Hunter walked into Ninja Ops to find everything...silent. Not even the sounds of Cam typing away at the computer could be heard. It was too quiet for his liking. To make matters worse, his lover was nowhere to be found. " Cam?" Or was he? A whimper, a cry, was to be heard under the desk of the computer. Hunter walked with caution till he stood behind the wheeling chair. Carefully, he pulled it away.
To see Cam, huddled in a fetal position, shivering and rocking back and forth. But what disturbed Hunter the most was that Cam was sobbing. Gently, he placed his fingers on his love's jet black head. "Cameron?"
The boy flinched at the feel of fingers. So warm. He needed warmth. Then why did you reject? Because he was still too traumatized. But the voice, for a split second, made him look up into a pair of loving blue eyes. "Hunter?"
"Babe, what's wrong?" There was no answer as Cam threw himself to Hunter, wrapping himself into the blonde's chest and crying his heart out to his boyfriend. Hunter just wrapped his arms around him, rocking back and forth and rubbing his back, doing his best to comfort his broken lover.
A few soft words later, Cam had finally calmed down enough to actually breathe. They just stayed like that. Hunter holding Cam, Cam tucked safely in Hunter's arms. Hunter tried once more. "Cameron, what's wrong?"
In a breath, he answered. "Dad's...dead." Even if he wasn't that close to Sensei, the news still hit him like a hundred bricks. If it hurt someone who didn't even know Sensei that well, Hunter couldn't even imagine what Cam felt like right now. "How?"
"I don't know. I just walked in from training and there he was on the floor. Human...and dead." He clutched Hunter even tighter than possible as another wave of agony washed over. The memory of it was enough to kill him.
Flashback
Cam walked into the room, a towel around his neck, drenched in his sweat. He smiled; he had finally landed the wall flip. But his smile faded as he saw his father. "Dad?" Not a sound, nor a movement. Quickly, rushing to his side, he picked up his father's head, setting it in his lap. "Dad? Dad!" He shook the man, but nothing seemed to work. He checked for a pulse...and nothing came to his fingers. In shock, he dropped his head, walking back in disbelief.
He watched as the body before him vanished into dust. He could nothing but walk back. The chair seemed to never exist as he fell to the desk. He backed to the wall, curling up into a ball and crying to himself.
End Flashback
Hunter pulled him closer, showing that he would do whatever it would take to piece together the broken pieces of his warrior. "I'm here for you." He kissed Cam's head. To that Cam relaxed, finally closing his eyes for a night's sleep. Before dozing off, he uttered a small "Thank you" and fell asleep.
Hunter smiled as he felt Cam fall asleep. He knew that Cam was taking this as best he could, he could relate. Cam was now an orphan like him, his parents dead. After being with his Dad for so long, almost losing him twice, the actual impact was to be more than anybody could handle. He knew he would help his boyfriend through this every step of the way.
With that in mind, Hunter joined his lover in slumber land.