Snow Never Falls Alone | Sabriel Highschool AU

Secrets

Sam's suspicions were keeping him up despite it being past midnight, staring at the wall beside his desk with furrowed brows and his fingers tracing light patterns in the sheets. Gabriel was a mystery and the longer he spent around the smaller teenager, the fewer things added up. There was something that was being hidden from him, but he was going to find out what.

Slowly, Sam sat up, as if moving too fast would wake someone up and reveal what he was planning to do. With careful movements, he slid from his bed to his desk, glancing at the window once and seeing that Gabriel's lights were off. Looks like he finally managed to get some sleep.

He opened his laptop, staring at the loading screen as it took a minute to wake back up. He felt a little guilt stirring in his chest and making him glance towards the window again. He knew there was something that Gabriel didn't want him to know, but...after the snow incident, he wanted to know what made Gabriel look so upset.

His laptop hummed to life as it pulled up the start screen, typing in his password before moving over to the browser and opening it. He pressed his lips together, his fingers pausing over the keys, debating what to search to find what he was looking for. He started with Gabriel's name, only finding a few social media accounts, though not much, if anything, was actually posted on them. He scrolled through, his brows furrowing at what a few of the posts said. It sounded nothing like Gabriel, stilted, and clearly fake. He switched to another website, finding close to the same thing, and he glanced towards the window again.

He scrolled to the day they went on a date, finding a series of different posts meaning nothing. That was enough evidence for Sam to conclude that this wasn't really Gabriel posting. Gabriel hadn't shut up for two weeks about that date.

He went back and typed in 'Lowell,' the last name that Gabriel had accidentally put on his card on their date. He was honestly surprised when a news article popped up, not really expecting anything. He clicked on it, seeing an article posted nearly seven months ago. In the pictures were a man and a woman, one with black hair and one with dark brown, the man wearing a slightly quirky smile and biting his tongue while the woman had curly hair, falling around her in beautiful waves, not smiling, but managing a regal serious expression. 

'Danielle and Phil Lowell found dead in their home on June 8 after a presumed break in. Police have linked the crime to the recent serial killings in the Southeast area of the United States. Gabriel Lowell, son of Danielle and Phil, is currently in critical condition at Tulane Medical Center.'

Sam stopped reading, his eyes wider than he thought they could ever possibly be. Fear washed over him, his throat feeling tight as he looked towards the window again, his stomach doing flips. His hands shook a little as he closed out of the browser, but sadness was slowly taking its way over the shock of it all as he grabbed his jacket, barely pulling it on as he moved over to his window, tugging it open.

He climbed out into the snow, a shiver crawling through his spine when his bare feet touched the cold powder, sticking to his pajama pants as he tapped on Gabriel's window. After what seemed like years, the light finally flicked on, and Gabriel pulled back the curtain, looking at Sam with confused but sleepy eyes.

He pulled the window open, allowing Sam to climb in as he yawned and stretched, closing it behind the teen, "What are you doing here?" Gabriel asked, looking at Sam as he rubbed his eyes with a closed fist.