who will fight? | daltonverse
julian/sophia, julian/cameron (this part) and julian/logan
he was glad that in his silence, cameron was always the one who heard him.
A/N: There's a small reason why Cam and Sophia are the other two people aside from Logan. I originally intended it to be Clark (in Sophia's position) and Derek (in Cam's position) but I have no idea who to useas a playby in the GIF that would accompany this. And since I knew who was Soph's playby (well, because she's mine) and who Cam's playby was too, well…this happened. And yes, I intended from the start that Logan would be at the "who will fall far behind" part. Logan is always a given when Julian is involved.
And in this part, I chose Cameron because he's my non-Logan OTP for Jules.
Disclaimer: I don't own Julian, Cameron or Logan. They are Miss CP Coulter's. I only own Sophia and she's already a handful enough as it is. I also don't own Skinny Love by Bon Iver / Birdy which inspired these series of drabbles.
Cameron had been furious when he found the healing bruise on Julian's back. Julian had forgotten that it was there in the first place. He had shrugged off the older boy's concern, saying that it was no big deal. He murmured CD case when Cameron asked where he got it.
Cameron pursed his lips and stood up to go to the mini-fridge in the younger boy's trailer. He placed some ice inside a spare plastic bag, ordered Julian to sit down, sat behind the younger boy and placed the makeshift ice pack over the bruise.
"Jesus Christ, Cam," Julian yelped as the ice made contact with his bare skin. Cameron placed a firm hand on Julian's shoulder to make him stay still. "It's freezing."
"It's ice, J," Cameron said patiently, as if he was talking to a child. "What did you expect?"
"It doesn't even hurt anymore," Julian complained as he tried to shy away from the ice pack that Cameron was firmly pressing over the bruise.
"Just…shut up," Cameron said shortly.
They both remained quiet for a few moments.
"Why do you put up with this, J?" Cameron asked quietly as he removed the ice pack from the younger boy's bruise. He tossed the plastic, with the now melted ice, in the nearest trash bin.
Julian shrugged as he grabbed his shirt from the armrest of the couch and slipped it on. "He's my best friend, Cam. I know that if the situation was reversed, he'd stand by me too."
Cameron narrowed his eyes at the other actor. "That's the only reason?"
The older boy swore that he saw a hint of panic in the other boy's eyes but Julian quickly covered it up with his usual mask of indifference. "Of course. What else is there?"
Deciding that it wouldn't be wise to push the issue further, Cameron stood up from where he was seated. "Whatever, man."
After a few weeks, the filming of the episodes that they needed wrapped up. Cameron was going for a much needed vacation while Julian was getting ready to get back at Dalton. Before they parted ways, Cameron pulled Julian aside to talk to him.
"You have my number right?" Cameron suddenly asked. Julian blinked at him before nodding his head in assent. "Look, if you need to talk to someone…or if you need something.." Julian raised an eyebrow as the older boy fumbled through his words. "Just..just call me okay? I don't care what time it is. Just call, man."
Julian stared at Cameron, trying to process the words that he uttered. The other boy refused to meet his eyes, probably too embarrassed to face him. "O-of course," Julian replied, cursing himself for stuttering.
Cameron finally looked at Julian, eyes full of hope. "Yeah?" he murmured quietly. Julian nodded once again. "Yeah. Okay. Cool. See you later, man."
Julian watched as the older boy walked away from him. He leaned back against the wall and let out a shaky breath. He ran a hand through his hair, trying to process what Cameron had offered - a way out when times would get rough at Dalton. He closed his eyes and smiled. It was always Cameron that offered his services whenever Julian was in need of something that he couldn't talk about with anyone else. First, the kiss and now…his problem at Dalton. And Julian didn't even have to ask for help.
He was glad that in his silence, Cameron was always the one who heard him.
