LOVE IN THE DARK , MILEVEN TEXTING AU

nineteen.

mike

meet me
behind school
bench
?

sure
where are you?

there

oh
okay
i'm walking there now
give me a few minutes

ok

el waited patiently till mike arrived and when he did and sat next to her, she looked up slowly and watched him smile gently at her.

"lilah," he whispered and she fiddled with the tights above her thigh.

since the other night, she had been thinking about he knew it was her.

but at the same time, she really didn't care anymore. she had no explanation and in all honesty, her mind consisted of other thoughts.

"granola bar?" he asked and handed it to her. "you don't have to talk."

she took the bar from him, her sleeve riding up for him to see the amount of cuts scattered across her wrist.

"don't cry," he whispered, wiping a small tear that rolled down her cheek.

she didn't even notice it and for some reason, she didn't flinch back from his touch.

"lilah?" he whispered as she turned a little to look at him. "i want you to know you're exactly like a delilah. beautiful, delicate. just like a delilah,"

she looked up fully and stared at him. "mike.... cardigan.. calm— calm.. calming?" she tried to say, her voice coming out so weak that mike had to lean down to hear her quiet voice.

"cardigan calming? hell yeah, you got earphones?"

her shaky hands brought one to him as they shared the earphones, el going to play her playlist as she nibbled down on the granola bar.

my tears ricochet began to play and he let out a small smile. 

"so this is cardigan calming? it's good," he said as she handed him the granola bar, laying down to his shoulder as she closed her eyes.

he rested his head on top of hers and she instantly fell asleep, him seeing first hand what it was like for el when she napped more than 6 times a day.

he slowly and carefully took off his jacket and draped it over her so she wouldn't be cold.  

a little tear escaped in her sleep and he instantly went to wipe it before tucking some hair away from her face with a small smile on his face.

she was absolutely beautiful in his eyes and nothing could change that opinion of his.

♥︎♥︎♥︎

mike walked el back to her dorm since she still was swaying and loopy from her sleep.

she had muttered her dorm room to him and he carefully held onto her as he arrived at her door. "do you have keys?" he asked but was already knocking on the door.

the door opened and max appeared as mike helped el inside the dorm carefully as she rubbed her eyes.

"thanks," max mumbled, whispering to el who nodded weakly before heading to her room.

"lilah," mike called and el turned.

"text me," he said and she looked at him for a few seconds before making her way down the hall.

max looked back at mike with a pointed look. "that means yes. your duty is fulfilled, you may leave," she raised a brow.

he rolled his eyes. "you're fucking annoying,"