Serendipitous (Gawsten)

37. Suspicious

Awsten hesitated for a suspiciously long time before following everyone else by getting out of the car and walking towards the door.

As far as he was aware, it was only Sarah and Gracie who knew that he had kissed Geoff; even then, they had no idea about the whole shower situation. Awsten already knew that if his parents had found out that he'd kissed a boy, he'd probably lose all of his limbs.

He watched as the door opened after his mother had knocked, revealing Mrs. Wigington who, unfortunately, seemed extra cheerful today. Her son had just tried to kill himself. He could at least hope that she wasn't going to be as enthusiastic as she always was, let alone more.

He wasn't exactly sure what terms he was on with her, he was pretty sure that she hated him but she still managed to smile warmly at Awsten when he walked inside. He smiled back but that immediately dropped when he saw Geoff in the living room, he quickly turned to Gracie as a plea for help but she was already off with Sarah.

He sighed when Geoff signalled for him to walk towards him, away from everyone else. He quickly shook his head in retaliation although Geoff persisted and Awsten finally complied, it would start to become extremely suspicious if he started ignoring the older boy and he didn't want his parents to find out about... everything.

Geoff seemed particularly smiley when Awsten walked towards him, it wasn't the same warm smile that he had gotten from Mrs. Wigington earlier or the same warm smile that he usually got from the older boy. It was a smile that suggested that Geoff was planning on mocking Awsten the whole night, he wasn't exactly looking forward to that.

"What?" Awsten sounded annoyed, he wasn't in the mood for Geoff's mind games today. "I'm still mad at you, don't act all smug like everything is fine," he spoke without breaking eye contact, he wasn't intimidating by any circumstances but he could get stern when he wanted to.

Geoff's expression got darker, it was easy to tell that he was thinking dirty thoughts, Awsten just looked at him in disgust. "I know, sweetheart, that doesn't have to change anything."

"Actually, it does. Stop acting like you have power over me." He spoke quietly enough to be certain that nobody else besides Geoff could hear him, both of their parents were caught up in conversation on the far side of the kitchen, they couldn't. "You don't."

"Actually, my lovely, I do." Everything that Geoff said sounded so dark, it wasn't soft anymore, it was dangerous. "Don't worry. I can prove it." He just scoffed as Geoff walked away, into the kitchen to offer help so that Awsten wouldn't be able to retaliate any further. It really was going to be a long night.

Everyone was starting to sit down around the table, Sarah and Gracie reappeared from the hallway and sat next to each other. Awsten didn't know Sarah well enough to be comfortable sitting next to her, so he settled on sitting next to his mother, as much as he didn't want to.

The food was already layed out on the table as well as the plates, he definitely could not eat tonight. Usually he didn't eat because he was too uncomfortable or awkward or anxious but that wasn't the case this time, he was just not hungry.

The feelings of anxiety immediately rushed through his stomach and chest, he wasn't surprised by this. He payed no attention to the fact that his body was screaming at him as Geoff came over and sat right next to Awsten, very close.

He ignored the older boy, he really did not want to be stuck between his mother and Geoff of all people but his luck certainly did like to put him through some dreadful situations.

Dinner commenced, everyone started and eating and chattering and Geoff was charming Awsten's parents. The pair completely ignored each other for the entire time that the conversations filled the empty and awkward space that surrounded them, Awsten just sat and pushed a bit of food around his plate while everyone else ate.

"I guess I'm pretty passionate about that," Geoff concluded whatever he was saying although Awsten had zoned-out for the last little bit of time, he wasn't sure how long for but everyone seemed as if they were almost finished eating. Whatever it was that he was saying, Awsten's parents seemed pretty interested.

The conversation had moved to a different topic by now, Awsten realised that he hadn't participated in any talking tonight, he'd barely even managed to listen to what people were saying. He decided to just defocus from reality again and go back into his own headspace.

That was suddenly interrupted when Awsten felt Geoff grab his dick from under the table. He was grateful that he had enough self-control to catch the moan that nearly slipped from his throat and instead came out as a low groan, it was barely audible, Geoff seemed to be the only person who heard it. He hoped.

Awsten kept his eyes in front of him instead of looking at Geoff, he already knew what was happening; the older boy was trying to prove that he had power. It was working. Geoff seemed very involved in the conversation still, laughing at something that his sister said while he stared to gently palm Awsten through his jeans. He was lucky that having his mother sitting next to him was a big enough turn off to maintain his self-control.

Thankfully, Geoff moved his hand from his crotch to rest on the younger boy's thigh instead. Awsten felt like he was going to be sick. "Aws, are you okay?"

It was Gracie, he immediately looked at her and shook his head, "don't feel well... need to use the bathroom." He felt Geoff retrieve his hand from Awsten's thigh as he stood up and rushed down to the basement.