Lonely Boy

Nothing too bad, just sleeping and stomach problems flaring up again. Parker reassured with a smile. But I’ve been seeing Raf and he’s helping.

I'm really sorry about that..I hope you feel better soon." Ike nodded at Parker. "He's a good doctor..isn't he?" Ike smiled back at the other male. "Did you hear what happened to Luke?" He sighed. "It's terrible."

Excuse me if I’m not exactly jumping at the opportunity to tell you. You’re probably gonna make fun of me for it.

No...I'm not going to make fun of you for it. I promise, okay?

Raf immediately covered his wound when he saw Isaac’s reaciton. “Ugly, isn’t it?” He frowned. “Eventually, it won’t look so… disgusting.” He sighed and wrapped it up with his back to the other male, after cleaning it, of course. He lay back and looked at the ceiling of their tent. “It’s fine… I guess. I mean… it hurts but that’s expected. Also, I’m not at all used to not having it.”

"No..I didn't say it was ugly did I? It just looks like it hurts." Ike said confused and was about to reach out to help Rafael but decided against it. He didn't want to irritate his boyfriend right now. "Okay..that's good baby." He smiled a little and watched Rafael lay back on the bed. Ike crawled over laying next to Raf pulling their sleeping bag over them. He laid his arm across Raf's body and his head on his chest,"I love you."

Luke… he got his throat slit. It’s bad.

Are you serious? You can save him right?!

"Yes, but- but it’s all tense in there, in the RV. Because of Jax and me, because I attacked him. Because I can’t make myself get along with him. He probably needed the air… He had rules, no going out in- in the- the- the dark. He br- broke his own rules. Why else would he do that?" She clung to him and pressed her face into his chest as he held her, hands clutching at his shirt. "He can’t die, Ike. He can’t, I’m not ready to be without him, not yet. Not ever."

"Charlie..you and I both know that that isn't true. We won't find out what actually happened until Luke is better..and he is alive and will be back to normal soon." Ike felt so bad and he wanted to cry for Charlie. He knew how much she was hurting and he wished to take her pain away. "He's so strong! So strong...and he's a fighter. He's not going anywhere."

Charlie wrapped her arms around Ike as he grabbed her and leaned into him, resting her forehead on his shoulder as she let her tears out, knowing Ike understood. “T- this time it is my fault, Ike…” She whispered it to him through her hiccups, as if she didn’t want anyone else to hear. 

Ike wrapped both of his arms around her holding her as close to him as he could. Ike squeezed her tightly letting her know that she was able to let her feelings out onto him and that he was there for her. Hearing Charlie cry even more and blame this on herself was heart breaking. He felt so much for her right now because he knew how much Luke means to her,"Charlie...no. I know we just talked about this but why would this be your fault? It was late at night...weren't you asleep?" He asked.

Hopefully things will go back to normal. Until then, we honor those we’ve lost, and learn from our mistakes and try to protect those that are still alive. Parker looked up at Ike and gave an apologetic smile. Yeah, I’m fine, just a lot on my mind recently.

I hope so. Ike nodded as he sat there not knowing really what to say but he liked talking to Parker. He found him interesting. Oh..I'm sorry. He nodded. I hope it's not bad things..

What is happening in these dreams about Luke?

Ike walked up to his friend who was crying and wiping away tears. He had just heard about what happened to Luke, and knew Charlie was probably close to a break down. "Charlie?" Ike said walking up slowly to her and he put his arm around the younger girl. "You can cry on me if you'd like..."

 Ike stayed and helped clean up after dinner, and when he was finished he walked his way back to Rafael's tent. He walked in kicking off his shoes watching as Rafael examined his wound,"Is it okay?" He asked and winced a little bit as he saw the wound without the bandage. He started to take his shirt off as he was getting ready to lay down for the night. When he was only in some shorts he sat next to Rafael in their sleeping bags, and leaned over kissing his boyfriends shoulder. 

He’s okay, but you have to let him rest. He shouldn’t be talking too much right now…

What are you talking about? Who is in there?

There hasn’t been a death for weeks, whoever it was has either moved on or died. I don’t think it was one of us, probably just a creep that found our camp.

I think so to. I can't think about anyone in this camp being able to actually kill someone like that....except Josiah but he is obviously gone now. Are you okay? Ike looked at Parker noticing that there was something off about the other male.

"I don't doubt you...just.."  Ike sighed and instead of saying anything he just put his lips to his boyfriends again. 'I love you...and I'm glad you could button your pants." He linked his arm with Rafael's wounded one and started to walk out of the tent with him. "Yes. We have a deal." He smiled as they walked towards where everyone was for dinner.

The button of the jeans hit Raf right in the chest and he could feel the burn where there would be a visible Levi’s mark for a couple of days, probably. Or maybe he was being a pessimist.

Ike watched as his boyfriend stood up from the bed. He really thought that Raf was going to hand him the jeans so he could help but he did the opposite. Ike watched Rafael struggle to put them on, and he wanted to help so bad. He had to hold himself back from walking over to Raf but he didn't. He knew Rafael would deny it so he just watched to see what would happen. Slowly a smile started to spread across his face as he watched Rafael succeed putting his pants on. And when they were fully on and buttoned Ike shook his head still smiling,"You proved me wrong.." He walked closer to his boyfriend kissing him on the lips. "That's really amazing. I'm glad...but that doesn't mean that you won't need my help. So, please stop yelling at me."