Punks Meet Flower Crowns >> Lashton AU ✔️

86. ~ Attend

Note: Wasn't going to update but I...idk. You guys are too awesome.

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"Your heart is too afraid to want more,

Of the pain you left to touch"

Time: 10:32 pm.

Setting: Luke's Room. Room 343.

Luke: (sobbing harshly, pulling at his hair) I fucked up so bad.

Aleisha: (holds him to her side, comforting) It's okay, Luke. We all do things we regret.

Luke: (hiccups) I-It's just that...the rejection...and he was just there. Everything came rushing back all at once. I'm so messed up, Ally. I'm so so messed up. I nearly married a man who has no qualms about jumping from one lover to the next and then I fucking fall for another one who likes girls. (pained cry, clutching his chest) How could I let this happen? You'd think I'd have learned from Troye. (sniffles) Love isn't something everyone gets to have.

Aleisha: (hums lowly, rocking Luke back and forth slowly) Oh, Luke. How I wish I could take your pain from you. I can't stand seeing you cry. (cups his face) You're the best man I've ever known. I hate that all these men are doing nothing but breaking you little by little, tearing chunks out of your heart like filthy dogs. (wipes at a tear) Maybe you need to get away from all of this.

Luke: (begins to pull away) Ally, I already told you.

Aleisha: (holds him in place, serious) We don't have to see your family. Or anyone else, for that matter. (tries to smile) Just stay with me and my mum for two weeks. She absolutely adores you and you can take the time to think about what you really want and need. You need to get away from all of this, Luke. You need space to breathe.

Luke: (falls forward into Aleisha's arms, face buried in her neck) I don't deserve someone like you, Ally. I hope you know that.

Aleisha: (shushes him) You deserve the world, Luke. If I could, I'd give it to you but I can't.

Luke: (soft) You know how much I wish I could have fallen for you. (weak) I tried so hard. I tried to love you as much as I could. I've failed you, too.

Aleisha: (pats his arm, genuine) I never expected anything more than what you gave me, Lucas. We joke about that phase of our lives but I know how hard it was for you to accept that you wanted to kiss a man every time you tried to kiss a girl. (cups Luke's cheeks) You tried so hard to be straight, so hard to please your parents. But you knew how it would have ended. (stares straight at him, serious) You know what Ashton's gone through but you've come out of it stronger, better. (smiles) You've always been the one part of my life I knew would never change, the one person who never would judge me. How I wish the world could be like you, could learn to care and love as fiercely and whole-heartedly as you do.

Luke: (broken) But look where it's gotten me.

Aleisha: (smiles but stern) You are a strong man, Luke. You've been through a lot and you're still here. You're still trying to get it right. (holds Luke's hands, understanding) Don't give up. You know it'll be worth it in the long run.

Luke: What if I forget?

Aleisha: You have me. I'll always be there to remind you. 

"You only win if you don't give up,

When everything won't be enough,

Cause love is war and war is love"

QOTD: What is Aleisha to Luke?