Ch 1: What is this feeling?

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by L64cos

by L64cos

"Crap!"
Stewart woke up to the sound of his younger brother, Austin falling out of bed, which was a common occurrence. Maybe he's nervous about his first day back, he thought, since he's transitioning to going back to college after taking a semester off. Stewart couldn't deny he was also nervous about going back for his last year, even if it's the same thing every semester. Slowly, he agonizingly got out of bed to get ready for the day, changing out of his boxers to jeans and a clean t shirt. He grabbed his backpack before heading out to check on his baby brother. He knocked only to find Austin fidgeting and breathing slightly faster than usual. Stewart knew Austin had trouble with his anxiety, but he really didn't look well at all.

"Are you OK?"

Austin jumped at the sound of his older brother's voice.

"Yeah, just nervous."

Stewart moved closer and put his hand on Austin's shoulder.

"Don't worry, you'll be OK, I got your back if anything happens"
"Thanks"
Finally composing himself, Austin grabbed his backpack and headed out with Stewart, only stopping to grab a banana as they were already late.

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Stewart walked towards his first class to be greeted by his closest friend, Dean. He was one of the few people he felt like he didn't have to hide from. And it didn't help that he definitely felt...different around him.
"McJones! My boy!" Dean yelled Stewart's nickname from across the very large room. He made his way around to greet the obviously annoyed Stewart.

"Dean, keep your voice down. Did you really have to yell from all the way across the room?"

"Sorry, I just missed having you around since you were so 'busy' during the summer with the whatever nerdy shit you've been doing"

"Not true." Stewart defensively replied. "I've been held up at a family vacation and you know how Austin gets."

"Ugh, that must've sucked"

"It could've been worse, he may be a complete idiot, but he makes great company."

"Aaanywaaays... shall we head to our seats?" Dean motioned to the empty seats and pulled an already irritated Stewart.

Despite Dean's extremely loud personality, he was a really good friend and Stewart was extremely lucky to have him. It was always refreshing to see him, to see his dark hair flow so elegantly along with his dorky glasses. And those eyes. Crap I've been staring for too long he snapped back to reality before anyone else saw, though there was no way to hide the obvious blushing. How was he going to hide his feelings for another year?

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The day finally ended to Dean, Austin, Stewart, and Jeff, Austin's best friend at the Hargrave house hanging out. It was always refreshing for everyone to just relax, play video games and just catch up on recent events. Austin definitely changed personalities from earlier in the morning to being very calm and cracking jokes along with Jeff. Dean was his usual self, inserting an anime reference that absolutely no one would understand and screaming over every little issue. Stewart acted his usual calm self, henceforth the origin of his alias, Professor McJones. But something loomed in the air from him. He still couldn't shake this weird feeling in his stomach, it felt like butterflies, and it only happened when he looked at him.

He jolted up to hear the doorbell where he answered only to find Reese and Jon.

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AN: hey, this is the first fanfic I'm attempting to write. obv it's not gonna be very long but it's a start, i just needed more attention to this ship even tho mcjones retired, their friendship on hc was so memorable.