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Long Night 😪

Prompt: After he just returned from New York to help a friend run a recording studio, Scott gets offered an opportunity to travel and help musically gifted children. He's ecstatic and tells Mitch, who is his boyfriend of two years.

Setting: AU Same Personalities

Words: 1097
Words of pain: 972
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"I have something to tell you, and I'm really excited about it. I hope you will be too." Scott smiles.

"Okay, spill." I smile, burying my head deeper into the crevice Scott's neck, breathing in the faded Old Spice.

It's been too long. God, I missed my boy.

"I got another job deal. A gigantic one."

"Baby!" I sit up quickly, grinning, "that's amazing! So amazing! When did this happen?"

"Back in New York."

"Well, tell me more about it, Mr. Businessman." I straddle his lap, and he rests his hands on the sides of my hips.

"Remember Olusola? He took off to Japan and we never saw him again?" I laugh, and he continues, "well, I was offered an opportunity to go to Japan and run a program for young singers with Kevin. It's gonna be a really cool experience-"

"Wait, babe..." I sit up, this time a little nauseous, "Japan?"

"Yeah, I know it's far, but think about the opportunity, Mitchy. I can't turn it down. This is so big! For both of us! I can finally buy you everything you deserve."

"You just got back!"

"But, baby, this is for us! You should be ecstatic!"

"Yeah, when you're not half way across the globe." I scoff and begin to climb off of him, but Scott stops me and pulls my waist closer.

"Mitchy, please?"

"I don't want to be near you right now." I state, falling back into his chest with no choice.

"Just hear me out. It's only a two month trip to get it started, then four months after that so I can train the instructors over there. I can fly you out over Spring Break. That's in two weeks. I promise I won't go to bed on any night without calling."

"Time Zones, Scott?"

"It's going to be fine, Mitchy," he lifts my face from his chest, "do you love me?"

"Of course I love you. That's why I'm going to miss you so much." My palm pushes against his chest as I straighten my posture.

"We'll figure it out. We always do."

I sigh. If it was the other way around, he's support my dream, so I'll support his. I'll just need a little time to get used to the idea.

"Okay, can we at least talk about it? You've been on the other side of the country for three months already, and now you're going to the other side of the world." I meet his eyes and my heart skips a beat.

Half a year without those blue eyes.

"When do you leave?"

"Wednesday."

My eyes widen in shock.

"Next Wednesday?"

"No... This Wednesday."

"So you tell me two days prior that you're taking off to the other side of the world?" I deadpan.

"I mean, I would've told you earlier, but I wanted to do it in person!"

"Yeah, I forgot, you were in New York less that 24 hours ago." I climb off of him rapidly, already as close to infuriated as I'm going to get.

"Mitch, seriously? It's only two weeks if you think about it. We've done this before-" he stands up to follow me.

"Doesn't mean I want to do it again, Scott! You want to know how I feel right now? I feel like you're running away. I feel like you don't need me. I feel like you're comfortable with taking off to another country halfway around the world and not giving my feelings a second thought-"

"Oh, don't you even start-"

"What do you mean 'don't even start'? You're such an inconsiderate bastard sometimes! Did it occur to you that is want to live in the same hemisphere as my boyfriend?" My eyes begin to well with water.

"You know how much hell I had to go through to get this? And, to ask for the money to fly you out? All for you, Mitchy, but you don't even care. You're thrown over me not being able to wait on you hand and foot as usual."

"Oh, you know that is a lie. Fuck you!"

"Always trying to make you happy. Always trying to please you. Always trying to keep you around. Guess what? This time, it's not your decision. I'm going, Mitch, no matter how much it hurts," I behind to walk away, "Don't walk away from this conversation, Mitch."

I whip around, my fists in tight balls at my sides.

"This isn't a conversation, this is an argument. Do I look happy, Scott? Are you satisfied? Right now, I'm really wishing you were on that plane."

"Oh my gosh, you're so ungrateful!"

"How dare you! How dare you insult the one you claimed to love?" I accuse, shocked and appalled that three months in a city turned us into this.

"Tough love, Mitch. You're being ridiculous. Sobbing and blubbering over a two week trip? You were fine last time-"

"I WAS NOT FINE LAST TIME, SCOTT HOYING! I'M SICK AND TIRED OF BEING LEFT BEHIND! I AM A GOOD ACTRESS WITH A GUARDED HEART AND I'M MOMENTARILY REGRETTING LETTING YOU IN."

"IF THERE'S NO TRUST IN THIS RELATIONSHIP, WHAT ON EARTH DO WE HAVE HERE, MITCH?"

"LOYALTY. WE HAD LOYALTY. BUT IF YOU'LL JUST KEEP LEAVING, I CAN'T PROMISE I'LL ALWAYS BE HERE WAITING FOR YOU TO COME BACK-"

"THEN DON'T."

"I WON'T."

There's a silence, and my entire being is trembling.

His eyes are cold stones.

"So we're through then."

It's more of a statement than a question.

Another pause.

"Guess so." I whisper brokenly.

Scott finally breaks eye contact.

"Have fun in Japan, Scott."

Scott suddenly becomes sober from his anger, and his face changes from one of fury to one of pain.

He backs away, tears still leaking from his eyes. Shaking his head, he turns around to approach the door wordlessly, opening and slamming it behind him.

The sound echoes through the small apartment, and a scream bubbles up from inside my chest.

I sob and clutch my chest tightly. I feel as if my heart is rupturing, making me dizzy with pain. I curl into my self, releasing another antagonising scream, longing for my blue eyes to return to me, to hold me and tell me everything will be okay.

But, he's gone.

And it's all my fault.
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sup3rjuicy's edit yesterday put me in a heartbreak mood. this flowed really well, and it all came together pretty quickly.

first question, do you like the sadder one shots as well? What would you chose if you had to choose between three: spooky, somber, fluff.

second, what time zone does everyone live in?