The Anthemic: "Wreck For You"
Wreck For You
Fandom: The Anthemic
Pairing: Neal Tiemann/Kyle Peek
Word count: 350
Beta: princessleia04
Rating: PG
Summary: Andy can't sleep.
Disclaimer: These characters own themselves, since they're real people and all. I doubt this ever happened, since it's in the future.
Author's Note: Here be angst. Companion piece to Living After Midnight. Title taken from Thrill Of It All by Midwest Kings.
Andy is just about to drop off to sleep when the bunk above his creaks as Kyle shifts. There’s a dull thud as his feet hit the floor of the bus and he tries to be silent as he sneaks over to the bunk on the other side. It’s far from the first time this has happened, but it’s been a while since the last time.
Neither Kyle nor Neal has told anyone what they’re doing, and don’t think anyone knows what they’re doing. Andy does know though, more than he would have wanted to know. It breaks his heart to see Neal the day after; to know that his friend is hurting from this, but won’t give it up because it’s all he can have.
He and Neal used to talk about everything and anything, but somewhere along the line that changed. Andy knows it’s mostly his fault, and that if he could take back what happened that time he would do it in a heartbeat. It’s too late now though- Neal has Kyle, and Andy really does love Jennie, that’s not gonna change. None of it is gonna change, Neal isn’t gonna give up this thing, whatever it is, that he has going on with Kyle, and even if Andy would give up what he has with Jennie, it’s not gonna make a difference- not anymore.
So he just lies there, straining to listen in on his friends but hearing nothing - as usual, trying not to think about what Neal will look like tomorrow, and how it’s mostly his fault, and he can’t do anything to change it.
He lies there, unable to fall asleep and thinking about what to do about the situation, because he has to do something to save Neal, save them all from this, until he can hear Kyle making his way back to his own bunk. It takes much longer than it had the last time. He’s not sure how much later, but it’s probably been a good hour, when he falls into a sleep filled with dreams about what might have been.
The End
Fandom: The Anthemic
Pairing: Neal Tiemann/Kyle Peek
Word count: 350
Beta: princessleia04
Rating: PG
Summary: Andy can't sleep.
Disclaimer: These characters own themselves, since they're real people and all. I doubt this ever happened, since it's in the future.
Author's Note: Here be angst. Companion piece to Living After Midnight. Title taken from Thrill Of It All by Midwest Kings.
Andy is just about to drop off to sleep when the bunk above his creaks as Kyle shifts. There’s a dull thud as his feet hit the floor of the bus and he tries to be silent as he sneaks over to the bunk on the other side. It’s far from the first time this has happened, but it’s been a while since the last time.
Neither Kyle nor Neal has told anyone what they’re doing, and don’t think anyone knows what they’re doing. Andy does know though, more than he would have wanted to know. It breaks his heart to see Neal the day after; to know that his friend is hurting from this, but won’t give it up because it’s all he can have.
He and Neal used to talk about everything and anything, but somewhere along the line that changed. Andy knows it’s mostly his fault, and that if he could take back what happened that time he would do it in a heartbeat. It’s too late now though- Neal has Kyle, and Andy really does love Jennie, that’s not gonna change. None of it is gonna change, Neal isn’t gonna give up this thing, whatever it is, that he has going on with Kyle, and even if Andy would give up what he has with Jennie, it’s not gonna make a difference- not anymore.
So he just lies there, straining to listen in on his friends but hearing nothing - as usual, trying not to think about what Neal will look like tomorrow, and how it’s mostly his fault, and he can’t do anything to change it.
He lies there, unable to fall asleep and thinking about what to do about the situation, because he has to do something to save Neal, save them all from this, until he can hear Kyle making his way back to his own bunk. It takes much longer than it had the last time. He’s not sure how much later, but it’s probably been a good hour, when he falls into a sleep filled with dreams about what might have been.
The End