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Axel walked around the house picking up toys, and clothes. He sighed happily to himself thinking what he had done to deserve this life. He was pulled out of his thoughts when his teenage kid Roman stormed past him into his room upstairs. He turned around to find his husband John standing at the bottom of the stairs looking tired, and very concerned. Walking down the stairs Axel asked his husband what was wrong. "It's Roman he said that . . ." The man paused clearly trying to find a way to phrase what he had said to him "he said he went through what you did, but I don't know how to comfort him like I did you." Axel froze 'My child got . . . my poor baby.' He stood up straight, smiled, and kisses his husband on the cheek before handing him the basket full of toys, and clothes. "I'll talk to him he's gonna want to know what to do, and I've been through it so I know what to say." he said walking back upstairs. "Hon just take it easy he'll be curious as to why you know this stuff." He paused looking down at his husband before saying "It had to happen at some point where the truth came out, and I won't hold back on it not from him and what happened at least." "Ok I love you." John said before walking away with the toys to his toddlers. Axel walked down the hallway into his eldest sons room and saw him crying his eyes out on his bed sitting, and crying. 'Just like me." Axel thought before he asked his son what was wrong. Roman stopped sobbing suddenly, shocked that someone was in his room and suddenly stood up only to fall back because his foot got caught on his bedsheets. "What do you want?" he sneered at his dad, and Axel was a bit amused at this reaction but asked his question again. "What's wrong? Your dad said you needed to talk about something but he couldn't provide the answers. I'm hoping I can- strike that I know I can." He said sitting on the white chair in the corner. Roman skeptical shoved himself into a corner and mumbled an answer out at his dad. Axel didn't hear what he said and asked him to repeat himself when Roman snapped at him. "I got assaulted! I got sexually assaulted today! A guy I know pinned me against a locker and forced his tongue in my mouth!!!" Roman shouted loudly that Axel would be surprised if the world didn't hear him. Axel quietly and calmly walked over to his son who was shaking on his bed and sat down next to him. He placed his hand on his back and rubbed circles around and around knowing it would calm him down. "I know you might not want to talk about it, but I need you to know that your not alone lots of people went through something similar, hell even-" Roman shot up and stood across from his dad glaring at him. "How would anyone else know what I've been through?!? How would anyone know what I've been through?!? I got hurt today!! Not physically but emotionally! I got used and they knew what they were doing!!! So how could someone know what I went through?!?" Roman shouted at his dad not caring if he was rude. Axel upset and hurt shot up as well and stood across from his son, and shouted something Roman did not expect from him. "Because I did! When I was in college I got raped and assaulted as well! Why do you think I'm talking to you instead of your father!? He wouldn't understand!!" Axel shouted eyes closed when he gasped and held his mouth closed looking at his son's reaction. Roman didn't expect that so he was understandably concerned, curious, and confused. All the time he had known his dad he never mentioned getting raped before, and even then he was always happy. So how did he get here? How did that not bring him down? Romans mind had a million questions a minute flying around and all he could muster was a simple "What?". Axel lowered his hands from his mouth, and simply repeated cleaner this time what he had said "In college I got raped by someone I knew as well, and no one believed me on it except for your father who helped me through the trauma." His eyes filled with pity and sorrow as he remembered the events all to well. Roman walked back over slowly, and sat down finally asking him what he had meant to "How come your so happy now then? if you got raped, wouldn't it hurt your life?" Axel sat down slightly shaking, and responded honestly "I have you guys, and a loving partner, and so many other things that helped me along the way. I'm not saying it didn't get me down for a bit, but I moved past it with help and time." Axel sighed knowing that it takes a long time to heal and even longer to open up about these types of incidents. Roman now curious about what his dad had been through thought for a minute, and mustered up the courage to ask him for his story. "S-so how did you move past it? I mean can you tell me what happened? I won't force you to, but I need to know what happened to you dad? I'm curious." Roman begged. Axel looked into his son's eyes, and sighed knowing this would have eventually happened. He stayed silent for a minute collecting his breath and thoughts, before finally getting over past fears and reccuring memories. He rubbed his hands together, and said staring at them to his son "I was raped a week after I got into the college dorms, and I got raped by my so called friend Jeremy Tucker."
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