#aster&elio

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Was I supposed to be normal after the summer Elio reveal orrr??

The devil works hard but I’m harder or something?

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Spring semester starts this week… The coping has begun

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I’ve been neglecting Aster and Elio…. Sorry babies !!

This was a WIP I started months ago LOL, finally “finished” it

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Shy, but Happy

A small blurb I wrote a while back from Elio's perspective, realizing he has a crush on my Fall MC, Aster, because I've been neglecting them too much^^ --------------------------------------

Had she always been this cute? Yes, that was a silly question—of course she had been—Elio has eyes, but now for some reason every time his eyes would grace over Aster he’d want to do a double take—then a triple—then a quadruple—was he being creepy? God, he hoped not. Did Aster notice? He didn’t think so—he really, really hoped she didn’t.

Tonight, the gang was hanging out at the halfpoint again after another late night homework session—if you could even call it that. It got rowdy pretty quickly, nobody could focus that well—except for Deja, Diane, and Jamie—but if nobody else was going to do their work, then there was no point.

Elio watched as Aster excitedly swung her feet off the back of Cam’s van, keeping her gaze on the night sky as everyone else broke into side conversations. Aster smiled—her smile was so sweet—he didn’t think she could get any prettier and yet in every moment that passed proved him wrong. The stars themselves were jealous of the twinkle in her eye—of the stardust that made up her very being. In this moment, he wished that she would look at him—give him that same starstruck look she was giving the stars—maybe he could wish on them—but would they even answer his call? Would they willingly give away her attention that they were so blessed to have? God, what was this feeling in his chest? The giddiness whenever he knew Aster was there—the pure happiness he’d feel when he didn’t know she’d be there and she happened to be anyway. 

Did he have a—

“Boo!” Fingers snapped in his face, nails painted with a deep and vibrant green. Elio flinched, blinking out of his trance to find Amber giggling next to him, while Diane laid propped on her elbow just a ways behind her, observing quietly.

“What’s got you looking so lovestruck, Elio?” Amber asked, though the tease in her tone hinted that she wasn’t actually asking. Elio laughed nervously, looking away as he rubbed the back of his neck.

“Lovestruck? Who’s lovestruck? Never heard of ‘em,” he said, smiling awkwardly. Amber squinted, looking at Elio then towards Aster, yet she said nothing if she suspected something—because her face said it all. The mischievous smile that crept onto her lips and the knowing glance she gave the ever stoic-looking Diane behind her. Elio blinked, words catching in his throat. Why was he so embarrassed? It’s not like there was anything weird going on, right?

“Well I heard they’re a joy to be around, but I wouldn’t know,” Amber then joked, shrugging as she relaxed her posture before letting out a soft yawn. She sat back, then laid her head on Diane’s side. The two of them silently looked at each other again, before Diane laid flat on her back for Amber’s head to rest on her stomach, going off into their own hushed whispers.

Elio let out a sigh of relief, trying to calm the strange beating of his heart, but it didn’t help that his eyes searched for Aster again—they seemed to do that a lot lately. Aster was bouncing where she sat now, humming, before she eventually jumped out of the van and stretched her arms high above her head.

“I feel like going on a run!” She exclaimed, causing Amber to blink and sit up abruptly.

“A run? Girl, it’s almost midnight,” she said through another yawn.

“So?” Elio couldn’t help but chime in, his smile matching Aster’s contagious one. Aster finally looked at him, and he swore that all the stars had gotten brighter.

“Exactly!” Aster began with a wickedly energetic look in her eye, “the night is still young,” she exclaimed, earning a warm chuckle and headshake from Deja, who was sitting at the edge of the van as well. Aster smiled back at her knowing roommate, before her gaze returned to Elio.

“Elio, would you like to—”

“You don’t even have to ask!” He couldn’t contain himself—her energy was rubbing off on him. He joined her on the ground, but just as his feet landed Aster laughed.

“Raceyouthreetwoonego!” She zoomed away from the van towards the path lit up by lamp posts.

“Oh you gotta be kidding—” Elio gasped, then immediately ran after her. The sounds of their laughter was carried away in the nighttime breeze. Elio’s cheeks warmed and his heartbeat skipped so much faster than he had ever felt before—there was a giddy feeling like stars were twinkling in his stomach—and he figured this wasn’t just from running.

Oh, he definitely had a crush.

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New year, maybe I'll start posting more of my blurbs here. Thanks for reading---or not, again, I'll never know <3