One shots

Ao3: Payment

6/18/2022 9:00 pm

It started slowly
Bag by bag
His warmth was stolen.
An odd statement but only holding the truth
Theo, 5'3 now 95 pounds and pale, deathly pale. But not from illness from the bags of blood taken from him.
This is what happens, Sir comes in and flushes the line in his pale arm and smoothly his blood drains into the bag. Already cold Theo whimpers and try's to whine only for them to be to soft to be heard. It seems the temperature plummeted 10 degrees with one bag, and unlike every other time he set one bag down and started another. He tried to talk but his tongue felt like a rock in his mouth and he could only weakly tug away before Sir tighten his grip on his small wrist. Theo watched with heavy eyes as he stopped the line and closed the bag, normally he would cuddle Theo but he only said " don't pull away from me I ask nothing of you but this, you can't even do that without complaining. I'll be back at dinner time for your punishment" he shut the metal door to the concrete room locking the door.
Theo struggled to get into a sitting position before holding the bed and getting the gallon bucket and holding his breath as went pee and out the lid back on. He felt dizzy and his weak limbs couldn't hold him anymore, he hit the ground and cried out with energy he hated to waste. He could only tremble as he failed to get up only managing to curl up in a ball.
He didn't move an inch when the door unlocked and opened, he didn't look up to weak to move. He felt paralyzed as Sir came over and crouched down and slowly put him in his back " can you move?" Theo said barely his voice dry " n-o" sir nodded looking please. He picked Theo up under his arms and knees before setting him down on the bed and stripping him bare. He only whimpered softly resting his head against sirs warm large bicep. He was forced to sit against the wall as Sir took his sheets out of the room and then came back for his mattress. He came back and set him on the hard frame taking another bag before pulling out a chain collar and putting the cold metal on his throat, he put a lock on the clasps and stood taking the bag and saying " It's your fault".
He left and walked out of sight not closing the door, Theo new better he was tested the week he was taken with sir leaving the door open, he was beaten every day that week so bad when he could walk again he ignored the door from then on. He was sure it was a test. Right? Sir didn't come back, he always came back. He was sirs property sir would come back.
He ignored the hunger pangs, ignored them till he passed out but didn't move. It was always silent outside the room until a loud crashing sound came and jolted him into awareness.
Yelling rang through the halls and he started panicking, was it sir? Why was he being so loud? Theo had been good, he hadn't moved. He was a good object, so why was he mad? Yelling once again then quiet, after a good amount of time he was sure he wasn't mad anymore something was heard from the vents, it sounded like breathing? No, sniffing? Sir hadn't ever seemed like a pet person, he said though pets were creatures of companionship, objects were not so therefore he was below a pet.
Which made sense, pets were cute and huggable and warm and they didn't complain. He was small and gangly and complained and resisted, and his shivering proved he was definitely not warm. Smoke suddenly and slowly fell down from the vent, sort of graciously like it had no destination. It hit the floor like a feather and slowly spread, it covered the floor and kept coming it slowly came up through the slats in the bed frame he heard a crash and it seemed closer to him now.
And he was sure it wasn't sir, and sir always said if he found Theo with anyone other than him he'd make sure he wouldn't be able to walk again. He was shaking and so scared he felt a trickle down his thighs and he started crying silently, he knew he wet himself, he hard loud tromping and he forced himself up on thing shaking legs into the lose floor boards he wiggled into the hole and settled in. The smoke made his eyes water as if seeped into the cracks he couldn't breath well and he started crying harder biting his lip to make himself stop. Sir hated his crying and hated his loud noises unless it was sounds of pain, this was fear and sadness.
The sounds suddenly were clear and the floor creaked as there was a lot of weight. " Someone was here I guess they got tired of the bucket" some one laughed, he couldn't help but curl up tighter. He was scared and it just happened sometimes, he'd brown used to not being scared of sir but upset he didn't do well and displeasing him. He hated not being enough for sir.
More creaking and some stomping, his eyes were closed as they stung so bad a sob was heard aloud, " We're not alone" there was more light stomping and it got closer to him and his heart skipped beats. It was above his head and then it became harsher " it's hollow here " someone- the one that laughed at him! Said.
He boards were moved and he grabbed them sobbing harder, " Hey hey it's ok, I need a shirt now!" He didn't open his eyes as he glitched from the hands on his body, soft material covered his body to his mid thigh but he curled up shaking so he was completely covered. " Jesus he so thin-" a loud Ow was heard through the room, Theo found his voice soon and started to weakly push against the person " nononoNoNoNO! L-ett gg-o no! Bad bad no! Sir will be back and- l-let go! He- his property- not/No can't have -" he pushed away but go nowhere.
" Hey it's ok no more sir" he shouldn't have sure that, Theo wailed and fought not wanting sir to come back and see him back, " No- you stop- he'll be mad-" he was still weak and the blood rush didn't help. He whimpered and cuddled closer to the warmth, " cold, cold please- it's cold " he whispered softly eyes closing. He wanted to fall asleep but didn't trust the arms around him, but when he felt hands against his back pulling him away he started crying and apologizing, sir found him he knew it wasn't a good choice to get caught but he didn't want to fail the test and get punished. The hands were removed and he didn't stop crying, sir didn't want him?! Of course he didn't he hated him being loud, "hey you ok your safe, he won't touch you again no punishment" the owner of the arms said to the thrashing boy.
The boys mind was spiraling as he cried almost silently, a thick accent cut through the mud of his mind " Stop" he breathed in and held his breath. He was shaking and his chin quivering pathetically, "let it out control your heart beat." He did as he was told and was picked up, his heart started racing again and he felt his muscles contract ready to fight." Relax" he grunted softly and felt fingers run through his hair and massage his scalp, he leaned into the touch his eyes rolling back.
" Oh someone likes head scratches" he was pushed again a chest again the fingers pulling away. He whined then cut himself off, he wasn't supposed to make sound. Unwanted noise meant Sir got mad and he didn't want sir to get mad when he came back for him. He was pulled close and something was put on him, he didn't like that. Theo pulled away swatting the thing put on him like it was on fire it fell away and he settled against the owner of the arms around him, " what's your name darling" the man asked in his ear while rubbing his back " Theo" he whispered.
He kept his eyes closed and curled up as they start to move," well Theo, what's your last name?" The man asked " no matter family no more" he didn't take that answer " what's your last name Theo" Theo panted softly and said " Cartwright" he felt his breathing stutter then continue " ok, well we're gonna find your family."
Theo shook his head, he wrung his hands as he repeated " no no no no sir hurt them -said hurt them-can't hurt them" he was bounce in their arms head went on their shoulder. " Theo why don't you try and go to sleep? We have to run some tests and make sure your healthy enough to go home, you can go to you home or go home with me for a few nights if you want?" He nodded shaking like a leaf on a tree as his arm was pulled away from his body, he bit the man's shoulder but let them take blood. "Theo you can't bite me" " no I will scream and I can't let that happen" he felt his jaw pry open and something round go between his mouth. He grunted and chewed on the plastic until he was told no " hey, no you suck on it, don't chew" he earned a bap to the nose and he took the other man's advice. " Why does he have that Chris" someone asked " because he bit Alex when he was getting blood drawn. Don't take it from him-" the thing was pulled out of his mouth and he bit the finger that did it." Ow motherfucker" a sharp pain in his cheek made him freeze and start sobbing. Hard. " Fuck fuck fuck" Theo tried to be quiet as he shoved away from the person holding him until finally he was set down, he wheezed out apologizes not taking many breaths in the process. He saw spots in his vision before he slumped backwards hitting the ground.
Chris
" What the fuck is wrong with you I told you not to take it from him!" He yelled as Alex tried to get the boy back to consciousness, " you don't need to impose y'all's two weird ass ways!" A hard smack to the face shut Brady up " I'm. Not. But I had nothing else to keep him call- I can't put a stick in his mouth now can I?" Brady looked pissed and smirked as Alina came over " Tell him to keep his hands off me" Brady said proud if himself "Chris?" She asked tiredly " he took the thing I gave the kid to keep him calm out of his mouth after I told him not to, kid bit him, he slapped the kid . Kid hyperventilated passed out, I slapped him when he insulted me and Alex's relationship" she nodded and looked to the boy - Theo. She smiled softly and sent Brady back into the empty house, Alina picked Theo up and set him on his feet "hi, I'm Alina that asshole was Brady why don't we get you comfortable and go eat some "she checked her watch " early dinner?". Theo nodded and she handed him the blanket and walked down the driveway of the two story home to their truck. "Ok Theo I'm gonna meet you guys at their house ok? Is there anything you want specifically?" Theo shook his head and she nodded patting his arm and standing. " Hurt him and I'll kill you".
Theo
He watched Alina leave and the door to their truck opened with "Chris" looking at him. " Theo you gotta get in the truck for us to go", " what's if sir comes back and I'm not here, he'll come back he always comes back". Theo shook his head and backed up walking back to the house in small quick steps, "theo! Bud hey come one we can't go back" a hand on his arm made him flinch and walk faster. " Theo..." " No he'll come back and I'll be in trouble when he does and I'm gone, I shouldn't have left". He was picked up and struggled against the arms holding him, "Theo we should leave he's not coming back" Theo nodded his head and wiggled his body, " he's not coming back- Ok! Tell you what. You leave, go home and eat ,bathe you, and go to sleep and we'll come back Tomorrow and prove he didn't come back,". Theo nodded staring at the ground not moving, he heard a sigh and was picked up carried to the truck.

To be continued