MichaelOwnsMe (foreverbm) wrote in qaf_drabbles, @ 2008-03-21 12:52:00 |
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Entry tags: | author: foreverbm, challenge #57: arresting behavior |
Challenge #57 - Arresting Behavior
Title: Needing Help
Author: Foreverbm
Timeline: Early Years
A/N: Two drabbles from Hunter's childhood. Angst.
Condom(s): Two to Michael
Hunter hid under his bed as far back as possible.
The screaming voices from the other room still managed to reach him and he covered his ears.
The penlight he had with him showed it was almost one am and he wondered how much longer they would go on for.
He forced himself to stay alert but his eyes wouldn’t co-operate and he knew he had drifted off to sleep when a large crash startled him and then there was silence.
He crawled out from his hiding place, opening his door quietly, taking a tentative step into the other room.
The house was in darkness but he could see his mother on the couch, the moonlight catching the bright red stream of blood running from her mouth. He knew she was oblivious to it at the moment. It would be explained away to him tomorrow when he asked. If he asked. He had given up of late, the lies always the same. She had fallen.
He took another step and saw his father lying on the floor, a bottle of booze next to him.
Why didn’t anyone ever come to help him.
His mistrust of the police had already begun.