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A Corner of the Preserve, Tuesday Evening, and then Later that Evening in Room 402

Jan 29, 2008 22:41

Troy was out for an evening run, pushing himself further and further, making his way through the preserve on longer and longer winding paths, sometimes making paths of his own ( Read more... )

troy bolton, sky tate, preserve

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redintraining January 30 2008, 02:53:10 UTC

Sky glanced up at Troy, blinking and shaking his head. Aware of his presence, but somehow not really caring. He'd been sitting there cross-legged for quite a while, thinking about Dru, and more importantly, how he felt about Dru... the silly, stupid notion at the back of his head... no. It wasn't true.

"... Didn't mean to startle you," Sky finally spoke up. "Sorry."

oncourtandstage January 30 2008, 03:03:46 UTC

"No, it's okay," Troy said, dusting himself off. "I'm fine." He took a good look at Sky. "... Are you okay? You look... what happened?"

redintraining January 30 2008, 03:08:38 UTC

"I'm... I don't know how I am." Sky slowly uncrossed his legs and stretched them before getting up, as they were cramped from sitting there so long. He suddenly realized how cold he was. "I just... needed... to get away. From my room. For a while."

oncourtandstage January 30 2008, 03:15:54 UTC

"Yeah, I can understand that," Troy said, moving in closer, moving in to place his arm across Sky's shoulders. "I've had to do that a few times, too. Just... sometimes it gets to be too much."

What, exactly, was getting too much? Troy figured he'd leave that open for Sky, if he wanted to say.

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Later, in Room 402 oncourtandstage January 30 2008, 05:28:45 UTC

Troy bustled around a bit, getting out two mugs and plugging in his electric kettle. "This'll just take a couple of minutes," he said.

Re: Later, in Room 402 redintraining January 30 2008, 05:33:08 UTC

"Thanks," said Sky quietly, seating himself in a desk chair, starting to look blank and a little lost again. It was plenty warm in the dorm now, so he took off his jacket and draped it across the back of the chair. This revealed the Tangarian Coil bracelet on his right wrist, and Sky had to bite his lip and fight down a sudden sob when he saw it.

Re: Later, in Room 402 oncourtandstage January 30 2008, 05:45:01 UTC

Troy turned away from the tea things, immediately moving over and pulling Sky towards his bed. "Here," he said, sitting beside him and just holding him close. "Cry if you need to. It's okay."

Re: Later, in Room 402 redintraining January 30 2008, 05:57:27 UTC

"S-sorry. My bracelet... it was just a gift from him. A tradition on his home planet is to share one of these with one's closest friend... so you'll always think of each other."

At the back of his mind, Sky didn't feel right. Way, way back. Troy was almost a stranger to him... a friend, sure, but getting this close? Sharing such intimate things with him? However, his doubts quickly quieted down. He allowed himself to be held, raising his right wrist and looking at the silver bracelet, remembering what Dru had said to him the day he'd given it to him, sliding it on his wrist, allowing Sky to put Dru's on for him, as was tradition. "Wear this, and you'll be connected to me. No matter how far apart we are, no matter how long... you can look at this and think of me. I'll look at mine and think of you. Always."

He hurriedly brushed away a tear. He wasn't going to cry. He wasn't...

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