By: Iron Anne Flint

A/N: This story may contain scenes of violence later on...none at the moment though...

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Gus walked into Shawn's apartment, not even bothering to knock. Gus had been gone for a couple days, and he thought he would surprise Shawn by coming home a few hours early. After trying the Psych offices, and not finding Shawn, he thought he'd drop by Shawn's apartment.

He shut the door behind him and looked around, the place was surprisingly clean, for Shawn being who he was. "Shawn?" he called out. He peered into the front room and saw Shawn, fast asleep sprawled out on a chair in nothing but his lime green boxer-shorts and a pair of socks.

Gus looked at his best friend and shook his head, "Shawn, only you." he said out-loud do himself. Shawn simply groaned and shifted his head.

Gus was getting thirsty so he figured he'd help himself to something from the fridge, but as he was walking over to the kitchen, he heard his friend mumbling in his sleep. He couldn't hear all of what Shawn was saying, but he did hear the words, "Don't hurt . . . " and "Please . . . no more . . . " Gus was concerned, especially once Shawn began to whimper. It was the kind of whimper that you would hear from a child who had been hurt in some way.

Gus walked over and knelt beside his friend, "Shawn, are you alright?" he asked. But when he put his hand on Shawn's arm, Shawn curled his arms and legs in and turned in the chair, "No! Don't use the stun gun on my arms again! Stop please!" Shawn whimpered. Gus couldn't take anymore, he frantically tried shake Shawn awake, "Shawn! Shawn! Wake up!" he shouted.

Shawn thrashed about for a minute but then his eyes snapped open as he looked at Gus with a fear in his eye that Gus had never seen before. "Sh-Shawn? Shawn what were you dreamin' about man?" he asked

Shawn took a shaky breath, "I thought I had rejected that memory from my mind. All those years I never thought of it again. But all it took to bring it back was one punch."

"I'm here for you, man. What happened? You know you can tell me." Gus said

Shawn nodded and sat upright in the chair, "Well, it happened when I was a kid..."

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Well, tell me whatcha think so far and if I should continue...Please R&R