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A prompt a week - 21. Alex's Betrayal - Prompt 348

Alex and his boyfriend are caught having sex by his father. It is what happens afterwards that forever changes the relationship between father and son.

“Can you give me one reason why I should believe you?” Tommy looked his son who stood there shaking and nearly naked in the hallway.

“Come on, Dad. I mean …”

“No. Don’t come on me.” Tommy took a step back and shook his head. “I trusted you, Alex, and this how you repay that trust? You bring over someone and have sex with them in my bed?”

“Dad, we …”

Tommy held up his hand. “I don’t care what you did. I don’t want to know.” Tommy paused. “Tell whoever it is in there to get dressed and then both of you meet me downstairs.”

Alex dropped his eyes and headed back into the bedroom and closed the door.

“Your father is going to kill us,” whispered Bart.

“I don’t even know if he realized I wasn’t with a girl.” Alex stood there shivering as Bart handed him the shirt that had been on the edge of the bed.

“I better try to slip out.”

“No!” Alex looked wide eyed at Bart. “I can’t face him alone. Please.”

Bart went white as a sheet. “Your father is going to kill me.”

“I have no idea how badly he is going to react.” Alex nearly fell as he pulled on his shorts. He absentmindedly slipped into his slides.”You’re dressed?”

“Yeah I started getting dressed as soon as you ran out after him. I figured I might have to make a fast getaway.” Bart blushed.

Alex just nodded and the two boys moved out into the hallway.

“I never should have said we should use your father’s bed,” Bart’s voice cracked as he tried to whisper to Alex

“I shouldn’t have listened. We should have gone to my room, locked the door, and turned up the music.”

Alex took the lead down the steps and Bart followed.

“Take a seat, boys.”

Alex turned to see his father standing before the couch watching him and Bart come down the stairs.

Alex swallowed and both boys walked over to the couch and sat down.

“Let me begin by saying the fact you are gay isn’t an issue for me. Since your mother died I’ve had to raise you alone and I love you. I want you to understand that.”

Alex looked at his father like he’d just grown three heads. He didn’t say anything.

Bart looked from father to son and just kept quiet.

“I do wish you would learn to change and wash your sheets though. Especially if you two are going to play around in your room. It smells like a locker room and then like a whore house. “

Bart gasped.

“Please, if you two didn’t think I knew what you were up to when I came home and you were both in Alex’s room, Bart, then I would be an idiot.” Tommy began to pace before the two boys.

Alex just swallowed.

“What I don’t like is the disrespect you both showed me today. I have never commented on anything you two do.” Tommy shook he head. “I don’t pry. I tell you if you are going to have sex to have safe sex. I taught you all about condoms, aids, abstaining from sex, and all the rest. I know teenagers experiment and that you would find a place to do it, if you couldn’t do it in a safe place like your room.”

Alex could barely look at his father.

“I knew you were gay, Alex. You are going to be eighteen next month and not once have you had a girl over, a date with one, or hell even a study date. Instead you were part of the team, the guys came for pizza, and you were only ever alone with Bart.” Tommy sat down across from the boys. “I’ve only ever asked three things of you. First was to let me know where you will be so I can find you always.”

Alex nodded.

“Secondly if you were going to be late to call.”

“I do,” Alex whispered.

“And finally to stay out of my room.”

Alex blushed and just looked down at his feet.

“It was my fault, Mr. Little.” Bart looked over at Alex’s father and blushed deeply.

“Oh, I see. So you opened the door, tossed my six foot tall son over your much smaller body, and carried him to the bed. Then you stripped him and had your way with him.”

Bart opened his mouth and couldn’t say anything. He stared bugged eyed at Mr. Little and then looked at Alex who blushed an even deeper red.

“That’s what I thought.” Tommy shook his head. “Look, you both take part of the blame. Bart, you are banned from my house unless I am home from now on.”

Bart looked his feet and didn’t say anything.

“Alex, I expected more from you. I’ve never had to worry about or think you weren’t careful. Now, you have to earn my trust again. You graduate in two weeks. You plan to go to college in the fall. As of this moment I am not giving you a dime toward anything unless you can prove to me you are the son I thought you were. That means you are still calling when you are late, you are to pass your finals with flying colors, and you better have a job for the summer. You can’t goof off now. You might have to pay for everything on your own if you screw up so I’d suggest you get busy looking for one tomorrow.”

Alex paled as he listened to his father.

“Dad, you wouldn’t really force me to pay for it all on my own, would you?”

“Try me. You broke your faith with me. You didn’t come to me or tell me about you. I had to learn on my own. Then you decided that not only wouldn’t you share who you were with me, or the fact you were going with Bart, but you decided to take him into my bed to have sex. So if you can’t trust me or tell me anything, why should I trust you?”

Alex looked at his father and could see his father was truly disappointed in him. There wasn’t any anger, just hurt as he spoke.

“Say goodnight to Bart. I am going up to my room to change the sheets. I doubt you thought enough to do that.”

Tommy got up and left his son and Bart alone in the living room.

“He didn’t kill us,” Bart said as he looked at Alex.

“I wish he had. This is so much worse.” Alex raked his hand through his hair. “I really fucked up, Bart. He doesn’t trust me. I … I’ve never had to worry about anything. Dad always had my back.”

“Relax. He is just mad.”

“No.” Alex shook his head as he looked at Bart. “That’s just it. He isn’t mad. Mad I could work with. He is disappointed in me and he doesn’t trust me.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Dad is all about trust. As long as he trusts you, he will bend over backwards to help you. Break that trust, well, people vanish from his life once they break his trust. It is really hard to get it back.”

“You’re kidding?”

“No.” Alex began to cry. “I’ve really hurt him bad.”

Bart walked over and hugged Alex tightly.

“Time to go home, Bart. Alex, make sure you lock up.” Tommy’s voice called down the stairs. “I’m going to bed.”

“Okay, Dad.”

Alex looked up the staircase but there was no answer.

“Wow. Your father has never been that way.”

“Go home, Bart. I’ll talk to you tomorrow. I have to figure out how to fix this.”

Bart gave Alex a last hug and walked out the front door.

Alex locked up the house and made his way to his room. He paused by his father’s door only to hear the door lock as he stood there. Tears ran down his face as he realized he had hurt the one man who had always stood by him and wondered how he could repair the damage.

The prompt asked you to use the first line of - "Can you give me one reason why I should believe you?" So that was my take on the prompt. What did you think? Thanks for reading. All comments are welcomed. If you enjoyed feel free to click that like button.
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I like the dad sticking to his word, but every kid on Earth screws up from time to time and I'm sure dad in his time did too. Maybe he will remember that. I hope!

On another note, I think this could go somewhere and become a full story. DDK

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On 08/29/2014 01:42 PM, Daddydavek said:
I like the dad sticking to his word, but every kid on Earth screws up from time to time and I'm sure dad in his time did too. Maybe he will remember that. I hope!

On another note, I think this could go somewhere and become a full story. DDK

Thanks Dad. I just didn't want to turn around have another, oh my child is gay and I should toss him out story. I wanted it to be a case of him not being mad that his son is gay, but more disappointed by his son's actions and for breaking the rules. Alex is realizing he screwed up and Tommy is feeling like he failed as a father. Something people can relate to. Thanks for the review DDK
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I think the father's an idiot and he overreacted. Kids make mistakes. I hope they will have a new conversation in the morning. If he's not careful Alex will runaway :( Poor Alex!

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I think a lot of people have been in similar situations, on both sides of this particular fence. Sometimes a parent HAS to over react a bit to get a point across, and then back off a little after things calm down.

Thank you for a realistic portrayal of a difficult situation. Alex being gay was not really the point of the story. His disregard of the rules, and his lack of trust in his father were. Every parent has had to deal with this on some level, and I think you wrote it very realistically.

I also have no doubt that once dad calms down they will talk again and things will improve. If Alex and Bart are smart boys they will embark on a campagne to do things like clean up Alex's room and make themselves pests with the thoughtful "I'm here and will be home at..." phone calls!

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Very interesting narrative turns and an original perspective on the father character.

I did expect/hope the son to lash out jus a bit at his father, who seemed to have chosen self-righteousness to deal with his disappointment (or failure as a father, as you said to DDK). Coming out is never easy as a teen, however open and caring your parent(s) are - the correlation is tenuous at best.

What does he have to hide in his bedroom that he made such sacred territory? ; )

Well done.

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There are some loose ends, some things are only touched upon that should be expanded, and these would have made for a fuller picture, but the story stands well enough as is.

 

I understand the "stay out of my bedroom" edict quite well. Some of us need our own space if we are to function properly, and that space can be a refuge for solitude and thinking, or just to get away from the kids. My experience shows this strongly to be a male thing (your mileage may vary). For my father, it was his tools: hammers, saws, wrenches, power tools, etc. We were not allowed to get into his tools or the space they occupied--not even for a lousy screwdriver. One uncle wouldn't let anyone in his basement--his refuge, and other's had their own spaces. My mother and my aunts--to the best of my recollection--never had these spaces, nor seemed to have any boundaries at all. I didn't understand the reason for it as a child, but I do now.

 

Tommy comes across rather strict with the trust issue, but don't we all have things we are less than willing to budge about. This one seems important and Alex is very much aware of it, he knows what he has done. That he broke the trust in the manner that he did speaks of his youth; that he understands what that breaking truly means speaks toward the man he is becoming. I thought this facet came across well.

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On 08/29/2014 05:14 PM, Slytherin said:
I think the father's an idiot and he overreacted. Kids make mistakes. I hope they will have a new conversation in the morning. If he's not careful Alex will runaway :( Poor Alex!
He isn't being abusive Sly. He is just hurt. Tommy may be a father but he is still human. Remember this just happened. Once everyone cools down things will work out. Neither was exactly being totally honest.
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On 08/29/2014 09:35 PM, Kitt said:
I think a lot of people have been in similar situations, on both sides of this particular fence. Sometimes a parent HAS to over react a bit to get a point across, and then back off a little after things calm down.

Thank you for a realistic portrayal of a difficult situation. Alex being gay was not really the point of the story. His disregard of the rules, and his lack of trust in his father were. Every parent has had to deal with this on some level, and I think you wrote it very realistically.

I also have no doubt that once dad calms down they will talk again and things will improve. If Alex and Bart are smart boys they will embark on a campagne to do things like clean up Alex's room and make themselves pests with the thoughtful "I'm here and will be home at..." phone calls!

Thanks Kitt. It was the idea of Alex trying to be an adult but failing to trust his father. Tommy trying to lay down the law but being more hurt and upset than helping his son. They are human and they will work it out. part of being human.
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On 08/30/2014 12:18 AM, benashton said:
Very interesting narrative turns and an original perspective on the father character.

I did expect/hope the son to lash out jus a bit at his father, who seemed to have chosen self-righteousness to deal with his disappointment (or failure as a father, as you said to DDK). Coming out is never easy as a teen, however open and caring your parent(s) are - the correlation is tenuous at best.

What does he have to hide in his bedroom that he made such sacred territory? ; )

Well done.

I really didn't think of it as a place to hide. I think it is more the idea he tries to give his son his space and asks for the same. Alex was being a typical teen and that occasionally means thinking with the little head instead of the big one. I think it was more the shock that his father knew he was gay and having sex that kept him from really going after him. When he thought about it he realized what had hurt his father was the fact he broke rules he had always kept and was seeing there would be consequences. Whether Tom stays to what he says is another whole story.
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On 08/30/2014 03:50 AM, Ron said:
There are some loose ends, some things are only touched upon that should be expanded, and these would have made for a fuller picture, but the story stands well enough as is.

 

I understand the "stay out of my bedroom" edict quite well. Some of us need our own space if we are to function properly, and that space can be a refuge for solitude and thinking, or just to get away from the kids. My experience shows this strongly to be a male thing (your mileage may vary). For my father, it was his tools: hammers, saws, wrenches, power tools, etc. We were not allowed to get into his tools or the space they occupied--not even for a lousy screwdriver. One uncle wouldn't let anyone in his basement--his refuge, and other's had their own spaces. My mother and my aunts--to the best of my recollection--never had these spaces, nor seemed to have any boundaries at all. I didn't understand the reason for it as a child, but I do now.

 

Tommy comes across rather strict with the trust issue, but don't we all have things we are less than willing to budge about. This one seems important and Alex is very much aware of it, he knows what he has done. That he broke the trust in the manner that he did speaks of his youth; that he understands what that breaking truly means speaks toward the man he is becoming. I thought this facet came across well.

Thank you Ron for such a detailed review. Tom and Alex have a really good father son relationship. Tom, as he explains, realizes his son is gay, but wants Alex to come out on his own terms. The problem comes into play when Alex disregards his father's rules and takes his lover into his father's bed. Alex isn't a fool and when everything is said and done he realizes he has some work to do to rebuild the trust with his father. Tom is hurt, evidenced by the locking of his door when his son passes. The morning will see the two of them both facing the actions of this evening. The final result will be up to how they handle things.
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Wow, comicfan, what an impact this has! I like all the characters, they are all reacting as befits their own personalities. I love the fact it has a slightly different 'take' on the coming out scenario--it isn't mushy acceptance or harsh rejection, instead it points up that there are more issies involved than just being gay. Coming out is a multi-level process and how it is done is equally important as the act itself.

 

I confess that this is one of the first things I've read by you here...a situation I am going to redress now. :) Are these characters part of any of your stories, or similar to ones in them? If so, I'd like to be pointed to that story as quickly as possible!!

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On 09/05/2014 03:49 AM, ColumbusGuy said:
Wow, comicfan, what an impact this has! I like all the characters, they are all reacting as befits their own personalities. I love the fact it has a slightly different 'take' on the coming out scenario--it isn't mushy acceptance or harsh rejection, instead it points up that there are more issies involved than just being gay. Coming out is a multi-level process and how it is done is equally important as the act itself.

 

I confess that this is one of the first things I've read by you here...a situation I am going to redress now. :) Are these characters part of any of your stories, or similar to ones in them? If so, I'd like to be pointed to that story as quickly as possible!!

HI ColumbusGuy. Most of what you find in the prompts are the type of stories I often write. I hate to do what is expected in a story. I have a tendency to deal with the characters more than just the setting. I am never a good one to ask what is good of my own because I am usually a harsh critic of my own work. You can glance and see what stories I have that you might enjoy. I write a lot of different type of stories but always try to keep some sort of heart in it.

 

Wayne

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I guess I can understand the father here. After all, if you can't be trusted, what comes next? It wasn't as if it was an unreasonable demand or a new rule. The punishments, while harsh, probably hurt less than the realization that he had lost something precious: his dad's trust. If you learn that inconsiderate acts have consequences, you're more likely to think again next time.

And his point about his son not trusting him either hit a nerve too. I bet he had spent time wondering where he'd gone wrong that his son wouldn't come out to him. :(

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On 10/06/2014 05:44 AM, Timothy M. said:
I guess I can understand the father here. After all, if you can't be trusted, what comes next? It wasn't as if it was an unreasonable demand or a new rule. The punishments, while harsh, probably hurt less than the realization that he had lost something precious: his dad's trust. If you learn that inconsiderate acts have consequences, you're more likely to think again next time.

And his point about his son not trusting him either hit a nerve too. I bet he had spent time wondering where he'd gone wrong that his son wouldn't come out to him. :(

I think it is mainly the idea of youth vs age. He is young and lives in the moment. You can forget rules, plans, and other things when you are caught up in the moment. Coming out is different for everyone. Each person feels the weight differently and then there is always the what happens when I tell, will people still like me? On the other side is his father. A man who has loved him but set rules. He sees things but doesn't comment until things finally come to a head. As the adult he should handle things better, but being human allows him to be hurt and upset, seeing not only his son failing to come clean and follow the rules, but the image of him as a father having cracks and wondering where he went wrong. Life is never just black and white. It is always messy with lots of shades of grey. Thanks for the comment Timothy. I hope you find other things you like and comment on.
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