"No," Christopher whispers softly, shaking his head as he speaks. "I was bad... I deserve to feel the pain for what I did..." Tears start falling down his face again before he buries his face against Leo's upper thigh. "I'm so sorry... I just... I'm so bad... I don't... don't mean to be... please don't hate me... I don't want you to hate me but I can't.... I'm not perfect and I'm just not good enough for you... You deserve.... so much better..." He's sobbing so hard now that the words are coming in short bursts of air...

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"So your concern is for McCoy then and not the boy... interesting." Pike continues with working on his boy's back before setting the machine aside and rubbing a numbing agent along Jim's back and ass. "I'll think about what you've said but I won't make any promises."