𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 2 - 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲's 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞.

Its not shocking when people stare, Lance is attractive and he know's that so he understands why people would take their time to look at him like he was some sort of treat that only comes once a year, he understands if its someone around his age as well. Things only go eerie when someone older than him just won't lay down their gaze or when someone is only looking at a specific part of his body.

Lance has only had a bad experience once and luckily it didn't affect him to badly that it was engraved into his mind. He was 15 while this other person was probably around 18, the guy would not let go of looking at Lance's legs so when it became like his eyes could've pierced his skin the brunette kindly told him he was perv who liked creeping on people younger than him, that he'd seen him staring, then told him to piss off or he would call the police.

It scared him but he got over it and any other times people looked at him - it was because of admiration, people admired him but thats a good thing right? its like a celebrity in a way and it makes you feel good about yourself, it raises your confidence to a new level. Stares from strangers were nice but what was even better was loving stares from his boyfriend because the way Keith looked him was pure obsession, he analysed every feature on Lance to try find a flaw but always didn't seem to spot one. To Keith he was absolute perfection since the day he lay his dark eyes on him.

The worst type of staring though? that luckily he's even experienced was when you could feel someone's eyes on you but when you looked around there was no one there, you feel like you're being watched intensely from every angle possible but you're not, you know you're not but still the feeling doesn't go away. You wish you could spot something but also you really didn't because if you did it would terrify you to the core. Lance hopes he never has to feel this way and in fact he probably wont even have to since he has people around him almost constantly.
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The day at college has come to end so him and Keith are walking home together until they come to a sudden stop. "Oh babe I forgot to mention i have some medication to pick up at the pharmacy and they haven't even like got it delivered yet so i won't be home." Lance blinked at him before saying:

"Can't you go when it's been delivered..?"
"I don't know when its gonna be there so i thought i'd go now because the delivery's are between now and 9pm."

"So you would wait 5 whole hours?"
"You know how important this is! they're what fights off my thoughts from before."
Lance huffed whilst holding the bridge of nose then he shook his head a bit "Fineee."

Keith leaned down and kissed his cheek "I love you!" he waved whilst walking away
"Love you too.." The cuban muttered as he walked the direction to home.
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Throughout the whole 20 minute distance it was quiet without a single car or person to go by..Lance was the only one to go through the neighbourhood but it still felt off, like someone was right behind him even though every time he glanced back there wasn't anybody there. He entered the house then dropped his bag down at the door carelessly along with his shoes he now just removed - god he hated being home alone ever since he was a kid because what if someone broke in? what if it was like all those scary movies where you got stalked and then murdered, your family finding your body in amongst the destruction of your furniture.

and what was someone meant to do when home alone? it was entirely boring since all you could technically do was busy yourself with  chores then watch a shitty movie on netflix then pass out on the couch until someone returned. Lance had better things to do than that like homework before it piles up like it did in highschool so he pulled his laptop up to get started on whatever assignment his teachers sent.
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3 hours have passed, Keith still isn't back and Lance's eyes sting from staring at his screen so long but he just blinks away the pain with a sigh because this is so boring but there isn't anything to do and he's currently working on something that is due in tomorrow before class begins so it has to be done now. Its dark outside since its 8pm and it shouldn't bother Lance because this is normal but it does ..there is still no sound at all from outside when usually cars are going by, there's usually distance chatter or a dog barking but no. There is nothing but a deafening silence and that feeling of someone who's there in a shadow, looking at him from afar.

It gets to an unbearable point and it makes him tear his eyes off of his laptop screen to look outside to across the street, at the streetlamp right opposite the living room window and he waits for a person to go by under it - for something to appear the moment he opens his eyes from a blink. He wants it to happen but he also doesn't. He want's to see what he feels like is burning holes into his skin with its eyes so he can tell it to fuck off, to leave him alone but..theres nothing there across the street meaning he is just spiralling because of his own mind, he is frozen in place because of his own thoughts.

Finally someone comes into view and its Keith. Thank god its Keith. Lance hears the door unlock then open so he puts his laptop down to go see him at the door. "Hey sorry i took so lo-". he hugs him.

"Long...sweetie are you okay? you're sweating and shaking a little." Keith sounds so concerned whilst he hugs back and Lance can't even bring himself to say anything in response since he's trying to calm himself down. When he does though, he lies, mutters a quiet: "Yeah..just a movie thats all..". He couldn't say he felt like someone was watching him because he feels stupid about it - scared of something thats not there? pathetic. Its so pathetic which is why he lies.

His boyfriend doesn't pick up on it so instead keeps hugging him at the door until Lance is ready to let go, he never wanted to experience this and never thought he would but now that he has..it will change everything.