I have all the need for prompts!!!!..... gonna be a lot, cuz i need em all. 1) "nobody's seen you in days!" "Im worried about you!" Pynch angst 😈
Okay angst is NOT my forte but I tried (:
Adam was lying down on his back under a car, arms tired and body sweaty from hours of work. He just had to finish this repair and then he’d be free to go home and sleep. Well, eat something, finish his homework, and then sleep.
After another ten minutes of fiddling with the underside of the car, Adam slid out from under, wiped the grease off his hands, and clocked out. “Night!” he called to Boyd, who was sitting in the office filing papers. Adam slung his backpack over his shoulder and headed outside into the cool night air.
Just as he reached into his pocket to grab his keys, he noticed another car in the parking lot.
Adam sucked in a deep breath and walked over to the car. Adam knocked on the passenger side window, making Ronan startle a little before unlocking the door.
Adam slid into the seat and waited, neither boy really looking at each other.
Three days ago, Adam had gotten his acceptance letter to Harvard.
Three days ago, Ronan had celebrated with him over a home cooked meal and night spent in bed at The Barns.
Three days ago, Ronan had a nightmare about Adam moving away and never coming back.
After a painfully long silence, when it was apparent Ronan was not going to speak first, Adam sighed. “I haven’t seen you in days.”
“I know,” Ronan agreed quietly. Adam waited for him to say more, but he didn’t.
“I know, Parrish.” Still, nothing more from him.
“Gansey was really worried about you,” Adam finally said. “I was really worried about you . . . I still am.”
Ronan took a shaky breath and finally looked up at Adam. “I know, Adam. I’m sorry.” He fiddled with the bands on his wrist, his hands searching for something to do. So Adam reached out and took his hands in his own, twining their fingers together.
“I’m not gonna leave you,” Adam whispered. “I mean, I will, temporarily. But I’m coming back. I promise you, Ronan, I’m coming back.” Adam said this all the honesty and love in his heart. “I love you, Ronan. You know that.”
Ronan nodded shyly. “It didn’t feel real before the acceptance,” he admitted. “I knew you’d get in, of course, cause you’re fucking brilliant, but seeing that letter….knowing it’s happening….it’s just—“
“I know, Ronan, I know,” Adam said, squeezing his hands. Ronan brought their locked fingers to his mouth and placed a gentle kiss on Adam’s knuckles.
“I’m happy for you, Adam, I am. I’m so fucking happy for you. I just don’t know how I’m going to survive the next four years.” His voice was soft and timid, vulnerable and open—the side of Ronan Lynch that very few ever saw. It broke Adam’s heart.
“You’re going to visit, and I’m going to visit, and you’re going to use your fucking phone and FaceTime me and call me and text me. And it will be okay, Ro. We’ll be okay,” Adam assured him.
Ronan breathed out a sigh of relief, his deepest fear dissipating, and leaned over to kiss Adam, long and sweet, gentle and loving.
“I am going to leave this car right now because I, unlike you, have school tomorrow and homework to do,” Adam smiled. Ronan laughed but nodded, already feeling better. “Tamquam—“
“Alter idem,” Ronan finished as Adam opened the door and stepped out of the BMW to head to his own car.