TRIGGER WARNING: rape, abusive relationship

      Connor wasn't in any of the songs during rehearsal so he sat in the back next to Jared watching Evan and the others rehearse. He smiled whenever Evan sang, admiring how his voice made the whole auditorium pay attention to him. Evan was on stage with Will, shaking whenever he got to close to him or if Will would sing and bring his face close to Evan's. When Evan finally had a minute off stage, he was about to leave through the backstage door to leave when a hand grabbed his shoulder roughly. Evan turned around quickly, feeling himself being shoved against a cold cement wall.

     "W-What the fuck?" Evan said, trying to push the body off of him, breathing heavily as he looked at the person attacking him. It was one of the other Heather's, one of Will's friends. He had Evan pinned against the wall, holding him tightly as Will strolled over to Evan with a smirk on his face.

     "You can go, Duke. Thanks for the help." Will dismissed him as he moved onto Evan, holding him against the wall with his hips and a tightening grasp on his wrists.

     "G-Get aw-away from me... P-Please..." 

     "You want this, Evan. I've seen how you look at me, you miss me. You miss how I treated you. You miss everything about me." Will spoke sternly at Evan, crashing his lips against the others. Evan tried to push him off of him, but Will bit on Evan's lip to make him gasp and he stuck his tongue in his mouth, making out with him. Evan bit down on Will's tongue, struggling to get away. Will pulled away, frowning at Evan.

     "Obey me. You know what happens if you don't." Will looked over his shoulder to make sure there wasn't someone watching before he bit down on Evan's neck, sucking down on it. He left a hickey in a very obvious place, biting down a few more times to mark Evan's neck as his. Evan cried, letting his tears fall into Will's hair. 

    "You want this." He felt Will grab the area near his dick, touching one of his old bruises. Evan panicked, quickly taking his knee and shoving it into Will's balls. Will fell to his knees in pain and Evan pushed out the door next to him and ran as fast as he could down the hallway. Jared had been outside discussing a threesome with Rich and Jake, but quickly noticed Evan running down the hallway towards the bathroom.

     "Evan, they said they needed you in rehear-" He noticed the tears rushing down his face and murmured an "oh shit" before excusing himself to run after him. He checked all the bathroom stalls for Evan, finding him curled up in the last one.

     "Evan..." Evan looked up at Jared with terror in his eyes, choking on his tears.

     "Get the fuck away from me." Evan whispered to Jared, watching Jared reach out to him again and shoving his hand away.

      "L-Leave me alone!" Evan yelled at him, then covering his mouth as he continued to cry more. Jared stood up in fear, quickly making his way to the door before looking back to Evan.

     "I'm getting Connor, okay? He's going to be here really soon, just... stay put." Jared ran to the auditorium, seeing Connor on stage practicing Meant to be Yours.

      "Sorry to interrupt. Connor Murphy, your... mom needs you. Outside. Right now. No waiting. Lets go." Jared spoke with such assertion that Connor hopped down from the stage to rush to Jared, and Jared grabbing his arm and pulling him outside. 

     "What does she want?" Connor whispered loudly as they made their way out from the auditorium.

     "What does he want. It's Evan... I-I don't know what happened but he's in the bathrooms..." Jared said fearfully, he saw Connor's expression turn dark and watched the long haired boy sprint down the hallway. Jared stood still before turning back to walk to the auditorium, hoping for the best of Evan.

     "Evan? Evan." Connor spoke softly, closing the bathroom door behind him. He saw the boy shaking and whimpering in the corner on the tiled floor, and moved close to him. Evan's eyes were bloodshot and wet when he looked at Connor with a hateful expression, throwing his arm out and hitting Connor. After realizing what he had done he put his hands over his mouth, choking on his tears as he continued to stare at Connor. 

     "What happened..." Connor's voice sounded broken, looking at the other to see hickeys on his neck. His gaze became serious, he didn't break eye contact with Evan until Evan looked away.

     "H-He... Attacked... I didn't wa-want it... I did-didn't fucking want it!" Evan yelled out, falling further to the ground as his tears grew heavier. He held the edge of an old stalls door, feeling the uneven edges cut into his skin on his hands. 

     "Evan Hansen look at me. Get your hands off of that and fucking breath... I mean, please. Please just take a deep breath for me..." Connor noticed his words were harsh, and readjusted so that he could support Evan. Evan was breathing heavily, watching the blood spill down his hands. Connor took his sweatshirt off to wrap it around Evan's hands, Evan allowing Connor to touch his hands, wincing if he pressed to hard. 

     "I'm going to fuck him up..." Connor whispered, Evan staying silent as he gripped the fabric in his hands. 

     "Y-You ca-can touch me... I tru-trust you..." Evan murmured, letting himself fall into Connor. He felt weak from Will and continued to cry against Connor. 

     "I'm only going to touch you when you ask me to." Connor moved Evan so that he was sitting between his legs, embracing him in his arms. Evan relaxed into Connor, murmuring nonsense to him.

     "I-I'm so-sorry... Th-That I let him touch m-me..." Evan choked out, referring to the hickeys on his neck.

     "It's not your fault. Everything about this is his fault. I'm not mad at you, but I'm fucking furious that he's hurting my boyfriend." He spoke softly to Evan, holding him tighter. He felt Evan kiss his cheek wetly because of the tears. He put his head in the crook of Evan's neck, kissing where Will had left hickeys. Evan picked up Connor's hand and held it in his own, ignoring the dried blood and squeezing his hand tightly. 

     "I think it's safer if we get you home. I can drive you... You okay to get up?" Evan nodded, Connor standing up first and then pulling Evan slowly up after him. The couple exited the bathroom and walked slowly down the hallway, Connor supporting Evan by holding his arm around him. Evan had Connor's sweatshirt on. They made their way to the parking lot, before running into Will leaning against Connor's jeep lazily. Evan tensed and Connor gripped him tighter.

    "You better fucking run, Will."

     "Think you can beat me, Con? I'd be happy to watch you lose. Evan, you sure you don't want to come home with me instead?" Will sneered, rolling up his sleeves. Evan winced at his words, covering his face with his hands as if Will was going to hurt him. Connor noticed the gesture and looked darkly to Will.

      "Get the fuck away from us. Go. Away." Connor said, moving towards Will's face defensively. Will batted his lashes, taking a step back from Connor.

      "I think you should be walking away from Evan, look. He's scared of you! Baby... Come here..." Will cooed, not able to finish his thought as Connor's fist made contact with his jaw. He knocked him to the ground before kicking him roughly in the side with his boot. 

     "He's not your property. You're going to stay the fuck away from him from now on or else." Connor growled, kicking him against once more before rushing back to Evan. Evan was in shock and Connor guided him into his jeep, closing the door behind them. He slammed on the pedal, speeding from the parking lot. Evan looked in the rearview mirror to see Will starting to stand up, a smile on his face as blood trickled from his mouth. He whimpered and Connor reached his hand for Evan to hold while he focused on the road. Evan took it and played with his fingers, gripping them tightly as he breathed heavily.

     "Th-Thanks..."

     "He's not going to get near you ever again." Connor stated simply, pulling into Evan's driveway. Evan looked at his lap, letting a few final tears spill out into Connor's car. Connor exhaled, leaning over to Evan to put his hand softly over his cheek and pull him in to kiss him. Evan kissed back slowly, disconnecting their lips after a few seconds of bliss.

     "H-He's not gonna stop..."

     "I won't give up until he's stopped. I promise, Evan Hansen. I-I love you..." Evan looked shocked as he unbuckled his seatbelt and blushed, nodding to Connor as he rushed into his house. Connor sighed, understanding but a part of him breaking as he watched the broken boy slam the door behind him. He drove him with an unlit cigarette in his mouth, using it as a metaphor for his emotions. He walked into his house, past his arguing family and up into his room as he lay down on his bed. His phone buzzed the second he closed his eyes, and he took a second to look at the message on the screen.

     "I love you too, Con. <3"

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a.n: around 1600 words but not quite haha i hope you enjoyed this shit