first fic
Title:Harry knows
Pairing: Ed/Corbett
Summary: no matter how hard they tried to hide it Harry knew they were in love
Rating: Pg13
Spoilers: Ghostfacers episode
Unlike the rest of the Ghostfacers, Harry knew there was more behind Ed’s word’s and tears,
for the rest of them it was a loss of a good friend and comrade but Harry could see that for Ed it was having to watch his heart break.
The first time Harry noticed had been of course with Corbett,
the kid didn’t even bother trying to hide it fetching Ed his coat,
bringing him his vanilla tea and plenty of other things
at first Harry thought that it just went one way until he noticed the way that Ed would smile after Corbett had said or done something concerning him.
He hadn’t thought much of it at first until one day Corbett had gone to give Ed his tea and
Ed had brushed his fingers over Corbett’s own causing the young intern to smile and blush before going to sit down,
looking back on it now he distinctly remembered Ed had, had a smug look about him for the rest of the evening.
they had been having a meeting when Corbett had turned up later than usual looking like he had been crying and a very visible bruise on his cheek.
At first they had just stared at him before Ed had moved to him pulling him to him and asking calmly “who the fuck had done it?”
it had taken a while before they found out that his boyfriend had become extremely jealous and had tried to stop him coming to the meeting,
although Harry noted Corbett never did say what he was jealous of as he watched Ed pull Corbett into a hug and Corbett burry his head in the side of Ed’s throat.
After they had calmed him down and reduced the swelling Harry watched Ed quietly leave the room,
following he watched as Ed walked towards a man stood outside and calmly asked if he was the reason Corbett had bruised,
after the guy said something intelligible but from the way Ed took a swing at him he guessed was an affirmative something struck Harry
“Ed cares for Corbett as well.” Instead of feeling freaked out by the thought it gave him an odd sense of comfort.
As Ed walked past him on the way in Harry felt like smiling “Corbett makes Ed brave”
went through his head because the Ed that he knew wouldn’t start a fight unless it was a fight of words.
The third time he caught them it was a while after the Corbett/Asshole fiasco and he forgot his cell.
As he walked back he heard low murmuring coming from behind the door accompanied by a laugh before there was silence.
Opening the door slightly, Harry openly admits to being curios at the wrong times, he saw Ed had backed Corbett into the table,
graphs and all the other stuff they had left out still on it,
his arms around his waist as Corbett’s own were around his neck idly playing with the beard he liked so much.
At first he thought they were just staring at each other before
he realised that their eyes were closed and that Ed had lent his head down and caught Corbett’s mouth with his own.
Now Harry isn’t a voyeur on any level but he for the life of him couldn’t move,
he couldn’t figure out what made his breath stop in his chest and his feet stay rooted to the floor,
he knew he wasn’t gay but it wasn’t until he thought about it again.
The way that Ed had slowly pried open Corbett’s mouth open savouring his mouth like it was the only thing that could keep him alive
and the way that Corbett had whimpered and let Ed do whatever it was that he wanted to his mouth whilst clinging on to him for dear life.
That Harry knew what had made him watch until things got a little bit too hot and heavy for him and he slunk off to have his date with Maggie thinking to himself
“I’ll never be able to look at that table again.”
The fourth time he saw it was when he told Ed to go “be gay” for Corbett.
No one else noticed the way that Ed’s breath hitched with unshed tears as he told Corbett the words Harry already knew was true.
His own breath hitched as Corbett focused solely on Ed and took at step closer to him,
he reached out a hand to Ed almost trying to touch him before smiling sadly “me to” was his last word before he disappeared,
and they later found out that he had saved them just like Ed had asked for.
The final time was now at Corbett’s funeral,
his family were there stood around solemnly listening to the preachers word as were
the Ghostfacers Maggie was crying into his shoulder as he held her close his own face blank as he watched Ed.
Ed’s face was a mask of grief,
tears fell down his face making their way towards the earth were Corbett’s coffin was buried as if trying to reach the person they fell for.
When Ed looked up and caught Harries eyes, Harry looked away before walking past him with Maggie still held close telling him softly as they passed “i knew.”
A sad smile graced his face as in the middle of the grief in Ed’s eyes shock stood out before he smiled
a small grateful smile as he turned back to the coffin and whispered “Corbett, I love you.”