Angst and Death.

Rib cage.

  Nothing in the cage of my ribcage
Got no heart to break, like it that way
Nothing in the cage of my ribcage
Emptiness is safe, keep it that way

Tony hated that he was human.

His sister was killed in a car accident and ever since then Tony had stopped feeling. 

He didn't want to be hurt again..no he couldn't get hurt again. 

He felt nothing, not pain, not anger, not sadness, not love. 

Until Mikey came,

He had met Mikey while the blond was hanging upside down in a tree singing (quite awfully) and Tony did what he always did, he made fun of the boy. 

He slowly gained information about the boy such as how he had been kicked out of his home and his brother being in the hospital and dying. 

ok so maybe a red flag for Tony to stop was when Mikey's hands started to shake in anger and the boys eyes tinted red,

Tony kept making fun of the boy and Mikey had punched him making Tony grab Mikey by the throat to strangle him when Mikey did something that Tony was in no way ready for, 

Mikey Laughed. 

The blond was being strangled and yet he was laughing, Tony didn't understand it but he did let go of Mikey.

A few hours later is when Mikey got called. 

Mikey was with Tony for whatever reason when the hospital called to tell Mikey that his brother had died. 

Tony had found Mikey, crying in the corner quietly 

"What are you crying about now?" 

"He's dead" 

"Who?" 

"My brother" 

Tony's heart tugged at those words remembering how he'd felt when Grainne died and he slowly knelt beside Mikey and tried to comfort him the best he could. 

Tony had taken Mikey to his apartment to ensure that Mikey would be ok and not even two days later Mikey's brother had come back as a demon. 

Mikey had reacted very badly and had a violent outburst believing his brother to be a hallucination and with Mikey's brothers help Tony had calmed Mikey down. 

This was all ages ago. 

Now when Tony looked at Mikey his heart tugged and his shoulders relaxed for damn that blond man for making Tony feel something. 

Damn him for proving he had a heart, 

Damn him for making him love.