Joetrick with "Don’t listen to them. Don’t you EVER listen to them." oh god I'm crying already
((i got another request for this so this one’s a high school au i am trash))
See, the thing is, Joe’s not bullied easily. They all say shit, make fun of his nose and his lisp and his hair, with cruel smiles and quick glances in the linoleum halls.
But he doesn’t really care.
Like, sure, they hate him. But like, he’s heard it all before. He’s hardly even worth making fun of. Just some kid who’s gonna be an accountant.
Nobody cares if an accountant is Jewish, or has a lisp.
Sure, it makes him kind of bitter. Like, why can’t they just keep to themselves? He probably hasn’t done anything to them. Maybe he drank too much at one of their parties, or hit on their girlfriend when he was high, but he just takes it out n his guitar when he gets home.
His parents don’t even notice. See, he’s fine.
It’s worse, though, when it’s in front of his friends. Pete gives them the finger, Andy calls them assholes, and Joe tells them it’s nothing.
Today, for the first time, it happens with Patrick. Some kid from their English class, passes them at lunch, says. “Jewith”, laughs with his friends. And Joe just ignores it, that one’s overused anyway, and he blink up to tell Patrick that he’s used to it, but Patrick’s gone.
Joe’s confused for a second, then hears someone scream, and something heavy hit the ground.
Joe rushes over, to see Patrick standing over the guy, who’s crouched on the ground with a bloody nose. Joe’s impressed, because, shit, that guy was like, a foot taller than Joe, and Patrick’s tiny.
"Fuck off." Patrick spits, and before Joe knows it, he’s being dragged by his wrist to the bathroom.
"Patrick, you didn’t have to -"
"Yes I did. Listen, Joe, don’t listen to them. Don’t you EVER listen to them." Patrick says, and looks so sincere, like he didn’t just land himself in detention for a week.
"I won’t." Joe says, a little breathily. He hugs Patrick. Very tightly.
Patrick hugs back, standing on his toes to lessen the height difference.
"I love you, Trohman. Like, I really love you." Patrick says, his head resting on Joe’s shoulder.
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