Hii! That last fic is so great! I totally loved it, your writing skills are amazing and I was wondering if you could write a little short of Leo finding out the next day the lovebites on Cyrus and his penguin walking (of course only if you want to). Hope you're doing well and staying safe!
Hi! I'm so glad you loved it! And of course I can, I got a similar comment on the fic detailing almost the exact same scene and then the next day I got this ask, so I just had to write it! I am doing well and staying as safe as I can, thank you, love! I hope you and everyone else is doing well and staying safe, too! Y'all mean so much to me!!
Cyrus winces slightly with each step he takes down the hall, second period just ended. They had just finished up their unit on how to properly analyze a film and while Cyrus would have loved to pay attention, the soreness in his muscles had other plans. He had spent the whole period shifting in his seat trying to find a positions that would put less pressure on his bottom and thigh. Enough shifting to garner the attention of his teacher, Mr. Bartholio, twice during his lesson asking if he was alright. It had been so embarrassing, having all those eyes on him. He's so relieved it's now break, hopefully he'll have some time to relax and allow the pain to lessen if not disappear completely.
He had tried to get Sharon to excuse him from school this morning but his father had overheard them and had quickly shot him down all because he had come home late last night without a call. It wasn't like he had wanted to fall asleep, he was just so tired and T.J. was so warm and comforting, hugging him close and stroking his hair, his back, his thigh, delivering sweet kisses to his face and lips. It had felt so good.
His thoughts are interrupted with a call of his name.
He stops and turns his head looking for the source and spots Leo, hurrying up to him. He gives a small smile as Leo comes to a skittish stop in front of him, "Hi, Leo."
Leo beams at him brightly, color rising to his cheeks the longer he stares at Cyrus.
Cyrus raises a brow, "So? What's up?"
Leo snaps out of his daze, "Oh, right! Uhm-uh, where are you going?"
Cyrus gives him a funny look, "To my locker, I've gotta put some stuff away." He pulls on the leather strap of his bag.
"Right, uh, can I walk you there?"
Cyrus grimaces internally as he shifts on his feet, "Yeah," he manages out, turning on his heel and walking down the hall, a small limp in his step as he tries to keep his discomfort to himself. He must fail because Leo is on to him, hand coming to rest on his lower back, "Are you okay, Cyrus?" He asks gently.
Cyrus blushes, "Uh, of course, why wouldn't I be?" He gives a smile, but he's sure it comes out as a grimace from the way Leo's brows furrow and he gets closer.
"Are yu-" his words stop as his eyes wander over Cyrus, stopping just below his jaw where a faint reddish mark lies. His eyes widen and he swallows hard, eyes going lower down his neck, until he sees another just barely being covered by the collar of Cyrus' pale pink button up, another mark, in a dark purple. Cyrus usually leaves the top button unbuttoned, is that why, a bruise? His thought trails off as his eyes shift again, narrowing as he makes out another, clear, mauve indents of teeth on the side of Cyrus' neck.
"Leo?" He vaguely hears Cyrus call his name, but all he can focus on is those love bites adorning Cyrus' normally pristine skin. Are those why...They weren't there yesterday...right? I would've noticed...
"Leo?" His brain registers the concern in Cyrus' voice and then a small hand settles on his arm and he snaps out of his thoughts.
"Yeah?" He shakes his head, "What's up, Cyrus?" He tries to play off his behavior, averting his eyes from the blemishes.
"You kinda spaced out there, Leo." Cyrus tilts his head slightly, "Are you okay?"
Leo swallows hard, "Yeah, yeah, I am." He nods his head, trying to play off his behavior, "Hey, Cyrus, um, where did you ge-" he stops again when Cyrus hisses lowly, pain taking over his face.
"Hey, are you okay?" Leo immediately asks, both hands coming to rest on Cyrus' small shoulders, squeezing gently in hopes of bringing comfort, but instead Cyrus flinches at the contact and Leo promptly moves his hands away, holding them up in front of himself.
"Whoa, what's wrong?" He asks.
Cyrus gives him a weak smile, "Nothing, I'm fine, just need to get to my locker." He sidesteps Leo and continues on his way, trying his best to ignore the aches as he walks as normally as possible.
Leo watches him go, before chasing after him, bumping into a couple students as he reaches Cyrus, who's already at his locker opening it and placing books in it. From this angel he can clearly see the bite on Cyrus' neck, Does he...are those from a boyfriend?
He goes red at that thought, face burning and stomach flip-flopping, he licks his lips, swallowing, and taking a deep breath, "Cy, are those-" he raises a finger, pointing at the impression-"do you ha-"
He's interrupted by a loud voice and Cyrus quickly turns his head, "Teej!" a smile spreading on his pink lips, russet eyes sparkling as a tall blond boy in a black crew-neck tucked into dark jeans saunters up to them, well Cyrus, sliding a strong arm around his waist.
"I've been looking for you," The blond says smiling down at Cyrus.
Cyrus' smile brightens as a beautiful blush spreads on his soft cheeks, "I was just putting some books away, but I'm done now." He closes the door to his locker.
"Oh, who's this?" The blond looks to Leo.
Cyrus' head whips towards him as if he had forgotten Leo was even there, a look of embarrassment crosses his face before familiarity settles, "Oh sorry, T.J. this is Leo. Leo this is T.J.," Cyrus introduces waving his hands between them, with a small smile.
Leo swallows nervously as he looks up at T.J. finding his green-no, not green, they were paler than that...laurel? Yes, that was it, laurel eyes were already on him, gaze unreadable.
He looks intimidating. No, he is intimidating. Standing tall with broad shoulders and strong arms that practically encompass Cyrus' small frame, blond hair windswept, "Nice to meet you, Leo," his voice is deep and authoritative, it sends a chill down Leo's back.
"Nice to meet yu-you, too, " Leo replies, voice wavering a bit at the end. Those eyes still watch him and Leo is trying his hardest not to hunch in on himself as he averts his eyes away from the tall boy. He finds his eyes going back to Cyrus, taking him in all over, from the downy look of his hair, to his angelic features, he skips his neck, continuing down his lissome figure.
But he stops, feeling his whole body tense, when he sees T.J.'s hand slowly running up and down the subtle curve of Cyrus' waist, a faint glimmer on his finger catches the light, a ring, before stopping at his hip, fingers playing with the hem of Cyrus' pink shirt, before slipping up under the fabric.
Leo catches sight of another small bruise from where Cyrus' shirt rises because of T.J.'s hand. This one's plum in color and more in an oval shape, he wants to look closer but is distracted by the small movements of T.J.'s hand, rubbing small circles into Cyrus' belly. His brain goes fuzzy, barely managing to register the breathy gasp that leaves Cyrus' lips and his head quickly shoots up, looking Cyrus over. His eyes are hazy, cheeks prettily flushed, and his lips are moving.
Has Cyrus been talking this whole time? Leo swallows, trying to clear his head when he sees Cyrus' delicate hand come up to rest over his shirt where T.J.'s hand continues its rubbing. Leo thinks Cyrus will stop it, but he doesn't, just keeps his hand there, feeling it move slightly with the one underneath. Leo feels his breathing pick up.
He spots a silver ring on the middle finger of Cyrus' dainty hand and he blinks rapidly, Has he...has he always worn that? Leo turns his head to look up at T.J. and finds his pale eyes already on him, glaring at him with so much detest and smugness as if saying, He's mine, okay? Possession clear as day gleaming green in his laurel eyes. It feels like T.J.'s on some pedestal looking down on him, he feels so small.
Was he Cyrus' boyfriend? Does he know about my crush on Cyrus? No, he can't, I've never even met T.J. before today...
Then as if to drive it all home, T.J. pulls Cyrus closer to him and Cyrus just let's him.
"I-I, uh, I hav-ah-" he swallows thickly, trying to get his words out-"I have to go, sorry Cyrus, bye!" He interrupts Cyrus, not even realizing he was still talking, turning on his heel and practically stumbling over himself to get away.
Cyrus watches him leave confused, blinking a couple of times before looking up at T.J., "Did I scare him away?"
T.J. smiles softly down at Cyrus, "Of course not, love." He brings his other hand up to rub at the frown lines on Cyrus' brow with his thumb. "Maybe he just realized he needed to be somewhere else," T.J. supplies, happy when the frown leaves Cyrus' face, blooming into a sweet smile.
"You're probably right." Cyrus squeezes the hand still under his shirt before gasping quietly, "Wha-when?" He looks down, confused as to how T.J.'s hand got there.
"You looked nervous when you were asking if you could borrow his notes from class so I thought I'd help," T.J. explains with a lopsided smile, squeezing the soft skin of Cyrus' tummy, basking in the sweet giggles that leave Cyrus' full lips.
"Teej!" He squeals when T.J. squeezes, again. "Wait! Oh my gosh, did I start babbling?!" Cyrus stops his giggling, mortified, "Is that what scared him off?! Oh my gosh, I have to go apologize!" Cyrus takes a step away from him, wavering on his feet as the aches return and he whimpers.
T.J. is immediately on alert, stepping closer to him and placing a caring hand on the small of his back, "Hey, hey, relax. What's wrong?" His voice is soft, only for Cyrus.
Cyrus whimpers again, "I'm still sore from last night and it hurts to walk," he mumbles, shyly, small hands coming to grip on to the black fabric of T.J.'s shirt.
T.J. has to stop the growing smugness in him, Cyrus is in pain because of him so he needs to fix that, "Hey," he whispers and Cyrus looks up at him, eyes shining with tears. T.J. gives him a soft smile, "Let's go find Roman, yeah? I'm pretty sure he's got painkillers and he's got Film class fifth period so he'll have the notes by the end of the day, okay?"
Cyrus gives a small nod, a couple of tears falling out from the movement that T.J. carefully wipes away, leaning down to kiss Cyrus' forehead.
"C'mon, I'll carry you, it is my fault, after all." T.J. smiles.
But Cyrus playfully pushes him away, "No, that's even more embarrassing than waddling around," he giggles sweetly, blinking his tears away. "'Sides I can walk, slowly, but I can walk."
T.J. gives him another smile, kissing his forehead, again, "All right, but if you slow me down I'll have no choice but to Fireman carry you to Roman," T.J. jokes, slipping his arm back around Cyrus' waist as they begin walking.
Cyrus gives a cute snort, "No, you won't," he giggles.
TA-DA!! What did y'all think, huh? I really like how it came out, but I may be biased, so please tell me your thoughts! All in all, a big thank you to Jay and the Anon for this wonderful thought, bc without them this would not have been written let alone thought of, so thank you so much!! I always love writing for you guys!! Much love to all you guys!