oceanic

@williamsbee

17 years old. Probably had gils in another life.

188 posts

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Edward smiled and welcomed William’s change in position. He slid his hands more towards William’s back so that his fingertips were practically touching. Suddenly, it became a bit harder to concentrate on his stepping and William’s skateboard. “Oh, right, right,” he nodded and laughed. “And sorry, I won’t mention those again.” With a quirked eyebrow, Edward hummed, “Yeah? Think I would crush you if that happened, Bee. Dunno if you noticed, but you’re quite small.”

William’s smile grew even more if that was even possible. Somehow their skateboarding lesson had turned into a mobile hug-- not that William was complaining or all that surprised, to be honest. He scoffed loudly, pulling back as much as he could while standing on the board to glare at Edward. “Excuse you. We can’t all be bulky jocks like you!” William exclaimed. “I was just trying to save you some pain, but fine. Be that way. Next time we fall, my elbows are going to be flying, just so you know. And they’re quite sharp I’ve been told.”

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“Yeah, I know,” Edward murmured. “Yet? You’re not going to fall at all. Not when I got you,” he assured him and squeezed his waist gently. “Unless, a brief, spontaneous earthquake happens, but then I’d just make sure you’d fall on top of me again. Which, y’know, wasn’t so bad, right?”

William laughed and finally looked back up at Edward. He moved his arms further around Edward’s neck to hold his hands together over Edward’s back. At this point, William was leaning more on Edward than he was standing and trying to skateboard. “Hey! It’s not a trust issue with you,” he defended himself. “It’s me! I don’t know if you remember, but I very recently just wiped out,” William laughed. “And you mentioning earthquakes doesn’t help any. Plus, this time you should land on me. It’s only fair.”

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Edward began to shuffle sideways slowly and he glanced up quickly to make sure their path was clear. “Hey,” he laughed, “You’ll win every future discussion starting after this. I just know I’m not wrong about this one.” Looking up from his own feet, Edward smiled at William. “We’re doing pretty good so far,” he nodded down at the board. “I think we can both agree that we make a great team,”.

“I’m gonna hold you to that, y’know,” William told him seriously, eyes still downwards, making sure no rocks or dips were incoming. He’d already learned his lesson about rocks and skateboards just minutes before. “Well, I haven’t fallen over yet so.. yeah, a good team,” he smiled, leaning his forehead against one of Edward’s shoulders so he could keep his neck comfortable while he watched the ground.

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Edward stood perfectly still until William was settled on top of the board and then placed his hands on his boyfriend’s waist. “Votes schmotes. I know a Prince when I see one, Bee”, he countered with a crooked grin. “I think so? But if anyone is the prince consort it’s me. Since, y’know, you’re a Prince.”

William gave Edward’s shoulder a pat as if he was a horse, letting him know that he was ready to start moving. “This argument could last ages,” he said, staring at his feet in concentration. “And since you’re obviously the type of boyfriend that won’t let me win, I’m going to drop it.”

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“Oh, gee, thank you,” Edward laughed along. “Well, if you wanted to try again you can hold on to my shoulder and I’ll walk beside you. Or you can hold onto my hand,” he suggested. “I promise now that I’m paying attention, there will be no falling off.” Edward furrowed his brows, “If I recall correctly, it was settled that you were a prince too, babe. The crown was on your head after all.”

William immediately nodded. It wasn’t a hard decision after all. Anything that included holding on to his handsome, broad boyfriend was a no-brainer. He set the board on the ground in front of him and stepped up, quickly grabbing onto Edward’s shoulders. “It wasn’t me that the people voted for, love,” he sing-songed. “What do they call the not-royal partner of royalty again? A prince consort?”

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“Yeah, but,” Edward shrugged a shoulder. “My mom always tells me to be aware of my surroundings when I jog with music, so” he shrugged again and gave William a small smile. “I mean, you must’ve been doing well before we slammed into each other,” he pocketed his phone and looked around for William’s skateboard. “I can barely stand on a skateboard, so you already got me beat, Bee.” Edward added before moving to scoop it up. “Your chariot, your highness,” he presented it to William.

“Yeah, well I won’t tell your mom, okay? Your secret is safe with me-- she’ll never know of your atrocious jogging manners,” William said with a laugh. I actually found it in the garage today and decided to learn... I don’t know where it came from.” He grabbed the skateboard with a playful roll of his eyes. “Who are you calling highness, prince?”

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Edward took William’s hand and pulled himself up into a sitting position. “Nah, I’m fine. Great, even.” he grinned, waving his other hand. “Besides I’m pretty used to colliding with other bodies thanks to football,” Edward chuckled a bit. “You sure you’re good, though?” he asked again, pinching William’s chin between his finger and thumb. “’M sorry I wasn’t paying attention, by the way. I was shuffling through my music and wait-” Edward glanced around the boardwalk floor until he saw his phone and tangled earphones laying only a couple of inches away. He grabbed it and quickly inspected the screen. “It survived,” he announced happily. “Anyway,” Edward moved to stand up and this time reached a hand out for William. “Is your skateboard still in good shape?”

If William wasn’t okay (he was), he would have been now with his chin in Edward’s grip. He smiled wider and made sure to hold his head completely still to not knock his chin free from the hold. “Oh no,” he gasped, looking over to the phone with a frown-- though he couldn’t help but smile at the fact that Edward had checked on him before his phone. “Why are you the one apologizing? You do realize that I’m the one who ran you down, right?” William cocked his head. “Who cares about my skateboard. I can’t ride it right anyway.”

Kate’s music was blasting through her headphones and she was looking at her feet, trying to catch her breath from her jog. She didn’t even have a chance to look up before William was crashing into her. “Oh shit!” Kate exclaimed as they fell to the ground in a heap. Sitting up slowly, she looked over at William, rubbing her elbow. “Well, that’s quite an entrance. Nothing like running into people on the boardwalk, yeah? Are you okay?”

William caught most of his fall with his hands, palms scraping against the ground. He let out an annoyed sound before looking up to Kate and grinning. “My bad,” he said simply, turning over to sit on his bum and look at his hands. “I’m just glad it was you and not a stranger. I’m fine, are you okay, though? I took you out... I’m sorry.”

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Edward steadied his jog to a walk as he pulled out his phone from his hoodie’s pocket. His jogging playlist had ended and he unlocked his phone to switch his music to shuffle. Between having his earbuds in and the sound of the songs he was skipping through, Edward was oblivious to the “Hey!” that was shouted out. So oblivious that he didn’t know William was heading towards him until their bodies collided together. Edward braced himself for the fall and grabbed ahold of the body that crashed into his. With his back on the boardwalk- he lifted his head to finally realized that it was his boyfriend that he tugged on top of him. “Hey!” He greeted almost too excitedly before he furrowed his brows in concern. “Are you alright? Did I hurt you?”

William barely had time to realize who exactly it was that he had gone careening into before he was on top of him. He pushed himself up onto the palms of his hands-- which miraculously were clear of any bumps and bruises. William smiled toothily, unaware how strange it was that he still hadn’t stood up off of both his boyfriend and the ground. “No, I’m fine. You’re the one who took the hit,” he pointed out and then realized what exactly it was he just said. William quickly pushed himself up onto his knees and reached a hand out for Edward. “Are you hurt? I landed completely on top of you!”

William wobbled unsteadily on the skateboard he’d pulled from the garage earlier this morning. For some reason he thought it’d be a good idea to try it out on the boardwalk, though it was proving harder to learn. His front wheels jolted over a rock and William looked up with a frown. “Hey-!” he shouted before colliding with the person in front of him.

“Tomorrow’s only Thursday though. If you’re gonna skip and watch movies all day, I’d say wait til Friday. You get a three day weekend that way.”

“Unless you skip Friday too and have a four day weekend. But why stop there? Then you can skip Monday for a five day weekend.”

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“If I’m going to fall…it’s going to be for you. And I mean, I’ve already fallen, Bee.”

William nearly choked on the breath he was taking. “I’m glad you weren’t wearing no-slip clogs then,” he said dumbly and then blushed. “I hate that I just said that,” he murmured, mostly to himself.

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“Not even a little.” Aspen smiled at the thought. “You don’t need to be athletic to be on a team. Even if it’s a sports team. There are always people who are part of the team that don’t even play. I’m not even talking about benchwarmers, I mean like stats people, and water boys, equipment managers. All are vital.” She shrugged a bit. “Even if they could it’s not a bad thing to be known for something. I’m excited for you Will.”

William smiled. “You make a perfect captain, Aspen,” he told her sincerely. He knew just by the way she talked of everyone’s importance and the unity of her team. “I don’t have to play sports to know that.” William scuffed the toe of his shoe against the ground anxiously. Talking about college always got him equally antsy and excited. “I’m just eager to study it seriously, y’know? That way when people ask me what I do on the beach all day they won’t judge me anymore,” he said with a laugh.

“Honestly, why bother with homework when you can just watch Tangled? And by why bother I mean that I already finished it and I hope you did too cause I really, really wanna watch Tangled without thinking of school.”

“Ditching school tomorrow to watch movies all day sounds pretty good right about now.”

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“Can you jog in clogs? Can you jog in clogs in the fog? Can you jog in clogs

in the fog drinking eggnog?”

“If you fall it’s going to be because you’re trying to rhyme in your head and not because of the leaves.”

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“Dude!” Aspen stopped everything. “You’ve never played any sort of sport on a team?” She paused for a moment, “Being on a team is my everything. Next to the competition it’s what drives me most.” She stared at William in disbelief, but her face softened as he mentioned marine biology. “Well duh Aspen.” She told herself. “I could’ve pegged ya on that one.”

William nodded along to her shock. “Yep. Unless the teams you’re put in during gym class count,” he said. “I don’t know.. I’m not athletic enough to be on a team or anything actually.” At that, he laughed and gave Aspen a shrug. “Yeah, the whole town could probably see that one coming.”

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“Tomorrow’s the first day of Autumn which means the leaves are going to be falling onto the ground. Which means they’re going to become slippery when it rains. Which means my chances of face planting on jogs is going to increase. Huzzah!”

“I saw this great pair of no-slip clogs yesterday..”

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