Just a little story that I thought up one night, seemed like a good idea to write it out. Hope the character's personalities are alright, I've never written about them before. Please leave a review at the end, I hope you like it!
I don't own anything except the idea.
"And it's something quite peculiar,
Something shimmering and white,
It leads you here, despite your destination,
Under the Milky Way tonight."
-The Church
It was three in the morning, three in the fucking morning. People were supposed to be asleep at three in the morning. That's what normal people did, mind you Reid and Tyler weren't normal. Even without the whole witch, eyes black as night stuff they couldn't be considered normal, but honestly. It was three in the fucking morning.
Where the hell could they be?
Caleb and Pogue had already checked the dorms, their separate houses (even going so far as to incur the wrath of Mr. Simms, who was as strict as Tyler was shy), they had scoured the unusual living arrangements of Reid's other questionable friends who were for the most part dangerous and probably doing or had already done something illegal in the past hour.
Truthfully both Caleb and Pogue realized that they did not in fact, know all of Reid's friends and acquaintances, leading to the possibility that Reid was hiding out in some shitty, pot smelling apartment, drunk, high, and naked after fucking some whore.
But that didn't account for Tyler, who was far more responsible than Reid and would have realized that if Reid was out doing that kind of shit then there was no point in waiting up for him (because Reid wasn't coming back to the dorms until tomorrow or the next day), or going with him (because that would only lead to contracting STD's and a serious addiction to a lot of shit that Tyler really didn't want to end up addicted to), meaning that if Reid was out doing shit like that, then Tyler would most likely be asleep in his bed at three in the morning.
Which he was not.
Which worried Caleb and Pogue.
The fact that both Reid and Tyler were out of bed at three in the morning was even more worrying. It was common for Reid to go missing for days at a time, skip school and be out of bed at three in the morning. But it was extremely uncommon for Tyler to be out of bed at this time. Normally if it happened (which it rarely did), it meant that some serious shit was about to go down, or that the two of them were doing something extremely stupid and dangerous, or that something bad had happened to them.
All perfectly good reasons to be worried Caleb figured.
The last time Reid and Tyler couldn't be accounted for at this time of night the entire school had paid dearly in plumbing expenses in order to remove the toffee pudding that the two had stuffed the toilets with.
The entire school harbored unpleasant memories from that stunt. Students had been forced to use outhouses for two weeks and a one point the lines had gotten so long that some people couldn't take it anymore and took their business to the bushes behind the school.
The entire campus had smelled like a mixture of toffee, sewer water, and shit.
A fair number of girls, and a few boys had thrown up after taking in a deep breath of that concoction.
Apparently toffee pudding was extremely sticky and clogged the pipes like nothing the plumbers had ever seen before. Reid and Tyler had been ecstatic, more so of the fact that they had wreaked havoc on Spenser rather than of the fact that they had gotten away with it. Even now when you flushed you sometimes got a whiff of sickly sweet toffee.
Caleb grimaced as he pulled into the parking lot at the dorms. Tyler's hummer was parked where it always was, three spaces to the left of Pogue's motorcycle. The same place where it had been when Caleb and Pogue had left to look for their friends two hours ago.
"Maybe they're out getting laid?" Pogue suggested and Caleb shook his head.
"The only reason Tyler gets laid is because of his hummer and how thick his wallet is." They exchanged a look.
"Well…they could be having a sleepover…you know," Wiggling his eyebrows suggestively Pogue pushed his hair out of his eyes as he glanced up at the girls section of the dorms. Not a single light was on.
"With who? No sane girl would let Reid within ten feet of her, let alone both Reid and Tyler together." Caleb muttered, face still set in a grim frown. Pogue shrugged still peaking at the girl's dormitories, looking for any signs of life.
"Maybe they're at a club?" He offered.
"How would they get there? They don't have a car, unless Reid suddenly whipped a thousand bucks out of his ass and bought one. And we both know he's fucking broke and his parents would rather die and go to hell than give him anything." Pogue fell silent for a moment, thinking.
"Reid knows how to hotwire cars…maybe-" but Caleb cut him off angrily.
"It's three forty-six in the morning! Where the hell could they be?"
Pogue shrugged and busied himself with the zipper on his leather jacket. "Well, they're not here."
"Thanks Captain Obvious."
"No need to be all pissy."
"Shit, I'm sorry I'm just…" Caleb trailed off, running a hand through his hair. "just…Where the hell are they?"
"I know," Pogue answered, giving his friend's shoulder a light squeeze reading between the lines. "I'm worried too."
The two lapsed into silence, each staring off out the window lost in their thoughts. After a moment Pogue let out a high pitched squeal (like a twilight crazed teenage girl, though he will deny it) and spun around to face Caleb.
"Hey, you know what I just realized."
"What?"
Pogue smiled that wicked smile of his that made girls melt on the spot and Caleb perked up a bit. If Pogue was smiling like that then this had to be good and maybe, just maybe this was a decent idea. And maybe Pogue was onto something and maybe he knew where Reid and Tyler were. And maybe they weren't dead or dying, or doing something that would get them ten years in the state penitentiary.
"We never checked the roof."
And Caleb felt his new found hope crash to the ground and he stared blankly at his friend as if Pogue was a mentally challenged idiot who had a trail of drool running from his mouth rather than the extremely attractive honor student that he was.
"Why the hell would we check the roof?"
Pogue rolled his eyes, still smiling and pointed out the car window to the roof of the school.
"Because stupid, that's where Reid and Tyler go to get high, what do you wanna bet that they're sitting up there right now stoned as hell giggling like little girls at the fire escape or something."
Oh. Of course. Caleb's hope soared up again, this was actually a good idea. Then he fully processed what his friend had said and smirked, leave it to Pogue to start betting in a situation like this.
"Ten bucks." Pogue's smile grew.
"You're on Golden Boy."
It took them a grand totally of twenty minutes to make it up all the staircases and hallways to the roof. Pogue leading the way through a series of doors that Caleb had never seen before in his life and wouldn't have even bothered to open because of the large, red signs on them saying 'Teachers and Staff Only.' Because Caleb was a good boy, meaning that he didn't break the rules, or the law (except for a few times when Reid was driving and his choices were to jump out of the car and die, or suffer through it and pray they didn't get caught), or go through doors with signs like that on them. Unlike Reid, Tyler, and Pogue who did all of these things and more.
And Caleb had most certainly never been on the school's roof before (where students were not allowed), though he did faintly remember Reid and Tyler joking about something roof related more than once.
It was slightly chilly up there, mainly because of the slight breeze more so than of the fact that it was actually cold out, either way Pogue tugged his jacket closer around himself and shivered. It was also a tad dark, but seeing as it was just past four in the morning and the sun had yet to rise that was understandable.
Despite the lack of proper lighting Pogue seemed to know where everything was, carefully guiding his friend around generators and water tanks and other such things.
Finally he stopped and Caleb who had been following him closely as to avoid tripping on some random piece of equipment and falling five stories to death, ran straight into him.
"What the hell man?" But Pogue didn't bother to retort, instead he pointed at something just off to their left.
"Found them." Turning back to face Caleb he smiled, "You own me ten bucks man."
"Shut up Parry."
Reid and Tyler were fast asleep, curled up on a king size mattress underneath an old quilt that Tyler's grandmother had made him when he was ten.
It had teddy bears and horses on it.
They tiptoed closer so as not to wake their friends, Pogue pointing out the two empty whiskey bottles that lay near the mattress.
Then, because the fates were obviously with them tonight, Caleb "gracefully" tripped and crushed a third vodka bottle under his foot. The sound of shattering glass seemed to split the very air and both Caleb and Pogue held their breath as Reid stirred and rolled over to face them. After a moment though Tyler let out a soft snore and they relaxed.
"What are you guys doing here?" It was more of an accusation than a question, Reid's breathy voice low and dangerous, his pale eyes remaining closed, looking for all appearances as if he was asleep. But he wasn't asleep.
Shit. Fucking shit.
Caleb and Pogue exchanged a nervous glance, Pogue nudging his friend to say something.
"We got worried…you guys weren't in your room. And we checked everywhere…" Caleb whispered cautiously his eyes fixed on Reid who groaned and sat up slowly, the teddy bear quilt slipping off his body revealing that he was in fact half naked, wearing only his swim team sweat pants and (hopefully) boxers under that.
"You worry too much Golden Boy." Reid grumbled. "Besides what the fuck would we be doing at…" He paused a moment, squinting at his cheap wristwatch in the dark. "-four thirty in the morning?"
"That's what we were worried about." Pogue sputtered out, coming to Caleb's aide.
Reid's normally light blue eyes seemed unusually pale in the dim light, his black tattoos standing out sharply against his white skin as he appraised the two boys in front of him.
"Well we're not doing anything noteworthy. So leave us alone." His tone reminded Caleb of an indignant four year old telling his mother that he had not in fact broke the vase that was shattered at his feet.
Neither Pogue nor Caleb moved and Reid's pale blue eyes narrowed dangerously.
"What are you doing on the roof anyways?" Pogue asked curiously. "And how did you get the mattress up here?"
"I used." Was Reid's clipped answer, sharp blue eyes still trained on his two friends.
"You really shouldn't use like that Reid-" Caleb started, but Reid gave a low growl causing Tyler to stir. Everybody froze and stared at Tyler, who made a face in his sleep and let out another delicate snore. They all exhaled in relief.
"Spare me the lecture Danvers." Snapped Reid and then added as if an afterthought. "And will you two get the fuck off the roof."
"But why are you and Ty up here?" Pogue asked, continuing to push what Caleb now considered a touchy subject. "And why aren't you wearing a shirt Reid?"
"That's none of your bloody business Pogo Stick." Pogue raised an eyebrow at his childhood nickname and smirked. After a moment under his stare Reid squirmed, a scowl now deep set on his face.
"Tyler wanted to see the stars…" He muttered quietly not meeting their eyes. Pogue's smile grew.
"What did you say Reid? I didn't quite catch that."
"Tyler wanted to see the stars." He groaned upon seeing Pogue's ecstatic expression. As if he had just found out Christmas had come early. "Asshole. You heard me the first time."
They all froze again as Tyler emitted a soft moan.
"Reid…"
If looks could kill Caleb and Pogue would have been struck dead.
"Fuckers, you woke him up." Reid whispered angrily before leaning over Tyler and gently resting his hand on the younger boy's shoulder, "What is it Baby Boy?"
"Who're you talking to?" Tyler slurred, still half asleep, rolling over so that he was facing Reid. The rest of the quilt slipped off, forming a rumpled pile at the bottom of the mattress.
Caleb groaned softly and began to massage his temples while Pogue fell into a fit of barely suppressed giggles.
Tyler was wearing one of Reid's old cut up Metallica t-shirts and a pair of boxers with little pictures of the road runner on them, which Caleb had seen on Reid multiple times. It was hard to remember which clothes belonged to which boy, seeing as their closet consisted two piles on the floor.
Clean and dirty.
There was no real distinction between whose was whose and the two were close enough in size (Reid being slightly shorter and skinnier than Tyler) that they just grabbed the nearest thing that was clean and threw it on.
"Just Caleb and Pogue, go back to sleep Baby Boy." Reid whispered his voice gentle and caring.
"Make 'em go away Reid…"
Pausing for a moment Reid sighed softly, "I'm working on it Baby Boy. Don't worry." He brushed some of Tyler's dark curls out of his face and pulled the teddy bear quilt over him before turning back to Caleb and Pogue.
"You heard him, get the fuck out of here." Even in the dark Caleb and Pogue could make out the faint pink tinge to Reid's cheeks.
"Are you blushing Reid?" Pogue teased, brown eyes alight with mischief. Reid glared at him and pointed toward the stairs.
"Get. Now."
"Come on…" Caleb whispered tugging on Pogue's arm, eyeing his friend warily. Pogue followed after a moment, but not before mouthing at Reid 'Whipped.'
Reid made a rude hand gesture at their retreating backs as he watched them make their way to the door. Pogue and Caleb could feel him glaring at them the entire way until they finally closed the door to the roof and began their trek back to the parking lot.
"They are so sleeping together." Pogue giggled, overcome by some giddy, hyper feeling at what they had just witnessed.
Caleb groaned. "Don't say that. They're bad enough as they are now, I don't even want to think about what would happen if they started fucking each other in the janitor's closet between classes." Another fit of giggles overcame Pogue and he had to stop for a moment to catch his breath that wicked smile of his seemingly permanent on his face.
"Yeah, because then you and Sarah would have to find somewhere else to fuck." He giggled again as Caleb swatted his arm.
"Shut up you perverted asshole."
Reid watched the door swing shut and waited a beat, making sure that his friends were really gone.
"They left Ty." He whispered, but all he got in response was a faint moan. Reid chuckled, and pulled the quilt tighter around Tyler and himself.
"Reid…" Looking down at the younger boy, Reid wondered just how he had managed to be this lucky, how he managed to get him. Tyler's thick dark curls were splayed out on the pillow, his baby blue eyes blinking sleepily up at Reid, a small innocent smile on his face. Reid swore he had never seen anything more beautiful in his life. His heart skipped a beat, just the way Tyler would say his name, the way he would moan his name, the way he would kiss him, whispering his name between every little touch. His face flushed pink at the memory.
"Hmm…what's wrong Baby Boy?" Tyler squirmed for a moment snuggling closer to Reid, whose skin was burning with heat. He gave the blond a careful glance to make sure that was okay before curling up to him, intertwining their legs.
"G'night Reid…" Tyler's sparkling blue eyes closed and Reid stared down at him with a tender smile on his lips before planting a soft kiss on Tyler's forehead.
"Goodnight Baby Boy." Tyler buried his head in Reid neck, his voice slightly muffled.
"I love you Reid…" Reid took a deep breath, inhaling Tyler's scent, clean and fresh, but with a little bit of spice that he could never figure out.
"I know you do Ty," Running a hand through his own blond hair Reid closed his eyes and lay his head down on the pillow whispering fondly, "I love you too," into Tyler's ear, but a peaceful snore told him that Tyler was already fast asleep with Reid's arms wrapped around him.
A content smile flitted across Reid's face as he pulled Tyler closer to him, staring up at the night sky and the glinting, shimmering milky way above them.
"I love you too Tyler."
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