les sequelles - Eric Coulter 1

92. Confessions

Imagine: Transferring to Dauntless to escape the prejudice you faced for being gay, and you end up falling for Eric.

Eric x male!reader

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*Flashback*

"Get away from us Y/N!" Your friend says as he steps away from you. I few girls walk past, covering their mouths to stifle their giggles. Someone who you had considered to be a good friend, had decided to tell the whole world that you were gay after you came out to them. Your world had come crashing down on you, as an Erudite no one really accepted anything that was out of the norm, and here you were considered to be out of the norm. All of your friends avoided you, as if you had some sort of disease that they could catch.

"Come on guys, you can't be serious!" You say desperately.

"Michael and the others are right Y/N, we don't want to have anything to do with-with your kind!" Another one of your friends calls out before leaving you alone in the middle of campus, you fight back tears thinking, 'Why did I ever trust Michael?!' at that moment you decided that on Choosing Day you would leave Erudite and join a faction were you could start over.

*End Flashback*

You had made the right decision, you had transferred to Dauntless, almost half a year ago, you passed initiation with flying colours, and you were now training to become a leader.

There was one downfall to your life here, you had fallen in love, and not just with anyone, you had fallen in love with Eric. But of course, you refused to let him or anyone find out, you would not make the same mistake you made bad in Erudite, however, it had recently started getting harder and harder to avoid the truth as you friends had already started to suspect it.

You currently sat in Eric's office, flipping through some folders trying to find the one with the last name 'Smith', as a part of your training, you were forced to act as Eric's assistant, not that you minded though. As long as you didn't do anything stupid, Eric was a pretty laid-back person. You let out a sigh of relief when you finally found the folder; you pulled it out and carried it to Eric's desk.

"Here," You say holding out the folder in front of Eric. He takes it from your hands and quickly flips through it before looking up at you, his eyes meet yours and your heart gives a little flutter.

"Uh-thanks Y/N," He pauses for a moment, "You can go for dinner now, I'll come down shortly."

You sit alone at your table and eat, you watch Eric finally come down and seat himself at the leader table. You're eventually joined by a few of your other friends, "You should just tell him Y/N."

You turn and look at your friend Julia, confused, "Tell who what?

Ryan, the boy sitting across from you looks at you as if you're stupid, "Tell Eric that you like him."

"W-what?!" You push back on your seat, startled, "What are you talking about?!"

"Y/N, relax, we know, it's actually pretty obvious," Melissa giggles next to Ryan.

"And we completely accept you!" Julia adds quickly, the rest of your friends nod in agreement.

"You should tell him before it's too late man, I mean it's better to know how he feels than to always wonder," Zack says. You check your watch, you feel overwhelmed, my friends know, but they care, but they want me you to tell him, you decide that it would be best for you to get back to work now.

You make your way into Eric's office and start sorting through his filing cabinet. Eric eventually joins you and begins typing on his computer. A few hours drift by when Eric speaks up, "Y/N, I'm going to be in the office for a few more hours, but you can go, it's getting late."

You glance up at the clock, 10:00 pm, it's now or never Y/N, "Eric, c-can I talk to you about something?"

He glances away from his computer, "Sure? Is it about the files?"

"Uh no," You get a little closer, "It's a little personal."

"Alright?" He questions, fully turning away from his computer, "Sit."

You obey, taking a deep breath, "Eric, I li- I'm- I- fuck."

"Y/N, what is it?" He looks genuinely concerned.

"Eric I'm gay," You blurt out suddenly, covering your mouth instantly.

He looks at you with a questioning look, but he doesn't look surprised, "So?"

"So?"

"Y/N, it doesn't matter? You're still human," He acts very nonchalantly.

"Thank you," You pause, "Eric, that's not it."

"Go on."

"I-I like you," He looks slightly taken aback, but he quickly recollects himself but doesn't speak, "I-I'm sorry Eric. I shouldn't have said anything! I'm just gonna go."

You quickly back up your seat but he stops you, "No, I'm glad you said so."

"W-what?"

He sighs, and runs his hands through his hair, "I like you too Y/N, I was trying to tell myself that I was just being stupid bu-but Y/N, I guess I'm not stupid."

You smile up at him joyfully, "Thank God."

You get out of your seat, "N-now, you should go home and get some sleep; you'll have to get up early tomorrow."

You walk towards the door but once again, he calls after you, "Y/N, maybe we should go for dinner or something on Friday."

"Sure," You say happily, "Good night Eric."

"Good night Y/N." 

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