Notes: Written for Crimson Ran, I'm sorry that I haven't been keeping up to date with the prompts that everyone's issued to me for these drabbles, but it's been busy. The good news is that I've nearly finished Poison, so I should be able to get to work on other things more shortly.
Title: all the little things bring us together
Pairing: Edward/Seth
Prompt: "crush"
Words: 333 words
Disclaimer: The Twilight series is in no way mine; it belongs to Stephanie Meyer. I just write for my own enjoyment, and hopefully that of others.

. all the little things bring us together .

It started out simple enough, with just a friendship, but now things are much more... complicated. Nothing will ever be the same anymore, and Seth wonders whether or not he should be regretting this shift in reality.

Leah hates him for it, he knows that, she hates that he even counts the leeches among his friends, but the fact that he's developed a crush on one of them. It might just be a simple little crush, but to Seth, it's his first. He's never been in love before, and he's never felt like this before. He's only fifteen, and Edward's just, well, perfect, so why would it be so surprising that Seth's feelings would start to shift, if only slightly?

But Seth's never been very careful with his thoughts, even now, because he doesn't see a point in being untruthful in his own head. After all, you'd only be lying to yourself, and that's stupid because there's no way that you can run from the truth when you already know it.

He's surprised, because he'd have expected Edward to shy away from him because of how he feels, but that's not how it is. It's... strange, but Seth sometimes gets the feeling that it's all reciprocated, in some weird way. Or it could be that Edward just feels sorry for him.

After all, it's not right to have a crush on a man who's about to get married, is it.

Sometimes, though, things are much more complicated then they should be. Besides, people are always longing after things they can't have, it's in human nature; and even a vampire isn't immune to that.

Though, both Seth and Edward have acknowledged that it can't go any farther then the simple crush that it is. It's not worth breaking Bella's heart over, and they know that there won't be any happiness for either of them if they go after this. Their species are just too different, and there would be no rest or peace for them.

It's a simple crush, after all.

FIN.