FOUR BROTHERS

PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT

Chapter 1

By Pure Black

BETA: Tammy

INFO: www. livejournal. com/users/draycious


Bobby was half asleep in the sofa in his mothers house. The TV was on but he didn't really watch what was on it. He sort of only sat there, staring with unseeing eyes. It was in the middle of the night and he supposed he should go to bed but he couldn't bring himself to move. Sometimes the body was to damn tired to do what the brains were ordering. So he sat.

He didn't look up when he heard light steps coming down the stairs. He knew who it would be anyway. Who else would walk with such light footsteps? Angel had a tendency to stomp when he walked.

"Bobby?" the footsteps had stopped right in front of him. Bobby grunted something, still not looking up.

"What are you doing man?" Bobby finally stopped staring and looked up.

"Go back to sleep Jackie," he said tiredly. He watched his little brother warily as he sat down right beside him. Jackie didn't have a shirt on and he could clearly see the shoot wounds he had gotten a few months back. The doctors had said he was very lucky, Jackie had actually stopped breathing a several times before being re-woken. Their mother, Evelyn, which had been shoot before Jackie had also by some miraculous way survived. She was upstairs sleeping now, Bobby guessed. Every since the shooting Jack had crept inside his own shell and barely let anyone know what he thought. The last couple of weeks he had been better, but Jackie was still unpredictable in his mood. In a way he had always been, but the brothers had leaned how to read even that. Now Jackie could suddenly burst out in tears or get an anger attack in which he would destroy everything around him. Bobby himself had even taken a few punches from Jack, and God knew that the little fairy had learned how to fight. After all, Bobby himself had taught him.

"I can't sleep", Jackie said and Bobby raised his eyebrows in surprise. Usually Jack never admitted that out load.

"Alright, so get some milk." He suggested. "Isn't that what Ma usually tells us?" he added. Jackie nodded.

"Yes but I don't want any milk." He said nothing more after that.

"Well what do you want then?" Bobby asked. At first Jack said nothing, then he looked up, his hair falling in is eyes. He had done that thing ever since he first came to the Mercers Household. It made him look so young and venerable, innocent even.

"Spit it out you fairy," Bobby said affectionately.

"Can I lie with you tonight?" Jackie asked and Bobby froze. They hadn't slept together since Jackie was little, and that was during that time when Jackie's nightmares was so excessively that nothing else would help. Jack had always came searching for protection in Bobby's bed.

"That bad huh?" Bobby asked with sadness. He had hoped Jackie had overcome all this already. Perhaps he had for a little while, but then Victor Sweets guys had to mess it all up. He was still so very happy that he had killed the fucker. Sometimes he even wished he could have done something more to him, like torturing him for hours and hours and keeping him alive and conscious the entire time. He couldn't fool himself through, even if he did many bad things he wasn't so evil that he would let someone suffer that much. He would never be downright cruel and vicious. It wasn't him, through yes, evil-never.

"Bobby?" Jack asked. Bobby came to life again.

"Yeah sorry, I just spaced out there for a while. I guess I am more tired than I first though, huh?" he joked weakly.

"So can I?" Jackie asked.

"Shit, yes Jackie! You shouldn't even have to ask me that. Just come to me whenever you need it little fairy!" he said roughly to hide his emotions. "But you'll have to sleep right here with me on the cough through, I am too goddamn tired to get up." Jackie nodded. Hw waited while Bobby lay down and fussed with the pillows to become comfortable. After he was finished Jack crept down in his arms and made a content sigh.

"I love you little fairy," Bobby mumbled.

"I love you too," Jack whispered, content with the knowledge of his brother holding him, protecting him from all evil.

"What are you doin'?"

The voice woke Bobby up. He looked around with sleepy, narrowed eyes.

"What the hell?" he asked in a hoarse voice.

"Why are you sleeping like… that?"

"Angel?" Bobby asked and tried to sit up but he soon found out that he was unable to move. Arms around him kept him from moving around. "What are you yelling for, Angel?" he asked and laid back again.

"Why are you sleeping with Jack? I thought you had overcome that face?" Angel asked. He stood there in all his black gloriousness, as natural as the day he was born.

"Put on some clothes, no one wants to see your black ass around here," Bobby said. "What time is it anyway? I swear to God, if it's before ten I will kick your ass!" he said and looked around for any sign that would tell him what time it was. It wasn't dark no more so he supposed it was at least morning.

"It's eleven. You never answered my question, why are you sleeping together?" Angel asked and folded his arms.

"What's it to you?" Bobby snarled.

"If something is wrong with my brother I wanna know about it," Angel stated.

"I can't see no fault in that. Alright, something is always wrong with Jackie, why else do we call him cracker Jack? As for now, I have no idea. Why don't you tell us cracker Jack, I know you're awake!" Bobby said and looked down on his chest where Jack was currently resting his head.

"Shut up man, I am sleeping," Jack murmured.

"Well, it looks like our little sister doesn't wanna talk right now. So go to hell Angel and let the decent people sleep. Where is Sofi at? I am surprised she let you go down here on your own."

"Fuck your ass!" Angel said and stomped away.

"You know it's true Angel! When will you face the facts?" Bobby yelled after him. He was always the one to tease and give his brothers shit.

"Stop talking Bobby, it vibrates," Jack murmured.

"So? Since when am I your pillow that you form after your taste?" Bobby said.

"Just do this for me, for once."

"Alright, but you owe me," Bobby said and kept quiet after that.