beetlebum ☼ lennon gallagher

empat belas; irl

"layla! where the fuck did you even get that picture?!" I heard gene yelled from across the dining table.

right now we were having dinner, gene's sitting in front of me with anaïs and molly beside him. then, me, missy, and lennon on the other side

the concert was finished over an hour ago. not wanting the day to end, we decided to hang out and grabbed some food in a restaurant nearby

I jumped slightly at his burst, holding back a laugh. "gene! shut it! we're in public" molly said from beside gene hitting his shoulder

"ouch! why am I the one who always gets abused" gene whined rubbing his shoulder, he glared at me playfully when he heard me and the others laughed, "what's so funny, albarn?"

I smirked up at him, sticking out my tongue "what are you gonna do about it, gallagher?" I challenged, raising an eyebrow

he leaned closer over the table, following my action, but what I didn't expect was that he threw a piece of potato wedge at me. I gasped leaning back, "that's a waste of potato!" I heard missy and anäis exclaimed

"you son of a bitc-" I started

"alright you too cut it off" lennon said, cutting me off as I was about to jump over the table, "—say sorry" he urged, crossing his arms

"no" gene and I stubbornly said at the same time, "bitch" gene flipped me off, throwing his middle finger up at me

"gene!" lennon scolds

"fine! i'm sorry" he pouted, "i'm sorry too" I said, mirroring his actions

"there you go, that's not too bad isn't it?" lennon smirks at us, the girls chuckled watching us three interact like we've been friends for years

it's kind of shocking to see how close we already are considering we only just met about two hours ago, especially me and lennon.

lennon suddenly stands up from his chair, grabbing his phone off the table, "where are you going" anaïs asked taking a bite off her fries

"i'm going out to take a fag. angel, you coming?" he answered, I blushed at the nickname he gave me. it makes my heart flutter on how comfortable he is with me

oh my god, we just met. I can't have these thoughts. fuck me for easily getting emotionally attached with someone.

"wait i'm want to come" gene whined, once
again, at the same time I said "oh, I don't smoke"

"no, gene, you're staying with the girls" lennon said pointedly at gene, "and you" he continued staring at me with his eyebrows raised

I started back at the other girls silently asking what to do, molly, anaïs, and missy nodded their head at lennon, who's holding out his right hand at me

I sighed muttering an "i'll be back" at them. I grabbed lennon's hand pulling myself up from my seat. he smiled sweetly at me leading me to the upstairs balcony

I heard gene let out a huff and an 'ow'. i'm guessing molly hit him once again. I chuckled, silently shaking my head following lennon closely behind

it was a two-floor dining place, with a smoking area upstairs. the sign said open for 24 hours, but it looks pretty quiet tonight. we went outside, lennon let go of my hand grabbing a lighter from his pocket snd leaned on the railing lighting up his cigarette

I stood awkwardly beside him not knowing what to do, feeling my hand grew cold when he lets go of it. I decided to also lean on the railings beside him

lennon blew out a smoke, chuckling when he noticed how rigid I am "you okay?" he asked quietly

"i'm fine" I smiled softly, "why did you want me to come?"

"just needed some company" he replied looking down at me

"but gene sai-" I started looking at him confused, "don't mention it" he cuts me off

"talking about gene, you two get along well" he said, staring up at the night sky. his brown hair was blown by the wind making him looking like, what I imagined an angel to be

funny how he calls me 'angel' when he looks like an angel himself

I snorted shaking my head, "that annoying fuck, yeah I guess"

"I get you, he can be annoying sometimes. is there anything going on between you two, you two look very comfortable with each other" he asked smirking, I stared at him confused his gaze was still stuck on the view above us

"what do you mean?" I asked him back, I turned my head around facing him, "just be careful with him, yeah?" he continued

I let out a fake laugh staring at him in disbelief, "there's nothing between me and gene, and never will be" I said, "is there something wrong?"

he stared at me for a while, his eyes darted from eyes to my lips, "no, nothing I- uh-" he broke his gaze, once again, staring up ahead

"lennon, are you sure you're okay?" I urged

he moved his gaze, facing his body towards me. he smiled softly in my direction grasping my hand that was leaning against the railings

"i'm okay, angel" he whispered bringing my hand up to his mouth, kissing it gently

fuck, I can feel a layer of blush crawling onto my cheeks, "where did you even get that picture of gene anyway" he laughed, breaking the tense atmosphere

I burst out laughing throwing my head back, "when he took my phone, i-"I breathe in deeply, "I grabbed his, and kind of, you know went into his photos, and i-i found that ridiculous photo of him. and when he put my phone down, I airdropped it to mine-"

he snorts, bursting out laughing with me, "you're sneaky" his eyes squinted as he laughs, "wait till' gene heard your story. he won't be very happy"

we continued laughing for a while, throwing in different topics now and then. until it kind of died down, "oh god please don't." I said my eyes widening

"I won't, don't worry" he laughs

"we should get back to the others" I finally said, I glanced at lennon when I heard him sighing, "what?" I asked furrowing my eyebrows

"you're a good company though" he pouts pulling me closer to him to hug him. keep it together.

I wrapped my arms around his torso, his head resting on top of mine, "we can hangout more next week, alright?"

he nodded against my head, I smiled at the thought of him closing his eyes, being in a calm state of mind

"let's go" I pulled his hand towards the door

he smirked letting go of me "race you downstairs, angel!" he said as he zoomed passed me heading towards the stairs

"hey! that's not fair!"

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a/n
wrote this long ass chapter bcs i'll be gone for like a week, i have exams and shit lmao

enjoy while i'm gone xxxx