*** This story takes Nate and Alec to a very dark place and includes consensual sex of every kind, as well as non-con gay male sex. There is drug use as a plot device. ***
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world he didn't exist."
-- The Usual Suspects.
As an experiment, there are three points in this story where I've put a number (1, 2, 3) and each corresponds with a dance track. I can't put links into this story, so for the optimal experience, (if you fancy playing), pull those up on Youtube while you read. Let me know if you think this is a good idea, if it added to the experience, or if it didn't do it for you. It's something I'm looking at incorporating into virtual books at some point in the future. :-)
Track 1 is: from the start of 'Best Popular Club Dance House Music Songs Mix 2016 / 2017'
Track 2 is: 'Berg -- Bayaka'. Start at 0.52
Track 3 is: 'Infected Mushroom - Converting Vegetarians'. Start at 1.50.
* * * * *
Nate spun the fidget spinner again and Alec shivered under the vibration.
"Bruv, that tickles, do you have to do that?"
Nate glanced up from his reverie. His lover lay naked on the bed, every inch of his taut body on display, the fidget spinner resting on his flat stomach.
Nate spun it again.
"Bruv!"
With a sigh, Nate put his hand over it and rolled on to his back, spinning the toy in his hand.
"Is you still bummed?" Alec rolled on to his side and propped his head in his hand.
"I'm not
bummed
."
"Bollocks! You been in a full on Garth Marenghi the whole week, ever since we left those rich pricks' house. You haven't even been to work. Won't you get fired?"
Nate gave a dark laugh. "Trust me, that's not likely."
He tossed the fidget spinner to Alec, who caught it with one hand.
"You don't need to worry about Colin, bruv, he was well fucked."
"Not fucked enough," muttered Nate.
He had no way of explaining to Alec how Ellie had thrown him off stride, how he felt he'd made a critical error in judgement leaving her husband angry instead of cowed. That he was afraid a man who sold made-to-order porn for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and who now had an extremely personal vendetta against him, wouldn't rest until he'd destroyed him.
He knew that was what he'd do.
Alec frowned. "Do you really think he's going to come after you?"
Nate nodded . "Yep."
Alec rolled on to his back and toyed with the spinner. "Well, blud, you isn't alone. He's got me to deal with before he can get to you."
Nate felt heat rise inside him at the idea he needed anyone's protection, but before he could tell Alec where to shove it, his phone buzzed.
He snagged the phone from the dresser and checked it. A text from Rene, asking him to call.
He got up and pulled his clothes on. "You should go. I need to sort something out."
Alec sat up. "Don't kick me out bruv. Whatever it is, I'll help you."
"I don't need your help, I need you to fuck off for a bit."
"Arright, okay, you's the boss," he muttered. "That is very clear."
He started pulling on his clothes and Nate sighed. "I just need to sort something out."
"Something or someone?"
Nate was silent.
Alec shrugged. "It's alright, blud, I get it." He picked up his bag and slung it over his shoulder.
"Look, I'll text you later."
The kid hovered by the door. "Is it your man? I saw him in the club back when I was checking you out for Colin. I'd want to fuck him too. He's well fit."
"I'm not going to fuck him. I just need to talk to him."
"You got problems?"
Nate rubbed the back of his neck. "He moved out on Tuesday night. I haven't talked to him since."
"You was living together." Alec considered this. "Okay. Well, text me, yeah?"
After he'd gone, Nate sat down on his bed and stared at his phone. With a sigh, he keyed in Rene's number.
"Nate, hi. Thanks for calling."
He sounded sober for a change.
"Where are you?" Nate asked.
"I'm staying with Georgie."
Georgie. One of his favourite sluts. Nate went quiet, not trusting himself to speak.
"You still there?"
"Yeah. What do you want, Rene?"
"I wanted to check that you're okay."
"I'm fine. Anything else?"
Rene considered his words. "I heard you've taken up with a kid. Someone I know. Of."
Nate felt a kick in his stomach. "What do you mean, someone you know
of?"
"He's worked with Georgie before. He's a rent boy, Nate. I just don't want to see you get hurt."
Nate stood and walked over to the window that looked out over the city. "Why would I get hurt?"
"Because I know how you feel about... that... after what your mother did to you while you were growing up. I know it still fucks with you. And you're not safe to be around when things fuck with you."
"Appreciate your concern. Was that all?"
Rene sighed. "You know I had to leave. You get that, don't you?"
Nate killed the call. He thought for a moment, then called Alec.
The kid's voice was full of swagger. "Miss me already?"
"You ever been to Savage Palace?"
It was one of the wildest swingers' clubs in London, a high-end haven for wealthy socialites, where fabulousness and perversion came together in a glorious explosion of cum and glitter.
"Savage Palace? They don't let my kind in there."
"They will tonight. 8 p.m. We'll cab from here."
"Okay." Alec was quiet for a moment. "Are you okay, bruv?"
Nate ended the call .
* * * * *
Alec turned up early wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a pair of scuffed sneakers.
Nate, dressed in an immaculate suit, shook his head. "You can't go like that."
"I know," the kid said with a grin. "I figured you'd dress me how you want me."
Nate laughed to himself. The kid was smarter than he looked.
A short while later he sat back to admire his creation. Their builds were similar enough that Alec fitted most of his clothes, including his shoes. And dressed in one of Nate's charcoal grey suits, he looked fucking stunning.
He ran a hand through the kid's hair, smoothing the last strands into place, then turned him to face the mirror.
"What do you think?"
Alec pouted. "I'm fucking gorgeous."
Nate put his arms around him from behind and rested his chin on his shoulder. "Yes you are. Just behave yourself tonight. Don't talk unless you have to."
Alec's gaze flickered away as Nate gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Right, let's get going."
He pulled a small glass bottle from his pocket and tapped some powder on to the back of his hand.
Alec's forehead creased with concern. "What are you doing?"
Nate snorted the powder and offered the bottle to him.
"Nah, nah, I don't do that shit, blud. Neither should you."
Nate put the bottle back in his pocket. "Lighten up, it's just e."
"Sure it is."
Nate pulled Alec to him and kissed him hard on the mouth.
"Shut up and be pretty."
Alec gave him a wan smile. "You're the boss."
* * * * *
Savage Palace was done up like the last whore in a dystopian wasteland.
Coloured lights uplit Roman columns that stood either side of the arched entrance, while all around it rundown buildings stood in darkness.
Bouncers guarded a roped entrance, ushering in the arriving elite.
Nate watched Alec's face as their cab pulled up, curious to see what the kid would make of it.
The younger man glanced back at him with trepidation. "I don't know that I want to go in there."
"Relax. You'll be fine."
Nate pushed the cab door open and got out, drinking in the cool night air. Excitement flooded through him, the coke in his system making him edgy and hungry for action.
He joined Alec on the pavement and stared up at the Palace's massive stone fascia. Rene had always thought this place pretentious, but some of Nate's fondest memories had been forged in the sweaty bowels of this building.