If it hadn’t been for Avery’s complaint, Lucas probably would have put down the guitar ten minutes ago, but there was nothing Lucas loved more than getting under Avery’s skin. He loved to watch his reactions, especially now that he and Avery were dating and things were a lot less uncertain between them. Lucas started strumming, before announcing. “Anyway, here’s wonderwall.” He started strumming the first part of the song, before glancing up at his boyfriend’s face and cracking up with laughter. “Okay, okay, I’ll stop. I promise.”
Lucas couldn’t hold back his laughter as he walked in to see the mess that their son had made. He quickly covered his mouth, hoping that DJ wouldn’t notice him chuckling. He glanced over at Sofia and cleared his throat, trying to hide his laughter from her as well. “Wow,” he said, glancing around at the peanut butter which had been spread all over the living room. “I really think we should consider teaching DJ to be a house painter. Look at that coverage.”
Lucas had probably only been out of his apartment for a few hours, but the way that time dragged on, it might as well have been days. He'd finally grown impatient with himself, constantly feeling like he had to conceal parts of his identity. He'd left the note for his roommate, without any sort of explanation. He figured that the six words scrawled on the back of an envelope were clear and concise enough to make his point. However, as soon as he left, he found it difficult to fathom going back. What if things became awkward between them? What if Avery started to put together just how many times he had thought about him? What if Avery realised why Lucas felt the need to write that note?
In an effort to distract his thoughts, he had taken it upon himself to go for a hike. He could get far enough away from civilisation so that his phone signal would run out, and people wouldn't be able to find him and interrogate him about his feelings. The cold air and the silence only made it so much easier for him to concentrate on what he had done, what he had to deal with and how things were going to change for him once things got out in the open.
'I think I might be gay' was all he wrote, and it was all he could write. He couldn't find the words to write some sort of explanation as to why he was writing this down, or how long he'd known or anything like that. All he knew was that he wanted Avery, and in a way that he hadn't wanted someone else before. It wasn't love, he knew that much, as he'd tested the word out in his head a few times. That word didn't sit right with him. But the chemistry, that was enough to knock the wind out of him. It was enough to wake him up in the middle of the night, frustrated and confused, trying to figure out why he was thinking of his roommate climbing on top of him, and trying to decipher why he didn't want him to stop.
Lucas waited until his phone hit twenty percent before he started to head back to his bike. As the signal reached his phone, he found a number of messages from the day. Mainly friends and casual acquaintances wanting to know if he was busy. Lucas didn't mind much for the others. He just wanted to know that Avery had read his note and that it hadn't made things uncomfortable between them. After all, Lucas never really cared much about his family's disapproval. He just knew that it would change things for him. Getting changed in a locker room with a team of guys he'd known for years would be different. Playing a sport where the aim is to tackle other men to the ground would be different. He just wanted things to stay the same as they always were, and he couldn't do that if people knew how he felt.
As he got home, his key trembled in front of the lock. Despite his will and the voices in his mind telling him to just rip it off like a bandaid, he couldn't get past the barrier he'd created. He didn't know what was waiting inside, and a small part of him didn't want to know. Other parts of him wanted to go back in time and forget that he had ever written the note in the first place. Lucas didn't say much until a neighbour approached him, asking if he was alright. He must have looked three shades paler than he normally did, because the neighbour sounded concerned. Lucas just laughed it off and said that he had been out in the cold. As he spoke, he realised that if his roommate was inside, he definitely would have heard their conversation then.
He took a breath, opened the door and walked inside, avoiding eye contact with the brunet. He headed straight for the note, scrunching it into a ball and throwing it into the wastebasket. He reached inside the fridge, grabbing a beer and knocking the cap off on the edge of the counter. He took a sip, still having been silent the whole time, then he turned his attention to his roommate. "That uh... that note was just..." he took another sip of his beer. "I was joking." Lucas practically had to choke the last word out, and it was impossible to look at him.
↺: Our muses doing something holiday-themed with their kid(s).
Ever since Lucas could remember, his mother always used to bake some fresh gingerbread, then he and his sister and his cousin would put them together and make a competition out of decorating them. After spending the afternoon with Daniel at his mother’s house, she had given him a batch of freshly cooked gingerbread, and Lucas had taken the initiative to head off to the store and stock up on candy and icing.
He dumped the bag of goodies down in front of Sofia as the excitable toddler nibbled on a piece of extra gingerbread. Lucas placed Daniel down on the counter, talking him through the steps of assembling a gingerbread house, even if he was too young to actually realise what any of that meant.
Once Lucas was satisfied that the house was sturdy, he held out a bowl of candy for Sofia, allowing her to place the first decoration on the house. It didn’t take long, between the three of them, to completely cover the house. It seemed as though it took even less time to pull it apart and eat it.
ok so i’m pre sure this was for this meme & if not it’s probably confusing bc i reblog too many memes but;
who would be the one to randomly adopt a puppy without consultation lucas. he’s so impulsive at times and he’s really irresponsible with his money so he just gets ideas and rolls with it.
who would force the other to take aesthetic pictures of them not so much ‘aesthetic’ pictures, but i can imagine lucas gets asked to take photos of her when she’s boxing & they also both call out to the other one to bring the camera and take a photo when they’re with daniel and he’s doing something cute.
who would do stuff they think is stupid just to make the other one happy lucas. he’d do pretty much anything to please people.
who picks out the horror movies to watch just so the other will cling to them sofia… tbh… i can see her being the one who sits there watching horror movies while lucas freaks out
who is constantly studying and who is constantly trying to distract them lucas is definitely the distraction because he gets bored so easily and craves attention.
who initiates the facetime calls whenever they’re separated i’d say probably sofia because she’d be with daniel more.
who is more likely to storm out after a fight and who is more likely to cry when they do lucas doesn’t usually storm out, so it would take a lot, but sometimes he can just get overwhelmed by stuff and he needs to escape so i see him doing it.
who stays up way too late binge-watching their favorite shows sofia. lucas doesn’t have the attention span.
who bites the other’s ear when they’re feeling frisky lucas & he can be incredibly annoying as well.
who sprays the other with water when they’re washing the car probably sofia, but it would definitely turn into a waterfight pretty quickly.
who has more fun decorating the house during holidays i wanna say that they both get super into it because they want to give daniel the best holidays ever.
who is more likely to give the silent treatment when they’re mad at the other sofia.
who plays with the others’ hair more lucas.
who is more likely to climb all over the other one when they’re bored lucas.
who tries to kiss the other as often as they can again this is lucas. as mentioned, he tries to be very annoying.
who pouts when the other one tells them to shut the fuck up lucas.
who initiates the sex and who walks away when the other is riled up funnily enough i think these are both sofia. lucas just constantly wants sex so he’ll playfully flirt and stuff but sofia’s the one who actually initiates sex. bc lucas is the way he is, she constantly also has to be the one who walks away.
who always forgets the umbrella and who holds it when they actually have one lucas always forgets, but when they do it kind of depends on whoever is holding (or pushing) daniel as to who holds it.
who demands showering first in the mornings sofia.
who sneaks into the shower with the other one in the mornings lucas.
who prefers riding the roller coasters and who prefers playing the games sofia probably loves roller coasters whereas lucas definitely had a bad experience as a kid after eating too many hot dogs, so he mainly sticks to the rides.
who will text the other one thirty times in a row until they respond lucas. he’s clingy af.
who always forgets to charge their phone overnight sofia.
who comes up behind the other and slide their hands into their back pockets sofia i imagine. (and not just because girls clothes don’t have pockets)
who tries to get hugs from the other as often as they can sofia. lucas is more than willing to oblige.
who is louder and who constantly has the tell the other to be quiet lucas isn’t necessarily louder, but he is constantly talking. all the time.
