Rhink One Shots

As The Stars Fall | (Part 3)

Warning: a bit of sexual content in the beginning.

As more weeks passed and both men grew closer, Rhett started to feel like there was something missing between them.
He surely enjoyed being alone with the dark haired man. His stomach would turn around when at the end of some classes he'd receive a message from Link telling him to meet him at the teacher's toilets. His face would flash red and he would always turn around so his students didn't see his reactions as they left the big classroom. He'd put the phone back in his jeans and exhale deeply before finishing to put his books inside the bag and respond to the "Goodbye Mr. McLaughlin." some of his students said before walking out.
Then Rhett would just patiently, without trying to attract attention, walk to the upper floor and quietly walk into the teacher's toilets. Most of the times it would have some more people and both men would just silently stare at the mirror and wash their hands until everyone left. That was when Link would smirk and push Rhett into one of the cubicles, closing the door behind them. He'd grab Rhett's face and kiss him passionately, always mess up with the glasses on the taller man's face, but never stopping. The blond moaned as Link's tongue entered his mouth and one of his hands cupped his crotch. The blond would always respond with an involuntary push towards Link, making the smaller smile while they were still kissing and then drop on his knees.
He'd quickly but silently unbutton Rhett's pants and pull them down together with the boxers, his eyes passing through the taller man's growing arousal, and Rhett would have to remind himself a thousand times to keep it quiet since they were in a public place. Sometimes they'd hear the door open and both of them stood frozen in place until the person left. Yet it was harder for the blond one since Link's mouth would be wrapped around his erection and every smallest move, even breath, made him almost roll his eyes back and release a sigh.
Sometimes when he was sat on the cold toilet lid, Link would shush him by putting his hand over his mouth and when he continued doing his work, Rhett would lazily pass his tongue through some of the dark haired man's fingers and sometimes lightly bite on them as he reached his climax and needed something to not make him whine out loud or cry Link's name as he shut his eyes and held his breath.
- You love this don't you? - Rhett said one time looking down and Link and then cleaned his foggy glasses with his shirt. - This thrill of I can get caught at any moment. You love the danger sensation. Don't you? - he tilted his head and put his glasses back.
Link smirked. - I also love the sensation of you. - the dark haired answered and quickly kissed Rhett, making the blond haired taste himself on Link's lips. Rhett would feel his stomach turn again and tried not to smile too widely with those words.
Link would help him pull his underwear and jeans up, tucking his shirt inside the pants as Rhett tried to recover the strength in his legs and stand up straight. He was thankful Link did that work for him.
As they walked out of the cubicle, both men fixed their hair and clothes before smiling at each other and leaving the toilets, making their way to another round of classes.
It wasn't until one day when both of them found themselves alone at the teacher's room and Link sat on the table beside Rhett, looking at him with those flirty eyes that only the blue eyed could do. The blond sighed and didn't respond to it as he used to, instead looking at the papers in front of him and trying not to seem to thoughtful or hurt.
Link took one of his hands to Rhett's chin and made the taller look up at him. - What's wrong, princess? - he asked in a gentle voice that made Rhett want to punch him for being like this when he wanted. Sweet, gentle, soft, which made Rhett completely melt.
- You're not a relationship guy, I get it. - Rhett dropped the papers and actually looked at Link. - I get it, really. But, I want... I want something more, you know. Don't get me wrong, I love the bits that we get to spend together. I love the secret encounters at the toilets or the making out sessions at the quiet corners of the football field, I love them. But... it feels unsteady; you get what I'm saying?
- Rhett, I...
- No. No no no, it's fine Link, seriously. I get it. Not the romantic guy. Not the dating guy. - Rhett shrugged and picked up the papers. - I'm just cliché like that... - he sighed. - Let's just, take a break. Let's try to figure out what we really want, okay? - the taller adjusted his glasses and got up. The dark haired man seemed a bit lost, looking at Rhett with shiny eyes as the other man put his stuff inside his bag.
- Rhett, seriously, let's...
- It will be healthy for both of us, believe me... - Rhett cupped Link's face. - See you tomorrow. - and the dark haired just silently watched the teacher with the glasses leave the room, leaving him there alone, sat on the table, feeling like he got lost in the world.
Rhett didn't really want to do that, but he figured it would be the best thing to do. Take a break from each other, figure out how they feel and what they really want. Even though the blond was more than sure how he felt towards the other man. He knew he liked him. Really liked him. And he found himself almost crying in the car, feeling guilty for the fact that he wanted more of something that Link maybe wasn't up for.
Rhett slid his fingers under his glasses and cleaned his watery eyes, breathing deeply. He strongly hoped he made the right decision. He prayed that he could feel Link's lips on his again. He begged to the universe that stuff would actually work out.
On the next day, Rhett's heart hurt when he noticed that the dark haired wouldn't even look at him. He felt like he was suffocating when Link left the teacher's room without saying a word and his mind couldn't focus on anything that his colleagues were saying. The classes seemed to pass slower than usual and he decided to just give his students a couple of pages of exercises, passing most of the time looking at the screen of his laptop lost in his thoughts. You got involved with your coworker, you idiot he thought to himself at some point, how of a genius idea was that?
At the end of the lesson, his heart warmed up with the fact that some of his student approached him and asked if everything was alright, since he seemed distant. Rhett would force a smile and nod, assuring them that there was nothing to worry about. He wished everyone a good weekend and then quickly left the building, quite glad that he wouldn't have to come there during two days.
His weekend wasn't too exciting and spent mostly on his couch. The blond hang out with Claire at Saturday night and made his best to lie and convince her he was just exhausted with the classes and seriously needed a break. His friend agreed with him and they kept chatting about random stuff as both sipped on their wine and looked at the calm beach from the window of the restaurant where they sat.
On Monday, Rhett found it harder to get up than on other days. He lazily brushed his teeth and dressed up. By looking at the clock he understood that he was almost late, which made him quickly grab his stuff and run out of the apartment.  The sun shined outside even though it was really early in the morning, almost blinding Rhett as he ran out of the building. The way to the university was monotonous and the blond understood that it was one of those days when he would be as lazy as he possibly could get.
As he ran into the university building together with some more students that greeted him, Rhett quickly made his way to the teacher's room from where he needed to grab some stuff and immediately make his way to his classroom since the bell had already rang.
When he arrived to the floor and approached the room, the blond suspected the strange quietness. Normally there would be people coming in and out all the time, but not today, which made him stay in place for some seconds, trying to figure out if there was someone inside the room or not. Since he could hear no noise, Rhett slowly opened the door, peeking inside, and as his vision focused on the area, a loud cheering was suddenly heard, scaring the blond man.
The door was completely opened from the inside, exposing Rhett to all the people who were inside the room. His eyes widened with the quantity of teachers that were there, but specially with the new decoration of the room. All the tables, lockers and even walls were decorated with red roses with green leaves picking from between them.
The taller looked around, confused with what was happening and hoping that maybe there was someone behind him who made more sense being there. But no, it was just him. People were cheering for him? He looked at his mental calendar, making sure it wasn't his birthday or any important date that involved him. Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
So the blond slowly walked inside, looking at the smiley faces of his coworkers. They made small gestures to encourage him walk further, so he did, until he stopped at almost the other side of the room and then looked to his left, where for his surprise, Link was sat on that round big table with a bouquet of roses in his hand. Rhett held his breath, feeling even more confused with what was going on but glad Lincoln was there, and he looked beautiful as always, those icy blue eyes piercing through Rhett as soon as the smaller noticed he was finally there.
The dark haired jumped from the table and walked closer to Rhett. - I can't lose you. - he spoke in that sweet and gentle voice and Rhett was sure only he could hear him. - I don't know how you did it, but you did it, and I can't lose you. - he shrugged. - I want dates at the beach and ice cream sharing and snuggling in the morning in the soft sheets of my bed while the sun is picking through the window's curtains. I want all of that. You make me want all of that. You amazing, smart, tall, gorgeous, sweet person. I love your cliché, and I want to live that cliché with you. I want to be a part of that, because you make me want to be a part of that.
- Link I...
- Shh, I haven't finished. - Link interrupted him and cleared his throat. -  You are great. You are so great, you have no idea, and I enjoy every single second with you. And I want to continue doing all we have been doing, with you, and more. - he winked at Rhett, making the taller chuckle. - My point is... I want to be happy, with you, and I want you to be happy with me. I want this to work out. I want us to be on the same page. So, I... Uh... Will you, date me? - Rhett noticed Link's cheeks gain a pink color, which make him smile even wider. He felt overwhelmed that all of this was just for him and that the dark haired was doing it in front of all the people.
- Of course. - Rhett's answer was short and he immediately pulled the smaller into a kiss. The people behind them cheered even louder, making both of them giggle.
- Okay people, now back to work! - Claire said louder and opened the door of the room, making Rhett remember that all of them were late for their classes.
He separated from the dark haired, and while still cupping his face, looked him in the eyes. - You didn't have to...
- You scared me.
- With what?
- With your speech. - Link looked down. - I got so attached to you that I didn't even notice that if you ever walked away, I'd get heartbroken.
- I'm sorry.
- Everything's okay now, right? - the smaller looked up again.
- Yes. - Rhett smiled and as Link pulled his glasses more up, he gave the smaller another kiss.

A/N: Hello dear readers I'm back!!! I promise I'll try to update more as soon as possible since I've had a couple ideas of what to write and hopefully yall will like it. Please tell me, would you like to have more parts of any "series one shots" that are here. I will publish another part of Mad Road, but I don't know, tell me which one you'd like to see more chapters of. :D
Another A/N: Now, about this chapter. If you look closely, you can see that the picture posted at the top IS FANART OF THIS FIC. AMAZINGLY INCREDIBLE BEAUTIFUL FANART. The author of this beauty is rhinkydink on tumblr, and please amazing person who did that masterpiece, SEND ME A PRIVATE MESSAGE SO I CAN THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR THAT AMAZING DRAWING. I wasn't planning on doing more chapters of ATSF but when I saw that drawing, I just needed to give these two a happy ending, and who knows maybe we'll come back to them one day! :D please tell me what you think of this chapter ^_^
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