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Still Standing Axel's Story

Axel Graves is retired army mechanic now sheriff, in a small town where everyone knew everyone for the most part. With his friend group being small and his reigning title as the towns asshole. His best friend is his brother who's his parents golden child and he the disappointment. Being stuck in love with Jessenia Alderman who is his and his brothers best friend who he shares a God child with him. Can he finally confess his love to Jessie, while saving the town from the new drugs spreading in from an unknown source in the city. Go through the journey of Axel a lifetime of life trying to knock him down, but always find himself still standing.

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Chapter 12: Hurt

~Axel~

After Jessie had about few days at Axels with everyone trying to help she finally sent them all on their own tasks and out the doors so she could finally get some rest. Ryder, Axel, Keith, Hunter, and Elias were walking their way back to the station. "How about we go out tonight on like a big date night?" Ryder asked. "Nope got a date." Elias smirked. "Got a whole different romantic night set up tonight man." Hunter smirked also. "I'm on call." Keith shrugged. "I'm down. Jessie would probably love to get out so sounds good low key double date?" Axel asked him as they walked back in the door. "Yup how about dinner maybe a movie if she's up for it a new horror and a new comedy just came out right up their alley. Them girls weird as hell loving those horror movies." Ryder shivered making everyone around him laugh harder.

"Axel the results came back off the phone and some other DNA came back also they need one of y'all to go out and check out around ol' McGinty's place there may be a dead bear or something there's a nasty odor they say in the air and it's attracting some coyotes a few wolves things like that." Natalie told him with a big smile. "Alright. Ryder looks like we heading out Keith grab Tobias and head on patrol. Hunter you go through the DNA, Elias go through the results of the phone and make highlighted notes I want to read both of those by tomorrow myself please leave them in my desk you know where." Axel told them grabbing his stuff to leave. Looking down and getting irritated at the text message Jessie sent him. 'Had to run home, catching lunch with Dimitri.' 'You want me to come to you at your place tonight? Ryder wants to double out to Dinner tonight.' 'Yes to both. See you soon stud muffin.' Not able to hide his smirk with the winking face and the kissy face that followed.

Ryder looking over his phone. "She's really with that tool? Let me guess she's got that guilty feeling since he did so much for her." He mocked but knowing that all the girls would have done the same thing. Maybe that's what the little fuck tard was going for Ryder scoffed to himself. "Something like that. I hate this. Luckily I know it won't be long until he fucks up again. Except the only thing that really rub me raw is the fact that every time that asshole fucks up its Jessie who gets hurt. Makes me just want to end that dude with my bare hands. Can I ask you something?" Axel asked him as they were pulling into the part of the woods they were supposed to be checking out.

"Shoot home skillet." Ryder told him as they were both looking around. "Do you think I might be over reacting on the whole friendship with Dimitri and Jessie do you think maybe I let my hatred for the guy grow more because you know we just like the same girl?" "Do you honestly believe that?" Ryder asked him chuckling at him shaking his head as they were both looking around starting to hear a growling sound. "To me no but again that's to me." "Well stick with that gut. I think you're reacting a lot better than most of us thought you would. I would be a little more worked up to be honest so I'm proud of you man. I think Dimitri is a bigger asshole then you are. Hey isn't that Shadow?" Ryder asked looking over at the dark wolf that roams the forest that Axel feeds Maddie loves him.

"Yeah it is. Shadow! What you got there boy?" Axel asked loving up on him. Axel helped him when he was a puppy and hurt his leg for a month he fed him, bathed him and with the help of Jessie helped learn to walk back on it he wears a bandana and is chipped but other than that he's free in the woods the whole town knows him and he loves everyone. Shadow let out a whine. "What you trying to get?" Axel asked him as Shadow was digging hard in the ground.

Turning Shadow grabbed Axels pants and drug him to dig with him then did the same to Ryder. "Alrighty boy, alright." Ryder told him as they took their hands and dug a little Shadow let out a big yelp as his face went deeper in the soft ground and yanked out an arm. "Hooo FUCK!" Ryder shouted out jumping up. "Dammit." Axel went to his radio and started to call in for the right people to come get the body out. Running to his truck to get the sheriff vest he had made for Shadow so no one new would be afraid to be near the wolf who was tall enough to go up to Axels hips.

After a few hours the body was dug up and Shadow got well-loved and fed. The body was identified as Conner the same sheriff who was at the ball game and hit Jessie. He and Trent got out on bail and was awaiting trial. Trent has been laying low and was found at his uncles house. Confirming he hasn't talked to Conner for days; he never answered his phone. The strangest thing is no one could find a phone on Conner they were sending a team to search his home and hopefully they would be able to find something on his computer or phone records.

"Alright man let's go ahead and get home to shower and get the girls." Ryder told him feeling drained now. After getting home and cleaned up they night out with their girls and each other was exactly what they needed. A long day turned into such a good night cuddled into Jessie. Feeling lost about what was happening into his town every time he was making progress he kept getting thrown a curve ball and the only thing he had linking anything together was whoever was making the odd new drugs, had some weird link to Jessie that not even she knew about and he just didn't have the heart to tell her. With what happened up to now he's out of time and needs to step up and break it to her. How mad was she really going to be when he finally told her.

Next morning when he woke up he found an empty side of the bed, with a text message saying she was going to her checkup but also going to hang out with her parents for a little while should be back by about three maybe four. Trying to get his courage to tell Jessie about everything tonight including the fact that he wanted her to move in. After talking to Killian the other night he realized he couldn't sleep without her anymore and they spent most of the time in his place, anyway. Might as well get her where she belongs or at least that's what he thought to himself. He was brought out of his happy worried thoughts by the knock on the door. Nobody ever knocks out here. Walking up to the opened door looking out at the black screen he had to rub his eyes for a second no way was she standing there in his door way. Did she get lost? How the hell did she even know how to find him the lady gets lost finding the mall on google maps with the damn app talking to her.

"What are you doing here?" Axel asked out in shock in a ruder then he meant not shocking his guest in the least though. "Is that anyway to greet your mother?" "Guess not. Doesn't change the question though." Walking out offering her a spot on the porch seat as he sat on the swing he put it when he got here because it was always Jessie's dream to have a house to have a wraparound porch and two porch swings in the East and West so she could watch the sun rise and set her and Maddie loved them dearly so he kept them in good shape. Taking the seat offered and sitting down it was nice outside still being early-ish. "How did you even find your way out here?" Scratching the back of his head. "That is not funny, I'm not completely helpless. Ok I followed Killian's car all the way up until the last turn that way. He left me a map to get back home." She chuckled to him at the last part.

"I've had very long talks with your dad. He seems to have been plagued to guilt about our relationship with you. I know he's been spending time with you last couple weeks. I've seen the change in him. He seems more happy more complete. I'm glad he is happier. Are you?" "Uh yeah I guess. I have had a few changes this year that have made me a better man I guess. Maybe more or less a bigger one." "Well you've always been a bigger one. You worked hard and it has paid off son." She told him with a smile and he knew she was proud of that after all she always cared about her image and having two well define sought after boys was right up her alley.

"Thanks I guess. Why did you make such an effort coming out here? Jessie's with her folks. Maddie's with Chloe. Killian going to work. Most people getting ready for church tomorrow." His mother cutting him off. "I'm here to talk to you. How are you?" "Uh, I am… good. How are you?" Axel couldn't help but feel awkward with everything happening around him right now this is not what he needed today not with trying to get two other things out today. He was too lost in the thought. What the hell this lady take to be coming out here to see my big disappointing ass.

"I'm good. Besides all the talks with your dad. How are you and Jessie doing? Is she doing better?" Knowing how much his mom loved Jessie, then again it was hard to find many people who didn't love her. "She is doing so much better she gets her stitches out soon. Her side is much better already. We are doing really good. I uh. I was going to ask her to move in with me today." He told her shocked as the words fell out of his mouth not knowing why maybe even just for a moment he wanted to feel close to his mom. His dad came all the way out for a better bond. Maybe just maybe this is his chance of actually getting close to his mom. I guess therapy was right and no matter what you do in life you will always no matter how small that part is there will always be some small part that wants either your parents approval or just yet some small effort that they will share some sort of affection or caring.

"That's wonderful. I'm glad to see you both so happy. I have got to say I've been worried the last couple of years of who you would end up with. I could not be any happier for who you paired off with. She is such a remarkable woman." Axel smile was small but there. "So you do you think that you will be tying the knot soon? Do I hear the sounds of more pitter patter feet to flood through my floors again?" She teased. "I hope so. In time. I'm just hoping she agrees to move in with me." He told his mom with his hands up in surrender.

"I'm sure she will. She loves you, anyone with eyes could see that. It's curious you waited so long to get her. I mean you've had your whole lives to make a move yet you wait this long never seen you scared of anything before. You always went after anything you wanted. Yet this one woman who brings you to your knees you piddle paddle your this far instead of manning up a long time ago. You've always destroyed everything in your path in the way to get what you want you always made yourself the best. Why?" Looking at his mother for a few moments taking a breath before he could answer.

"She had dreams to follow, she need to see them through. I'm glad and proud to say I got to help her and see her through and achieve them. Maybe I guess I wanted to make sure I made some dreams of my own happen before I got to settle into a bigger plan with her. I wanted to build my home, for a future family. I wanted a respectable job where I can help people. I got to build a better foundation for me and her this way in every way shape and form and one day I got tired of waiting on the sidelines. I mean what more was I really waiting for so when an opportunity popped up it just kind of happened."

"Things are meant to happen when they meant I guess I don't know. Besides it's not like I really thought I would ever be good enough for a woman like her I always thought she deserved better. I mean hell it's not like you really ever made me feel like I could even be enough for anyone what shot in hell would I honestly have with her? I mean hell we all know how amazing she is. What she can be capable of. When I finally got everyone including myself out of my own way I guess life works out sometimes." Axel shrugged putting his hands in his lap looking at her.

"You think that I helped get in your way?" "No. I know you did but that was my fault." Looking at him knowing where he was going with this. "I may not have been attentive with you Axel but you were not an easy child. I am not your father I don't have any regrets with how I raised you. I am not here seeking some type of repentance from you. I am not here to apologize for everything I could have done better in your life." Cutting her off. "Why don't you start with why your actually here instead of a list full of reasons why you're not believe it or not ma'am I have things I need to do." Axel asked her in an annoyed voice. "I just wanted to check in with you and Jessie. I am not sorry for the way I treated you before. It helped shape you into the man you are now anyway. I honestly don't think I get enough credit for that." She snapped back to him.

"Credit? You want to take credit for me? Since when? You never even made me feel like I was even existent to you unless I was in some type of trouble that you had to burden yourself to deal with. Which news flash for you Mrs. Graves 90% of the time wasn't even my fault it was Killian's but I couldn't bring myself for him to take the fall. Not when I know deep down in my heart you would have found a way to make it my fault. That's why it was always me in trouble after I made everyone bail on me. You really think I could do half that crap on my own like seriously how would I have stolen that horse, cow and tractor on my own in the time span of an hour with no one noticing?" Taking a heavy sigh he continued.

I know I was top of my class but fuck I'm not even that smart or how could I joy ride two cars at the same time and not have one finger print that didn't match either car? The time I was away at sports camp and Killian came home earl form being sick the day before and the house go trashed from a house party. You drove two hours away to get me just to make me clean the whole damn house. Only because according to you I magically appeared and disappeared from camp with no one noticing to throw a house party and make my way back? You blamed me for everything making the whole town feel pity for me because I was the kid with an unlovable mother. No matter what I did was always wrong in your eyes. You know what other men my age with parents like you do or end up? On the streets selling or dealing dope. In prison for killing people. Wrapped up in some damn gang. I made a great life for myself in spite of you and now you want to come up in my house which you didn't even know existed and want to credit on the good I did for myself? Do you honestly hear yourself?"

"I didn't come up here to fight with you Axel. I just wanted to check in on you?" "Why now? You see me every Sunday at church and still don't make your way over to check on me. Why now? Is it because you can marry me off to someone with status that maybe you now see potential in the burden of your existence. Am I right?" Looking at him in distaste she took a hard swallow. "I may have been a bad mother in your view of things. However when I look into the future I see a big table on Christmas and Thanksgiving filled with laughter, family, love and lots of grandchildren. So in order to have all that yes I do need you Axel. I know you will marry well no matter who it is, because you said so yourself you are smart. I know God will make those children from the best parts of both of you. Even with you as the father your children will prosper and be amazing especially with their loving grandparents to guide them." His mother told him as lovingly as she could.

"In spite of me being their dad? You mean even with my dirty DNA in their pure little veins you mean? What on this great Earth would make you think I would ever leave you alone with any kids I get blessed to have? You were a great mother to one. You were a heartless bitch to another. How do you think you would be good for my kids? I could never trust you alone with them. How do I know you will treat them the same as Maddie and anyone else comes from Killian."

"Do you honestly think you can change to be a better person? I won't let anyone ever make my kids feel what you put me through. You are great with Maddison. You are the doting grandmother I had no doubt you would be. But I don't ever see you being that way to anyone that comes from me ma'am. No matter what lineage the mother is once my kids start to show any 'me' like qualities you will without a doubt. NO DOUBT push them aside like a piece of trash. My kids will deserve better. They will get it too." "So what are you saying you're going to withhold any future grandchildren from me because you hold a grudge against me?" Dana snapped to him.

"No ma'am. I will bring them to visit you are welcomed to every aspect of their life as long as you behave like a loving grandmother. However they will never be left alone with you. Overnight stays only if dad is there or their cousins. I can't trust you alone with my kids. Thinking and wondering if you start to get disappointed in them, or one of them, the way you did me so young of an age. Putting them through mentally everything you did to me. Do you know what it feels like when someone who is biologically programmed to love you someone who carries you in them. Who is supposed to support you and nurture you lets you know and shows you every day what a disgrace you are to them. How everything you do is never enough do you have any idea how that fucks with a young mind? Why was I never enough for you? What did Killian do that was just so amazing that I never did or could do? What as so wrong with me that you couldn't even look at me?" Axel finally snapping on his mother asking the one question he never could bring his heart to ask. Always scared to know the answer.

"You scare the living hell out of me Axel simple as that." "How could I possibly do that?" "I never thought I could have children. Then somehow Killian came. He was just a blessing your father and I never thought we'd have. Then by some grace of God we got another little miracle. I thought and was praying you would be a girl because I was informed this would be the last time I could be able to carry. They would make sure my tubes got fixed as my health took quite the down fall once I fell pregnant with you. You were my little fighter Axel and you always will be I am forever proud and thankful for that. No matter what you think of me I want you to remember that." Looking at him for a second before she went on.

I had to fight like hell every day to hold food down. To even get up to walk it was a high-risk pregnancy and they told me you wouldn't make it. Your father and I knew better. We knew what a fighter you were. When your heart rate slowed down they couldn't find in any more. I wasn't going to wait around for someone to tell me if my baby was alive or not. So I put myself in labor. You came out before you were meant to and I don't regret that because I knew you would be fine. You did stay in an incubator for a good time. Your father and I prayed over you every day. You were never meant to live Axel and I was barely made it off that table after having you."

"Both of us were neither meant to make it this far yet here we both are. You have always been a fighter and you have made your way through life the look in your eyes once you started kindergarten. Even the way you reacted to everything around you never acted like a normal kid. You always carried a much older soul. You were always so sarcastic. You were always fine being alone and you took comfort in it. That is not normal for a child. The way you beat people up growing up from the day I discovered you in my belly I was always afraid of you. Afraid you wouldn't live."

"Afraid I wouldn't. Afraid of what you were capable of. Then Jessie came in next door and it was like someone finally put a leash on your beast but whenever that green eyed demon popped up your beast let out again. You simply just scare the fuck out of Axel. It's not that I don't' love you. I do maybe not in the way I should have but I do, I always will. I will respect your wishes in the future about whatever plans you have for your future family but I will never apologize for anything in our past. Now we can get over it and move on." She said simply as the air was now cleared.

Axel couldn't believe this woman sitting in front of him. Her answer of the truth made him feel worse. Most people would treat their miracles as she just call him a few moments ago like they were a true blessing like Killian got. Not like the anti-Christ. "I've moved on from the past you gave me a hell of a lot longer than right now. I want you to leave. I want you to leave and not come back unless you're actually invited or wanted here. So my best suggestion would be not to be waiting by the phone." Looking down at her expression he finally did it. "I forgive you." Axel said getting up and walking in his house shutting the door softly behind him. Sitting in shock she wasn't expecting that reaction normally he would do things to try to get her to favor but for the first time he just got up and walked away.

Axel was steaming in his living room not saying a word. Pacing back and forth. She can't keep getting to me like this. He was now clawing the throw pillow Jes picked out to lay on the couch with. Finally stopping in his tracks. This is it. Enough is enough. Looking in the mirror to see his reflection it's ok he told himself. I will from now on treat her with the same energy she treats me with. I forgive you he told himself. He forgave himself for letting someone have so much over him in so many negative ways through the years. He forgave himself for believing he was never enough for anything all this time. Looking up he felt a million pounds lighter. If I can get this far. I can only get better. Get higher. Standing up he looked at the front door opening to see Jes smiling at him shutting it behind him.

"I got Chinese food." Smiling to him coming up to kiss him. How long was I mentally checked out for looking for a clock to see it read 5pm. Damn time flies when you wallow in self-hatred pity. Shaking himself out of his head. They ate and they talk about their day. "What a bitch." He felt Jessie's anger just start to fume right of her. "Baby it's ok. I'm fine don't let it get you down." He kissed the back of her hand. "You know I have been thinking about us a lot lately."

"Really? What have you been thinking about giving him a bite of her strawberry. "I was thinking that I can't be without you. Hell girl you know I never have. Now though I don't want to be. I don't even know how to sleep without you Jessie and it's been that way even before we got together. You're the only thing I ever see when I think about the future. I want you to move in here with me. I made this place to be a home for a family one day. The only person I can ever see belonging here is you. You make this place home. You and our little Maddie. I love you Jessenia. Please tell me you'll come home here and stay." His eyes were pleading to the point where his heart was pounding in his ears the words have finally left his mouth. Leaving them both in shock.

"Is that what gotten you so worked up?" She placed her hand on chest. "I knew you were holding something back. I thought it was going to be so much harder, worse than this." She let out a hard sigh of relief. His eyes, his damned eyes gave him away though when he looked away from her. "There is something worse than this isn't there?" "The case you've been helping with. The one with the new drugs that all the murders, shootings, arrest we've made between the city through here in town and even spreading to the towns next to us now." Taking a deep breath he never broke eye contact with her.

"The only thing that links everything together is however is in charge of all this knows you. You are the only link between any of it. We found Conner in a hole. At lease Shadow did and it's believed because he hit you at the baseball game. The two-gun men in the hospital only were able to be gunned down because they laid their filthy hands on you. Dexter and his friends who got taken in custody has confirmed that the higher ups which they never seen but heard on the phone have done everything to keep you away from this. This person cares a deal about you and is probably not happy you are with me. Jessie someone you've worked with."

"Someone who you saw on maybe a daily basis is doing this and they believe themselves to be closer to you then maybe they really are. Dalton wants to put a security team around you maybe try to lure him in some ways. I can't agree to that. Everything is up to you Jessie we need you to come down to the station and work out a plan. I won't leave you out as live bait for some sadistic psycho path to come and do whatever they hell he plans to with you. We waited this long to finally get here together. I will do anything and everything I can to protect you but this stalker. This commander behind scenes I really don't' know what other lengths he will do when it comes to you." Axel told her as gently as he could.

"You're saying for certain that I am the only known link between half these things and the drugs themselves? It's my fault most those people are dead because they got into it with me, because they fought with me. That can't be right." "I'm sorry baby, but it's the only thing that can be linked it's someone you worked with because no one else would be able to have that kind of access that kind of power to go this long unnoticed." Axel stopped knowing it wasn't helping the situation. "When did you figure all this out?" "I figured it out a few weeks ago."

"Why didn't you tell me then?" Anger starting to flow back in her. "You wait to tell me this long that I could have a crazy stalker someone who's going after people for hurting me? You don't think that was something I need to know? Something to look at for? You can't just keep important things like that to yourself Axel. Hell I deserve to know I need to be on the lookout of crazy psycho people hasn't the incident in the hospital been a big enough wake up call for that? How could you keep this from me for so long. Dalton wants a damn team around me how will I work?" "Well now see that was easy we all got cameras everywhere and you're working across the street from the station. Plus I mean you would be moving in here it would be that much easier to know your safe." "So you asking me to move that is just doing your job. Making everything easier?" She asked him defeated.

"FUCK NO ANGEL! I meant everything I said before this has nothing to do with me wanting you here by my side every night. If anything it's like a bonus. Wait that came out wrong. Angel I love you and you belong in this home I made for us. It's always been for us. I just need to know your safe I can't let you get hurt. I thought I was protecting you. I just… we need to start making a better plan after finding Connors body. My first instinct was to have Shadow tail yeah around like a service animal. Maybe he would pick up a scent or something. Dalton wants to kick it up a notch. There is just something we keep overlooking though baby. I want you here because I love you." Axel tried rushing out not being bail to get his thoughts to come out in the right words. "You love me just not enough to tell me I have a crazed man or woman after me?" "No woman just man according to the DNA." Not helping he told himself looking to the side real quick closing his eyes.

Not being able to look at him she got up grabbed her car keys and walked out the door. "Angel wait, where you going? You really think now is a good time to go after the talk about a crazed stalker keeping tabs on you?" "I need to think. I can't do that with you in front of me not knowing what else you might be keeping from me." She drove away with the radio turned up. Taking a long sigh he saw the sun starting to set. After a few hours sitting on his chair outside another chair empty beside him his two guitars standing next to the wall from teaching Maddie to play. Picking it up he started the chords as he heard the truck pulled in and turned off hearing the crunching dirt behind him he slowly began the song his soul was feeling one of Jessie's favorites. Not needing to turn to the side as the man next to him picked the other guitar and started to join him.

(A) I hurt myself today

To see if I still feel

I focus on the pain

The only thing that's real

The needle tears a hole

The old familiar sting

Try to kill it all away

But I remember everything

(A &K) What have I become

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know goes away

In the end

And you could have it all

My empire of dirt

I will let you down

I will make you hurt

(A) I wear this crown of thorns

Upon my liar's chair

Full of broken thoughts

I cannot repair

Beneath the stains of time

The feelings disappear

You are someone else

I am still right here

(A&K) What have I become

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know goes away

In the end

And you could have it all

My empire of dirt

I will let you down

I will make you hurt

(A&K) If I could start again

A million miles away

I would keep myself

I would find a way

"Always loved Johnny Cash myself that is one of his best." Killian told him after they finished their little duet. "If I remember right the best song I ever heard from him was you and Jessie singing Jackson." Killian laughed off their tipsy karaoke bon fire nights. "I fucked up with her tonight. I asked her to move in. She didn't even give me an answer man she got mad and took off because I told her about Dalton. You know the wanting to see us and why. Man it's like a took an arrow to her heart the way she looked at me. It was like hurt and betrayal battling in her eyes." Shaking his head running a hand down his jaw.

"Then the whole thing with mom didn't help so tell me what part of my fan-fucking-tastic day brought your sorry ass to my door. "Just you know… all of it." "I figured you would be with Jessie right now. I was kind of hoping you were so I know she was safe." Axel told him running both his hands down his face. "Yeah she called laid it all out on the line. She is my best friend, but so are you. You're not just my brother Axel. You need someone sometimes too. It normally is Jes." Killian laughed off ironically.

"Axel I love you bro. Yes you could have handled somethings better. In all honesty it was never in your control at least that's what Jessie was telling me in her one-sided argument she was having with herself on the phone. Hell I didn't get to say a word. She did both sides of the argument thank God she didn't become a lawyer it would suck if she ever lost a case to herself." Killian said as they both laughed knowing that could be a possibility.

"You know she just needs some time she'll come back to you. You two always find your way back to each other." Killian told him. "It wouldn't be real if there was never fights you know? It's when you stop fighting you should be scared of, because then it's like your woman gave up on you when they stop fighting it's like they have nothing to fight for at that point." "Yeah fighting was what we would be bad at but now it's shifted. We don't argue like we use to. I see her point in this and I know she can see mine. I just want her to be safe."

"I want her to be with me. I need to solve this. This needs to end. So many people dying and getting addicted to this shit man. Just think of all the rape cases that can't be filed properly because they have to find the drug but it leaves the system in like three to four days most people won't even come forward in that amount of time and since they are so laced up with it they agree and obvious at that point you can understand why there's no sign of rape because their body gives in, so do they. They are like gullible little puppets for a few hours before they pass out." Axel told him feeling frustrated.

"Calm down man you will get this. I know you will." Killian told him as they both stood up to the sound of a car pulling up next to Killian's. Watching the small little figure open the trunk and pull out a few duffle bags. Both men walking over to her as she huffed to them. "What's with the bags?" Killian asked her looking into the trunk and back seat. "Are you? Are you moving in angel?" Axel asked in a cracked hopeful voice.

"I'm not doing this for the safety or some psychotic man using our town as playground. I love you Axel. I do belong here. With you. Always been you." She told him with eyes getting watery. He took two strides and engulfed her in a tight hug breathing in her scent through her neck and hair as Killian just grabbed a couple of things and brought them in the house. After getting her things inside she still left a bunch as she made sure to pack everything in boxes before she left. Waving Killian off they went back inside. "Say it again angel." He told her as he walked her into a the wall in a slow way a predator would his prey.

"I love you Axel." "Say it again." He demanded as her body hit the wall. "I love you Axel." Looking deep in his eyes. "You left me here. You left me with no answer. No text you if you were ok. You made me worry." "Sorry." She breathed lowly. "I'm sure you are love. Now I think it's about time to get started on your punishment." Axel told her lowly as he bite on her ear making her minds and body spark up to the imagination of what exactly that would entail. This would be a long night in deed. Not breaking eye contact with her he couldn't help but think of everything this house will now be filled with laughter, love maybe even the sounds of little voices of all the babies they would make. Memories from wall to wall, first things first though he will punish her for the strain on his worried heart and mind. "Hope you're ready angel, it may be a bit of a rough night."