Solangelo One-Shots

Protection

tw: homophobic slurs and bullying

Never saw one without the other, did you?

And that was a bit odd. To a few people. Most people, in fact. All but their close friends, who understood. No one asked about it, of course, though most questioned the inseparability of the two. And a few used any moment they were apart as an opportunity.

"No. Yeah, I'm fine. No I don't. Thanks. I'll call if I need help, trust me. Fine. Yeah actually, I'm good with that. Just behind the school, boutta get to you. Yeah. See you soon." The phone call didn't last long, and Will'd later hoped it lasted longer due to what was around the corner.

Octavian, Brutus and Marcus. The school bullies and homophobes, all large and in front of Will. Will groaned inwardly.

"Aw, little blondie alone without his protection?" Octavian mocked. Will stayed silent, rarely looking at him and praying that they'd just fuck off.

"Gone mute, fag?" Brutus got up closer to Will, eyes wide in an attempt to look intimidating. Will didn't move.

"Looks like it." Marcus agreed. God, what triplets those idiots are.

Brutus shoved the middle of Will's chest ever so lightly. It was a small movement, but it was Will's cue to leave.

So Will took off in a sprint the opposite way, getting somewhat far but not far enough. He was pulled to the ground an kicked roughly in the side. He looked up just to find Octavian standing over him. Octavian smirked.

And then Will was done being silent.

"NICO! HELP!" He screeched. That earned more kicks in the side, a stomp to the stomach and even a blow to the head. He automatically curled himself into a ball, attempting to protect himself ever so slightly.

"No one can help you, fag." Brutus taunted. Will was then hit with a flurry of insults, slurs and more. He tried not to listen to them but God is it hard to drown out words being thrown at you by three different people, especially when he believed said insults himself.

"HELP! NICO!" Will shouted yet again. He was suddenly in a whole lot more pain.

"HEY!" Someone shouted. Suddenly Will's attackers were gone, having ran off. Will kept his eyes closed for a moment, then found Nico next to him to second he opened them.

"Are you okay?" Nico asked. Will nodded weakly, making an attempt at standing up. He fell into Nico almost immediately after, clinging to him to stay upright.

"Nurse?" Will asked. Nico nodded rapidly.

"Of course. Bodyguard next time?"

"Yeah. If it's not a huge deal, I mean." They started walking, Nico supporting Will.

"I'd love to protect you, bud." Reyna said suddenly behind them.

"Oh, that's how you scared them off." Will realized. Nico faked offense.

"Because I couldn't scare them off?" Nico said dramatically.

"You could scare most people off, with your absolute aura of death and emo kid vibe, but not the assholes that were attacking Will. I'm large, mean and a wrestler." Reyna explained.

"Okay, that's just rude. I don't have an aura of death." Nico claimed.

"You do. But you're my emo death boy, and I love you."