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It wasn't supposed to happen

Summary:

Basically a canon divergence from Neil's frist time at Eden's, some things don't go as Andrew planned and Neil is hurt

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1: The night at Eden's

Chapter Text

Neil didn't know why the fuck did he even agree to come here. Nicky has been pastering him during the whole ride, Aaron would rather die than mutter more than two words, Kevin is on his 5th drink(they came here 15 minutes ago) and Andrew is nowhere to be found

To be honest, going to the bathroom sounded the most appealing to him, mostly for the part that he could get away from Nicky for a few minutes. So that's exactly what he did

"Bathroom" was all Neil said as he pushed himself of the table and started for the crowd

"You need help finding it?" Nicky asked instantly, he was leaning on the table and a few seconds ago texting someone

Neil shook his head, well he didn't know where it was but he would rather figure it out on his own than have one of them going with him

 

The bathroom trip didn't really save him as he couldn't be there all night. Once he got back to the table Andrew was already there, waiting for him

"Wow!" Andrew said with a fake smile present on his face as he clapped his hands together "I expected for you to run, you suprise me Josten" his smile somehow grew bigger

Neil didn't say anything back as it would be pointless in this company. They weren't here for half an hour and he was already sick, he knew he shouldn't have come

"We need more drinks" Nicky stated even though he was nursing his 2nd drink for the past 10 minutes

Andrew huffed and picked up the tray, motioning for Neil to follow

Neil didn't like going through the crowd, everyone was either sticky or smelled of sweat, in worst scenarios both. Thankfully their table isn't far away from the bar itself, the moment Andrew set down the tray the bartender, who he found out earlier was called Roland, started preparing drinks. Andrew was staring at Neil with that weird look again, making Neil scrunch his eyebrows which resulted in Andrew laughing

The drinks were done in a few minutes and they started pushing back, Andrew was going first, clearing the way for them with his free hand

When they came back Kevin was the first to reach for another drink, Nicky chuckled as he reached for his own

Neil picked up his drink, well, the only soda on the table. He took a few sips as the others were taking their own

Nicky's hand pushed a shot glass near him after everyone settled "I don't drink" Neil immediately said, nursing his soda

"C'mon, if you aren't going to dust with us, drink with us" Nicky's grin was wide and his teeth were showing

Arguing with them would be pointless and he just wanted to get out of here, after Neil sighed Nicky's smile brightened

Nicky counted down before the whole table took the shot. Neil gagged as soon as the awfully sweet taste hit the back of his throat

The shock mixed with the drugs made the next things a blurr

There was Andrews hand on his neck, he rememberd his head hurting and then he was falling. There were hands on him, hauling him up and only then did he notice he was being taken into the crowd of dancers, Neil tried, he tried and he tried and tried to get away from them but the drugs were already in his system. Nicky's tongue down his throat made it 10 times worse, Neil could taste the cracker dust and it burned against his throat even more.

He didn't know how but he pushed Nicky hard enough for him to let go and he made a run for the door, it wasn't actually a run. He was barely keeping his legs straight as he stumbled through the crowd of sweaty bodies.

That's when a hand snaked it's way around his waist. He thought it was Nicky at first but there stood a taller man instead, Neil's stomach stirred even more.

"What is a pretty thing like you doing here alone?" The man asked, leaning dangerously close to Neil's face, Neil didn't have enough strenght to push him away this time

Neil's hand found the man's shoulder and pushed slightly, that was all he could muster up at this point. The man didn't budge, instead he pressed himself even further into Neil's side. The man's disgusting breath was now all up in his face, it was repulsive to say the least

"Leave me alone" it came out alot shakier than Neil would've liked, he tried stumbling away but the man's grip was tighetning with his every try

"Don't leave yet stay a bit longer, y'know I could make you feel real good" the man purred in his ear and started kissing the side of his face, Neil almost threw up on the spot. "What's your name darling? I'm Steve" the man said, nuzzling his head against Neil's neck and kissing him there. From this point he couldn't see anyone, not Andrew, not Kevin, no one, he was all alone

Steve started walking, looping an arm around Neil's shoukder, making him walk too.

"No no no please" Neil's voice slurred, his sentences barely audible and his vision worsening by the second, Steve didn't care either way and soon they were entering the bar's bathroom

Shit, shit shit shit

Neil knew where this was going, he wasn't stupid and there was absolutely nothing he could do at this point

They entered a stall at the end of the row and Neil was pinned against the door as soon as the door was closed, he hadn't realised he was crying until the man said so

"Don't cry, this is going to feel good for you too" Neil wanted to drop dead right there

The kisses from the side of his face quickly escalated to him forcing his tongue down Neil's throat. Neil could taste some type of alcohol on Steve's tongue and it made him disgusted even more. The kisses turned into the man grinding into Neil, he could feel the man's hard on through the layers of both their jeans and he wondered how he hasn't been sick yet

In the next second Neil was pushed to his knees on the dirty bathroom floor. He barely stayed upright, he couldn't feel his mouth anymore nor his legs. Soon the sound of the belt unbuckling filled the brief silence, and the man's dick was shoved down his throat, that's the last he rememberd before promptly passing out

 

After Steve was done he buckled himself up and dressed Neil who was still unmoving, Steve chuckled to himself as he stepped out of the stall and soon out of the bathroom. He wanted to go for the back exit to take Neil back to his apartment near the outskirts of the city, but just as he opened the door a punch landed just below his right eye. It made him fall and in the process drop the unconscious Neil. The second Steve hit the ground Andrew pounced on him. Kevin was too drunk to do anything except look at them and stay upright himself, Nicky was behind him panicking. Which left Aaron to check on Neil

 

The man was a bloodied mess at the end, they barely took Andrew off of him before cops showed up. Now they were back in the car driving to their house in Columbia, the deathly silence filled the car. The only thing that could be heard was Andrew's labored breathing, everytime he glanced at Neil in the passanger seat his hands gripped the stirring wheel tighter, smearing the man's blood on it even more.

 

Their house wasn't that far off from Eden's, as soon as the car stopped Kevin stepped outside to throw up on the sidewalk, Aaron cursed about something and soon after that everyone was out of the car except for Josten. Andrew couldn't bring himself to look at him for more than a short moment, he felt sick to his stomach looking at Neil's disheveld state

In the end he managed to carry him inside, placing him on his bed while he went to sleep on the couch, by the time he could finally breath peacefully a silence once again settled over the house

 

Neil's head felt like it was bashed it. He slowly opened his eyes and was met with an unfamiliar ceiling, making him bolt upright. Wrong move, Neil thought to himself as bile came back up his throat, thankfully there was a trash can right next to the bed. After throwing up what seemed to be all yesterday's meals he finally fully looked at his suroundings. Where the fuck was he? The last he rememberd was being...

Fuck

Panic took over in seconds, no way he was actually in the man's apartment, right? His breathing became erratic in seconds causing him to throw up more into the trash can. How could've he let this happen? A million thoughts raced his mind before the door finally opened revealing Nicky. Fucking Nicky. Neil hated the cousins now even more, and the sight of Nicky's face made him more nauseated

Nicky after seeing Neil glaring at him put his hand up in a calm down motion, which seemed to piss Neil off even more. The other hand was carrying a glass of water and as soon as Nicky put it out for Neil to take he smacked his hand. The glass crashed on the floor into a thousand pieces making Nicky curse and shuffle out of the room to find supplies to clean it up. Neil isn't going to wait for him to come back again, his eyes locked onto the window and he pushed himself up. It thankfully wasn't locked, Neil opened it and peered down. It would be a two story drop but the bushes could probably lessen the impact.

He looked over his shoulder and listened as Nicky was scrambling somewhere for the broom, he maybe had a minute before he was back. One leg was pushed outside and soon was the other, he was now dangling 10 feet of the ground and the first 30 seconds were almost up. He let go.

The fall hurt like hell, the drugs from night before didn't help at all, he could barely move but Nicky could come into the now empty room any second. He pushed himself up with what little strenght he had in his arms and started stumbling as fast as his legs would let him right now

He was walking for a couple minutes now and he luckily still wasn't seeing Andrew's overly expensive car. There was a gas station nearby and Neil needed to get to it first before figuring everything out. He could call Wymack, he should call Wymack.

Chapter 2

Summary:

Wymack saves the day (we all whoop in excitment)

Notes:

There are probably a lot of words that I misspelled, I was lazy sorry babes <3

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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He didn't know how to get back to Palmetto, of course hitchhiking crossed his mind but he was enough out of it as it is, there was no way he would get into a stranger's truck in his state. Wymack made a presence somewhere during his thought process before brushing it off, a posibillity of getting a taxi was also there. It was dangerous but not as much as hitchhiking, it would only take an hour and a half to get to Palmetto by car

He should call Wymack, as much as he wouldn't like to admit it he was probably the safest option. He was staying with the man for the past few weeks, if he wanted to do something to Neil he probably already would

It wasn't an easy choice but if he didn't do something someoone else out here might will.

"Excuse me?" Neil said to the gas station worker, putting on a small smile to seem as innocent as he could

"Yes dear?" Thank God it was an olderly lady
"Could I please borrow your phone, I think someone stole mine and I really need to get home" Neil said pretending to look nervous, the lady's smile grew even softer at that
"Of course of course, come here" the lady ushered him to stand beside her as she opened up her phone and gave it to Neil who immediately put in a number

Neil thanked Mary in his head for all the times she made him learn numbers as now Wymack's was put in automatically by his hands

It made it to four rings before a harsh voice answered
"Hello? Who is this?" Wymack asked with his usual grumbly voice
"Neil, I'm in Columbia, a gas station on the main street" Neil said as the lady went to restock something to give him some privacy

"What?" Wymack answered instantly, his voice became more alert in that split second "Are you hurt? Where are the others?"
Neil didn't respond to those questions
"Come pick me up" another second later he added a soft "Please"
That seemed to get Wymack going
"Stay there, I'm on my way" Neil could hear the faint sound of the key jingle through the phone while a temporary silence fell on the phone line before Neil ended the call

"Thank you so much" Neil said as the lady came back a few seconds later
She said nothing in response just showed a small smile before putting the phone back in her pocket

Neil quickly grabbed a refrigirrated water bottle and paid. He sighed as he exited the gas station, there was a heatwave outside, it seemed as the sun was burning through his skin and he started to feel dizzy

Great, he'll probably get a sunstroke before the drugs are fully out of his system. His head hurt like hell and everything was starting to be blurry from the sun shinning right in his eyes

There was a part of the concrete that was in shade because of the roof and thankfully it was colder there than standing right infront of the sun

Neil went to sit down before he fainted from the heat and just as his ass hit the ground there was a dull ache and it made him remember the night prior again. Not like he forgot, he dosen't think he'll ever forget something like that but the reminder was not needed at all

 

"He's gone" Nicky hurried into the living room where the rest of them were.
"What?" Aaron stopped making breakfast and cocked an eyebrow while helooked at Nicky
Andrew took his medication this morning, thankfully or not beacuse it made him laugh histerically
Fucking Josten, always running
"I-I just went to clean up the glass he smashed and when I came back he was gone and the window was wide open" Nicky talked fast, he was clearly nervous about something, that something might've been his manic cousin staring at him
"That's a two story drop" Aaron mumbled as he went back to scrambling eggs, the comment made Andrew laugh even harder

Andrew thought that Neil couldn't have gotten far, not in his state atleast. Neil didn't use drugs, Andrew knew and that's exactly why he put them in his shot. Dick move, sure, but his 'family's' well being was more important than the rabbits. He should probably try to look for him, Neil would be pretty vulnerable in that state for another couple hours and he wouldn't like a repeat of last night

Last night

Andrew dosen't do guilt but there was something in his throat that he thought resembled it, it was ironic. Of course he was glad they found Neil before the man could do something to him, he dosen't want to think about what would've happened otherwise

It was a close call

Andrew was deep in his thoughts when Kevin decided to called Wymack and inform him of Neil's absence. A slight shock to Andrew, Wymack was already on his way to Neil, though he didn't want to tell them where Neil decided to 'hide out'

Without the drugs Andrew would probably take this situation more seriously, sadly he had them in his system. The whole situation was hilarious to him, to the others not so much

 

Neil wished he could stop thinking for a while, memories after memories were flooding his mind. He thought he felt the man's hands on him but it was impossible, now that he thought about it he dosen't know what happened to him in the end. Maybe he was one of Andrew's bartender friends, that theory seemed plausable enough

He shouldn't have signed that contract. He should've ran when he saw Wymack for the first time in that lockeroom

Neil didn't have a phone so he didn't know how much time passed since he called Wymack. It must've been a while since the old lady from the gas station came out to check on him

"Are you alright dear? You might get sick if you stay out like that in the middle of the day" Her tone was soft, Neil didn't know why she was so nice to him. He was a random kid that asked to use her phone, he was no one to her, yet she still felt obligated enough to go check on him

Neil was about to say something but she cut him off
"C'mon inside, you can sit with me behind the counter. I would hate myself if you got a sunstroke" Her hand rested on Neil's shoulder as she talked and that's when Neil actually got a good look at her

She had brownish hair with a few gray strands, her face was full of wrinkles and a smile that seemed too kind to be actually true. Neil let her help him stand up and they entered the gas station together, air conditioning was a saint at first, however the difference in temperatures made his head hurt making the aftermath of the drugs even more annoying

She sat him down at a chair behind the counter, her small smile never wavering.
"Where are your parents dear?" She asked as she gave him another bottle of water, seeing he already drunk the previous one

"He'll be here soon" she probably noticed how he didn't say dad but she didn't comment on it instead just looking st him
"It's too hot for you to be in the sun like that, you should be more careful" the lady repirmanded and looked at him in silence for a second before a costumer called out to her, making her leave him all alone

Neil's throat was still dry even after drinking two bottles of water but atleast his headache was slowly going away

He shouldn't have trusted them, he dosne't know why he actually even came with them. Andrew thinks they're playing some sort of game, that he will catch Neil one day. He dosen't know there will be nothing to catch beacuse he would be long gone before Andrew even starts to conect the dots

The door opening and a man bursting in grabbed Neil's attention. Wymack, finally

Wymack's eyes found Neil in an instant and he began making his way to him. He had a random t-shirt on and a pair of slacks, Neil thought to himself that he was probably in a rush when he got his call

Neil stood up when Wymack stopped when he was a few meters away from him, he was probably waiting for Neil to come to him first

They both didn't say anything as they exited the gas station, Neil mumbling a goodbye to the old lady as she waved at him with the same smile

For the first few minutes of the car ride it was quiet, the only thing that could be heard was the car's slight hum every now and then

Wymack broke the silence first
"What happened?" He spared a glance Neil's way as he asked but mostly keeping his eyes on the road infront of him
'Except being raped after being roofied nothing happened' Neil thought but he settled on  responding with a simple "We went to some club, Eden's I think" He kept it vague but it was obvious to Wymack that if that's all that happened Neil wouldn't be in a car with him right now
"Then why didn't you head home with them?" Wymack asked after figuring out Neil wouldn't say anything on his own
"They put something in my shot" Neil said as stared straight ahead, not even glancing in Wymack's direction when he cursed under his breath as his fingers tightened around the steering wheel

"Are you hurt?" Came Wymack's almost soft voice after a moment

Neil felt a lump in his throat but he made out a "no" after a second

Wymack dosen't need to know what really happened, not one of them does, so he kept his mouth shut as Wymack drove them back to Palmetto

Neil can still feel the phantom touches around his thighs and waist, they aren't going away no matter how much his hands put pressure on them

There is still a salty taste in his mouth, well there isn't but his brain isn't letting that thought go

He dosen't think anything tore as there would be more blood but there is definetly something wrong. He survived all those years on the run so this should be nothing. It wasn't nothing, it was infact clogging his brain but he couldn't have anyone check on it. Abby would tell Wymack who would tell Betsy and then he would be stuck with her every week. The hospitals were even more of a no, he didn't know and didn't trust a single person there

He was all alone on this one. No mom, no one

This was diffrent from when he was alone on the run after Mary's death, cuts or wounds don't compare to this and the only thing he could do was try to get it out of his mind. Maybe a little sleep wouldn't hurt, they still had an hour and a half till Palmetto

Neil slipped into unconsciousness fairly quickly after that

Notes:

This is extremly late and I will post more when the summer break starts, for now have some shortish chapters

Notes:

Thank you for reading, tell me in the comments if Neil should call Wymack or no