#(💗): muse || Marcus Baker

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @predatorymaniac wanted a starter off of Nate’s ex-manger: Marcus

|| Marcus was walking the streets of New York after a late night out with friends to celebrate his new big single with his recent artist he had just been signed to. Having gotten rid of Nate once things started to decrease was feeling like this hype was deserved, obviously Marcus had Nate thrown in jail for all the drugs he did and how he ran away from his past of his own guilt and what he done with Cassie and their son. 

|| It was all too brilliantly predictable, the plan worked ten times better then the team thought it would but some of them felt bad when they saw Nate getting took away by the cops but to Marcus - it was the end to the chaos both of them caught and hey somehow, he had still remained on everyone’s good side instead of the bad side. 

|| Just as Marcus was walking over the street - he saw a familiar trace just on a bench, looking as if they were asleep. Holy shit, it was Nate and Marcus was just looking at him which looked creepy to other people due to some of them knowing the backstory of both of the lads, did Marcus ever have any sort of guilt for Nate? No - well a little - sort of but he chose to ignore it.

|| “Well, well, well, if it isn’t the infamous Nate Jacobs. How’d life been treating ya kid?” Marcus smiled his famous cocky smile as he wanted to start the conversation - even if it did land Marcus in trouble - he really wouldn’t care about the consequences that came with his actions.

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Hasn’t this addiction done enough damage already?” - Nate to anyone about his addiction

@predatorymaniac

“Clearly it has considering like you look like you’ve come back from the dead for the 5th time in a month but you should’ve seen it coming - I made you push your limits just to feel better than you ever had and getting you on drugs was a piece of cake. You were so blinded by fame that you didn’t even realize that your parents sold you to me, which means I get to do whatever the fuck I want to you because you’re owned by me Nate”

This was too easy for Marcus and having the fact that his parents wanted to purposefully get rid of Nate permanently meant that they would go through lengths to do what they did - that’s when they met Marcus and then Nate was officially Marcus’s property.

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Nate and his manger Marcus:

// for @predatorymaniac

|| Marcus was on a mission with Nate, and it had to involve one of his ex-girlfriends to which one it was up to Nate but what Marcus had in mind was to force Nate into all the drugs and partying that it would lead him down the road of actually having the idea that manipulation was good to at some extend it was - but for the bad side - no one ever talks about the bad sides that much. 

|| He was getting highly impatient with Nate and the fact that he left the option on who to choose very last minute and it dug into Marcus’ precious time on planning what to rope Nate into that’ll make sure his contract was secured and that if Nate didn’t do what his agent wanted him to do that he could always confined in Marcus to which’ll make a much bigger opportunity to mess with Nate’s head.

|| Once Marcus spotted Nate with someone who he had forced him to choose which was Cassie over Maddy because Marcus didn’t need any bickering while working on what he wanted Nate to do in New York. “Glad both of youse could make it on time, is this Cassie you’ve brought with you? I’m Marcus, his manager and it’s nice to meet you, I’ve heard so much about you!” He had to put on this fake persona of liking the girl he was stood in front of and he knew that Nate was in love with her and that’s not what Marcus wanted him to focus on. 

|| So once everything was boarded into the plane, Marcus made another plan that made sure to keep Nate and Cassie apart and not let feelings get in the way of the true reason of manipulation. What Marcus didn’t see coming was the simple fact of Nate actually being easy to get into drugs and it was Cassie who needed to be put the picture forever hopefully. 

|| “We need to work on your next single and I was thinking that it could be about your personal life instead of some made up stuff that doesn’t really catch people’s attention?” Nate was falling right into Marcus’ trap without any recognition that this is what Marcus wanted and not want Nate wanted in his life and what the prices’ were for involved himself with fame - it was a dangerous game but very satisfying for Marcus to watch.

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I refuse to let someone else control my life." Nate x Marcus

@predatorymaniac

“So what does that exactly mean? Do you let me control your life because that’s what it seems half of the time when we’re spotted together. You even let me hire you for this job and you know what it involves Nate - you seriously do want everyone to know that you’re this independent guy when deep down, you love being controlled by someone else”

What was Marcus getting out right now? After hiring Nate for this new job that was planned for him - all the obsession with getting Nate into more shit turned to nothing but something made believe and that was scary for Marcus since he didn’t have full control of his little minion since Nate could technically just leave one day whenever Marcus wasn’t around. But he didn’t, it was tar he having someone as somewhat loyal as Nate had been throughout the years of them knowing each other and now looking back on it - made Marcus question if he made a secret monster that was once the former rockstar?

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|| “But you know that Cassie will never let you see him when you’re high, people want you and they live whenever you perform. Who cares about some lousy ex wife and your son? People pay loads of money just to go and see your concerts, are you really willing to risk everything just for them and let everyone down? Or are you going to prove to Cassie and Dexter that you’re a star?” It was way too easy to fool Nate into drugs and believing that he had a chance with this live - Cassie had been right ever since they’ve met for the very first time but the idea of fame drew Nate in and he didn’t care whatever cost it took for him to gain every single ounce of fame there was possible 

|| Marcus grabbed the needle full of heroin off of Nate and got ready to inject the drugs into him to make him feel numb for his first night of Nate’s concert here in LA. Of course Marcus had lied and told Nate a false number on how much heroin one person can intake before getting high and not surprising or anything but Nate reluctantly agreed to intake more heroin than needed for him to feel his pain get numb.

|| “I’m honestly surprised that you didn’t hit her back or anything - considering how much you go on about how you regret being with her even though you’ve countlessly admitted many times before that you somehow still love her even after all this time you and her have been apart” he said as he began to inject the drug into Nate’s body, causing him more bruises from how many times he actually used heroin per day. 

|| Nate needed to rehearse and nothing would stop him or Marcus from getting to do this tour successfully and honestly, it felt rewarding for Marcus because it meant more money to be earned for him and more fame given to Nate which fed into his addiction of having more and more fame and that no matter what - not even Cassie could stop Marcus from doing what he planned to do.

|| Marcus entered the room while Nate was raging about his son and Cassie, “I told you that it was a bad idea on trying to approach Cassie with Dexter right off the bat Nate and what do you do? You go up to her and try and see your son - which was stupid because you know what she’s like now. She’s more family based and not fame bound like you!” He went up to Nate and sat down on a chair that was available while hearing the guitar playing in the background.

|| All of it was stupid, Marcus just thought that if they went to LA to do Nate’s tour, they would avoid drama and look what’s happened now. Nate and Cassie had a massive argument but that was the plan that Marcus and the rest of his team developed to stop any kind of distractions Nate had his way. And they were massively successful because they made the so called high school sweethearts had had their big breakup and now were fighting over dexter, their son.

|| “Don’t focus on your son, you’ve got more important things to be getting on with like your tour! Once everything’s is finished then we can go back to New York and you won’t ever have to deal with your ex or your son again - they are just a waste of time and something you shouldn’t be fighting over.” Marcus tried to encourage Nate on focusing on his music rather than his shitty ex wife and son.

|| Meanwhile with Cassie, she had arrived at her moms house - which was nice and secluded so if Nate ever did try to track down Cassie, it would be almost impossible to find her due to the location of her house/her mothers house. Waiting for Dexter to wake up, Cassie got on the phone to Maddy and was about to update her on the latest shit that’s gone on with Nate and her. 

|| Suzie approached the car and told Cassie to roll down the window before nearly having a meltdown due to the stress that Nate caused the whole family, “that little shit said what to you? Oh he’s lucky that you’ve got a child cause if you didn’t then you would’ve done way worse than just slap him Cass. C’mon let’s get you inside, Lexi has just gotten in from work and she can spend some quality time with Dexter while you tell me what’s gone on with Nate”

|| Cassie nodded while ending the call she had started to try and get Maddy’s attention and went inside, holding Dexter in her arms as she enjoyed the time where it was just her son and Cass but Lexi had barely met the child so she deserved some quality time with Dexter. “Basically mom, long story short - I got told that our relationship meant nothing and that I can’t take away his right to be a father to Dex but I can because I don’t want Nate being around Dexter”

|| “There’s more before you but in: he also said that I’m a lot like you and this is exactly quoted on what he said, a weak person and fucked up and then he made a threat to me before I drove off which was that ‘he’s fine, but you won’t be after I come and find you and I’ll get my son back’ or whatever the shut was he said. But overall I’m not bothered because once his fames over then he’ll be wishing he wouldn’t of treated me like a pile of trash” Cassie said while greeting her sister.

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|| “Don’t you recognize me? I’m archie, we met once at a bar and you said that whenever you’re around we could go out together again for another drink. Have you forgotten that already? And who is this? I hope you don’t mind me asking but I just wanted to know if you still knew about that offer?” 

|| The pain that was coming from Archie’s mouth was sure to catch the other persons attention while Nate seemed to be in his own world of whatever fantasy he thought of at that made Archie feel as if they were as important to Nate as they thought. Marcus on the other hand, didn’t even know they Nate had met someone and pretended to be someone called bobby but this seemed to be perfect and fit into Marcus’ plan of making sure that he kept Nate in his grasps forever.

|| Marcus wanted to introduced himself to the other person as it would be seen as he was being rude which wasn’t intended so to break the ice and the tension between the three of them - Marcus decided to just start a conversation with Archie, “I don’t think we’ve met before but I’m Marcus, Bobby’s old manager from when he used to have his fame but now I’m just sort of looking after him because of Bobby being at risk of getting even more sick then he already is”

|| Marcus couldn’t believe that Nate had lied to this boy about who he was and what he done as a job. Did he do that just to piss Marcus off or was it a signal for Archie to open their eyes and help Bobby or Nate or both escape the hellhole that Marcus has put him in? “Well it’s nice to meet you, I don’t think Bobby’s ever mentioned you before but that’s okay. I’m just someone who he met at a bar once cause I work as a bartender surprisingly enough” Archie told Marcus.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @predatorymaniac asked for a starter off of Archie <3

|| Archie was walking the streets on day, they hadn’t heard much off of Bobby after he decided to go awol on the world but they didn’t mind that because his mental health was more important than anything in the world and that was understandable due to Archie taking some time away from life to deal with themselves and what they needed as well.

|| Seeing a familiar person in the distance, Archie knew that it was Bobby and got excited to see him after a while, someone else was there carrying him and it made Archie think that Bobby’s sickness had worsened - not knowing that it was the drug used he still done that didn’t really give him much help other than numb the pain which turned out to be more pain in the end.

|| They decided to walk towards the two people and see what was wrong with Bobby and if needed get him to a hospital before things spiralled out of control and he ended up dying, what Archie didn’t prepare for though - was probably the most shocking thing they’ve ever received in their life. But the decision they’ve made would shock Bobby because Archie chose to always stay by his side, whether or not he told some fucked up lie to get away from his old life.

|| “Sorry if I’ve got the wrong person but I’d that you Bobby? If you are then I’ve missed you and I hope you’re getting better even if it does look like someone else is carrying you just for today but whenever you’re ready - please come back home to us, we all miss you and I can’t wait to show you what I’ve got up to”

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|| Marcus was just watching as Nate started to talk to himself thinking that Dexter was in the room with them and it made him view Nate as this massive crazy person who has lost all touch of the real world and now he was imagining the fact that his son was in the room just made Marcus want to go insane himself because of how crazy Nate was acting.

|| “Daddy, I know you’re not fine - why did you have to leave mommy and me? She was nothing but kind to you and yet you still betrayed both of us for something that didn’t matter. You give me false promises that you will never fulfil and if you were never going to leave me ever again then why aren’t you with me in LA? Why are you still in crappy New York? I love you too but you left us - you left me…” The imaginary voice of dexter answered his fathers voice and this time dexter wanted to be honest with what he was feeling - even if this conversation wasn’t real.

|| It had been a while since Nate had been in his own little world and Marcus was getting concerned about the fact that he was unresponsive and couldn’t find a way to get out of the world that drawn Nate in and it was harder for Marcus to control him more when his mind was all over the place. “Nate? Nate? Nate! Would you please get out of your own world and talk to me like a normal human being?!” He was getting impatient with thinking that this other part of what Marcus was doing was going to fail. 

|| “You can try to sing but your voice might be rusty due to you not singing in a while and with your memory being all lost in translation maybe you should lay off of the singing and maybe join a band where you can do backing vocals instead of full time singing for now”

|| They got to the hotel and Marcus payed for at least two weeks for Nate to stay in the hotel until he was stable enough to go out and find a house to live in while getting his feet back on the ground after all that’s happened to him and when Marcus heard Nate tell him that he was willing to try anything and everything if needed to get money because Nate needed it as soon as possible and it was a demand for money even if it was wrong to seek your body to others.

|| “Are you sure that you want to do that if you had the choice to? It’s not always the safest option but it does pay high money wise, you’ll just have to get used to having one or more people wanting to fuck you as the days go on. You prepared to take that offer up even if there are way more opportunities that are available to you?” Marcus had this plan going perfectly, he could just play all innocent until Nate got into those things and became more of a mess then he actually was to begin with and that wasn’t even much compared to what he’ll be like it he did take the opportunity.

|| When they got to the hotel room, Marcus laid Nate gently onto the bed as it was pitch black and there obviously needed some light to be projected into the room but there was no point in trying when Nate’s eyes were sensitive due to the amount of drugs Marcus had him intaking during the life of a famous rockstar once. This was always how it would work out, Marcus would make this huge superstar but then when people started to find out everything you’ve ever done - it all comes crashing down.

|| “Have you seen your son at any time during these past months? Sorry if it’s a sensitive question I just wanted to know since you deep down missed him and seeing his face even though Cassie never let you seen him properly” Marcus asked Nate as he was slowly undressing Nate just to put some proper clothes on him instead of wearing junk shit he could find in the local dumpster.

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|| “You can try to sing but your voice might be rusty due to you not singing in a while and with your memory being all lost in translation maybe you should lay off of the singing and maybe join a band where you can do backing vocals instead of full time singing for now”

|| They got to the hotel and Marcus payed for at least two weeks for Nate to stay in the hotel until he was stable enough to go out and find a house to live in while getting his feet back on the ground after all that’s happened to him and when Marcus heard Nate tell him that he was willing to try anything and everything if needed to get money because Nate needed it as soon as possible and it was a demand for money even if it was wrong to seek your body to others.

|| “Are you sure that you want to do that if you had the choice to? It’s not always the safest option but it does pay high money wise, you’ll just have to get used to having one or more people wanting to fuck you as the days go on. You prepared to take that offer up even if there are way more opportunities that are available to you?” Marcus had this plan going perfectly, he could just play all innocent until Nate got into those things and became more of a mess then he actually was to begin with and that wasn’t even much compared to what he’ll be like it he did take the opportunity.

|| When they got to the hotel room, Marcus laid Nate gently onto the bed as it was pitch black and there obviously needed some light to be projected into the room but there was no point in trying when Nate’s eyes were sensitive due to the amount of drugs Marcus had him intaking during the life of a famous rockstar once. This was always how it would work out, Marcus would make this huge superstar but then when people started to find out everything you’ve ever done - it all comes crashing down.

|| “Have you seen your son at any time during these past months? Sorry if it’s a sensitive question I just wanted to know since you deep down missed him and seeing his face even though Cassie never let you seen him properly” Marcus asked Nate as he was slowly undressing Nate just to put some proper clothes on him instead of wearing junk shit he could find in the local dumpster.

|| “i mean if you think that you can still achieve it with your voice even if it sound broken then maybe you can still be the star you were, it’s still possible. I’m not going to kidnap you or anything you don’t have to worry, I’m just taking you to the nearest hotel so you can rest your head for a bit” Marcus often wandered what happened to Nate while he left him on the streets to fend for himself after getting used to living off of money all his life.

|| When they got to the hotel, this would probably be one of the last times Marcus would ever see Nate and it was going to be remembered by him buying Nate a place to stay for a little while and then receiving questions off of Nate about how to get his fame back and get money the fast way. Until Marcus had the idea of how his fellow artist could not only keep his fame but earn him double of what he’s already earned through all of the touring he did before his downfall, this may be a dangerous thing to do but it was something Marcus knew that Nate would at least try.

|| “Have you ever thought about maybe considering selling your body to other people or just becoming a stripper if you managed to run out of money permanently? Just like a back up plan for when you do really start to downfall and if fame doesn’t come back to you” Marcus was back to his old ways - trying to manipulate poor Nate into giving himself more of s bad reputation to his name then he could have ever done in the history of being Nate Jacobs.

|| All while Marcus was enjoying it, even if he had stopped doing what he was doing - it wasn’t going to be anything home worthy to write about in songs and have other people sing them for him when he couldn’t be bothered and instead be a lousy music producer who would make millions off of other peoples demise. Nothing tasted better for when his clients got thrown in jail instead of him for all the so called crimes that they committed and now that Nate was desperate for money - this was the perfect thing for Marcus to do.

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“You should know where your parents are considering that you live with them Nate and it shouldn’t be that hard to use the last remainder of your brain cells to think where your parents will be”

What Nate wanted Marcus to do was a bit too extreme and he never would’ve thought it was humanly possible for a favor like that to be considered wasn’t going to make Marcus want to kill Nate. He doesn’t have it in him - sure he is a manipulative guy but he would never kill someone with his own hands, the guy barely has it in him to think about that.

Playing with the dead cigarettes butt Marcus had in between the teeth, he made it out to Nate as if he was choosing what he wanted when in reality - he already had his mind made up of what he wanted to say to him.

“No, I’m not doing that Nate - you’re going overboard now and for no reason, are you sure you’re not still on drugs? Because you’re acting like there’s plenty that are left for you to try and see how much your body can take even when you’re sick! That thing you’re asking me to do is not even humanly thinkable to even consider, I’m simply not doing it - no and you can’t force me” Marcus held up his hands as if he was being defensive when down below he was still enjoying this cat and mouse game that was happening between the two.

Meanwhile, Marsha and Cal were enjoying the time of their lives having warning big money for selling Nate off to Marcus despite Cal being locked in prison for a while while Marsha pretended to give a shit about Nate when in reality, she never - she just wanted to manipulate the already broken boy into more spirals of going insane and hopefully ending his life fully.

But there was unsolved problems that were coming it’s way to Marsha and Cal because of what they done to Nate while he was younger and still to this day - what they don’t to him recently.

They didn’t really care about the consequences to their actions since they became very wealthy off of it due to Marsha not being able to continue her job while trying to run the house during the time that Cal had gone but now - now everything was built up on scams and failing to ding someone who was as interested in buying Nate than Marcus.

“This feels so good knowing that whoever our son has become will finally knock some sense into him about not following what his parents have set out for him and for being so desperate for fame that he would trust anyone to take him under their wing and walk right into our trap. It feels so stupid and comical while the feeling of success washes that over me” Cal told Marsha as he took a sip of his cold beer.

@predatorymaniac

“It really wasn’t that hard for me to not agree with what your parents said when they described how much of a broken child you were considering your past and how you acted hasn’t changed much since you’re still him in all honesty”

This was so fun for Marcus and having Nate think that he actually cared for the the youngster since Marcus was really all in it for the money but of it.

He was only making money for himself and promised by Marsha and Cal that it would be something to boast about once he got Nate’s career going that it was all because of how smart Marcus is and with his manipulation tactics he had started on the young boy which made him into the druggie he is today.

“It’s not my fault that you were so obsessed with fame and wanted it at no cost, where do you think it would get you? You should’ve seen it coming with how your parents treated you when you were younger - Aaron was the only one who didn’t want you to be sold to me because he thought you had more potential then being under my control”

Marcus looked at Nate while having his wicked grin forming on his mouth as he thought about everything that had happened which was building up to this moment between the two of them and nothing else was worth it over seeing Nate actually being in hospital due to what Marcus had put him on and how much he actually made Nate take.

It was really the cherry on top of Marcus said so himself and that’s what he thought - call him egotistical and manipulative because he was and he had everyone wrapped around his finger that no one would suspect he would do such a horrible thing to someone as scarred as Nate.

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|| Stage one of Marcus’s plan had already began to take place, Nate was just too drawn into game that he had no idea that Marcus was going to manipulate him and use him for fame just like he intended Nate to use Cassie for his pleasure. When Nate sort of refused to make the songs about his personal life, it did sort of get under Marcus’s skin because Nate was diverting away from his true intentions that were set out to make Nate so blinded by fame that he loses Cassie once and for all.

|| “Well, what’s the subject that people most likely ask you about? I’ve had years of experience with young people like you - wanting to start fresh and this is how you’ll get a fresh face onto mainstream music, alls you have to do is trust me” Marcus smiled at Nate while inside he was having a feeling of successfulness going on deep within his corrupted soul.

|| He nodded when Nate asked for drugs and Marcus realized that it would be easier than he thought to manipulate the young Nate Jacobs into some harmful shit that Marcus had planned for when Nate got older and everyone adored him with the music he was creating and the history behind him. But first thing was first before he could put the rest of the stages of his plan into action and they were: get Nate his drugs that he requested and then get rid of his so called ‘girlfriend’.

|| Once Marcus was given the specific drugs that Nate took, it didn’t sit right with him that it was just cocaine because later in life - Nate would have to have stronger drugs to numb the pain that he was bound to go through and Marcus might as well start using Nate and manipulating him into using those stronger drugs at a young age so it looked more natural then starting when Nate’s older. 

|| So that’s exactly what Marcus did, he tried to introduce more stronger drugs into Nate’s life so that he could experience what other options he had available when he came to drugs. “Why don’t you try maybe some other drugs? I’m sure that coke does the job just as quickly but these drugs will be more beneficial and will help you deal with stress way better than what coke can do”

Nate and his manger Marcus:

// for @predatorymaniac

|| Marcus was on a mission with Nate, and it had to involve one of his ex-girlfriends to which one it was up to Nate but what Marcus had in mind was to force Nate into all the drugs and partying that it would lead him down the road of actually having the idea that manipulation was good to at some extend it was - but for the bad side - no one ever talks about the bad sides that much. 

|| He was getting highly impatient with Nate and the fact that he left the option on who to choose very last minute and it dug into Marcus’ precious time on planning what to rope Nate into that’ll make sure his contract was secured and that if Nate didn’t do what his agent wanted him to do that he could always confined in Marcus to which’ll make a much bigger opportunity to mess with Nate’s head.

|| Once Marcus spotted Nate with someone who he had forced him to choose which was Cassie over Maddy because Marcus didn’t need any bickering while working on what he wanted Nate to do in New York. “Glad both of youse could make it on time, is this Cassie you’ve brought with you? I’m Marcus, his manager and it’s nice to meet you, I’ve heard so much about you!” He had to put on this fake persona of liking the girl he was stood in front of and he knew that Nate was in love with her and that’s not what Marcus wanted him to focus on. 

|| So once everything was boarded into the plane, Marcus made another plan that made sure to keep Nate and Cassie apart and not let feelings get in the way of the true reason of manipulation. What Marcus didn’t see coming was the simple fact of Nate actually being easy to get into drugs and it was Cassie who needed to be put the picture forever hopefully. 

|| “We need to work on your next single and I was thinking that it could be about your personal life instead of some made up stuff that doesn’t really catch people’s attention?” Nate was falling right into Marcus’ trap without any recognition that this is what Marcus wanted and not want Nate wanted in his life and what the prices’ were for involved himself with fame - it was a dangerous game but very satisfying for Marcus to watch.

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|| “i mean if you think that you can still achieve it with your voice even if it sound broken then maybe you can still be the star you were, it’s still possible. I’m not going to kidnap you or anything you don’t have to worry, I’m just taking you to the nearest hotel so you can rest your head for a bit” Marcus often wandered what happened to Nate while he left him on the streets to fend for himself after getting used to living off of money all his life.

|| When they got to the hotel, this would probably be one of the last times Marcus would ever see Nate and it was going to be remembered by him buying Nate a place to stay for a little while and then receiving questions off of Nate about how to get his fame back and get money the fast way. Until Marcus had the idea of how his fellow artist could not only keep his fame but earn him double of what he’s already earned through all of the touring he did before his downfall, this may be a dangerous thing to do but it was something Marcus knew that Nate would at least try.

|| “Have you ever thought about maybe considering selling your body to other people or just becoming a stripper if you managed to run out of money permanently? Just like a back up plan for when you do really start to downfall and if fame doesn’t come back to you” Marcus was back to his old ways - trying to manipulate poor Nate into giving himself more of s bad reputation to his name then he could have ever done in the history of being Nate Jacobs.

|| All while Marcus was enjoying it, even if he had stopped doing what he was doing - it wasn’t going to be anything home worthy to write about in songs and have other people sing them for him when he couldn’t be bothered and instead be a lousy music producer who would make millions off of other peoples demise. Nothing tasted better for when his clients got thrown in jail instead of him for all the so called crimes that they committed and now that Nate was desperate for money - this was the perfect thing for Marcus to do.

|| What was Marcus even thinking? He was about to give Nate a place to stay after everything that has happened between them as two people who were tied to a contract for years until a couple of weeks ago. This was something that he had ever imagined he would be doing to any other of his ex - artists, but this time might’ve been different - Marcus knew how cold it got in New York and seeing Nate just on the bench in the middle of the night made the guy feeling sympathy towards him.

|| “Listen but don’t tell anyone I’ve told you this or done what I’m about to do, since I don’t want you to get hyperthermia and die out here in the cold - I’ll pay for a hotel for you to stay in while you get your feet back on the road and hopefully get a job and start over again, if you wanted to, I could even help you apply to some of them but you promise me that you can try to rebound and make a comeback in this community?” This wasn’t Marcus trying to manipulate Nate into coming with him - he was actually being genuine about giving him a place to stay for a little while until he manages to move away from the drugs and living on the streets.

|| No more being the manipulative manager he once was ages ago and over that time period - yes he became more successful but the want to manipulate other people kind of died down a bit as he became older and not self centred as he was long ago. Pulling Nate up from the bench, Marcus could see how fragile he actually made Nate and it took a toll on Marcus’s thinking process because even if he is a massive dick - he still looks out for people when he’s not out for money and sometimes he may put his money into good use and this time was one of them.

|| “Let’s get you to some shelter, okay? And then when you’re all rested up, we can see how you’re feeling to try and find maybe a little job to help you make some money. I don’t do this very often but you look rough so the least I could do is help find you somewhere to live for now”

[midnightpsychos]

|| “Then that’s perfect, wrote a song about how people make you feel and you just want them to shut up about your life. As someone who wants to be one a successful artist - you have to be able to express yourself and put yourself out for your viewers drawn into you and the musing your producing” 

|| Marcus never knew that it was easy to fool someone as hated as Nate who thought he had star quality when he had nothing good about him other than the fact that he wanted to comeback but as someone with more power than he already had for someone his age. 

|| “Do you know what heroin is? It’s a bit like Cole but instead of just making you high - it does just that while also numbing any emotions you feel. Alls you have to do just inject a needle into you with how much of the actual heroin you want to ideally take depending on what you feel” Marcus smirked while getting one of his staff to get the stuff he needed just to show Nate how it would actually work. 

|| After they would initially inject Nate work the heroin - the team could get on with working on the song and just manipulating Nate into leaving Cassie and making him turn into someone like Marcus, someone who would later go on to either still have the fame he did or a homeless person. It was as easy as that, that’s if Nate was prepared to listen to Marcus at all cost and not disobey any given instruction from Marcus or his team.

|| Stage one of Marcus’s plan had already began to take place, Nate was just too drawn into game that he had no idea that Marcus was going to manipulate him and use him for fame just like he intended Nate to use Cassie for his pleasure. When Nate sort of refused to make the songs about his personal life, it did sort of get under Marcus’s skin because Nate was diverting away from his true intentions that were set out to make Nate so blinded by fame that he loses Cassie once and for all.

|| “Well, what’s the subject that people most likely ask you about? I’ve had years of experience with young people like you - wanting to start fresh and this is how you’ll get a fresh face onto mainstream music, alls you have to do is trust me” Marcus smiled at Nate while inside he was having a feeling of successfulness going on deep within his corrupted soul.

|| He nodded when Nate asked for drugs and Marcus realized that it would be easier than he thought to manipulate the young Nate Jacobs into some harmful shit that Marcus had planned for when Nate got older and everyone adored him with the music he was creating and the history behind him. But first thing was first before he could put the rest of the stages of his plan into action and they were: get Nate his drugs that he requested and then get rid of his so called ‘girlfriend’.

|| Once Marcus was given the specific drugs that Nate took, it didn’t sit right with him that it was just cocaine because later in life - Nate would have to have stronger drugs to numb the pain that he was bound to go through and Marcus might as well start using Nate and manipulating him into using those stronger drugs at a young age so it looked more natural then starting when Nate’s older. 

|| So that’s exactly what Marcus did, he tried to introduce more stronger drugs into Nate’s life so that he could experience what other options he had available when he came to drugs. “Why don’t you try maybe some other drugs? I’m sure that coke does the job just as quickly but these drugs will be more beneficial and will help you deal with stress way better than what coke can do”

[midnightpsychos]

“It really wasn’t that hard for me to not agree with what your parents said when they described how much of a broken child you were considering your past and how you acted hasn’t changed much since you’re still him in all honesty”

This was so fun for Marcus and having Nate think that he actually cared for the the youngster since Marcus was really all in it for the money but of it.

He was only making money for himself and promised by Marsha and Cal that it would be something to boast about once he got Nate’s career going that it was all because of how smart Marcus is and with his manipulation tactics he had started on the young boy which made him into the druggie he is today.

“It’s not my fault that you were so obsessed with fame and wanted it at no cost, where do you think it would get you? You should’ve seen it coming with how your parents treated you when you were younger - Aaron was the only one who didn’t want you to be sold to me because he thought you had more potential then being under my control”

Marcus looked at Nate while having his wicked grin forming on his mouth as he thought about everything that had happened which was building up to this moment between the two of them and nothing else was worth it over seeing Nate actually being in hospital due to what Marcus had put him on and how much he actually made Nate take.

It was really the cherry on top of Marcus said so himself and that’s what he thought - call him egotistical and manipulative because he was and he had everyone wrapped around his finger that no one would suspect he would do such a horrible thing to someone as scarred as Nate.

Hasn’t this addiction done enough damage already?” - Nate to anyone about his addiction

@predatorymaniac

“Clearly it has considering like you look like you’ve come back from the dead for the 5th time in a month but you should’ve seen it coming - I made you push your limits just to feel better than you ever had and getting you on drugs was a piece of cake. You were so blinded by fame that you didn’t even realize that your parents sold you to me, which means I get to do whatever the fuck I want to you because you’re owned by me Nate”

This was too easy for Marcus and having the fact that his parents wanted to purposefully get rid of Nate permanently meant that they would go through lengths to do what they did - that’s when they met Marcus and then Nate was officially Marcus’s property.

[midnightpsychos]

|| What was Marcus even thinking? He was about to give Nate a place to stay after everything that has happened between them as two people who were tied to a contract for years until a couple of weeks ago. This was something that he had ever imagined he would be doing to any other of his ex - artists, but this time might’ve been different - Marcus knew how cold it got in New York and seeing Nate just on the bench in the middle of the night made the guy feeling sympathy towards him.

|| “Listen but don’t tell anyone I’ve told you this or done what I’m about to do, since I don’t want you to get hyperthermia and die out here in the cold - I’ll pay for a hotel for you to stay in while you get your feet back on the road and hopefully get a job and start over again, if you wanted to, I could even help you apply to some of them but you promise me that you can try to rebound and make a comeback in this community?” This wasn’t Marcus trying to manipulate Nate into coming with him - he was actually being genuine about giving him a place to stay for a little while until he manages to move away from the drugs and living on the streets.

|| No more being the manipulative manager he once was ages ago and over that time period - yes he became more successful but the want to manipulate other people kind of died down a bit as he became older and not self centred as he was long ago. Pulling Nate up from the bench, Marcus could see how fragile he actually made Nate and it took a toll on Marcus’s thinking process because even if he is a massive dick - he still looks out for people when he’s not out for money and sometimes he may put his money into good use and this time was one of them.

|| “Let’s get you to some shelter, okay? And then when you’re all rested up, we can see how you’re feeling to try and find maybe a little job to help you make some money. I don’t do this very often but you look rough so the least I could do is help find you somewhere to live for now”

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @predatorymaniac wanted a starter off of Nate’s ex-manger: Marcus

|| Marcus was walking the streets of New York after a late night out with friends to celebrate his new big single with his recent artist he had just been signed to. Having gotten rid of Nate once things started to decrease was feeling like this hype was deserved, obviously Marcus had Nate thrown in jail for all the drugs he did and how he ran away from his past of his own guilt and what he done with Cassie and their son. 

|| It was all too brilliantly predictable, the plan worked ten times better then the team thought it would but some of them felt bad when they saw Nate getting took away by the cops but to Marcus - it was the end to the chaos both of them caught and hey somehow, he had still remained on everyone’s good side instead of the bad side. 

|| Just as Marcus was walking over the street - he saw a familiar trace just on a bench, looking as if they were asleep. Holy shit, it was Nate and Marcus was just looking at him which looked creepy to other people due to some of them knowing the backstory of both of the lads, did Marcus ever have any sort of guilt for Nate? No - well a little - sort of but he chose to ignore it.

|| “Well, well, well, if it isn’t the infamous Nate Jacobs. How’d life been treating ya kid?” Marcus smiled his famous cocky smile as he wanted to start the conversation - even if it did land Marcus in trouble - he really wouldn’t care about the consequences that came with his actions.