Left Site (sakru909) wrote in 12daysof, @ 2008-06-25 20:25:00 |
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Title: Secrets and Confessions
Fandom: Nearly Paradise (Original)
Paring: Gus/Casper
Prompt: Table 2/Prompt #3-Secrets
Rating: G
Word Count: 660
Summary: Casper comes out to his friend, telling him of his feelings for him, and fears the worst.
Author's Note: All characters within belong to me and may not be used without my specific permission.
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Casper twiddled around with his thumbs, looking down to his feet that shuffled against the carpet. He had invited Gus over to his house to talk to him and now that he was here, pacing across from where he sat on the bed, he didn’t feel like telling him anymore.
He had been harboring this secret, these feelings inside of him, for along time; he guessed he had felt this way ever since he had met Gus when they were seven years old. He was now fourteen years old and he hated this. Casper wanted to blurt out his secret to Gus, to the world, but he knew that wasn’t going to happen now, he was just to afraid.
He was in love with this other teen, this other boy standing in front of him, his best-friend for seven years.
Blurting this secret to the world wouldn’t work out, they would be dead in no time, there were laws against that sort of thing. When the whole world basically felt the exact same way on the issue he had no clue how Gus might react.
Casper imagined Gus with a look of disgust on his face, calling him a faggot, and stalking away. He imagined him going to the police, maybe even his parents, and being arrested on the spot for sodomy, for this feeling he couldn’t even control.
Casper shivered at the thought, slamming his hands against the comforter in nervous energy. He could hear Gus stop pacing at the sound, his heavy sigh filling the empty air.
“Look you invited me over hear and said that you had something to tell me, so say something or I’m leaving,” Gus said in agitation.
Casper promptly looked up to stare into his friends gray eyes. He then gave a sigh of his own and looked away.
“I do want to tell you, I really do, but I’m just to scared,” Casper said softly. He was soon crying, not able to control his emotions any longer.
“Hey don’t cry okay, there’s nothing to be afraid of. You can tell me anything, it can’t be that big that I’m going to stalk out of the room if you tell me.”
At the sound of those words, Casper stood up from his seat and couldn’t contain his words any longer.
“I love you! Are you happy now, that’s what I wanted to tell you all along; I love you!” Casper blurted out.
As soon as he got the words out he started to run towards the door, but Gus stopped him from even reaching the handle by grabbing his hand. Casper turned to look at the hand that was holding his and slowly let himself look to Gus’s face, expecting to see anger in his eyes.
Casper was surprised to see that Gus wasn’t angry like he expected, he looked more like a man who was just told that the girl of his dreams had told him that she loved him.
“Man I thought I was going to be the one who said that; glad I didn’t have to go through that,” Gus said with a laugh.
Casper stared at Gus with his mouth agape, not sure what to say after that. Gus continued to laugh when he saw the dumb look in his eyes and pulled him closer.
He let himself be pulled by the other teen until he was taken into a warm embrace. Casper rested his head on Gus’s shoulder and let himself close his eyes, that were still overflowing with tears.
“Does this mean were together?” Casper asked and he could soon feel Gus nod his head.
Gus tightened his grip on him and Casper gave a happy little sigh at that. He had no idea of what would happen now that he had confessed this secret, didn’t know if things were going to change due to that. At the moment he didn’t care and let himself be held.