Lafayette had set the table and pulled out all the food, but he waited. Herc promised he would be home in time for dinner, but he hadn't texted Lafayette since earlier that day. Lafayette decided to text him instead.
LaffyTaffy: Mon amour, when are you coming home?
No response
LaffyTaffy: Hercules?!?!
MasterTailor: Im sorry but I wont be home tonight. Im very busy.
LaffyTaffy: But you promised
MasterTailor: I'm sorry. I have thing to do. I love you.
LaffyTaffy: ....
LaffyTaffy: Je t'aime
Lafayette felt tears welling up behind his eyes and politely excused himself from the conversation he was having with Alexander and John. John shot Alex a nervous glance and followed after Laf. He knocked on Lafayette's bedroom door and heard a few quiet sniffles before a quiet and broken "Come in." The sight before him broke his heart.
Lafayette sat on the edge of his bed, with his fingers hopelessly clinging to the sheets as a few silent tears streamed down his face and dropped onto his lap and soaking into the material of his jeans. He didn't look up to see who was there cause he already knew.
Johns heart was filled with equal amounts of empathy and rage as he thought of the many ways he could murder somebody for making his best friend cry, but he knew that would have to wait till later. Instead, he took a seat beside Lafayette and gave him a tight hug. He felt the warmth of Lafayette's tears as they soaked into the fabric of his shirt and for a while it stayed like that.
"I'll kill Herc for this." John whispered and Lafayette frantically shook his head.
"Non, please don't. He doesn't mean to do it. He's just too busy with work." Lafayette pleaded.
"Fine... I won't murder him." John said
"Merci" Lafayette whispered
"I'm definitely going to kick his ass though." John said, and for the first time in a while
Lafayette genuinely laughed
It wasn't the same laugh he used to have. It was quieter and airy, but it was a laugh none the less. He continued to laugh, because it distracted him. It distracted him from all the pain and loneliness he had been experiencing the past months. It made feel like he was before all this heartache. Before Herc had left him helplessly waiting for things to go back to the way it was before.
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(Word Count: 406)
It's ok to be upset with Herc right now. Trust me, I'm the author and I'm upset. So yeah.
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