TET oneshots :D!!

1, "Lets be lonley togther."

PRESTON X CLARRISA

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3RD PERSON

It was a chilly night, the b team resting. For the most part anyway, awake there sat Clarissa. Staring up to the sky and counting the stars. Ever since the 'incident' that happened with the team about how dex expressed his feelings about being disregarded, it hasn't left most of their minds.

But the main thing for Clarissa was how she had opened up to someone for the first time. She was a strong girl don't get me wrong but she used her attitude as a coverup. She had a wall built up, trying to not get attached. Those words rang through her head

"hey, hey don't worry I'm not gunna leave you.."

She cared for her party members immensely. She would die for them if she had too. But one thing still worried her, what would happen when they leave? When they escape?.
The thought was making her go crazy, she huddled up into a ball, 1. For warmth, 2. For comfort. Because of not having many people there she felt somewhat comforted in herself, but hated being alone at the same time.

Tears started to spill out of her eyes..they didn't stop, they couldn't stop. The thought was eating her up inside, she sat up from the
Grassy-sandy area and paced around
trying to calm herself down. But alas it didn't help, soon the tears became more soul sucking. Heavier, harder. she was panicking and nothing was helping.

Her legs started to shake, then she collapsed.

Clarissa tried to find something to lean up against to steady herself, she ended up crawling to a rock close by. She tried to do the breathing exercises that Scott had taught her from when they shared the inn room together, she wouldn't admit it but when Scott was worried, she was worried. When dex felt down she felt down as well. When Preston felt lonely she did too.

Soon, her breathing started to hitch and she was sobbing.

This was the start of a panic attack.
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1ST PERSON, PRESTON'S POV.
I woke up to heavy breathing and sobbing..?, I started to get up. Stretching a little and rubbing my eyes.. I looked around the sleeping bags, watching the others sleep peacefully.

Except Clarissa.

My eyes went wide, was she hurt?, had she been attacked?, did she leave..? "No. Stop it Preston. She's probably just pissing or something..!" I whisper yelled to myself, then I heard sobbing again, And that's when it hit me. I quickly put a shirt on and walked out of our cover to find her, 'hopefully she's ok..'
I thought to myself.

"Clarissa..? Hello..? Are you alright..?" I slowly walked around hearing shuffling and sniffing, I walked around to the noise and saw Clarissa wide eyed, tear stains making her cheeks and eyes red, puffy. She looked distraught, scared.

After the initial shock I rushed over. "Clarissa..! W-what happened are you alright..?!" I whisper spoke to her, trying to not wake the others. She didn't say anything but I could see she was trying too, I saw her jagged breaths. It looked like she was barely breathing at all.

"Hey, hey Clarissa! It's ok, it's ok!-" I rushed to her side crouching beside her and holding her arms, trying to ground her. "You need to breath..! Ok, ok.. follow me ok..? In..." I took a Deep breath, rubbing circles on her back. She slowly but jaggedly did the same. But hey, it was improvement.

"Now out.." I let my breath out slowly, watching Clarissa to make sure she did the same, and she was getting better quickly.
"That was great, again. In... out..."

She copied me again, this time not as jaggedly, "your doing so well." We did this a couple times over until she was breathing normally again, she was now sitting there silently crying, stone cold face, after a little longer I decided to ask her what happened.

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1ST PERSON, CLARISSA'S POV.

"So.. what happened.? If you don't mind me asking of course..!-" I heard Preston cut himself off looking away, he wasn't use to this at all but I appreciated the effort, I tried to speak. But all that came out was a croak, my face flushed with embarrassment as I hid it in my hands, eyebrows furrowed.

Preston laughed a little before going to get water and coming back, then handing it too me "here." He said, I gave him a smile and drank some water, coughing before I tried to speak again. "Sorry.." I managed to croak out, it wasn't as bad though

"oh and thanks for getting me water.." I smiled at him, my eyes still puffy from all the sobbing, he returned the smile and was humble about it,
He then looked at me, his face going into a worried look again

"Can- can you please tell me what happened..?"
I sat for a moment, thinking about it. I mean, he did see me break down so it wouldn't be that bad, not amazing though. I took a deep breath and hesitantly nodded.

"Well, I was just thinking." I spoke, looking down. "About what..?" He asked, curious and worried. "Just some stuff, about us." He looked at me confused "us..?" I figured out how he misinterpreted it "as in the team stupid..!-" I cut myself off, realizing my mistake.

"Sorry, i didn't mean that." He nodded at me, "I know, I know.." he looked at me before finally sitting down beside me, "but what does that mean?, what about all of us..?" I took a deep breath, preparing myself to explain.

"Surely you remember what happened today, with dex..?" I saw him tense up at the reminder, "yeah.. of course I do." He looked away shameful. "Well.. we had a talk. Kind of.."

I saw his brow raise as I spoke, "what does that mean..?" Preston turned to face me, showing his interest. "I went to comfort him. And I ended up saying to him that he was sounding like he was leaving. That caused me to freak out. He ended up telling me something."

"Well, what did he say..?" Preston asked, " he told me he wasn't going to Leave. But I have a question." I turned my head to look at Preston, his freckles and red curly hair slightly shining.

"Sure, what's up..?" He spoke unsure. "What's gunna happen, when we leave..? When we escape." he looked at me almost dumbfounded, either because he didn't think of that, or because he wasn't expecting that question.

"Well, I-.. I'm not sure." He rubbed the back of his neck, now properly thinking, "I guess we would go back to our normal lives..?" That was the answer I hated. "but what if i don't wanna go back to that life." I spoke strongly. "What..? What do you mean..?" He seemed confused.

"What if I want things to stay like this? All of us. As friends." He paused. "You don't know how much I'd love that Clarissa. Really.. but you know how i explained my parents. They're strict and don't let me hang out with anyone. Unless they're some geniuses.!" He sighed frustratedly, Then turned back to me.

"But if it meant you and the others would be ok, I'd leave my parents and that life in a heartbeat." I smiled, a slight pinky tint going across my cheeks. Preston started to speak up again, "to be honest they'd probably love you.." he chuckled a bit before scooting closer to me, putting his head on my shoulder.

"But if we ever get to the point where we can't all hang out-"

"Let's be lonely together."

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1279 words! Holy shit, I hope you enjoyed it!! I got this idea from ep 20, and there will def be more surrounding that ep!! I love the encounter table so much and they've helped me from really bad times and made me smile.
More coming soon and don't be afraid to request some!!! Byeee ;D
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