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TillThatTime


Prompt: "In the end, all that mattered was….."

By: Dark Angel Kira


CSI Slave

Ryan knew he had to stop crying for Troy, if for no one else. Everyone kept patting him on the shoulder, not really understanding why he was there. They probably assumed that he was just another classmate.

Ryan bit his cheek as he realized that no one knew that Troy had been his one true love… not to mention his first and only lover. If only Troy hadn't been so stupid… if Ryan had walked in three seconds earlier, maybe he could have ended it in time… but instead, his head was now burning with images or those blue eyes staring back at him… so cold… so empty. Ryan kept trying to think of reasons to go on, but his mind was blank. He knew that in the end, all that mattered was Troy's limp body lying in the coffin.


Dark Angel Kira

(winner)

It wasn't supposed to happen like this. Well, love
never happened like this at all, but strange things
always happened around those two. Like sometimes,
students would catch them stealing glances at the
other in class, and one thing that really tipped it
off was when Ryan tripped, Troy was right there to
pick him back up--before Sharpay.

But, in the end, all that mattered was that in their senior
year they hooked up. No words of hate were tossed
their way. They knew, everyone knew, they loved each
other. So, when they'd see them kiss in the halls,
hold hands under the table at lunch, or when Sharpay
would accidentally walk in on them, all knew it was
love.



Mondler4Ever

I'm leaving for college tomorrow." Troy said to me.

I couldn't believe it. The love of my life was leaving.
I wanted to cry and beg for him to stay. But I just sat
there in silence as he continued to pack the last of his
belongings. It was getting late so I got up to leave but
before I left his room he pulled me into a deep
passionate kiss and told me that he loved me and
that he would be back soon. I nodded and left.

In the end, all that mattered was that I would be
here waiting for him. That's how much I love him.


TillThatTime

It started off in small glances, and a feeling in the pit of his
stomach. Just meaningless little catches of the eye and small
blushes against cheeks, but soon the little infatuation, that seemed
so harmless in the beginning, grew into an obsession. Glances became
stares, blushes turned into jealousy, and a crush formed into a big
problem. Desires began to take hold until there was nothing else to
feel. Eyes haunted him in his dream and soft lips played out in his
fantasies. It grew to be too much. Too much.

He doesn't really see the boy whimpering beneath him. He does not
hear the cries of "God no…" and "Please stop…" because it feels so
good. It's all he wants. It's all he can do to end it, because it
has to end. He can not go on feeling this way…

He finishes and quickly cleans himself off and as if for the first
time he notices the boy who lays broken on the cold tile floors.
There would be guilt if it wasn't flooded by sheer elation.

Ryan would press charges, he would go to jail, but in the end, all
that mattered was that Troy had gotten what he wanted.


Dragon Pants

Cold, he was cold, that's all there really was to it. Ever since he
left him that's the only feeling that reached the surface. He had
just began to open up, become comfortable in his own skin.

Then one action just stopped it. And in the end, all that mattered was
nothing. The look in the other boy's eyes when he said, "I love
you," was enough to reduce him to nothing. He was just a toy in this
game. A small piece of a much larger ideal. And when it mattered the
most, when he needed those comforting arms, soothing voice,
reassuring smile, all he got, was nothing.


mordechaimalachai

Some days Ryan felt so angry he wanted to break something. Those
days he threw things and yelled at anyone who came near him; even
Sharpay had a hard time calming him down. He hated those days. But
at least they made him feel alive.

Other days Ryan wondered if God hated him. He would sit in his room
and stare at nothing for hours on end. Not even Sharpay could reach
him on those days. The world would fade away, and wondered how real anything really was.

In the end, all that mattered was that Troy didn't really love him
after all. He had made that abundantly clear before he left. His
love had been just a lie.


FallingWithGrace

(winner)

In the end, all that really mattered was the gratefulness in Ryan's
blue eyes. The nervousness that crossed his face as Troy first
entered him, the loyalty that promised Troy nobody had ever touched him and Troy was the first.

It didn't matter anymore, the hurtful words that lashed towards them,
the cruel beatings that stood vividly across Ryan's skin before Troy
got revenge, the way Ryan sobbed into Troy's shoulder after school.
All Troy could focus on was the burning passion as their lips met,
the way their bodies touched. Ryan's hand clutched hard in Troy's
as they managed to find the strength to survive tomorrow.