Hospital -Quert-

"shut UP!" dan screamed, shoving jeph into the wall. He laughed cruely as he heard jephs skull cracking against the bricks.
"say one more fucking word. i dare you." he grabbed both of jephs wrists and dug his nails into the already bloody bandages

Jeph shook with terror, sobs wracking through his body. He didn't dare speak, just staruing at the floor.
"Please Dan, i love you" he eventually whimpered.

Dan smiled to himself "you dont know how much strength it takes to not just kill you right here."
He threw jeph to the ground with all the force he could.

"worthless piece of shit." he muttered.

Jeph sobbed, cowering slightly. He didn't understand what he'd dopne, why Dan was treating him like this.

"get up." dan stood over jeph cowering on the ground. "i said get UP!" he kicked jeph hard in the stomach.

Jeph yelped and continued to sob as he stood up "I'm sorry" he cried

"i know you are. i still love you." dan smiled lovingly as he picked jeph up of the ground. "but you know you fucking deserve this."

Jeph whimpered and nodded, believing every word Dan said.

dan stroked the bandage on jephs arm "i bet these are healing..... you should fix that." he smiled and looked into jephs tear filled eyes "like i said. you know you deserve it."

Jeph glanced down at his bandages. He hadn't even thoguht of self-harming since he'd been with Dan. He swallowed hard and nodded, if it was what Dan wanted...

"come on. theyll be waiting for us." dan grabbed jephs hand and started to walk back to where they were meeting quinn nd bert.

Jeph followed, bruises forming on his pale skin as he subconciously scratched at his arms with his fingernails.

"hello again fatty." dan said as he walked up to bert

Bert whinced, trying to hold himself together.

Jeph whimered "Don't call him that love" he mumbled.

dan immediatly turned to face jeph again "what did i say about shutting up?!"

Jeph flinched "Sorry" he mumbled, going back to scratching his wrists.

"hey! jeph stop that." quinn pulled jephs hand away and pulled him into a hug "why do you let him say this shit to you?" he whispered

"I deserve it" mumbled Jep0h.

"no. you dont, nobody deserves that. dont listen to anything he tells you"

"But I love him" whimpered Jeph "And he's right"

"hes being horrible to you. you need to stop believing that yure worthess when youre far from it"

"He's treating me how I deserve" he whimpered

"no hes not." quinn let go of jeph and stepped back "havent you realised how differnet hes been since we left the hospital?! we need to get him back jeph."

Jeph whimpered "We can't! i can't go back, i want to stay with him" he sobbed.

"but how much longer are we going to surive out here?"