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Pairing: Otabek Altin & Leo de la Iglesia Characters: Otabek Altin, Leo de la Iglesia Rating: General Length: 1905 words Additional tags: Post-Canon, Long-Distance Friendship A/N: A little fic to christen the Otabek & Leo tag ♥ prompt by @miyafuta and title from Vienna Teng’s Never Look Away, suggested by @delicadenza
Prompt: "Haunt Me: one character watching over the other”
Summary:
Support across oceans and continents is hard; when you know a person but barely know them, when the distance is just that bit too great.
Yet for Leo, Otabek cannot help but try.
Otabek’s coffee has just finished filtering when his phone buzzes and a tiny Instagram icon drops into the screen. He taps the notification and takes up his mug while he waits for the app to load. It's strong, dark, reviving, but too bitter, and he grimaces. Fool on him for trying another coffee brand; he's adaptable about many things, but coffee is his morning comfort and he can’t stand it if it’s not right.
Leo's Friday night Instagram posts always come within the same ten minute span week to week, and Otabek waits for them with impatience. He’s normally content to let life take its own pace, when it comes to other people; and he drives himself hard enough and far enough to eschew any restlessness at his own failures and setbacks. But these videos captivate him. Skype and social media are all very well for staying in touch, but Otabek dislikes distance. People are more precious when they’re close,and getting to see all of Leo, and even just a fraction of his hard work—
Otabek will pursue that with no care for patience or sensibility.
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