Spade and Nate were in the living room, Spade had already gotten dressed, waiting for Matteo and Stefano, it was almost time they left for the location they got from the message.

Everything was set for Spade, he wore his white round neck top, the black jacket was with Nate, he wore black slacks to match with it, his pistol was already on the table waiting, he'd just pick it up if Matteo were to come now.

He looked cool on the outside but inside he was feeling the thrill, the excitement and the somewhat anger, that he would be meeting the bastard that had been messing with him for months

Of course he knew it might be a trap, but who cares, he needed to do something else he would loose his mind, and this was enough to untense him for a while.

Nate walked towards him in the middle of his wide living room, putting his jacket over him, he helped Spade to wear it, fixing everything in place, Spade's eyes drifted to Nate's lips, the young man was chewing on them again, Spade had to unlatch his teeth from his lips slowly, he looked up at Spade. "You know you don't have to be this worried" Spade muttered and Nate sighed out.

"I do have to be worried, you're walking right into a trap, even I know it's a trap, I can't lose you Spade" Nate whispered out, resting his hand on Spade's chest, while Spade placed his hand on Nate's hip, pulling him closer

"And you're not gonna lose me baby, I'll be back before you know it, I just have to do this" he muttered and Nate sighed out before he nodded "You're gonna be here when I get back"? He asked

"Of course, I can't even go home if I wanted to, I'd die of overthinking" he muttered and Spade just chuckled before he kissed Nate's lips softly, pulling at his bottom lip with his teeth

"You know what I love most about you"? Spade asked, and Nate just looked at him curiously before shaking his head "Your lips" he muttered before using his thumb to graze Nate's lips, causing the young man to shudder as his cheeks grew red "they're so beautiful and tempting" he husked, Nate just lowered his eyes, resting them on Spade's chest, that had that gold piece on it.

Spade noticed this and slowly let go of Nate's hips before his hand went around his neck and he took off the gold piece, bringing it down to Nate's neck, the young man just shook his head "I can't take this" he whispered, his eyes landing on Spade's

"I want you to have it" he said bringing it closer to Nate "keep it safe for me" he whispered before Nate finally allowed him and placed it around his neck, it looked perfect on Nate's neck

He looked down at it, letting his fingers caress the engraving on it, before he looked back at Spade "What does it mean"? Nate asked, referring to the engraving at the back of the necklace

Spade just placed his hand on Nate's hips "Bellissimo means beautiful in italian" Spade said, watching as Nate scrunched his nose up, probably wondering how someone as tough as Spade would wear a necklace like that.

"Was it a gift from someone special"? He asked, this time more curiously as he watched Spade, the man could already tell what Nate meant by someone special, he chuckled and kissed Nate's nose.

"Is that jealousy I hear in your tone Cucciolotto"? He asked teasingly and Nate just blinked before he looked away, blushing deep red, Spade's chuckle turned into a sweet smile "I already told you, I've never been with anyone like this, my life before you used to be work, mafia, fuck when I feel like it" he said, making Nate to further blush, hearing Spade use that word so brashly, God he sounded so hot. "I've never had or been with any special someone, you are my special someone Nate" he muttered, before he kissed Nate on the lips again, both of them totally forgetting about what started the conversation in the first place.

The knock on the door stopped their little bubble as Spade pulled away, Nate went ahead to open the door and there stood Matteo, no Stefano in sight, Nate looked around "He's in the car" Matteo told him, and he just sighed out, his eyes now falling on Matteo, the blonde looked worse than the previous day

"Are you okay"? He asked and Matteo just shrugged, not saying anything else, before Spade showed up behind Nate

Even he could see that his brother was looking worse each day, his eyes had bags underneath them and his hair was a ruffled mess, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to bring him along, but Spade knew he couldn't talk Matteo into sitting this one out.

Matteo didn't say anything to him, and he so badly wanted to hear the blonde make jest of him for once, but he was just too quiet "You ready"? Nate asked and Spade just hummed before leaned in and gave Nate a quick peck on his lips

"I'll see you when I get back okay" he muttered and Nate nodded before Spade walked past Matteo "Let's go"

Matteo was about to leave when Nate's hand shot out and stopped him, he looked at the young man waiting to hear what he wanted to say.

"Look after him for me please" Nate whispered and Matteo just nodded, of course he'd look after Spade, even though they weren't on talking terms, he was still very much Spade's brother and his underboss, nothing could ever change that. "Bring him back in one piece, and you too come back in one piece, both of you, and then we can talk about this little stupid quarrel you both have going on" Nate rushed out, Matteo couldn't help but smile

The young man had changed greatly from when they just met, he wasn't that closed off, and neither was he scared, even if he was he did a great job of hiding it well.

Matteo nodded before Nate finally let go off him and he walked towards the car, he drove them here, so he and Stefano sat in the front seat, while Spade took the back seat

He drove out of the compound, they didn't take anyone else with them, the less men the better, they didn't know what they would meet there, if they would meet anything at all.

If they needed backup, they'd call for it For now, just the three of them would have to do. "You know the both of you are crazy" Stefano started, making Spade to roll his eyes, he was beginning to think they'd have a quiet trip but he of all people knew Stefano would never let that happen "And I'm even more crazy for agreeing to follow you both"

"No one asked you to come" Matteo snapped, this made Stefano to snicker at the blonde before he faced the road again

Spade's mind once against drifted to Nate, he knew the young man was pulling his hair out with worry, but like he had told him, he would be fine

He's dealt with far more dangerous people than mystery man, this was more or less a walk in the park for him, and with Matteo by his side, he didn't think he had anything to worry about, the blonde was as dangerous as he comes.

But he was still on edge after their fall out, if he would even call it that. He was ready to talk to Matteo, to explain everything to him, but the blonde seemed hell bent on not talking to him.

And he would have used this as an opportunity to talk to Matteo but Stefano's presence wasn't helping at all. And maybe he was just seeing things, but there was this tense air between Matteo and Stefano.

He knew Matteo never liked the other man before, but now it was quite different, it wasn't just dislike he was sensing, maybe a little bit of hate and probably disgust. What did he know, he might be wrong.

He just sighed out and when he looked through the mirror, Matteo's jaw was clenched and he wasn't looking at anything else, just focused on the road

The drive was mostly silent and awkward, all three of them had something going on for them, he didn't know what it was for Stefano and Matteo, but he knew what it was for him and Matteo.

Soon enough they arrived at the abandoned factory, the time was exactly 3:58pm They came right on time, there were no cars around, no tire tracks, and definitely not a single soul in sight, the place looked really abandoned with dirt all around.

They all got out of the car, they looked around the place but found nothing, Matteo turned to look at Spade before his eyes moved to Stefano, the man shrugged as they all advanced towards the entrance of the building, some glasses from the window were broken, places like this was always an escape route for teenagers, they wouldn't be surprised if they found some inside, but the place was actually too quiet for anyone to be inside.

Spade and Matteo were behind, with Stefano in front a few paces from them, Spade looked at him before he opened his mouth "Matteo..." The blonde cut him off

"Don't Spade, I don't want to talk about it and I don't want to talk to you" he snapped before he walked further away from Spade, taking the lead now.

Matteo was in front, so he got to the door first, it wasn't really locked, hence the abandonment, he was the first to reach out for his gun behind him, he pulled it out and opened the door, they stepped inside.

Spade had pulled his gun out too, Stefano didn't have a gun with him, seriously? he was the one screaming how much of a trap it was, yet he was the one without a gun, typical.

The place looked exactly like a factory should, abandoned and dusty machines filled the big squared hall, with stairs on both sides, probably leading to other parts of the building.

The whole place looked dusty, it was like no one had been here in years, it was pin drop silent and nothing and no one seemed to be in, just a few dirty trash papers on the ground being howled around by the wind.

Spade had now taken the lead, walking further into the room, they looked around, up the stairs and beyond the machines, but saw no one.

"Do you believe now that it's a fucking trap" Stefano whispered out, but since the place was abandoned and empty, his voice echoed and bounced back through the room, Spade glared at him

"Shut up Stefano" Spade gritted out, he just raised his hands up in surrender, before he looked at Matteo and sighed out

"There's obviously no one here, I'm gonna go wait in the car, when you're done being a fool for whoever this person is, maybe then we can leave" Stefano muttered turning around to walk away, Matteo had already seen something.

Something neither of them saw, it was the barrel of a gun, at the high end of the building upstairs, he didn't think he could shoot before they shot first, and they were aiming at..... Spade.

He didn't even think before he ran towards Spade who was just a few paces away from him "Spade get down" he yelled but Spade took a lot of time to process what Matteo was saying, before he could react he heard the gunshot and Matteo's body crashing on his, he fell to the ground and so did Matteo, the blonde groaned out as Spade got them up in sitting position.

There was blood, Spade could see the red crimson on his shirt and his hands but he wasn't feeling anything. Shit Matteo, he looked to the blonde on the ground, Stefano had already rushed towards them.

Holding Matteo's head, he pulled him on to his back, laying the blonde down, he was quick to place his hand on the gunshot wound. Spade turned Matteo's head so the blonde would face

"Hey Matteo look at me" he rushed out, cupping the blondes cheek with his bloody hand "Keep your eyes open damnit" he cursed out

Stefano looked up from where the gunshot had sounded from and he saw the person taking position again, he was quick to pull Matteo from the open space they were in, Spade looked at him quizzically "The shooter's up there and he's going to take another shot, we're not safe" he whispered before successfully pulling Matteo with him, they were now behind a pillar, wide enough to cover them both.

Matteo's groaned as Stefano laid him halfway on his thighs and on the ground, his head was placed on Stefano's stomach as the man applied pressure to the bleeding wound.

Spade was staring down at his bleeding brother, clenching his jaw, he looked up again and now he finally saw the shooter. "Can you keep him awake"? He asked and Stefano nodded, before Spade looked at Matteo who was slowly closing his eyes and groaning out

Spade left them there and rushed through the machines, heading for the stairs. Whoever messes with Matteo messes with him.

Stefano wasn't really an expert on holding wounded people down, but he didn't like the way his stomach churned with the sight before him. Matteo in pain, it was making him feel like shit.

He placed his hand on the wound, pressing down on it to at least stop the bleeding, he'd been shot on his stomach, his eyes was closing and Stefano shook his head, tapping him lightly on the cheek.

"Hey hey, look at me, keep your eyes open" he rushed out in a whisper, Matteo's head kept lolling from side to side.

Where the hell did Spade even go to? He didn't know if it was safe to leave where they were at the moment, the shooter could most likely still be there, waiting for them to come out so he would shoot again.

"Matteo, stay with me, don't you dare close your eyes on me" he muttered trying to put pressure on the wound and keep him awake.

He felt helpless, he didn't like how he was feeling right now, he didn't want anything to happen to Matteo. He noticed the change in the blonde's attitude towards him since the the night of the auction, he didn't know why but he felt like Matteo hated him even more than before.

But that didn't change how he felt towards the blonde, and he didn't think he could stand it if anything happened to Matteo, the thought alone churned his stomach and burned his insides.

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Matteo has been shot

I hope he doesn't die 😩😩