Chapter 1
It was late and James felt he couldn't do it anymore more. He had just gotten away from his dad and everything was ok and then Alexander hit him for a small mistake. This wasn't the first time. He felt there was no way out. He couldn't get away from all of this pain. So he came up here to the room of the apartment building that mostly had other college students in. If you were to have gotten a scholarship to Sheild University you get a free apartment for you stay there along with you schooling payed for. This was a really hard thing to come by though. James along with peirce had managed to do so.
They lived together have since they started dating a year ago. It started to rain and James tried so hard to think of one reson to stay. One reson that would stop him. He couldn't think of one so he put one foot over the edge and right befor he fell forward two strong arms grabbed him by his waist. James put his foot back in the edge. He at first though it was Peirce but he soon realized that it couldn't have been Peirce wouldn't have stopped him.
"Lets get away from the edge ok?" He heard the man behind him say. His voice was soft caring and calm yet strong and stern. James nodded and walked with the other man. It was raining hard at this point but they didn't go inside. "You ok?" The man asked as he still held on to james from behind only not nearly as tight as before. James turns around while sobbing and just cried in to the man's chest. The man sat down leaning against the door to the stairs its not like it would have mattered with hiw soaked they were at this point.
The man did nothing but hold James and try and calm him down a little. He didn't want to take him inside and have someone see James like this it would be embarrassing for the guy.
After about thirty minutes James calmed down and wasn't a sobbing mess. So far it had only been rain no lightning no thunder. That was until this very moment. There was a flash of lightning and then a few moments later the crash of thunder. James flinched "we should get inside. Do you want me to walk you to your room. Or do you want to stay with me I'm fine with both." It felt odd to James to have someone care for him like this let alone someone he didn't know. "I-i want to stay with you." James said shivering from the cold. Now that he is Fairley calm he is realizing just how cold and tired he is.
The man nodded and stood the two of them up. "My name is Steve by the way." He said and James responded with "James" the walk to the apartment room was familiar. Steve lived in the one across and down the hall from James. He was so close.
They walk in to Steve's apartment the lights are all of except for the kitchen one. The kitchen was small and was apart of the main room along with a small table that had four chairs. There was a small couch and a TV. "Barton, what are you doing. It is almost one in the morning" steve says looking at another man sitting "I'm drinking coffee." Barton says like it was obvious standing next to the small lamp in the kitchen. The man was drinking from the pot itself. James couldn't help but chuckle. "Why? You know what never mind." Steve turns back to James. "Thats Clint barton on of my two roommates. And that is completely normal for him. He is really weird but he's cool."Clint walks over and holds a hand out to James in the dim light. "James" he says taking the hand.
"Nice to meet you. And you two have fun just keep it down Sam is asleep." Clint says with a small chuckle as he walks back to the small counter and jumps on in perching there.