A couple of strands of raven hair feel into Andy's angelic face, his ebony lashes fluttering gently as he glanced around at the several cages surrounding the one he was contained within himself. He knew only too well that this was where the animals where kept, the occasional noise of one proving that theory. He gritted his teeth together, mostly from the fact that he was absolutely freezing, his actions spoke for themselves as a breeze lingering past caused a shiver to erupt down his spine, the little residual warmth created from the thin fabric of his t-shirt was barely warm enough.

The light illuminating from a makeshift lantern nearby illuminated the rain as it splattered against the grass, causing mud to seep through the ground. He extended a slender arm, his emaciated wrist curving as it reached through the metallic bars, a small smile played on his delicate lips as the water sprinkled against his fingertips, washing away the traces of dirt. His lashes fluttered closed as he slouched down onto the hay that layered the floor of the cage, he was beyond exhausted.

He knew eventually his mind would slowly deteriorate, his humanity slipping away with it. Maybe then he'd become the animal they wanted him to be.

~

“Wake up!”

The sound off shouting caused the sleeping male to jump in fright, his hand struck his chest in an attempt to control the beating organ contained within as it thumped in dread, what was that screeching sound? Why was he being shouted at? The questions consumed his head. Andy blinked rapidly, his eyes narrowing in concentration as he scrutinized the shadowed figure that stood before him, darkness still descended over the place, meaning he couldn't have been asleep very long, or at least it didn't feel like long.

It only took a moment before he noticed a silver tray clutched between the unseen figures hands, they seemed to have a tanned complexion in the glow of the moonlight. The raven haired boy watched cautiously, his limbs tense as whom he perceived to be a male opened the clutch of the cage and shoved the contents which were on the tray inside; the odor lingered into his nostrils and made him want to vomit.

“Eat pretty boy. Jinxx won't be happy if you don't.”

Andy's eyebrows furrowed together, expressing the blatant confusion on his features. His lips parted for a mere moment as if he was attempting to say something but no voice seemed to come out. The male tilted his head to the side, a flash of his long dark hair appearing, he could merely make out the ink carved into the guys arms and got a glimpse off a name, Jake Pitts? Maybe that's the name that belonged to him.

“Cat got your tongue? Or are you to busy staring.” Jake’s face appeared as he took a step forward, thrashing his hand against the cage and grabbing Andy's wrist. “It's no wonder you're a huge hit with the circus, kid. Beauty like yours...” Jake reached inside and clasped Andy's face, tilting it to the side, “Is hard to find, it's no wonder your kind are freaks.” At that moment it was obvious why he was there, the type of assumptions these people had. So he was a freak because of his entrancing looks?

Jake’s fingers traced the smooth surface of Andy’s forehead before grasping a fistful of his hair, receiving a snarl in response. He only laughed as his tongue licked against his lower lip, his breathing increasing as he stared Andy dead in the eyes. “Got a name or should I just refer to you as freak?” Andy attempted to scramble backwards but the grip only tightened on his hair, yanking his roots. “Answer me!” The older male screamed.

~~

Ashley kicked a stone in front of him, his shoulders slouched as he made his way along the make-shift cobble pathway leading towards the animal den. He inhaled a sharp breath from the stale air that surrounded him; the heavy scent of manure was dominant as it penetrated his nostrils. He wrinkled his nose in disgust, causing his forehead to crease at the scent of the revolting stench. He only had one intention on his mind; he had to see that beautiful boy, if only for even a couple of seconds that would be enough to take his breath away.

His ears twitched as he heard an accented voice echo throughout the darkness, minus the lanterns that surrounded the steam train. Followed by a yelp, alert signals were constricting his mind. Landing a heavy boot down onto the ground he picked up into a steady run, adrenalin pumping throughout his system, endless thoughts to the cause of the yell streaming through his mind, his stomach twisted uncomfortably as he enclosed in on the distance, making out a familiar silhouette stood before a cage.

“What's going on here?”

“Jinxx sent me to feed the freak.”

Ashley’s heart sunk, he knew whom Jake was referring to almost instantly, ‘the freak’ was referred to the boy he was so desperate to just stare at. He'd always hated that word, how people where singled out and labeled as things they weren't. He noticed the older males arm was laced through a space in the bars which only infuriated Ashley more, what was he doing to him? “Doesn't look like you're giving him food to me.”

“Fuck out of my business, Ash.”

Jake expressed his aggravation to being interrupted by grasping Andy's hair even rougher and yanked his head forward; causing his forehead to smash against the metallic bars, satisfied that the force off it would surely leave a bruise. “Freak of nature.” He seethed as the teenager let out a groan.

The sound of the boys forehead connecting against the metal caused Ashley to jump, his own stomach constricting in pity. But he could feel his emotions spiraling, the fury swelling with his anger was causing his fists to clench ferociously, he broadened his shoulders and stalked forward, content on beating the utter crap out of Jinxx’s assistant, defensively he caught the other male off guard by grabbing his throat and slamming him up against the bars next to Andy. “Consider yourself lucky I'm not ripping out your internal organs for what you just did.” He growled.

“Fuck!” Ashley snapped, having no time to react as a fist struck an upper cut to his jaw, knuckles grazing against the surface off his skin before another fist took a punch at his chest. He refused to express the pain as Jake quickly got the upper hand on him by bringing his knee up into Ashley's stomach, before shoving him onto the ground.

“I said don't mess with me.” Jake seethed, snorting back the saliva in his mouth before spitting on the ground next to where Ashley was crouched over on his knees, grasping his stomach in an attempt to ease the pain as blood stained his lips and dribbled over his chin.

“Thank you..” Came a nearly unheard whisper from a voice so beautifully deep and chilling it caused goose bumps to appear on the surface of Ashley's skin. He snapped his head upwards, realizing the 'freak' was staring down at him, a somewhat smile laced on its lips. He scrambled backwards, unable to catch a proper breath as he scrambled to his feet and without even a second glance sprinted off into the darkness.

Andy's heart sunk in that mere moment. ”Maybe I am a freak.”

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