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thekillerblogofkillers · 7 years ago

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Kenneth McDuff (1946-1998)

Kenneth McDuff, also known as the Broomstick Killer, was an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering 3 strangers in 1966. He received 3 death sentences that were reduced to life imprisonment. He was paroled in 1989 but was given a new death sentence and was executed for a murder committed after his release. He is suspected to have been responsible for many other murders.

Kenneth Allen McDuff was born at 201 Linden Street in Rosebud, Central Texas, on March 21, 1946. He was the fifth of sixth children born to John and Addie McDuff. John McDuff ran a successful concrete business during the Texas construction boom in the 1960s. McDuff was said to be coddled by his mother, nicknamed the ‘pistol packing momma’ because she once threatened a school bus driver with a gun after he had kicked her older son Lonnie off the bus. Kenneth ended up with the reputation of a bully that picked only on the weak kids after losing a fight he had picked with an athletic, popular boy. As a result he dropped out of school and began to work for his father’s business, doing manual labour. He later bragged in interviews that the older women loved the way he mowed their laws, making others jealous. McDuff was convicted of a string of burglaries and imprisoned.

McDuff’s criminal record began 2 years before his 1st conviction for murder. At the age of 18 McDuff was convicted of 12 counts of burglary and attempted burglary in 3 Texas counties. He was sentenced to 12 four-year prison terms to be served concurrently but he made parole less than a year later. McDuff did another brief stint in prison after becoming involved in a fight. Despite the fact that he had not been convicted of any murders at the time, Roy Dale Green, McDuff’s accomplice in the 1966 triple homicide, said that McDuff had openly bragged about raping and killing 2 women.

On August 6, 1966, McDuff and Green (whom he had met through a mutual friend around a month earlier) spent the day pouring concrete for McDuff’s father. When they were done for the day they began driving round (McDuff said he was looking for a girl.) At around 10pm, Robert Brand, 17, his girlfriend Edna Louise Sullivan, 16, and Brand’s 15-year-old cousin Mark Dunman were standing next to their parked car on a baseball field in Everman, Texas. While they were driving around, McDuff noticed Sullivan and parked 150 yards away from the trio. He threatened them with his .38 Colt revolver and ordered them into the trunk of their car. With Green following in McDuff’s car, he drove the victims’ Ford along the highway and into a field, where he ordered Sullivan to get out of the trunk and told Green to put her into the trunk of his Dodge Coronet. According to Green’s statement, McDuff said he would have to “knock ‘em off” and proceeded to fire 6 shots into the trunk of the Ford as Dunman and Brand were pleading for their lives. McDuff then told Green to wipe the fingerprints off the car. After driving to a second location, McDuff and Green (Green allegedly under duress) raped Sullivan. After raping her repeatedly, McDuff asked Green for something to strangle her with and Green have him his belt. In the end, though, McDuff chose to use a 3 ft long piece of broomstick from his car to choke Sullivan. After she was dead, McDuff and Green dumped her body in a patch of bushes. They bought Coca-Cola from a gas station in Hillsboro before driving to Green’s house to spend the night. The next day McDuff buried his revolver next to Green’s garage and their mutual friend Richard Boyd allowed McDuff to wash his car at his house. The next day, Green confessed Boyd’s parents, who told Green’s mother, who convinced Green to turn himself in. McDuff received 3 death sentences and was scheduled to die in Texas’s electric chair and Green was released after 11 years. McDuff’s death sentences were commuted to a life sentence and he hired a lawyer who gathered a wealth of evidence suggesting that Green was the real killer. Some members of the parole board were swayed by the dossier. During a 1-on-1 interview with a board member McDuff offered him a bribe to secure his release. He was given a 2-year sentence for the bribe attempt. It was meaningless, however, as board members thought McDuff was still able to “contribute to society” and granted him parole. He was released in 1989.

McDuff was one of 20 former death row inmates and 127 murderers to be paroled, and after his release he began working at a gas station making $4 an hour while taking a class at Texas State Technical College. It is believed that within 3 days of his release, McDuff killed 31-year-old Sarafia Parker. Her body was discovered on October 14, 1989 in Temple. McDuff was not charged with his crime, but was soon returned to prison on a parole violation for making death threats to a youth in Rosebud. Addie McDuff paid $1,500 plus another $700 for expenses to 2 Huntsville attorneys in return for their “evaluation” of her son’s prospects of parole. On December 18, 1990, McDuff was released from prison again. In October 1991 he picked up a prostitute/drug addict named Brenda Thompson in Waco. He tied her up and then stopped his truck 50 ft from a police checkpoint. When a police officer walked toward the vehicle, Thompson repeatedly kicked the windshield of McDuff’s truck, cracking it. McDuff accelerated quickly and drove at the officers. According to a statement the officers gave later, 3 of them had to jump out of the way of the truck. The officers chased McDuff, but he escaped by turning off his lights and travelling the wrong way down a 1-way street. He parked his truck in a wooded area near Route 84 and tortured Thompson to death. Her body was not discovered for 7 years.

Five days after the murder of Brenda Thompson, McDuff and 17-year-old prostitute Regenia DeAnne Moore were seen having an argument at a motel in Waco. Shortly after the 2 drove in McDuff’s pickup truck to a remote area near Texas State Highway 6. McDuff tied Moore’s arms and legs with stockings before killing her. She, too, had been missing for 7 years before her body was discovered. McDuff is also thought to have killed Cynthia Renee Gonzalez, 23, whose body was found in a creek bed near County Road 313 in a heavily wooded area near I-35, 6 days after she was reported missing. McDuff and Alva Hank Worley, an accomplice, murdered Colleen Reed from Louisiana on December 29, 1991. McDuff and Worley drove to a car wash and kidnapped Reed in full view of eyewitnesses before driving away. Worley admitted in a later interview that he had raped and tortured Reed with cigarettes, but claimed not to have participated in her murder.

McDuff’s next victim was Valencia Joshua, a prostitute, who was last seen alive knocking on McDuff’s door. He strangled her on February 24, 1992 and her body was discovered just under a month later at a golf course. Next came Melissa Northrup, a 22-year-old store clerk from a Waco Quik-pak, who was pregnant when she disappeared from the store. The kidnapper took $250 from the cash register. McDuff was a suspect as he was seen in the vicinity at the time of Northrup’s disappearance. Before the body was found, a college friend of McDuff’s told police officers that McDuff had tried to persuade him to help rob the store. Northup’s body was found by fishermen almost 2 months after the murder.

A problem for investigators was that McDuff’s post-release victims were spread out all across Texas, covering multiple jurisdictions, and making a coordinated investigation almost impossible. The police did learn that McDuff was selling drugs and had an illegal firearm, both of which are federal offences, so on March 6, 1992, a local State Attorney issued an arrest warrant. In April of the same year, Bell County investigators brought Worley in for questioning on the basis that he was a known associate of McDuff. Worley admitted his part in the kidnapping of Reed and was held in a Travis County jail while police continued the manhunt for McDuff. In the meantime, McDuff had moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he was working as a garbage collector under the alias Richard Fowler. On May 1, 1992, a co-worker of his named Gary Smithee watched America’s Most Wanted & noticed how similar Kenneth McDuff was to his new colleague. After talking to another co-worker about the situation, Smithee called the Kansas City Police Department, which ran Fowler’s name and discovered he had been arrested (and subsequently fingerprinted) for soliciting prostitutes. A comparison of the prints taken from Fowler and those taken from McDuff proved they were one and the same man. On May 4, 1992, a surveillance team of 6 officers arrested McDuff as he drove to a landfill.

Kenneth McDuff was indicted on 1 count of capital murder for Northrup’s killing in McLennan County, Texas on June 26, 1992 and was found guilty. In Texas, the jury decides whether or not an individual convicted of murder is sentenced to life imprisonment or given the death penalty. Journalist Gary Cartwright wrote: “If there has ever been a good argument for the death penalty, it’s Kenneth McDuff.” On February 18, 1993, the jury opted to sentence him to death. After a number of delays while appeals were heard, the Western District Court denied habeas corpus relief and rescheduled the execution for November 17, 1998. McDuff is buried in the Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery, also known as “Peckerwood Hill,” in Huntsville, Texas. Prisoners buried there are the ones whose families chose not to claim their remains. His headstone contains only his date of execution and his death row number. His final meal was a hamburger fashioned to resemble his request of a steak.

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bulletproof-heaven · 8 years ago

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Wings Cafe - Chapter 1

Chapter: prologue 1 2

The clock had just hit one in the morning and the streets were deserted. No late-night joggers, no crazy house parties, and no teenagers wandering on the streets looking for an illegal drink. All cars were parked in their respectable driveways and no lights shined through the windows of any of the houses. The town was dead asleep.

A black van with tinted windows was parked on the side of the road, in front of a tall expensive-looking office building. Two young men sat inside the van while two stood behind it, hidden, blending into the darkness.

"Taehyung, are you sure we are at the right place?" The shotgun rider, an adorable young man with round eyes and baby fat filled cheeks, whined into the earpiece he was wearing. The twenty-one-year-old brunette was on the verge of falling asleep, eyes unfocused and blinking slowly. “It looks nothing like the picture”.

A bass toned scoff was heard on the other side, "Are you doubting my skills, Jimin?".

Jimin opened his mouth to retort but the twenty-four-year-old with pale skin in the driver’s seat, beat him to it, "Taehyung, he’s just asking a question”

A pout could be heard, "but he started it! He thinks I'm weak because I do all my work from behind a laptop".

Jimin's eyes widened at the accusation and turned to the pale man with his own pout, "I never said anything even remotely close to that!"

The two best friends started arguing with each other, back and forth through, the communication device, forgetting that everyone else in the group of six could hear them.

"Guys!" An authoritative voice cut through the banter, "Can we please focus?"

The fighting pair both quietened down immediately, "sorry, hyung".

Namjoon sighed before asking, "Taehyung, are you sure they are at the right building?"

The sound of fingers flying on a keyboard could be heard, "Yeah, I'm sure. I have clear visuals on the entire place. They should really consider upgrading their security system".

"That's good”. The whole team could practically see the leader nod his head in a manner that they’re all familiar with; no facial expression, dyed platinum blonde hair bouncing along with a single curt nod.

"Okay, guys" he started, "I want it to be nice and clean, I'm talking to you, Jungkook-"

"-Hey!"

"I repeat: nice and clean. Then a big finale, okay?"

A chorus of okays came through.

"And also, no play fighting with the security, and no treasure hunting until the job is done, okay?"

Another chorus of okays.

"Party pooper." Jungkook muttered, even though everyone could hear it clearly.

Taehyung laughed teasingly, "You're just salty cause he called you out".

"You too, Taehyung. No wild goose chases just because you feel like messing with them”.

"Party pooper".

Namjoon simply ignored the hacker, “Jungkook, Hoseok, go”.

The two young men casually walked out from behind the van and straight towards the entrance of the building. Even though both of them were dressed in their best business attire, none of them looked like actual business men; multiple ear piercings, Hoseok had short black hair styled upward, while Jungkook had dyed reddish-brown with a side fringe.

"Stage one," Taehyung's voice rang though, alerting them but they didn’t reply; opting to just walk straight towards the two buff security guys with confidence. They nearly walked past them too but was suddenly stopped. "Excuse me, do you have ID?".

“Yeah, sorry” Hoseok laughed, “my bad”.

They both reached into their suits to pull out a lanyard with a laminated ID card attached to the end, before handing it over. The two watched one of the security guards scanned Hoseok’s card before handing it back. Hoseok muttered a quick thanks before heading towards the door, leaving the other behind. Jungkook waited patiently, slightly annoyed at the fact that Hoseok just had to give him a ‘ha, I’m first’ smile before entering the building and disappearing from his sight.

"Huh," the guy stated after scanning the ID. All the hairs on the back of Jungkook' neck stood up as a chill ran through his body. His heart started to race; Taehyung assured him that there would be no problems with the ID. He couldn't get stopped now. It was only the first stage; that would be so embarrassing.

Jungkook raised an eyebrow, "is there something wrong?"

The guy looked back at him with a questioning gaze, "your name is Jihyo?"

And at that moment, Jungkook really wanted to just abort the mission in favor of driving an hour back home to punch Taehyung in the face.

He forced a smile and faked a laugh, "Yes, my mum really wanted a girl.”

The two security guys laughed along with him before handing back his ID. Jungkook walked into the building as fast as he could without looking suspicious.

"Are you serious?” He hissed, “Jihyo?". And all he received was Taehyung's laughter along with Hoseok’s loud snort.

"I've got to admit," the leader piped up, “that was pretty funny”.

Jungkook just rolled his eyes as he walked through the building briskly, turning left and right, knowing the layout like it was the back of his hand. Just as he reached the elevators, he looked up at the security camera and winked, knowing that Taehyung was on the other side watching, “Stage two”.

He could hear Taehyung’s fingers tap against the keyboard and within a couple of seconds, the elevator doors opened. After looking around him to see if he was being followed, he slips into the elevator and sighed as it slowly took him up to the top floor – level 50. He leaned against the wall and fingers drumming against the railing; the elevator music slowly eating away at his soul. He looked up at the camera again, “Can you change the music?”

“Sure can.” Taehyung typed away, only pausing temporarily to push his thick-framed glasses further up his nose, “Any requests?”

Suddenly, the elevator rumbled to a stop, lights shutting off, leaving Jungkook in the darkness.

“Taehyung” he growled, not impressed at how this night was turning out.

“I swear, it wasn’t me. Give me a sec”.

Jungkook shook his head in disbelief before grabbing a mini flashlight that was stashed in the pocket of his pants among other tools. He turned it on and tried to press all the buttons on the elevator. He was stuck.

“Taehyung, update”. Namjoon decided to step in after a few moments of radio silence.

A rustling sound came from the other side, “Um, the power grid of the whole area was shut down and I can’t turn it back on, must be a manual malfunction. So-”

“I have to crawl out of here.” Jungkook seriously was not impressed, already pulling off his expensive suit jacket, “You owe me a new suit”.

He gripped the flashlight between his teeth before moving a ceiling tile. He climbed out of the metal box into the pitch black elevator shaft and shined his light upwards, “What level am I on?”

“…45?” came the meek answer.

“45”. This night just gets worst and worst. Jungkook tucked the light between his teeth again before hurling himself up by the cables. There were a few moments of silence, save for Jungkook’ occasional grunts.

“Are-are you there yet?” Taehyung asked, curiously. All he got was a grunt in reply. “Well, are you?”

Another grunt was heard before some shuffling, “Yes, I am. Can you please open this stupid door?”

And the only answer that Jungkook did not want to hear came out of Taehyung’s mouth, as he is dangling 50 floors above ground with one hand clutched onto the cable and the other holding his flashlight.

“Oh. I can’t”.

“You what?”

“I can’t. The power’s cut off. I have no access to anything right now”.

Jungkook blinked, his arm getting slowly sore from holding up his body weight, “And you didn’t think to tell me this before I started climbing?!” He didn’t wait for a reply as he swung himself to the elevator door and stood on the tiny ledge, gripping on the side for his dear life, “Don’t talk to me anymore”.

Ignoring Taehyung’s whine, Jungkook balanced himself on the ledge and forced the door open, dropping his flashlight during the struggle. “You owe me a new flashlight”. He tumbled through the door and sat the ground to catch his breath from his almost death.

“Kookie~”

“Didn’t I tell you to not talk to me anymore?”

“Babe~”

“I’m sorry to interrupt this lovely couple moment” Hoseok huffed, out of breath, “but can we please hurry this up?”

Jungkook lifted himself up from the ground and walked through the door on his left, straight into the room containing the huge safe. Hoseok stood there, among a couple of gym bags, smiling when he sees the other approaching, “About time”.

Jungkook was taken aback, “How did you get up here? The power was off”.

“I found the stairs. You know how I feel about elevators”

“Of course.” Jungkook rolled his eyes, “Only you would climb up fifty flights of stairs and still have a smile on your face”. He strolled to the safe, noticing that it had already been blasted open by the chemical engineer. “Stage three complete”.

The two of them continued packing all the valuables and just as they finished, the power came back on, temporarily blinding them with the sudden change of lighting.

“I did it!” Taehyung cheered from his side before his tone changed, “Uh oh”.

“Uh oh?” Hoseok zipped up the last bag, suddenly alert, “What ‘uh oh’?”

“Hyung,” Taehyung called out to the leader, “need a new plan. A silent alarm was tripped and a team of guys are on their way up now. They’re on the stairs, 45th level. And when I say a team, I mean a team”.

“Okay” Namjoon’s no-funny-business voice rang through loud and clear. It was rare for missions to not go according to plan but it doesn’t mean they’re any less prepared. “Taehyung, elevator, top level, now. Hoseok, Jungkook, grab the bags and get in. Taehyung, make sure it doesn’t stop until they get to the ground floor…”

“Yes, sir” All three of them got to work.

“…Yoongi hyung, start the van”

No reply.

“Jimin?”

No reply.

Jungkook huffed as he lugged half of the bags into the elevator with Hoseok, “Don’t bother, they’re probably in the back of the van, making out”.

A high pitched screech could be heard followed by a low groan. Namjoon just laughed, “start the car, please”.

“Yeah, yeah” Yoongi drawled, ruffling his dyed mint green hair like he just woke up from a nap and not in charge of a get-away car.

“We weren’t making out!” Jimin yelled, clearly embarrassed, but everyone just ignored him.

Jungkook and Hoseok stood in the elevator with three gym bags each, filled with gold bars, important documents, jewellery, and bundles of cash. They suffered through the annoying background music and were ecstatic as the doors opened…but they weren’t on the ground floor. They were on the fifth.

“Taehyung, what’s going on?” Hoseok asked, pressing buttons, trying to close the door and get to the ground floor.

“Tonight’s just not going well” Taehyung huffed in annoyance, “to the person who is trying to hack my hack, stop. I don’t have time to play with you”.

Namjoon’s giant headache could be heard through his sigh, “Yoongi hyung, west side. Hoseok, Jungkook; window. Taehyung… just continue what you’re doing”.

Everything happen all at once. Yoongi pulled the car into gear and sped to the west side of the building. Before he could put it into ‘park’, Jimin jumped out and looked up, waiting. Hoseok and Jungkook grabbed the bags and ran out of the elevator towards the window. Jungkook tried to find a latch but realised it was one of those that don’t open.

“I got it” Hoseok stated, but just as he pulled a tiny bomb out of his pocket, Jungkook punched the window causing the entire thing to shatter. Hoseok shrugged, “That works too, I guess”.

The two boys then proceeded to throw all of the bags out the window, carelessly. They heard small squeal, a couple of loud thuds before Jimin’s sarcasm, “Thanks for the warning, guys. You nearly just killed me”.

Jungkook stuck his head out of the window, “You’re welcome”. He watched as both Yoongi and Jimin filled up the van before they slammed the back doors shut and hopped into the vehicle. He turned to Hoseok just in time to see the man jump out of the window with a giant smile, “Bye”.

Even though, deep down, he knew by instinct that Hoseok was abseiling using a secured the rope, the sight of him jumping out of a window was, nonetheless, terrifying. Jungkook sighed as he recovered and grabbed the rope, preparing to make his exit.

“Hello, hello” Hoseok greeted the not-couple cheerfully as he hopped into the van, leaving the door wide open for Jungkook.

“Where’s the other one?” Yoongi asked, after a few moments.

Hoseok furrowed his brows, “he should be right behind me”. He stuck his head out of the van. No Jungkook. He got out and looked up at the window he abseiled down from. No Jungkook.

“Taehyung.” He asked, “Where’s your boyfriend?”

“He’s so sexy right now” Taehyung let out a love-struck sigh, hands off the keyboard, in favour of watching his man.

“…What?” Hoseok stated, a bit taken aback with a disgusted look on his face. ‘Jungkook’ and ‘sexy’ were something he never wanted to think about in the same sentence.

Namjoon was not at all surprised; the youngest always loved physical brawls. The leader simply cleared his throat and stated, “Jungkook, if you come home with another black eye because you wanted to have fun, Jin hyung will be pissed”.

And with that, the boy immediately started abseiling down the window, knowing from past experience that an angry ‘mother’ of the house was not fun to deal with, “They threw the first punch, I swear”.

He landed on the ground with a huff and got in the van before Yoongi drove them away from the site and onto a nearby street where the building was still in clear view. Everyone in the vehicle leaned out the window to watch the building. Hoseok smiled as he turned on his phone, “Ready for the big finale?”

With a press of a button, the top quarter of the building exploded, shattering the windows, and setting the top half on fire. They watched as people run out of the burning structure and in the far distance, they could hear the fire brigade along with the police. They laughed and cheered, giving themselves a pat on the back for another successful mission, as they started their one-hour trip back home; knowing that, by the time the authorities got there, the building will be reduced to nothing.

Namjoon congratulated the boys one final time when they said they’ll be arriving in five minutes. He sighed, running a hand through his blonde hair, before taking out his earpiece, slipping it into his pocket. His leather shoes clicked against marble flooring of the mansion as he walked into a room used for meetings; carpet flooring, filled with a long table in the middle and a projector attached to the wall.

“Ah, I’m guessing the mission was a success?” The lady in red, sitting at the end of the table, asked. She was not the youngest client who wanted their service, at age twenty-eight, but she was one of the most demanding. The CEO of the company was her sugar daddy, and the man met a younger girl, leaving her broke and bitter.

“The boys will be here around…” Namjoon checked his Rolex watch, “two minutes”.

“Good”.

The two minutes went by fast and soon enough, the van was heard pulling up into the driveway. The boys’ rowdiness increased in volume as they got closer to the room. And just as they opened the door, the client pulled a gun out of her purse and pointed it to Namjoon’s forehead. Jungkook, Jimin, and Hoseok froze at the unexpected situation, underneath the doorway with the bags in their hands. Yoongi just strolled past the room entirely with a shrug, continuing down the hallway and up the stairs to his room.

“This is what’s going to happen” The lady hissed, “you guys are going to put all the bags in my car and I’m going to drive away with him”. She shuffled Namjoon and herself closer to the door, “one step in the wrong direction, he dies. You try to follow me, he dies. You alert the police, he dies. Understand?”

After the three finally processed the situation, Hoseok let out a giant snort. He tried, but he just couldn’t hold in the laughter. Jungkook was also trying to keep a smile from his face.

“What’s so funny?” she hissed again, getting angrier by the second.

“Look lady,” Namjoon stated calmly, “The contract -which you sighed- clearly states that you get what you need and we get the rest. You said that you only needed the document, so here they are”

On cue, Jimin tossed a folder onto the ground in front of her.

She scoffed in reply. “Screw the contract, I have a gun to your forehead”.

“Indeed you do.” Namjoon sighed for the nth time that night, wondering why this specific mission has so much extra drama then all the others. It definitely wasn’t the first time a client had tried to threaten them, one way or another, to gain the upper hand; but it had never been a girl. He was so ready to just call it a night and go snuggle up with his husband in bed for… a movie, maybe; he hasn’t decided yet.

Then, everything happened within a split second; Jimin pulled his own gun out from his belt and shot the woman dead, right between the eyes, before she even got a chance to say another word. He immediately locked the gun’s safety, ejected the magazine and the bullet from the barrel. Stepping around the corpse, he placed the pieces on the table with his head down.

Fat droplets of tears started falling from his eyes as he sniffled into his sweater paws. Suddenly, Jungkook and Hoseok were pushed into the room by a tall, charming man, “I heard a gun shot! Didn’t I say no murder in the house?”

Namjoon gulped nervously, just praying his husband didn’t realize that the corpse is bleeding straight onto the new carpet.

“And on the new carpet as well!”

Of course, he noticed; his husband was a smart man. Now he just hoped-

“And you made Jimin do it? Shame on you” The oldest man walked up to the crying boy and pulled him in for a comforting hug, stroking the top of his head.

Namjoon opened his mouth to defend himself, “The gun was pointed to my forehead”.

“Oh…never mind then” Jin let out a sheepish smile, a little embarrassed about his rashness, before focusing his attention back on boy who was still letting out quiet sobs, “It’s okay. You’re okay, go get some rest”.

Namjoon felt his whole starting to relax as the day was finally over, “Hoseok, can you-”

“Yeah, I got it” Hoseok immediately left the room to retrieve a body bag. Right after the door shut behind him, it opened again. Taehyung walked in, half asleep; dressed in sweatpants and a giant grey sweater hanging off his lanky figure, glasses still perched on top of his nose. He grabbed Jungkook’ hand and simply guided him out the room, wordlessly.

Jin watched the door close in incredulity, immediately pulling it open and yelling, “You two better go straight to bed! I don’t want to hear anything other than sleep!”

Namjoon chuckled at his husband as he stepped forward and held him by the waist in a back hug, “You know their both consenting adults, right?”

The twenty-four-year-old turned around with a cute pout, “they’re still my babies”.

“Taehyung is twenty-one and Jungkook is nineteen. They’re not babies anymore” Namjoon laughed before leading himself and the man he has been in love with for the past seven years, towards their bedroom.

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storytimecatb · 8 years ago

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"You're my weakness, baby girl"

I kinda like this one.. -- You were standing there half listening to Van talk. Was he serious about what he was saying? "You're fucking joking right?" He stopped talking for a moment "It's not a bad idea, and I don't want you to feel alone.. we love each other. But I won't be around to tend to your.. needs." You started to feel like maybe he's the one who wanted this. "Open relationship?" He nodded and put his hand on the back of his neck. "No. Why..or I know why, just..fuck, van!" He threw his head back and exhaled a cloud of smoke. "It's what's best." You couldn't find the words to describe what was going on inside your head. There was absolutely no way you could be with anyone else. "Okay." He turned to look at you, "Are you sure? It won't hurt to try, and if it's not for us then.. we can stop." The thought of it made you sick, but you'd do anything for him... even this. "We need to set some rules then.. #1. No exes." You gave him a look that said 'you know what ex I'm talking about' he nodded. "#2... don't fall in love with anyone else." That. That was your biggest fear. "There's no one else I could love the way I love you." The room started to feel small. You couldn't tell if the venues dressing rooms were this tiny or if you were having another panic attack. "I'm going to get air." You rushed out the door, Van was being called by the manager. He watched you go out the door, sighed with frustration and then he began listening to what was being said to him. "Yeah, alright." Outside, the sun shone on you. You couldn't breathe, it felt like your chest was being crushed. Bob walked out and saw you sitting on the pavement. "Are you alright? Should I get Van?" You didn't want him to see you like this "No! I just need... water or to be able to fucking breathe." You shut your eyes and tried to remember a breathing technique Van taught you the last time you had a panic attack. Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale. You opened your eyes to see Bob giving you a worried look, "Are you good now?" He helped you up "I'm alright now. Please don't mention this to Van, I don't need him worrying about me. Sorry for scaring you." He placed his hands on your shoulders "As long as you're alright." He continued to walk toward the bus. It was the beginning of the tour and you flew home, while Van was off prepping. Your phone started buzzing, it was Van. "Hey, what's up?" "We're leaving soon, I'm going to stop by and give you a quick goodbye." "Alright sounds good." He showed up at the house within minutes "Christ, you got here fast." He shut the door behind him and went straight for you. He held onto your waist while giving you the most passion filled kiss he's ever given you, he gave you a tight squeeze and whispered into your ear "I love you y/n, don't forget that." "I love you too, Van." Just like that he was gone, you looked around the house for something to do. The place was clean all the washing was done. You saw something at the back of the sofa, Vans sweater. You picked it up and went into the bedroom and opened the closet door. His side of the closet was empty, you hung the sweater up. You paced the entire house for an hour, with music playing on the Bluetooth speaker in the living room. Your phone rang and the music cut out, you darted to answer it. "Hello?" You could hear kids playing, then your sister screaming "Keep it down!! I'm on the phone with you aunt y/n !!!" That hurt your ear a bit "why are you calling?" She sighed "can't you just be a loving sister for once in your life." You were loving..in a way. "Alright alright, what's up?" "Let's go out, I need to get out for a night, the kids are driving me nuts and Jerry said he was okay with watching the kids." You thought about how she would complain about her life, but it also beat pacing the house. "Okay, where to?" She showed up at your house and started beeping her car, you locked the door and got in the car. "I've got neighbours, you know that right? There's an old couple beside us, you probably gave one of them a heart attack." She laughed "Pfft.. they're old. I bet they can't even hear." You looked at what she was wearing, a black dress that showed every curve on her body. 3 kids and she still looked good. "You couldn't have dressed up a little?" You looked down at your clothes, loose dark green top that fell off one shoulder and a pair of jeans. "I couldn't go the extra mile to look like an expensive hooker." she smacked your arm and you laughed. "You're an asshole y/n." She drove and rambled on about how your mother still didn't approve of Van and how she thought his name was stupid, about her kids and what sports they played. You knew everything already, she posted this stuff all over facebook. She parked the car and you both walked down the street a bit and you followed her into a nightclub. She walked through the crowd dancing to get to the bar, you looked at her with disapproval "Stop. You're a mother.." she glared at you "shut up." You enjoyed bugging her, she knew you were joking. So she wasn't bothered by it. You sat at the bar most of the night, while your sister was in the crowd dancing. You were drunk, but you weren't happy-drunk. The only thing on your mind was Van, and if he was with another girl. You knew this wasn't good for you, you threw back a shot and looked around. You figured you should at least try this 'open relationship' thing out. You spotted a guy with brown hair, he wore black jeans and a grey shirt. He was looking at you. Now was your chance, you approached him and he admitted to checking you out. "Your really cute." He spent a good hour talking about himself and buying you drinks, you pretended to listen to him and occasionally fake laugh at jokes that weren't funny at all. You were plastered at this point, your sister found you near the bar with this guy. "Alright sweety, you look rough as fuck." What's his face, you couldn't even remember his name. Had to help your sister carry you to the car, you fell over "Ahhh Van catch me!!" You hit the pavement hard. "Fuck." You scraped your elbow and looked up at this guy, "whose Van? My names Marcus." You started laughing and crawled into the car. Marcus walked back into the club and you looked at your sister. "Why are you talking to other guys? Aren't you with Van?" You knew you regret telling her because she would tell your mom, but you did anyway. "Van wants to try an 'open relationship' that's why I was talking to... that guy whose name I can't remember." You threw air quotations up with your hands. You hated it. She shook her head, "Why can't you just find a nice guy with a normal job? Vans probably sleeping with another girl as we speak." Your body went numb, the thought of him in bed with another girl got you really heated. "Okay you know what? Just shut the fuck up and take me home." She tried to say goodnight, you slammed the car door. Staggering up the walkway mumbling about how stupid she was and mocking her. You struggled to get the door open but eventually managed. You threw yourself into bed, pulled your phone out of your pocket to check the time. Your lock screen was a picture Bob took of you and Van. It should've been illegal to use your phone while intoxicated. The next morning you woke up feeling horrible, you reached for the water bottle on the nightstand. It felt like it was late afternoon, you checked your phone for the time. 10 missed calls from Van. You listened to the message he left "Hey love, are you alright? You sound pretty out of it. I hope you're okay, I'm sorry I can't be there to look after you.. and I thought about what you said. We'll talk tomorrow when you sober up. I love you, goodnight." You dropped the phone onto the bed, stared at the ceiling wondering what it was you said to him. Did you tell him about the guy at the club? The feeling of not knowing what you said was killing you. You had a shower and ate a sandwich, the hangover lingered. It wasn't as bad though, so that was nice. You sat around anxiously waiting for Van to call. Your phone started ringing, "hello?!" it was your mom, "your sister told me about what Van is doing!!" You cut her off, "I'm waiting for an important call, I'll give you a ring later and you can give me shit then, alright? Bye love you." You rolled your eyes and laid on the couch staring at your phone on the coffee table. It rang again, you answered with less enthusiasm as you did the first time. "Hello?" it was Van "Hey love, how you feeling today?" You scoffed "I feel like shit." Who would address the topic first? You or van? You went for it but he started talking at the same time "sorry, you go first." You didn't want to now, you took a deep breath "what did I say to you last night?" You worried about the answer "you don't remember? You said and I quote 'fuck this open relationship bullshit, you better not be sleeping with some random broad.' and you went on about some guy at a nightclub and how your sisters a cunt." All your worries were gone, and you were silent "are you okay?" You started laughing like a crazy person "babe? What's going on?" You finally answered him "Lastnight was a shit show. Van, I can't do this." "Do what? Don't do this please. I can't.." he thought you were dumping him "Van! I'm not breaking up with you! I can't do the open relationship bullshit. The thought of you and another girl scares the shit out of me. You're mine. You're not anyone else's." He sounded relieved "Fuck, I was shitting myself. Yeah we don't have to do it. I couldn't do it either, I ditched the girl with Bob after five minutes. You're all I want. The way you make me feel is crazy. You're fucking kryptonite. You're my weakness, babygirl." You both agreed that it was a stupid idea. The conversation went on for another half hour, you told him about what your sister and mom were saying about him. He told you to drop it, family was important to him. He didn't want you to stay mad at them. "Alright sugar, I gotta go now. You can still text me and I'll try to text back when I can. I love you so so much. Alright?" You were buzzing with happiness "yeah, I love you too."

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What's missing or broken in your daily life? Other times nothing seems interesting. The returns of a VC. Your most basic advice to founders is just don't die, but the sample size is small, and partly because it gives onlookers an excuse for procrastination, and in another it's considered shocking. This is especially true in fields where corrupt tests select a lame elite. Raising money lets you choose your growth rate is, sometimes they tell me we get about a hundred new customers a month. Almost everyone who worked for us was an animal at what they did.

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