Fuck slow burn my dudes.
Also, fuck consistent chapter length.
4. Αύριο
Evan drops into his bed, staring at his white ceiling, and processes the situation he's gotten into. He's unsure whether the rush to help Tera comes from his omega side, his dragon side, or a combination of both; most likely the latter.
The thing is, Evan has no idea what to do now; he left without any means to contact Connor, and no indications of how often, and for how long, the alpha stayed at the orchard. Hopefully if he returns tomorrow at around the same time he'll be there. With a groan, the omega rolls over, gaze falling over his computer.
Sighing for longer than really necessary, Evan lifts himself from bed, crosses the short way to the laptop, grabs it one handed, and promptly gets back in bed. This is a process that goes a lot less smooth now that he has a cast, but nothing breaks so he sighs again, this time in relief.
Quickly setting up, he opens a word document, and begins typing; the process is one he's been avoiding like a plague, but he thinks he can still utilize it, so long as he's careful.
Dear Evan Hansen
You know how in stories there's always a scene where everything changes abruptly, so that the plot may run its course? Well, today was that kind of day.
Today you went to the old apple orchard just outside of town for a change of view, a breath of fresh air, so on. And you stumbled upon Connor Murphy, you know, Zoe's brother, that one alpha everyone at school is somewhat scared of… yeah.
Thing is, you kind of found out this secret about him, and the only reason you came out unscratched is because he needed help, and you've promised not to tell anyone; I mean, who would you tell? But now you've no idea how to help, because he didn't give you any info, or way to find him, so you can only hope you'll meet him if you go to the orchard again.
So today was a weird day, and tomorrow will be a weird day, and who knows how your life will change now that you're tied up in this.
Sincerely your best and most dearest friend
Me
With a long sigh he double checks the content, and deems it vague enough not to raise suspicion, so he saves it to print later; together with the other ones of these he's written so far, the number is really low, but that makes sense, Evan didn't do much before today.
.-. - ...- / -.-. ... .- -. -. .
Connor needs a plan, because he didn't have one when he met Hansen the first time, and that can't do; not when the omega is hiding something. Connor is going to ask his questions, and get his answers, and find what to do if things go south.
He could take Hansen on a fight, particularly since the other seems reluctant to shift, and even if he did, Connor's still an alpha; whatever animal Hansen is hiding under his fox guise will still be smaller than him. But Connor doesn't want to fight Evan, not after what happened today, he really hopes whatever secret Evan's hiding isn't something that'll put Tera in danger, because Connor was not lying when he said he needed help from an omega.
Speaking of, the dragon pup had become a bit restless when Connor returned to the nest, kept pulling blue things into a particular pile, staring at the entrance, or sniffing the air and Connor; like she was waiting for something. It took a while for Connor to realize what it meant, that Tera was reacting to the fact that there had been an omega here, a year since her mother, and then he had to reassure her that Evan would be back tomorrow, only to realize he was reassuring himself too.
How did that happen anyways? One moment both Tera and himself had been wary and careful, but then… then Evan made Tear laugh - it had been obvious from the look on his face -, and had translated for her so Connor could know what she wanted. And then, once he was gone, both of them had been affected.
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow Connor would see him again, and ask his questions, and then take him to see Tera, and then get some way to contact him because this was ridiculous. And Evan Hansen would be there.
He would be.
He had to be.
Neither dragon pup nor alpha would deal well if he didn't; that much Connor was certain of.
So Connor would see the omega tomorrow.
Tera would see the omega tomorrow.
Evan Hansen would be at the orchard tomorrow.
