He didn’t give up hope, however. He didn’t know how Roger was doing this to him, to his family, but there had to be someway to convince his parents that he was their son, there had to be someway they could fight this. After an early breakfast on Monday, they got in the truck together and drove back into town to get to work, and Shane had a plan–a long shot, but a plan all the same. He remembered being their kid, but they wouldn’t believe him–still, there was a record of him. His room, photo albums–his school photos hanging in the hallway upstairs. If he could get either of his parents away from Roger, and show them the facts, then he was sure they would remember.
When he stepped inside, however, he realized Roger had been one step ahead of him–he didn’t recognize the home he stepped into. It was the same house, of course, but the family photos which had adorned the tops of cabinets and the walls were gone, just little pinpricks from where the nails had been before. His parents had the same uninterested look in their eyes when they saw him–he was unimportant, he was just a laborer, someone neither of them would need to remember a year from now. Well, that was what his mother saw, certainly, but his father–the look in his eye was…more complicated, but he couldn’t quite decipher it. Roger gave Shane’s father a smoke filled kiss in front of both Shane and his mother, and then his parents left for their jobs, leaving Shane and Roger alone in the house.
It wasn’t until midmorning when Shane managed to excuse himself for a bathroom break, and snuck upstairs. His room was gone. Emptied, stripped. His parents must have spent the last day removing every piece of evidence that he’d ever existed here. It was so complete an erasure, that he found himself questioning his own memories. It wasn’t any real confidence which convinced him otherwise; it was Roger’s grin when he returned and saw how despondent Shane was. “Don’t think too hard about the past, boy. It’s gone. Besides, you got a great future ahead of you with me, don’t you?”
“I still don’t understand, sir,” Shane said, “What’s going…I mean, what is this room we’re working on even going to be?”
“Well boy, it was always just an excuse,” Roger said, looking around at the space. It had come together quite well, at this point. It was larger than the bedrooms upstairs, and besides from painting, the flooring, and installing the lighting it was largely finished. “Besides, once she leaves him, he ain’t gonna be able to afford a big place like this, not on his own. Gonna have to go on the market, I think. Still, we won’t have to worry about that for a little while yet–not while they still got savings to burn on home improvement!”
Shane knew he didn’t have long, if he was going to get his parents back to their old selves. Roger could tell, of course, that Shane was trying to fight him, but he seemed unconcerned. Another week passed by, and he’d made no progress. If anything, everything seemed to be…solidifying. He knew the house had been different, but he couldn’t quite remember how. His parents no longer seemed familiar either–no more familiar than a couple of clients he’d gotten to know over a few months time. Roger taunted him, when they were at home, filling in bits of memories, talking about their life together while Shane ate out his ass.
Then, his mother was gone, from one day to the next. They arrived, and found only Shane’s father in the house, crying, but not quite able to articulate why he was so upset. He said he’d lost something, but he couldn’t remember what, exactly, but it had been important. Roger suggested he take the day off from work, and then sat him down and they shared a smoke, Shane sucking Roger’s cock, while he talked Gary through his grief, deadening him to the divorce, making it an old wound, something he’d wanted–and by the afternoon, he was a happy bachelor, lounging about, smoking and drinking…his eyes rarely leaving Shane, watching while he sucked Roger’s cock, or licked his ass clean after Roger had taken a shit.
On the way home that night, Shane had a thought–a hope really. “You wanted my dad, didn’t you? First?”
“Don’t be getting jealous now, boy–trust me, I much prefer you,” especially now that you’re comin’ along so fuckin’ nicely.”
Shane had changed quite a bit over the last few months. His beard had filled in, making him look quite a bit older, to his surprise. He’d packed on close to 40 pounds, as astounding as that was to him, and the hunger had become…normal for him now. He’d had the privilege of a shower only a handful of times, and the funk rolling off him was rather awful–but he loved it, as did Roger–who showered about as rarely as his boy. The coveralls were fitting him a bit better these days, though the ass had been ripped open during a rather…rough session with Roger, who’d wanted to fuck him bad one night, but hadn’t wanted to wait to get the coveralls down. “I know, I’m not jealous, sir…but why not have us both? You could do that, couldn’t you?”
Roger glared at him, “Boy, you must think I’m thick.”
“Sorry sir?”
“You still think you can save him? Save yourself?”
“I just…wouldn’t two make you happier, sir?”
Roger laughed. “It’s been fun watching you struggle, boy, I admit it. But your dad is gone, boy. Long gone. You’re gonna be gone too, sooner than you might think, if you keep this shit up.”
“Sorry, sir, I…I didn’t–”
“Shut yer mouth, boy. Don’t dig your hole any deeper than you already have,” Roger said, and shoved a couple jets of smoke from his nose with a snort, “You aren’t gonna be able to save anyone, boy–so you should just worry about yourself.”

