🧡Lander Oneshots💜

Butterflies

Author's Note: This oneshot takes place after the two first get together. This is meant to be their first date :)

A cool autumn breeze rustles through the trees, and dappled sunlight shines on the ground. A purple-haired boy stands shuffling under a tall tree, fidgeting with the zip on his jacket.

What if he doesn't even show up? No, that's stupid, he suggested it. He must just be late.

He stands alone for another minute before he hears a voice call him. "Zander!" Zander looks up to see a taller boy with auburn hair running towards him, a picnic basket swinging in his hand. "I'm so sorry I'm late." the taller boy says. The shorter boy smiles. "It's fine Luke, really." The two smile at each other, before Luke nods towards the other side of the park. "Come on," he says cheerfully. "Let's go set up, shall we?"

The two boys make their way to a small open space surrounded by trees. Almost no one is around this area, so they are able to push the fallen leaves out of the way and set up their picnic blanket in peace. Zander keeps catching Luke looking at him, only to immediately look away when he realises he's been caught. He blushes, thinking he's just imagining things. Finally, the two finish setting up and pulling out the food Luke brought. Zander smiles as he pulls out two cartons of grape juice. "Do you remember that time we had a picnic with the club and Milly stole my grape juice?" The other boy laughs.

"How could I forget? You were so upset!"

"Hey, I wasn't that upset!" Zander replies indignantly, but laughs too. "Ok, maybe I was."

The boys enjoy their picnic of pb&j sandwiches and grape juice, laughing and stealing glances at each other. After almost an hour, the two sit in silence, looking up at the clouds through the falling leaves. Suddenly, Luke turns to face Zander, his bright yellow eyes twinkling as he meets Zander's lavender gaze. "I have an idea." He says. Zander looks at him curiously.

"Go on..." he replies, slightly nervous. Luke gets up, beckoning the shorter boy to follow. He leads him to a large pile of brown and orange leaves that have blown off the trees surrounding them. "Luke, what are we doing-" the purple-haired boy begins to ask, before he is cut off by the bright-eyed boy pushing him into the leaves. When he finds his way out of the pile, his fluffy hair sticking up all over the place, he finds Luke laughing loudly. "Oh, you'll pay for that!" He shouts, tackling the taller boy to the ground and throwing leaves at him.

The two laugh as they roll across the ground, leaves sticking to their clothes. One leaf ends up in Zander's hair and when Luke reaches out to get it, he doesn't push him away this time. When they finally stop laughing and rolling around, they lay down on the ground, their shoulders brushing. Zander feels heat rise into his cheeks, and nervousness sets in. He slowly moves his hand, brushing it against Luke's. Luke turns to him in surprise before smiling warmly and holding Zander's hand. Both boys feel their hearts flutter as butterflies swarm their stomachs in unison. They lay together in the grass and leaves until the sun begins to set.

When the boys finally reach Zander's house, they stop outside the door. Luke smiles down at Zander. "I had a great time today," he says warmly. Zander smiles.

"Me too, Luke. Me too." Zander reaches up to hug Luke, and before he can pull away, he kisses Luke on the cheek. "Text me when you get home, ok?" he asks the taller boy, who nods firmly. "I will, I promise. Goodnight Zander. I love you."

"I love you too Luke. Goodnight."

When they both lay in bed that night, they still had butterflies.

Author's Note: I hope you guys enjoyed this one! I know it was kind of short, but I really enjoyed writing this, and I'm excited to write more oneshots like this :) Let me know what you thought of this one, I'd love to hear some feedback!