wings // garrance fanfiction

chapter 18

"Zane?" Garroth whimpers as tears begin to conceal the corners of his eyes.

"Garroth!" Zane shrieks, his legs sprinting over to his older brother, engulfing him in a huge hug. They had not seen each other in person for years. Sure, they went on face video and voice call plenty of times, but Zane used to be across the country, they never saw each other in physically. Both of the brothers begin to break down crying and they fall to the ground in tears. "I missed you so much."

"I missed you as well, what the fu- I thought you were supposed to be across the country?" Garroth asks and Zane slightly chuckles with a shrug, wiping tears off his freckled yet pale cheeks. Zane had matured and grown more than when he had left. He no longer had a mask covering up his face, he uncovered his eye, and he was wearing colors again.

"I was. But I got home-sick. I needed to come home and see you again. And maybe even Vylad and mom too, if I get the courage to see them in such pain," The raven haired sighs causing the older brother to frown.

"You'll be okay, Zane. I promise you," Garroth assures his baby brother. The blonde frowns and looks around at everyone and quickly turns back to Zane, translating his words in Italian so nobody would be able to understand. "Quindi, come stai mentalmente?" He interrogates.

The younger frowns, "Getting better. Sono passati tre mesi dall'ultimo taglio," He whimpers, leaning into Garroth for another comforting hug. He liked Garroth's hugs. The blonde smiles softly and hugs his brother back, noticing the concerned look on Aphmau's face.

"You guys okay?"

"Yeah, it's just been so long, we just needed to check up on each other," He says, finally noticing the blank look on his boyfriend's face as the brunette looked at his phone. That blank look soon turned into a pure look of shock and devastation and quickly into anger. Garroth watches as Laurence's fists tighten.

"Baby, can I talk to you for a moment?" The brunette mumbles, trying to sound sweet as he pushes past the crowd of their friends. Garroth furrows his eyebrows and sighs, waving at Zane to signal him that he'd be right back. Once they were alone together in the garage, Garroth frowns.

"Laurence are you okay? Are you mad at me or something?"

"I'm not—" The brunette begins to rant but cuts himself off after two words, his breath exhaling from his mouth dangerously as his blue eyes stare wide-eyed at the ground. "I'm not angry at you, baby. I'm angry at myself," He whispers while taking a seat on a brown crate.

Garroth frowns and walks over to him. He runs his pale fingers through his boyfriend's pumpkin scented brown hair. "Why is that, hun?"

"You know what this was a bad idea. Go back to your brother, I'm sure you want to celebrate his return and—" Laurence continues before being cut off by a devastated shout.

"No!" Garroth looks as if he had just been dumped. "No! You're upset and it's my job to make sure I'm here for you! What's wrong? Please tell me.." The garage goes silent as soft tears glide down Laurence's cheeks and the blonde continuously kisses Laurence's jaw and neck.

"I got a text from Bruno while you and Zane were hugging. It's the kids," The older shakily breathes in after managing the sentence out of his mouth, wiping his tears with his sleeve. Garroth's eyes widen but he only continues kissing his boyfriend, letting out a hum to signal him to keep talking. "Their mom came home."

Garroth stops, pulling back quickly with large eyes and a dropped jaw. "What?! What did she do to them?! Are they okay?!" He questions, his heart dropping to his stomach. Sure, he hadn't known the kids for so long but he still cared about them and connected to them. He loved them at this point and cared for them as if they were his own.

"I'm going to their house to pick up the kids now, Bruno says he hid them away however Nicolás and Val still got hurt. I'm bringing them back to mine. Don't worry," Laurence whimpers and stands up. He runs a hand down Garroth's cheeks and forces a smile.

"No, I'm coming with you," Garroth says, wrapping his arms around Laurence in a hug.

"N-No! You have to stay and celebrate with your brother. I don't want you to see what bad things happen when their mom comes home, baby. T-The stuff you may witness m-might not leave your mind until hours after and—"

"I want to come! I want to be there with you!" Garroth begins to kiss Laurence again, softly running his hands up Laurence's back.

"Stay with your—"

"For the last time, Laurence. No."

"Why?! I don't want you to see anything bad!" The latino snaps, frustration clear in his voice.

"Because I love you, you idiot! I wanna be there with you!" Garroth shrieks. Laurence goes silent and hugs his boyfriend tightly, stuffing his nose into Garroth's blonde curls.

"Fine then. Lets go?"

"Yeah, yeah."