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- 1-3 posts per day
- One post per day
- Multiple posts per week
- One post per week
- Writing Levels
- Intermediate
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- Preferred Character Gender
- Male
- Female
- Nonbinary
- Transgender
- Agender
- Primarily Prefer Male
- Genres
- romance, modern, drama, modern fantasy, horror
h u g o
When Hugo came home that day after he had told Letha abut what was going on at home he had been terrified. Somehow he felt like his mum would know and hurt him. But she didn't, well she didn't know but she still got angry at him for being so out of it an unfocused. But it was all as things usually were. Until the next day when a police car parked on the street next to the house and the police officers came to arrest his mother. Following was probably one of the longest days of his life. It was just so scary and he couldn't stop crying and suddenly it felt like the entire world knew what had been going on.
It wasn't until the afternoon he found himself in the calm and quiet behind close door. But not in his own house, but in Letha's. Her daddies were going to look after him for a while, he didn't know them super well but they were really kind to him and he honestly felt more safe with these two strangers than he had at home.
Letha's house was really big and it felt kind of empty when not everyone was there. It's not like his own house had felt large or anything, it had always been just him and his mum, but their house was a lot smaller. Thinking about home made his stomach twist into a knot. It was weird, he had dreaded coming home from school every day but he'd miss it. He wouldn't really get to live there again he was pretty sure. Social services and Letha's daddies were talking about how he was going to stay with Letha's family until they could track down a home for permanent placement, which meant that whatever that was was going to be his new home. Where his mum wouldn't be. Which was both good and bad. And also scary because what if the other people were terrible too?
"Okay, " he said, his eyes not looking up from his feet, he did believe Roman he was just kind of scared "...Thank you," then he was quiet because he didn't know what else to say or do. Then he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder, he flinched a little at the touch, hopefully not visibly, but he did.
"Do you want to be alone for a bit?" Samuel asked really softly. Hugo kept staring at his feet, he didn't know if he wanted that, "we'll be in the other room if you need us," But Hugo wasn't sure if he would actually go to them if he needed something, they had done so much for him already, but he also felt like maybe he would need something so he gently shook his head, "you wan't us to stay," Samuel asked, and Hugo nodded, "maybe we could help you unpack?" Hugo nodded again.
And so Samuel and Roman showed him where he could put his clothes and his things so he wouldn't have to live out of a suit case. Hugo was grateful and quiet and soon enough they were done at which Samuel gestured for Hugo to sit down on the bed, the bed that would be his for a little while now, it seemed, and Samuel sat down next to him, "how are you feeling,? he asked.
Hugo didn't reply at first but then he burst into tears again, just small and quiet sobs, which was pretty telling of what he felt, which was not good. Everything was horrible and he both wished he hadn't told Letha and that he had told her much sooner and he didn't know how to express that because he didn't know Samuel and Roman no matter how nice they were.