Sethnicky microfic
424 words, possible TW for implied mention of drug use and possible suicidal ideation
Seth is back at the Foxes after extensive rehab, it was foreign for Seth. Someone who wanted a way out instead gets to live long enough to see harm reduction. Getting clean was another challenge for Seth, but for once he was trying. Maybe being alive wasn’t so bad Seth thought, maybe he could actually graduate. Seth enters the fox tower and heads to his old dorm, it felt surreal being back here. He didn’t feel real yet, but he felt alive. He opens the door to his old dorm and the first thing he sees there is Nicky. Nicky Hemmick waiting for Seth Gordon, the man who called him slurs several times and never always treated him nicely and yet. It felt like a relief seeing Nicky, because despite all that. Seth liked Nicky, Seth didn’t hate him but he thought Nicky was out of touch because of his behavior, but there he is. Standing inside his dorm. “Why are you here?” Seth asked cautiously, Nicky replied “I was waiting for you. It felt like I’ve waited a hundred years for you, what took you so long?!”. Seth is confused, why him? Why did he wait for a person like Seth, what did he do to deserve someone as sincere as Nicky to wait for him. “but.. why? Why me? After all I did, after all I put you through. Why wait for me?” Nicky’s smile dropped and got more serious “Because I like you Seth, I don’t know why. I just like you, and despite everything, it’s still you. I mean who else did you promise to be better for?” “I just don’t understand that’s all, I’m mean, I’m cold. Fuck I like you too I just never thought I’d live long enough to express that” he sighs and looks up at the ceiling, he feels like he’s about to cry. His throat is burning, it feels like a big lump. It’s foreign. He pushes it down and look back at Nicky Nicky gives him a sad smile and whispers sadly “It’ll be okay. We’ll be okay” he opens his arms for a hug and Seth just falls limp in to his arms, and they enjoy that embrace for a few minutes Nicky breaks the hug off and says “I brought something I thought you’d like, while you’re not sober yet I think this is a huge milestone and I think we should celebrate” Nicky had brought food. It was sushi, Seth hadn’t properly tried sushi so he was excited to try.












