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Warning: Swearing and spoilers for SHH.

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Henry choked, his body jumped at alert, causing him to move away from the counter in fear. Henry's eyes were shut tight, trembling. His question came out rushed. "What do you want?"

Alex felt like he just ruined the night. Dinner was the first normal thing he had done in months. To feel normal was a treasure to him that he thought he would never have.

'Shit,' Alex did not expect this to happen. When the town was mention around him, he would always ignore it. He refused to talk about what happened, he truly wanted to forget and move on. Wheeler always commented on how well he managed to adjust to living though the ordeal.

Henry on the other hand, clearly went through something that was equally unpleasant. His reaction all but confirmed Alex's theory that Silent Hill screwed with the poor man,

Henry was shacking, his eyes on the ground until he hit the wall to the counter.

"I'm not going to hurt you." Alex knew he would not be able to even lay a harming figure on the man.

All he wanted at the moment was for the other to confirm or deny going to the blasted town. If a time came for them to tell each other of their time in Silent Hill, so be it. With the friendship they had at the moment did not allow them to tell each other's dark secrets.

"What the hell do you want?" Henry started to hyperventilate. Flash backs of hell hit him with full force. Being shot at by Walter, Jasper flaming ghost attacking him while looking into wells, each painful moment hit him with a sense of dread of being locked in his apartment with no way out but a damn hole.

Alex knelt before him, putting a hand on his shoulder trying to get him to calm down, "I know what hell is." Henry's head bolted up. A questioning look came into his eye. "I've been to Silent Hill; I went through hell looking for my brother who was already dead." That was not exactly what he wanted to say. It was the first thing he could think of that could stop the other from fearing him.

"Look I am sorry that I asked you that out of the blue. I did not know how I would have been able otherwise. I've wanted to ask you that since I came to live here." Alex gave a look of guilt. "Frank mentioned to me that you know what hell is. I know I am not the quickest person in the world, but I managed to come up with my theory."

'You really are not that bad, are you?' Henry gave out a breathy sigh. Trying to get himself in check but failing miserably.

"You came up with a Theory?" Henry managed to ask.

"Yes I did. Frank knows what happened to me. He understands that I have a different definition of hell than other people." Alex knew he had to choose his world wisely. He refused to scare Henry again. The man suffered enough, he didn't need to have a heart attack because of what he was trying to explain to him.

"When he mentioned that you knew and understood what hell is, it kind of clicked." Alex looked toward Henry to see if he understood what the younger was trying to say.

Shaking his head in acknowledgement, Henry shifted so he was sitting up a bit straighter.

"Hell, I am surprised I found someone else like me, I really wished I was wrong." Alex ran hand through his hair. He was getting frustrated. He wanted to calm the older man down, the guilt of seeing the fear by the mere mention of the town made his heart ache.

Alex helped Henry from the ground and had him sit on the couch. Rubbing small circles onto the others back in comfort

"I'm not asking you to tell me, all I want to know is how you got connected with that town."

"Just by living in this apartment, I'm nothing special."

'You're wrong' Alex wanted to say. Not wanting to freak the man out more than he already was, he replied "I'm Sorry for upsetting you Henry."

Henry only gave a nod in reply. His shacking subsided and he slumped onto the arm of the coach. Least the man was okay.

"I think I should go. Thank you for dinner." Alex left the apartment with a heavy sigh.

He screwed up big time. Never in his plan did the result consisted of the situation he was in at the moment. Hell, he probably screwed up what little friendship he had with the man.

"Damn it," He shut his apartment door with a little more force than necessary, frustrated with himself. A headache started to form.

Deciding to go to bed early, he fell into his bed not bothering to change. 'God I hope I can fix this fuck up.' He was not looking forward to explaining to Frank why Henry was wary of him. Knowing his uncle would give him a scolding. The same one that Alex was giving himself.

Going to bed did not ease his mind off the encounter. Sleep eluded him causing him to stare at the ceiling. Glancing over at his alarm clock, it was near one in the morning and he was still unable to calm his mind. Taking a deep breath and closing his eyes, he tried to get all the thoughts in his head to end.

When he finally settled down enough to start falling asleep, loud screams jolted him out of his haze. Getting up from his bed, he wondered into his living room, noticing the noises grew loader. It was not until he was able to make out words, was when he realized the yelling was coming from Henry's apartment.

Wasting no time, Alex raced out of his home and head towards Henry's. He started to pound on the door, trying his best not to wake any others then the occupant of room 302. Realizing that there would not be any answer, on account he could still hear Henry yelps and screams.

Finding no other way into the apartment, Alex settled on kicking down the door. 'Damn it, I can fix it later.' After two hard kicks, the door flew open with ease.

'Frank is going to kill me,' rushing where the noises originated, he came to Henry's bedroom door. 'If Frank doesn't kill me, Henry sure will.'

Opening the door, he was welcomed with the sight of Henry thrashing about. Within the dime light coming from the window, he could barely make out the pained expression on the others face.

Alex knelt down beside the bed, he reached out and started to shack the other one awake. In hind sight, it probably was not a good idea to shack Henry awake, but his senses were in overdrive. "Henry wake up, it's only a bad dream. You're safe."

'What the hell' Henry turned over towards the voice, startled to see that there was another person in his home.

"How did you get in?"

"I sort of kicked down your door." Alex rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment. "I'll fix it"

"Why?"

Why indeed. Alex had no clue how to explain to the other why he did what he did. The complication of the need to protect the other weighed heavily on the younger's mind. "I think you were having a bad dream."

"What the hell, you could have knocked." His grogginess started to turn into annoyance. Staring up at the younger while giving him a dirty look, he waited to see if the other got the message to leave.

"I did, I could hear you all the way from my Apartment."

'You're not the first one' Henry was rubbing his forehead, not understand the situation fully.

"You want to talk about it?" Probably not the best question to ask. Especially after the fight they had earlier.

Giving a tired sigh, Henry moved to get up. Not wanting to annoy the other anymore then he already was, Alex moved aside to allow room for the other to move. Henry started to move towards the hallway, "Are you coming?"

Getting up, Alex followed the other into the living room. Sitting down on the coach, he watched Henry busy himself with a tea kettle. "You want some?"

"Yes please." Not knowing what exactly was going on, he let the other be. He settled on watching Henry fiddle with two mugs and tea bags. Once the water was hot and the tea was made, Henry sat next to Alex.

Taking a deep breath, Henry began is tale "Around a year ago, I got locked in my room. As odd as it seems, one day chains appeared on my front door." Alex could tell that what Henry was telling him was hard. Knowing in time, their roles would be reversed.

"A week after being a prisoner, a hole appeared in my bathroom. That hole turned out to be a gate too many worlds. Each time I traveled to one, a person ended up dying in a gruesome way. I had no way of saving them." Tears were starting to form around the elder's eyes.

Alex felt helpless as the man spoke his story. The only thing he felt he could do for the man was to rub small circles on his back. "I-I felt helpless, like I was going to be next. When Eileen got dragged into it, I felt like I had to survive, for both our sacks."

"Henry, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"It's fine." Taking a breath, he continued, "I got stuck in a mad man's twisted world. Just because I was living in my apartment that he thought was his mother. He believed the only way he could revive her was to kill twenty-one people in a damn ritual he heard about in an orphanage ran by order members of Silent Hill."

Putting his head on Alex's shoulder, Henry let a sigh of relief. Alex felt honored that Henry was able to tell him his story. "How often do you have nightmares?"

"Every other night, I guess, usually I don't remember them." Henry looked ready to pass out, tired from his story, "They're usually the reason why I get a new neighbor every few weeks."

"I hope you know you're stuck with me Henry." Smiling down at the man leaning against him, "Do you feel better?"

Shaking his head in response, Henry moved to get up, taking the untouched tea with him while Alex remained sitting. Waiting to see what the other would do. The indication he got was Henry sitting next to him again.

"I still fear that I'm still in Walter's hell. That I didn't kill him, that I didn't escape." Alex put an arm around Henry's shoulder, to tell him that he understood. That the man's fears were justified and that he was allowed to feel the way he did.

Surprised that his arm was not shrugged away, Alex found that to be a good sign. "Why don't we go and try to get some sleep. In the morning I'll fixed your door."

Shaking his head in agreement, they separated from each other. Alex headed to the door, giving it a quick look before opening it; he was going to have his work cut out for him.

"Alex," Stopping, the addressed looked over his shoulder, waiting for the other to continue. "Thank you for listening," Henry gave his silent goodbye.

"No problems, see you in the afternoon." Alex replied as he left the apartment.

A/N Chapters will be a bit more spread out, school is starting to kick my ass. Adding to this I just got addicted to Mystery Science Theater 3000, Ah my childhood. I have chapter 8 almost done and play with chapter 9, I am considering soon doing the time warp.