after college. [s/a]
Last night I was on the phone with my best friend.
Out of nowhere he says, "So, I told my girlfriend that I'm marrying you after college. She took it rather well. I love you"
I started crying. His LGMH.
Jack sighs deeply as he twists the cord of his landline phone tighter around his wrist. It sucks having to call Alex every time he just wants to have a little conversation or just hear Alex’s voice. Because, yeah, Jack sometimes does just want to hear Alex’s voice.
Jack supposes one of the perks of Alex going to college in Ohio and Jack staying in Maryland for college is that Jack’s opportunities for saying something stupid are limited.
But then the major downfall is that Jack never gets to see him, and he only gets to talk to him for ten minutes a day, at the most. But Jack enjoys those minutes -those ten, or eight, or three. It doesn’t matter how long. So long as he knows Alex is still there.
The phone rings again in his ear and for a minute he doesn’t think Alex is going to pick up today. Probably too busy with his girlfriend, Lisa. Which is understandable, Jack tries to convince himself. Alex will want to spend more time with Lisa than him. It’s because they’re together, Jack tells himself. Not because Alex is leaving you behind.
Jack’s about to hang up when there’s a rustle from the other side of the line and then Alex’s heavy breathing.
“Sorry… We were across campus and when we got back, like two seconds ago, the phone was ringing. I knew it’d be you so I kind of ran to get it.” Alex pants, and Jack can just imagine the sheepish look that’d be on his face right about now.
“I thought you weren’t gonna pick up.” Jack confesses, pulling the phone cord from around his wrist and starting to play with it.
“I thought you were gonna hang up.”
“I nearly did.” Jack replies, staring at the clock that’s above the desk he’s sitting at, “I was just gonna leave a message and then go back to this less than exciting Political Science essay until you called me back.”
“I’m glad I caught you, then.”
Alex goes on to complain about something that happened on campus today, and Jack pretends to be listening as he rummages through the notes stacked up all over the desk.
Jack holds the phone between his ear and his shoulder awkwardly and carries on typing up the part of the essay he drafted up when he was bored during General Studies. Alex isn’t going to be hanging up any time soon, but Jack’s okay with that; at least he gets to hear Alex’s voice for longer.
“Oh, and so I told my girlfriend that I’m marrying you after college. She took it rather well. I love you.”
Jack freezes and the pen he was writing a note with falls from his fingers.
“W-what?” Jack asks, shocked.
“I told Lisa that I’m gonna marry you after college. When I get back to Maryland. She took it great, she’s really happy. I love you.” Alex repeats, and his voice is shaking.
Jack stares at the laptop screen in front of him, as if it will give him a coherent response.
“A-are you being serious?” Jack asks, and granted, it’s probably not the most eloquent he’s ever been.
“I… Yeah, I am. We’ll probably have to find a state that has legalized same sex marriage, or something, but yeah, I’m being serious. Why wouldn’t I be?”
Jack sits for a moment, staring at the gradually blurring words on the screen in front of him, before bursting into tears.
Alex smiles a little lopsidedly, and Jack rubs his eyes in disbelief.
“So, is that a yes?”
“Is that a proposal?” Jack asks in a watery voice. Alex smiles.
“Jack Bassam Barakat, I love you. Will you marry me?” Alex blinks away a few tears -he never thought he’d be doing this.
“Yes, I’ll marry you, Alexander William Gaskarth.” Jack says, grinning. He attempts to blink tears away, but it doesn’t work -he never thought he’d be getting married, least of all to someone like Alex.
A few hours pass and Zack’s walking back down the corridor, from a Music Theory lecture, to the room he shares with Jack. He hears crying from outside the door and pulls out his key card, scanning it into the lock and pushing open the door.
He sees Jack sitting at his desk sobbing, a closed laptop and a teetering pile of notes sitting on the desk.
“What’s going on? What happened?” Zack asks frantically, brushing his wild blonde curls away from his eyes.
“Alex asked me to marry him after college.” Jack explains after a little while, and his voice is shaky, but he’s smiling.
“Serious?” Zack asks, his brown eyes widening. Jack nods.
“Yeah.” He says with a smile, flipping his dark brown bangs away from his still teary eyes, “He said that we’d find a state where same sex partnership was legal, and we’d go and get married there. Lisa took it really well, apparently.”
“I always knew you liked him.” Zack says with a small smirk, “Oh, and I’m totally being your best man. I have best friend rights.”
“That means Rian will have to be Alex’s bridesmaid.” Jack says with a small laugh. Zack laughs quietly.
“He looks cute in a dress anyway.”
They sit in a comfortable silence for a few moments before Jack speaks again.
“I never thought I’d cry when someone proposed to me.” He says. Zack smiles a little and moves over to embrace Jack in a tight hug.
“But then, I never thought it’d be Alex Gaskarth proposing to me.”
Out of nowhere he says, "So, I told my girlfriend that I'm marrying you after college. She took it rather well. I love you"
I started crying. His LGMH.
Jack sighs deeply as he twists the cord of his landline phone tighter around his wrist. It sucks having to call Alex every time he just wants to have a little conversation or just hear Alex’s voice. Because, yeah, Jack sometimes does just want to hear Alex’s voice.
Jack supposes one of the perks of Alex going to college in Ohio and Jack staying in Maryland for college is that Jack’s opportunities for saying something stupid are limited.
But then the major downfall is that Jack never gets to see him, and he only gets to talk to him for ten minutes a day, at the most. But Jack enjoys those minutes -those ten, or eight, or three. It doesn’t matter how long. So long as he knows Alex is still there.
The phone rings again in his ear and for a minute he doesn’t think Alex is going to pick up today. Probably too busy with his girlfriend, Lisa. Which is understandable, Jack tries to convince himself. Alex will want to spend more time with Lisa than him. It’s because they’re together, Jack tells himself. Not because Alex is leaving you behind.
Jack’s about to hang up when there’s a rustle from the other side of the line and then Alex’s heavy breathing.
“Sorry… We were across campus and when we got back, like two seconds ago, the phone was ringing. I knew it’d be you so I kind of ran to get it.” Alex pants, and Jack can just imagine the sheepish look that’d be on his face right about now.
“I thought you weren’t gonna pick up.” Jack confesses, pulling the phone cord from around his wrist and starting to play with it.
“I thought you were gonna hang up.”
“I nearly did.” Jack replies, staring at the clock that’s above the desk he’s sitting at, “I was just gonna leave a message and then go back to this less than exciting Political Science essay until you called me back.”
“I’m glad I caught you, then.”
Alex goes on to complain about something that happened on campus today, and Jack pretends to be listening as he rummages through the notes stacked up all over the desk.
Jack holds the phone between his ear and his shoulder awkwardly and carries on typing up the part of the essay he drafted up when he was bored during General Studies. Alex isn’t going to be hanging up any time soon, but Jack’s okay with that; at least he gets to hear Alex’s voice for longer.
“Oh, and so I told my girlfriend that I’m marrying you after college. She took it rather well. I love you.”
Jack freezes and the pen he was writing a note with falls from his fingers.
“W-what?” Jack asks, shocked.
“I told Lisa that I’m gonna marry you after college. When I get back to Maryland. She took it great, she’s really happy. I love you.” Alex repeats, and his voice is shaking.
Jack stares at the laptop screen in front of him, as if it will give him a coherent response.
“A-are you being serious?” Jack asks, and granted, it’s probably not the most eloquent he’s ever been.
“I… Yeah, I am. We’ll probably have to find a state that has legalized same sex marriage, or something, but yeah, I’m being serious. Why wouldn’t I be?”
Jack sits for a moment, staring at the gradually blurring words on the screen in front of him, before bursting into tears.
Alex smiles a little lopsidedly, and Jack rubs his eyes in disbelief.
“So, is that a yes?”
“Is that a proposal?” Jack asks in a watery voice. Alex smiles.
“Jack Bassam Barakat, I love you. Will you marry me?” Alex blinks away a few tears -he never thought he’d be doing this.
“Yes, I’ll marry you, Alexander William Gaskarth.” Jack says, grinning. He attempts to blink tears away, but it doesn’t work -he never thought he’d be getting married, least of all to someone like Alex.
A few hours pass and Zack’s walking back down the corridor, from a Music Theory lecture, to the room he shares with Jack. He hears crying from outside the door and pulls out his key card, scanning it into the lock and pushing open the door.
He sees Jack sitting at his desk sobbing, a closed laptop and a teetering pile of notes sitting on the desk.
“What’s going on? What happened?” Zack asks frantically, brushing his wild blonde curls away from his eyes.
“Alex asked me to marry him after college.” Jack explains after a little while, and his voice is shaky, but he’s smiling.
“Serious?” Zack asks, his brown eyes widening. Jack nods.
“Yeah.” He says with a smile, flipping his dark brown bangs away from his still teary eyes, “He said that we’d find a state where same sex partnership was legal, and we’d go and get married there. Lisa took it really well, apparently.”
“I always knew you liked him.” Zack says with a small smirk, “Oh, and I’m totally being your best man. I have best friend rights.”
“That means Rian will have to be Alex’s bridesmaid.” Jack says with a small laugh. Zack laughs quietly.
“He looks cute in a dress anyway.”
They sit in a comfortable silence for a few moments before Jack speaks again.
“I never thought I’d cry when someone proposed to me.” He says. Zack smiles a little and moves over to embrace Jack in a tight hug.
“But then, I never thought it’d be Alex Gaskarth proposing to me.”