crash the gates { cashton }
“Yeah, guess you’re right. What a relief,” Ashton laughed, glancing down at Calum’s hand on him as if he was unsure whether he was comfortable with the touch or not (probably because he was). The laugh might not have been entirely genuine, either. He glanced over at the door in the room, but only for the smallest fraction of a second. “Right, I bet. I always got that vibe from you. Naughty, naughty,” he played along, giving another laugh toward the other boy’s words. His mind was actually about as far away from their conversation as it could get. All he could do was hope that he was doing a good job at making it appear otherwise. God, he adored Calum, but he wasn’t sure that he could process all of the information he was just given and be in the same room with him all at once. Ashton needed to find a way out of that room, just for the sake of his sanity. “Anything? Uh… How about…” He gave the impression that he was searching his mind for a question for a few moments, and then, before he could stop himself, he was trying his luck at swinging at Calum.
Calum had a smile spread across his lips, shaking his head at Ashton calling him naughty. "Really? Interesting. I seem like the fifty shades of crazy kinda guy?" he laughed yet again, finding the whole thing amusing by that point. It was interesting that the mood could shift so easily, even though moments ago he'd been untying the other boy from a chair after giving him an ultimatum that had him choosing between life and death. That moment was shattered, however, when he caught movement in the corner of his eye and caught Ashton's wrist in the air before he could hit him. His eyebrows shot up and he waited to speak until a moment of silence had passed, his tone full of sarcasm and disbelief. "Really? Ashton. You thought you could knock out an assassin. Really?"











