“YOUR MUSE SEES MINE BEING SOLD IN A BRUTAL SLAVER’S MARKET.”
Stanley didn’t know how he ended up at the slave market, all he knew was that was that he was horrified by the brutality and the condition of it. The stench was enough to drive men away, yet there was a crowd of people waiting to buy other humans. It was disturbing, to say the least. But what caught Stanley’s eye was a young teen with blonde hair. He looked like - Jesus Christ, that was Gaston’s son! How the hell did Gil end up being sold at a slave market!? He could wager a bet that the bastard sold his own son to pay some gambling debt (or something similar). It sickened him.
What sickened him even more, however, was how there were men around him literally salivating as Gil was forced onto the stage to be auctioned off. Fuck. This poor kid was going to be sold to someone in this crowd like a fucking horse, and probably used and abused like a goddamned couch.
Not if Stanley had any say in it.
Pushing his way to the front of the crowd to stand in front of the auctioneer, Stanley made sure his bids were the loudest and the highest among the sickos in the crowd. He needed to get Gil out of there. And he would willingly fight anyone who tried to stop him. His protective instincts taking over.
He could kill Gaston later.
Gil had done everything to convince Gaston not to sell him off to some slaver. Fought, cried, begged but all of his desperate attempts had fallen on deaf ears as his father dragged him off and passed him over once he got the price he wanted. It had been a couple of days since then and Gil’s throat was raw from yelling, begging anyone to let him go. Eventually, he’d gone quiet, crying silently as they’d waited for the day to sell him. He had always had some faith in Gaston. Even if he was a bad father, maybe he still cared just the smallest bit for Gil. But there was no doubt about how little Gaston cared anymore.
He was all but pushed out onto the stage, staring down at the floor. He couldn’t look at the crowd, scared that he might throw up then and there. He didn’t know what would happen to him once someone was named the highest bidder and he didn’t dare think about it. The only thing that convinced him to look up was the sound of a voice he recognised, immediately finding Stanley at the front of the crowd.
Stanley would help him. Stanley was there. Everything would be okay.
He wanted to go to him as soon as he saw him but even the slightest movement forwards had someone reaching out to yank him back into place. Tears had started to roll down his cheeks again, gaze not leaving the male for a moment as his body shook slightly with the sobs he forced himself to hold in.
“Stanley...” He whispered softly.