Screams rang through the still night air. Anthony jolted awake, looking next to him only finding the bed empty. His boyfriend Steven was sitting in the corner of the room, holding his head, crying and screaming. He quickly got up and grabbed the shaking man. "Steven! What happened?" The Italian asked, pulling the other into his arms. Only shaking sobs left him. "Anthony... They are so loud... I can't make them stop..." He whispered. A shudder shook his whole body. "Please save me." A tear ran down Anthony's face. "I don't know how too..." ----- "If you want to leave and go stay with your family it's fine." Anthony said, not looking at his love. A bottle of pills sat on the counter next to him, marking the room with sadness. The shorter man just shook his head. "No, I want to stay here with you. I don't feel safe anywhere else. " Steven said quietly. He got up and wrapped his arms around Anthony's waist, kissing the back of his neck. "I'm sorry that I'm broken..." ---- Broken glass littered the floor. The whole apartment was a wreck. Anthony slammed his hand over and over on the bathroom door. "Ze! Please let me in baby! Steven!" He cried out. The sound of sobs could be heard on the other side of the door. The smell of blood fresh in the air. "I can't do this! I can't!" The other man screamed. ---- Tears streamed down Anthony's face. "For -blam!-s sake just take it!" He screamed, holding the bottle of pills out. Steven covered his ears, tears flowing down his face. "NO NO NO NO NO" He cried out. "Please baby just take it! It will make you better! It's just medicine!" "It's just medicine..." ---- "I want to go back to school." Steven said, breaking the harsh silence that pulled at the room. Anthony looked up from his plate confused. "Why? I thought you didn't want to go out of the house." The shorter man looked down at his plate a sad look shrouding his face. "If I can't just end this then I want to have some kind of a life. I can't just sit here and watch you try to take care of me. I can do it myself." ---- Anthony smiled and held Steven in his arms. They had finally slept through the whole night together. No waking up from nightmares or having to talk Steven out of ending everything and giving him more medicine. The smaller man was asleep on his chest, breath slowly coming and going. "I love you so much." Anthony whispered into his hair. "You are so kind and beautiful. It's just your brain that keeps telling you that you aren't that breaks my heart." ---- The pill bottle laid empty on the floor. Blood pooled around it. Anthony sat on the bathroom floor, holding the cold body, tears streaming from his face. "Baby please. You were getting better... You could have been what you wanted to be... Come back to me..." [spoiler]Based on the song Medicine by Daughters. Don't mind gay fanfics? Check out my wattpad @Chris_Wonder[/spoiler]