Title: Your "Everything Better" Plan (5/?)
Pairing: Jalex
Rating: NC-17 (Overall)
Warning: Incest
Summary: "I want to kiss you."
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Title cred goes to ATL.
Author's Note: Ah, sorry for the long wait but I've been trying to write the smut scene in chapter six. Which is so far failing. Expect the next chapter to probably not be up tomorrow. :( P.S. omg cries i ordered my tickets for atl in bristol earlier, any of you going?
tumblr masterpost The shrill beep of Alex's alarm wakes them up before the sunshine can the next morning.
He gets up almost immediately, straight away missing the warmth of Jack.
He wishes he didn't have to go to school. He has no friends with the exception of three. Everyone thinks he's a loser. He gets beaten up.
But he has to go if he wants to this house in a few months.
Alex can't even imagine how he would cope if he doesn't get to leave the house. His dad would probably kill him for ruining the family's reputation though.
And after last night he needs to get away.
Maybe somewhere near Jack's place.
He hasn't cut for over seven months, but last night at dinner it all came crashing down on him.
Jack won't stay with him forever. What they have is sick and wrong. Jack deserves so much more than his fucking younger brother.
And one day, Jack will move on from him. Find a pretty girl who's clever and from a nice family, and they'll get married and have kids. Alex will be alone and unloved forever.
Jack moves from his place in the bed, feeling the coldness of Alex's departure hit him.
"Mh, 'Lex, why're you up so early?"
"School." He replies emptily, eyes casting down towards the bandage on his arm as he gets out his clothes for the day.
"Oh, I want you to stop my mine as soon as you can afterwards, okay? I have a surprise for you." Jack says, leaning back against the pillow, eyes closed and slight grin on his face. And Alex couldn't help but feel his mood lighten at the wonderful sight.
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It's a rough day. Zack wasn't in because he'd caught the flu - which meant Alex didn't have someone who would defend him against any people who would beat him. Cassadee isn't in any of his classes, except for one - but that's on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And Rian is still on holiday with his parents. So Alex spends the day alone, staying in the library at lunch break with books and his iPod to keep him company.
It wasn't as bad as usual, seeing as everyone was too caught up in their conversations with their friends about what they did over the holidays, so they don't notice Alex as he skulks through the corridor.
But the jocks find him just as he's reaching his car in the school parking lot at the end of the day.
They beat him until Alex is pretty sure he's broken his nose, he has a split lip and a cut just move his eyebrow.
When they finally finish and walk away, Alex gets up with shaky legs.
He spits out a mouthful of blood, using his sleeve to wipe around his mouth.
His car feel cool and soothing against his head as he rests brokenly against the window.
When he starts driving, he goes straight to Jack's.
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The second Jack opens the door and sees the state of Alex, he thinks it's their dad. When he learns who really hurt him, the feeling in his gut eases. It doesn't make it any better, no. But the fact that their father hasn't touched Alex today makes him feel a bit better.
Alex can tell what he's thinking of.
"It's okay. I only have a few more months until I leave this fucking town."
Jack gives him a pleading look.
He knows Alex wants to leave. He knows Alex needs to leave, to be free. But he can't bear the thought of ever having Alex out of his reach. He's too in love with him to care about being selfish.
But he'd never admit it. They've never exchanged 'I love you's before.
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"What was that surprise of yours then?" Alex says, after Jack has cleaned his face up. Another reason why the Gaskarth's love their oldest son so much is because Jack is studying medicine.
"Oh yeah, well I need to show you something. Consider it a Valentines Day present from me." Jack winked and left the room to get his present. Alex flushed bright red and bit his lip.
Jack came back into the room a few seconds later holding a white envelope and wearing a cheeky smirk on his face. He sat on the sofa next to Alex and handed it to him.
Alex carefully opened it, eyes almost bulging out of his head and mouth dropping wide open.
"Jack! You got Blink tickets?!"
The older big grinned and nodded.
"Fucking hell, these must've been so hard to find. Thank you so much." He practically jumped onto his brother, Jack welcomed the embrace.
He looked at the joy in Alex's eyes and felt his heart beat faster. He hadn't seen Alex looking this happy since they first kissed.
"The concert is next Saturday, but its in New York so we have to leave Friday night. I've booked us a hotel for the whole weekend." Jack says with a smile.
Alex goes red again, "Did I ever tell you how wonderful you are?"
"Not that I remember. How 'bout you show me?"
Alex rose his eyebrows, putting the envelope on the coffee table and laughed before giving into Jack with a deep kiss.