006: 03 Drabble: Serenade
Spring break was something that most high school kids looked forward to with bated breath, unable to wait for the freedom from school, and the time spent with family and friends. Jeff? Wasn’t most high school kids. Spring break for him meant time apart from his boyfriend, Nick … It meant returning to Omaha while Nick was in Florida. And going from roommates to halfway across the country from one another? Well, he just wasn’t a fan.
It was only a day or two into spring break that the inevitable pining began… It was always the same… A feeling somewhere down deep in his gut that he was never able to shake until he was back with Nick, where, as strange as it sounded from a teenage boy, he knew he belonged.
Excusing himself from the kitchen table after barely touching his meal (a shock for any who knew Jeff and his love affair with food), the blond ascended the stairs to his bedroom, searching out his guitar before sitting cross legged on the bed in front of his laptop and pulling up the webcam. A few moments to tune up, and he was playing one of his favorite songs: “I Miss You” by Incubus.
You do something to me/That I can't explain/So would I be out of line/If I said "I miss you"? he sang, strumming the guitar strings with all the feeling that came through in his voice. As the song ended, Jeff blew a kiss to the screen and said with a hint of forced cheerfulness, “I love you, Nicky. See you soon,” before ending the recording and attaching the video to an email for Nick.
It was only a day or two into spring break that the inevitable pining began… It was always the same… A feeling somewhere down deep in his gut that he was never able to shake until he was back with Nick, where, as strange as it sounded from a teenage boy, he knew he belonged.
Excusing himself from the kitchen table after barely touching his meal (a shock for any who knew Jeff and his love affair with food), the blond ascended the stairs to his bedroom, searching out his guitar before sitting cross legged on the bed in front of his laptop and pulling up the webcam. A few moments to tune up, and he was playing one of his favorite songs: “I Miss You” by Incubus.
You do something to me/That I can't explain/So would I be out of line/If I said "I miss you"? he sang, strumming the guitar strings with all the feeling that came through in his voice. As the song ended, Jeff blew a kiss to the screen and said with a hint of forced cheerfulness, “I love you, Nicky. See you soon,” before ending the recording and attaching the video to an email for Nick.