Secretary of Treasurstate

Chapter 1

Thomas and Alexander had been together for years now. The two even adopted a young boy named Philip. Hunts had been coming up like crazy for the last month or so. Thomas had had enough, and he took matters into his own hands. "Alex, come looking if I don't come back in two weeks!"

Alexander huffed and looked to Thomas “what are you up to? Two weeks, why can’t you stay?” He asked, holding Philip in his arms carefully as he rubbed the boy’s back, he was asleep after all and Alexander didn’t want to ruin that, he looked at Thomas with a slight glare.

Thomas looked back and sighed. He walked up to Alexander and Philip; he kissed Alex softly. "Two weeks. I promise you I'll be safe, my dearest." With that, Thomas left. It was almost a month before he returned, bloody. Philip looked up from his bouncing chair and cried. Thomas tried to calm him but failed horribly.

Alexander huffed, kissing him back before heading to bed with Philip. After the few months he was making Philip and himself food, humming until he heard him crying, quickly running into the room before freezing.

He saw Thomas, staying where he was for a second before moving closer, slowly taking Philip from him and holding him close. “Shh, baby,” he whispered to him. He looked up to Thomas again and reached up to touch his face gently. “What happened, Thomas?” He asked softly, his eyes filled with worry for the one he cared for so deeply.

Thomas placed a hand on top of Alexander's. His eyes fell shut as he leaned into the other's touch. "There were a lot of them, and we couldn't seem to win. They picked and choose battles and places to take a stand."

Alexander sighed, leaning close to Thomas “Go get cleaned up, I’ll patch you up,” he mumbled, leaning up to press a gentle kiss to his lips, leaning away slowly as he held Philip close to him, placing a kiss to the top of the boy’s head, a small smile coming to his lips. “Pip, look, your father is home,” he whispered to the boy.