Warning: this story has slashy undertones, it's pretty tame though. Disclaimer: I don't own anything about the Everwood universe. A/n: I honestly can't get enough of this pairing. Ephram and Kyle seem to be my inspiration lately. Read and review, let me know what you think :)
I always knew he was different. The first time I was in his presence I could tell instantly he was like no one I'd ever met before, yet at the same time so very familiar. I could see hints of myself in the other boy. Most people don't get the chance to really know Kyle. They find it hard to get past his sarcasm but the thing is, I've used the same defense mechanism for a long time and knew exactly how to deflect it.
Kyle didn't know this the first time we spoke, so of course he immediately fell back on this device. It was what he was used to. Without a second thought he started spinning witty remarks meant to prevent everyone from wanting to get to know him and there I was, throwing sardonic comments right back at him. I think it threw him off a little. Not enough for him to drop his defenses all together, but just enough to show me a glimpse of what lay beneath the bitterness. That was all it took, I saw something special underneath his guarded exterior and it suddenly became very important to me that I get to know that part of him.
Slowly, he let me in and I began to learn about a side of Kyle that he never showed to anyone. He shared with me some of his most protected secrets, because we understood each other like no one else ever had before. I know from the outside it always looked like I was the one helping him but believe me when I say that knowing him has saved me. Kyle always tells me he doesn't know what he would have done if I hadn't found him, but the truth is, he found me too and in each other we found a connection that neither one of us realized we were searching for until it happened. Every day he makes me feel alive, something which I haven't felt for a very long time.
Right now he's pretty much the only thing that makes sense in my life and I'm ok with that because the way I see it, Kyle is the most important thing. The rest is just details.
There's times when I want something more
Someone more like me
There's times when this dress rehearsal
Seems incomplete
But you see the colors in me
Like no one else
And behind your dark glasses
You're something else
You're really lovely underneath it all
You want to love me underneath it all
I'm really lucky underneath it all
You're really lovely
-Underneath it all, By No Doubt
THE END
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