Just some oneshots involving mostly Charlie and Nick. Sometimes a character x reader, others with different characters.
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clover2015- hope you like it, there's two parts :)
Tw: sexual assault
"Why won't you tell me what's wrong?" Nick's voice was thick with concern.
They were walking to their last lesson of the day and Tuesday's were the only days they both had English so they could walk together.
"Because there's nothing wrong!" Charlie protested, although he couldn't look Nick in the eye and say that.
He didn't want to worry Nick about what Ben had done. Nick saved him once before, but he wasn't there this time when Ben had shoved himself on Charlie. The more Charlie struggled, the more Ben tried harder. Pinning him against the wall of the music room.
"Fine" Nick sighed, admitting defeat. If Charlie didn't want to tell him then that was up to him, "You can talk to me, you know that right?" Charlie forced a small laugh, "Yes, I know"
During his lesson, Charlie tried really hard to concentrate but he couldn't understand Shakespeare at the best of times. Let alone when his encounter with Ben kept playing in his mind.
Flashbacks of Ben's lips on his, his hands grabbing his waist and trailing up to his neck. It felt so real, like he could feel the heat of Ben's hands on him now.
"Charlie?" His teacher was looking at him, as was the rest of the class, "Can you tell us how the theme of lust is portrayed in Act One, Scene 3?" "Erm" Charlie hesitated, he could feel the heat rising in his cheeks, "I-I don't know"
His teacher started lecturing him about how he should be listening, but Charlie had zoned out again. He felt dirty and just wanted to go home and shower, scrub his skin so it was free from Ben's touch.
Which is exactly what he did when he finally got home. The warm water ran over his skin and once he was sure any noise he made would be drowned out by the shower, he let himself cry.
A wave of anger and self-hatred washed over him as the tears fell. Why did he let it happen? Why didn't he just push him off? Why did he meet Ben in the first place? He should have known it was a trap.
Taking the shower gel from the shelf and lathering the sponge with it, he started scrubbing his skin with the sponge. Every part of him he could, he scrubbed it. His hands were shaking and the tears were merging with the water.
He scrubbed for ages and the tears just kept flowing. Why did this happen? Why would Ben do that?
"Charlie?" His mum's voice came from the other side of the door "Go away!" He snapped back and he was sure his mum would hear how hoarse his voice was from crying so much "Charlie, what's going on?" "Nothing! Go away!"
Jane did move away from the door, but only to go into Tori's room to see if she knew what was wrong with her son. She didn't, but said she'd try talking to him.
"Charlie!" She called out through the door "Piss off Tori" "Charlie!" Jane shouted, angry at Charlie's language, it really wasn't like him to swear. "Why have you shut yourself in the bathroom?" Tori called out, but Charlie didn't reply.
He was sat on the floor of the shower with his knees drawn up to his face. He still didn't feel clean and he didn't know what would make him feel clean. While Jane kept knocking on the door and trying to persuade Charlie to come out, Tori messaged Nick, she followed him on Instagram and she knew they were good friends, Charlie was probably closer to him than Tao at the moment.
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"Nick's coming" Tori told her mum and she gave a weak smile.
Charlie didn't hear over the shower still running. He was absentmindedly scratching at his arms as they hugged his legs. He wasn't crying anymore, he was numb.
"Something serious must have happened because this isn't like Charlie" Jane thought aloud, "Do you think he'll talk to Nick?" She shot Tori a concerned glance and Tori just shrugged. "He's the closest to Charlie I think" Jane smiled weakly again and went downstairs. She knew it was no good standing at the bathroom door if Charlie wasn't even going to talk to her.
Tori sat on the floor with her back against the bathroom door, worried Charlie might do something stupid.
"It's only me now" She told Charlie, knowing he wouldn't reply.
Charlie heard her and turned the water off, but stayed in the shower. He was shaking and he knew it wasn't because he was cold.
It wasn't long before Nick showed up at the front door, "Hi, Tori said I should- "Yes, come in dear. Thank you for coming" Jane smiled, moving out the way to let Nick in, "We don't know what's got into him, it was Tori's idea to get you to talk to him" Nick didn't say anything, the whole situation felt strange and if this was anyone else he probably wouldn't have shown up.
"He's still in the bathroom, I'll stay down here. He won't talk to me" There was hurt evident in Jane's voice which made Nick frown. This did seem very unusual for Charlie and Nick could feel butterflies building in his stomach. Was it something really serious?
Taking it as his queue to go, Nick started to walk up the stairs and found Tori on the floor by the door.
"Hi" He muttered awkwardly "Hey, thanks for coming" Tori smiled and Nick was pretty sure it was the first time he'd seen her do that, "Sorry for messaging you, I just didn't know who to-" "It's okay" Nick cut her off, "Couldn't Tao come?" "I didn't ask him" Tori stood up, "Whatever it is, I don't think he'd talk to Tao about it" She shrugged and disappeared into her bedroom before Nick could say anything.
In a strange way Nick felt honoured, he'd been picked over Charlie's best mate to speak to him. He'd never done anything like this before, it felt like something out of a film. How do you get your sulking friend to come out of the bathroom?
