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"Leper Lepellier is such a babe."
He must have said something to make Gene mad, Finny figured, because the lap he was currently resting his head on tensed. And the boy had stopped toying with his hair (Gene didn't think he noticed, but he did). Finny glanced away from his phone for a moment up at Gene's face, which had gotten dark suddenly and figured he should explain. "Chet Baker just sent me a text just now. You know that neighborhood clean up Leper was setting up a couple weeks ago? Well, guess who signed up? Brinker Hadley and…that junior who's been stalking Leper…what was his name?"
"Quackenbush," Gene said flatly.
"Yeah. Quackenbush. Anyway, they're just lurking around practically following Leper around. Isn't that crazy?" Finny laughed, sliding his phone shut and throwing it somewhere over his head. Gene was still looking down at him blankly. "That boy has the two of them wrapped around his finger."
"Crazy," Gene echoed.
Finny sighed dramatically and sat up, reaching up to pat Gene's cheek affectionately in the process. "Don't be jealous, Forrester. You'll always be my babe, okay?" And in case Gene didn't get it, he leaned over and kissed his friend on the forehead, grinning as he angled his head to meet Gene's eyes. Gene still wasn't smiling, but a slight blush had colored his face and he didn't pull away like he would if he was really upset. Finny considered himself forgiven as Gene's fingers found themselves absentmindedly playing with the frayed hem of the pink button-up he'd been so partial to as of late.
"Fine, but I top tonight."
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Note: This was meant to be a first part of a future!AU Brinker/Leper fic, but somehow it just felt right making it a standalone. The Brinker/Leper fic is still in the makings, but it's puttering along. Thanks for reading.
