(NOTE: this is not a hollyoaks and beowulf crossover i watched Emmett in Beowulf and had this in my mind for so long to write a fic also i know my English is not so good but well i still wanted to write this fic its my first time writing a fic on my own i mostly did collabs so be kind to me lol i didnt make this so dark because i know some people dont like very dark fics also special thanks to my beta lisa)

"Come on ste we need to go now" a young blonde guy said to his friend who was holding the leash around his neck tightly, he turned round ignoring his friend who was facing the wall. His friend sighed and sat next to him.

"We don't have any other choice"the boy didn't reply "you will get us in trouble" the blonde said hoping to get a reply this time from his friend. Ste looked at him with teary eyes "you know what he is doing to us" his blonde friend stroked his hair lightly trying to comfort him but suddenly they hear their names being called the boy panicked"Ste we need to hurry up" Ste looked up to him and noticed how scared he was.

For his sake he stood up ready to leave, the boy smiled and grabbed his hand and left the room to stand where all the other slaves were standing waiting to leave for auction.

Skellan was walking in the market with his fellow wulfings randomly touching objects when a man came to him telling them they had not found the man they were looking for " I am not planning on waiting here the whole day, hurry up and do whatever you have to do " skallen was looking around when something suddenly caught his attention a voice saying "next item for bid" he realized there was a slave auction going on here. He decided to join them because he was bored and so he made his way to the crowd,pushing people out of the way as he stood at the front .

"Next item for bid" he heard the man calling him he knew it was his turn he didn't want to go but the man pushed him to move forward. Holding his robe tight he was moving slowly when the man grabbed his arm forcing him to walk faster and come closer to him. He made him stand next to him as he took off his robe ste shut his eyes tightly scared he felt exposed.

Skellan was bored looking around but something caught his attention when he heard a man saying "next item for bid,ste" he moved his attention to the boy standing right in front of him he was amazed by the beauty of this young boy standing there before him. He had never seen such beauty, he was a masterpiece of art he was like a dream. For a second he made eye contact with ste and ste's eyes were blue like the sea. He felt like he was hypnotized by this boy which made him wonder how did someone like him get into something like this ,where did they find this boy, Skellan was lost in his own thoughts when the bid started with 200 aspers and within a minute it ended with 1000 aspers.

Ste was doing his best to not make eye contact with any man standing in the crowd and as soon as the bid started he prayed he didn't get sold to the same man they sold almost all the slaves last week, the owner of a brothel, but his prayers did not get answered as he was sold to the same owner of the brothel for 1000 aspers . the man grabbed ste's chain and handed it to the older man who was his master now, ste refused and screamed "NO I won't go to him don't you know what he does with the boys please don't let me go with him! " the man who was his master now slapped him hard that made him fall to the ground . "You need to learn some manners boy, ''ll teach you today how to talk to your master" the man yelled and was about to hit him again but someone in the crowd came forth and grabbed his arm and stopped him from making contact with Ste's delicate skin.

Skellan grabbed the man's arm who was about to hit the boy again, he had to stop him even if he didn't know the reason why, he was so angry he asked himself this question when he felt the burning anger inside of him when the man slapped him hard to make him fall on the ground. He had to stop him from hitting the boy again he had to take him, take him out of here.

"Touch him again and I will break your arm" he left his arm and starred at the boy who was staring at the ground stroking his own cheek and crying silently he looked at his owner "I would like to buy this boy "he said but ste didn't care at this point he didn't care who was taking him he just wanted to be with anyone who was not this brothel owner.

The man refused "the bid ended this boy has an owner now if you want to buy him you should ask his owner" skellan sighed.

"I am skellan the wulfing war father I am offended you did not recognize me "the man was shocked to hear that the man who just asked him to buy his slave boy was none other than skellan himself the man he'd known for years.

"The last time I met you it was years ago skellan how was I supposed to recognize you "the man said to skellan who was not in the mood for this chit chat. "I am not here for this chat I said I want to buy this boy "skellan knew that the man was not going to disappoint him. The man smirked "I know skellan if you want him than there is something in it for him "skellan tilted his head

"Fine "the man said "I will give him to you for 2000 aspers only if you buy another slave with him ". skellan smirked and agreed to the man and told his man standing next to him to give him 2000 aspers .skellan quickly looked around and selected one of the other slaves standing behind .he pointed out the blonde one and the man called him "ashton come here "when ste heard ashton's name he quickly stood up looking at ashton his only friend came to him and stood next to him he looked at skellan for a second with his watery eyes he wiped them and looked back at ashton who was smiling lightly to him. Skellan left the crowd quickly and his man told the boys to follow them Ashton grabbed his arm and followed them.

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After a long day of traveling wulflings finally reached their home with the slaves. ste was sleeping on ashton's shoulder one of skellan's men entered their room where the two boys were sleeping like kittens "wake up you two we are home " ashton woke up first rubbing his eyes "we don't have the whole day hurry up" ste woke up by the loud voice of the man yawning and rubbing his eyes . "Don't know what skellan saw in them " he said to himself as he was leaving the room.

They quickly grabbed their stuff and left the boat with the wulflings, still holding each other they entered a castle it was huge, they looked around shocked "this place is huge see I told you it wouldn't be that bad " ste interrupted " we are still slaves don't be so excited " and they kept walking until skallen stopped and called his man he turned around and looked at ste who was busy looking around checking the castle walls.

He whispers something in the man's ear and ste and Ashton were busy looking around and the man nodded when skellan was finished with him, he left and the man came to their new slaves and told them to tell the other man to take ashton to the room where the other slaves are and told ste to come with him ashton nodded but ste did not seem happy with that ashton whispered in his ear "it's alright" the man told ste to follow him and ste did, silently following him even if he had so many questions he wanted to ask but he couldn't , he was scared and the man finally stopped outside a large room the door was unlocked and he opened it without permission of course he knew who was inside he asked him to stay outside and he went in.

Ste tried to peek to see what's happening inside and he noticed the man talking to a lady but he could not hear anything, so he waited silently still thinking about his friend and why didn't he go with him, why did they make him go with someone else why is he waiting outside of this room. he was lost in his own thoughts when the man left the room in front of him, ste watched him leave without saying a word and noticed a woman approached him and asked him his name she was taller than him and she had blonde hair and blue eyes the woman asked for his name.

"my name is ste "the woman nodded examining him up and down she took off the leash around his neck and threw it out on the floor and asked him to come inside ste nodded and followed her inside and she locked the door behind them. She stopped around a small table and pulled out a chair and asked him to ste here and she handed him a plate with fruits and told him to eat it. She sat on the chair next to him and watched him eat. Ste took a small bite of the apple, eating slowly as the woman watched him ste looked at her and noticed she was watching him constantly he felt shy at the moment and looked continuing to eat the apple. The woman finally broke the silence after a while "how old are you ste" ste replied "18" the woman brushed his hair lightly steven felt like his heart stopped and she lifted up his chin and made him look into her eyes and then she found the answer for her question the answer she was looking for 'what did skellan see in him' when he noticed those blue eyes and long lashes.

"You look younger "the woman said as she started cutting another apple for him, ste smiled "thanks" he replied she handed him the plate and ste started eating again. Ste bit his lower lip nervously, he wanted to ask a question "can I ask you something" the boy asked nervously.

"Sure" the woman replied. "Why is everyone saying that skellan saw something In me "the woman laughed lightly "that's because he was not there to buy a slave boy he doesn't usually buy slaves from auctions and he said to me to give you food and give you a bath for your special night" the boy looked confused "see that's why you should consider yourself lucky because he bought you for a reason he is interested in you "