Hello. My name is Laurence Zvahl. You might know me from high school, or from college, but to those who I haven't met, my life is pretty much a mess. It all started in middle school, when I met this werewolf named Garroth Ro'meave. We instantly bonded, and forged a friendship that lasted pretty much my whole life. During middle school was also when the same werewolf convinced me to be openly gay. My family was quick to accept me, while my friends were quick to leave me. Garroth was the only person who stayed, promising me that it was better this way than to be in hiding, than to lie about myself. Skip to high school, Garroth and I end up being the most popular guys in the school by our sophomore year. After middle school, I was determined during freshman year to never be alone. It worked... and I regretted it immediately after. It became hard to tell which people were interested in me or my looks, if they were just using me to get popular. In sophomore year, we both met an adorable girl named Aphmau. I didn't think much of her at first, but soon developed a sort of brotherly love for her. Seeing as I already had Cadenza as my sister, and it didn't feel the same, I convinced myself that I was bisexual and in love with this girl. I managed to smooth talk my way into her inner friend circle, even scoring a kiss. Therefore, when I heard the rumor that she was dating the werewolf alpha of the school, Aaron, I felt genuinely crushed. I couldn't control my rage at this point, thinking I had just been used again and that I meant nothing to her, as she and Garroth had also shared a kiss. I ended up doing some pretty stupid things, breaking both Garroth's and my heart in the process. After that high school mistake, I drifted away from everyone, even from my best friend, who was still hung up on Aphmau.
Graduation came in a blur, and so did senior year of FC University. I did college mostly by myself, with occasional visits from Garroth and the surprise of running into Aphmau (the same girl from high school) a few times at my day shift. After that, I tried to find my own place, but since my money was low from stupid choices in college, I had no luck. Just as I was about to live my fate as a homeless nobody, Garroth stepped in and kindly lent me a hand, pulling me back up to a nice life. I put in most of the money I had left into helping Dante (another guy from high school) and Garroth buy the house that we all moved into. Another little surprise, our house was directly across from Aphmau's house, who Garroth still hadn't given up on. I hide it well, but my heart breaks every time that he fawns over Aphmau. I play the part as his best friend and pretend to still be recklessly in love with Aphmau, but I secretly wish Garroth was fawning over me instead of her. This blurred feeling started as just a stupid crush, a feeling of grateful thanks for his generosity, but grew into something that makes me sickly in love to even think about. But alas, it's just a stupid fantasy...
I sighed, pulling my pillow over my face in the darkness. At this rate, I wasn't going to get any sleep tonight. Again. Ever since I got feelings for Garroth, it was hard to sleep. My stomach lurched with butterflies at even the thought of his name, his adorable smile... I groaned, pressing the pillow tighter to my face, which was slowly heating up with red blush. I tried to stop my mind from running off, but it was already too late. My heart beat quickened and stumbled as Garroth's amazing laugh echoed in my mind, images of his cute blush and lowered ears whenever Aphmau was around flashing across my vision, how he would have that adorable stammer whenever he was embarrassed or nervous. I only could dream of him ever being that beautiful, shy wreck whenever I was around. No! We've known each other since middle school, and he's obviously straight... which hurts, in a way.
I tossed the pillow aside with another annoyed groan, a sickly dizziness filling my tired head when I sat up. I grabbed the water on my nightstand, taking a large sip, and the dizziness slowly faded. I blinked my eyes open fully, then quietly swung my legs over the side of my bed. Glancing at the clock, I sighed, seeing as it read 12:03. Another night of sleep, wasted because of my stupid feelings. I got up, and with silent footsteps, I slowly crept to my bedroom door. The gentle squeak of my door opening disappeared into the silence of the night, and I snuck out. Emerging in the moonlit hallway, I took a few steps forwards, pausing at the door right next to mine. I smiled a bit dazedly, so close, yet so far. A snore from Dante's room roused me from my thoughts as a bit back a surprised yelp. I chuckled quietly, good thing our bedroom doors were soundproof.
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Silent Shadows- A Garrence Fanfic
FanfictionThe setting is in MyStreet, about season 1, but not really in any progression of the series. I have tweaked the characters a bit, such as Garroth being a werewolf for no reason in Season 1 and Laurence being a bit more sensitive (so please no hate i...