He stood there for way too long, thinking in silence. He couldn't leave things like this... so he followed his footsteps on the dirt.
He stood there for way too long, thinking in silence. He couldn't leave things like this... so he followed his footsteps on the dirt.
Heart spilled on the ground, thoughts scattered in his skull.
Heart spilled on the ground, thoughts scattered in his skull.
"Rodolfo I can—"
"Answer the damn question!" He raised his voice suddenly feeling more sober than ever.
He didn't respond.
"I see" He took another step back, staring at Simon.
"Rodolfo I can—"
"Answer the damn question!" He raised his voice suddenly feeling more sober than ever.
He didn't respond.
"I see" He took another step back, staring at Simon.
"I ruin everything I touch, I don't want to ruin you too. But I'm weak, I can't just stand here and pretend I don't want you in my arms..." Rudy raised a hand, stopping him from saying anything else.
"I ruin everything I touch, I don't want to ruin you too. But I'm weak, I can't just stand here and pretend I don't want you in my arms..." Rudy raised a hand, stopping him from saying anything else.
"So, you don't want me near, but you kiss me like you've been wanting to for years. Make it make sense Simon"
"So, you don't want me near, but you kiss me like you've been wanting to for years. Make it make sense Simon"
"Hijo de—" He stopped himself from finishing that sentence "Why did you make me believe you did all this time?"
"I don't want you near me"
"Hijo de—" He stopped himself from finishing that sentence "Why did you make me believe you did all this time?"
"I don't want you near me"
"Don't"
"What?"
"Say that, I don't hate you"
"Don't"
"What?"
"Say that, I don't hate you"
Rodolfo looked... hurt.
Rodolfo looked... hurt.
Sure, he was a little dizzy himself, but he was way more sober than the other man.
He gave up.
Sure, he was a little dizzy himself, but he was way more sober than the other man.
He gave up.
Rudy stumbled away, just a single step before he felt a hand grab his wrist and pull him back to crash their lips together.
He fought to pull away from the pain Ghost represented...
Rudy stumbled away, just a single step before he felt a hand grab his wrist and pull him back to crash their lips together.
He fought to pull away from the pain Ghost represented...
Ghost couldn't handle this for longer, to cause him this amount of pain was criminal.
Ghost couldn't handle this for longer, to cause him this amount of pain was criminal.
They stared at one another for a full two minutes of silence.
They stared at one another for a full two minutes of silence.
He asked as if Ghost could give him an answer. He didn't say a word, he would rather be seen as the bad guy than telling Rudy the truth about what he had done. He was scared, scared of how fast and how hard he was falling.
He asked as if Ghost could give him an answer. He didn't say a word, he would rather be seen as the bad guy than telling Rudy the truth about what he had done. He was scared, scared of how fast and how hard he was falling.
"I miss you more than I say I do" He whispered as he looked back up and slowly let go of the man he had come to love so hard in so little time and that still haunted him.
"I miss you more than I say I do" He whispered as he looked back up and slowly let go of the man he had come to love so hard in so little time and that still haunted him.
"Don't fucking touch me" He grabbed his wrist and pinned his hand to his chest "Keep your hands to yourself. The worst part is that... I forgave you a long time ago, but I can't seem to forget you"
"Don't fucking touch me" He grabbed his wrist and pinned his hand to his chest "Keep your hands to yourself. The worst part is that... I forgave you a long time ago, but I can't seem to forget you"
It pissed him off the way Ghost looked at him, like he was waiting for him to finish so he could finally leave, but no, he touched him.
It pissed him off the way Ghost looked at him, like he was waiting for him to finish so he could finally leave, but no, he touched him.
"Don't, shush, let me do the talking corazón" He gulped, he seemed a little disoriented but there was a set to his jaw and a stare in his eyes that told him that he was also determined to not let him go so easily. "Todos estos chingados años, all these years...
"Don't, shush, let me do the talking corazón" He gulped, he seemed a little disoriented but there was a set to his jaw and a stare in his eyes that told him that he was also determined to not let him go so easily. "Todos estos chingados años, all these years...
He didn't think he was going to, but only when he was not thinking straight did he actually do it, when the drinks kept flowing.
He didn't think he was going to, but only when he was not thinking straight did he actually do it, when the drinks kept flowing.
He wasn't jealous, was he? No, he couldn't be, whatever had happened between them
He wasn't jealous, was he? No, he couldn't be, whatever had happened between them
He didn't know what it was, why did he leave?
He didn't know what it was, why did he leave?
The mission ended and with that, their love seemingly died, or that's what Rudy believed when he woke up, injured and alone in the bed he had shared with him the last few weeks since they got together.
He blamed himself.
The mission ended and with that, their love seemingly died, or that's what Rudy believed when he woke up, injured and alone in the bed he had shared with him the last few weeks since they got together.
He blamed himself.