"I'd never tell him anything," Alex said, the scorn thick in his voice. If he'd had any hope for fatherly love left in him after years of never measuring up to his brothers, what had happened with Michael had pushed him well into the 'hating his father' side of the line.
"You couldn't scare me," he assured Michael. Which wasn't, strictly speaking, true. What he felt for Michael terrified him. What his father could do to Michael terrified him. But Michael himself? No, Michael couldn't scare him.
He took a breath. He could say he wouldn't tell anyone and lie to Michael. He could say he wasn't sure whether he'd tell anyone and leave Michael terrified that he'd spill whatever this terrible secret was.
Neither of those options was acceptable and so that left the third. He could trust Michael.
"I won't say anything," he said quietly, looking deeply into Michael's eyes so he'd know Alex meant it.
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Date: 2019-05-20 06:35 am (UTC)"You couldn't scare me," he assured Michael. Which wasn't, strictly speaking, true. What he felt for Michael terrified him. What his father could do to Michael terrified him. But Michael himself? No, Michael couldn't scare him.
He took a breath. He could say he wouldn't tell anyone and lie to Michael. He could say he wasn't sure whether he'd tell anyone and leave Michael terrified that he'd spill whatever this terrible secret was.
Neither of those options was acceptable and so that left the third. He could trust Michael.
"I won't say anything," he said quietly, looking deeply into Michael's eyes so he'd know Alex meant it.