king for a day -- JUSTIN

[daren leon salvatore]

Daren kept his arms around his boyfriend, hugging him close. They had been dating for two years now, and Austin was head over heels for the brunette. Daren, however, SAID he loved Austin but that wasn't necessarily the truth. He liked raven haired man a lot, and kind of loved him, but just not as much as the other loved him. Daren was Austin's favorite person, but Austin wasn't Daren's. Nah. The brunette's favorite person was the fabulous Justin Fabbel. The lead singer of these vices whom of which had been on tour for the past forever. Daren sighed sadly, causing Austin to turn. "You're thinking about him again?" Daren looked down. "Oh my fucking God!" Austin stood up, placing his hands on his hips angrily. "You're fucking unbelievable. Call me when you're ready to commit." The brunette's mouth hung open as he watched Austin stomp out of the room. He drug himself to his music room, shut the door quietly, and screamed, and screamed, and screamed until he was panting and sweaty. He laid on the floor. Was his love for his best friend that obvious? Well, obvious to everyone besides Justin, that is. Anyway, Justin was straight as a whistle. Daren heard the doorbell, and then realized, he was crying. Daren wiped his face and dragged himself to the door, and opened it.

[justin craig fabbel]

Not even an hour after being back in town and dropped off his luggage at home, Justin was on his way to meet up with the one person he had missed above all after his parents, and that was his all time best friend, Daren. He had missed the brown haired and eyed boy more than anyone in this town. He made a stop by Starbucks to pick up a Gingerbread Latte and, Daren's favorite, a frozen hot chocolate with a shot of espresso. He then drove off toward Daren's apartment, got out of his car with both drinks in his hands and rang the doorbell, tapping his foot impatiently, unable to contain his excitement to see him anymore. The door finally opened and Justin literally jumped in Daren's arms to surprise him, being careful not to spill the drinks on the floor. "SURPRISE!!! The queen is back!!!"

[daren leon salvatore]

Daren's eyes widened as his best friend jumped on him. "JUSTIN!" He shouted happily, sadness momentarily forgotten. The brunettepulled his best friend in and shut the door behind them. "I am so happy you're back in town Justin!" The brunette's attention diverted to the cup in Justin's hand. "IS THAT. . . " Daren grabbed it and took a sip. "FROZEN HOT CHOCOLATE!" Daren took a long drink from it and then grinned. "You're perfect, Queen Justin." The brunette laughed, his face still hurting and puffy from crying. Daren led him to the couch and pulled Justin down next to him. "How was the tour? Did ya have fun? Did ya miss me?" The brunette rambled to try to distract the raven haired boy from his red puffy eyes.

[justin craig fabbel]

Justin laughed as Daren hugged him back tight and shouted almost in his ear. "Yeah, I'm glad to be b..." He grinned as his friend snatched the drink before he could finish talking and tasted, laughing at his reaction. "Why, thank you Princess Daren!" he said with a bow. He followed him to the couch and sat, his right leg crossed over his left one and looked at Daren. Had he missed the boy or what? It wasn't even a question to be asked. "Oh, tour was amazing. The fans are just so freaking amazing and shit. You wouldn't believe the shit they do and how nice they are. And yes, dumbo..." he said, messing up Daren's hair with a laugh "of course I missed you. What kind of a question is that? But I bet you didn't miss having my annoyance around, did you?"

He laughed and rested against the back of the couch. His eyes set on Daren truly for the first time since he got in and frowned, taking a hold of Daren's chin and turning his head so they were face to face. He then pulled him into a big bear hug. "What's all that crying about? And don't say nothing, you know I won't buy that crap." he whispered in Daren's ear, rubbing his back.

[daren leon salvatore]

Daren hugged the raven haired boy tightly, chewing on his bottom lip. "Well Austin and I got in a fight. It was pretty serious." Not as serious as when he hit me. Daren thought to himself. He shook his head. He didn't want to think about that, not right now when Justin was here to make him happy. "He doesn't like that we're friends. He gets jealous sometimes is all. I'm sure he'll cool down and call me and we'll talk it out." Daren looked away then. "I'll probably have to be the one to apologize, unless I want a black eye." Daren joked, but had a somber tone. He took a sip of his drink and licked his full lips. The brunette then lay down, placing his head on the raven haired man's lap.

[justin craig fabbel]

Justin's brows furrowed in confusion. The two guys seemed to be so happy all the time. "Serious like what?" and Daren explained, which made Justin shake his head and sigh. "Well, he'll just have to suck up to me being around, really. I mean I've known you longer than him. He might be the one fucking you and shit, but I have priority. BFF priority, biTCH!!" he said laughing. It was something they used to say even back in high school. That or "Bros over Hoes".

But Daren's next words cut it up pretty fast. Justin's usually soft and caring eyes were now almost black at how dilated from rage they were. He looked down at Dare as he set his head on his lap. "You said what what?!!? You're fucking kidding right?! Tell me you're joking and that ass didn't even dare lay a finger on you or he's a fucking dead man, I swear on my grandma Fabbel's grave." He was now fuming and ready to take down an army. If anyone only dared to lay a finger on someone he cared about, especially Daren, they had no idea the shit they got themselves into.

[daren leon salvatore]

Heavy lids closed over chocolate colored eyes, long black eyelashes lined the ends of the brunette's eye lid. Daren listened to the raven haired man rage. He knew this was going to happen. As much as the brunette didn't want to spoil their time together this was something Fabbel needed to know. Honestly, the brunette boy had a bad case of battered wife syndrome, and he knew it. He didn't know any other way to break it. Justin could help him,  and Daren knew this. A few hot salty years leaked out from underneath the long-lashed boy's lids and rolled down his cheeks, onto Justin's lap. "He hits me. If I do something he doesn't like, he hits me. Not where anyone can see, though. Not unless I make him really mad. He started when. . . When you left. . ." The brunette sat up, then moved to stand in front of the raven haired boy. He always had wanted to strip in front of him, just, not like this. Not for this reason. The brunette slowly pulled his hoodie off, and his short afterward. On his ribs and chest and back, dark purple, blue, and yellow splotches covered him. "I tried to fight back once, and it just got worse. He bigger than me. I don't want to involve the police- so don't even go there. If its not too much to ask . . . Could I live with you for a little while? I don't mind sleeping on a couch, I actually prefer it and it'll just be until I get a new place. . ." The brunette bit his lip and waited for Justin to reply. He went over and put his hoodie bak on and sat next to him, then placed his head on Justin's shoulder and let the tears pour. He heard a strange sound, and realized it was his intense sobbing. He calmed down after he got it all out, and wiped his face with the back of his hand.

[justin craig fabbel]

Justin looked at Daren as he got up, showing him his bruises that the man that claimed loved him inflicted on him for what he knew had been a long time from the nuances, going from black to yellow all over his hidden body. Wide eyes were simply staring at them. "When I left?" he spoke to himself. The ebony haired boy looked at his best friend, not even understanding why his demand came as a question. Daren knew he would do anything for him, even if it involved risking his own life to save him. "Daren, you know you don't have to ask. You can just crash at my place whenever and for how long you want, don't even worry about it." he said, keeping his eyes on his friend as he sat back down. He saw the tears leak down his friend's face and it crushed his heart. He went in the bathroom and brought back tissues with him, taking a couple and wiping the boy's tears away with it. He then pulled Daren in an other big hug. "How about we go make some cookies while drinking our coffees, huh?" he asked, smiling a bit at him as he pulled him away by the shoulders slowly to look in his eyes. He knew his chocolate chip cookies always made Daren happy, so he gave it a shot.

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