Title: Whitewash
Prompt #: 073
Word Count: 238
Rating: Teen
Characters: Hanson/Booker
Tom was busy folding laundry in his room. He put a pair of whitewashed jeans on a hanger as Dennis came in. "Hey, anything exciting happen today?" Tom asked as he folded another pair of jeans.
Tom looked up and over at Dennis when he didn't say anything. Dennis stared at a spot on the blanket. "What's wrong?" Tom stopped what he was doing.
Dennis swallowed and looked over at Tom. He shook his head and looked back down again, playing with the hem of a t-shirt. He went over to the head of the bed and crawled onto it.
Tom sat at the end. "Dennis?"
"I don't wanna talk about it," he said curtly. Tom nodded slowly. He sat still as Dennis stared at him. He bit his lip, resisting the urge to say something. He knew Dennis really didn't want to talk.
Tom was a bit startled as tears made their way down his boyfriend's face. He crept over to his side and put his arms around him. Dennis clung to his arm and sniffed as he cried quietly. "It's okay; it's okay," Tom soothed.
After a little while Dennis calmed back down. "Ready to talk about it yet?"
"No," he said softly.
"That's okay." Tom's gotten used to his seemingly random mood swings. He knew Dennis would tell him eventually. What worries him is thinking about what would happen if he weren't there for him.