advanced cryptid: me in empty vegan cafes trying to remember how to say stock or fruit without a lisp, leaving halfway through meal, buying 30$ worth of banana bread to eat on the way home and accidentally locking myself in a public bathroom for 15 mins
this is why i say i feel an overwhelming need to take care of you (also bring me banana bread tomorrow)
jiang is an acquired taste, handling all his relationships that arent based on casual sex like hot coals in his palms, still angry about prokopenko, bored and bewildered by koh’s practicality and frugality and reason. koh is tired of having to juggle college and training, and especially of his infrequent interactions with jiang’s remaining friends, namely skov and swan. koh passive-aggressively cooks jiang meals he knows he can’t eat, and jiang wears all koh’s hilariously oversized clothes and intentionally mispronounces his name. they make it work.
A ProkoParrish fanfic for @nyavinsky. Very soft. Also on AO3
Adam was so tired he could barely keep his eyes open, but as he looked at his homework, he realised he would not be getting any sleep for at least an hour or two. He had had school, had had work, and now he was to complete dozens of excercises for each of his classes. With a noise that was half a sigh and half a yawn, Adam ventured to the kitchenette, putting on the water heater, rummaging through his cabinets for the last of coffee – beans, powder, instant coffee.
A cup of coffee in hand, Adam sat back at his desk, sorting through his homework, starting with the hardest parts of it. If he could not finish a couple of excercises for Maths or a translation for Latin, that would be fine, but if he did not turn in an essay in his History class the next day, his overall grade would surely suffer. It was not like he could not write essays – in fact, his sentence structure and handwriting had been praised before – but writing an essay, namely starting one, at ten in the evening was not the greatest of ideas. Yet when it was the only opportunity he had, he could not be nitpicky about it. The essay had to be done, he had not had time for it previously and the coffee helped to keep him awake.
The mug only had a few sips of coffee in it, the essay was finished, and Adam was working on Maths, when he heard someone knock on his front door. A quick look at his watch told Adam that it was nearing midnight. Ronan never visited that late; Gansey never visited that early.
He opened the door, feeling tired and upset over not getting enough sleep. “What?“
The boy behind his door smiled sheepishly, holding up his hands to show he did not mean anything bad.
“Sorry, Parrish. This a bad time?“
Adam was conflicted between telling Prokopenko to leave and to invite him inside. Some company would be nice … however, it was late and he was tired, and still had homework.
“It’s late.“ Adam said, shaking his head, sighing when Prokopenko smiled and nudged his way into the little apartment, making his way to the living area right away, tossing his backpack onto the floor, tossing himself onto Adam’s bed.
Adam just stared, took a deep breath, locked the door and then went back to his homework. He still had problems to solve, and then there was the Latin. There was no time, at least not that night, to deal with the boy sprawled out on his bed. He had to finish homework, had to eat dinner, which he so conveniently had forgotten to do, had to shower and had to get some sleep; only to wake up at 6 am and to go to school.
“Are you going to keep ignoring me?“
Adam did not even turn to look at Prokopenko, who had thrown off his hoodie and socks before curling himself around the only pillow on Adam’s bed to look at Adam.
“I have homework.“ Adam said coldly. He was tired, so tired, he could barely keep his eyes open. Arguing with Prokopenko would be a waste of energy.
Prokopenko huffed, rolling his eyes, “So?“
“Not all of us can pay their way into any school they want.“
He did not realise how harsh he had been until he realised Prokopenko was hissing and getting off of his bed. Adam expected him to get upset or to leave, but Prokopenko simply came to stand next to him, looking over his homework. Adam kind of froze, not wanting to move to look at the other, but he did not also continue doing his homework.
“I’ll do your Maths homework.“ Prokopenko offered after a few minutes, holding out his hand so that he could take Adam’s notebook. “You can do whatever you have left and then we can get something to eat.“
For a second, Adam wondered if he was the only one who had forgotten to eat dinner. He knew that while Prokopenko and the rest of his friends had everything in abundance, they sometimes skipped meals in favour of illegal substances. Kavinsky looked almost more see-through than Noah, and Prokopenko was made out of angles and harsh lines as well, bones showing through his skin. Overuse of drugs, underuse of food; Adam did not know. Maybe whoever had designed Prokopenko had decided to make him hurt anyone who fell into him.
„…Fine.“ He pulled his Latin notebook closer and started working on translation while Prokopenko solved Mathematic problems much quicker than Adam would have thought he was capable of. Adam supposed Prokopenko had come over sober. Which was a good thing, of course. Adam had seen Prokopenko high and drunk, and no matter how vivid Prokopenko was when he was under the influence, Adam prefered the more down-to-earth real boy.
Not even fifteen minutes later they had both finished and Prokopenko tugged his backpack closer, zipping it open. “I know you work late and all,“ He said, pulling out a big plastic bottle of juice, two plastic boxes filled with food, and a carton of pop-tarts. “So I got you some food, all healthy and shit, like you like it.“
Prokopenko shoved the boxes of food towards Adam and Adam opened the lid of one, nearly groaning of hunger when the smell of chicken and sweet and sour sauce hit his nose.
“You eat chicken, right?“ Prokopenko asked, a bit unsure, scratching the back of his head a bit nervously. “I mean, we’ve gotten takeout from that place before, but you’ve never ordered chicken so I didn’t know if you’d eat it or-“
Adam smiled to him, as widely as he could with how tired he was. “I do. Thank you.“
Prokopenko’s smile was brighter than the lights in the entire apartment, and he nodded, helping Adam up and leading him to the kitchenette so that they could warm some of the food up and eat it. Adam sat down to eat as soon as the microwave dinged, but Prokopenko took his time putting away the pop-tarts and pouring the two of them a glass of juice each. He slid one of the glasses towards Adam who took the glass with a quiet ’thank you’ and continued eating. Prokopenko did not eat, just drank his juice.
“So,“ Adam started, picking through the last of his dinner. “Was there a reason you came over? An actual reason, I mean.“
Prokopenko visited the garage most often, always asking Adam to tinker with his car, having him change the tires or the oil, fixing a few scratches here and there. They met in a few classes at school, both of them staying with their friends between classes, but passing nods and smiles with one another when nobody saw. A couple of times, not often enough as either of them wanted, Prokopenko took Adam to eat, showing him the best takeout and fast food places around town. And a couple times, on rare, secret evenings, Prokopenko snuck away from his friends and came to visit, leaving behind all his harshness that Adam despised. Sure, Prokopenko was loud and rude, used more substances Adam could name, and everything about him screamed bad boy, but he was also funny, eager to please, listened to Adam and did his best to be good.
“Nah,“ Prokopenko said, settling himself onto Adam’s lap. Adam wrapped an arm around his waist like it was an instinct. “Just missed you.“
Adam blushed, eating the last piece of chicken in his box. “You see me daily,“ He pointed out, which was true. They did see each other daily in school, even sat next to each other in a few AP lessons they both took.
“Not like this,” Prokopenko leaned in for a kiss, huffing when Adam turned his head away. “No?”
“No,” Adam was not a stranger to kisses from him, not a stranger to wanting and asking, but now that his stomach was full of food, his need to sleep caught up with him. “I need to sleep. You should go home. I don’t know what you came here for. I’m tired and gross and I need to sleep.”
Prokopenko whined, trying to get at least one kiss out of him, not stopping until Adam put a hand over his face and shoved him away.
“I said no, Ilya!”
Prokopenko kept pouting for a while, settling closer to nuzzle Adam’s neck instead. “You haven’t kissed me in a week. Do you not like me any more?”
Adam groaned, shaking his head, squeezing Prokopenko’s waist with the arm he had around him. “I’m just busy and tired. If you want-“ He could not believe he was offering this, “-you can spend the night.”
Prokopenko perked up at that, smiling as he looked at Adam. “Yeah! I’ll go change and get the bed warm while you shower.” He got off of Adam’s lap and went towards the bed, giving Adam the chance to finally shower.
By the time Adam actually made it to bed, he was half asleep and warm, yawning when he climbed under the covers and snuggled close to the warm body in his bed. Prokopenko smiled, letting Adam spoon him from behind and took one of Adam’s hands, kissing it before using it to pull Adam’s arm around him.
“Adam?” He asked, pulling the duvet closer and tangling his legs with Adam’s.
“Hm?”
“Good night.”
Adam smiled and kissed the nape of Prokopenko’s neck. “Good night, Ilya.” He fell asleep almost as soon as he closed his eyes, terribly tired from his long day. Sleep came easy for him, these days. He was safe and warm, with a beautiful boy in his arms. Once it had been a distant dream, now, as Adam fell into dreams of a different kind, it was a reality. His dreams were so kind to him that he did not wake when in the morning Prokopenko slid out of bed and kissed his forehead, tucking him in before leaving the bedroom. He never stayed until Adam woke up, and this time was no exception. But he would be back. He always was.
kicks up leg do you ship lee and rutherford by any chance
dkjsfhskjghfds why am i the Worst at answering messages this is old af i’m sorry
but YES, they’re So Good and pure. bc rutherford doesn’t really like attention and is still lowkey pretending he’s not gay he isn’t big on pda, but lee is the one that always wants to hold hands/take pics/wear rutherford’s lacrosse jerseys bc why not
they can make any convo Deep™ btw, whether it’s about politics or mythology or movies or w/e. they do analysis-type shit, total back-and-forth swapping ideas and expanding knowledge + they talk about aliens!!!!!! and alien theories!!!! bc got damn rutherford 100% believes in aliens and lee is v willing to go along w/ it
rutherford had his motorcycle first and when lee got his, rutherford taught him how to ride it (they go riding on back roads so they can go fast™) (and makeout w/o anyone seeing) (and look at the stars and talk abt aliens)
oh but they have clashing music styles--lee has his fussy music and rutherford has rap so it Does Not Mix and the few times that they drive in cars together they fight over the aux (back before the audiojack got killed.... good times)
ANYWAY i’m sorry for the late reply but. they’re gay and i love them.
