Alex-
I slowly woke up to something warm under my back. Uh oh. John. I slowly rolled off the couch to get coffee. I heard a groan from the boy on the couch.
"Aleexxx, now I'm coollldd," he whined from the couch before standing up. And his hair. The elastic must've broke. I stifled a laugh. He looked confused before reaching up to touch his soft poofy hair. He let out another groan before going to the bathroom to deal with his hair.
I sat on the counter sipping my coffee when there was a knock on the door.
I answered it.
"Hello?" I asked while pulling open the door.
A tall imposing man stood in the doorway looking down on me.
He sneered.
"Is John around?" He asked, looking around the small empty apartment.
Just then John walked out of the bathroom.
"Oh, uh Francis!" He said looking a slight bit terrified.
"Alex, this is Francis... He is my boyfriend," he told me, slightly hesitant with he word 'boyfriend' as though it was only a one way commitment.
Francis slid his way into the room and while he was kicking off his shoes John leaned towards me and told me, "go hide in your bedroom, I'll come get you when he's gone," and just like that he shoved me towards the room.

I heard a bit of yelling coming from Francis and some quiet whimpers from John. There was silence for a moment before a loud slap echoed through the room and a door slammed.
I rushed out of the room to find John sitting on the floor crying, holding his cheek. I fell on my knees and hugged him, he looked so frail. He turned and cried into my shoulder and hugged me back.
I muttered sweet nothings in his ear to calm him down. Eventually he simply fell asleep against me.
His phone started ringing.
I looked at it, it was his Dad. Not sure of their relationship I picked up.
"Hello?" I said through the cell phone.
"Hello, is John there?" Asked the man.
"Uh, yeah but he's sleeping... Do you need to talk to him?"
"No, it can wait. Just wanted to make sure he made it there safely... Might I ask who I'm talking to?"
" Oh yes sir, I'm Alexander Hamilton. John's new roommate"
"Thank God he doesn't have Kinloch in his room with him," said John's father with evident relief in his voice.
"And might I ask the exact name of who I'm speaking to?" I asked.
"Ah yes, I am Henry Laurens, John's father," he told me.
John moved.
"One second, I think John is awake. Would you like to speak with him?"
"If he is awake then yes please Alexander," I shook John while replying, "Just call me Alex sir"
"In that case I insist you call me Henry." I smiled
"Will do Henry"
"Anytime Alex"
"Bye, here's John!" I told him.
"Thank you Alex"
At that I passed the phone to John.
"Hi Dad," he said before I turned and went back to drinking my coffee on the counter.
I heard John say 'bye' and then he walked into the kitchen. He was blushing like crazy. I grinned at him.
"What did your dad say?"
"Um... He asked if you were straight, I got after him for that and then he said that he likes you a lot and asked if I liked you but I didn't answer then he got out of hand and I hung up because I couldn't stand him," he told me in a rush, I laughed.
He grinned.
I blushed.
"Tell your dad I'm bi next time," I said a little bit shyly.
He grinned and started laughing.