A Love For History
Disclaimer; I DO NOT own any Tomb Raider elements, characters or trademarks… this plot is purely of my imagination.
Chapter 3: A New Day
The next morning, the blonde awake to a pounding head and heart… but he did feel slightly better. He took in a breath as the sunlight from the window to the left of his bed began to shine on him… heating him. It was the season of summer… his favorite season, when everything was so nice and warm… yet with a small touch of coolness in the breeze.
From the… well, 'horrible night' would not being doing it justice but between the unpleasant evening he had experienced and this morning… he had had time to think.
After his and Zip's fight, (thankfully Lara had been out of the house all day and night after she had to meet someone, and Winston could sleep through world war three) he had thought everything through, everything that had been said. Even though it hurt to relive it all, he now knew what he had to do.
He had to make up with Zip, if the burly man would forgive him that is, and then… tell Lara and Winston.
The very thought sent a shiver down his spine… yes, the realization was scary… but still, he owned it to Zip to do this. He owed it to himself to do this.
Soon, after replaying the plan over and over again in his head, he made his bed and grabbed some clothes before heading into the bathroom that was connected to his room. From there, he quickly got a shower and did his daily morning routine.
As the time went by, he became both weaker and stronger in his will… though, his initiative to carry out the plan was unwavering.
Within a half-an-hour, he was ready… and headed down stairs to his beloved's work station, Zip almost never showered; which was why he used his cologne so much.
Zip woke up that morning in his room… unsettled to say the least, he felt so… cold on the inside. The smaller man had pretty much taken his heart, ripped it out and cut it into a million pieces. How would you feel?
He looked around his room, it was nice… it was a bit cluttered with computer things and a flat-screen in front of his bed, attached to the wall.
His bed was blue with white streaks through it and his bathroom was the second biggest in the house.
Posters of bands he liked and famous places he had visited and cooked at where scattered upon the walls… Alister had always said it was messy. Zip had also mention to Winston not to clean his room, in fear of the man throwing any of the technological devices lying around.
Shaking his head a bit, trying to get the relentless thoughts of the blonde out of his head, he skipped his shower and got changed before heading into the kitchen, making some toast… then settling down to his computers. For some reason, his love to cook was feeling a bit weak.
'Oh… please forgive me, Zip…' the bookworm thought as he let out a sigh after watching the man tap away at his computer for almost 5 minutes.
Slowly, he moved down the hall and down the stairs and across the main part of the lobby…
He stopped once he reached the doorway to the glass wall that divided the work station from the rest of the house. The doors were always open, welcoming anyone into the technician's den of tricks and machinery. Today, they were closed…
Hesitating a bit… but then forcing himself too, he pushed the button near the door that made them both slide back. "Zip, I'm sorry…" he said as quickly as possible… expecting more yelling and cursing.
But… he was greeted with only silence… the same silence from last night…
Zip heard the doors open… but he just assumed it was Lara; after all, what would Alister be doing in he-
The soft coo of the man's voice swayed to his ears… the apology coming along with it…
The doors glided together, closed; now it was just the two of them…
He didn't want to turn around, just seeing the archeologist's face after that small silence… well… it would make him cry. He was afraid of what to say… he was afraid to not say anything, but only anger and hate burned within him.
"Sorry about what?" he asked, trying to lead on that he had forgotten all about the incident. His back still to the man as he stayed crouched over his keyboards and computer screens.
The smaller man could feel the curiosity inside Zip's question; little did the technician know that Alister had thought about that line all too well.
"I'm sorry about what I said and the way I acted… I never meant to hurt you and let you down like that. I thought over everything… and I realize now that… I'm not ashamed of us, of our love, of you… Zip. I'm not asking you to forgive me, I'm just so sorry and I need you. I want to be your boyfriend and maybe even... someday… wife… -or husband, which ever you prefer-."
There was a pause… but bookworm saw the tension in the burly man slowly begin to melt… the man slowly pushing his chair back and standing up, though his back still stayed to the blonde.
Seeing this as a moment to act, he slowly took one step forward, then another… then another…
"I want to wake up to you every morning and fall asleep with you every night too. To be the one who will always be behind and you… and try to protect you… and be with no other man but you, I want too… to give me you all of who I am."
Now, he was directly behind the man… "My Zip…" he whispered, hoping his words touched some part of his love.
As the blonde spoke, the anger and hatred inside the technician melted away like snow in the spring… every word soothed him.
Though, an alarm went off inside of his mind… yes, he was touched… but still cautious.
"Al…" the man spoke, feeling the smaller man's warm breathe on the back of his light tank top.
"I… I… I'm moved…" he turned around to look Alister straight in the eye.
"But… before I get back together with you… I need to know…"
There was a small pause, they two just staring into each other's eyes… searching for the answer.
"Are you ready… to be open with this? Because, I don't wanna hide our love anymore… it's just not right" he said, hoping his words would not send the man away.
Alister felt a shiver go through his body as the man finished…
This was it… the final exam he would have to take… the one question that could spark an entirely new era of his life. Yes, it was scary… yes, it was going to hurt sometimes, but… he knew it would all be worth it. It just felt so right it couldn't be wrong… it was love. How could a love this pure, this… this… simple… be evil?
Everything is connected… he knew it was… those scholars at Oxford thought not… but he was smarter then them…
"Zip…" he chocked out, tears returning to his eyes… not of shame, or pain or loneliness… but of love, and joy and hope for the future.
"Yes, I'm ready…" he said, power driving the words out.
The technician felt his entire world rebuild as quickly as it had fallen… it was like a dream…
But when he grabbed the man and pulled him as close as possible… kissing him passionately… he knew it was no fantasy…
Alister let out a small yelp when the man grappled him in, but he didn't resist it… he more then gladly pressed his lips against the other man's.
It felt so sure and so, so, good! This really was love! He knew it! He could feel it!
Zip wrapped his hands tightly around the man's waist, Alister doing the same to his neck and they continued…
Though, slowly, they released themselves from each other and looked into one another's eyes…
"Let's go tell them… I want them to know your mine now" he said with a chuckle, his mouth in an extremely large smile. Though, he smile went wider when he saw Alister's always-too-cute smile appear on his face again.
The blonde nodded, "I think they're in the kitchen… let's go!"
And with that they left the room… heading to the Italian style kitchen and soon… they were within the presence of Lara and Winston, both enjoying a nice English breakfast.
Their hands were locked… tightly squeezed together… and they stayed that way, even when they walked in and stared the two straight in the face.
All the worry Alister had had… it all seemed like a joke now, he had nothing to worry about… his love was pure and he was doing nothing wrong.
"Lara… Winston… we have something we want to tell you" he said, invigoration in his voice.
The brunette eyed the two boy's hands, interlocked… there was a moment of silence as both her and Winston eyed the two. They then looked at each other, and then back to the couple.
"Well… go on then" she said, trying to hide the smile that was beginning to appear on her face.
"Zip and I-" Alister began,
"Are together… forever, and we feel that you two should have a right to know. We have been a couple for quite sometime actually. Now, please don't feel threatened by this or anything… the reason why we didn't want you to know was because Alister was afraid of both our jobs. Though, now we're ready to tell you… and well, we want to know… what do you think Lara?" Zip cut off calmly, obviously wanting to rush ahead on this.
"Well… I don't know… two guys, one bed… that's kind of…" Lara said, a small smile coming over her face as she teased. "No, disregard that boys… and don't worry, you both still have your jobs. Don't even think for a second that, both I and Winston, would judge you on this. We've actually known for quite sometime" the tomb raider said normally.
The look on both of the male's faces in the next coming few seconds were simply to die for, talk about a Kodak moment; "What do you mean!?" the two said together, face of confusion on them both.
"Well… let's just say, Winston knows enough to tell when two people like each other… it's in your eyes, it's in your walk… even in your stare."
The two looked to the butler, who was smiling gently and nodding along.
"So… we're cool… right?" Zip added in after a few seconds.
Lara thought for a moment, "Well… boys, I'd like to just lay down a few ground rules here."
The couple looked at each other, in both fear and anxiousness.
"You are both grown, smart men… so, all I'm going to say is that if you want you can move in together and feel free to do anything 'couply' you want. Winston and I both know that it would be perfectly idiotic, if not barbaric; if we didn't let you two love each other. Now, all we ask is that you keep it down, please, you know what I mean."
Alister blushed, Zip's smile just widened.
"But… I want you two to keep your personal and your business lives separate okay? There will be times when I need you, and I DON'T want you two doing something completely off target while I'm there on my own. Got it? I need you two, you're my team."
The two nodded.
"Other then that; do as you wish… and, I'll expect to be Alister's maid of honor" she joked at the end, everyone laughing except for Alister, who blushed more.
A new day was dawning… and it felt great to feel the sunlight of it upon skin…
Maybe… some things so simple… CAN BE… so great…