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       #Post#: 1345--------------------------------------------------
       Crazy in Love -A13X, David, Xander
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 13, 2026, 2:32 pm
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       There was a fresh splatter of blood all around the room. The
       previous shift had actually not accounted for the plastic spoon
       the experiment had been given to eat his dinner. A13X had
       sharpened it to a point and used the shank as a weapon to
       repeatedly stab the next person to walk into his cell. A wicked
       grin wide across his lips as he used the blood to paint his dull
       grey walls of his cell, giggling as this was the only
       entertainment he had in a good year.
       ---
       On his arrival to the manor, David got the oddest feeling he was
       entering into the Twilight Zone. The place had an eerie almost
       haunted feeling to it and the new Medic was sure the place
       probably had a few ghosts.
       As it was late in the evening, he was shown to his room and told
       where the cafeteria was. He wasn't quite sure what to make of
       the mix of grungy Mafia guys and the ex military  forces seated
       eating and talking in the dining room.
       He decided it would be smarter to take his food to his room. He
       really didn't want to attract the wrong kind of attention his
       first night there.
       After he ate and showered, he was far too wired to actually
       sleep. His night owl ways, often had him taking night shifts
       instead of days.
       "Well..I might as well explore," David said to himself. He
       grabbed his big metal flashlight and phone and began his
       exploring in the medical wing.
       ---
       Axel sighed as he walked in to see A13X painting the walls with
       his own blood again.”seriously can’t stab for once and let
       things go smoothly?” He said aggravated. The last time he went
       in with his twin was the one that was pinned and stabbed a few
       times till A13X got bored since he couldn’t die.”come on.. it’s
       time to let the stab thing go.” Said the teen as the other twin
       snuck or tried to behind A13X when  Axel duplicated
       himself.”come on bet I beat you this time..” he said readying.
       This was the only way to make most of it, forced to do Williams
       work, the collars on their neck meant to shock if they didn’t
       comply. Dying and coming back wore their own sanity thin over
       time as they stayed- with no real way out.
       ——-
       The warm blood on A13x's fingers spread across the wall before
       he heard the door to his cell open making him turn to glare at
       the unkillable being before him. From experience, he knew there
       was always at least two of this fucker. "But it is *myyyyy*
       stabby thing!" He protested before the man duplicated himself.
       Then he felt a third behind him, grabbing at him.
       A13x let out a cry of protest as the three tried to wrestle to
       sharpened spoon from him. As if to spite them and keep his sharp
       thing, A13x stabbed it through his forearm with a wicked laugh,
       "you may not be able to die, but Iiiiii can!" He chimed in an
       eerie almost sing-song voice.
       ---
       David's flashlight swept slowly side inside as he continued down
       what appeared to be a long abandoned hallway. His ears pricked
       at the sound of voices echoing from somewhere ahead.
       "Talk about a creepy place," he muttered as he continued
       forwards.
       His eyebrows narrowed when he came upon the first empty cell.
       What the hell was going on in here? He wondered.
       He came to an abrupt halt when he spied the craziest sight he'd
       ever seen in his life. Several pale teens trying to wrangle
       another crazed one brandishing a plastic spoon shiv that he
       stabbed into his own arm.
       He turned his flashlight to the ground and spied a pool of blood
       and cursed in a low voice. What the hell had he just walked
       into?!
       "Why do you want to die?" David asked in a low soothing tone as
       he drew within sight.
       That was when he spied the murdered man in the cell and the
       blood spattered everywhere. This was really not good, at all.
       To calm his rising anxiety and nerves, David starting humming
       one of his favorite soft rock songs.
       ---
       “13 come on man!!!” Said Axel.”I don’t like this anymore than
       you do but rosecroft will punish all of us if you keep doing
       that!”  They were struggling to get the thing away when they
       heard the question to freeze in mid restrain at the random man
       that had appeared.
       “Is this guy crazy?” Asked Caden as the twin retorted.”must be
       to get close to 13..” said the other till he heard him hum.”is
       that highway to hell?… ah shit is this a sign this guy got a
       death wish?” Asked Caden.”I dunno maybe?” Said Axel.
       ——
       The struggle against the teens continued as A13x tried to get
       free, pausing when he heard the voice of a stranger asking quite
       an odd question. It was enough to distract him in that moment,
       especially hearing the melody coming from the guy. It was
       soothing.
       "Why do you want to live?" He questioned back with a wicked
       smirk, ignoring the teens for now.
       ---
       David shot the corpse bride twins a strained look. Couldn't they
       sense that they were making the guy act out more by trying to
       forcibly restrain him?
       His humming seemed to be calming him down, but they didn't
       appear to see that.
       "Living is an adventure, and well there's a lot to enjoy. Great
       music, great art, and amazing food. Like pizza. I could make you
       pizza if you'd like. It's my favorite thing to eat."
       After speaking he started humming a more soothing Incubus song.
       The two couldn’t help but look at the man that was giving them
       the same look they were giving him. They looked at 13 as if he
       was some broken record to yank the shank away as the other
       started wrapping up his arm. Somehow the weird guy was giving
       them time to make sure to fix the arm. They stayed quiet as
       David seemed to have a good hold of his attention.
       The tilt to A13x's head was quite dramatic as he heard the
       answer of the humming man. "Pizza?" He questioned as if the word
       were alien to him. He groaned when he felt the shank pulled out
       of his arm before he refocused on the stranger.
       "I can't remember the last time I had pizza, even then I've
       never had *home made* pizza! Pizza pizza pizza pizza!" He said
       before he began to repeat himself as the twins patched him up.
       He was stuck in his own head now, repeating himself and
       relatively harmless now unless he refocused again.
       David's medic side tried to not wince at the twins' treatment.
       "Don't wrap it too tightly, just enough to stop the bleeding.
       You don't want to cut off the blood flow entirely," he advised.
       He refocused on the wounded guy, taking in his odd duotone eyes
       and continued humming as the other got distracted talking about
       pizza.
       "Homemade is the best. I have several recipes for the crust. One
       of my favorites is using Parmesan and garlic in it. What's your
       name? I'm David,"
       The following words from the man had A13x entirely invested in
       the idea of pizza. "I require pizza! I am experiment A13x, 13
       for short. I like that name, David, it sounds chewy," he mused.
       Axel made a face.”.look we were on duty days we were told to.. “
       said the teen clearly not shy in describing their situation a
       little.”we don’t do this the best of our ability- gonna get
       punished.” He told the man as Caden gave an apologetic look as
       he helped his brother adjust the bandage.
       The two heard pizza to get their own look of desire to sigh as
       they finished. Caden sighed a little at 13. “We hadn’t had food
       in a few days…” Axel said as Caden made a small look at his
       twin- as if saying.’you tryin to get us in trouble?’
       David's breath caught at the guy's response. An experiment? What
       the hell was going on in this place? It was too Fringe sounding
       to him. "How about I call you Alex instead? Much cuter sounding.
       You don't want to chew on me, pizza would be better," he
       reasoned with him.
       Hearing the twins speak about duty and being punished had him
       shaking his head. "I'm a trained medic, so you can trust me to
       know medicine and wound care,"
       David was starting to feel his protective side come out,
       especially hearing the twins hadn't eaten in days.
       "Well, let's get Alex somewhere safer and I'll get you two some
       food. I don't want you to get in trouble, but you deserve better
       than this. What are your names?"
       "Alex? Cute?" A13x questioned as his head tilted to one said for
       a moment as if trying to decide what he thought about the new
       name. "PIZZA!" He half yelled before biting down hard onto
       Caden's arm, drawing blood. He only let go briefly to chomp down
       again, "not pizza, had to make sure," he mused before going in
       for a third bite before the teen could pull away from him.
       He began to really fight against the teens again at this point
       as he tried to move closer to the dead body in the room, as if
       this talk of food made him want to try the corpse out.
       Axel seemed to be partial to what the man asked for.”really?
       Your gonna feed us?” He asked. “I’m Axel- that’s Caden..” he
       motioned to him as Caden was fussing over the bandage. He didn’t
       see Alex come over to bite his arm as he said.”hey that’s better
       than thir-“ he started to yell.”owww!!” Once Alex let him go he
       bout relaxed..”hey he’s gonna-“ axel said and sighed as his
       brother made another yell. “Too late.” He saw the man beginning
       to pull a bit at them.”no alex! Not the body! Pizza is good
       really cheesy! Got meat and red sauce too.. ! Wayyy tastier than
       a body!” Said Axel as his brother was holding his arm a little.
       "yes I will," David promised the speaking teen. He looked
       between them trying to discern any differences so he could tell
       them apart.
       David flinched and made a grimace at Alex suddenly biting down
       on Caden repeatedly, and drawing blood.
       "Whoa whoa, don't bite, and let's leave the body alone. Axel's
       right, bodies are nasty. Can you be a little patient for me
       Alex? Hmm? Making pizza takes time, and an oven. Here, have my
       granola bar, chew on that," David said, moving in to distract
       Alex and pulled out the granola bar in his pocket.
       He opened the wrapper and held it up to Alex to take.
       Once Alex was distracted, he moved to take Caden's arm and
       looked it over closely. "Axel do you know where there's a first
       aid kit? Can you go get it for me?"
       When David called him Alex again, it brought a pause to the
       experiment as he gave the man a once over at his offered granola
       bar. He couldn't remember the last time someone just approached
       him like that. Alex reached out and took the granola bar, trying
       to eat it for a few minutes before deciding he didn't like it,
       with David and the twins distracted, and the door open, a
       devious look cane over A13x's face as he bolted for it, running
       out of the cage and down a hall, finding the break room with a
       lone scientist eatting his dinner.
       A13x's eyes zeroed on on the fork in the man's hand to lunge at
       him to try and get the fork, bitting the man repeatedly to try
       and get the fork, when it was finally in his hands, he began to
       stab at the screaming man.
       Axel made the mistake of letting Alex go for what David was
       asking for, and was heading back with it- before they noticed
       the door.”shit!” Said the two in unison.”this is bad really -
       really bad..” said Caden to rush out.”I left the door open..” he
       cringed to hear the screams of the scientist as the two clearly
       now looked afraid to rush out. Axel doubled him self to drag
       Alex back a little as Caden got the fork.”Alex remember? We are
       going to have pizza?” He said to chunk the fork as the scientist
       gurgled with his blood as both looked away a little.”yeah that
       nice guy gonna make something your mouth will love!” Said Axel.
       David hadn't realized just how unhinged Alex was or that he'd
       disappear the first chance he got. He took the med kit from
       Axel, following after them cursing himself for having let his
       guard down.
       He came to a skidding stop inside the doorway his jaw dropping
       at the bloody mess Alex had made, and the twins struggling to
       get the fork away from Alex.
       He instinctively checked the fallen scientist for a pulse and
       cursed softly.
       "Shi.t,"
       That was when he had to blink in confusion seeing not two, but
       three black and white heads. Now however wasn't the time to ask
       about that. They needed to do something about calming Alex down
       and doing something with the dead body.
       "Alex, can you listen to me? We need to get out of here. We'll
       go to my room where you'll be safe from the nasty scientists and
       far away from the cells, okay? You just have to take a little
       walk with me and Axel. And I can get some amazing food for you,
       okay? I'll raid the cafeteria kitchen and make you pizza, but
       first we need to get out of here,"
       David had moved in closer, gently touching Alex to try and calm
       him down.
       He shot a look at Caden. "Maybe you can...hide the body
       somewhere?"
       David couldn't help but think he'd ended up in a sci Fi horror
       film and probably wasn't going to get out of it anytime soon.
       #Post#: 1346--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crazy in Love -A13X, David, Xander
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 13, 2026, 2:53 pm
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       Cries and shouts of frustration left A13x as he struggled to
       keep hold of the fork, pausing when Axel called him Alex trhing
       to remknd him of pizza. It caused the crazed man to bite down on
       Axel's hand as he relinquished the fork before he felt David's
       hand on his shoulder.
       He growled as David spoke for a moment before finally calming
       down a little as he took in the smell of the medic. Calming back
       into a more plasid state, "mmmmm Pizza?" He questioned before
       biting David's arm then letting go, for once only leaving a
       bruise and not drawing blood. "Mmmmm not pizza...." He said in
       complaint before looking up at David. "No more cage?" He
       questioned, seeming to catch on to what the man was telling him.
       "No cage and pizza!!" He chimed A13x before going to bite again.
       Axel grunted,”dammit Alex!” He said to see the fork in his hand
       to go white. Course when David took his shoulder and seeing him
       calm down. “Sure bite him all gentle! “ he said seeing the
       bruise as he inspected his hand.
       Caden sighed at the bodies and went with the doubles Axel made
       to get the body hidden ..well best they could in apart of a
       mansion that wasn’t used and in a state of falling down. He was
       on his way back to hear a noise and jumped back a little at the
       mouse before rushing his way back.
       "yes Pizza," David agreed wincing at the unexpected bite. He was
       rather relieved that Alex hadn't broken the skin. "That's right
       no more cage," he agreed and let out a grunt at being bitten
       again. "You like biting people huh? If you do it gently I don't
       mind so much. You should be nicer to Caden and Axel, they're
       only trying to help,"
       He slipped his arm around Alex, drawing him out of the room.
       "I'll look after your wounds once we're in my room, Axel.
       Caden's too,"
       It seemed as though David had just adopted the two teens and
       Alex as his new found family. At least he would have a moment to
       feel lonely anymore.
       A almost purring like sound left A13x when David snaked an arm
       around him, leaning against the man as he sniffed him and
       repeatedly chomped on the guy like he was a chew toy, though he
       did bite *slightly* lighter. "Piiiiiizzzzzaaaaa" was about the
       understandable thing he said as he was led to David's room.
       When they finally got to the bedroom, Alex had grown bored of
       biting was he considered gently and bit David particularly hard
       to leave another bruise and get a reaction out of the guy, and
       partly to get the man to let him go, wanting to take his chance
       to escape into the manor.
       Axel looked at the doctor and his hand.”probably best till we
       heal.. dunno how long it’ll take this time..” said Axel with a
       quiet look. “Least he seems to like you- “ said Axel. Once Caden
       met up with them his wound seemed to be half healed.”finally
       acting tame?” He asked his twin as Axel watched bemused at how
       Alex was chomping on the guy without making him bleed.”tame
       enough.. but what if W-I-l-l comes back?” Caden asked as the
       other teen looked worried.”not sure.. but we gotta get these
       things off.. don’t wanna end up like legion during that
       ‘demonstration..’” he started to be shushed by Caden as the two
       watched the man’s back with the test subject contented with just
       chewing on the guy and saying pizza a few times.
       David had never thought he'd know what a chew toy felt like
       until he had Alex marking his shoulder and neck with bite marks.
       At least it didn't hurt too bad, but he'd probably have to wear
       a turtle neck to his first day of work.
       "Heal? You guys can heal faster than..other people can?" He
       asked turning to look at Axel in surprise.
       "Likes biting  me for some reason you mean," he muttered under
       his breath.
       His eyebrows rose at the twins' talk and noticed what appeared
       to be shock collars on their necks for the first time. Oh those
       were definitely coming off if he had anything to do with it.
       What the hell had happened to these teens? He knew he probably
       couldn't imagine the horrors they'd gone through.
       "Shi.t Alex!" David exclaimed at a rather hard bite.
       Instead of letting go like Alex had thought he would, David
       pulled the man around and bit the guy's throat to get his
       attention.
       "Now it's my turn to do some biting," David growled, pushing
       into his room and half carrying Alex to shove him down in the
       bed.
       Then he was straddling Alex and holding him down and biting and
       nibbling over Alex's  throat and jaw. "biting doesn't have to be
       hard you know," he murmured before taking Alex's bottom lip
       between his teeth and ever so gently tugging it before scraping
       his teeth over it.
       The reaction David gave was far from what A13x had expected of
       the man, so when he felt the man biting *him* now, it illicited
       a moan out for him as he clung to the man. As he was carried off
       into the bedroom and shoved onto the bed. His heart was pounding
       erratically in his chest when the medic climbed on top of him,
       straddling the psycho, holding him down.
       The nibbling mouth on his neck and jaw had him shivering with
       desire as he heard the man's words. The teeth tugging at his
       lips about sending him as he was *fully* distracted by David's
       attention, pressing his lips needily against the man's as he was
       teased, leaving the perfect opportunity to cuff him to the bed.
       Even as David was distracting Alex, he directed the twins to
       find his handcuffs so they could get the psychotic man
       restrained to the metal bedframe.
       "Like that do you?" David murmured against Alex's lips before
       kissing him deeply and running his hands through the other's
       shirt hair.
       His own long hair had partly come out of the bun he'd made and
       fell around their faces.
       "If you're really good and wait for me, I'll give you an even
       better reward," David purred and got the man's shirt open to
       tease his body even more.
       Even though her only meant to get Alex to submit, there was no
       denying how turned on David was in the moment. Yet he wasn't
       about to do anything more in front of Axel and Caden. Their eyes
       were probably already burning.
       "Let me check these two over quickly and then I'll go make you a
       pizza. It's probably going to have to be a quick version. But
       tomorrow I'll have time to go all out, okay?"
       Once David was sure that Alex wasn't going to get out, or hurt
       himself, he checked over the twins wounds and dressed the ones
       that needed it. He eyed the collars and went through his kit
       before finding some heavy duty shears to cut through them.
       "There, that should help for now. Keep an eye on Alex, oh...here
       let him listen to my iPod. That may keep him from acting up
       while I'm out," David added, pulling out his iPod and earbuds
       and handed them over. "I'll try to be back as fast as I can,"
       Having David giving him attention like this had A13x nearly
       melt, especially when the man properly kissed him. He didn't
       even register that his wrists were being cuffed as David worked
       on opening up the shirt A13x was wearing to tease the skin
       under, earning a shiver of want from the experiment.
       "Reward?" He couldn't help but question, feeling rather blissed
       out from the medic's affection. He was liking the sound of a
       reward for behaving. Of course, a frown came to his lips when
       David pulled away, causing A13x to pull against the cuffs to
       realize he had been tricked. He cursed and pulled against the
       restraints, even managing to cause a bit of the bedframe to bend
       from his efforts and making his wrists start to bleed as he
       tried to get up.
       The man went into a full panic the moment David left the room,
       thrashing and fighting for quite a bit before he would let
       either twin near enough to him to try the music. Thankfully, the
       music seemed to placate the psycho for now as he relaxed onto
       the bed, calming down.
       When the twins came in, they watched as the man subdued Alex as
       one whispered.”are they about to fuck?”  The other blinked to
       frown and look  away.”Hope not we are here..” the twins were
       wrapped up and seemed happy to finally be free of the wretched
       collar. But the moment they were told to put music in *alex’s*
       ears sucked.”great.. least this one will feed us.” Said Caden to
       take the headphones to see Alex flipping out.”ready?” He asked
       Axel.”always- least he can’t stab me again.” Axel grumbled.
       Anytime they got close they almost got bitten again till Axel
       getting fed up made a double to get him to stop squirming to get
       the headphones on. They watched him relax.”…noting- I’m getting
       him some those really nice headphones for him.” Said Axel.”music
       soothes him at least..” said caden to find a place to sit.
       Knowing that Alex and the twins were ravenous and impatient,
       David started pulling out what he'd need to make a quicker
       version of pizza. Flour tortillas, sauce, pepperoni and cheese.
       He layered the ingredients on one tortilla then stuck a second
       on top and stuck them in the three ovens. He had a nice pile on
       three plates  in a good 20 minutes.
       David used his waiting time to clean up the dishes and mess and
       grabbed cold orange sodas and an ice coffee for himself from the
       fridge. He managed to get those in his pockets and stacked the
       plates and headed back to his room.
       "Yo guys let me in," he said through the door after kicking it
       lightly with his foot.
       Once he was let in, he handed over plates to the teens and
       fished out sodas for them. "Figured a little sugar wouldn't hurt
       after getting traumatized earlier," he said and then moved to
       sit on the bed next to Alex.
       He set the plate in his lap and pulled a bite sized piece off to
       feed it to Alex. "Good?" He asked after turning the music down a
       little on the iPod.
       By the time David finally returned to the bedroom, A13x was
       starting to doze off. In fact, he didn't even notice the man had
       returned until he sat on the bed and turned the music down. A
       look of confusion came to his eyes before he saw the offered
       bite of food. His belly growling in demand before he
       instinctively took the bite, nipping the man's fingers in his
       gusto to eat. He made a pleased sound before his eyes went to
       David. "Taste like Pizza!" He cheered before opening his mouth
       expectantly as he was fed, even making a point not to bite the
       ever loving daylights out of David's fingers. He had taken
       fingers off in the past when others tried to feed him.
       The state A13x was in at that moment was the calmest he had ever
       been since he was told his sister was dead years ago.
       Alex let the man in to take the food and began to eat despite it
       not being the real thing. “‘Mm… so good!” Said Caden before
       hitting the soda.  They watched as the man handed Alex to
       chuckle when he tried to get fingers a few times to
       stop.”thanks.. maybe this way we can expose William more… and
       find Michael.. bet he thinks we are dead..” said Caden quietly.
       David winced when his fingers were nipped. "Ouch," he sucked on
       them for a moment. "Not My fingers, be a little more careful
       please,"
       David kept feeding Alex until the food was gone, sneaking a few
       bites for himself.
       David frowned hearing one of the twins talking about exposing
       someone and a Michael thinking they were dead.
       He about jumped out of his skin when someone pounded on his
       door. "Oh shit who could that be?"
       "Caden, Axel you in there?" Came an anxious voice, that could
       have been a girl or a guy speaking. "I tracked you here, so let
       me in already!" The voice insisted urgently.
       At David's complaint, A13x decided to behave himself and just
       bit the food offered to him. He seemed perfectly content and
       relaxed, at least he was, until the twins mentioned William. An
       instant panic overtook A13x as he began to struggle again
       causing the cuffs to really cut into his wrists when he heard
       the banging on the door.
       "No!" He yelled as he tried to move so he could hide. As much as
       he wanted to kill the man, William was one of the only people to
       get such a reaction of fear out of A13x. "No no no no no!
       William bad, no no no!" He repeated in distress as if the man
       was walking in right then.
       Caden and Axel stiffened at the door knocking. They saw Alex
       acting up.”hey guy.. that man is a bad man - like he said.”
       Caden said. They looked at each other.”freedom short lived..”
       sighed one. The other opened the door. “What do you want?” Asked
       Caden, as Axel was ready to fight a way for out his body
       shifting a little. They had visibly relaxed a little given it
       wasn’t William at the door.
       "Alex, whoa, calm down," David said calmly, having to put his
       full weight on top of the man to try and keep him from pulling
       on the cuffs.
       He really needed to invest in leather ones so they wouldn't dig
       in so much. "Please you're hurting yourself," he begged and
       stroked Alex face. "I'm not going to let the bad guy find you
       okay?"
       Toxic fought back the urge to shift into his other form hearing
       A13X struggling and crying out. When the door opened and he saw
       his twin brothers ready to fight, he got a sad look on his face.
       "Did he call A13X, Alex? You don't need to be afraid of me, I'm
       not taking you anywhere near W." Toxic assured his brothers and
       gently caressed their faces and stepped into the room.
       "I could paralyze him for you if you want him calm," he offered.
       David shook his head, not sure who this guy was, but got the
       feeling he wasn't quite as human as he looked. "No, I got this,"
       David began singing softly, and gentle stroking his hands over
       Alex's body.
       It took quite a bit of effort on David's part, having to
       completely lay on top of A13x, but when the man began to sing to
       him softly as the man's hand slowly caressed his exposed chest,
       he began to quiet, settling for hiding his face in David's
       shoulder.
       He was near trembling when Toxic suggested paralyzing him and
       continued to mutter to himself incoherently.
       Axel got a soft look.”yeah better than that mouthful and his
       number.” Said the teen. Caden made a look.”that’s the worst
       thing you could suggest! Just look at him.” He said with a brow
       raised.”don’t listen to him Alex.. the guy doesn’t know the
       sensitivity.
       Toxic was more than a little impressed how a human could calm
       A13X down so well.
       "You sure you're only human?" He asked. "Fine, but if you get
       all physical can I watch?"
       David glared at the white haired man and shook his head. "Could
       you just leave? That W name really freaked him out,"
       Feeling Alex trembling had David switch to a different song, an
       old korean lullaby that had been stuck in his head for as long
       as he could remember.
       Toxic sucked in a breath, having the oddest sensation go through
       him at the singing. It was almost magical in a way. Like the guy
       was enchanting Alex with his singing.
       "We should go, leave them alone for a bit. My name's Toxic by
       the way. One of The twins' older brothers. I'll take care of
       them,"
       While he wasn't sure who this stranger was, he had a strong
       sense he wasn't going to tell anyone he'd seen them. Which was
       what Toxic wanted.
       "Come on Axel, Caden, I've got a safe room we can hide out in."
       It wasn't until the other three were gone that A13x really began
       to calm down, letting his head fall back against the bed when
       the panic finally passed. He turned his head to get the door in
       view after a moment before fully relaxing under David.
       The way the man's voice washed over him causing a sense of peace
       he hadn't felt in a very long time in him. "Thank you..." He
       murmered softly before he leaned up to bite the man, though this
       time, in a far more gentle, less painful way like the man had
       shown him.
       "You make bad go away, think this one likes you...." He mused
       softly, "voice taste like honey..." He added seeming a little
       more, there, than he previously had been. Less frantic and
       energetic and truly calm.
       “Yeah sorry about that.” Axel said guilty.”just he got black
       hair and stormy grey eyes just know that.” He said before the
       two walked out. “Mmhmm yeah sure.. *big* bro.” Said Axel
       smartly. Caden sighed to walk out himself.”see ya later man..”
       he said to walk out.
       David paused his song momentarily to thsnk the twins and to tell
       them to find him if they needed anything. A part of him felt
       protective of the boys, even if they had a brother to look out
       for them.
       Toxic looked slightly amused by this, getting a firm grip on
       their shoulders to lead them down the hall.
       "Best to not let W know about that one. He'd destroy the man for
       sure. Which I'd rather not see happen,"
       Toxic didn't relax his grip until he'd gotten them both into the
       safe room and locked it behind him.  "So what the hell had been
       going on while I've been in the field? You two seen Michael at
       all?"
       He moved to sit on the small couch, leaving the bed for his
       brothers to sprawl out on and let out a long sigh. "We gotta be
       careful. You can't leave messes. I found a blood trail from the
       lab break room. I cleaned that up and moved the body you dumped.
       Guess I've got a few things to teach you two,"
       -----
       David went on singing after the three brothers had left, feeling
       Alex's body relaxing under him.
       He let out a soft grunt at the gentle bite to the same spot Alex
       had already marked. "You're welcome.
       His face flushed a bit at Alex's  words. "I'll Be right back,"
       he said before leaning in to kiss Alex on the side of his mouth.
       David collected his med kit and unhooked one of Alex's wrists
       and rubbed some ointment on it and gently bandaged it.
       "I don't want to restrain you, but you can't go running around
       either. Maybe we can make a deal? You sleep here with me tonight
       and I'll give you whatever you ask for, how's that?"
       A complaining groan left A13X when David pulled away after a
       sweet kiss to his face. He couldn't help but pull on the
       restraints until the man cane back. 13 didn't resist when the
       human unbound his wrist before tending to it. He couldn't
       remember the last time someone was brave enough to be within
       choking distance of his hands.
       "You.... want this one to stay? With you? Unrestrained?" A
       doubtful expression came to the experiment. "A13X is highly
       unstable.... could kill you, assessment, unsafe.... why risk
       life if no want to die? This one will stay... if this one can
       have you...." He mused, seeming highly entertained by the idea
       of the man giving him whatever he wanted.
       "I do want you to stay," David replied. "Could kill doesn't mean
       you will Alex. Life isn't worth living without taking risks.
       Just...how does Alex want me?" David asked curiously as he freed
       the second wrist and gently dressed it and wrapped it up.
       He was about 70% sure that Alex has having dirty thoughts about
       him.
       “Good to see you toxic..” said Caden lightly. Axel huffed a
       little at the man’s grip. He wanted to find his brother Michael,
       course when the question came.”Michael doesn’t even know we are
       here… William made sure of that..” he said flatly.”thinks we
       died, been kept under a shock collar to be babysitters to Alex-
       aka 13.” Said the man. “Legions still doing what they can right
       now- even if she don’t like it.” He said to such.”man’s been
       scarce since- not seen him in a while.” Said Caden.
       The look in A13X's eyes softened a little at what David said,
       calling him Alex again. Even being fearless enough to uncuff the
       other wrist and tend to his injuries. "You got this one all
       worked up earlier.... A13X wants you inside this one..." He
       mused with a wide smirk as he as he quickly wrapped his arms
       around David, bitting higher up on the man's neck, well more of
       a nip by A13X's standards.
       "Do you want this one?" He questioned with a purr. "This one's
       breathe still tastes if pizza," he mused.
       "Fu.cking William," Toxic said with a great deal of heat, his
       eyes flashing red. "He's gonna pay for that. I should have come
       back sooner. Rest assured he will be dealt with accordingly,"
       Toxic moved to pull each of the twins into a hug and mussed
       their hair up. "You two try and get some rest, I'll keep watch.
       And I made sure no one saw me, so keep it quiet for now."
       -----
       David flushed at Alex's reply, feeling a little bad for having
       affected the man so much. Though it seemed Alex didn't seem to
       mind, demanding him to be inside him. the sudden embrace and
       teeth on his neck brought out a rather loud groan.
       His body had been on the edge the past hour, and revved up at
       Alex's purred inquiry. "I do, want you. I could get you a mint
       if you'd like. And I should grab a few things to get you ready
       for me," David replied, moving back enough to pull his shirt off
       and retrieved lube and condoms from his bag.
       David gently undressed Alex, before getting rid of the rest of
       his. "Maybe we should clean you up a little first. Come on,"
       David said after spying some blood spattered on Alex's pale
       skin. He dragged Alex in the shower, and gently washed him up.
       The twins felt the hug to give this embarrassed look as teens
       often do as Axel groaned at the mussed hair.”oh come on!” He
       grumbled. “Yeah yeah- oh by and by- pestilence lost his mind
       literally.. seems they even did shock therapy and it didn’t
       work.” Said the teen.
       The noise A13X was able to get out of David sent a thrill
       through him before he raised an eyebrow at the suggestion of a
       mint. "Mint?" He questioned, though the idea was short lived as
       David pulled his shirt off. A13X was entranced by the shirtless
       man, more than happy to let the man undress him.
       He couldn't help the blush as David decided the experiment
       needed a shower and dragged him into the bathroom to get washed
       up. The man's insistent hands cleaning him was driving A13X up
       the wall with want, giving no resistance as he was cleaned up,
       even going as far as to brush his teeth when he saw the
       opportunity.
       "Why do you call this one Alex?" He questioned once they were
       out from under the water and drying off, A13X behaving more like
       a normal person in that moment.
       "complaining about mussed hair? I've had much worse, I got wet
       willies, Indian burns, and loogies in the face," he chuckled
       remembering how Michael had teased and pranked him in the past.
       His smile and good mood evaporated in an instant at the news of
       what had happened to Pestilence. The man had been his mentor and
       first lover. He'd helped him gain control of his ability so he
       could touch other people again.
       "Do you know where he is?" He asked, his eyes going dark as his
       body started to slowly shift to his much more frightening side.
       "Do not follow me, I don't want to hurt you or get you in
       trouble. I'm finding him no matter who tries to stop me,"
       By the end of his sentence, his hair was moving like it had a
       mind of its own and his own corpse like skull face was showing,
       his eyes a bright enraged red.
       -----
       "To freshen your breath," David explained. "Maybe toothpaste and
       a toothbrush would be better though." He added thoughtfully.
       Given Alex's skill with making a shiv, the people in charge
       probably hadn't allowed him a toothbrush in a long time.
       David enjoyed hearing Alex's pleased sounds as he gently
       scrubbed the man down, getting off a time of duty and grime
       until Alex was squeaky clean.
       "There we go, all clean now," David murmured.
       He turned off the water and grabbed a towel to dry them both
       off. "Cause it suits your cute face, that's why," David replied
       and stole a kiss.
       He pulled Alex back into the bedroom and onto his lap, kissing
       the man even more, letting his hands roam over the other's body
       slowly.
       "Cute?" A13X questioned with a blush coloring his cheeks
       lightly. He was decently sure David was the first to ever say
       such a thing to him. The stolen kiss only briefly pulling his
       mind away from the idea that the man actually found him cute.
       He was soon pulled into the bedroom and into David's lap. The
       blush on his cheeks darkening as he melted into the man's kiss
       and touch as his naked scared body was touched by adventurous
       hands. "This one needs you...." He purred when the kiss finally
       broke and A13X began to gently nip at David's jaw.
       "Cute, hot, sexy," David added, his grin growing at the blush on
       Alex's face.
       The scars he touched made David feel sad thinking of how much
       Alex had gone through. Was he taking advantage of him? He kind
       of felt he was in some ways. And yet, the way Alex was
       responding made himself feel that the guy did want more, even
       with his mind being a bit off.
       "You really do, do you?" He asked, groaning at the gentle bite
       on his jaw. "Let me make this the best experience you've ever
       had,"
       David slowly moved Alex onto his back and slid off to grab
       condoms and lube from his bag, setting them where he could grab
       them when needed.
       David then began a slow descent, kissing and licking his way
       down Alex's chest, abdomen, hips, and pelvis bone. Then he was
       pleasuring Alex, taking the other's member into his mouth and
       moving. His long semi wet hair fell around his face as he moved
       , moaning as he sucked.
       #Post#: 1347--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crazy in Love -A13X, David, Xander
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 13, 2026, 3:13 pm
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       "Yes, this one needs you," A13X confirmed, loving the sound
       David made before Alex found himself on his back before the man
       went to grab what he needed after a promise of making this the
       best experience he ever had. He couldn't take his eyes off of
       the man as he watched him grab what he would need.
       Then, David's lips and tounge were on his body, iliciting needy
       noises from Alex as the man traveled lower and lower, making
       A13X rock hard with want and need. A gasp left him when the man
       took the raging hard on into his mouth and began to work on
       Alex, pleasuring him and getting loud moans out of him as his
       hands tangled into the long hair. "You look so good with your
       mouth around this one like that.
       David let out a moan of his own at the hands tangling in his
       hair. He kept moving over Alex's member before pulling off and
       lifting the man's legs and going lower, using his tongue to
       loosen the man.
       He took a great deal of care and time sliding lubed fingers into
       Alex and stretching him out even more.
       "You ready for me? "
       The grip on David's hair tightened as A13X felt the man release
       his member and go *lower*. The he was a moaning mess by the time
       he felt David add fingers into the mix. With how gentle the
       medic was, he hardly felt any discomfort.
       So, by the time the long haired God of a man gazed down at him
       and asked if he was ready, he was near the point of begging the
       man. "Yes, please! This one needs you inside..." He would do
       just about anything to have the man fuck him then and there.
       David grabbed a condom and slid it on quickly and moved Alex's
       legs up just a bit more before sliding slowly inside. He let out
       a groan at how tight and hot Alex felt.
       "Fuck you're still really tight, it doesn't hurt does it?"
       A thrill ran through A13X when he felt David press against, and
       then slowly inside, that needy hole. His eyes nearly rolled into
       the back of his head and a look of ecstasy overtook his features
       as the man filled him. "Perfection," he purred in a lust filled
       moaned in response to the man.
       "Give this one more," he moaned out when he felt the man fully
       inside him.
       David took in Alex's expressions and trailed his hands up to
       play with and tease the man's body.
       "I could say the same about you," he replied, leaning in to mark
       Alex's neck with a dark hickey.
       "More? Like moving?" David asked, pulling back and pushing back
       inside. After a few slow thrusts, he got into a steady rhythm,
       moaning softly.
       When David questioned for clarification, A13X could only nod his
       head as more moans escaped him when his new lover began to move
       inside of him. Moans of praise fell from Alex's lips. Feeling
       the medic striking that perfect spot over and over had him
       spilling all over himself in short order.
       David's hips kept moving, and his hands slide over Alex's body
       after the other had covered his chest. He was close, but not
       quite there yet.
       "Could use your mouth on my neck if you want," He moaned,
       knowing that would send him right where he wanted and needed to
       be.
       At David's words, A13x reached up and pulled the man closer,
       biting his neck on the gentler side as he moaned against the
       man's neck as he felt him continue to claim him.
       With Alex's teeth in his neck, it was only a few moments later
       David let out a deep groan and spilled into the condom. His body
       trembled a bit as he collapsed on top of Alex panting a bit
       before he collected himself.
       His neck stung a bit but that wouldn't last for long. He pushed
       himself up, caressing Alex's body gently and covering him with
       gentle kisses.
       "Do you want to stay with me?   And Let me hold you while you
       sleep?" David asked softly.
       The ecstasy A13x was in was beyond compare. He held onto David
       was the man reached his peak and collapsed ontop of him. Then
       came the sweet loving attention of the medic as he showed his
       body with gentle kisses once 13 had released his bite.
       Hearing David's questions had A13x looking at the man in the
       eyes. He stared for several moments as if trying to decide what
       he wanted. This had been better than the high he got from
       killing and the sight of blood.
       "Yes, stay, cuddle.... this one won't kill you tonight," he
       purred finally as he pulled the man into a rather sweet kiss.
       David felt slightly alarmed by Alex's reply. He melted into the
       kiss, tangling a hand in the other's hair.
       "Well if you don't kill me while I sleep or in the morning, I
       can make you breakfast and we can have some more fun tomorrow,"
       David suggested and slowly pulled out and went to get a wet wash
       cloth. After he'd cleaned them both up, he curled up with Alex,
       pulling the blankets up over them.
       "Try and get some sleep." He murmured and settled his head on
       the other's chest.
       A chuckle left A13X at David's suggesting of making breakfast in
       the morning if he survived that long, and then a promise of more
       *fun* if he did. "Sounds pretty appealing," the experiment mused
       as David pulled away, getting a groan out of him. Soon the man
       had them both cleaned up before he cuddled up with A13X telling
       him to get some sleep. "Will try," he answered with a yawn
       before he was fast asleep.
       David laid in the Alex's arms, listening to the man's soft
       breathing debating over trying to get some sleep or not. After
       the events he'd just gone through and everything he'd seen,
       sleep took awhile to arrive. His mind was whirling and he was
       trying to come up with a plan in how he could keep Alex from
       getting thrown back into a cage.
       He finally dozed off out of exhaustion.
       When he jerked awake several hours later, he was relieved that
       Alex was still pinned under him. "Hey, time to wake up," he
       muttered moving to kiss Alex awake.
       The sleep A13X got being snuggled by David was deeper and more
       restful than he had in a very long time. He didn't even have his
       usual nightmares as he dozed away the night. He didn't even stir
       until David started to actively wake him up.
       A groan of complaint left him when he heard the man talk of
       waking up, but the kiss got the man's eyes slowly opening, a
       look of confusion on his face, as if he had expected David to
       just be a sweet dream but it was oh so very real. A grin came to
       his lips.
       "So you aren't a hallucination...." He mused groggily as he
       snuggled closer to the man. "Five more minutes..." He murmured.
       The groans from Alex prompted David to kiss him on his face
       until he finally saw the other's eyes open slightly.
       "Nope, I'm a living breathing person," David replied with a
       grin. "All right but no asking for more time. I have to go check
       in with my new bosses today. I can't be late."
       David felt a bit worried, unsure of leaving Alex alone, even for
       a short while. He really didn't want to use the handcuffs on
       Alex.
       "That sounds boring," A13X murmered sleepily. "Davi still make
       breakfast?" He questioned as he began to fall back asleep. He
       snoozed once more until the medic tried to wake him again and
       groggily complied with the man's wants.
       This early in the day, he was too sleepy to be a major threat to
       most, as all he wanted to do was sleep and eat.
       "it's not that bad," David said with a chuckle. "yeah, I've got
       stuff to make pancakes,"
       David went quiet, watching Alex sleep for five more minutes
       before shaking and getting the sleepy Alex up.
       He found some black sweat pants a long T-shirt for Alex to dress
       in and pulled on some clothes of his own.
       He headed into the kitchen where he used a box of Bisquick
       pancake mix to make  up pancakes. He gave the first  stack to
       Alex, drowning it in syrup and handed the man a fork.
       "This is a pancake stabbing fork only," he said before releasing
       it completely.
       Then he made a few for himself and then turned off the stove and
       sat down next to Alex to eat.
       "Alex....can you try to be good and not go wandering off too
       far? If someone catches you and puts you in a cage again, it'd
       be hard for me to find you again. I really don't want something
       bad to happen to you,"
       The sleepy experiment followed David and allowed the man to help
       him dress before he half laid on the kitchen table from his seat
       as he waited for food, even starting to snore a little as he
       dozed off again.
       When the food was ready though, A13X perked up quite a bit as
       the man put the stack of syrup smothered pancakes in front of
       him. He couldn't help his light chuckle as David felt the need
       to express that the only things he could stab with the fork were
       the pancakes.
       "Yes, yes, no stabby the Davi," he mused before he dug into the
       pancakes, letting out pleased sounds before David joined him to
       eat as well.
       He paused at the man's question of if he would be good. He found
       it sweet the guy didn't want him in a cage again, though A13X
       knew there wasn't any other place for him that kept others safe.
       "This one won't go far," he promised with a rather innocent Grim
       towards the man. "A13X be good," he added before he dug back
       into his breakfast, finishing it in seemingly record time. "A13X
       sleep now?" He questioned with a yawn.
       Seeing just how sleepy Alex was relieved David a bit. Maybe the
       guy would sleep  through his meeting and he'd be able to get
       back to Alex.
       "Do you promise me?" David asked leaning in to look at Alex with
       a serious expression. He wasn't all that sure he could actually
       trust Alex after seeing him attacking the twins and the
       scientist the night before.
       "Yes, Alex can sleep now," David agreed and got up to pull the
       man back to the bed and tucked him in, giving him another gentle
       kiss. "I'll be back as soon as I can."
       David went to brush his teeth and get cleaned up some more
       before heading down to the hospital wing. Though he was early to
       his meeting, he could see the place was swamped already and
       jumped in to help the other medics and the head nurse where he
       could.
       "What happened?" He asked once everyone had been treated.
       "I'm not really sure, someone went raging through the place last
       night, knocked a bunch of people out, and beat up a few.  The
       paralysis is kind of concerning..." Dior replied looking David
       over closely. "You must be David, the new medic. Thanks for all
       your help. I'll let Dr. Takada and Dr. Polick know you're here.
       I can already tell you'll fit in well,"
       Dior headed to the office where the two doctors were going over
       the new cases and poked their head inside. "Our new medic David
       Choi is here for his intake interview. I just want to say, he
       was ready to help and did a great job. If I were you, I'd make
       sure he stays around for awhile,"
       #Post#: 1348--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crazy in Love -A13X, David, Xander
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 13, 2026, 3:40 pm
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       "Promise," A13X answered before he was led off to bed again and
       tucked in. He was passed out again before David managed to
       leave. Unfortunately, without the man there to hold him while he
       slept, the night terrors jerked him awake with a scream before
       he frantically looked around, not finding a cage or needle or
       William. It took several moments for him to calm down even a
       little before he went into the kitchen and started to dig
       through the place until he found a nice big butcher knife.
       The fearful experiment gained a malicious smirk as his mind went
       over all the ways the blade could make him feel so much better.
       Knife in hand, A13X left David's room and began to wander around
       until he stumbled upon a pair of mafia men arguing. He didn't
       particularly care what they were arguing about, but the look on
       the one man's face when A13X stabbed the one facing away from
       him in the back brought that thrill through him he craved. The
       fear he felt being transposed onto his victims.
       It didn't take very long before A13X had butchered both men and
       was painting the hallway in their blood like it was finger
       paint.
       Alexander had made it through his interview and was busy making
       sure his hall was ready. The man was coming out of what was
       going to be renovated to be a bath of sorts. The man knew enough
       to pass as a spa therapist of sorts. He was shifting a box of
       medicinal plants to another room when he heard something strange
       to pause. It sounded like a man yelled before being cut off. He
       placed the box on the side table of the room… to decide to check
       it out. As he did so, his face contorted at the gruesome scene
       before him and a man painting blood on the wall..*with his hand*
       he looked down to see a head near his foot and paled as he
       silently went to back up, only to trip over his own feet. He
       grunted a little as he fell on his back to try to scramble up.
       The peace A13X felt as he painted on the wall in blood was
       chilling. He wasn't snapped out of his entranced state until he
       head something fall behind him and then a grunt.
       He quickly turned his head to see what was going on to see a
       stranger trying desperately to get back to his feet. It caused
       A13X to tilt his head before he stood up and walked over to the
       body that still had it's head attached to yank the knife out of
       the dead man's chest before rushing over to the stranger.
       With the scrambled state the man was in, it wasn't hard for A13X
       to pin the man on his back and held the knife up like he was
       going to start a frenzied attack, before he paused. A smell hit
       him that he wasn't expecting and he found he liked it quite a
       bit, he started to sniff the air before he realized the pleasant
       smell was coming from the man under him.
       The experiment finally let the knife swing down, sticking into
       the floor right next to the man's head. "You smell nice,
       though... you also smell like a cop...." He mused as he stared
       down at the man.
       Alexander saw the man get the hell up, and felt the pin to
       squirm underneath to see the blade going up. His mind went blank
       before he squeezed his eye shut seeing it come down to not being
       in him. His eyes focused on the blade before he heard A13x’s
       voice. His head turned back.”not a cop.. just a spa therapist…”
       he said finding his voice to look up at the blood covered man.
       He forced himself to calm down as he was figuring how to
       introduce himself.”my name is Alexander.. what is your name?” He
       asked as he wondered if this guy was meant to take people out or
       not. The fact he was found out this fast rattled him.
       "Not a cop? Intresting.... I am experiment A13X.... is that why
       you smell so good? This one could... eat you up..." He purred in
       a dark tone before he leaned down to bite the man's shoulder
       hard enough to draw blood.
       “I don’t know?…” Alexander answered back before he saw A13X lean
       down to blush a little. Was this guy planning on violating
       him?!? “Hey..ah.. let’s take this slow.” Stammered Alex seeing
       the face coming closer- to turn his head at first. Course the
       thought was interrupted by pain.”fuck!” Flew out as he struggled
       again. He didn’t wanna die being eaten alive. His head fell back
       to see a man looking like a ghost to mouth ‘help me’ to watch
       the man turn and run off. Tears pricked just a little- was there
       no loyalty in this place? He wondered.
       David had been in a rather happy mood after meeting with his new
       work bosses. That feeling faded quickly when he got back to his
       room to find it looking like someone had broken in and trashed
       it.
       "Alex! Where are you?" He called, frantically checking every
       space in the room, hoping the man was hiding somewhere.
       It wasn't until he noticed the open drawer in the kitchen and
       realized the butcher knife was missing. "Oh f.uck!"
       David raced out of the room, searching for Alex, his heart
       racing. Something must have triggered the guy to snap again.
       David was nearly trampled by a pale faced man coming out of a
       hallway from the therapy area of the hospital wing.
       He took a deep breath and headed the way the man had come from.
       The two dead bodies, the blood smeared wall and the sight of
       Alex leaning over a third man on the ground had David come to a
       halt.
       "Hey Alex, calm down let the guy go," David said softly as he
       slowly moved towards them. The closer he got, he could see Alex
       has biting the other's shoulder, the knife inches away from the
       wounded man's head.
       "Can you put the knife down and stop biting him now? I can make
       you something much tastier. Whatever you want,"
       The cry of pain Alexander gave sent a thrill through A13x as he
       held the man down, absorbed in tasting the blood that leaned
       from the wound. He wasn't pulled away from the thoughts until he
       heard David's voice using the name the man had given him. Alex.
       A groan of complaint left A13X at David's seeming plea. At this,
       the experiment sat up on Alexander's waist as pulled the knife
       from the floor. "This knife?" He questioned with a sinister look
       in his eyes before licking blood off the broad side of the blade
       was a pleased sound before he moved the butcher knife in his
       hand to offer the handle to David.
       Once the knife was taken from him, A13x got to his feet, letting
       his almost victim go. "Daaavi, you make A13X liver and steak?
       This one craves blood," he questioned as he looked back to
       Alexander, "can not a cop come too?" He questioned. "Not a cop
       smells gooooood," he purred.
       Alexander continued to squirm until he stilled at a voice. His
       eyes went to the man that was pinning him.”y..yeah sure be
       something way tastier than me..” he stammered. He didn’t dare
       move seeing the knife in the crazy man’s hands to watch as the
       man had actual conversation. He began to move to flinch. “My
       name is Alexander.. “ he told the crazed man as he inspected the
       bite. His long hair freed from its hair tie he had as he sat up.
       “I might.. need a little help…” he said as his eyes drifted to
       Alex with strange look. If this guy was wandering around and
       this dangerous- what other things did this mansion hold? Did he
       wonder.
       David gulped as Alex held up the knife, a scary look in his eyes
       and then licked blood off of it before offering it to him. "Yes,
       thank you Alex" David said softly, taking the handle.
       He let out a long sigh and was relieved by the request for food.
       "Maybe your iron is low, but yes I can get you liver and steak,"
       he agreed.
       David's attention turned to the wounded man, thinking it was a
       strange stroke of fate he'd end up helping two men with similar
       names. "yes Alex, Alexander can come with us. I'm going to fix
       up his wound and take care of him."
       David moved to offer the other a hand up with his free one. He
       tried to avoid looking at the dead bodies as they stepped around
       them and led the two to his half destroyed room.
       "Alex, could you turn the couch right side up for me?" He asked
       moving to search for his medical kit. Thankfully he had put it
       back in the closet with his clothes so it was intact.
       He deposited the butcher knife into the trash can and motioned
       to Alexander. "Alexander could you sit on the couch and take off
       your shirt. Alex, let me get him fixed up and then I'll get you
       your food. Why don't you sit on the floor and watch,"
       At the thank you from David, A13X seemed quite pleased with
       himself, even more so when the man agreed that the stranger
       could come with them. "Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe
       and atomic number 26. Classified as a transition metal, it is a
       solid at room temperature." He recited, though he had no
       recollection why he said it.
       After that, he quietly followed David and Alexander back to the
       torn apart room. "A13x can do that!" He said a little too
       excitedly as he effortlessly picked up the couch and set it the
       right way again before he settled on the floor near David and
       the stranger when it was suggested.
       "Are you going to slice him up? Could fry up the slices like
       bacon!" He mused with a creepy look on his features as he
       fantasized about eating humans again as he stared at Alexander
       like he wanted to devour the man.
       Alexander  took the man’s hand, and walked with them being
       covered in smudges of blood from not just his own but what was
       on Alex’s shirt.
       Alexander watched the man effortlessly move the couch right side
       up on his own. It was as if his soul had left his body as he let
       autopilot take over to sit down and peeled off the shirt.
       He paused at the next set of words Alex used.”I’m not gonna be
       eaten thank you very much!” He said at the test subject. He
       found it odd the man was able to pick out something from the
       periodic table so he asked.”what you said just now- where did
       you learn that?” He asked.
       David was a bit surprised by Alex reciting facts about Iron and
       wondered where the guy had heard it. Seeing how strong Alex was
       was a bit sobering.
       "Thank you for fixing the couch Alex. And no. Just going to put
       some ointment on the bite mark and cover it," David replied,
       pulling out what he needed. "And give him some antibiotics,"
       "We need to work on you eating real food and not biting people.
       If you want bacon just say that. I'll get you real bacon."
       David felt badly for Alexander and what the man had gone
       through. He leaned in a bit closer, brushing the long strands of
       loose hair away to work on cleaning the bite marks with
       peroxide, and then applying Neosporin and bandaging it up.
       "I'm David Choi by the way. I'm one of the new Medics. What
       brought you here Alexander?" He asked as he started gathering up
       the trash and putting things back in the kit.
       "Alex, do you want to help me cook?" He asked, knowing he'd need
       to keep Alex occupied.
       When Alexander protested being eaten and the David seemingly
       scolding A13X for bitting had the experiment pouting like a
       young child.
       "Buuuuuut biting is fuuuuuuun, humans are tasty to munch and
       chomp, this one bit softer? Compromise? Bitting is like kissing,
       but theres a winner!!" He reasoned. The grumpy expression turned
       into a quizzical one at Mr. Not a cop's question. A13x had to
       sit there and think about it for a long moment. He often
       recalled fragments of information, chemistry and math things
       seemed to be deeply embedded in him. A remnence of the human he
       used to be.
       "A13X, isn't sure, analyzing inquiry..........." He said before
       staring down at his lap for a long while as the two men talked.
       "This one....  learn.... from school... special one... memory
       fragmented. File missing,"  he responded as if he was a computer
       of some sort. He was most certainly flesh and bone, but he had
       lacked human interaction for far too long.
       When David asked A13X of he wanted to help cook, the man began
       to nod enthusiastically. "Yes yes yes, A13X get knife?" He
       questioned.
       Alexander relaxed slowly as he was worked on. He felt the gentle
       care from the man before hearing him ask his question.”I’m a spa
       therapist.. my expertise  to help those who have mental
       illnesses relax..” he managed to slide out. Of course the man
       mentioning cooking and how Alex told him some form of an answer
       that sounded like a computer and less of a human made him frown.
       Course the mention of a knife made Alexander look at David with
       a panicked look.”he shouldn’t have knives till he learns no
       stabby the people.” He said his honey kissed eyes widening. His
       mind whirred on the idea of a special school- the only one he
       knew of was funded by the Rosecrofts. He pursed his lips a
       little.
       Alex's pouting and trying to reason that biting was like kissing
       had David sighing. "No, it's not the same thing. Biting people
       is bad and wrong. No more doing that Alex," David replied.
       Hearing the odd response to Alexander's question, had David
       wonder if he'd ever find out what had happened to Alex.
       "Oh really? That's an interesting job." David said to Alexander.
       David reached out to squeeze Alexander's arm at the other's
       objection of Alex having a knife. "I agree with you on that," he
       said softly before turning to Alex.
       "I have a different job for you Alex. Come on, I'll get you
       started,"
       David pulled Alex into the bathroom to get his hands washed and
       a change of clothes. Then gave him the job of tearing a head of
       lettuce up into bite sized pieces, showing him how.
       He got out the meat and started cooking it in a skillet, and
       collected the rest of the knives and hide them away.
       "Is there anything I can get you Alexander? And..would you mind
       if I called you Xander?" David asked getting a glass of water
       for the man and handing over an antibiotic pill.
       The pout returned to A13X's face when he received more scolding
       and told he would have a different job. Luckily, it was
       destructive and easily got his full attention as he tore the
       lettuce into little pieces. He was so focused on it in fact, he
       didn't notice David hiding all the knives.
       It wasn't long before he was done and walked up behind the medic
       to embrace him from behind before rather gently nibbling the
       man's neck. "A13X finished," he murmured against the man's neck.
       Alexander felt the squeeze of sympathy to his arm before
       watching this crazy guy put him to shredding lettuce. Alexander
       took the pill and blinked.”sorry I barely know you- I only go by
       that by the closest people I know…” he said to drift his eyes
       back to Alex as the lettuce no longer really resembled as such-
       it looked more like shredded confetti.”but I don’t mind having
       some food.. and a way to clean the hall.. it’s not going to look
       good with those that need my services..” he said before seeing
       Alex walk over and embrace David like a lover as his face
       blushed at first and him now semi-understanding why this guy
       seemingly was helping Alex.”your two are sleeping together
       together… aren’t you?” He questioned.
       "I understand," David said softly, and gave Alexander a hopeful
       smile. "maybe in time we'll become friends. I'm happy to feed
       you. Uh I should probably let someone know about the bodies, I
       know there's a morgue here somewhere,"
       David felt the arms wrapping around him and then Alex nipping
       his neck, bring a soft sound from him.
       "Good job Alex," David replied, reaching up a hand to caress the
       man's face.
       He glanced back at Alexander when the other asked the quite
       obvious question.
       "Yes, we are. He needs someone to ground him, and I'm somehow
       the only one that can. I care about him a great deal. I am
       pretty sure he's been experimented on for a long time."
       At David's praise and gentle caressing hand on his cheek had
       A13X make a content sound as he nuzzle the man before looking at
       Alexander when the man asked if they were sleeping together. He
       had to admit, he felt touched hearing David admit to caring
       deeply for him before mentioning being experimented on.
       "Experiment? Please no.... A13X be good... no more mean
       doctor..." He whimpered as he pulled away going into a rather
       frantic state before trying to wedge himself under the bed to
       hide.
       Alexander made a small groan. So they did clean up at least. He
       listened to the crazy man mention about grounding the murder
       cannibal - to hear about the guy being experimented on.
       He saw the reaction.. and his face read all sorts of dejavu. His
       interview was with a gargantuan man, Kuro and a red head the
       hauntingly felt familiar with the man’s face. Her attitude with
       James being near seemed jittery-his face gained a softer look.
       He got up and quietly walked over to get of the floor on his
       chest.”there will be no more mean doctor.. “ he told Alex. His
       hand went out after hesitating briefly given he was bitten
       before.”your in a place where it’s safe now-“ he told the man.
       He was beginning to wonder if he himself was going crazy just
       even trying to sweet talk the man from under the bed.”it gets
       lonely eating by myself.. so maybe we can share a meal.. and I
       don’t mean eating me.” He joked a little. *maybe I am crazy.* he
       reasoned in his head.
       Alex's panicked and frantic reaction had David's heart drop in
       his chest. He felt terrible for triggering Alex's bad memories.
       He followed after Alexander, rather surprised by how gently and
       kindly the man spoke, getting as close to the hidden man as he
       could.
       "He's right Alex, you're safe here. We both want to help you."
       David moved to lay on the other side of Alexander, reaching his
       hand under the bed. "If you come out, I can give you cuddles and
       as many kisses as you want,"
       The look of fear in A13X's eyes slowly faded as first Alexander
       got down on the floor, trying to coax him out with the promise
       of no mean doctors before striking a cord when mentioning not
       wanting to eat alone. Then David joined the man, agreeing and
       calling him Alex again. Both men reaching form him as David
       promised cuddles and kisses.
       "Not a cop wants to... help A13X?" He questioned softly, his
       voice timid. He reluctantly reached out with both his hands to
       take both offered hands, he was already starting to trust
       Alexander. "Not a cop cuddle too? Not want lonely, A13X not like
       lonely...." He murmured before he seemed to derail as he started
       to repeat different versions of not wanting to be alone in the
       cage again.
       “You can call me Xander Alex.. not that please.” He asked.”and
       yes I want to help.” He said. He flushed at being asked if he’d
       cuddle.”I’ll cuddle too..” he said to blush hotter. His eyes
       softened at what he was hearing. If he planned on nabbing Albert
       finally- he needed to know more of what had been going on.
       Hearing how Alex acted like a scared child made him wonder. His
       hand went on Alex’s head to pat.”your no longer alone Alex..” he
       said and gave a warm smile.”and no cage.. “ he soothed.
       David gently squeezed Alex's hand once it had been taken. He was
       rather impressed and relieved that Alex was responding so well
       to Alexander. It wasn't too surprising that the other man
       suggested that Alex call him by a nickname. He'd used similar
       tactics when helping other panicking patients in the field.
       Seeing the man blushing when he agreed to cuddle Alex as well
       made David grin. Alexander had quite a kind soul.
       With Alexander's gentle voice reassuring Alex, David started
       humming softly remembering how it had helped the last few times.
       "Do you feel like coming out now?" He asked after a few moments.
       The gentle way the two spoke to him combined with David's
       humming was enough to relax. A slow nod coming from him in
       agreement, "yes... A13X ready..." He said softly as he gripped
       the two men's hands and used the leverage to drag himself out
       from under and sat on the floor once out.
       He had a rather innocent look in his doe like eyes as he looked
       at the two men. He then smelled the air as a strange smell hit
       him. "Something... is burning..." He murmured, looking to David
       with a new look of concern. If anything, A13X knew burning was
       bad, even with his warped mind.
       Alexander gave a soft sigh before he smelled the burning
       food.”shit!” Flew out. He rushed off to the kitchen to see the
       meat burning. In fact it was starting to be a fire to grab the
       hand towel to smack it till it smothered out. He turned the
       stove off.”well so much for the meat.” He said to chuckle.
       David gave Alex a soft smile once he had emerged and moved to
       give him a hug, when he smelled what everyone else did.
       "Oh crap!" He exclaimed right after Alex swore, his head body
       twisting towards the kitchen to see the meat starting to catch
       fire.
       Thankfully Alexander was quick to deal with dealing with the
       problem. "Stay here for now," David said softly to Alex.
       "Guess I killed dinner. Sorry. Let me see what else I have,"
       David looked through the rest of his groceries and pulled out
       some uncooked hamburger meat and other items they could use to
       make tacos with. "How about tacos for dinner? Have you ever had
       those before Alex?"
       David moved around the kitchen throwing out the burnt meat, and
       getting out a pan to cook the hamburger.
       "I've got some drinks and..chips if you're wanting something
       before this is done,"
       Feeling David hug him was comforting as he watched Alexander
       sprint off into the kitchen to deal with the flames. He had no
       issues with staying in the bedroom away from the smell of burnt
       meat. When David spoke again once the chaos settled, A13X tilted
       his head before he slowly approached the kitchen.
       "Tacos? Don't.... remember if had before...." The hungry multi
       colored eyed man questioned as he crept up behind David and
       peaked over the man's shoulder like an impatient child. "Drinks?
       What kind?" He questioned with a raised eyebrow before putting
       his hands on his lover's shoulders before starting to nip at the
       man again. "A13X coooould drink Davi's blooooooood is good and
       tasty," he purred darkly as yet another mood shift took hold.
       “Tacos are good- best with hot sauce or jalapeños .” Said
       Alexander  with a smile. He heard drinks to check things out
       before he heard Alex starting up again.”Alex no ! No,bite Davi-
       here..” he said to pour a bit of juice.” Have that instead.” He
       told the man.  He didn’t think it wise to give the man soda- he
       didn’t want to see what a hyped up crazy cannibal killer would
       be like. Juice seemed more optimal to keep him from bouncing off
       the walls.
       David smiled hearing Alex' s questions. "Well if you haven't,
       these will be your first, Alex. I do have hot sauce and
       jalapenos if you want to get those out Alexander," David
       replied.
       David was a bit too busy to reply to Alex straight away and let
       out a groan when the man nipped him talking about drinking his
       blood again.
       Relief flooded him when Alexander stepped in distracting Alex
       with a cup of juice. "Listen to Alexander, he's right. Juice is
       much better. Why don't you sit and drink and I'll finish getting
       everything heated and ready,"
       In another ten minutes, with the use of the microwave, David had
       beans, meat, corn tortillas and everything else set up and set
       out on the counter. "Now you just layer in a little of each
       thing,"
       David assembled a few on a plate and picked up to show Alex how
       to hold it. "If there's something you don't like, just leave it
       off. Then you eat it this way," David said taking a big bite.
       Hearing Alexander suddenly telling him no gave A13X pause, he
       pulled away from David a little to look at the man, giving him a
       confused expression before reluctantly accepting the juice at
       David agreeing with the man. "But.... want blooooood....." A13x
       complained in a whine before moving to sit at the table and
       sipped at his juice. It didn't take him very long to finish in,
       but thankfully had gotten lost in his own nonsensical thoughts.
       He snapped back to reality, at least a little, when David
       announced the food was ready before showing him how to construct
       the taco and eat it. A13X stared at David for a long moment as
       of he didn't understand what he was seeing before he got up and
       went to try and make himself a plate of tacos, stuffing the
       shell with way too much meat and ignoring the other options
       before he sat down and tried to eat it. Holding it to hard it
       quickly crumbled in his hands and he stared at the pile of taco
       shell and hamburger meat like it had offended him.
       Then, he got an expression like he had an idea, and put his face
       in the plate to try and eat the food like that, accustomed to
       eating in such a manner due to the usual unwillingness to give
       him anything he could use as a weapon.
       Alexander watched as David tried to teach Alex how to construct
       a taco. He chuckled watching the guy murder the tacos first and
       then watched his face go for the plate.”here fork- no stab
       people food only.” Said Alexander wishing for the guy to not eat
       like an animal.
       David was starting to worry about Alex and what might make the
       guy crave blood so much. He'd need to get some answers about
       what the man had suffered and how he and Alexander could help
       him deal with it. It was strange to suddenly be so trusting of
       someone he'd just met, but David felt like Alexander was a good
       guy.
       "Sorry, Maybe a taco salad would have been easier for you,"
       David apologized seeing how difficult eating a taco was for
       Alex.
       He gave Alexander a grateful smile when he interrupted Alex and
       handed over a fork, giving conditions on what it was for.
       David made a plate for Alexander and handed it over then moved
       to sit down next to Alex to eat his own food.
       When he'd finished, David pulled out his phone to text about
       finding the dead bodies to the doctor and needing a day off.
       He'd need the time to clean up his place and figure out how to
       keep Alex from another deadly rampage.
       "Told the head Dr. About the bodies so they can be moved. Alex,
       once everything is cleaned up, we can do some cuddling."
       When Alexander leaned over the table, offering A13X a fork, with
       conditions, of course, he took in, pleased to have a shove to
       get the food into his face hole. "Thank you not a cop," he mused
       and began to eat rather ravenous. He was nearly done with his
       food when he looked up at David when the man said the name he
       seemed to have given A13X.
       "Cuddle yes yes yes, cuddle Davi and not a cop," he mused
       seeming quite excited at the prospect. He shoved the remaining
       food into his mouth before neroticly trying to help clean up. He
       was long out of practice with such things and ended up using too
       much force and breaking the dish he was trying to clean.
       A huff of frustration left A13X as he tried with another dish,
       having similar results.
       Alexander was eating a little as he watched A13X shove food in
       his mouth with a fork. While it was better than watching the man
       stick his face in the plate- felt like something they needed to
       practice later.
       He heard the cuddle remark again to blush at the idea and sighed
       at the fact that A13X was stuck on calling him not a cop.”please
       call me Xander..” he asked again. He could see that A13X getting
       frustrated trying to help and came behind him with a dish.”your
       being far to rough- “ he said taking a13x’s hand to show that he
       didn’t have to press all that hard.”see be nice and gentle.” He
       said figuring the hands on approach would stick to the man.
       Feeling Alexander come up behind him after insisting being
       caused Xander had A13X freeze in place as the man's arms came
       around him and took his hands to show him how to wash the dishes
       without breaking them. A blush crept across his cheeks as he
       looked up at the man when they finished. "Gentle...." He
       repeated before attempting to wash another dish with far more
       success with Xander's... *close* guidance.
       It took far longer than it would have if the two men had just
       cleaned up without him, but it kept him focused and busy,
       keeping him out of trouble for the time being and soon
       everything was cleaned up. "All clean! A13X helped!"He mused
       excitedly.
       David hadn't quite meant for Alex to help with washing dishes,
       and flinched when the man broke two plates in his attempt to
       clean them.
       He was attempting to clean up some broken glass lightbulbs from
       the destruction of his room. He was relieved when Alexander
       moved to show Alex how to be gentle with the last plate. It was
       quite adorable seeing the two so close as they worked.
       "Don't worry about it. I should probably just buy a ton of paper
       plates anyways. Would save a lot of time that way." He commented
       and took a moment to relax
       "good job Alex." David replied and then let out a yawn. "Ready
       to lay down? You take the middle of the bed, and we'll join
       you,"
       #Post#: 1349--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crazy in Love -A13X, David, Xander
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 13, 2026, 3:57 pm
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       Alexander smiled.”yes gentle.” He said. Once they finished he
       gave a smile for how Alex seemed happy to have helped.
       He followed the two to a bedroom to see a bed, he crawled to a
       spot and laid back. He knew he could rest a bit after the bite
       be best. He still wasn’t sure to be in the bed with the man that
       made him think he was gonna die.
       At David's praise, A13X's entire expression brightened even
       more. He nodded enthusiasticly at David's suggestion of joining
       him in bed and scurried off to the bedroom. It wasn't long
       before Xander got into the bed as well and A13X snuggled up
       against the man with a content sound.
       After a few moments of waiting for David, A13X started to get
       nippy as he chomped on Xander's arm, being *far* more gentle, in
       fact, compared to the last bite he gave the man, this one would
       hardly feel like anything. "Mmmm tasty like Davi," he murmured
       before taking another chomp.
       David took a moment to gather up some scattered clothes while
       Alexander and Alex got into the bed and got comfortable.
       Hearing Alex's comment about the other's being tasty like he was
       made David chuckle as he slide onto the bed and curled around
       Alex, nibbling gently on the other's neck.
       "Is he? I might have to get a taste for myself later," he mused,
       shooting a look at Alexander.
       Alexander felt the chomp being gentle. He blushed softly. He
       made a noise that wasn’t himself before hearing David chuckling.
       He shot a look.”didn’t realize you moved that fast..” he said as
       he tried to play off the fact that he didn’t make said noise.
       The noise A13X had gotten out of Alexander put a smirk on his
       lips, and hearing David claim that maybe he needed to have a
       taste, only encouraged A13x. He moved himself to nip at the
       man's neck before licking up it and to Xander's jaw. "Mmmmm
       tasty," he purred before nuzzling the man before turning his
       attention to David as he turned to pull the man down and kissed
       him before moving to nibble on the medic's neck, getting
       increasingly more frisky.
       "I don't normally," David admitted biting his bottom lip.
       Watching Alex nipping and kiycking up Alexander's neck was quite
       an erotic sight. What the hell was wrong with him?
       He let out a surprised sound when Alex grabbed him and kissed
       him hard.
       "Alex," he moaned out as the man became nibbling his neck, and
       tugging at his clothes. "We agreed to cuddle, not ..this,"
       David's mouth might be protesting, but his body was already
       eagerly reacting and craving more.
       Alexander blushed hard at the attention Alex was giving to groan
       softly. He wasn’t use to this kind of attention- his last
       boyfriend didn’t even bother thinking how how good he should
       feel-  to look over at how the man was to blush more.”you both
       move that fast?” He asked. He seemed instantly shy, watching how
       David was telling him how that wasn’t cuddling.
       A groan of complaint left A13X at David's protests, giving the
       man a harder bite to the neck. "Davi no want?" He questioned
       when he let go, licking the mark he had made. His attention
       turned back to Alexander when the man mentioned going fast, not
       entirely understanding the man's meaning.
       "Fast? Oh oh oh, A13x can do fast," he mused as he pulled away
       from both men, the moment his feet hit the floor he ran out of
       the room, as if to show how fast he could go, and it was at a
       rather inhuman speed.
       He was several halls over when he forgot why he was running and
       began to wander around, thankfully not running into anyone in
       that moment.
       David let out another groan, feeling very conflicted. His body
       begging him to let Alex continue, while his rational mind told
       him that letting Alex take him in front of Alexander might make
       the other man think less of him.
       He shot a look over at Alexander, the comment making him go
       rather red. Maybe he had moved too fast with Alex, and taken
       advantage of the man.
       And then much to his shock and dismay, Alex was off and running
       away, far faster than humanly possible.
       "Alex...no!" His face white and filled with alarm, David
       stumbled out of the bed as he  grabbed his shoes and started to
       go after the fleeing man.
       "Guy seems to take things literally, " he muttered as he hurried
       down the halls, trying to find the man.
       Alexander went white as well as he watched the man take off, the
       man haven’t taken off his shoes, of course being he’s chased a
       few felons would of caught up even to the fastest of them- but
       it seemed it wasn’t normal case this time- now it was more of
       hunting down Alex.”no kidding- what the hell they do to the guy.
       “ said Alexander with a deeper frown.”the only other I’ve seen
       like him was a woman that was by my interviewers side- her
       behavior is marginally better at best, but she acts close to how
       he is.. watches this guy war having to explain something I said
       wasn’t literal but metaphorical.” He told David.”though I
       couldn’t help but feel murder vibe tendencies with her as well..
       just not the cannibalistic nature like Alex.. believed they
       called her Alice.” He mused.
       While A13X was wandering around, he found a rat trap with a live
       rat still inside. It tugged at his heart seeing the creature in
       a cage like he was normally kept and ended up opening up the
       cage and grabbing the critter, holding it a little to tightly as
       it squeaked in panick, bitting the man over and over on his
       grasping hands.
       The experiment didn't flinch as he tried to calm it down to no
       avail.
       "I doubt whomever experimented on him would want anyone finding
       out. But locking someone up and starving them isn't going to
       help any," David said with a shake of his head.
       Hearing Alexander mention another person with similar problems
       had David sighing heavily. "sounds like there's a lot of shit
       going on around here. I'm thinking he got to that point because
       they were starving him and he was desperate,"
       David's ears picked up the loud frantic squeaks and turned
       towards them. Seeing Alex holding a large rat as it bite the
       shit out of his hands brought a curse from David as he hurried
       over to grab the back of the rat's neck to keep it from biting
       Alex.
       "Shit Alex, your poor hands! Come on, let me clean them up. Why
       didn't you just let it go?"
       Alexander looked over”I suspect the two might be related.. he
       had features that look a lot like hers..” he said as he walked
       with the man.
       He heard David to gently get to Alex’s side to gently get Alex
       to hold bit more gently.”you can let him go and be free.. but
       you gotta hold gentler- he’s freaking out cause it’s a bit too
       tight..” he told Alex. “Can I hold him?” He asked looking at
       David.”so David can clean your hands..” he said giving a soft
       smile.
       When the worried voice of David suddenly filled the hall, A13X
       looked up from the rat in his hands, rather surprised as the man
       tried to restrain the critter from causing more damage as it
       panicked. Then Xander was there, with his arms once again around
       A13X, trying to show him to be gentle, even asking to hold the
       rat.
       "Rat in cage, like A13X, need friend!" He insisted as he
       reluctantly loosened his grip on the rat before letting go
       entirely. The wild animal flailing as it tried to escape.
       David was still thinking about Alexander's saying how Alex
       looked like another patient. Could the guy have family that he
       just didn't remember? If Alex had gone through years or decades
       of experimentation, it was likely he didn't remember much.
       "Probably better to let the rat go, it's wild and probably has a
       family," David replied softly trying to reason with Alex. "It'll
       be happier to be free," he added and moved to set the rat on the
       floor and let go.
       Alexander felt for the guy and had a feeling he was projecting
       on the rat.”you are a friend- and a good one would let it go to
       its family- bet it has a lot of babies to get back to right?” He
       soothed to rub Alex’s back.
       At the mention of family, A13X tensed before his eyes filled
       with tears as he was suddenly reminding of his twin sister. He
       only nodded his head as he watched the rat run off and curled up
       onto himself as he started to cry quite hard as he started to
       mutter about how his family was gone.
       David moved to embrace Alex, brushing his hand through the man's
       hair, as he listened to Alex muttering about losing his family.
       "You're not alone Alex, you've got me and...Xander. We'll be
       your family,"
       He didn't want to get the man's hopes up about the possibility
       of having a family member alive before he and Alexander were 100
       percent sure.
       "Come on, let's get back to our room and I'll fix your hands
       up,"
       Alexander saw how he reacted and got a look. “You get him
       settled, I think I’m going to go get something.” He told
       David.”Al3x you go and cuddle Davi- I’m going to go get you a
       treat.. something sweet.” He said as he decided he needed to
       talk to War.
       Feeling David's comforting embrace had A13X unfurling and
       clinging to the man as he hid his face in the medic' shoulder
       and continued crying, calming only slightly at the man's
       reassurance that he and Xander were his family now.
       With the coaxing of David and the promise of a sweet treat from
       Xander had A13X reluctantly getting to his feet and following
       David back to the room they had been in previously. He quietly
       sat on the bed as the tears had finally stopped falling to let
       his lover tend to the deep rat bites on his hands.
       David nodded at Alexander, feeling his face flush at the other
       calling him Davi. He rather liked it he decided.
       David gently stroked Alex's back before helping the man up and
       guided him back to the bedroom. Once there he got out his med
       kit and began tending to the bites.
       "I'm going to give you a shot too. Just so you don't get sick
       from the bites, okay? We can wait until Xander comes back,"
       David used colorful bandaids on the man's hands and fingers.
       Once that had been done, he moved to wrap Alex in his arms,
       holding him close.
       "Would you like a pet? I could get you one if you'd like."
       Alexander walked off not really caring he had no shirt on.
       Course looking as he was turned a few heads that he gotten use
       to. After taking a little asking around- he found the training
       room. He only stilled for a few moments as he froze at seeing
       Rachel again. Unlike him as a child- it seemed she looked the
       same just older. The woman looking a little more worn out than
       usual. He wanted to talk to her but first… he needed to help
       Alex.”war!” He called out as he brushed past Bobby,”excuse me.”
       He told the man.”we need to talk- well.. more like I need to
       talk to your woman- Alice- you can be with her- in fact it might
       be needed..” he said and sighed.”it’s about a patient that’s
       currently in the care of a doctor.” He said.
       Soon, the injuries were patched up with colorful bandages before
       David pulled A13X into his arms to hold him close. He snuggled
       into the embrace before looking up at the man with a surprised
       look.
       "Pet?" He questioned before a look of concern came to him. "Not
       good idea, A13X could hurt pet... not want cage...." He said
       softly, his voice muffled by David's shirt as he spoke.
       Lately War has been overseeing the training of Rachel's
       boyfriends, and was in the middle of working with Rebel when he
       heard someone calling for him.
       "Do three more sets and then take a break," he told Rebel before
       turning to eye the shirtless man.
       It took a moment to place the face and recall the therapist's
       name.
       "My...woman?" He asked raising an eyebrow, feeling a bit odd at
       someone using that term for Alice. He pulled the man to the side
       of the room so they could talk a bit more privately.
       "Who's the doctor and who's the patient in question?" He asked
       feeling a bit suspicious.
       The last thing they needed was to be blindsided by William and
       one of his creations.
       "Did...someone bite you?" He asked seeing the bite mark on
       Alexander's neck.
       -----
       David was surprised by Alex's rational thinking and not wanting
       to have a pet in a cage.
       "We could wait on that, work on you learning to control yourself
       before getting one. Some pets aren't kept in cages, like cats
       and dogs." He explained, stroking Alex's head.
       Alexander put his hands on his hips at the question.”David.. the
       man’s revitively new and found the patient which is currently
       being called Alex. I have reason to believe it might be Alice’s
       brother.” He told war.”features are the same, and he spoke of a
       sister during a breakdown. “ he said. “I’d say more but given
       the nature that he was experimented on and starved- I’d rather
       converse more behind closed doors. He said to cross his arms
       before hearing about the bite to his neck.”… I was but I’m fine-
       David treated it earlier..” he said.
       Hearing that they could wait on a pet when A13X had more self
       control, and even giving suggestion of pets that didn't need
       cages. "A13X would like that.... A13X try to not kill, gentle"
       he said softly as he snuggled closer.
       War's brow wrinkled at the name. "David...David Choi? Oh, the
       new medic, EMT guy."
       War fell silent as Alexander went on talking about the patient,
       saying he believed the guy was related to Alice.
       "I wouldn't know for sure if he is or not, Alice hasn't really
       talked to me about her family. It wouldn't surprise me if
       William or fu.cking James lied to her about what happened to her
       family. I don't want to upset her unless we know for sure."
       War nodded at the the therapist's suggestion to talk more behind
       closed doors. His eyebrow rose in suspicion when the guy said he
       was fine. "Give me a few minutes, and we can continue our talk,"
       War replied and turned to check up on the three young adults.
       "I'll let you three go early today. I've got something I need to
       see to. Please try to not burn anything down today Rebel,"
       The blue eyed teen smirked a bit, as he set the weight back into
       place. "I can't make any promises, but I'll try," he replied
       with a smirk.
       War huffed back and reached over to ruffle Rebel's hair. "At
       least stick with these two then. I'll see you three tomorrow,"
       War strode back to Alexander and motioned the man to follow,
       heading out of the training room and towards his office. "You
       sure you're doing okay Alexander? Someone told me they found two
       bodies near your office. If you need someone to talk to, we've
       got a Psychologist that starts tomorrow,"
       Once they were secluded in his office, War took a seat, leaning
       forwards and intently looking at Alexander.
       "Unfortunately there have been a lot of people subjected to
       this experimenting, I don't remember it, but I'm sure I was long
       ago. We're trying to end it, but it's an uphill fight at the
       moment. If you've got any insights or thoughts that could help,
       by all means share them,"
       ------
       David let out a soft sigh, smiling at Alex's reply. "I know you
       can be gentle Alex. You're doing a great job right now. Do you
       feel like sleeping? You're probably tired after all that
       running,"
       "Mmmm sleeeeeeep," A13X purred as he snuggled closer to David,
       falling asleep rather quickly once the pair were settled.
       Alexander gave a swift nod to let the man do his business. His
       eyes falling on the dark haired woman that had metal arms. It
       seemed the only thing out of place for him. He watched her laugh
       before watching how she hopped on his back to let a small breath
       out to follow war into his office.
       “Good as I can be- granted the first man made me think I was
       gonna die.. the second one intervened with the man that killed
       them and he became docile … mostly..” he said to sigh. “He went
       by a number but the name was a result.. believe it was A13X? Or
       that’s what he was calling himself.” He said to the man as they
       passed a door not seeing James who whirled at the name to pale
       with an oh shit look.
       “Well the man does look underfed- but despite it his mannerisms
       and trigger words are clear. Much like Alice the moment
       experiment- testing… cage even mentioned- he’d hide.” He told
       war.”I noticed any of those words during our talks at the
       interview sent her under the desk. If she isn’t related maybe
       she can bring to light if she knew him?” He asked.
       ——
       Meanwhile James had gotten to the room where A13X  was kept to
       see him gone! He made a noise and figured it be now he’d tell
       her. If it came from someone else he might die. He rushed his
       way out to see her petting the Doberman and seemingly happy. He
       took a breath and said.”Alice…” she froze to turn her head at
       James to make a face to rush off for wars office.”please wait ..
       it’s about 13..” he said as she paused to make a pained look.”I
       don’t wanna hear it.” She stated to see the trio coming down as
       Rachel seemed to slide off as he said.”he’s alive.” Rachel saw
       how Alice  stopped her face looking different.”13 … is alive…
       you..*lied?!?*” she seethed.
       She turned slow as James began to explain. “See he was not as
       stable and you… you were.. William figured we would say he died
       and your brother think you’d died that you two would get
       better.. he .. didn’t get better..” he slid out quick.
       “where is he?” She asked her hand going to the Doberman to pet.
       James got a nervous look.”that’s the thing.. I don’t know- he’s
       escaped…” he started before the woman’s body turned and a blur
       before James was on his back and being choked half to
       death.”I’ll kill you!” Flew out of Alice- as Rachel just grabbed
       rebels hand more or less wanting to get away from what looked
       like would turn worse.
       War let out a soft sigh as Alexander explained what he'd
       experienced. He had the feeling that the two dead might have
       been involved in the secret lab, and the escaped patient had
       recognized them. "A13X?" War repeated, recalling that Alice had
       a similar name before he'd started calling her Alice to humanize
       her more. "Alice had a similar moniker until I changed it," War
       mentioned.
       He was too focused on Alexander to notice James inside one of
       the other offices waiting on Tank to get out of a meeting with
       Switch.
       War got a pissed off looks on his face the more Alexander shared
       about the guy that had been rescued. "She probably would know
       more than most. We should go find her. If I'm there she might
       not freak out as much. If she does, I can help her through it. I
       just hate to stress her with her being pregnant," War said
       standing up and heading to the door.
       -----
       Tank finally emerged from his meeting and let out a frustrated
       sigh seeing that James had run off without him. "Where'd that
       idiot go off to? Does he have a death wish or something?" He
       muttered.
       Switch shook his head, still not sure why Tank was so obsessed
       with the white haired doctor. "I can help you look if you want,"
       he offered.
       "I'd appreciate it," Tank replied, heading down in the direction
       that James had gone.
       ----
       Rebel glanced down at Rachel's hand and then let out a long
       sigh. "Alice, why don't you let me deal with James. You should
       look for your brother, I bet Apollo can help you find him. I'll
       even make him extra crispy for you," Rebel said in a soothing
       voice.
       While he wanted James punished for what he'd done, he knew War
       wouldn't want Alice to have the man's blood on her hands.
       Alexander blinked softly at what war mentioned.”funny the doctor
       gave him the name Alex in turn.” He said. “Alright, and it’s
       best, especially when pregnant hormones all over the place..” he
       said to follow the man.
       ——
       Rachel just glanced at rebel as if asking why he was stopping
       it. Somehow seeing Alice lose it the way she wanted to felt a
       bit justified, and least the closest she’d see it anyway.
       Alice’s hands slacked.”double well cooked crispy.” She said
       flatly. Her head tilted.”Apollo can?” Rachel sighed deeply.”he
       can- if you have something of your brothers to track..” mused
       the woman as Alice let the now semi out of it doctor go. “You
       been near him -give!” She started to grab by the shirt to rattle
       the man. By then Alexander went around the corner to see the
       rather colorful group of people and a doctor bout half out of
       it.”he can’t talk to you- you knocked the freak out.” Said
       Rachel as she bent to her as Alice began to cry.”I just want my
       brother- he lied!” She said to give a resounding smack to
       James.”wake up!!” She started as Alexander made a face to make
       it over as he stopped her hand from going for a second smack to
       James.”I know where your brother is- he’s sleeping..” he started
       as she turned her face and he went back as her telekinesis
       kicked in pinning him to the wall. “He’s in a room not far..” he
       started as he felt the fear of dying again. “I can show!!” She
       heard to let go.”show!!” She demanded to grab Alexander by the
       hair for Rachel to stop her.
       “Let go Alice.. I know how it feels to lose family to gain it
       back..” she said. Her words getting through.”it hurts but you
       won’t get answers by being violent..” she said her green eyes
       looking at the duo toned ones.”and you’re pregnant.. you
       shouldn’t be doing such strenuous things..” she said as the red
       head calmed down some as she let go the handful of hair.
       Alexander rubbed his head a bit.”thanks Angel..” he said
       reflexively to the metal armed woman for her face to turn to him
       and her eye going wide.
       “Better make the deal- more you put it off the more stressed she
       will get.” Said Rachel to grab rebels hand and James’ collar.
       “Better find tank..” she mumbled to drag the man
       unceremoniously.
       Alexander walked the direction to the bedroom to stop.”now he
       might be resting- and I’m not sure how he will react..” he
       started to feel the shove and watched the door fling open.”13!!”
       Said Alice not really caring of who was roomed inside. She
       stopped near a room to walk over to see the man cuddling with
       her lost brother.”who are you and what the fuck are you doing to
       my brother!!” She said her eyes wandering around taking in the
       room.
       When the door to the room opened, A13X was started awake hearing
       someone yell 13. He sat up quickly and saw a woman who claimed
       him as her brother getting a look of stunned shock for a moment
       before a dark sinister glare came to his eyes.
       "IMPOSTER! A1IC3 DIED LONG AGO!" He screamed before launching
       himself at Alice with full intent to harm what he thought was
       one of James or William's sick jokes.
       #Post#: 1350--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crazy in Love -A13X, David, Xander
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 13, 2026, 4:16 pm
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       Alice saw what was coming to use her powers as she saw her
       brother heading her way to hold him there.”not imposter- real!!!
       They lied!!” She told Alex.”13.. what did they do..” she asked
       as tears welled a little as she looked in his face for some
       recognition- and not putting him down.
       War wasn't all that surprised that David had done the same
       thing.
       "It's a tactic I read about somewhere, it helps the person to
       keep from losing more of their humanity. At least from my
       experience it's worked," he explained and fell silent wondering
       just how Alice would react to the news.
       When he and Alexander found Alice choking James and hearing
       Rebel's offer had War go still. He let out a soft sigh when her
       hands loosened and   she began demanding to know where her
       brother was.
       "Alice..." He started to speak, and was interrupted by Alexander
       jumping in to say he knew where her brother was.
       At least it seemed that Rachel was able to reason with Alice,
       getting her to release Alexander so he could lead her to her
       brother.
       "Try to not get too overwhelmed," he murmured, staying close to
       her, getting rather worried about what might happen when she
       found her brother.
       He was a bit surprised to find the medic curled around A13X  as
       well. David looked quite shocked and taken aback by the sudden
       intrusion. "I wasn't doing anything! Just trying to keep him
       calm and get some rest."
       David clenched his ears when Alex suddenly screamed at the red
       haired woman and launched himself at her.
       Then he was scrambling out of the bed to move to take the
       dangling Alex's hand. He shot a look of concern between the
       crying woman and The other men.
       War cursed softly, moving to wrap his arms around Alice and
       hugged her gently. "that's what we all want to know Alice. David
       and Alexander have been trying to help him."
       He turned to shoot an odd look at David as the long haired man
       started singing softly.
       Meanwhile Rebel and Rachel had managed to drag James down the
       long hallway and ran into a very worried looking Tank.
       "Oh Jesus Christ, what stupid mess did he get into this time?"
       Tank asked moving to pull James up and carefully check him over.
       Rebel shot Rachel a weirded out look. "He told Alice he'd lied
       about her brother dying, nearly got strangled to death for it,"
       "Well thanks for getting him away from her. I know he deserves
       worse than being choked out. I'll make sure to keep him out of
       sight for awhile."
       "Just...why do you like him so much? He's not a good person at
       all,"
       Tank shifted the unconscious man over one shoulder and
       considered the question. "You think I'm a good guy? People can
       change if they're given a chance. Hell... War could be
       considered a mass murderer, but you like him, don't you?"
       Rebel looked rather shocked and took a step back. "You'd compare
       James to War? Really? They're completely different people,"
       Tank shook his head. "from your experience and what you've seen,
       that's your opinion. War used to be a cold ruthless killer.
       Alice changed him, gave him a heart. I'm hoping to do the same
       for James."
       "LIAR!" A13X screeched at his sister as he kept trying to get to
       her. He flinched when he felt David take his hand but the man's
       soothing melody gently swayed A13X away from the edge of his
       murderous intentions.
       "A1ic3 is dead.... she died my sister is dead you are an
       imposter!" He yelled, already far calmer than he was.
       Alice saw how he reacted and her face broke. “I’m real 13… you
       can’t hurt me- you’ll hurt baby..” she said in a small voice.
       Her headache was already beginning to kick in to hold her
       head.”13 is my brother.. they said he died.. said he murdered
       himself cause he lost it..” Alice pulled from war.  She saw how
       David calmed him and quietly backed off.”even if you don’t
       believe me- your my brother- won’t let anyone else hurt..” she
       said. Alexander could see her demeanor as he quietly went to her
       side and put his hand on her shoulder.”Alex.. this is your
       sister.. Alice.. not a fake.. “ he affirmed.”saw her when I
       first came here.. with the big man.” He said pointing to war.
       ——-
       Rachel started to laugh a little bit.”tank it depends on the
       man- but even those that seek redemption will never see it- sure
       as hell won’t from me-“ she said cooly.”your just lucky I have
       this..” she put her fingers to stop and put it closer.”-much
       humanity left to bring him back- he murdered my family tank- and
       was behind what happened to Bobby’s grandmother- he’s a monster
       through and through-  I don’t have blood on my hands yet- but he
       and will be one of the first dead.” Said the woman with a
       chuckle that was unlike her.”then I’d be just like *daddy.*”
       slid out as she walked off.”come on rebel.. I’m getting hungry.”
       She said with a softer smile for him.
       David could tell that despite his calming Alex down, the man
       wasn't going to believe Alice without some sort of proof that
       she was speaking the truth.
       Hearing her mentioning a baby, brought a look of concern on
       David's face.
       "We could do a DNA test. You can watch while we do it Alex.
       That way you know the truth," he suggested.
       War felt like hunting down William and ripping into pieces for
       his part in hurting Alice so much. "I'll put some guards to
       watch over your brother, keep him safe from any more shitty
       treatment,"
       From the way David and Alexander had were acting towards Alice's
       brother, he felt like they would do their best in keeping the
       man safe as well.
       "She is indeed A1ic3, I was the one that started calling her
       Alice," War spoke up. "But David does have a good idea. You both
       would have the same blood type being siblings," he pointed out.
       -------
       Tank didn't say a word to Rachel's half mad tirade, knowing
       better than to try and reason with her. It was evident to him
       that the young woman was getting close to losing herself to her
       need for revenge. Hell he had been there before and knew that
       her going down that path would change her into a person she
       would regret becoming.
       He noticed the look of alarm on Rebel's face before he hid it
       when Rachel focused her attention to him.
       "Me too. Let's grab food and take it back to Bobby," he
       suggested taking her metal hand in his own.
       Tank watched them go, knowing the only way to save Rachel from
       her inner demon would be to disappear with James. Sure James
       wouldn't be happy, but he'd make it up to him.  He'd just have
       to get an okay from War to transfer somewhere else.
       The overwhelming feelings running through A13X were close to
       driving him ferral again, still fighting against his sister's
       mental powers. He muttered over and over to himself about how
       they were all lying, seeming to not even register any new
       information at this point. As everyone continued to try and
       insist Alice was the same sister, he started to scratch at and
       bite his own arms, needing to do something to get through the
       emotional ringer he was being thrown through.
       Alice listened to Alex’s words as she was beginning to feel
       worse about the situation. She saw how he was starting to act as
       Alexander became alarmed.”alright.. we can take time.. “ he said
       to look back at the woman that looked defeated. “I’m.. hurting
       A13x.. aren’t I?” He heard the small voice of the woman. “He
       just needs time- I’m sure he will..” he started as she shook her
       head.”he won’t remember.. they used lots of lies.. “ her mind
       went somewhere about pestilence being pissed about his face
       being used. “My face.. was used to lie..” she seemed to add up.
       “I’ll go.. “ she said and stopped briefly.”I need alone time
       war..” she said to sniffle. Normally she would have sought his
       comfort.. but this one made her feel as if she was the root
       cause of her twins pain. She took one more lingering look before
       she ran off after easing him down. She scooped up the one dog,
       telling the other.”keep war from feeling lonely.” She said,
       before climbing out of some random window to find a place to
       hide and think.
       Alexander gave a sigh as he took A13x’s hand.”don’t hurt
       yourself.. “ he said gently.
       War could tell how much Alice was hurting seeing her brother in
       such a state. He stepped back from her, nodding slowly. "I
       understand,  I'll give you time to yourself. Though... I don't
       think I'll be to stay away from you for more than a day at
       most," War told her honestly.
       He hated seeing her hurting like this. Seeing that Alexander and
       David were well equipped in dealing with A13x, he was inclined
       to let them take charge of him.
       "I'll send a few of my guys to keep guard of your room, and
       assist you in anyway you might need. I'm aware you both have
       jobs will have to get   to doing, I'll talk with the doctors to
       give you both a week or two to work with A13x."
       David moved to put an arm around Alex, shooting a sad look at
       the departing woman and nodded at War. "We'd appreciate the
       help. Alex may need some time to adjust."
       Despite War's intense look and aura, he had the feeling there
       was a great deal more depth to the man.
       War couldn't help but regard David closely, picking up on there
       being something different about the man. He'd have to get Queen
       to looking into the Medic's background a bit more extensively.
       "I'll take my leave. If there's anything else you need, just ask
       one of the guards," he said turned to go, making a snap with his
       fingers to the young pit bull dog.
       David blinked and moved to close and locked the door, then
       tugged Alex and Alexander to the couch. "Maybe some mindless
       cartoon might help?" He asked and turned on his TV, finding a
       kid's cartoon to watch.
       The panic spiral A13x was quickly falling down eased when he
       felt his feet hit the ground before Xander had his hands to keep
       him from hurting himself and David had an arm around him. The
       experiment was near hyperventilating by the time the trio were
       alone in the room. His mind was cycling between too many
       emotions for him to process so he gave no fight when David pull
       them to the couch.
       It took a good hour for A13x to finally come down from his
       panicked state as he clung to the two men, finally settling into
       the cartoon that was playing on the TV.
       It was when he saw a particularly violent cartoon trope of
       someone being crushed and then come out fine did he finally snap
       back into more normal behavior, well, normal for him. "Ohhhhhh
       A13x want to try that! Can smash imposter!" He chimed.
       Once the two were watching tv Alexander heard Alex mention about
       doing that to the imposter- that’s when he decided to
       ask.”Alex.. did the imposter ever hold you back with telekinesis
       before?” He asked the man. He figured if he got information this
       way- maybe something could come to light.”and what the imposter
       do last time?” He asked.
       David couldn't help but close his eyes and let out a sigh
       realizing that the old cartoon was a bit too graphic and
       suggestive for Alex to be watching. He shot a look over at
       Alexander when the man asked Alex questions about the
       "imposter".
       He heard a soft knock on the door and slide off the couch to see
       who was there. His eyes widened at the two tall heavily tattooed
       muscular men that stood there. "Can I help you?" He asked
       softly, not wanting to draw Alex's attention.
       "War sent us to keep an eye on ye and yer room, we thought it
       would be best ta introduce ourselves, I'm Brock and this is me
       brother Amos,"
       David blinked, taking in the Scottish accent and then nodded.
       "Uh..thanks. I'm David. Probably not best to disturb Alex just
       yet. You can meet him later. Alexander and I will talk with you
       later,"
       There was a slightly confused look at the similar names on Amos
       and Brock's faces. "One is Alex, and the second is Alexander,
       two different people," David explained hurriedly them closed the
       door and went back to grab some water for Alex before rejoining
       the men on the couch.
       At Alexander's prompting question, A13x tilted his head to one
       side as he recalled the last encounter he had with the faker.
       "Mmmm no, don't think so.... A13x don't remember..." He said
       with a soft voice as he tried to force himself to recall. His
       attention went to David stood and went to the door. A look of
       curiosity in his eyes as he watched his liver try and get the
       door closed again rather quickly before going into the kitchen
       and returning with water.
       "Davi scare away imposter? Davi so brave!" A13x praised as he
       snuggled the man.
       Alexander listened to a13x speak as he crossed his arms a bit.
       He found that interesting- he had heard there was someone
       running around and using faces- so was told to be careful. He
       seemed lost in thought before seeing Davi. He chuckled a
       little.”Davi is very brave for a lot of reasons..” he said with
       a smirk. “So what’s your schedule for the week- I know I have to
       meet up with a woman  for a few sessions- keep saying she needs
       it or might lose her mind.” He said to chuckle. “Think I have
       Monday and Wednesday booked.. “ he said and looked at
       David.”you?”
       David blinked at Alex's question and then praise and shot a look
       at Alexander when the therapist agreed that he was brave.
       "Uh thanks, I had a message was all. No need to scare anyone
       off." He replied, wrapping an arm around Alex, letting him
       snuggle closer.
       David dug his phone out of his pocket with his free hand to look
       up his schedule, after Alexander told him what his schedule was
       like. "Looks like they have me on a changing schedule each
       week," he sighed looking it over. "Luckily this week I'm working
       every other day. So, that will work with your schedule. If you
       let me know yours ahead of time, I can ask for a set schedule.
       Usually I do 4 days on, three off. Course if they get slammed, I
       can get called in too." David sighed. "So...do you have a bigger
       space than I do? It might be better to room together," he
       suggested, feeling his face heat at the idea.
       With David back in his arms and the conversation turning to a
       topic A13X could care less about, he refocused on the cartoon
       playing on the television. He didn't realize how sleepy he still
       was until he drifted off to sleep against his lover and snored
       softly as his body fully relaxed against the medic.
       Alexander looked over to blink.”sounds good to me- and I do- I
       requested it. Small rooms make me feel claustrophobic-“ admitted
       the man.
       Time passed as they grown accustomed to a new normal and
       Alexander had them in his living area. He was busy with a
       client, his hands rubbing the pale skin of Rachel’s who
       groaned.”your men give you massages right?” He asked her as she
       chuckled.”oh they give me massages- but it’s like my back
       doesn’t want to stay relaxed!” She said to grumble. “I’ll give
       you some oils that should make you relax.” He said as he
       finished up to turn around as she fixed herself up. The man went
       to grab something to see two.. no three.. wait four teenagers
       walking by the door? His head poked out as he shook his head
       some. He had managed to connect with Rachel and seeing how her
       state of mind was deteriorating alarmed him as well. Her
       tendencies were looking similar to Alice’s he wondered if that
       was what happened to the two- just was mentally taxed to the
       point of insanity?
       Meanwhile Axel and Caden were taking in the mansion. Things
       settled for them enough to be able to be free and able to
       wander. Food hit axel’s nose.”is that pizza I smell?… god I
       want..” he said as he walked.
       After some discussion while Alex slept, David and Alexander
       decided it would be better to room together and take care of
       Alex together. Of course the underlying spark of chemistry
       between them didn't hurt either.
       It took a bit of time, around a month and a half before they
       fell into a routine that worked and had them and Alex coexisting
       rather comfortably with one another.
       David was currently in the middle of baking one pizza and had
       Alex helping him put toppings on a second one. The smell of the
       baking pizza wafted from under the door, making the two guards
       outside sighing longingly at the smell.
       David was suddenly reminded of promising the twins homemade
       pizza and went to wash his hands and pulled his phone out to
       give them a call.
       He'd kept touch with them as much as he could, but work had
       gotten more demanding in the last couple of days.
       "Hey Axel, I'm making pizza, do you and Caden want to join me
       and Alex for lunch?" David asked once the phone was answered. He
       gave him the room number and went to switch out the pizzas.
       "Alex, want to get out some sodas and the iced tea? The twins
       are going to join us,"
       After so much change in the span of a few days, A13X was quite
       content to settle into a routine with Xander and David. The trio
       living together is Xander's space. With the kindness of the two,
       he *slowly* was pulled out of his insanity to a place where he
       was mostly harmless, though he no longer tolerated being left
       alone. In fact, the thought of being alone often sent him into a
       panic now. The experiment had even gotten to the point that he
       accepted the name David had given him and started calling
       himself Alex.
       The man was even getting better with mundane tasks like making
       food, always excited to help his lover in making food now, not
       that he was trusted with anything sharp still. "Alex get soda
       and tea! Alex help!" He chimed quite merrily as he went into the
       fridge and pulled out the drinks the man had wanted. He was
       increasingly becoming less child like but still held onto that
       strange air of innocence despite his murderous side. "Who twins?
       Twins not take Alex back to cage? Right?" He questioned with am
       air of anxiety.
       David couldn't help but grin at how Alex's childlike energy and
       eagerness to help. He set the timer on the oven and then went to
       grab glasses from the cupboard. "Axel and Caden are just coming
       for some pizza and talking, you aren't going anywhere with them,
       okay?" David replied and rubbed Alex's back in a comforting
       manner.
       A few minutes later his phone started ringing and he frowned
       when he saw it was the hospital line calling. After answering
       and hearing it was an emergency, he hung up and pulled off the
       apron he'd been using.
       "Alex, I have to go in and work, there's been an accident and
       the doctors need me to help. I'm going to ask one of the guards
       to keep an eye on you, wait for the pizza to cool off before
       trying to eat it. I'll be back as soon as I can," David
       promised, giving Alex a kiss before going to change into his
       scrubs.
       He headed out the door, telling the two guards he had been
       called in to work and needed them to watch Alex for a little
       while. He shot off a quick text to the twins and then hurried
       into the emergency triage room to help with the incoming
       patients.
       The way David comforted him ad Alex right back to the happy
       verson of himself that his lover had grown used to, though a
       wave of anxiety hit when the man git on the phone before taking
       off the apron and explained he had to go into work. He tried his
       best to put on a brave face as he nodded listening to the man's
       instructions, but the moment David was gone and one of the
       brothers walked in, he started to pace around, acting
       increasingly frantic.
       When the bodyguard had put a hand on his shoulder to try and
       calm him, Alex entirely freaked out as he slugged the man in the
       nose, breaking it and stunning him. The moment he realized he
       had hurt yet another person, he panicked fully and ran for it,
       rushing out of the room and down the halls. Normally in this
       state, he would be looking for something to kill.
       Thankfully, he ran into the twins first and tilted his head at
       them. "Ax! K!" He cheered as he hugged the pair tightly as he
       felt himself calming down and tried to hold onto that feeling as
       he tried his best to recall their actual names.
       Caden rounded the corner as his phone went off. He took a glance
       and made a smile.”hey hey- that smells from his room- said he
       made some and asked us to keep Alex company- guess he had an
       emergency.” He told Axel.  “Alright! Let’s get to the room and
       dig in!” Said Axel as they walked. They were going through the
       maze of a mansion till they made it to a spot, they saw a white
       haired man that looked familiar to realize it was Alex. Axel was
       ready to get in front of Caden who almost backed up to be
       shocked as they were hugged. “You alright Alex?” Asked
       Caden.”you looked scared.. nobody hurt you again did they?”
       Asked the gentler teen as he looked at the man’s face.”I’ll kick
       their ass group style if they did..” said Axel with a deep glare
       now looking around.
       "No no, Alex not hurt, Alex panicked... Davi left Alex all alone
       and then then then man came in and... Alex doesn't remember what
       happened after...." He said as he released the pair and began to
       look stressed over if he had left the man alive or not.
       Amos was cursing the state of his broken nose and tried to
       follow after the fleeing Alex to get stopped by Brick.
       "Go get your nose set, I'll go look for the him, but first I
       need to get that oven turned off,"
       Amos grunted, feeling a bit pissed that he hadn't been more
       careful dealing with Alex. David had told them to be cautious
       and careful about  physical touch as Alex was hypersensitive.
       "Fine, just be careful to not startle him again," Amos got out,
       grabbed a towel to keep the blood from going everywhere and then
       headed down to the hospital wing.
       Brick nodded going past him to deal with the oven timer that was
       beeping. He dealt with the oven and pulled out the pizza,
       sighing as he looked longingly at the bubbling cheese.
       "Hope he didn't get too far," Brick muttered and headed off to
       search for Alex.
       “A man came in? We can make  the man leave Alex- then maybe we
       can enjoy pizza sodas and some cartoons- heard Wiley gets close
       this time.” Said Caden.they had a feeling the man spooked him-
       if there was a body they’d clean it better or call toxic.
       “Unless you wanna wait for Davi with us? Totally saw Alexander
       earlier- maybe see him?” Said Axel.
       "No go back..." Alex said almost instantly as the panic raised
       in his voice again. "Alex want Xander," he add as he looked
       between the teens, realizing there were three Axels. When the
       teens led him to the room they had seen Xander, the crazy man
       was quick to rush him and hug him in a near deathgrip as if he
       would drift away if he let go. "Not a cop!" He cheered in
       relief.
       The teens nodded to take Alex to the room. There they’d see the
       man with a short ass woman with green eyes.”take this- the tea
       should help too..” he started before he felt the sudden hug that
       made the air leave. Rachel looked at Alex and she could see what
       Alice was saying. During that time Alice went to her as she knew
       that the woman could help her understand how to cope about
       people not remembering them- like she did with Daevon.”oh…. So
       is this the boyfriend Alexander?” She teased.”and what a
       nickname.” She said to grin as he blushed.”told you to call me
       Xander Alex.. and your hugging too tight- need to breath..” he
       said as the twins came in.”he panicked at someone coming in your
       room- David had a emergency.” Said Axel.  Alexander sighed.”I’ll
       take care of it I was wrapping up work…”he started as the woman
       pipped up.”oh I’m good doc- but being your *best friend* you
       should introduce yes?” She asked to smirk. Alexander
       blushed.”Alex this is Rachel my friend, Rachel this is my
       boyfriend Alex.” He said as she shifted her hip.”nice to meet
       you- he will keep you safe- he’s been like that when he was
       wayyy little.” She said as she paused at the door.”remember!” He
       started.”yes doc I’ll use the stuff- right now he needs you.”
       She said to walk off.
       Alexander rubbed Alex’s back gently.”I can go back and shoo the
       bad man away..” he told the man. “I’m sorry you were alone
       today.” He said to kiss his forehead.
       David was finishing up with one of the patients when he spied
       Amos walking in with a bloody towel pressed to his nose. He
       handed off his notes to the nurse and headed over to check the
       guard out.
       "What happened?" He asked once he'd gotten Amos seated so he
       could check out his bruised face.
       "I startled Alex and got a broken nose. I should have been more
       careful," Amos muttered, wincing just a bit when David reset the
       broken nose so it would heal straight.
       "Brick's off looking for him,"
       David cursed under his breath as he put on a nose splint. "Shall
       I grab some painkillers for you?"
       "I'll be alright without. It's not my first broken nose and
       probably won't be my last," Amos replied, fully intending on
       having whisky later on.
       David finished up his work, hoping to catch Xander or find Alex.
       When he didn't find Xander he headed back he decided to give the
       man a call. "Hey Xander, have you seen Alex? Amos said he scared
       him and Alex ran off. At least all Alex did this time was break
       Amos' nose,"
       A blush colored Alex's cheeks at the conversation between the
       woman and Xander when the woman teased about the man being his
       boyfriend before Xander confirmed the statement as he introduced
       him as such. He loosened his grip on the man. "Nice to meet
       Rachel..." He said almost shyly before she was gone. He finally
       started to relax a little.
       "Yes, not a cop scare off bad man!" He agreed before getting a
       fresh look of worry. "If... if bad man still alive..." He added
       in a sad tone. While killing people didn't exactly bother him,
       but knowing it upset David and Alexander was enough to make him
       not want to continue such behavior.
       #Post#: 1351--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crazy in Love -A13X, David, Xander
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 13, 2026, 4:30 pm
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       Alexander gave a smile seeing how he reacted kindly to Rachel.
       He had a feeling with work he’d have more people to rely on.
       He rubbed Alex’s back.”I’m sure he is- “ said Alexander with
       some confidence. The twins hoovering themselves before hearing
       the phone.”can one of you answer it?” Asked Alexander.”Alex mind
       helping me put things away?” He asked.”just need to gather these
       bottles to put in the box and into that closet. “ he said as he
       got the man to help him to ease him more.
       Axel picked up to hear the nickname and blinked.”Xander is a bit
       busy- but Alex is here- he ran into us on the way when we were
       gonna get the pizza. But guess the guy spooked him enough we
       figured bringing him to Alexander being closest was the right
       idea.” Said the teen. “Is that guy you know.. alive?” Asked Axel
       under his breath.
       David was a bit surprised to hear a voice that wasn't Xander's
       and it took him a moment to place it. "Axel?" He asked, hoping
       he'd guessed the twin correctly.
       "Thank you for taking him to Alexander. Yes Amos is all right.
       Just had a broken nose. He'll recover. He feels really badly
       about startling Alex. Probably would be smart to introduce the
       brothers to you two and Alex. That way you all get to know one
       another. They'll be around consistently,"
       David hung up and texted Brick about having found Alex so the
       guy didn't keep looking. He made his way to Alexander's office
       and knocked, calling out not wanting to startle Alex. "Hey it's
       David, can I come in?"
       The ploy to redirect Alex had worked as he instantly took to
       Xander's instructions and began to aid in putting the bottles
       away acting a little more bubbly being able to help. "Alex do
       good?" He questioned when the task was finished before he
       quickly turned to the door of the room when he heard a knock.
       The remaining stress and anxiety melted away when he heard
       David's voice asking for entrance on the other side. Alex rushed
       to the door and wrenched it open before practically tackling
       David in a hug. "Davi!!!" He yelled excitedly as if he hadn't
       seen the man in months and not an hour ago.
       Alexander gave a warm smile.”very good- maybe I should bring you
       to work with me sometimes..” Alexander mused before hearing the
       door. He chuckled at how the man hugged him.”we were about to
       head back, everything good?” He asked David as the twins
       collected themselves to follow the men.”how’d you know it was
       me?” Axel said as things had settled down.
       David's arms instinctively wrapped around Alex when the man
       nearly tackled him and spun to keep himself on his feet. "Hey
       Alex! I'm glad to see you too," he said with a smile. It always
       touched him deeply how hapy Alex got when he saw him. He was
       starting to realize that he was developing deep feelings for the
       younger man.
       He glanced up at Xander's question and nodded, smiling at the
       man. "Yeah everything's good now. One of the patients was touch
       and go, but should be fine now," He added as he untangled
       himself from the hug and took Alex's hand in his and headed back
       to their room.
       He turned to regard Axel and grinned. "It was actually a guess.
       I'm glad I was right though. I'd hate to hurt your feelings."
       They were soon back at their room, with Brick standing to the
       side of the door back at his post. "Did you talk to Amos? Was he
       going to take a break for the day?" David couldn't help but ask
       as he paused a few feet away.
       "He's gonna ice his face and relax for a bit. Switch is going to
       send another guy up to help. Alex..Amos wanted me to apologize
       for him. He's really sorry to have startled you, and said to not
       feel bad about breaking his nose."
       David was more than a little impressed that the bodyguard wasn't
       angry about Alex getting the drop on him or having a broken
       nose. After seeing and hearing the mafia guys cursing a storm in
       the hospital, the drastic difference between them was rather
       startling. "You should at least come in and have some pizza once
       the other guard arrives. You did save it from burning after
       all," David said and then opened the door, letting the twins and
       Alex in and following after.
       "If everyone's comfortable with it, sure." Brick replied.
       Once inside, David rummaged for the pizza cutter and cut both
       pizzas into 12 slices each, and dished them out to the hungry
       teens and Alex. Then made plates for himself and Xander, setting
       some aside for Brick if he decided to join.
       A whine of complaint left Alex when David managed to worm his
       way out of the hug and took A13x's hand instead, leading
       everyone back to Xander's room. He couldn't help but hide behind
       David when they reached the room and Brick was standing guard.
       He was quick to escape into the room and went to the table to
       take a seat, waiting for pizza. He was quick to dig in,
       forgetting all the fear and anxiety as he felt much safer with
       his David and Xander there. His boyfriends. It made him wonder
       if David also considered him his boyfriend. "Davi... is Alex and
       not a cop your boyfriends?" He questioned before taking a large
       bite of pizza.
       Alexander walked behind the men as he was lost in his own
       thoughts for a bit to get inside. It helped having empathetic
       people to help Alex along. Once they settled down and eating
       pizza with the twins making their noises, he looked over at
       David.”please Alex- say Xander…” he said as he took a bite of
       his own. He blushed a bit.”I should introduce you to Rachel.
       She’s actually a childhood friend- been great to reconnect
       despite the circumstances.” He told David to sigh. He glanced at
       Alex to get a napkin to wipe a bit of sauce off his face to turn
       back and eat some more.
       Seeing how skittish Alex was around Brick, made David think it
       might be better to just hand off the pizza later.
       He'd just say down and had a mouthful of pizza when Alex spoke
       up, asking if he and Xander were boyfriends of his. His face got
       rather red and he shot a look over at Xander, catching the
       other's glance.
       "I've actually been thinking about that for awhile now. I
       sincerely would like the both of you to be my boyfriends. I just
       ..haven't had the chance to ask," he admitted and ducked his
       head feeling a bit nervous about saying this in front of Axel
       and Caden.
       He glanced back up at hearing Xander talking about reconnecting
       to an old friend. "I'd like to meet your friend. We'll have to
       figure out a good day for it,"
       "How else is Alex supposed to remind this one that Xander is not
       a cop?" Alex questioned quite seriously, the look he gave the
       man a side glance that spoke him how he definitely didn't
       believe the man wasn't law enforcement. At David's words, Alex
       got a massive grin. "Not a cop and Davi could go on a date!" He
       mused, excluding himself knowing that no one was going to be
       willing to let him leave the mansion.
       It didn't take long for him to finish his food and worked on
       cleaning up as best he could, at least he did until he broke a
       plate and gave up in frustration before he went into the
       bedroom.
       He spotted a pen sitting out, and picked it up before he sat on
       the bed and started to draw on himself. It was at least an
       improvement on hurting himself. He hadn't been given writing
       utensils since he started using them as weapons years ago and
       forgot how much drawing calmed him.
       Alexander gave a small chuckle at the man. “Well, consider this
       an ask.” He said to chuckle.”for sure.. she may come off a
       little unhinged..” he admitted before he heard Alex’s
       question.”I’d just like to be talked to by name Alex, “ he said
       to hear the next declaration of him and David going on a date to
       blush.”depends on if we can find free time.. well if you can..”
       said Alexander-“even then who could keep Alex occupied …” he
       started as Axel rose his hand.”I don’t mind baby sitting- right
       Caden? Things are different now so we can just enjoy Alex as he
       is now.. gonna introduce the guy to board games.” Said the teen.
       Caden nodded.”mean he’s been less stabby and more prone to
       playing normal games too..” he mused.
       The teens watched him get up to take care of his plate. The two
       flinched at the sound of it breaking as Axel finished off his
       pizza to put it up. He saw the man drawing.”what you drawing
       man?” He asked to sit by him.
       David felt a wave of excitement and happiness fill him at
       Xander's reply.
       "Hey with what's going on around here, if she does I won't hold
       it against her,"
       He had been thinking of a way to take Xander out on a date and
       flushed when Alex suddenly suggested they should go out.
       "Well we both have Saturday free, we could go out for a couple
       of hours, it doesn't have to be long," he pointed out.
       Hearing Axel and Caden agreeing to watch Alex was a bit
       surprising. It was true that Alex was doing much better and
       hadn't acted out violently like he had in the beginning.
       "What do you think Xander? I do think Brock and Amos would be
       able to help if the twins needed them to,"
       By the time Axel had come over to him and taken a seat, Alex had
       the outline of a bird sitting on a skull, scratching at his skin
       with the pen a bit too aggressively as he worked on the details.
       He looked up at the teen when questioned, "oh.... uh... Alex
       draw birdy... maybe this one will be free like one some day..."
       He said as his mind drifted to darker thoughts, causing him to
       put too much pressure as he pressed the pen into the eye of the
       bird before fully stabbing it into his skin, getting a shiver
       out of him as the familiar rush of self endused pain filled him.
       "Fuck.... don't tell Davi and not a cop...." He requested of
       Axel as he yanked the pen out and put the tip in his mouth in an
       attempt to clean it before he resumed doodling as blood seeped
       out of the fresh hole.
       Alexander agreed to the idea as he ate a bit more.”maybe just a
       nice meal or a flick- can always come back if we do the flick
       and eat with Alex or do a sit in with him.” He mused as he spoke
       to him.
       Axel who saw the bird, heard his words and what Alex said to
       give a soft look. He flinched at how hard he had managed to stab
       the pen in his hand and got worried. He pulled the med kit that
       laid near by from the attempts of showing how Alex could use a
       knife properly as it resulted in cut fingers to pull out some
       alcohol.”even if I didn’t say anything they’ll see it Alex. “ he
       pulled paper out and put it on the table.”draw on that and make
       a birdie- I’m sorry if I ruin the drawing but your starting to
       bleed kinda fast..” he said to Alex.
       David got a rather excited look on his face at the idea of going
       to see a movie. It felt like a lifetime ago that he'd seen a
       movie or done a semi normal dating activity.
       "I think the last flick I saw was when I was really little." He
       mused for a moment, then frowned remembering why that was.
       After his 8th birthday, he'd been moved to a new foster home
       with much stricter foster parents. He'd never actually gotten to
       settle in any of his foster placings, and by 14 knew he would
       have to work hard and not do the normal things most teens
       yearned to do.
       "We can look up movies that are playing and find one that won't
       remind us of work," David pointed out, wanting at least a few
       hours of reprise from the life they were in. "I think there's a
       new Ghost buster movie that just came out,"
       David's eyebrows narrowed when he noticed Axel grabbing the
       first aid kit and headed over to check out Alex.
       "Alex, if you want a real tattoo, just say so.  I can find one
       that we could go to," he said moving to take the wounded hand
       and applying pressure to staunch the bleeding.
       Once the bleeding has slowed, David talked Axel through the
       process of caring for the wound. Sterilizing it, applying
       antibacterial ointment and then bandaging it.
       "Good job," David praised, pleased with how level headed Axel
       has been during the situation.
       "If you're interested, I can train you more," David offered and
       gathered up the trash to throw away. He bent over to kiss Alex
       on the temple before he left the man to keep drawing.
       "Maybe we could do a short shopping trip soon, there's a few
       things I want to get Alex," he suggested to Xander a few moments
       later as he moved around him.
       "This one is fine, Axe didn't ruin picture, Alex ruined
       pitcure..." He said before sighing at the mention that David and
       Xander were going to notice it regardless. The words ringing
       true moments later as David worriedly walked over before aiding
       Axel in patching Alex up. When he was all patched up, Alex
       examined the bandage. The idea of a tattoo was a thought he
       never considered but soon he was left alone with Axel again.
       Being that paper was so much easier to draw on than skin, Alex
       didn't waste much time researching out his bird and detailing
       in. Despite having not drawn in a long time in anything that
       wasn't blood, it was kind of surprising how well his talent for
       drawing had held up. He expanded upon the scene he was creating
       as he sketched out his morbid thought of death and murder with a
       past victim laid out and bloody in his picture.
       Axel watched the man draw more to smile as he took in the image
       more to see the victim he recognized. His smile fell a little
       bit but he complimented.”you sure can draw Alex, the detail is
       amazing.” He said to lean on his hand.
       Alexander had watched the David  fuss over Alex, he kept back as
       he knew better than to crowd. “I don’t mind the idea of ghost
       busters.” He said when the man came back.
       Seeing Axel’s proud face told him the boy had some talent. He
       knew getting them some semblance of a future path would be
       needed- and now given circumstances was conflicted on outing
       Albert- to do that meant he’d expose Rachel to worse things as
       they’d be trying to kill off the hummunculous as it was illegal
       and would be seen as an act against god. On top of it- finding
       out Alice was the crazed killer they’d been seeing. Felt surreal
       to see her act more humane, compared to her work in her life.
       The man was in the middle of a moral ground. It seemed in the
       place- Alex would be seen as innocent but committed given most
       the bodies were the mafia. He didn’t even want to subject the
       man to that since he was getting better.
       Even the twins would be on the block as young as they were.
       He knew the four he couldn’t protect- they had done things that
       were considered beyond horrible in the eyes of the law.
       “Maybe we can bring back a nice hot meal after to spend with
       Alex?” He asked with a smile.
       Seeing that Alex was absorbed in drawing, David grabbed the
       plate of pizza he'd set to the side and started towards the
       front door. He shot Xander a grin at the other's agreeing to see
       a ghost buster movie. "Sounds like fun to me," He said with a
       wink.
       After handing over the still warm pizza to Brock, he shut the
       door and ent to rummage through some of his boxes he hadn't yet
       unpacked when he'd moved in. He found an old sketchbook of his,
       along with a pouch of drawing mediums and brought them out to
       give to Alex. "The sketchbooks only half filled, so feel free to
       use it," He said.
       He paused seeing just how detailed Alexander's picture was, his
       face paling slightly at the dead man's face. "Is there any sort
       of food you'd like to try Alex?" He asked and looked at the twin
       garbage disposals that were Axel and Caden. "And of course we'll
       bring something for the two of you as well."
       "This one was in advanced art program at the academy.  Art and
       Chemistry were Alex's specialties... they...." the crazy man
       began as a detailed recollection of his past suddenly hit him.
       "When Alex refused to design bombs or experiment with chemical
       warfare.... they made Alex the experiment to get to his
       sister..." He explained before he began to sketch out some
       skematics he remembered working on, abandoning the picture
       itself.
       He wasn't pulled out of this until David walked over with a
       sketchbook and question over food getting a look of confusion
       out of him. "Alex just ate though, is it time to eat again?" He
       questioned as he looked for some indication of the time now.
       "Alex has been wanting to try spring rolls and general chicken,
       haven't had in long long time... that was what this one was
       eating before he was taken..." He mused, not realizing he hadn't
       had recollection of his past at all until now.
       Alexander heard Alec begin to talk. He sat up a little more at
       the sound of what he was hearing.  He walked over to the
       sketchbook to look at what he was working on. His eyes looked
       over the schematics that Alex was working on. He paled a bit at
       what he was seeing to hear him speak about food and ling ling -
       it brought him back to the cold case of looking for a pair of
       gifted twins that his superior regretted as it hit him who was
       standing before him. He felt sick instantly as he decided
       pushing Alex further may be off the table but would come
       naturally the more stable he was. But now he was thinking of
       talking with Alice, his hair his his expression.”I can order
       ling ling- I’ll be out for a bit.” He said putting down the
       sketchbook.”need to get some more bandages- looks like we ran
       out.” He said to grab his keys.
       Hearing Alex speak of his past life had David's eyes widen in
       shock. This was the most he'd heard of the other's past before.
       It also made him feel afraid for the man he was falling for. If
       William and those that worked for him found out Alex was
       remembering, they'd more than likely come after him again.
       He glanced shot a look at Xander, seeing how he paled and looked
       suddenly sick. "You okay?" He asked softly and then frowned and
       the man's sudden excuse to go out. "I was just wondering what
       types of food you like Alex," he reassured the confused looking
       man and moved to sit on the other side of the couch. "Why didn't
       we make a list of foods you like and ones you want to try?" He
       suggested, deciding to distract Alex instead of drawing more
       attention to Xander acting rather strangely.
       "Xander, mind getting some more milk while you're out?" He
       asked.
       The reassurance that he hadn't lost track of time was a relief
       before a delighted look came to his eyes. "Oh! A list of
       foooood," he chimed in agreement before taking the sketchbook
       that had been given to him and flipped through the pages until
       he found a blank page and started to sketch out different foods.
       Of course, the pictures turned rather morbid as he added
       disembodied body parts like fingers and hands within the
       picture, inside of some of the food. The most obvious one was a
       hand inside a burger. "A *hand* burger would be tasty," Alex
       said in a laughing tone, cracking himself up at his pun. He then
       put the sketchbook done after he finished and snuggled David
       before starting to nip at him. "Why is Davi so tasty?" He
       questioned with a purr.
       “Yeah I’m fine- and sure I can get the milk..” said the semi-
       distracted man. He shook his head to focus and wrote down the
       items so he wouldn’t forget and kissed Alex on the top of his
       head before he headed out. He passed by a few members of the
       mafia before turning to see Alice, the woman managing to get
       more alone time some how. Her hormones were driving her up the
       wall and clearly seemed more sensitive when she was told there
       was no ice cream. He watched the woman blubber about wanting
       rocky road as he took in her face a little. He saw the few of
       wars men already going to find the man as others reassuring the
       woman she was getting what she wanted.
       He rounded the corner not quite paying attention when he ran
       into a short girl with dark hair. Her eyes flickered up at
       Alexander as he realized he had some way to talk to her- but in
       the open would be risky. “Later- when I get back- can we talk?”
       He asked her. The girls green eyes widened a bit.”so it is you.”
       She said her gaze softening.”yeah.. but somewhere quiet..
       everywhere has ears..” she mumbled.”thank you.. “ she heard
       before watching the lanky brown haired man walk off.
       “He’s changed so much.. wait till daevon hears about this..” she
       said to chuckle as a faint memory played in her mind, of a
       crying boy with glasses and Daevon trying to apologize.
       Alexander reached his car and headed out, checking in with the
       front. The man was careful as usual. Made the stops that was
       needed and changed cars. He got to the precinct to walk inside
       dressed differently and a hat on. He saw his boss and the two
       talked a little of his progress. “Thing is- the cold case of
       Vincent and Valerie  Adams, can you tell me about them?” He
       asked.
       “The twins?.. all I know is that they most likely are gone by
       now- but the two were taken in their early teens. We’re apart of
       a special school known as Starlit academy- rosecrofts funded the
       thing as their kids went there. Most that qualified-were highly
       gifted.” Said the man.
       “After the twins were kidnapped after a string of disappearances
       of others- the rosecroft kid that had still gone- was pulled out
       of safety- the other was too sick to continue.course what
       happened later is quite the tragedy.” Said the man as he stroked
       his beard. “Can I look at the files of the twins and of the
       rosecroft slaughter too?”  He asked. Despite how curious his
       boss seemed he was allowed as he went through it. Despite how
       young they looked- it was clear as day who Alice and Alex really
       were. He clenched his teeth as he now knew the two were just
       another pair of victims in the building.
       The man finished up, and began his way back, he picked up the
       milk and some ling ling he ordered from his phone of what Alex
       wanted. Alexander  took the bags as he made his way back. His
       mind clearly in another place as he put the milk up, put the
       bandages in the kit, and placed the food.
       His eyes lingered on Alex, his features may of been older- but
       it was clearly Vincent. He got a gentle look before setting out
       a few chopsticks.
       "Thanks Xander," David replied, frowning a bit as he watched
       Alex sketching out food mixed with body parts and other gory
       things. He probably should have expected that, given Alex had a
       rather dark sense of humor at times.
       "I doubt that it would. Too..uh..crunchy," David replied and
       cringed at the thought of eating bones.
       He shook his head a bit, and was relieved when Alex's attention
       turned to more amorous things and let out a soft protest at his
       bottom lip being bitten into. "Mm..maybe you're just addicted to
       me," David replied, wrapping his arms around Alex's neck and
       drawing him down for a deep kiss.
       The sound of hurried retreating footsteps had him chuckle as he
       pulled away a few moments later. The twins seemed to know to
       make themselves scarce when Alex got all handsy. Which was good,
       because David had a hard time putting on the breaks when Alex
       wanted one on one time.
       "Shall we take this to the bedroom?" He asked, running his hands
       down Alex's back and cupping the man's ass and groped it gently.
       The deep kiss David pulled Alex into got a moan out of the man
       before he groaned as the hand on his ass as the man suggested
       they move to the bedroom. "Fuck yeah...." Alex purred as he
       pulled away while taking David's hand and leading the man to the
       bedroom before he pushed him onto the bed and climbed on top of
       him, already discarding his own shirt before he began to undress
       David.
       Alex had his lover and himself fully stripped and had David deep
       inside of himself as he rode the man, moaning hotly into a
       ravenous kiss as he did when Xander finally returned. He pulled
       his lips back slightly to smirk at his lover before adding a new
       bite to the man's neck in an attempt to get him to cry out. The
       idea of Xander finding them like this turning him on far more
       than he ever expected.
       Alexander stopped cold in what he was doing to slowly turn and
       notice the two were really going at it. His face went bright red
       at the sight. “S..sorry..” he stammered a little out. This was
       the first time he caught the two *in* the act. Normally he
       caught them in the afterglow of sex. The man had been avoiding
       sex as he was wanting to know both of them better. It proved a
       decent distraction from what was really on his mind if only for
       a moment.
       #Post#: 1352--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crazy in Love -A13X, David, Xander
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 13, 2026, 4:53 pm
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       David willingly let Alex pull him into the bedroom, and let out
       a groan as he was pushed onto the bed. He watched, his eyes
       filled with desire as Alex stripped himself and then shivered
       when his own were practically torn off of him. It didn't seem
       like it took long before Alex was sliding onto him, taking every
       inch deep inside.
       "Fu.ck Alex," He groaned, his hands reaching to grab onto the
       other's slender body.
       This time with him not being half exhausted from work, David's
       stamina lasted far longer than normal. Alex's bite to his neck,
       had him crying out rather loudly, which caught the attention of
       Xander as he returned from his tasks.
       Hearing the stammered "sorry" had his eyes flying open to see
       Xander watching them. "No need to apologize," He groaned out
       hotly. "You can watch..or join us if you want."
       The stammered apology and David's invitation for Xander to stay
       and watch or even join had Alex shiver at the idea as he sat up
       to turn his head to look at the man with a lust filled
       expression. He had to mentally stop himself from calling the man
       'not a cop' this time, it was hard to concentrate with David
       thrusting up into him like this.
       "Mmmm yes no sorries," he moaned out before reaching his hand
       out towards the man to beckon him closer. "Come play with Alex
       and Davi Xander, this one has been dreaming of when Xanny would
       join in our game," he managed to purr out between groaned moans
       of pleasure.
       Alexander heard David’s moaned answer to go a different shade at
       the offer. His head turned to Alex at his words and his eyes
       roamed just a bit at the scene before his mind went back to what
       he read. “I’m sorry- I’m just not ready.. I’ll let you two have
       your fun- I was going to get in touch with my friend.” He said
       and rubbed his neck as his gaze averted away finally.”your two
       hot and all but we only been living with each other.. we kind of
       need to get to know more.” He said as he backed to the
       door.”I’ll.. be back in a little while.” He said slipping out to
       shut the door. His eyes closed and throat swallowed at the scene
       he saw as he took a breath to let it out. The erotic look and
       movements were burned in his mind. Then it finally
       registered.”he fucking called me Xander!!!” He groaned at his
       moral high road before walking off to go find his friend.
       He took a soft breath as he made his way back to look for the
       short girl- he saw her boyfriends but she didn’t seem to be
       around. His eyes got a concerned look as he went to another
       haunt he’d seen her in the short time he had been there- the
       library- to see it vacant.
       He made another worried expression as he walked remembering
       hearing about an incident long before he came that left the girl
       more than vulnerable and had people nearby for a time. He walked
       by the training grounds- long since emptied since it was meal
       time.
       He watched her pace and tug back her hair. Her metal hands
       throwing up as if arguing at nothing. But the way the shoulders
       went up and down, and seeing a manner of emotions just from her
       body language told him she was having a meltdown. His brows
       furrowed as he rushed down to hear her mumbling before an
       outburst.
       “I’m not fucking giving up - I can’t! “ he heard as he watched
       her hold her ears as if shutting out the noise that wasn’t even
       present.
       He took his time easing at her side as he saw her calm down
       before she sniffled and said gently.”Rachel…” her shoulders went
       up as she shot Alexander a look. “Oh.. it’s just you.” She said
       as she took a minute.”hiding?” He asked as his arms
       folded.”maybe.. “she said back. “Just..going through a lot
       Xander.” She said simply.”you said you wanted to talk?” She
       asked as she diverted things as the man sighed.”didn’t you say
       the walls have ears?” He asked as she looked around to
       sigh.”fine.. follow me..” she said as the two walked. They ended
       up in an unused office for the quiet. Her flowers did what they
       did- and her meticulous need to make sure nothing was bugged was
       satisfied.
       “Rachel.. what really happened that day… when you and Daevon
       vanished?” He asked. Her brows shot up.”what you a cop?” She
       asked her brow raising as the man formed the words.”not a cop.”
       To directly facepalm himself.”I just.. I want to know what
       happened.” He said as he sat down. Rachel sighed to look at the
       reflection of herself in her arms.
       After a long talk of what happened and who it was that started
       the mess had the man more than fuming.”your father is behind all
       of this?” He asked as she nodded.”yes..I got lucky- if it hadn’t
       been for River probably wouldn’t be here talking- but- even then
       I can’t even die now- believe me- I know- I …” she faltered as
       Alexander knew what was next.”you tried.” Her head turned a
       bit.”it was before I even met Bobby. I was on a spiral, helped
       out in places- got my hands on sedatives.. didn’t work- but
       scared the shit out of Steele.. promised I’d never do that
       again.” She said leaning back in the chair.”and what about you-
       what got you into crazy brother of the crazy sister?” She asked
       looking back at him. The man blushed.”honestly their victims
       too- they’re the twins that vanished shortly after you were
       pulled cause of illness.” He said as her eyes went wide.”what?”
       She asked. His eyes shifted as he told her about the cold case,
       her hand over her mouth.
       Whatever empathy she lacked with Alice changed more for the
       positive now knowing why she was the way she was.”was there any
       notes on leads?” She asked as he shook his head. She crossed her
       arms.”I.. could sneak around and find out more- ..” she said as
       he interrupted.”no.. you shouldn’t- you already dealing with a
       lot and it’s clearly wearing on you.” He said to her. “Open up
       to your boyfriends- your cousin… someone you trust.. bottling it
       up is clearly wearing on your mental health.” He told her.
       After a long silence did she finally speak.”I just.. don’t want
       to turn into a monster..” he finally heard.”keep hearing all
       sorts of things in my head- “ she said.”and I’m just so..
       angry.” She admitted.”mean clearly everyone sees it- can’t go
       around famine without throwing him somewhere and shying away
       from most but the few that are close,” she said as she held her
       arms.”no more hiding either- “ said Alexander.”it’s a form of
       pushing people away and it’s not good- if not for yourself for
       those you care for?” He asked. “And if you want to talk- we can
       use our sessions too- more like vent sessions.” He said as she
       nodded.”alright.. you better get going- mafia, and ears men
       tends to get sus when they don’t see me around for long periods
       now.” She said to sigh.
       The two parted as he headed off to kill time as he waited for
       the two to have their fill.
       David felt a bit badly about putting Xander on the spot like he
       had. Of course Alex was more than eager to try and encourage the
       man into joining them. "It's all right, I'll text you later,"
       David replied softly.
       He didn't mind taking his time getting to know Xander better,
       though he knew there was something the guy was keeping from
       them. Maybe one day he'd share what it was.
       He felt rather proud that Alex had called the man Xander instead
       of "not a cop,". He wondered if Xander had actually noticed it.
       Once Xander had left, David gave all his attention to Alex,
       pulling him down to kiss him deeply, to thrusting into the man
       even harder.
       "Fuck you feel so good,"
       It was nearly an hour and many positions later when they both
       had their fill. David was draped over Alex, his long hair
       splayed out over them.
       "Should go get cleaned up." He groaned softly. After a little
       bit he slide off and helped Alex into the bathroom to clean up
       in the shower. Then dried the man off and got them both dressed.
       "I'll warm up the food Xander brought, you rest some," David
       said kissing Alex on the side of the mouth after helping him to
       the couch.
       He got the food heating on the stove and grabbed his phone to
       text Xander.
       `im heating up the food, want to come hangout with us? We could
       watch a movie or play a card game,`
       A pout came to Alex's lips at Xander's gentle rejection of
       joining them before the man hurried off. Thankfully, he wasn't
       given much time to dwell on Xander not wanted to join them as
       David pulled him down into a deep needy kiss as the thrusts got
       even harder, coaxing out more moans for Alex. The experiment
       quickly lost himself again in his lover as the man seemed to
       have far more energy than he usually did for such activities and
       claimed Alex in several different positions before they were
       both a hot mess and satisfied.
       His legs were practically jello from the intense attention and
       clung to the man when David helped him to his feet after
       mentioning they should get cleaned up. Soon, they were cleaned
       and dressed and Alex was deposited onto the couch with David
       promising to warm up some food Xander had brought. "Sounds
       good," he mused as he laid out on the couch and let his eyes
       close as he relaxed. The thoughts of self doubt creeping up on
       him the moment he had any semblance of being alone.
       He began to think about how he was holding David from being with
       someone who wasn't out of their mind. The man and Xander clearly
       had chemistry, even if the guy was lying about being a cop. Sure
       Alex didn't have proof but just the way the man carried himself
       gave him away. With sanity slowly seeping in, he could see
       himself as the problem and how he was more of a child to the men
       that a lover. His thoughts spilled into worse and worse ideas of
       how happy the two would be without him and how much less
       stressed out David would be.
       "Alex doesn't think not a cop likes very much... Alex is
       preventing Davi and Not a cop from being happy together....
       he... clearly doesn't want Alex..." He voiced when David
       returned with the warmed up food but made no move to take it
       from his lover.
       David could tell something was on Alex's mind, as the man was
       being far more subdued and somber than was normal. He set the
       plate of food down on the coffee table and moved to sit down
       next to Alex, a concerned look making his forehead furrow at the
       other's words.
       "Hey now, everyone moves at different paces with becoming
       intimate. Xander likes you a lot, he just wants more time to get
       to know you. I am happy having both of you in my life, I
       wouldn't want it any other way. If you had seen that lustful
       look he had, you'd know Xander does want you."
       David pulled Alex into his arms, holding the man in a warm
       embrace as he spoke. He felt as though Alex might be considering
       harming himself and that alarmed him.
       The reassurance David gave Alex had a soft smile come to his
       lips as he snuggled against the man as he was held. The dark
       thoughts being quelled for now. "Davi is good with words," He
       murmered before kissing David's cheek before moving in the man's
       arms to reach the food. Soon enough, he was behaving more like
       the self David had grown used to, though far less childlike than
       he usually was. The lack of torture and isolation was finally
       bringing back his long lost sanity.
       Alexander heard the ping on his phone as he was lost in thought
       to bring it up to see the text. He let a breath out as he
       gathered himself a bit to compose and came back.  He walked into
       the two eating to get a little bit. The man’s mind was on many
       things on how to handle what was going on- but knowing his
       friends mental state was fraying was worrying. He made a mental
       note to talk to Daevon when he could have his concerns- hoping
       at least the man was stable.”how’s the food?” He asked.
       David squeezed Alex a bit, relieved that he'd been able to find
       the right words to reassure him.  "I try to be, I wasn't always
       the best with words. You know, having a boyfriend is all new to
       me. You're my first one," he admitted with a blush.
       Soon both were enjoying the food that Xander had brought home.
       He turned when he heard the door open slowly and gave Xander a
       thumbs up in answer, since his mouth was currently full.
       "It's really good! Come join us! There's plenty of space," he
       said shifting over on the couch so Xander could sit with them.
       "So...I have something I want to say. I've never actually been
       in any relationship before, so I kind of rushed into it with
       Alex. I'm aware that you want to take things slower, so just let
       me know if I get too much for you and I'll adjust to what you
       need."
       Even with David's reassurance, Alex got quiet when Xander came
       in and didn't answer when asked how the food was, finishing off
       the plate he had before he got up and went to clean it off in
       the kitchen as negitive thoughts returned to his mind. He went
       into a dissociative state, not responding to either man as he
       rather roboticly went about cleaning up his mess before he sat
       on the floor in the corner of the room and put the sketchbook on
       his knees and began to draw.
       Whether intentional or not, he was clearly giving Xander and
       David space to behave like a normal couple, especially after
       being told that David had never actually been with anyone in a
       relationship and knowing David had rushed things with him.
       Xander sat in the couch as he listened to David talk.”I’m sorry-
       I’ll be honest about this part since we are trying this. I made
       it a rule that I need to know a person better- I rushed one in
       the past and ended up with a stalker for a while. Mother fucker
       kept thinking we were a thing still- pretty sure it finally sunk
       in a few months ago that we were not a thing.” He said and
       sighed. “I feel bad cause I for sure do feel that is why he was
       the way he was.” He admitted.”figured if I took my time just a
       little bit maybe it won’t happen again.” He said to rub his
       face.
       He took notice that Alex wasn’t around to get a little concerned
       as he saw him by himself. He felt a small pang as he said
       softly.”same time- I don’t want to hurt Alex.” He said now
       knowing who he was- he didn’t want to take that to advantage. He
       wanted to get to know the man of here and now- and not use his
       past. “Despite how we met- he really comes off as a brilliant
       man- whoever changed him or messed with him is a fucking ass..”
       he said making a small look.
       David couldn't help but feel like something was off with Alex
       and in the way he was acting. He didn't think it was because of
       what he'd revealed about Alex being his first boyfriend.
       His attention was drawn to Xander as the man spoke, explaining
       why he wanted to take things slowly. Concern and alarm filled
       his face at hearing the guy's ex was a stalker.
       "I don't think you should blame yourself for how that guy turned
       out. There's a lot of psychology behind people resorting to
       stalking and worse, and he was probably dealing with it long
       before you. Yeah, being careful isn't a bad thing, but everyone
       has obsessive behaviors. Most just know how to regulate them
       better," David spoke in a reassuring tone reaching to take
       Xander's hand and squeezed it gently. "I'm more than okay with
       going at your pace."
       He followed Xander's gaze to Alex and frowned as worry began
       filling him. There seemed to be a great deal going on with Alex,
       and there was still a lot that he didn't know yet.
       "I agree. I get the feeling something traumatic in his past must
       have happened that helped get him under William's influence. If
       we can figure it out, we have a better chance of helping him
       through it,"
       It took a bit longer for David to recognize the signs of Alex
       being in a dissociated state, which highly concerned him.
       He'd tried getting Alex to answer him a few times before he
       realized what was going on and cursed. "shit, I think I must
       have hurt him by saying I rushed into being with him. I didn't
       mean it that way. Or maybe it was saying he's my first." David
       groaned in frustration with himself.
       After a few moments of thought, David started singing softly a
       song he'd been obsessively listening to lately.
       A scene of murder and gore quickly filled out the blank page of
       the sketchbook, it slowly showed his cell and Alex himself in
       the corner with several bodies of past victims. He remembered
       every moment of the murders. How it made him feel alive, how the
       blood smelled, how they tasted, and especially their screams.
       Reliving his murders brought a strange comfort to him, the
       control of life and death making him feel like he had some form
       of say so over his life, even if it was a facade.
       A soft melody slowly coaxed him out of the state his was in,
       finally looking up at the two men on the couch for a moment,
       frowning, and going back to his drawing, seeming a little upset
       with himself at what he had drawn to tear the page out, ball it
       up and toss the very detailed picture before trying to draw
       something else, this one far less gorey but still quite sad of a
       bird in a cage. He related to caged birds on a very deep level
       even if he didn't realize it. "This one is fine," he stated when
       he realized the pair were looking at him with worried eyes.
       Alexander got a soft smile at the assurance. He listened to the
       man on his words as he had the same feeling.  He could see the
       man’s worry and his words. He knew that it would affect some
       depending on the situation as he listened to the man’s singing
       that seemed to bring around Alex.
       Alexander got up to walk over and to where Alex was to lean
       over. He gently got his chin to tug it up.”hey- I know I’m not
       ready for the really fun stuff- but I do like you.” He told him.
       He bent for a kiss to separate after a few moments.”just know I
       do care about you Alex.” He said before taking the paper to go
       take it to the trash. He unfurled it to look to see that Alex
       certainly had talent- but it gave him enough to realize that the
       guy was reliving those murders- whether it was guilt or need for
       control- was another matter.
       Seeing Alex finally come back out of his mind and be engaging
       once more was a relief to David. He shook his head slightly
       hearing Alex claiming he was fine. "I'd rather you felt
       something stronger than fine," he sighed and played with the
       strands of hair that hung in front of his face.
       He smiled when Xander got up and headed over to Alex, telling
       the artist that he liked him and then even kissed him.
       A part of him felt a little sad he couldn't have gotten a kiss
       too, but felt waiting would be worth it in the end. He stood up
       and stretched out a bit before deciding to go through a short
       yoga routine. It had been far too long since he'd done it and
       knew for his body to last through a grueling shift, he needed
       it.
       "So..Alex, have you thought about getting a tattoo long enough?
       I talked to my friend who's an amazing artist and he's itching
       to travel this way. Do you want to see some of his work?"
       When Alexander walked over and took his chin, Alex was visibly
       shocked at the man being so close. His words making a dark blush
       spread across his cheeks as the man claimed to like him before
       kissing the madman quite affectionately. It got his eyes to
       widen in even more shock before they fluttered shut as he
       accepted the affection, staring after the man when he pulled
       away. Punctuating the tender moment with another claim of caring
       for him. "This one.. believes you..." He said softly. He got a
       bit of a worried expression when Xander took the balled up paper
       and went back to drawing until he heard David say his name.
       A curious expression came to Alex's features as the man asked
       about tattoos while doing yoga. Seeing the man stretch like that
       entirely distracted him in that moment. "Tattoo?" He questioned
       with a raised eyebrow. "This one wouldn't be against looking at
       Artist friend's work, Alex like art..." He mused seeming far
       more like himself now, even moving out of the corner and onto
       the couch to get a better look at David's ass as he moved into
       the different positions.
       Alexander made a smile at Alex making an expression of believing
       him. His face turned a bit at the sound of tattoos.”probably be
       best- maybe even draw him what you want on you Alex- that bird
       from last time is technically tattoo quality.” Said the man as
       he walked back to watch with amusement as Alex  clearly was
       trying to get a nice look of ass. Granted he didn’t blame him-
       David clearly was well toned.”good view?” He said under his
       breath as he walk to stand by Alex.
       David had finished some simple stretches and moved into a half
       handstand, his knees resting on his elbows before he got his
       legs up and then slowly moved them into doing splits while
       waiting for an answer.
       "I'm sure you will enjoy Icons work, you style reminds me of
       his. He does a lot of realistic tattoos, his portraits are some
       of the best," he couldn't help but brag a bit.
       He nodded hearing Xander saying that Alex's bird drawing could
       be turned into a tattoo as well. "Oh for sure. He usually only
       does custom pieces he draws, but I'm betting he'd do yours. "
       David blinked at the question and the sound of Xander's voice
       being much closer than before. He moved, swinging his lower half
       down, to hold it aloft with his arm strength and saw that they
       were both watching his yoga work out rather closely.
       "If you're so interested, I could teach you yoga," he teased
       with a chuckle.
       He moved down and did a few more yoga poses before settling into
       the lotus position and meditating silently for a few moments and
       slowly unfolded his legs and stood up.
       "Mmhmm very good view," Alex purred softly as they watched the
       man as he listened to David amost bragging about his artist
       friend. "Alex will draw and show art friend, this one will try
       not to draw scary things to show Davi's art friend." He mused,
       not taking his eyes off the man. This wasn't the first time he
       stared at David like this, in fact there were a few times
       David's yoga sessions ended up in some rather steamy sex
       afterwards.
       "Alex can't bend like that, would rather watch Davi and not a
       cop do that," he said with a chuckle when his lover offered to
       teach them.  Then a slight look of worry cane to his face, "is
       Davi leaving again?" He questioned, knowing that more often than
       not the man had to go off to work after his workouts.
       Alexander gave a chuckle.”you can in time- never thought yoga be
       helping with me being a bit more flexible.” He said with a
       chuckle.”that’s pretty neat- maybe I can see about dae going for
       one- been complaining about wanting to fix that one fu.cked up
       tattoo he got like five years ago. Is he good at covering up
       that?” He asked.
       David nodded, smiling at Alex promising to not draw scary stuff
       to show Icon. "I'm sure he'd appreciate that,"
       "Alexander's right. It takes time and practice to get this
       flexible. It's good to help balance moods and your mind as
       well," he added.
       He shot a look at Alex when he asked about him leaving. "Oh no
       not today. I don't have a shift until next week, so we've got a
       few days to spend together."
       David considered Xander's question about Icon doing cover ups or
       not. "I can ask him. He's done a few, but they're pretty hard to
       do."
       Hearing David's reassurance that he didn't have to leave for
       work for a few days had Alex relaxing completely from the sudden
       panic he had felt. "Good Alex misses Davi and Xander when they
       go," he said softly, as he looked between the two.
       His Duo toned eyes lit up as he got an idea. "Can we watch a
       scary movie?" He questioned, already having a few options in
       mind. He wasn't sure why he remember them, but it had an air of
       nostalgia about them that made him want to share them with his
       boyfriends.
       Alexander made a smile at the sound of it.”thanks for finding
       out- be great.” He said as he chuckled. “Today’s my off day- so
       we can enjoy whatever you want today Alex.” He said.”so scary
       movie sounds fine to me- any in particular you want to watch?“
       he asked.
       David couldn't help but feel a bit sad hearing that Alex missed
       them when they were off working. Unfortunately work was
       something that they couldn't really get out of.
       "Well you've got us both today, so let's enjoy ourselves," he
       said with a smile.
       He wasn't too sure about watching a scary movie, but since
       Xander had agreed he didn't want to argue.
       "A scary movie huh? Why don't I make us some popcorn while you
       pick one out," he suggested. "Or is there something else you'd
       like?"
       "Popcorn good! Alex like popcorn!" A13x spouted off excitedly,
       having both agree to watching a scary movie with him. "Alex
       favorite movie is silence of the lamb! This one love love love
       it!" He spouted off. It was the world he retreated into in his
       mind without evert realizing it when he was driven insane,
       casting himself as Hanabal Lector, brilliant and deadly.
       Alexander gave a chuckle.”hadn’t seen that movie in ages- it’s
       pretty perplexing movie. Using a serial killer to get a serial
       killer.” Said Alexander with a slight chuckle. “I’ll get the
       popcorn started- maybe a nice beer for myself- Alex want a
       soda?” He asked as he started walking to the kitchen.
       David couldn't help but smile at how excited Alex got over
       having popcorn. He shot a look at Xander when Alex suggested
       Silence of the Lambs. He had the feeling that Alex felt kinship
       with Hannibal Lector, which was a bit scary to think of. "I'll
       see if I can find it online," he said going to turn on the smart
       TV to start searching.
       "Thanks for starting the popcorn Xander, I'll take a beer too if
       you don't mind." He called after Alexander.
       It took a few searches before he found it available on Amazon
       prime and loaded the movie.
       "You want the middle seat Alex?" He asked after going to pull
       the black curtains over the window and turned down the lights in
       the living room.
       "Soda yes! Alex want soda please, Alex sit in the middle and
       snuggle Davi and not a cop and watch Alex favorite movie! *With*
       popcorn!" A13x chimed being the most content and happy the pair
       had likely ever seen him. He sat on the couch and waited for his
       boyfriends, gladly accepting the popcorn and soda before
       settling in.
       When the movie finally started, Alex went entirely silent as he
       zoned into the movie more intensely than he had anything else he
       had watched with the men, slowly stuffing popcorn into his
       mouth.
       Alexander brought back the beers and the one soda after he made
       the popcorn to settle down. His arm draped around Alex’s
       shoulder as his knee touched his. The man would glance to see
       how zoned in Alex was to the movie. He took a popcorn to bite
       into it. As he chewed it got to a particular scene even he
       enjoyed. The serial killer greeting the detective. He gave a
       verbal chuckle as he watched a bit more.
       Alexander brought back the beers and the one soda after he made
       the popcorn to settle down. His arm draped around Alex’s
       shoulder as his knee touched his. The man would glance to see
       how zoned in Alex was to the movie. He took a popcorn to bite
       into it. As he chewed it got to a particular scene even he
       enjoyed. The serial killer geeeting the detective. He gave a
       verbal chuckle as he watched a bit more.
       David settled in, leaning a bit on Alex's shoulder while the
       movie played. He couldn't help but close his eyes or flinch at
       several of the scenes. Having never seen it before made him
       reacting to it far more than the other two.  At one point he was
       actually hiding his face in Alex's shirt.
       At least Alex and Xander were enjoying the movie. He was sure
       he'd end up having nightmares later. Next time he'd just have to
       let them do the scary thriller movies without him.
       Feeling Xander's arm over his shoulder had Alex leaning more
       into the man, enjoying the closeness. It was when he heard a
       particularly frightened sound from David and the man hiding his
       face in Alex's shirt did he get a look of concern. He wrapped
       his arms around the taller man and pulled him close, dragging
       him into his lap as his fingers trailed through his lover's long
       dark hair.
       "Not real Davi, just pretend," he tried to sooth sweetly, not
       wanting the man to be scared.
       Alexander made a smile at how Alex was being to David. The
       gentle stroking and assurance the movie wasn’t real showed him
       that Alex was becoming more grounded. He had a feeling in time
       and with work he’d be back - or close to- what he was before.
       Once the movie ended he shifted to get up after kissing Alex on
       the head to go to the kitchen before hearing the phone ring. He
       picked it up to listen a bit.”I’ll be back in a little Alex.” He
       said hanging up.”gotta get something from the office for… ah..
       someone.” He said to flush. The man knew his plants and
       medicines and the call was for an aphrodisiac. He handled the
       stuff carefully but couldn’t openly admit to what he was handing
       off.”I won’t be long.” He said to walk out and make his way to
       his office. He met up with a man to talk a bit and unlocked his
       door.  He was about to give  the man the small vial of liquid.
       Course a fight broke out near the hall and Alexander and the man
       ended up hittin t the floor as a result. The glass bottle
       shattering and cutting Alexander’s hand. He sighed and shrunk
       from the fight before deciding he was done and came back after
       locking up.”David mind giving me a hand? A bottle shattered and
       need help making sure all the glass is out..” he asked.
       David's body relaxed as he felt Alex dragging him into his lap.
       He pressed his face into the other's chest, still shaking a bit
       until Alex's comforting touch calmed him down.
       "Could've fooled me," he murmured back, his hands clutching
       Alex's shirt. "This is why I avoid creepy movies. I don't like
       being scared, I never understood why people like it." He added.
       Even after the movie had come to an end, David was reluctant to
       pull away. He rather liked being in Alex's comforting embrace.
       He glanced up at Xander's announcement of needing to help
       someone and gave a small nod. "No need to hurry, we'll be here
       waiting for you," he replied.
       David turned on some music for them while waiting for Xander and
       drew Alex into a kiss. It quickly turned into a passionate
       makeout session, which had him aching for more.
       David was pulled out of an intense kiss when he heard Xander
       asked for help.
       "Of course I'll help, what Happened?" He asked climbing off of
       Alex and  got Xander seated at the kitchen counter.
       He grabbed the first aid kit and started to look over the wound
       closely. He pulled out a few shards of glass out using tweezers
       and then cleaned the wound on Xander's hand. "This is a bit
       deep, you may need stitches," David fussed as he examined the
       cut closer.
       A chuckle left A13x at David's muttering about the movie. "A13x
       protect David from the monsters," the man teased before his
       attention was drawn back to Xander as the man announced his
       temporary departure. "Okay not a cop!" He said grinning wide.
       It seemed the moment Xander was gone that David wanted a
       different kind of comfort, turning on some music before pulling
       him into a passionate kiss. He clung to his lover, enjoying
       their intimate moment.
       By the time Xander returned, Alex was *quite* turned on already
       and the smell of blood had his eyes dilating in desire. He tried
       to hold himself back but when David got the glass out and gave
       the briefest of pauses, A13x took the man's wounded hand and
       licked the fresh blood trickling out. The euphoria of the iron
       taste in his mouth combined with the traces of the aphrodisiac
       was too much for the already horny psycho.
       It took ever ounce of self control he had not to jump Xander
       right then, so instead, he pulled David into a rough needy kiss.
       He didn't want to give into the other, darker desires he was
       feeling.
       Alexander felt his hand begin to get worked on a bit.”well was
       giving something to a man- and a fight broke out and the vial
       buster in my hand.” He started before he blushed at the man’s
       touch. He made a noise unlike of a hurt man before he covered
       his face flushing.”oh.. the stuff in it it’s-“ he started
       before feeling his hand taken to blush harder.”Alex!” He
       started.”no wait!” He said before folding his legs. The scene
       was already hot by itself but it made him that much harder and
       now he felt needy.”it had aphrodisiacs in it…” he said
       plainly.”should have said earlier.. and not fair- getting that
       kiss.” He said and realized he was already losing his grip on
       himself and his own senses. Every little touch and what he saw..
       just drove him on to looking embarrassed at how horny he was
       feeling.
       David was rather shocked by Alex grabbing Xander's hand and
       licking the wound. He grimaced slightly and then his eyes
       widened when Xander explained belatedly what had been in the
       vial.
       "Oh sh..." He began to say when Alex suddenly grabbed him and
       pulled him into a rather heady kiss. This passed some of the
       aphrodisiac to David as well..not that it had been Alex's plan.
       David finally broke away from the kiss panting a bit from the
       intensity, his eyes  shifting a bit as the drug started to hit
       him. Had it been more, he probably wouldn't have had control of
       any kind.
       "If you want one, just say so Xander," David replied and managed
       to get the other's hand bandaged up before he ran a hand up
       Xander's chest.
       "Would you like some release? I'd very happily do whatever you
       need, hell..i'd do it without this drug going through me. I've
       just been waiting on you saying you were ready Xander," David
       said in a lustful tone. "I know Alex has been very patiently
       waiting. It's why he grabbed me. He and I don't want to do
       anything you're not ready for,"
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       Re: Crazy in Love -A13X, David, Xander
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 13, 2026, 5:02 pm
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       When David pulled back from the kiss, A13x moved behind his
       lover and began to slowly undo the buttons on the man's shirt at
       first before working the guy's pants down as the medic worked on
       Xander's hand.
       His own hand going down David's pants to teased the growing
       errection. "This one would love to have you both right now," he
       purred seductively before biting David's shoulder rather hard.
       Xander mumbled.”I just did..” he said as he felt the hand travel
       up. Course the man tried to reason in his own head but it came
       more out of his mouth.”i am.. just be gentle it’s been a while.”
       Came out. His eyes went down at Al3x not quite exactly helping
       with the situation  by stripping David and Alexander just ended
       up blushing bright at what he saw right before and after that
       saw the bite to David.”just.. easy biting Alex ..” he said
       sheepishly. He wasn’t sure how he’d really respond aphrodisiac
       or not. his hand drew David in for a hot kiss, his tongue
       running around and toward the top of David’s mouth knowing how
       sensitive the area was.
       David wasn't all that surprised by how handsy and urgent Alex
       was about stripping him.  Though it didn't help that it was
       happening while he worked.
       "Alex...could you...oh fu.ck," he groaned at the hand going down
       his pants.
       "All right, I'll try and be as gentle as I can," he promised
       Xander and let out a cry when Alex bite his shoulder. He reached
       up with a free hand to grab Alex's shorter hair and tugged the
       man's head up.
       "Yes, not so hard," he agreed with Xander.
       David half melted when Xander drew him in and kissed him, and
       moaned at the tongue caressing the roof of his mouth. The hand
       he had on Xander slide up to wrap around the man's neck and
       pulled him in closer.
       Kissing Xander was even more thrilling than he'd imagined it
       would be. His hand tightened in Alex's hair before sliding down
       the other's neck.
       When the kiss finally broke, David was panting and even more
       aroused.
       "Think you two can make it to the bedroom?" He managed to ask
       and slid his hand to work open Xander's shirt. "Course both of
       your clothes are going to need to come off first,"
       A rather possessive and almost predatory growl left Alex when
       David pulled his hair, even biting a little harder before the
       grip on his hair tightened and he devolved into a needy whimper
       as he licked the fresh bruise. "But you taste so good..." the
       insane man complained before David was pulled into a very steamy
       kiss with Xander. "A13x be gentle," he agreed before taking a
       step back from the two to watch them make out.
       A smirk crossed his lips at the question of if they could make
       it ti the bedroom before complaining about the amount of clothes
       Xander and he were wearing. Without a word, A13x scooped the
       entangled men into his arms as if they weighed nothing and
       carried them to the bedroom to toss the two onto the bed. "Davi
       wants less clothes too?" He questioned as he gave the two men a
       bit of a show as he stripped out of his shirt and then pants.
       "Better or more?" He questioned seductively.
       Alexander couldn’t help but notice how a13x responded to being
       pulled back and told. Seemed he responded if there was a bit of
       force given.. even if it was the heat of the moment.
       He felt the hand that smoothed the button up shirt he had away
       from his skin earning a groan and a .”I dunno if I can- “ to
       A13x responding the way he did.. the strength surprising him a
       little. He made a noise as he was dumped on the bed, the shirt
       that was unbuttoned sliding off fully as he watched the man
       stripping. Xander fought with his pants a bit as his eye kept a
       bit focused on A13x, his hair spread about the bed as he told
       David.”help?”
       With the way Alex reacted to his pulling and harder grip, David
       realized that the other man might get off on pain more than
       others did. It might explain why he kept biting him..even if
       Alex liked how he tasted there was more to it than that.
       "I kind of need my skin intact, please no more holes," David
       murmured before getting lost in the intense kiss with Xander.
       He let out a rather undignified sound at suddenly being lifted
       up by Alex, and clung to Xander when they were dumped on the
       bed.
       "If we're going to do it right, all clothes should be gone," he
       confirmed, watching as Alex stripped off most of his clothes.
       He moved to help Xander, peeling the others pants and boxers off
       at the same time and tossed them over his shoulder.
       "There, all gone," he replied, feasting his gaze on the gorgeous
       sight of Xander's golden tanned body on full display.
       "Damn you are quite a gorgeous sight,* he praised in a lustful
       tone. He moved to pull Alex closer to them. "I think Xander is
       needing attention from both of us. We can take turns, just be
       careful and don't mark him with bites."
       After saying this, David pushed his long hair over one shoulder
       and moved down to kiss his way slowly down Xander's abdomen. He
       took his time before finally going down on the others erection
       and sucking on it gently.
       Having both men's eyes on him as he striped was quite the
       thrill. A smirk crossing his lips as David fully stripped
       Xander. The two making an amazing sight on the bed.
       When he was pulled closer and given instructions, Alex nodded
       his head quickly before moving to lip and lick at Xander's chest
       and nipples before going up his neck and then capturing his lips
       in a near feverish and needy kiss as his hands explored the man.
       Alexander felt his clothes stripped off the rest of the way and
       blushed a bit. He heard the man’s compliment.”you should be
       saying that to yourself..” he said softly. What he didn’t expect
       was the man making his way down to his painfully stiff member to
       groan audibly at the feeling of being sucked off, and more so
       when A13x began to tease his body. He felt the hot mouth and let
       his own tongue do the exploring finding the sensitive spots and
       attempting to get a reaction out of him.
       David's mouth curved a bit at Xander's comment as he sucked a
       bit harder and then paused to pull his glasses and rings off of
       his fingers. "These will just get on the way. I prefer hearing
       you say it about me," he admitted his face flushing a bit.
       It was quite an enjoyable sight to see Alex and Xander making
       out hotly. "Keep him occupied for a moment Alex," he purred and
       got up to retrieve a bottle of lubricant.
       "Just what side of things do you want to be on Xander? Just so
       we both know what you want to experience," he said resettling
       and stroking over Xander's thigh gently.
       A sound of agreement left Alex as he got a bit more aggressive
       into the kiss as he moaned at Xander's expert tounge. He would
       gladly keep Xander's lips occupied. Soon, he was moving down and
       replacing David in pleasuring Xander as the medic went and got
       the lube, taking the massive member all the way down his throat.
       Xander looked at David at first as he was removing rings and
       just about gasped at the next mouth that occupied him.”either is
       FINE!” He said the last word coming out a bit loud.”damn Alex -
       you don’t waste time..” he gasped. “Just take me however.” He
       said with a slight blush.
       "Alex is very good at that isn't he?" David murmured and ran a
       hand through Alex's black and white hair and rather roughly
       tugged on it. "Don't go too fast,"
       Once Xander gave his reply, David moved the other's legs wider
       and began working on stretching the man with a lubed finger. He
       took his time to get to using several fingers, not wanting to
       overwhelm him.
       "How's that feel? Let me know if it's too much,"
       A blush trickled across A13x's cheeks at the praise from David
       and Xander, a groan leaving him at the rough grip on his two
       toned hair illiciting a hot moan out of him. "Can't help, Xander
       taste *amazing*," Alex purred when he pulled up and swirled his
       tounge around the tip before going back down and hungrily
       pleasured Xander as David got the man prepared for other things.
       Xander couldn’t help but lose himself in the feeling as his own
       noises slid out, a gentle buck to the hips showing his readiness
       as he heard the question.”no.. it feels good.. think I’m ready
       for more.” He moaned softly.
       "oh he does," David agreed, watching as Alex continues
       pleasuring Xander.
       The erotic sight only made him harder and ache for more. He
       waited though until Xander asked for more. He leaned down to nip
       Xander's thigh. "I'm clean, but if you want me to use a condom I
       will,"
       He moved to slide his other hand over Alex's back and groped the
       other man's ass a bit while waiting for Xander's reply. "You
       wanting to join me or to ride Xander?," he asked. "I bet he'd
       enjoy both,"
       It was easy to get lost in the act of pleasuring the man in his
       mouth and was reminded of David when the man's hand trail down
       his back like that making Alex shiver before his ass was toyed
       with. "Mmmm think Xander is plenty wet enough for this one to
       take Xanny, think  this one will ride Xanny, not sure A13x could
       hold back and be gentle like Davi wants if this one does the
       thrusting," he suggested before giving Xander a long slow lick
       up his shaft before taking it back into his mouth and popped
       off. He then licked his lips. "Would Xanny like that?" He
       questioned hungrily.
       “I don’t mind that in the… gah.. least..” he groaned. Course in
       his fogged mind it hadn’t connected that a13x was calling him by
       his nickname.. or least part of it. “So David.. how will we
       arrange this? I’ve never been in a threesome before..” he said
       in a more sheepish tone admit the noises that slid out in
       pleasure from what A13x was doing.
       David enjoyed feeling Alex shiver under his touch and played
       with the man for a little bit longer as Alex talked about what
       he wanted before asking Xander if he'd like it.
       Xander's groaned approval  and question had David grinning a bit
       as he moved Xander's legs around him as he moved in closer.
       "Just enjoy what happens next, if it's too much or too intense
       just say so and I'll stop." He reassured Xander.
       He lifted Xander up just a bit and aligned himself and slowly
       pushed inside, easing his throbbing co.ck into Xander.
       "Damn...you feel so amazing and still really tight," he groaned
       out.
       David stroked a hand over Xander's side, another reaching out to
       run up Alex's chest. "When you feel ready for Alex to start,
       just tell him." He advised, not wanting to overwhelm Xander too
       much all at once.
       When David moved to arrange Xander the way he needed to impale
       the man he turned his attention to teasing David's nipples and
       nipping gentle at the man. He deeply enjoyed watching the two.
       Xander gasped as his head went back feeling the full to simply
       nod. After a few movements did A13x impale himself on him,
       causing another solid groan. Feeling the sensations of the two ,
       was definitely new for him, and more so with the aphrodisiacs in
       his system. He gave a needy noise as his own hands began to
       wander their bodies and explore. It was as if he was figuring
       out how to touch them both in ways. His hand tugged a13x in for
       a hot kiss, to turning his head to do the same for David. He
       purely came undone as he let his instincts take over. He came
       hard, his head leaning a bit back on David as he took in the
       feeling.
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