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❝And in the end
I’d do it all again
I think you’re my best friend
Don’t you know that the kids aren’t alright?❞

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     He’s eight years old when his life kind of goes to shit. He doesn’t have a dad—Mommy says he’s dead—and Mommy is always bringing strange men and women home with her, and they make really loud noise in the bedroom. Later in life, he’ll understand that his mom is a whore, and she was fucking all those people to stay in the house another month and get money for groceries and more condoms. But as a child, he doesn’t know any different, and isn’t scared because Mommy always comes out with a smile on her face and enough money for a new Mario game and mac and cheese.

     It never bothers him, and he never takes note of it until Mommy brings home a man with glasses;it’s his teacher, Mr. Roberts!! Little Klimek gets excited when he sees his teacher, his most favoritest person besides Mommy!! Now, he’s suppressed the memories of what really happened on that day, but he knows what he’s told. Mr. Roberts was a pedophile, and he wanted to commit an unspeakable act with Klimek, and he almost succeeded. But Klimek’s always been a fast runner, and he was able to get to the neighbors’ house before anything bad could happen.

     Jumping ahead in time, he’s fourteen, almost fifteen, when his life changes forever. He’s a freshman student council member, and a new boy has transferred from France, and it’s his job to show him around. It’s such a small, trivial task—something generally expected of him, but it’s the boy that makes it so special. He’s beautiful. His name is Rhyden, and he’s taller than any freshman Klimek’s ever seen before, and he’s wearing more makeup than most of the girls in their class, but he’s beautiful. Now, this isn’t a romantic comedy. It’s not love at first sight, but it’s not something as idiotic as lust at first sight. It’s a sort of pull at the gut, and he’ll never forget the way his mouth instantly went dry, and how he blushed in his cheeks for the first time when gorgeous brown eyes met his. 

     Only a few weeks later, almost a month, his world is rocked. The beautiful boy, Rhyden, is quickly becoming his best friend, and Klimek’s grateful for it when his aunt and uncle—his legal guardians after he was taken away from his whore of a mother—are killed in the house with him. He spent more time in those arms than anywhere else for at least two months. Rhy’s comforting, familiar and loving, and it’s all he needs.

     Now he’s sixteen, and he’s finally able to smile again. He’s just woken up tangled in his best friend and now boyfriend, and he’s less empty. He’s able to really feel happy, and even though he has moments of sadness, he doesn’t cry in the middle of the night anymore. He can walk the halls of his school with a grin, fingers laced tightly with Rhy’s, a light back in his eyes. Sure, it’s a little weird that his boyfriend is also his adopted brother,but it’s not like anyone really thinks of it that way.

     In the years that come, Klimek makes a decision, with a bit of prompting from Rhy, and his own unnatural anger. He decides that he’s going to find the infamous Portrait Killerand he’s going to kill the fucker who ruined his life. So he starts doing research, teaches himself how to use Laura’s gun, and he finds the suspects and shoots them until they’re dead. The Portrait Killer slows down, but the kills never stop.

     He should know that nothing good lasts.He’s eighteen, and the love of his life, the one he was just about positive he was going to marry, has just told him that he’s the one who killed his aunt and uncle. His world isn’t just shaken. It’s picked up and thrashed about and nearly destroyed, and he doesn’t know what to do. He’s killed so many people—with Rhy’s encouragement—and the one he’s been after has been right under his nose. But he can’t take out the gun he always carries now and shoot Rhy, because even though he’s in the middle of turmoil, he can’t shoot the boy he’s loved for this long. He can’t hurt Rhy—maybe it’s because the rational part of him sees the guilt and sorrow in Rhy’s eyes—and all he does is tell him to leave.

     Klimek’s never been sensible. He knows that. He’s twenty years old, and he’s an idiot. He didn’t go to college. He’s still a killer, now a bounty hunter, making a name for himself and collecting enough money to buy out a state or two. His original target isn’t forgotten—in fact, he’s fucked up enough to still love Rhy. Kili’s so pathetic that every night he curls up in the old sweater Rhy gave him, and he sometimes wears it out, as well. He’s an idiot, and he’s long since accepted that. 

     Which is his excuse for using all of his contacts to find Rhyden Joseph Mercadio’s current place of residence, putting on that oversized hoodie he sometimes sprays with the cologne his beautiful French boy used to wear, and knocking on the door that, hopefully, has the love of his life behind it. Klimek’s a mess, and any logical, sane person wouldn’t love Rhy after everything. But he’s not logical and sane. He’s the son of a hooker and a Polish immigrant, and he lost his sense of normalcy when he started killing for fun.

     So when the door opens, he smiles, soft and shy, hands buried in his pockets, and he utters three simple words.

                                           ”I missed you.”

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