[COMPLETE] William reached out toward Orion's hands, wanting to feel his warmth, and never let go. "I visited you almost every day."
"I know," Orion grinned, "I know, Will."
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William Riller is an...
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WILLIAM FELT LIKE he was right back where he started. Moping by himself over another man, in his small house situated on the top of a hill. Waiting for his emotions to pass him, by allowing them to hit him all at once.
He stopped looking at his phone because every time he did, he got a notification that his viral post with Orion was still getting likes. He had thought about deleting the picture, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. Every time he admired the picture of him and Orion, it allowed him to pretend that they had met under normal circumstances. It was a glimpse of what they could have been if they had.
William couldn't stop thinking about the circumstances. All of William's desires were blurred together, to the point where he didn't know what he truly wanted to begin with. Even if it was Orion's job to grant wishes, had William only seen him as such a vessel? Was that why it was so easy for him to send the poor man away in the heat of the moment? What if the two men had met as normal guys at a library? Would there have been a better outcome because they were both humans that met under normal circumstances?
These are the thoughts that had been spiralling in William's head for the last month. He had trapped himself in his house without even realizing it. William was a prisoner in his mind, and the guilt and regret he felt held him down in shackles. Summer tended to be a time of freedom and carelessness, but if one was too careless, then freedom could be replaced with captivity.
He hadn't gone stargazing since he went with Orion. He used to do it multiple times a week, but he felt ashamed. He didn't want Orion to look down at him from the sky. He imagined that Orion would watch amusedly as he sat on the grass alone without Christian after making a big deal about getting back together with him. Although Orion would never do this, William's regret and shame made him think that he would.
William was forced out of his thoughts as a slipper flew towards his face.
He groaned as he sat up from his bed, and stared at the female reflection of him in the flesh. "Willow."
She stared down at him a few feet from his bed. Her curly hair draped down her shoulders, and her crossed arms already told William how she felt.
"William." She hissed, "I got a text from Christian. You've been MIA, and haven't spoken to anyone in weeks. What on earth is going on?"
William and Willow looked quite similar for fraternal twins of opposite genders, and because of that, he couldn't help but look at the frustration on her face and wonder if that was the same look that Orion had received before he faded away.
William stayed silent and laid back down on his bed. If he could explain this to anyone, it would be Willow, but he was hesitant. Willow's wisdom could cut through a person like a knife, and her sharp tongue was so impactful that people often found themselves speechless at her statements. He knew that if anyone would tell him off, it would be his sister, and he wasn't ready to hear about the stupid decisions he had made without a second thought.
