(POV: Laurence)
My eyes flutter open and I groan. What time is it? I reach over, slapping my hand repeatedly on the bedside table before finally grabbing my phone. Unfortunately, I make the mistake of turning it towards me before turning it on. I yell as the light sears my eyes and try to blink away the blindness. Finally, I was able to see again. I glance back at the phone. 12:15? Really? I sigh. Well, no use trying to sleep now.
I sit up and throw my feet over the side of the bed. DAMN the floor is cold! I shuffle into the hall nonetheless. I pause in the hallway. Why am I hearing.....noises? I creep towards the source of the noise, Garroth's room. It sounds like.... crying? I slowly inch the door open and stick my head inside. Garroth is covered in blankets, his back against the headboard, curled up, crying.
"Hey. What's wrong?" I open the door and step inside, closing it behind me. Garroth's head shoots up and he snuffles, rapidly wiping away his tears.
"Oh....h-hey, Laurence. Did I.... wake you up? I'm s-sorry for that." I sigh and walk over to him, sitting down next to him.
"You didn't answer my question, Garroth. What's wrong?"
He turns his head, refusing to look me in the eyes. "I-It's nothing. Don't w-worry about it." I sigh and lay my hand on his shoulder, causing him to glance my way.
"For starters, it's obviously not nothing. You can't hide that from me. And.... you do realize that telling me not to worry about anything makes me worry about it more, right. Please, if you won't tell me what it is, at least tell me how to help." I squeeze his shoulder. He takes a shaky breath and.... starts sobbing. He turns towards me (finally) and buries his head in the crook of my neck, wrapping his arms around me. We sit there for a while, just holding each other, him clinging to me like I'm the only thing left in the world and me petting his ridiculously soft ears.
"Stay." I barely hear him, seeing as his face is still covered by my neck and chest.
"Of course." I lean my head against the headboard and close my eyes, focusing on my rapidly beating heart and the warmth of our hug. At some point, I don't know when, I doze off into a blissful sleep.
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We Stand Together~ A MyStreet Aftermath AU (Discontinued)
FanfictionThis story is up for adoption, check the last chapter for details. The nightmare is finally over and the crew can leave Starlight. They're going home. But will it really be home? Will anything ever be the same? Of course it won't. They'll have to l...
