#i wrote this yesterday when we did the flash and then dithered about posting

[billdenbrough]

BACK TO SCHOOL BLUES

aftg · kevaaron · 2.9k, t. kevin has a growth spurt. aaron copes (poorly, says andrew). for a flash fic game with @merceyca & @vykio – kevaaron + fire alarm, growth spurt

“I missed you this summer,” he says casually, which is terrible. It’s so fucking Kevin—he won’t say a nice word upon pain of death on the court, and he barely knows how to say thank you when Aaron chucks an energy bar at him to make sure he doesn’t fucking pass out at practice or fixes his bandages for him (in Aaron’s defence, he only took over because Kevin’s attempts were incompetent and therefore annoying, not because he wanted to) or whatever the fuck help he’s providing the walking irritant, but sometimes he’s just so honest that it makes Aaron want to shove his head into the school pool and scream underwater. “Uh-huh,” Aaron says, because he’s not that easy. “Yeah, I’m sure you had a lot of time to just think about your schoolmates when you were lying on the decks of yachts and elongating your spine.” Kevin pauses, processing that. “So you noticed?” he says, rubbing the nape of his neck. Aaron stops, turning to look at him incredulously. “You look like the Lighthouse of Alexandria,” he says. Kevin’s face starts to break out into a slow smile, so Aaron turns on his heel and starts speed-walking forward.

So now Aaron is wet, his schoolbag is wet, and—least acceptable of all—Kevin is wet.

In his stupid white shirt and his stupid summer yacht tan and with his stupid hair.

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