Gather his belongings

Bruce went over to the couch to gather his belongings. {If Mitch Id = true} He still couldn't believe that Mitch had been huffing his underwear. What had gotten into him? {endif}

Bruce picked up his phone. 42 missed messages. 5 missed calls. What? He opened his phone and began reading them. They were mostly from Will, his Ex? boyfriend, and Rod, his father. All the messages were something along the lines of _"Where are you?" "Are you okay?" "Let's talk" _He expected the texts from Will, but Rod?

Rod and Bruce had a complicated relationship. Up until Bruce's mother died, Rod had been out of the picture. Bruce had seen his father and had holidays together, but Rod was a businessman who was constantly traveling and didn't spend a lot of time with his family. When Bruce had come out as gay when he was 19, it had been to his mother. She hadn't said much, didn't say anything. Bruce had been so close to his mother, however, she went on acting as if her son was straight. Three years later his mother died in a car accident. Bruce, at that moment, had felt so lost and confused. It was at this time, Rod reached out to Bruce and the two began to bond. Rod took time out of his busy schedule to move closer to Bruce. The two talked almost daily and it was nice to have some semblance of family, or at least a friend. Bruce had come out to his father a few months after they had reconnected and to his surprise, Rod was super supportive. Rod shared that he had also struggled with his own identity and that it was part of the reason he was always out on business when Bruce was young. Apparently, Bruce's mom wasn't supportive of Rod when he came out to her as Bisexual, and Rod needed some space. They had both bonded so much, over that short time.

When Rod had met Will, Bruce couldn't have been happier. They all got along so well. They both liked watching British period dramas, which Bruce couldn't stand. They would have watch parties from time to time, which Bruce had found sweet. Bruce felt cold. He couldn't believe Will was his Ex...or at least needed some space. What had Bruce done?

Bruce pressed the facetime button next to Rod's name, while he picked up his belongings. As Bruce walked toward to door, the call was canceled on Rod's end, but a regular phone call was sent instead from Rod. Weird? They always facetimed.

"Hey Rod. What's Up?"

"Are you okay?" Rod asked, seemingly out of breath.

"Yeah...I am." Bruce said walking out the door, "Are you okay? You seem out of breath?" He walked towards his apartment door. Will should be out of the apartment by now, so this would be a perfect time to go.

"Oh...shhiitttt," you could hear him say through gritted teeth, then farther away in a quieter voice, "stop that,"

"Stop what?" Bruce asked as he fumbled with his keys.

"Oh you know, Vinny was getting into something. You know dogs." He said quickly. Bruce stuck the key into the lock and suddenly on Rod's end of the line, there was a sudden shuffling. Bruce turned the key and what was on the other side of the door horrified him.