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Sally and Monty are sitting at the bar talking, Doc is actually off dancing with a couple ladies his age, the others are off doing who knows what.
"I just think its-" Sally says.
"well thats weird." Monty mutters, looking at his phone. Sally looks over realizing he's not paying attention to her.
"what?" Sally ask.
"I got a new follower on my Instagram." Monty mutters.
"like your main one, your racing one, or your private one?" Sally ask. his main one was just pictures of him doing random shit but fans seemed to like it. the racing one was all about races and his car and fans seemed to like it. his private one had pictures of him and the others, mostly him and Doc since they've been married for 6 years. his other pages have pictures of him and the others as well, but mostly his private one. though his fans go nuts over the occasional picture of him and Doc on his main page, like he was some LGBTQ spokes person, flaunting his husband proudly.
"the main one." Monty mutters.
"whats so weird about that?" Sally ask.
"check out their screen name." Monty frowns. Sally leans over.
"Chick_Hicksfan_86," Sally said, raising her eye brow. "that is a little weird." Sally shrugs.
"yeah but they're going through and liking all my pictures, even the older ones from 7 or 8 years ago. all of them except the ones with just me and Hud." Monty frowns. "like remember that one really nice picture from when we got married?" Monty ask.
"the one with all of us or just you and Doc?" Sally ask.
"the one with me and Hud." Monty said.
"the one where he's throwing cake at you because you got some on the Hornet?" Sally ask.
"yeah." Monty said.
"yeah I remember, what about it?" Sally ask.
"well, they liked another from the wedding, but they like completely skipped that one. s'weird." Monty mutters, taking a sip from his drink. Sally shrugs.
"maybe they're not a Hudson Hornet fan?" Sally ask. Monty shrugs and taps on the persons name.
"what the fuck…" Monty trails.
"hmm?" Sally ask.
"I'm officially creeped out." Monty admits. he shows his phone to Sally, who looks shocked.
"are these… how many of them are there?" Sally ask. its just a page of pictures of Monty being obviously taken so the man won't notice them.
"I dunno hundreds of them. some of them are even from my first race. like before I met you guys first race." Monty said. "like its creepy." Monty said. "oh fuck no." Monty said, dropping his phone. he turns quickly to look behind him.
"Stickers?" Sally ask.
"check out their newest picture, posted 10 minutes ago." Monty said, shoving his phone a her. she picks it up and looks shocked to see a picture clearly taken in this very same bar, of Monty and Doc. she literally remembered this happen just a few minutes ago. Monty laughing and handing Doc a new drink, only Docs face has been crossed out with bright red lines.
"that…. that is a little creepy. maybe you should call Doc over here and show him." Sally frowns.
"I don't want to ruin his fun…." Monty trails.
"yeah well if you don't he doesn't know he needs to look out for himself." Sally frowns.
"maybe you're right." Monty frowns. he turns around. "Hud!" Monty calls. Doc doesn't seem to hear him. "Hud!" Monty shouts louder. Doc looks over this time and Monty waves him over. Doc excuses himself and walks over to his young husband.
"hey baby, whats up?" Doc ask. Monty holds his phone out to him.
"this. some weirdo has a bunch of pictures of me posted to their page and any pictures they manage to catch with you in it, you're all crossed out in red." Monty frowns. Doc looks it over.
"you have a stalker." Doc frowns a little.
"yeah. seems like it." Sally says.
"yeah, what do we do about it?" Monty ask.
"m'not versed in the internet kid." Doc frowns.
"you could report the page." Sally said.
"yeah but if he does it gets taken down and he loses all proof of a stalker." Doc frowns.
"Huds right." Monty says.
"then block it." Sally says, taking his phone. "block him from all of your accounts." Sally says. she hands the phone back. "see? he can't see anything now." Sally said. there's a notification sound on Montys phone and he frowns.
"well, he just followed my account again." he frowns. "with the very same account." he huffs. he frowns and goes back to the page, taking a screen shot.
"are you really that worried? doesn't seem like they want to hurt you." Doc murmurs, holding his waist tightly.
"maybe not me but they really don't seem to like you." Monty said, leaning back against him.
"he's right Doc, you need to be careful. they've already shown they don't like you." Sally said.
"I'll be careful kid. it's alright. I'm not 20 something. I'm old, I know how to take care of myself." Doc murmurs, kissing his head. "you be careful too." Doc adds. he ruffles the youngers hair gently and walks back over to the ladies he'd been talking with. they're absolutely fawning over him, but he keeps an eye on his husband easily.
Monty still seems a little uneasy, but angry at the same time.
"what are you doing Stickers?" Sally ask.
"letting this creep know that I know about him." Monty growls. he posts the screenshot to his page captioned with some homophobic freak keeps taking pictures of me and crossing my husband out of them. he huffs and puts his phone down.
"be careful doing that, you're just giving them the attention that they want." Sally frowns.
"well now they know that…" Monty trails, picking up his phone.
"what?" Sally ask.
"he commented." Monty said.
"lemme see!" Sally says, leaning over. "not homophobic. you deserve better, not some cradle robbing freak. I love you." Sally reads. "well thats super cringy." Sally frowns.
"yeah like extremely. what a weirdo." Monty mutters. "leave me and my husband alone you fucking creep." Monty hisses, posting his comment.
"don't piss the guy off." Sally says hesitantly.
"I want him to leave Hud alone." Monty mumbles. he frowns and looks at his phone. "I love you, but you don't even know who I am." Monty reads.
"well yeah, I'm pretty sure thats the point of stalking someone." Sally mutters. Monty scoffs.
"and I never will. you don't love me and stop taking pictures of me you creep." Monty mumbles. deciding to be on the safe side, Monty changes his account password from his and Docs wedding anniversary to his mothers full name plus his own full name. since know one knows his birth name, or his mothers full name for that matter, he figures his account is twice as safe as it was before.
"oh my god he posted a new picture." Sally says, looking on her own phone. Monty looks over and his face turns bright red.
"HUD!" he shouts loudly. its a picture of him and Doc in bed having sex and obviously wasn't taken by either of them, and Docs face has been crossed out along with most of his upper body. the caption on the photo is the scariest part, you two never even noticed this one. you seem happy, but when I get my hands on you, you'll be happier. "turn that off." Monty hissed, grabbing Sallys phone and shutting the screen off.
"that… that is something I didn't need to see." Sally frowns.
"thats our bedroom! thats our fucking house!" Monty shouts, getting up from his stool. "Hu-" Monty starts, slamming into Doc. the older man looks concerned, holding onto the younger man tightly.
"kid you okay?" Doc ask.
"no I am not okay! this freak has pictures of us in our house, in our bed!" Monty shouts. Sally turns her screen back on and awkwardly shows Doc the photo.
"where the fuck did he get that?" Doc ask, grabbing Sallys phone. he closes the photo out off Sallys phone. he frowns, handing it back to her, one arm still wrapped tightly around his husband. "thats out the window." Doc frowns.
"I told you to cover that fucking window." Monty growls. Doc frowns and holds him closer.
"we'll figure this out kid. come on. lets get back to the hotel room." Doc murmurs. Sally gets up.
"I'm coming with you guys, no way I'm walking back alone." Sally frowns.
"the bigger the group the better. cowards less likely to suddenly find courage. lets gather everyone up and head back to the hotel." Doc says. "you sit here and don't move." Doc warns, pushing him onto a stool. Monty sits down watching Doc. "don't move for anything. not until I come grab you, got it?" Doc ask.
"yeah, got it." Monty mumbles. Doc ruffles his hair gently and walks off with Sally. Monty sits there quietly, pulling out his phone to comment on the picture. take that down you fucking pervert. my sex life is none of your business.
"hey boss you good? Doc told me to come stand with you." Mack frowns.
"no I'm not. I have a stalker and he's posting private pictures of me and Doc that neither of us knew were being taken." Monty said.
"like what?" Mack ask hesitantly. Monty shows him his phone screen. "geez, it that your bedroom at home?" Mack ask as Monty pulls the phone away.
"yeah it is." Monty said.
"why was Doc all crossed out?" Mack ask.
"any picture on this guys account with Doc in it has him like that." Monty frowns. Mack frowns.
"oh fun, one of those stalkers. the kind thats 'in love' with you. been a while since we've had one of those." Mack frowns.
"and we haven't had one like this." Monty says.
"come on, lets head for the hotel." Mack mutters.
"nope. Hud and I agreed, I'm not moving until he gets back." Monty says. "the guy is here and I'm not leaving without Hud." Monty adds. he checks his phone again and finds a new picture. its of him and Mack sitting at the bar, not even your body guard will stop this love. "Mack." Monty says, showing him the phone. Mack seems alarmed, looking around.
"what the hell." Mack mutters.
"I know. I'm actually freaking out a little." Monty says.
"he commented back on the picture." Mack murmurs. Monty checks the post.
"it will be soon." Monty reads.
"huh?" Mack ask.
"I told him to take the picture down, that my sex life isn't any of his business and he said it will be soon." Monty frowns. Mack snatches Montys phone typing a furious message. back the fuck off you freak. does being married mean nothing to you? I will never love you and nothing you say will change that, I would never leave my husband for anyone, let alone some loser like you.
"good, piss him off enough, he'll show his face and I'll beat the fuck out of him like I always do with your stalkers." Mack says. Monty looks down.
"you don't even know who I am. I made this account specifically so you wouldn't. have fun with that Mack." Monty reads. "he knows your name." Monty said.
"and that I sent the message not you." Mack frowns. Doc comes back over.
"come on. everyones leaving with us." Doc says. Monty gets down off the stool, shoving his phone into his back pocket, and holds onto Docs arm. Doc lets him, heading for the door.
"hey Stickers your phone is going off." Sally frowns. Monty pulls it out and looks at it.
"leaving won't stop me. I know where you sleep." Monty reads.
"thats impossible right?" Ramone asks curiously.
"there's over 30 hotels and more than 10 motels in the city. thats probably a couple thousand rooms. I seriously doubt they could've figured it out." Mack frowns. Monty is silent, staring at his phone until he gets another message.
"he's got the hotel right, but it's not hard to get that. Nascar teams only stay in certain hotel chains." Monty frowns. Doc grabs his phone and puts it into his own back pocket.
"ignore it." Doc says.
"if you think I won't reach in your pocket and grab that back you're wrong." Monty says.
"you'll leave it alone or I'll smack your hand like you're a child." Doc says firmly. "paying attention to that idiot is what he wants. he wants your attention and the more you give it to him the worse this gets." Doc adds. he holds the youngers hand and leads the way back to their hotel. "when we get there we're taking the stairs, no elevator. it displays the floor we get off on." Doc said.
"I'll let the front desk know whats going on." Mack says.
"why?" Monty ask.
"they'll restrict access to hotel guests only. they're being paid by NASCAR for you to be here so they have to care for you and their other NASCAR guests or they could lose their business." Mack explains.
"wait, we left Red back at the hotel." Sally said. Mack immediately pulls his phone out and calls Red.
"Mack? whats up?" Red asks worriedly.
"hey, you haven't seen anyone wondering the hall have you? or anything suspicious?" Mack ask.
"not really… there was a guy who was looking for Doc and Lightnings room, said he had some flowers or something for him. I told him he had to leave them at the desk." Red said. "whats going on? you sound, worried..?" Red ask.
"some guy is stalking the boss. pretty good too. he's posting some nasty pictures on instagram so we're heading back." Mack explains. Sally looks down when her phone goes off and checks it.
"hey he's tagging me in things now." Sally said.
"what is it?" Doc frowns, turning to look at her some.
"its a picture of me and Stickers. he'll leave the old man like he left you." Sally frowns. "I don't remember this picture." Sally says. Monty takes her phone and looks at the picture.
"I've never seen it but that doesn't surprise me." Monty mutters, passing it back to her. he holds tighter to Doc, his stomach is churning now. he doesn't feel well, Doc must be able to tell, because he keeps glancing at him as they walk.
the rest of the walk back to the hotel is mostly silent, except the occasional phone notification. when they get inside they do find a set of flowers on the desk and Monty realizes that he always gets these flowers after a race, Piston Cup race or not. he always has these flowers waiting in the hotel room for him. he'd always just assumed it was Doc or Mack, but now he wasn't so sure.
"these were delivered for you Mr.McQueen." the desk lady smiles. Monty looks over the flowers.
"uh, they're lovely, but I've got… allergies. so, if you like them, they're all yours." Monty smiles at her.
"oh, well thank you." she smiles. Monty smiles and waves at her, grabbing Docs hand and pulling him away.
"what are you doing? you always accept flowers." Doc murmurs.
"yeah but those are the flowers that I always get. you're not sending them are you?" Monty ask.
"no." Doc frowns.
"and Red would've known if Mack had sent them, he would've accepted them to their room and then given them to me." Monty said. Doc frowns.
"so your stalkers been sending you flowers." Doc mutters.
"and I know where that picture came from. there's a camera in those things." Monty said. "I saw it because I was looking for it." Monty murmurs. Doc frowns more.
"come on." Doc mutters, leading him to the stairs. Montys phone goes off immediately and he grabs it from Docs pocket.
"rejecting a gift is rude." Monty reads. he scoffs. "so is hiding a camera in it and taking pictures of me and my husband having sex then posting that on instagram." Monty replies.
"leave him alone Monty." Doc murmurs softly, kissing his head. Monty sighs and heads up the stairs with him. his phone goes off again and he's unable to help himself. he opens it to find a picture of himself, laying on his and Docs bed, obviously enjoying some personal private time.
"hmm. well thats an insulting angle." Monty mutters. Doc looks over at the picture and Monty doesn't bother to cover the screen. Docs seen him naked more times than he can count. it doesn't seem to bother Monty all that much, but it bothers Doc.
"he shouldn't be posting pictures of you naked, doesn't matter what you're doing. laying there, getting a shower, having sex, or playing with yourself. he needs to stop." Doc says, grabbing Montys phone. take those down you disgusting creep. I'll kill you. they'll never find your fucking body.
"what happened to ignoring him?" Monty ask.
"that was before he posted a picture of you masterbating and everyone can see everything.." Doc growls. Monty takes the phone back and reports the picture, before reporting the previous picture of him and Doc.
"you weren't even this upset about him posting a picture of us having sex." Monty mutters. he gets a notification and frowns.
"what now?" Doc snaps.
"always so aggressive that husband of yours. I'd treat you better you don't even know it. if you knew who I was you'd believe it." Monty reads. he frowns and types back. "tell me who you are you bastard." he mutters quietly to himself. they get up to their room and enter. both immediately stall seeing the rose laying on their bed. "I'm not staying here." Monty says, staring at the flower. Doc frowns and grabs him, heading for the elevator. they head back down to the desk where Mack is still talking to the front desk lady.
"hey." Doc growls. both look up. "every key card that has access to our room needs to be disabled now." Doc growls.
"sir I don't understand." the lady says.
"someone was in our room, I think its my stalker. there's a flower laying on the bed." Monty says, rubbing the back of his neck. the lady frowns.
"alright hold on." she mumbles.
"someone was in your room?" Mack ask.
"yeah." Monty mutters. "doing who knows what." he adds.
"how did he get in there?" Mack growls.
"no idea." Doc frowns.
"I wanna go home." Monty mutters. Doc glances over at the flowers and grabs them, he pulls the camera out of the flower and glares.
"not today you son of a bitch." Doc growls, dropping it to the floor and crushing it under his foot. "we will, in the morning." Doc assures Monty. Monty stays quiet, he knows asking to leave tonight won't do anyone any good. Doc pulls him over to his side, holding him.
"alright. this card is the only card with access to your room." she says, handing Doc a new card. "if we can get you anything, let us know." she says. Monty cuddles to Docs side as he takes the card and heads back up. Mack isn't far behind.
"you guys should swap rooms with someone." Mack murmurs.
"we can't trade with you and Red. they know your room." Doc said. Monty is silent looking at his phone. Doc looks over at him and pulls him closer. "what now?" Doc ask.
"a picture of you stomping on the camera, ranting he's gonna bill you for it." Monty mumbles.
"good let him. its gonna have to have his name on it." Doc mutters, stepping out of the elevator with him and Mack. "come on. you're not staying in that room." Doc frowns. "Mack grab everyone and we'll meet in your room. we're going to have to do some rearranging." Doc adds.
"you got it Doc." Mack nods, walking off.
"wh-what are we doing?" Monty ask.
"packing our stuff." Doc says, opening the room. the flower is still on the bed and Monty gives it a distasteful look while Doc starts packing. he walks over and opens the hotel room safe, grabbing his wedding rings, slipping them on, before heading to pack his stuff. there's not much to pack, they generally try not to unpack everything because they know they'll be too tired to repack before heading home, so its easy to pack up quickly.
"I don't feel safe here." Monty mutters.
"I know kid, but don't worry, we'll get this all figured out." Doc assures. they grab their stuff and headed to Mack and Reds room. everyone is already waiting there for them.
"whats up Doc?" Ramone ask.
"kids stalker has been in our room." Doc says. the room goes quiet. "since the room is paid for the night, we're staying. but we're gonna have to do a little rearranging. I'm staying in the room, but he's not." Doc adds.
"that doesn't sound safe for you or whoever stays with you." Sally frowns.
"its not. so I'm not going to ask anyone to stay with me. volunteer if you want, but I'm not going to specifically ask anyone to stay with me in that room, but I am going to ask that you stay with Mater, Sally. I'd rather no one bunk alone." Doc said.
"m'good with that." Mater nods slightly.
"me too. I'll pack my things come Mater." Sally says heading out. Mater follows her. Doc looks at the others. Red and Mack stay together, Ramone and Flo obviously stay together, Guido and Luigi bunk with Sheriff.
"I'm staying with Doc." Mack says firmly. "if something happens you're going to need back up." Mack nods. Doc nods back.
"guess that means you're stuck with me." Red grins at Monty.
"better than being stuck in that room." Monty mutters.
"good then its settled." Doc said.
"when we get home I want to see that stuff so I can make an official report in case something happens." Sheriff said.
"I'd really rather no one see the pictures he's posting." Monty said.
"while I agree with you on that kid, its better Sheriff gets copies and makes a report." Doc frowns. Monty nods a little. "okay." Doc says. everyone leaves to their rooms and Doc looks at Monty. "if anything happens you know where to find me." Doc murmurs. Monty smiles a little at him before looking at Mack.
"he snores like a lawnmower." Monty warns. Doc scoffs.
"thats ok so does Mack." Red smiles.
"you guys suck." Mack huffs. Doc ruffles Montys hair lovingly, smiling at him, but Monty just looks uneasy.
"never thought I'd encourage my husband to sleep in another mans bed." Doc snorts. Monty cracks a smile.
"don't try anything funny." Mack teases. Red hugs Monty tightly and grins at Mack.
"get out." Red snorts. Mack grabs some clothes and heads out with Doc. "now you hand me that cell phone." Red says. Monty hands it to him. Red tosses it onto the nightstand.
"h-hey!" Monty shouts.
"no more cell phone. you need to be able to sleep and thinking about that stuff isn't gonna help." Red says firmly.
"okay." Monty mutters. he's tired and afraid and can't find it in him to care anymore. he curls up on the bed. "but its not like I'll be able to sleep anyway. m'gonna be too worried about Hud and Mack." Monty adds. Red lays on the bed beside him.
"well, we can watch a movie." Red says.
"m'okay Red." Monty mumbles. "I just hope Hud is too." Monty says.
"I'm sure he is." Red assures. Monty grabs his phone and texts Doc, before laying down. Red lays with him and pulls the blanket over them both.
its about one am when Monty wakes to his phone going off. he shifts and rubs his eyes, grabbing it confused. he unlocks it and sleepily goes through his notifications before freezing. he turns to look at Red snoring and decides its best to go straight to Doc. he jumps out of bed, startling Red.
"Monty?" Red ask.
"I'm done! I'm not staying here I'm going home if I have to fucking walk!" Monty shouts. he runs out of the room and Doc and Macks room, beat on the door. Red watching him confused from the door way of their room. Doc opens the door confused.
"baby whats-" Doc ask confused.
"I'm going home whether you come with me or not!" Monty shouts. Doc looks confused until Monty shows him the phone. there, on the creepers page is an up close picture of Red and Monty sleeping in the hotel bed captioned with looks like you'll sleep with anyone but me.
"what the fuck?" Doc ask. he pulls the younger to him gently, holding him tightly. "okay. okay calm down kid, you're going to wake the whole hotel. come on, grab your things." Doc murmurs tiredly.
"whats going on?" Mack ask. Doc hands him the phone and gently ushers Monty back to the other room.
"grab your bag." Doc murmurs. Monty grabs his and Docs suitcases.
"whats going on?" Sally ask.
"we're going home. whoever it is broke into Reds room and posted pictures of him and Monty sharing a bed. he's freaked. we're going home." Doc said. Red and Mack are already packing their things.
"I'll get the others." Sally said.
"no point in waking everyone up." Doc murmurs.
"too late for that." Sheriff mutters. "whats happening?" he ask. the others aren't far behind him.
"the stalker broke into Red and Stickers room and posted pictures of them. so we're going home." Sally explains.
"we'll pack up too. no way we're staying." Ramone frowns. the others seemed to agree and went to pack, while Doc walked over to hold Monty. he's panicking though.
"hey whats wrong?" Doc ask.
"they're gone." Monty said.
"whats gone Monty?" Doc ask softly.
"my rings, I put them on the nightstand and they gone." Monty whimpers. Doc frowns a little.
"I'm sure they're here somewhere." Doc assures softly. he walks over to the nightstand and looks around, even getting down to look under the bed, but the rings aren't there.
"uh Doc." Mack frowns. Doc looks over and Mack points to his ring finger with his other hand, before motioning to Monty. Doc raised an eye brow and looked at Montys hand. he sighs a little.
"baby, I love you." Doc murmurs. Monty looks up confused. "look at your hand." Doc says softly. Monty looks down at his hand and goes bright red.
"m'stupid." he mutters.
"no your not. you're panicking, you need to relax. its okay." Doc soothes.
"I can't relax! he was in here!" Monty hisses.
"and we're going home. its okay." Doc assures gently.
"come on well head down to the cars. its okay." Mack assures. the four head down together, but its obvious that Monty is already on edge. Doc takes both his suitcase and Montys from his husband and puts them in the Hornet. Mack takes his and Reds suitcases to the semi cab so Red can stay with Monty. the others trickle out slowly with their things. they're tired but there is no way any of them can comfortably stay. Doc turns to Monty and kisses his head.
"stay here, I'll be right back." Doc murmurs. he heads inside and Sheriff follows him. everyone is sticking together, no one goes alone anywhere. Mack walks back over to them.
"you gonna be okay boss?" Mack ask. Monty looks at him silently. he's had stalkers before, but never one like this. he usually just laughs them off and lets Mack deal with them, but this one threatened his husband and Red. Mack nodded a little, looking over at Red. he's silent and looks uncomfortable, but he's not moving away from Monty's side until Doc comes back. "he post anything else?" Mack ask. Monty holds up his phone.
"it says why are you leaving, I didn't mean to scare you and its got a picture of Hud loading the Hornet." Monty mumbles. he leans against the Hornet, looking sick, hugging his middle tightly.
"boss, you okay?" Mack ask.
"I'm ready to go home." Monty mutters simply. Doc and Sheriff come back out.
"check your cars before you get in. front seat, back seat, under the hood, in the trunk. check everywhere." Sheriff says.
"under the hood?" Sally ask.
"we're looking for cut wires, tubes, leaking fluids, unhooked batteries, cut break lines, anything." Doc says. they check over each and every car, locking their doors as they get in. no one leaves until everyone's car is on. they all follow Doc out with Macks semi picking up the back of the line.
Monty is curled up in the passenger seat, hugging his knees tightly to his chest and staring out the window.
"baby, you okay?" Doc ask after a few minutes.
"no, I feel sick." Monty mutters. "this is my fault. I should've listened to you and Sally and just ignored him." Monty adds.
"there's no guarantee that would've helped Monty. this person reached out to you. he wanted you to notice him. if you'd ignored it, he probably would've immediately tried to grab you or something." Doc murmurs. "come here." Doc murmurs, reaching for him gently. Monty cuddles against his side, nuzzling him gently.
"its ridiculous. I just wanna feel safe." Monty murmurs.
"I know kid. everythings going to be okay. I promise you." Doc soothes gently, holding him. everything would be okay eventually, Doc would make sure of it.