Months had gone passed since Aaron and Robert had gotten back at each other, by pranking one another. It was 4:32pm on a Wednesday night when Aaron decided to go for a run for hour before he had his dinner. He walked into the living room and found Robert asleep on the sofa.

"I'm going for a run. I'll be back around half five, love ya" Aaron kissed Robert's forehead, he then grabbed his hoodie and put his headphones in as he opened the door.

"Where are you going?" Liv asked.

Aaron turned around and saw Liv "I'm just going for a run. I'll be back in one hour. Be good and look after him" Aaron nodded in Robert's direction.

"I'll look after him but that doesn't mean that I'm gonna be good" Liv smiled.

"Tell him where I've gone if he wakes up. See ya in a bit" Aaron smiled before he walked out of the house and shut the door behind him. He then started to jog down the road. At 5:28pm Aaron walked back into the house after his run. He unzipped his hoodie and put it in the washing basket before he walked into the kitchen to grab a drink of water. He then walked into the living room and down on the sofa to catch his breath.

"Where were you just now?" Robert asked.

Aaron looked over his shoulder and saw Robert stood in the doorway "Just out running".

Robert walked over to the sofa "What's wrong?"

Aaron looked at Robert "Nothing's wrong. I just felt like running for a bit" he smiled.

"You always go for a run when something's wrong. What is it?" Robert asked in a firm voice.

"There's nothing wrong. I'm trying to get fitter because I've put on weight since being beaten up in the woods. That's all, I don't know why you're so serious about this" Aaron scoffed.

"I'm taking this serious because I know what you do when you're stressed. So tell me what's wrong" Robert raised his voice.

"There's nothing wrong. I'm telling you the truth" Aaron held Robert's hand.

"I don't believe you" Robert stroked Aaron's hand with his thumb.

"Why would I lie to you? We tell each other everything" Aaron was confused by Robert not believing him.

"Show me your feet" Robert said when he remembered Aaron lying in a hospital bed.

Aaron pulled his hand out of Robert's grasp "What?"

"Show me your feet" Robert looked up at Aaron "Now, Aaron".

For some reason Aaron became scared of Robert because of the look in his eyes and how he was talking "There's nothing wrong with my feet" he then realised what Robert was thinking "You think that I'm hurting myself again. I promise you that there are no blades of glass in my shoes or my socks".

"I'm not an idiot. Show me what you've done!" Robert shouted.

Aaron jumped when Robert shouted at him "Robert, calm down. I haven't done anything. Please don't shout at me, you're scaring me" as a natural reaction Aaron slowly moved away from his husband.

Robert noticed that Aaron was moving away from him. He bent down and he grabbed Aaron's ankle. He angrily pulled off his husband's shoe and his sock. He inspected Aaron's foot for blood or cuts before he looked up and yanked up Aaron's shirt. He did not notice that Aaron was starting to cry and that he was shaking.

"Show me what you've done!" Robert shouted.

Aaron pushed down his shirt "I haven't done anything! Please stop shouting at me".

Robert heard the sobbing in Aaron's voice. He looked up and saw the tears running down his husband's cheeks "Babe, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you".

"I know, Rob. Can you let go of my wrist please?" Aaron asked.

Robert let go of his husband and he thought about what had just happened "You thought that I was Gordon didn't you?"

"No. It just scares me when people shout at me, it's always scared me when a guy has shouted at me. I know that you'd never hurt me" Aaron wiped away his tears.

"I'm sorry" Robert covered his mouth with his hand.

Aaron moved closer to Robert and held his hand "It's okay".

"What the hell just happened?" Liv asked.

Aaron and Robert looked to where the voice came from and they saw Liv stood there. Robert quickly stood up and grabbed his jacket before he hurried out of the house.

"Robert wait!" Aaron grabbed his trainer and put it on, he then grabbed his hoodie and ran after Robert. Liv ran after her brother as they went to find Robert. After a few minutes of looking for Robert they found him by the bridge. "Robert" Aaron walked over and placed his hand on his husband's shoulder. Robert turned around and started to walk away but Aaron grabbed his arm "Robert!"

Robert sighed "Let go of my arm, Aaron".

"And let you walk away thinking that I'm scared of you? No bloody way" Aaron turned Robert around so that he was looking at him.

"You saw me as Gordon just now. You were terrified, I saw it in your eyes. You were crying and you were shaking. I did that to you. I'm a monster. I probably just did what that pervert did to do when you were a kid" Robert bit his lip as he fought to hold back tears.

Aaron placed his hands on Robert's shoulders "No you're not. You're absolutely amazing. I did not see Gordon in you, you just made me jump that's all. I love you, Rob. You're brilliant".

"Shut up. I'm a villain, I am and always will be a bad person" Robert looked down at his feet.

"Robert" Aaron bit the skin under his lips "Robert look at me!"

Robert slowly looked up as a tear rolled down his cheek. He could see the kindness in Aaron's eyes as he spoke and that made him feel worse, because he thought that he had hurt his Aaron.

"You're not a villain, you're an amazing person" Aaron wiped away Robert's tears but Robert turned his head. "Look at me".

Robert looked into Aaron's eyes and he allowed his tears to fall. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry".

Aaron pulled Robert into a hug, and he rested his chin on the older man's shoulder "It's alright. You didn't hurt me. I know that I'm safe with you".

"Aaron... I..." Robert started.

Suddenly they heard a scream and they realised that it was Liv. They both turned around and saw a man pulling Liv away as she kicked and screamed.

"Liv!" Aaron and Robert shouted in unison as they ran after the man who was taking Liv.

They ran into a field and they ran at the man. They were about to grab the man who was holding Liv but they were both grabbed from behind and held in place. They thrashed around and kicked back as they tried to break free.

"Aaron!" Liv screamed.

"Let me go!" Aaron shouted before he kicked the shin of the man who was holding him. "Liv!" He yelled as he ran over and punched the man who was holding Liv. "Run, Liv! Get help!" he shouted as his sister ran back to the village.

"Get off!" Robert shouted but he was kicked in the back of the leg and he fell to the ground.

Aaron started to run over to Robert to help him, but he was grabbed by two men and they held him back. "Let go of me!"

"We didn't finish last time. Are you up for it tonight?" One of the men snarled as he tightened his grip on Aaron's arms.

Aaron recognised the voice as the leader of the three men that Chrissie had hired to beat him up "Robert will kill you if you touch me" Aaron said through gritted teeth.

Robert looked up, he saw that the leader of the men was holding Aaron and that he was starting to kiss his husband's neck. "Get off him!" Robert shouted.

"Get off me!" Aaron thrashed around as he tried to get away.

"Behave and it won't last for long" The man said before the other guy punched Aaron in the stomach. The men then started to drag Aaron over to their car as he kicked and screamed.

"Nooo. Let go of me!" Aaron screamed as he thrashed around.

"Let him go!" Robert shouted as he got pulled to his feet by his hair, and held in place as one of the men opened a car door.

"Robert help! Robert!" Aaron cried out as then men threw him into the car. "Robert!"

"Shut up!" The leader shouted as he got into the car and grabbed Aaron.

"No! Let me go!" Aaron screamed as he kicked back "ROBERT!".

Robert thrashed around as Aaron screamed and cried out for him "Leave him alone!" He continued to fight against the arms of the man holding him back from his husband.

"Get off me!" Aaron yelled and he managed to kick one of the men.

"Argh! You bastard!" The man cried out in pain.

"You've done it now. So after I've had you... you're gonna do whatever my guys want you to do" The leader growled.

"Go fuck yourself!" Aaron shouted.

"Nah, I'm gonna fuck you and then my guys are gonna have you" The man said loud enough so that Robert could hear.

"Don't you dare!" Robert shouted as he thrashed around.

"Robert please. Help me!" Aaron cried.

"Aaron!" Robert yelled to his husband as he thrashed around.

Robert then felt something cold and sharp being held against his back "If you don't want to be stabbed you're gonna tell him to relax and that he has to calm down" One of the men snarled in Robert's ear.

Robert gulped when he was told that he had to let some men hurt his Aaron. He did not want to lie to Aaron he did not want to tell him to relax. He did not want to let Aaron be tortured in such a horrific way "What if I don't? I will not just stand back and watch as you scumbags hurt my husband!"

"You'll do as you're told because I'm also gonna have him. None of us are using protection so it will hurt him even more, before I stab him with this knife. So do what you're told and tell him to fuckin relax!" The man threatened.

Robert was already crying at the threat of his Aaron being sexually assaulted, forced his anger to grow as he tried to think of a plan to save himself and his husband "Aaron! You need to relax, babe." He called over to Aaron.

"Robert please. Please help me, Rob!" Aaron sobbed as he continued to fight back as the men grabbed his arms and legs to hold him down.

"Listen to me, baby" Robert sobbed but he tried to hide it in his voice "You need to relax, because these guys want to gangrape you. If you'll relax then they won't" Robert knew that this was not true, but he had to say something to buy himself some time "Relax, Aaron. Can you do that for me, baby?"

Aaron continued to cry but Robert's voice relaxed him a little. However his body disobeyed and continued to fight back. "I don't want to be raped again!" he sobbed as two men held him down.

Aaron's crying made Robert cry even more. His husband sounded so innocent and so frightened "I know, babe!" Robert sobbed.

"Robert I'm scared!" Aaron sobbed before the leader back handed him across the face and the other man brought his elbow down on Aaron's right leg forcing him to cry out in pain as he was repeatedly hit and punched "Robert stop them!".

"I know. It'll be okay. Just listen to my voice, you'll be okay!" Robert sobbed.

"Move!" The man shouted as he forced Robert over to a bench that had a clear view of the car so that he could see inside of it. "Look".

Robert could see inside of the car and he could see his Aaron struggling so he closed his eyes and turned his head to the side.

The man grabbed Robert's chin and forced him to turn his head "Look! If you don't look at him, he'll think that you don't love him!" The man shouted.

Robert whimpered as he opened his eyes and saw that Aaron was looking at him as he fought back and cried. "Aaron. Please don't hurt him" Robert wept.

"I want to go home! Robert!" Aaron cried.

Robert looked to his side and he saw a piece of broken glass on the bench beside him. He slowly reached for the shard. He picked the glass up and held it tightly "I know, baby. You'll be alright. I love you" Robert said as he looked back at Aaron.

"I love you too" Aaron sobbed as the leader pulled down his jeans. He cried even more and he closed his eyes tightly "Robert, please help me! Please!"

"It'll be alright. Just... just think of me and our wedding. Think of our song, remember how we danced on our wedding day and how I sing our song to you whenever you're scared!" Robert called over to Aaron.

Aaron cried harder as the man slid his hand underneath his shirt, and scratched his chest with his nails "Please stop!"

"It's gonna be okay, baby. When we get home we'll... we'll snuggle up in bed and watch your favourite movie. We'll watch it until we both fall asleep, and in the morning we'll play on the Xbox and you'll beat me at everything" Robert tried to comfort Aaron, he was also gathering up his courage to use the shard of glass against the man behind him.

"How pathetic. You're just gonna sit back and watch as we have him. You're just gonna let all of this happen, as he screams for you to help him!" The man laughed.

"Over my dead body" Robert snarled before he quickly turned around and stabbed the shard of glass into the man's wrists.

"AAHH!" The man screamed as he dropped the knife and gripped his wrist.

Robert punched the guy in the face, and he fell to the floor as Robert grabbed the knife. He ran over to the car and pulled one of the men away from Aaron. Robert kicked the man in the groin so hard that it made him fall to the floor. He then climbed into the car and grabbed the leader. Robert pulled the man off of Aaron and they fell out of the car. He punched the man several times before he fell unconscious.

"Robert" Aaron sobbed.

Robert looked into the car, he saw his Aaron lying on the backseat with blood leaking out of his nose and arm. "Aaron!" Robert quickly stood up and he jumped into the car. He pulled up his husband's jeans, "Let's get you out of her" Robert said as Aaron hurried to fasten up the button on his jeans and his belt before he pulled up the zip. Robert then grabbed Aaron's hand and they jumped out of the car. Robert quickly pulled Aaron away from the car and the men before he put one arm around his husband and hugged him.

Aaron gripped the back of Robert's jacket and cried into his husband's chest "Robert" he sobbed.

"Sshh it's alright. I've got you. I'm here" Robert cooed.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry" Aaron cried.

Robert placed a hand on the back of Aaron's head and stroked his hair "You have nothing to be sorry about. I'd never let someone hurt you. I'll never let anybody touch you again" He cooed.

The leader woke up and he walked towards Aaron and Robert "Is that right?"

Robert looked up and he pointed the knife at the man. "Get away from us! I will use this!"

"You don't have the guts. We can take you both" the man snarled as the other men stood up and stood behind him.

"Aaron, get behind me" Robert whispered.

Aaron stood behind Robert but held onto his upper arms. He was breathing hard and fast as Robert stood his ground to shield his husband from the three men. "Robert".

"I won't let them hurt you. I'm here and I will keep you safe" Robert whispered as he lifted one arm behind his back so that he could guard Aaron.

"You're in trouble now. We'll make both of you suffer" The leader grinned.

"Not if I can help it" Robert snarled.

Just then hoards of police officers and police dogs appeared, and they ran towards the men. The three attackers tried to run, but they were soon apprehended by the police. And they were put into squad cars.

Robert dropped the knife and he burst into tears, as he turned around and pulled Aaron into a hug. He held his husband tightly and he kissed the younger man's head a few times, as the younger man cried into his chest. "I love you so much. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have stormed off earlier" Robert sobbed.

"I forgive you. I'm sorry for shouting earlier" Aaron apologised.

"I should've listened to you. I put you in danger. I should've believed you. I'm sorry" Robert nuzzled into Aaron's neck as they held onto each other.

Aaron, Robert and Liv were questioned by the police before they went home. They had dinner and then they went to bed. Robert noticed that Aaron was being very quiet, he walked downstairs and came back with a few cans of larga for each of them and a box of chocolates. Robert then turned the TV on and he flicked through Netflix until he found the movie The Men In Black. He then got back into bed as the movie started.

"I said that I'd look after you. I promised to protect you. I've done a pretty shit job at looking after you so far. But I also said that we'd snuggle up in bed and watch your favourite movie, when we got home. And that's a promise that I'm gonna keep" Robert said in a soft voice.

Aaron looked up at his husband before he slowly moved closer to the older man. "Thank you" he said as he snuggled into Robert and rested his head on Robert's chest.

"You don't have to thank me. It's my job and I'll always look after you" Robert said in a soft voice as he put one arm around Aaron and held him close. He stroked Aaron's upper arm and he used his other hand to hold Aaron's hand that was resting on his chest.

Aaron held Robert's hand tightly, as the warmth coming off of his husband comforted him. Robert's soft heartbeat calmed him, and it offered a comfort that only Robert could provide.

Robert felt Aaron relax so he smiled "I love you".

Aaron looked up at Robert and his husband looked at him "I love you too. Please don't be angry at me".

"I'm not angry at you. I sorry for shouting at you, I was just worried about you. I was scared that you had hurt yourself, I'm really sorry" Robert apologised.

"It's not your fault. I should've left a note or something. I just thought that if I told Liv to tell you then that would be okay" Aaron admitted.

"I do believe you, I did believe you. I just had to make sure" Robert said with a sad smile.

"You're wrong. You've done a good job at protecting me. You've always done your best, I couldn't ask for anything more" Aaron smiled softly up at Robert.

Robert kissed Aaron's forehead "You're so gorgeous. You're the most amazing person I know. I'm so lucky to have you" Robert smiled.

"And you're the most amazing person I know" Aaron smiled.

The kissed again before they went back to watching the movie. Aaron eventually fell asleep in Robert's arms, and his husband turned the TV off and he switched off the bedside lamp. He cuddled Aaron to him and kissed his head "I love you so much. My beautiful angel. You are my prince and my most beloved treasure. Good night, baby. I promise to wake you up if you have any nightmare" Robert kissed Aaron's head again before he closed his eyes and wrapped his other arm around his husband. Robert fell asleep with his arms around Aaron so that he could keep his Aaron warm and protected. He knew that Aaron would struggle through life for a while, he understood that Aaron needed love and that he needed to feel secure. Robert swore that he would only do what was best for Aaron. And that was a promise that he would guard with his life.