1.Chocolate Eyes
"Wow, that was a good show, huh Lance?" Asked Chris, patting Lance's shoulder & jogging past.
"Yeah." Said Lance breathlessly as he skipped off to the bus. As long as he could remember it, something about Chris had always made his insides stir. Maybe it was his eyes. Whenever Chris set those deep chocolate brown eyes on him, he couldn't think straight. No matter what. It had cost him more than a few steps this night. Lance's face went red with the thought as he climbed onto the bus. He slumped down into the booth at the table. Chris slumped down across from him.
"Whoo! That was fun!" Said Chris, biting into something Lance couldn't identify.
"God I sucked." Said Lance, letting his head fall to the table.
"Oh, com on, now. It wasn't that bad! You're just -gulp- blowing it out of -bite/chew- proportion." Said Chris. Eating whatever was in his hand. Damn those eyes. Lance thought as he lifted his head. Chris was smiling at him. His leg bouncing under the table. Boundless energy. He thought with a chuckle. So cute. Chris, not wanting to miss any humor, stopped munching.
"What?" He asked. Lance could see his smile widening. He was already preparing to laugh. Lance loved that about him. Tell him. his mind screamed. Tell him how you feel! "You." Lance said. No. Not today, another day. Not today......some day. "Me?"
"You're always so full of energy. It's like watching the energizer bunny."
"Oh! Yeah. Well, I CAN'T get out of energy. That only happens when I don't eat & get my sugar. That ever happens & I'll be in comaville. Hey, it'd be like a nice break, huh?" Chris said, almost laughing, & took another bite of, whatever.
Lance's eyes darkened. Chris made a joke out of everything, he knew. But this wasn't funny. Lance stood up & went to his bunk. God, how could he joke about that? Just the reminder of Chris' hypoglycemic problems made Lance's heart jump. He couldn't think of Chris in a coma without tears coming to his eyes; let alone -joke- about it. He crawled into his bunk, unsettling thoughts filling his head before drifting off to sleep.
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