from everything.

Meanwhile the leader was simply counting the money, finally looking up to smile at Axel. "Why don't you give your boy a kiss?"

[trickedya]

Axel held Hartley tightly, pulling him close, not wanting to lose him again. He didn't know if they could outrun these guys, probably not and even if they could, he'd find them. Axel knew that the best thing to do was to just do what he always did. Obey the rules and try not to get his ass kicked.

He didn't even ask Hartley, he gripped the other's chin and tilted his head manually, pulling him into a kiss that was clearly for show. He was here to entertain, that was all he needed to do. "How that?" Axel turned his head to the leader, trying to keep the smile on his face. "You know I could give you a better one, I save my best for the best."

[mostlyajerk]

"No." Hartley hadn't protested the kiss, because even with the audience and the catcalling and the overall unpleasantness of the situation, it was still Axel and he was here, he'd come and he wanted to be as close to him as possible. But watch him whore himself out to that fucked up asshole that already took all of Axel's savings? The hell with that. "No, you won't."

"He won't? Pretty boy's in charge of you now, Axel?"

[trickedya]

"No, he's just scared. Like I said, he's a good kid. I'm not, we all know I'm not. I'll do whatever you tell me, you're in charge. Like I said, I'll do anything for you." He gave Hartley a warning look before turning his head back to the leader and licking his lips. Subtle but it tended to work. He couldn't afford to argue with Hartley right now, he was trying to save their asses, not screw them over. "Is the money okay? Is it all good? You can have my next five pays too, like I said."

[mostlyajerk]

"I'm not fucking scared." By the sounds of it, he was mostly angry. Apparently the leader was already used to that, so he just rolled his eyes and focused his attention on Axel.

"It's all good. But you should smack some manners into your bitch there or next time I'm unhappy with you, he won't be this lucky."

"If it's all good, we're leaving." Hartley reached for Axel's hand, glaring at anyone who'd look their way. "Let's go, Axel."

[trickedya]

Axel moved his hand away from Hartley swiftly and watched the leader instead because he would go when he said and only when he said. He was not risking this. Hartley was such a good kid, he was going to be a scientist and do all kinds of amazing things and Axel refused to let this place drag him down. He didn't need to find Hartley beaten to a pulp, raped and left for dead one day because he had walked out on the boss man. He'd rather have Hartley mad at him than in trouble.

"Can we leave?" Axel looked at the leader. "Please."

[mostlyajerk]

"Seems as if you have some issues to work out. Sure, Axel. You can leave. I'll see you after work." He leered at Hartley very obviously. "I can't stand you, but I really hope I get reason to see you again soon too. I've ideas."

Hartley flipped the guy off and added something in Spanish, because he figured few others would tell that guy that he had to stop compensating for his small dick. The leader blinked, frankly just stunned at that, then shook his head and finally shrugged.

"I can see why you like him, Axel, but he's trouble. Now fuck off, both of you."

[trickedya]

"We're going, I'll come back later with the money." Axel shoved Hartley out of the room not entirely gently but honestly, he was trying to save his ass and he was baiting them? What the fuck was that all about? Once they were finally out of the room, Axel huffed and took a moment to look over Hartley, reaching out to take his arm and pulling up the sleeve, just checking his arms for any kind of marks or tracks. He did the same to the other because he just had to be sure he'd been shot up with nothing.

"Jesus Christ, you moron. Learn when to shut the fuck up. Are you a complete idiot? Are you determined to get us both in trouble?"

Axel glared and moved away from Hartley, assuming the other would follow. This was just the worst day he had in a long time.

[mostlyajerk]

"We're already in trouble! That fucking asshole gets to mess up your life just because he's bored or whatever the fuck and there's nothing I can do." Hartley kicked the ground, which didn't really help matters, especially since he was already limping. He glared at nothing in particular, hands clenched into fists as he walked next to Axel. He was in pain, but that seemed to matter very little right now.

"You won't even let yourself be angry with him. He's nothing, he's an idiot, but he gets to boss you around just because he lucked out. You'd have let him fuck you in front of me, you'd have done anything. It's not fucking fair!"

[trickedya]

"Look, it just is what it is, okay? It's not worth getting angry over." What was the point? Why get angry when he knew he should have expected it. He got cocky because he was enjoying himself and now look where it got him. He lost all of his savings, all of James' savings and his next five 'paychecks' to this guy. And he was probably going to have to buy the products he sold whether or not he took them because him going clean and taking less clients seemed to be an issue. Sure, it hurt but Axel was used to this kind of hurt. Expecting good things was always a stupid move.

"It'd be either fuck me or fuck you and I'd rather he fucked me." Axel was used to it, Hartley wasn't. He'd never do it to him. "I'm going to take you to James and he can sort you out, I'm going to have to work." The sooner he got through five clients, the better. He had a lot of money to pay back to James now.

[mostlyajerk]

"I can sort myself out. Better yet, I'll just come with you. There have to be a lot of sick assholes that are into the beaten up kid look, I'll unlock a whole new market." Hartley wished he could at least only be angry, but inside his heart was breaking. He had known that things might go wrong, but this? This was worse and he didn't know how to fight it. He had to find a way. "Look, Axel, I'll get money. I'll find a way. I'm not letting this be all we can have. You deserve so much better and I know I'm not your saviour, but I... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Don't you dare leave me over this."