What Lies Beneath // Salem & Hunter
Salem buried his face in Hunter’s chest when the man pulled him in tightly. It was obvious his lover was confused and scared. What made the whole entire situation worse was Salem knowing exactly what was wrong with Hunter. “Shh, I’m here,” was all he could whisper. This…was a really tough decision to make.
Keeping his hand in Hunter’s for support, he followed him to the bench to take a seat next to him. Salem curled right up against Hunter and took his hand again. His pale fingers traced the darker man’s slowly as he tried to think of a way to explain to him without telling him about Hermes.
"I know," he muttered. This was going to kill him and possibly others. Salem couldn’t sit around and lie to Hunter. He turned to look into his green eyes and he planted a gentle kiss on his cheek. "There is something going on that I can’t tell you about and if I do, others will get hurt." Now he sounded like the crazy one. Hunter wouldn’t believe this. It pained him to not tell him everything. "Please understand I’m doing this for the safety of others and of course you, but I just can’t tell you." He bit his lip and looked down, his fingers tightened around Hunter’s. "I love you and I hate not being able to tell you."
Holding Salem's hand in his own Hunter didn't know what he expected the man to say. Maybe tell him that it was all in his head and once Hunter got a good night's sleep and got over his fear of Salem's safety it would all be over. What he hadn't expected was for the person he trusted more than anything in the world look at him and say that he couldn't tell Hunter what was going on.
"What are you talking about?" Hunter asked "people will get hurt,is this about Brian?" The last he heard was that the man was locked up in some hospital upstate and the earliest chance he had of even trying to get out was in 10 years. "Did he get in contact with you or something?" it was the only explanation he could come up with and even then it wouldn't explain what was going on with him now.
"Then tell me,please" Hunter begged "if you know what's wrong we can get through this together". Had he somehow hurt Salem when he was in one of these blackouts? If so, the man should want to help Hunter and the fact the he felt too scared sent shivers up the older man's spine.
Turning Salem's face toward him he made the man look him in the eye "Whatever is going on you can tell me baby" Hunter told him "I'm going to keep you safe,I promise"
















