Title: Just let me hold you
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin or any of it's respective characters. No profit is being made from the writing if this story
Summary: Modern high school AU. Gwaine is the "school slut" yet he doesn't exactly know it. Percival is his best friend who has hidden feelings for him. Through a sick twist of fate they find themselves entangled in a web of deceit, treachery, and love.
A/N: I don't actually like Merlin and don't know very much about it. This story was written for my beautiful girlfriend who loves Merlin so I am very sorry if it seems super OOC and stupid. Enjoy!
The soft sound of rain echoed through the nearly empty hallways as Percival walked, he was called by his best friend Gwaine, telling him to pick him up. Of course Percival knew the reason, another "incident" had occurred he guessed. The skies were getting darker and Percival thanked whatever God was out there for thinking ahead and bringing two umbrellas with him. He continued to walk until he reached the gym, he knew Gwaine always did his "business" in the locker rooms.
Percival sighed and made his way inside, walking past all of the unused gym equipment and heading for the locker room. He slowly opened the door and made his way inside. "P-Percy?" Asked a shaky voice from somewhere in the large room. "Yeah" was all Percival responded as he made his way past the endless rows of lockers and towards the voice.
He saw his friend curled up with only a long shirt to cover his smooth skin. He looked down at him and frowned, helping him out of his position and holding him up whenever he threatened to fall face first onto the hard tile floor. Percival helped Gwaine back into his clothes, not surprised to see that the shirt wasn't his own since his was on the ground, if you could even call that paper thin fabric a shirt.
He led Gwaine out of the locker room and down the hallways, the sound of the rain and Gwaine's occasional whimpers of pain were the only sounds during the otherwise silent trip. Percival let Gwaine lean against the wall and gave him one of the two umbrellas, opening the other one and walking out into the cold rain, before pulling his car up to the front of the school and got out, making his way towards Gwaine and helping him to the car.
After pretty much carrying Gwaine to the passenger's seat of Percival's car, he got in the driver's seat and took off to his own house since Gwaine practically lived there and neither of their parent's mind much. Gwaine's because they have his younger siblings to take care of and one less mouth to feed helps everyone, and Percival's because they're too busy going on business trips to actually notice. They usually leave him money every week but he just gives it to Gwaine and works for his own needs, he hates taking money from people who he thinks don't care about him enough to even call.
The drive to his house was silent other than the soft pitter patter of rain, it wasn't that he was mad... He just didn't really want to talk to Gwaine at the moment. He knew that no matter what he said, his friend would continue to flirt with any man that crossed his path, end up falling for them, then get tossed aside like a whore. It pained him to see someone he cared about get treated this way but there was nothing he could do and he knew this.
Gwaine tried to start a conversation with his friend since the silence was troubling to say the least "H-Hey Percy..." He stuttered out. He was usually a lot more confident but he could tell Percival had something on his mind and he was almost certain that it was about him... And not exactly good. The smaller male sighed when Percival was too spaced out in his own thoughts to answer. He settled for looking out the window, counting the rain drops that had collected on it.
Once they reached Percival's house, he parked the car and the both of them got out, Percival went around to help Gwaine but he assured Percival that he was okay now and that he could walk by himself. They walked silently through the rain for a short while until they reached the front door to Percival's house. He unlocked the door and lat Gwaine inside, following after him and making his way to the bathroom to dry off. He already knew just from the way that Gwaine was walking that this would be another long night of whining and quiet sobbing.
A/N: sorry if it seemed short and OOC I just wanted so set the mood... Kinda except I failed and this sucks but hey if you guys like it that's great! Reviews are appreciated! If you have your own ideas about how you would like the story to go then go ahead and leave a review I might add in a few. Okie sorry again and I will hopefully post chapter 2 soon!