Title: The Obsession Within

Adrian Zero was pissed. He loved where he lived, but now his father had to get that new job and uproot his family. He was not cut out to live in the country. He loved living in Central City. His parents made it out to be this grand place and all it was filled with was crap. And here he was, about to go to his first day of school, surround by nothing but country assholes, and Adrian wanted nothing more than to run back to the city. He had friends there, he had a life. Here he had nothing. He made it through his first day, and by the time he left the schoolyard he was livid. At his old school he was king of the yard, top dog, and here he was nothing. There were some boys, teasing him, making his life hell all day and he wanted to beat the shit out them. But he bided his time, for he knew that if he started to fight during school hours it wouldn't last long, and he wanted to beat those punks up properly.

He watched as the two punks made their way together leaving the schoolyard. Adrian was on their tail, and when they were far enough away from the schoolyard for comfort he attacked. He tapped on the punks shoulder and when he turned, he punched him, breaking his nose. It felt good. The other one got him in the stomach, but Adrian got him back with a knee to the gut. They got some punches off, but Adrian was doing a hell of a lot more damage to them. He was going to make sure they never thought about messing around with him again. He felt someone pulling him off one of the boys, he was angry. Who would dare stop him? He turns and first thing he noticed was those blue eyes, so piercing, he just stopped in mid punch, staring at the boy in front of him. His short platinum blonde hair made him look breathtaking. Zero had never seen a beauty like him before and then the boy pushed him, knocking him over.

"What's your problem?" The boy said angrily. "You have been walking around here all day with that stupid chip on your shoulder, and now you're beating up my brother." Zero turned back to the two boys on the ground, moaning out. One of them had the same blue eyes as the boy; Joseph Cain was his name, if Adrian remembered right. This must be his little brother, but not that little, maybe a year or so, if he had to guess. But the boy had noticed him. And Adrian was surprised he hadn't noticed him. The boy glared at him before Adrian watched as the beauty helped to boys, all will to fight gone. He saw that Joseph stared at him angrily, holding his broken nose. Joseph looked like he was going to take his revenge on him but the boy stopped him.

"Leave him be, you most likely deserved it," the boy said angrily to his brother.

"But, Wyatt, you saw what he did to me," Joseph said angrily.

"Yes and if you lay a hand on him I will tell mother about what you did last week," Wyatt said. Joseph's eyes went wide.

"Wyatt, you wouldn't?"

"Just leave him be. I don't like it when you fight, even if he did start the physical part, you started it with the way you have been acting all day." Joseph was not too happy about this.

"Fine," Joseph said walking off with his friend. Wyatt flashed him a glare before following his brother.

Wyatt, what a wonderful name for such a beauty.

"I think I'm in love," Adrian said to himself as he watched the boy leave.

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Adrian had been there for a few months now and had gotten quite a reputation as a troublemaker. He would not stand for anyone treating him badly and after the first few fights, most people let him be. Adrian may have been small for his age, but he packed one hell of a punch when it came down to it. No one could talk disrespectfully to Adrian without the risk of getting their head bashed in, except for one. People did noticed that one, Wyatt Cain, could talk back to Adrian Zero, could put him in his place and Adrian wouldn't do a damn thing to stop him. He wouldn't lay a finger on him. Sometimes he would even listen to reason when Wyatt told him to not do something but that was only really till Wyatt left and then Adrian would just do his own thing. This infuriated most people, including Wyatt himself. He wasn't sure what made him so special that he could control the man the way he did, but he didn't question it too much.

Wyatt was oblivious to the other things, the looks, the light touches, the longing of the man. And boy did he want him. When Wyatt was around, he would tease him, make him blush, make him mad. He had even gone far enough to get the calm young man to take a swing at him. Adrian was just happy to have Wyatt close to him, near him in any way. Adrian wouldn't say he was obsessed with the boy, but he did like to watch him, think about him and even dream about him. Wyatt was a constant presence in his dreams making Adrian wake up hot and sweaty. He wanted to do so many things to that boy, but the boy didn't see him that way. He wished he could get the boy to notice him more than just the bully he was. He tried to be good at some points but his short fuse would always got the better of him and then that glare that followed was always so hot.

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Zero was about to graduate. He hated it. He thought of just failing, not doing any of his work so he could stay another year, but he knew his father would kill him, literally. His father wanted him out of school so he could help him with his work. He sighed, not really caring about what he wanted to do with his life at the moment, as long as Wyatt Cain was around, he wouldn't care what he did. His mind had grown more and more focused on the boy, no man, the longer he had known him. Adrian had gone as far as becoming friends with Wyatt's older brother, despite their earlier tussle, so that he could spend more time with the man.

He just loved everything about him, but still even with him constantly hanging around, Wyatt only thought of him as a punk that needed controlling. For one, Adrian was happy that he noticed him at all, but he was hoping that Wyatt would notice him for the man he was becoming. His anger was more in check, and he was trying his best to make a better impression in his life, all to impress the man. But Wyatt never noticed, he only got on to him when he slipped up, when his anger got the best of him, it was driving Adrian nuts.

It was two weeks before Joseph was planning on going to the city, to leave for the Tin Man academy. He knew once Joseph left, his time with Wyatt would be short, if none at all. It was time to make his feelings known or he was going to lose his chance with Wyatt. His family had decided to throw a party, a going away party and a celebratory party for Joseph's acceptance into the academy. A lot of people had shown up. And there had to be alcohol involved, which was never a good thing for one of the Zero clan. It made them more aggressive than they already were.

Adrian had watched Wyatt all night, watched the man be happy for his brother, celebrating with the rest of them. And Adrian just drank, as the wheels within his head turned. At one point he saw his chance, Wyatt left, he was not sure why, but the alcohol in his system didn't give him a chance to care, all he knew was he was up, mumbling a quick excuse to the people around him as he followed Wyatt. He saw that he was making it back to his room, and Adrian just smirked. This was just too perfect. He saw Wyatt reach for the handle.

"Wyatt, can I talk to you?" Adrian said. Wyatt just turned around, looking confused.

"Sure but only for a moment, I'm a little tired," Wyatt explained before opening his bedroom ushering Adrian in. It wasn't the first time he been in the room, and he was hoping it wasn't going to be the last. As soon as they were in, Adrian closed the door.

"What's up, Adrian?" Wyatt said and at hearing his name slip from those lips he was on him, shoving him up against the door, kissing his lips. He could feel him fight against the touch, but he was still enjoying it. He felt Wyatt's hands on his shoulders, trying to push him off, but he didn't want to go. Soon enough, Adrian felt Wyatt's hand on his cheek, pushing him off his lips.

"What the hell are you doing?" Wyatt said shocked.

"Wyatt, please. I love you. I think I have from the moment I met you," Adrian said before moving down to try and kiss Wyatt again.

"Get off me!" Wyatt yelled, pushing him hard and he landed on his ass in the middle of the room.

"Wyatt, please!" Adrian pleaded.

"Get out!" Wyatt yelled at him, anger flashed within his eyes.

"Wyatt!" Zero tried again, not sure what else to do.

"Get out of my sight!" Wyatt yelled again. It hit Adrian like a slap in the face. He wanted to cry, but he was taught that men don't cry. And then the anger coursed through him. Maybe it was the anger, or the alcohol, but he felt his mind go a little hazy and then the anger took over. He was on Wyatt again, kissing at him, tearing at his clothes. If he could show Wyatt he loved him, maybe he would accept him. He would love him back, he was sure of this. He undid Wyatt's pants, moving in to grab a hold of his soft cock before he felt Wyatt bite his lip hard, drawing blood. This caused Adrian to pull back, and he looked at Wyatt and there were tears within his eyes.

"Get the fuck out of here before I scream for my parents," Wyatt yelled again. Why was he crying? He should have been enjoying this? Why wasn't he enjoying this? Couldn't he tell how much he loved him?

"Wyatt, I'm sorry...."

"LEAVE NOW!!!" Wyatt screamed and Adrian was out the door, and never returned to the Cain household again.

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The next year had been the hardest. He rarely saw Wyatt, but when he did, the man would just glare daggers at him. He screwed up, he knew it, but he was hoping he would forgive him in time. But he hated not being able to be around him. He heard about a month back that Wyatt was planning on following in his brother's footsteps and join the academy. The day after that, Adrian put in his letter as well. Today he got his answer, they had accepted him. He was so excited. He could be there, staying with Wyatt. They may not be friends but he could still watch him. And he could prove that he wasn't just some punk if he made something of himself. And maybe Wyatt would grow to be friends with him and then eventually love him.

Adrian had gone to his parents that night, and told them of his wish to join the academy and that he was accepted and they were shocked, he had never shown an interest before, even when his friend went off last year. His father was not too happy. His father refused to let him go, and they fought, like they always did. Adrian didn't care, he was still going, whether his parents accepted it or not, he would find a way.

And then his father came to him that night, like he always did when he was upset at him, or drunk, which he was both at the moment, and did things that no parent should ever do to their child, but for once, Adrian didn't care. He knew he would just have to put up with it for a few more weeks before he was rid of this hellhole and could be with his beloved.

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The academy was hard, but he enjoyed it. He had a place to belong and place to work on his anger control, a place to make something of himself and of course he had Wyatt close by which made it all that much more enjoyable. Wyatt still would not give him the time of day, but Adrian was just happy to have him near at the moment. They both worked very hard at the academy and had many classes together, which gave Adrian a lot of time with him. But soon, they graduated from the academy, Wyatt first in the class, and of course he was, he was just too perfect not to be. But Adrian was not to bad himself, getting second.

At the graduation ceremony, they had to sit next to each other, and Adrian's heart fluttered the entire time, being so close to him. Wyatt was not too pleased and just ignored him. He noticed that all Wyatt's family had shown up to support their son, but not a single person from Adrian's family had shown up, which he didn't care anyway. His father would have shown up drunk, and he wanted that part of his life behind him. After the ceremony there was a party in their honor. Adrian found Wyatt, and cornered the man who been trying to avoid him all night. He wanted to talk to him so badly.

"You know I'm really sorry for what I did to you," Adrian said. He expected Wyatt to forgive him. To tell him it was OK and that he proved to him that he was a good person, but that was not what he got.

"Please just leave me alone," Wyatt seethed out.

"Wyatt, I still love you, you know that," Adrian said giving him a sad look. He hoped the man would finally come to his senses.

"I have spent the last six months of my life having you watch me everywhere I go while I tried to make something of my life. Would you please just leave me be on my last day of hell before I get to leave you behind forever." Adrian was shocked at the anger, the rage behind those words.

"But Wyatt I love you."

"And I don't. I never will, now would you kindly let me be," Wyatt said, pushing away from Adrian. Adrian let him go but he felt his hand tighten around the cup that was in his hand, tighten so hard until it shattered in his hand. He looked down at his hand, and watched the blood form. And no one noticed. No one ever did.

Adrian felt so lost at that moment. But if you could say anything about Adrian, is that he was persistent. He knew this was far from over. He knew Cain had accepted an assignment with the Mystic Man, being top in his class, and he also knew that there had only been two openings. Wyatt was going to be quite surprise to learn that he hadn't rid himself of him that easily. Zero smirked before leaving the room, to clean up the blood that was forming on his hand.