murderess housewife reader x cleaner gaz (and 141)
an: I really like this one but it wasn't nearly as long as I wanted originally so lets rewrite it!
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// mentions of murder, disposal of corpse + description of said corpse, brief mentions of sexual harassment
You didnāt mean to. Or at least thatās what you keep telling yourself.Ā
Repeating it like a prayer, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.Ā
Staring at the blood on your hands you let out quivering breath after quivering breath, the air burning your throat as your chest heaved. It was a sickening sight, the man on the floor leaking out blood. The way his eyes glazed and popped from his skull, you could see the color draining out of him. His entire form dulling like the switch back to black and white in The Wizard of Oz.
How long had you been sitting there? Hours. Maybe. Definitely. Had to beā¦you could hear your husbandās hard footsteps entering the home, Kyle came home at 5 on the dot. The familiar sound of him hanging up his keys and tugging off his boots snapping you out of your trance. Youād had hours to do something. At least three. And here you were gawking.Ā
You let out a strangled sob as you quickly crawled away from the body, your hand coming up to muffle the noise. You can taste the blood on your palm as your mind races. What do you do? Youāre covered in this manās blood, it's sinking into your apron. Staining the leather of your heels. The ones youād begged him to buy you, expensive. And now they were ruined.Ā
āBaby doll? You asleep?ā
You could hear his voice from your position on the floor, your back pressed against the wall. That playful tone, the one he used when he was about to rouse you from a nap. The fake whisper. You could hear the grin in his voice, the leather of his jacket as he lowered himself into that pouncing position heād sneak up on you in. āLove?ā
You drop your hand to rest in your lap as you hear him slip into the dining room to look into the kitchen. A sob escaping your lips as your eyes meet his. āKyle..ā
You donāt know what you expected. Him to yell? Call you crazy? Leave? You didnāt, however, expect him to drop to his knees and take his hands into yours. āBaby..? Are you alright?ā Heād taken your bloody hands and pressed kisses to them, his thumbs rubbing your wrist as he cooed soft reassurances to you. Asking you over and over if you were hurt.Ā
āThe.. the..ā You tried to raise a shaking hand to point over his shoulder, your voice raw and quiet but he just clung to you. āDonāt worry about that. Iāll take care of that. Are. You. Okay?ā
He didnāt move until you nodded, a tear slipping down your face as he cupped your face. āYou did what you had to.ā
He whispered those words with so much conviction, his eyes burning as he gently helped you to your feet. āGo take a bath, clean up.ā
Youād soaked for what felt like hours, sitting in the murky brown water. Youād tried to refresh the water but what was the point? Everytime you thought youād gotten everything off you found blood caked up somewhere else. You could hear the hushed voices from the living room, a few men muttering. The sound of bags zipping open, doors opening and slamming shut.
After youād finally pulled yourself from the bath you wrapped yourself in a robe, padding into the living room. You resisted the urge to gag as you watched two men gently placing the dead man into a large square of pleather.Ā
Kyle instantly rushed to your side, taking you up in his arms. āHoney.. You know the boys, yeah?ā
You didnāt have the stomach for pleasantries, to offer a glass of lemonade like the perfect little housewife you are. You just nodded.
You've made dinners for these men more than once; Johnny, John, and Simon. They were like family. Of course Kyle would call them to handle your mess.Ā
āSimon is going to take you to the bedroom to talk,ā Kyle says gently, wiping your face. āAsk you a few questions⦠youāre okay.ā
You wrap your arms tightly around yourself as Kyle gently passes you to Simon, a silent conversation passing between the two before he leads you back towards the bedroom.Ā
And, of course, Simon doesnāt waste any time, āWhat happened?ā
āStabbed him,ā You fight back a loud sob as the words leave your mouth, like speaking them made this any more real than it already was.
āNo tears, we āavenāt got time for tears.ā Simon grunted out, holding your face firmly. āI know you stabbed him⦠stabbed him quite a bit. Need to know what led to that.ā
āHe came into the houseāā
āWhy was he in the house?ā Simon interrupted.
āThe.. he was checking for termites.ā You whisper out. āThe annual check up. He came in and when⦠when he was checking the kitchen he tried to touch me.ā
āTo touch you,ā Simon repeated, nodding. You could see his jaw clench as he ran his thumbs over your cheeks. āWhereād you get the knife?ā
āThat lil Paris Hilton number youāre so proud of?ā He asks. āThe pink ones?ā
āWhere is the knife now?ā He asks, carefully.
āIn⦠in the trash.āĀ
You could see the wheels turning in his head as he pulled away from you, āStay here.ā
How do people move on from this..? How do people continue life after seeing the body of a man theyād killed rolled up and tossed into the back of a truck?
How do you continue your day to day knowing that youād killed someone? How are you expected to put on your pearls every morning after Johnny promised you if the cops came looking theyād tie your mess to someone else? How can you vacuum the carpet knowing Simon had pulled the teeth from that manās corpse and then burned him? How can you have dinner cooking in the oven by the time your husband got home when youād watched Price scrub the floors of your home for hours, even under blacklight?
How could you be held in the arms of your husband, your Kyle⦠your Gaz, when you listened to him orchestrate the whole thing? When you heard him kicking the already dead body of that man after Simon told him what heād attempted?Ā
How could he still look at you like you were the reason the world spun? How could he still stand to kiss your hands every morning? How could he still hold your thighs open and slot himself between them while praising your body?
You felt like a robot, going through the motions day after day. Wake up, get dressed, kiss your husband goodbye, avoid the kitchen like the plague, stare at the knives from across the room, imagine the feeling of that manās body collapsing against yours as you drove the knife over and over and over and over, kiss your husband when he got home.Ā
It was like this for weeks. For months, until your kitchen pipes burst.
Kyle would fix it, he usually did. But, he was going to be away for a bit... just for a weekend. Business stuff with the guys, he said. But heād be back the same day the plumber came over so you didnāt have to worry! You could stay in the bedroom the whole time, relax and process.
But you were sick of processing! Youād been processing for what felt like years. You were a shell of the woman he married and you were sick of it.
You could handle talking to a plumber.Ā
You could handle being in the kitchen again, you could handle being near the knives. You could handle this again.Ā
You could handle this. The skillet. You could handle this! His head. You could handle this! The sound of his skull crunching at the impact. YOU COULD HANDLE THIS! The familiar slump of his body against yours.Ā
This time was different. There was no fearā¦this time was freeing.
You could hear the sound of Kyle shoving open the door followed by four pairs of feet.Ā āOh, baby doll! Me anā the boys are here! Brought ya something to cheer you up.ā
This time was different. This time you wouldnāt hide. āIām in the kitchen!ā
When was the last time youād sounded like that? So happy, so cheerful...
You could feel his presence behind you, his strong arms wrapping around your body. āOh, baby doll.."
"Its alright.. you did what you had to." Kyle gently turned your chin to face him, his eyes lighting up as he took in your smile. That warm, loving smile.Ā
When was the last time youād smiled like that..?
āHi, honey..ā You whispered, leaning into his touch. āHow was work..?
There she was. His girl. You.
You let your eyes wander over his shoulder offering the three men behind him a sweet smile and a wave. āI wish I had known you three were coming, I would've made dinnerā lemonade?ā
āAh!ā Your husband quickly interrupted, āThe boys have a mess to clean up. How about I show you what we got you..?ā
Kyle carefully pulled you away from the dying man on the floor, keeping his eyes locked on yours as he led you into the living room with a firm hand on the waist. āYou lot can take care of this canāt you?ā
āRight away,ā Johnny said with a sharp nod, already pushing up his sleeves.
āAnything for the missus.ā Price confirmed, crouching down to wrap his hands around the manās throat.
āLeast thereās no blood this time..ā Simon grumbled, picking up he skillet.Ā