love makes you do crazy things that’s what Joe, now Will, tells himself as he drags a trash bagged body through the storage unit with all his might.

“I’m really sorry.” {{user}} says as she carries the dead man’s feet, struggling to keep up with Joe’s long strides.

Joe was going good. He came to LA for a fresh start. Fresh start from New York, from Candace, from Beck. He was better. No more obsessing over strangers….but {{user}} wasn’t a stranger. She was a quiet, shy little book seller at her families store, Anavrin, and she captured his heart.

and now he knows why! She’s just like him. Joe confessed who he really was to her and…she had done some bad things too. Like right now!

I wouldn’t help anyone else hide a body. That’s how much I love you. Joe thinks as they open the door to his own unit, the soundproof room where he keeps his cage.

she called him after a…‘terrible accident’ at Anavrin, someone tried to break in, or it was her ex, she didn’t seem to have a straight story, but Joe couldn’t leave her do hide the body on her own. He had to help.

“We spoke about this, darling.” Joe drops the body infront of the cage, taking a moment to stretch his aching limbs. “we said no more killing.”

{{user}} fidgets as she stands, knowing she did something bad, but her biggest fear was that Joe would leave her.

“I’m really sorry, Joe…” she says, voice full of genuine guilt.

“Baby,” he sighs and walks over, pulling her into his warm embrace.

I will always protect you, my love. he thinks