LMAO i accidentally unfollowed u when i tried to send u this ask,,, sorry,,, ANYWAYS for the dialogue thing. 6 with albert? or 9 with spot!! :D
Omg you’re all good!
Now let’s get this show on the road:
It was an odd occasion, for starters. It was rare that David ever trusted Albert with… well… anything. Sure they were buds, but since Les was determined to be like ‘one of the big kids’ he aspired to be on the level of none other than Albert Dalsilva.
Now Les was just like any other kid, believed in magic, saw wonders in small things, yet he had a lot of sass in that little body, and perhaps that was the appeal in Albert. Albert saw a lot of himself in Les, the way the kid jumped around and butted in on conversations. Since he lost touch with his own brother he reluctantly warmed up to the kid within a few weeks and found refuge by his side.
So that’s how Albert got stuck with the kid for the day. Was it a good idea? Absolutely not no. David had protested the arrangements with his mother that morning. “But Ma, are you kidding? Les’ll end up dead.”
“Now David it can’t be that bad”
***
Les skipped along by the scrawny redheads side, humming some Disney song to himself while the grown man looked down on him. He wasn’t quite sure what to say, they weren’t quite close, and to be fair he wasn’t quite sure how and why David allowed him to be with the child. Sure he had experience with kids but he wasn’t a master with them.
“So, Shortstuff, got a girlfriend?” He asked completely sarcastically trying to make a joke and conversation.
“Yup! Sally! She’s my sweet plum, like a rose on a fine spring day-”
“Jeez ok I was just kidding… do you really- are kids seriously?” Who was he to judge? He had met his boyfriend when he was 9 and had a crush on him from that very first day without even knowing it. He shrugged his shoulders brushing the foreign thought from his mind.
Now what would the two do for the day? David was off at school and for some reason Les’s school had a pupil free day, leaving the kid without any chains to hold him down. To be fair, there was only one job Albert really had to do. Keep the kid alive. It shouldn’t be that hard… right?
As they approached Central Park they came to the iconic bridge that overlooked the lake. “You dance much, Kid?”
Les looked up at Albert as the tall boy climbed onto the rails of the bridge. “Yeah, Ma signed me up for Tap a few years back, why?”
Albert did a little Diddy with his feet, leaping across the rails. It didn’t seem safe at all. He reached out a hand to the young child, who looked up at him with dazzled eyes. He reached for his hand to be hoisted up before hesitating.
“I- I don’t know about this…” Les pouted, looking at the ground and then up at Albert.
“That’s why you’re not the one in charge.” Albert blatantly stated, pulling the kid up. He flipped a few moves which Les copied enthusiastically. It was fun. They were having fun. A little too much fun…
It was a split second. One moment Les was dancing with the coolest guy he knew in the middle of the coolest park in the coolest city, and the next he found himself in the coolest water he had ever felt. It swarmed all around him, swirling cold through his warm blood. His feet kicked frantically as they were on the surface reflecting Alberts every move.
Albert followed a split second after Les fell in, diving in to retrieve the child.
When they got to the surface and onlookers cleared, the boy chattered wearing the oversized coat of his friend… friend.
Albert awkwardly pat the child on the back. “Let’s uh… not tell David about this..”
“Yeah. I can do that.” Les smirked, hoping it wouldn’t be the last day he got to spend with his cool new friend.
