Precious and fragile things

1.

When they arrived at the hotel Dave gently sat Martin down on the bed before speaking. Martin was no longer sobbing just gently shaking.

"We've got two weeks before tour resumes, you don't have to do it now, I understand you won't want to, but tomorrow, I want you to tell me what happened okay?" Dave pleaded gently knowing that it was no use asking for details from the poor boy now. Martin just nodded his head slightly in response.

"I think I'm going to have a shower" Martin mumbled. "I feel dirty" he said in a weak voice.

Dave told him to stay put while he started up the shower and put a towel in the bathroom. He waited for the water to warm before helping a reluctant Martin to the shower.

Martin locked the door behind him and quickly discarded of his clothes and got in the shower. The boy leaned heavily on the wall as his broken body could barely hold his own weight.

No matter how much he scrubbed his body, he could still feel them. The icy cold hands travelling all over his body. Martin rubbed and rubbed at his skin until it turned red and began to bleed in places yet he could still feel the mans hands all over his body.

The curly haired boy was interrupted from his thoughts by a gentle knock on the door. "Mart?" Dave quietly spoke. "Baby, you've been in there a while, are you okay?" Dave questioned and Martin quickly turned the shower off, "y-yeah" Martin stuttered, "I'm coming now" Martin mumbled wrapping a towel around his waist and leaving the bathroom.

Dave gasped gently at the bruises that littered his boyfriends chest and a frown painted his face as the curly haired boy looked down, ashamed.

The next thing Dave noticed was Martins pink and irritated skin. "Mart, your skin is red..." Dave started concerned.

"I was trying to get clean" Martin stated. Clean of the feeling of being violated. He didn't want to be tainted anymore. He wanted to wash away the feeling of those dirty hands that roamed his body.

Dave couldn't understand what the younger boy meant by that, as surely it wasn't that hard to get clean, he seamed clean. Anyway Dave shrugged it off and left go find some pyjamas for Martin to wear.

Dave gave some pyjamas to Martin before leaving to find his own. When he returned Martin was led on the bed waiting for Dave, his eyes darting around the room and finally up to meet Dave.

"While you were in the shower I talked to Alan and Fletch" Dave spoke and Martin nodded his head slightly. "I let them know you're safe, they said they'd let you settle a bit and come see you tomorrow" Dave said and Martin mumbled a quiet "okay".

Alan and Andy were the only two who knew about Martin and Dave's relationship. People still weren't very accepting at the moment and Dave and Martin couldn't dare let their secret out, they were glad to have such supportive friends.

Martin had planned a story, he was going to tell Dave that he was mugged and that they took his stuff, he couldn't dare let him know the truth. But Martin was afraid, afraid that he'd crumble and let out the truth in a blind panic.

Martin didn't know how he was going to lie to Andy either, because he'd known Andy for years, they'd known each other since school and Andy could tell when something was wrong or when Martin was lying unlike anyone else could.

Martin was quite good and hiding his true thoughts around people, except for Andy.

Martin was snatched away from his thoughts by Dave turning off the lights and mumbling a good night to him. Dave kept a small distance between him and his lover which Martin appreciated at the moment because he didn't want to be touched right now.

Martin mumbled back a gentle goodnight before closing his eyes and letting himself surrender to the darkness.

"He's going to hate you" one of the men snarled as Martin sat in the corner, his knees drawn to his chest. "He's going to find out that you're a worthless slut and he's going to break up with you" Martin let tears fall "no" he whispered in disbelief, he wouldn't, would he?

"He'll think you're weak" one of the other men said. "Fragile" Martin shook his head "no" he begged.
"you let this happen" the third man stated laughing. Martin cried harder, "I didn't want this"

"He's going to find out you're dirty, and tainted, he is going to leave you for someone better, someone pure" the man stated with a dry laugh.

Martin suddenly woke up to someone shaking him and quickly flinched away. "Sh, baby it was only a dream, you're okay." Dave muttered. "You're okay" Dave mumbled as Martins whole body shook with fear.

"Here, listen to my heartbeat"

Martin slowly shuffled over to Dave, putting his head on his chest and listening to his steady heart beat and letting it relax him.

Martin felt conflicted, he was scared of the touch of others but he also wanted Dave to wrap him in his arms and protect him, remind him that everything would be okay, even if that was a lie.

"Can you hug me please" Martin mumbled feeling pathetic for even asking but Dave quickly with no second thoughts gently wrapped Martin in a loving hug, as though he was just as desperate for the touch as Martin was.

Martin could smell Dave's familiar scent and with his arms wrapped around him he truly felt safe as he snuggled further into Dave's chest, allowing his heart beat to lull him to sleep.

An: okay so there's the first chapter, I hope you enjoyed it, please feel free to leave comments. I'll hopefully try to update this book regularly (don't hold me to that lmao)
But anyway I hope you're enjoying this so far, let me know.