Querencia (Sean x Finn)

Chapter One

Finn McNamara was many things. A close friend, an even closer lover, and a natural born liar. That boy could lie so easily, like it was nothing to him. But one thing was certain: he tried not to be that way. Specifically for Sean. And Diaz had to see that. Finn hoped he could see the effort in his eyes, the tightness in his voice as he'd try his best to be vulnerable and honest for him.

Sean was his safe place. For whatever reason, that kid was able to waltz into his life and tear down his walls like no one else. The only one he could truly be weak with. He knew Sean wouldn't tell a soul just how weak he could be; wrapped up in his arms, telling him how his father hurt him that day. That was exactly why he loved him. Sean didn't have to know that little detail though, not yet anyway.

In their friend group and just the community around them, it had been common knowledge that Finn and his family were bad news. They lived on the outskirts of town on a big lot and everyone knew what they did for a living wasn't exactly legal-but everyone kept their distance. Because of that, Finn didn't have many friends at first. That was until a group of a foster kids rolled into town. Cassidy, Hannah, Penny, Jacob, and even two Swedish immigrants named Ingrid and Anders.

They were the only people who understood. They became his family. That had been years ago, before Sean came around.

If anyone had told him that he'd become friends with someone like Sean.. someone from an actual happy home, he'd laugh straight in their face. People like that didn't understand people like them. They didn't understand why he looked the way he did or why he talked the way he did, or even why he acted the way he did.

But Sean did. From the moment Finn's curious eyes landed on the hot new kid in town, he could sorta tell Diaz was different. He seemed genuinely kind. He sat with the quiet kid on his first day, Lyla Park. It was the first time Finn had ever saw her smile.

And then at the end of that day, from across the parking lot, Finn could see him helping his little brother into the backseat of his two door car. Watched as he ruffled his hand through the little kid's hair before finally shutting the door. He couldn't feel weird for staring. Not in that moment. Seeing him take care of his brother was.. was insanely attractive for whatever reason.

It was that moment that Sean looked up and finally saw him for the first time. He looked over from across the parking lot and Finn knew he was able to see him standing against the wall with his band of diverse little misfits. He waited for the sneer, the turn of his nose at the joint between his fingers-

But there was none. Sean just smiled and waved. That smile made a warm feeling fill the pit of tattooed boy's stomach. He knew what was coming almost instantly. The upcoming obsession. It was one of his many flaws. Seeing someone like Sean, someone beautiful.. It was gonna eat at him until he had that boy in his hands.

Of course, he didn't know at the time that he would fall completely in love with him. If he did, he probably would have never said hello. He wouldn't have let himself open up like that if he knew. But how could he have known? He couldn't, and so he made a mental note to talk to Diaz the next day. He sauntered up to the locker of his current obsession and just as coolly said, "Hey. You're the new kid, right?"

Sean blinked up at him with slight confusion and hesitation, but it only lasted a second before he answered, "Sí, señor. That would be me." His brown eyes ever playful. A smirk played at Finn's lips as he invited him to go to his party that he was having that following weekend.

Sean actually looked pretty stoked about it. Finn loved the enthusiasm a little too much. He clung to it until the weekend, until he had Sean right beside him at the bonfire. Finn couldn't help but notice Sean was a little guarded about his life as Cassidy talked him up about his old home in Beaver Creek. He was vague with his answers and politely changed the subject. It all just made him more mysterious and even more attractive to Finn.