[boyxboy]
After meeting Ezra while waiting for his regular coffee order, Damien King can't stop thinking of the short boy whining to his old mother due to the loud noises.
Damien lives in New York City, working as a professor in a small community c...
IT WAS 7:45; Damien just finished preparing tonight's dinner, which consisted of chicken stuffed with mozzarella wrapped in Parma ham with a side of homemade mash. In 10 minutes Liam and Andrew should be arriving soon. As Damien was about to fix the table, the ringing of his phone uttered.
Probably Liam, he thought.
Damien grabbed his phone and saw an unknown number was calling; about to hang up, he remembered, "Linda!" Usually, Damien didn't answer calls from an unknown caller, yet now he will make sure to answer them all. There is no way he's going to miss the opportunity of talking to Ezra and Linda.
He quickly answered, "Hello?" his voice quivered. Damien felt his whole body shaking while waiting for the other person on the line to respond. He sat down on the couch, grabbing with his free hand the trousers he had on out of nervousness.
"Good evening, Mr. King. It is Linda Adams, from the coffee shop. You see, I was calling because my son, Ezra, kept asking for someone called Dee." Damien froze. At last, one of the voices Damian has been waiting for called. Good thing, he assumed she became weirded out when he asked to take care of Ezra.
Holy shit.
Linda laughed, "All morning. Just now, I finally figure who Dee was; Damien, Ezra has been asking for you all day. Would it be all right if he could speak to you; he's been very anxious about it."
Holy shit.
"I-I, I mean, yeah, sure. That will be fine." Damien replied. It seemed the older man wasn't the only person missing the other. Damien walked to his bathroom and looked at himself; his face shaded red.
He's heart was beating so fast. He noticed his hands getting sweaty; it felt like the phone was going to sweep away from his hand. Damien tried to calm himself, breath in, breath out. He could hear rumbling from the other line and, then there it was, the voice he fell in love with after listening to it once.
"Dee, hi." Ezra quietly greeted. With only that, Damien's heart felt like it was ripped out of his body.
"Hey, Ezra. How are you?" Damien asked, trying to make a conversation so he could hear Ezra's voice. However, only a soft agreeing noise was produced, which meant Ezra was fine. "That's great, love."
Damien heard him squeak, thus making him laugh.
After a few silent seconds, Ezra softly spoke again, "Is Damien okay?" he asked, which Damien responded with, "Yes, I have been fine. Missing a sweet man named Ezra."
Another squeak. So adorable!
"'m thinking of you too." he smoothly stated. Some rambling and laughing sounded next to Ezra, Linda maybe, which made Ezra giggle as well. The sound of his giggling just made Damien miss him more. Damien heard the entry door of his apartment being knocked, who was probably Liam and Andrew. He walked towards the door when Linda spoke again.
"All right, Ezra, time to sleep. Say goodnight to Damien." Linda told Ezra, who grunted and shouted, "No! I don't want to sleep! 'm on phone with Dee all night." Damien could see Ezra's scrunch face. When he opened the door, Liam and Andrew waited together. Damien signals them to come in and whisper to them to make themselves comfortable, leading them to the living room and going to the kitchen to have privacy.
This time Damien spoke, "That's okay, Ezra. I will call you tomorrow," he tried to convince, not wanting to make Ezra have a tantrum this late at night, " I promise, Love."
Ezra let out a cry, "No, Dee! Stay!" shouted the small bean. Linda next to him told him they would call me tomorrow morning; at last, Ezra accepted.
"Goodnight, Ezra. We will talk tomorrow morning." The older man promised.
"Okay. Bye, bye, goodnight!" Ezra exclaimed and giggled. He passed the phone back to Linda.
"Damien, I wanted to ask if you could take care of Ezra tomorrow. I have an important meeting at eight that I can't miss." Linda stated.
"Of course, could you please send me your address. I will be there at 7:30," he replied. This means he will be able to see Ezra tomorrow, which is beneficial since Damien didn't have classes to lecture tomorrow. He walked back at Liam, who smirked back at him. Andrew, yet looking nervous. He really is shy.
"That's great, thank you, Damien. Goodnight." Linda responded and hanged the phone.
Damien signed and looked at both men, "Dinner is ready; follow me." he said and turned to Liam, "So, what are you both? Cousins or boyfriends?" Damien asked, knowing well Andrew was going to turn red.
"None of your business." Liam laughed and looked back at Andrew then at Damien, "What about you, was that the guy you met?"
"That was the beauty, yes," he replied with a huge smirk on his face.
Meanwhile, in Linda's house, she cleaned the living room which was full of Ezra's toys, while the small boy finished eating his usual strawberry yogurt. Happily humming because of the phone call he had with Damien.
"Do you feel happy now, Ezra. You were so excited to call Mr. King." Linda smiled. Knowing that Ezra has finally been able to make a relationship that wasn't only theirs. She always thought she was the only one that Ezra would have a connection with; thankfully, she was wrong. Linda was so glad they met Damien, someone who wasn't afraid of communicating with an autistic person.
The small man nodded and smiled brightly back at his mother; he had missed the tall man all day. Linda laughed and shook her head, "All right, Ezra. Go put your pajamas and into bed. I will be there to read you the book you chose." she told her son.
Ezra ran up the stairs to his room and grabbed a pair of colorful dinosaur pajamas. He changed quickly, with a little trouble, and picked tonight's book. Ezra chose his new favorite book called Dinosaurs in Love, which also loved to sing the book's song. He climbed to bed, ready for her mother to tuck him in and read the book to him, the best feeling.
"Very well then, are you ready, love?" Linda went to sit on the corner of Ezra's bed, who was nodding excitedly. Linda laughed and began reading the chosen book, "Dinosaurs in Love, by Fenn Rosenthal."
At the end of the book, Linda noticed that her son was already snoring. She smiled and tucked him before leaving Ezra's room. On the other hand, Ezra started dreaming about the tall man he couldn't stop thinking of.
Just like Damien, he daydreamed about the boy he thought of all day. He couldn't wait to see the small man prompting him to sleep early in the morning. Tomorrow I can finally see you again, Ezra.
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Happy New Year! I wish for all of you to have a blessed new year. Finally, we can say goodbye to this horrible year.
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PS: The italicized phrases are the thoughts of the characters.
