watchful eyes (tronnor)

eleven; gifts for the king

its summerrrrrrr so hey two updates today because a) i can, b) the next chapter is one of my favorites I've written so far and I've written up to 23, c) i hate this chapter so i want to give you something worth your time, and d) i'm in a very good mood today so why not

when lana and connor first met, troye was with them. he and connor were getting ice cream and they were laughing. connor did not take notice of her when she first walked in the store, there was nothing special about her in his eyes then. troye and connor continued their conversation. lana ordered strawberry ice cream and sat a table in the corner alone without looking at connor.

troye got up to throw away their napkins and when he turned around connor has spilled strawberry ice cream on his shirt and lana had her hands on his chest. there was nothing special about it - lana apologized and connor waved her off and troye laughed at the two of them.

at school the next day, lana was in their homeroom and troye thought it was nice to have someone else in their little friend group of three. he saw nothing special in the way that she and connor looked at each other.

lana joined their group, with jokes and with chocolate chip cookies, for lunch. she was kind and funny and troye liked her and tyler liked her and connor liked her. there was casual friendship and then there was connor asking if she wanted to go on a date. troye helped him practice how to ask her, at connor's request. troye would do anything that connor asked him to, however much it hurt him.

troye and tyler pretty much watched lana and connor's first date. the two went to the movies and then to the same ice cream place they had met at. tyler and troye went to the same movie and sat two rows behind them. inconspicuously, of course. lana never knew. connor did, but only because he knew troye better than he knew himself. he knew that the two of them would follow.

their date had gone well enough, troye supposes. they laughed in all the right places and held hands when they walked from the movies to the ice cream shop. it made troye burn somewhere deep in his stomach, but connor was laughing and he seemed happy and that was what mattered.

tyler whispered how cute the two were to troye and troye nodded in agreement. lana with her curls and her black converse perfectly complimented connor with his jeans and brown jacket and sea colored eyes.

when lana asked connor to be her boyfriend officially, she had asked troye for his blessing first. that made troye happy, at least, to know that lana knew that they were practically a package deal. that she would never try to separate them so she could have connor to herself. he gave it to her without hesitation.