Summary: CharlieOC. Alex, a 16-year-old, openly gay survivor, seems to find his new life on the island, away from his boyfriend, stressful. His new life in LA got shot down the minute the plane went in the air. Can Charlie cheer him up? Or will Alex go unnoticed by the group because of his sexuality?

Soul Survivor

Chapter Four

Settling Into A New Life

They got up, brushing the sand off each other.

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As things calmed down and people started to settle, with a vague thought that rescue was soon to be on the way, everything quietened down.

Alex walked along the beach, looking for a trace of his parents. They weren't anywhere to be seen

Jack came over to him "You ok?" he asked

"No" replied Alex, slumping himself to the floor

"What's the matter?" Jack asked, sitting next to him

"I can't find my parents anywhere... Do you think something happened to them?" Alex asked, tears falling down his cheek

"No..." said Jack "I'm sure they're fine"

"You're lying..." said Alex, looking down "I know it..."

"Know what?"

"That they're dead"

"They might not be" said Jack, reassuringly, hugging Alex "At least you weren't like those people who were shouting on the plane"

"That was us!" shouted Alex, getting up and running away

Alex only just remembered, the last thing he'd told his parents was he hated them. He ran to a tree, stopped, panting. Did he still hate them?

He walked over to a nearby fire and sat down. People around him gave him nervous glances. They knew he'd been arguing on the plane, and he'd kicked and screamed trying to get off

"If you don't wanna stay, you can go" said Alex, staring into the flames

Immediately, most of the people went, except for one. Alex looked up. The guy was quite short, but taller than he was. He had brown hair with blonde highlights, it was about the same length as his. He had blue eyes (A/N: At least, that's what they look like. Correct me if I'm wrong).

Alex looked up, it was the guy he saw earlier, the one he remembered seeing once, but where? The guy just stared at him, Alex felt weird. Like he was somehow attracted to this guy

'No!' he thought 'I have a boyfriend who I love! I can't fall for this guy too'

Alex looked back up, the guy was still staring at him. Alex didn't want to start another fight, so he just smiled. The guy smiled back, and crawled up to him

The sky was starting to go dark, the Sun was setting in the distance

"Hi" said the guy, who sat down beside Alex

"Erm... Hi" replied Alex, trying not to choke on his words

"Saw your show earlier on the plane" said the guy

Alex didn't reply

"Sorry, did I upset you?" asked the man

"No... It's just... I haven't seen either of my parents since the crash" said Alex, looking down

"Oh, I'm sorry" said the man "I never meant to upset you"

"It's ok... I never liked them much anyway"

"You never liked your parents? Why? If you don't mind me asking?"

"I don't mind" said Alex "They didn't know I was gay until yesterday. They took it badly which is why I didn't want to tell them. Then they moved us to LA, and I'm never gonna see my boyfriend again"

The guy gave Alex a hug "It'll be alright"

"No it won't" said Alex, getting agitated again "The last thing I told my parents was I hated them... I'm the worst kid in the world"

"You're not, there are some worse ones out there. Trust me" replied the man, gently kissing his forehead

Alex didn't know how to react, so he looked up at the guy kissing him, got a reality check, and asked "I don't even know your name"

"It's Charlie, what's yours?" Charlie said

"Alex" he replied

And then they kissed and hugged by the fire light

(A/N: It was the sweetest thing I could think of now lol. Check back for more !)