Kellic Song One-shots

Mercy

Warnings: things that overall suck like homophobia, internalized homophobia, bullying, toxicity in relationships. Also mentions of alcohol. And almost 8k words, whoops. 

General plot was based on the show Eyewitness (2016). 

{Kellin.}

"You take pictures, right?"

That's how it all began. Four simple little words that I didn't pay much attention to in the beginning. A question about something I enjoyed doing more than anything, and that coming from him made me both curious and terrified all at the same time.

When I arrived at the small town of Tivoli, New York a few months ago I had just about the lowest expectations. My mom had just started rehab and I had to stay with a foster family until she got better. Jury's orders. The family wasn't that bad to be honest, they seemed like pretty alright people. It was a couple that wanted to practice having children before they made their own. I bet they never expected to get a teenager, though.

Gwen was this woman in her 30s with blonde hair and a sweet voice, but a hard temperament. And also the town's sheriff. And Blake was her veterinarian husband, who I could tell had a heart of gold and would do anything for her. They lived in this huge cottage house that had nothing on the place I used to live with my mom. But as great as they were, I didn't want to be there. I felt too different, I felt like I would never belong, with them or with anyone. I missed my mom and the rundown apartment and my old friends and my life in the city.

The first few weeks of school were hell. For some reason I was targeted as the new weird city kid and no one wanted to come near me. I guess they all heard stories of why I was living in their town or rumors that I was gay and somehow that made me a leper in their eyes. Whatever. As if I cared. I only had to survive a few months of living in the dullest place on Earth and then go back to the city and everything would be okay again. I thought it would be easy. I just had to go unnoticed by everyone and I'd be fine.

Until he came along and ruined all my plans.

Vic Fuentes was the type of guy everybody loved at Red Hook High School. He was popular as one can get in a small town school, he had the most friends, he was funny and extroverted and the life of the party all the time. He was into motocross and that was way cooler to everyone than being a sports team captain or the brightest kid of the class. And yeah, he was also hot. All the girls swooned anytime he walked past them and I honestly couldn't blame them.

The first time I saw him was on my first day while I was walking down the hallway, trying not to get in the way of anyone and cause unnecessary drama on my day. He was leaving a classroom and talking to a group of guys who I guessed were his friends and as he walked in the opposite direction I was going, he looked at me. It felt like he was the only one who could see me.

And he gave me this look that back then I had no other way to describe as other than odd. I didn't mean to look back, it was not my usual thing, but with him it was nearly impossible. He was laughing about something some other guy was saying yet his eyes remained on mine and it all went by in slow motion. And once he walked past me I turned around and stared at his back as he went his way. I didn't miss how his head tilted slightly towards me. As if wanting to see if I was looking back too.

Fast forward a few weeks he asked me the question.

I was at the convenience store looking for some things Gwen asked me to bring home after school, I was just browsing through the milk cartons trying to find the soy one when he appeared out of nowhere. He laughed at my startled reaction and I refrained from rolling my eyes.

"Uh... yeah?" I told him answering his question, unsure as to why he was talking to me in the first place.

"Neat," he said, that grin plastered all over his face. "I'm trying to launch a YouTube channel, you know, showing my tricks on the bike and all, and I wanted someone that knows what they're doing to take the shots. Would you be interested?"