Solangelo one shots

Flying AU

Nico's POV:
I was going to visit my half sister, who I had only just found out about recently, and only met a few times. The only problem was that she lived halfway across the country, and I had to fly to get there. I am deathly afraid of flying (something about a plane crash that I had been in that had killed my mom when I was really little, I don't remember it, but my older sister, Bianca, said that's why I hate flying), but Hazel had asked me to be there, so... I was going to be there. I had gotten an early morning flight, in the hopes that I would be able to sleep on the plane, which, of course, would not happen.

So here I was, curled up on one of those uncomfortable airport chairs, waiting to board, and dosing off slightly, when this kid (actually he was about my age, I can't really call him a kid) who looked like a literal ray of sunshine with sky-blue eyes, a bright yellow shirt, and hair that was even brighter yellow than his shirt sat down next to me and started trying to talk to me.

I glared and mumbled "Shut up," but he pretended not to notice. Ten minutes later, I was fully awake, thanks to his chattering, and beginning to get nervous about the flight again.

By the time my boarding group was called, I was close to having a panic attack. I got up to board, hoping to get away from the ray of sunshine still chattering right beside me...

Unfortunately, he got up too. When I found my seat on the plane, I learned that not only was he in my boarding group, but also in the seat right next to mine (Apparently some airlines have, like, assigned seats or something? IDK, I haven't been on an airplane since 5th grade).

I also learned that I am too short to be able to put my carry-on in the little compartment where they go. Just my luck getting my mom's short Italian genes. The kid, who was still talking about how excited he was to visit some distant relatives (how he was related to them, I didn't catch, but it seemed like he had a kind of complicated family tree), took my suitcase, put it into the compartment with his own, closed the compartment, and took his seat. I mumbled an awkward "thanks," taking my own seat. As I sat down, I looked across him out the window, and realized just how real this was, which got me started panicking again.
By the time we took off, I was having a full-on panic attack and the chatterbox beside me was asking if I was okay and trying to calm me down.

"Hey, hey! Are you okay? You're going to be okay, just breathe! Breathe! You'll be okay!" He took my face in his hands and forced me to look at him and, in a soothing voice, said "shh, it's okay, just breathe. Breathe in... Breathe out... Breathe in... Breathe out..." This continued until he finally managed to calm me down, something only Bianca would have been able to do, usually, and something nobody could do after she died.

"You afraid of flying?" He asked me quietly, cautiously, as if I would break any moment if he wasn't careful.

I managed a weak nod before dissolving into tears. "I was- I was in a plane crash when I was little... It killed my mom. My sister says- said- that's why I'm so afraid of flying. I just-" Of course I was a bit embarrassed to be crying in front of so many strangers, especially the one who had just asked me if I was scared of flying (What? He's kinda hot... Don't tell anyone I said that, and no judging, got it?), but I couldn't help it (again, no judging, got it?). He got me calmed down again, and we started talking. He asked if I had been listening at all while he had been talking before we boarded (I hadn't, not really), and ended up telling me basically his entire life story, again. I started telling him a bit about my life, and at some point in those few hours, I ended up leaning against him, tucked under his arm (I'm pretty sure people thought we were a couple) (I think you can flip the armrest up out of the way, but again, IDK). We also discovered that we would be sitting together again for the flight home.

When it came time to get off, I hugged him and said "Thank you... For everything."

Hey guys, I hope you like it! I know it's probably terrible, and the ending definitely needs work, so feel free to comment any constructive criticism (basically you can say bad stuff about it, but you have to suggest a way I can improve, rather than just saying "boo this stinks, it's terrible!" Got it?) I don't know how often I'll update this, but I'll try to update it fairly often. And if you haven't already guessed, bold means it's me talking, not part of the story. Bye guys, love ya💖<3

-Cam