[justpush]

Cameron opened the door cautiously, and Ashton did not hesitate. He slapped him across the face.
"You bitch... Let go of that boss of yours? Why haven't you answered your phone for two weeks?"

[Whoknows]

Reece jumped at the sound of the slap and raced out of the kitchen, “what the fuck was that?”, he exclaimed, livid, “don’t you fucking dare hit him!”

[justpush]

Cameron held his hand to his cheek stunned. Ashton grabbed Reece by the collar.
"Don't interfere.... What? He gave you his fat ass to fuck and you're immediately on his side?!"

[Whoknows]

Reece pushed Ashton away, swinging for his jaw and punching it hard. “For your information, we haven’t fucked - not that it has anything to do with you, you abusive piece of shit!”, he exclaimed, slamming the door shut.

[justpush]

Cameron looked at Reece with mixed feelings. Concern, but also embarrassment. He rubbed his slightly red cheek.
"I'm sorry... You were right, I shouldn't have opened it at all."

[Whoknows]

Reece moved forwards and grabbed Cameron’s face, examining the red mark, “let’s get an ice pack on that before it bruises”, he murmured, “and it’s okay, you didn’t know he would do that”.

[justpush]

Cameron moved with him to the couch. When Reece put some ice on him he felt a little relieved.
"I'm sorry you had to listen to that nonsense.... I'm so ashamed."

[Whoknows]

From where Reece was, holding the ice pack, he could see that some of the redness was not from the slap and from Cameron’s embarrassment, “don’t apologise for that idiots mistakes”, he said, softly.

[justpush]

Cameron lowered his gaze embarrassed even more. He smiled shyly.
"And I feel so stupid... My problems fall on you," he replied and looked him in the eye.

[Whoknows]

“No they haven’t”, Reece shrugged, “I haven’t been negatively affected by any of this”. He looked back at Cameron, wondering why he was so insecure.

[justpush]

"Are you sure?" he asked and instinctively touched his cheek. However, he immediately withdrew his hand. "Forgive me..."

[Whoknows]

“Forgive you for what?”, Reece asked, unknowingly making the younger man blush.

[justpush]

Cameron began to stammer quietly.
"Well, because... I touched you."

[Whoknows]

“You don’t need to apologise for something like that”, Reece said, “touching is normal”. He shrugged and removed the compress, checking the red mark, “hopefully the swelling is gone by tomorrow”.

[justpush]

"Thank you... If it weren't for your intervention... He probably would have done me more harm," he said more quietly, and then looked at his bare feet, wanting to hide his mega embarrassment. Why was his heart beating so fast?

[Whoknows]

Reece sighed, “well he’s a dick, you honestly don’t need to thank me”, he told Cameron, “you might also want to keep this compress on still”.

[justpush]

Cameron sent him a grateful smile. Then he took his hand lightly.
"You didn't hurt yourself when you hit him?" he asked, looking at his hands.

[Whoknows]

Reece looked down and his hands and flexed them, wincing as he felt a burning sensation, “a little bit there’s no real damage”, he said.

[justpush]

Cameron looked at the reddened skin. He bit his lip slightly.
"Where's your first aid kit?" he asked

[Whoknows]

He nervously chuckled and scratched the back of his head, “I don’t think I have one”, he said, looking at the serious man.