[OPEN] i wanna know what love is..

[zander trey brooks]

Zander looked over at him, rubbing his leg gently before folding his hands in his lap. "I think you look amazing." 'Not that you probably don't always look amazing..' He thought, chewing on his lip. He scratched beside his nose ring, the piercing still itching. He drummed his hands on his legs before walking over to the fridge, grabbing a soda. He glanced at his watch, then popped the tab, walking back over to the couch. He sat a little further away from Devon, not wanting him to feel smothered.

"My shift starts soon if you wanna call Dallas." He said, toying with the tab on his drink.

[devon splyce parker]

Devon shook his head in confusion at the words. They had never been spoken to him before, and his surprise was made clear. "Okay..." He murmured when Zander said his shift was starting again soon. He touched at the bulge of the phone in his pocket. It felt odd there, he wasn't used to carrying such things around.

Pulling it out he stared down at the face of t in confusion, and was suddenly overwhelmed by how little he knew of everything compaired to others, how out of place he felt. He swallowed, had never had such emotions rise up. Let left his jaw trembling, tears stinging in his eyes.

[zander trey brooks]

Zander saw his jaw tremble and sat his coke down, moving across the sofa to hug him tightly. He pulled him gently into his lap, hugging him close.

"It's okay.." He said quietly, rubbing his sides gently. He tipped his chin back so he could look at him. He ran his hand across his cheek, then cupped it gently, running his thumb over the skin there. "It's all okay, boo. You can cry if you want to." He wrapped his arms around his waist again, hugging him close. "There's nothing wrong with crying."

[devon splyce parker]

The problem with Devon was he didn't know what these feeling were, how to cope. When Zander hugged him tight though, pulled him into his lap, Devon stopped fighting it and let the tears roll down his cheeks. He was rarely sad, he had learned to cope by not feeling much at all but curiosity and question. A hand fisted in Zander's shirt gently at the lack of understanding, and he rubbed at his eyes, soon smudging eyeliner down his cheeks some. He kept his head on the other male's shoulder, breaths shuddering softly in his chest.

[zander trey brooks]

Zander held him close, rubbing his side gently. He shifted a bit beneath him so Devon wasn't laying on his piercing. He ran his hand up and down the boy's side, his other hand stroking his hair gently. He leaned down, kissing his forehead gently. He sat there in silence, just holding the boy. After a bit, he walked over to the sink, wetting a paper towel before walking back. He tipped the boy's chin back, wiping the eyeliner from his cheeks. His own was probably smeared from the rain, but he didn't care. He worked in a dark store anyways.

He smiled once he had finished wiping off his cheeks. "There." He stroked his jaw for a moment, looking down into his eyes.

[devon splyce parker]

Devon managed to stol the tears after a bit, curling up on the sofa while he got a paper towel. He didn't fight the actions at all, gazing up at Zander as his cheeks were wiped clean. He just looked at him quietly, head tilting into his hand. "I don't want you to be late..." He mumbled. Think back to when Dallas had kissed him in the back room, he turned his head, mimicking the action gently against the palm of Zander's hand, hesitant about it but curious. He wipered carefully at nd eye, stared dejectedly back down at the phone again.

[zander trey brooks]

"Five more minutes won't kill them without me." He said quietly, running his thumb across Devon's bottom lip after he had kissed his hand. "I think you're gonna be perfectly fine. You're really getting adjusted to people." He knew he himself sure as heck wasn't that adjusted to people. He tipped his chin back, kissing the corner of his mouth.

"Besides, I don't think anyone has ever managed to make me feel the way you do.." He said quietly, stroking his cheek before standing back up, checking his watch again.

"You can stay in here until she comes if you want." He said, putting his hands in his pockets.

[devon splyce parker]

Devon bit his lip at that. He didn't think he was any more adjusted than before, not really. When he said he made him feel different, Devon lowered his gaze. "Same..." He murmured in thought, hand again ghosting over his stomach. He slumped back in exhaustion, defeat.

Nodding at Zaner's approval for him to stay put until Dallas was here, he pressed the two on the dialpad and the green button, holding it unsurely to his ear and telling whoever answered that he was ready once they picked up, explaining that he was in Hot Topic with a..friend. The word passed his lips unsurely, then a mumbled bye and he managed to hang up without a problem.

[zander trey brooks]

Zander watched him for a moment before going back out. He swapped his broken clipboard for a new one, and continued on with his inventory. He had finished an entire rack and was down on the floor doing the items on the bottom when he felt a tap on the shoulder. He looked up at the familiar blonde, nodding towards the staff room. He unclipped his keys from his belt, handing her the key to the staff room since it locked once closed. He watched her walk in, then went back to what he was doing.

Dallas unlocked the door, looking in before closing it gently. She sat down next to Devon, looking over at him. "Hey, I like those." She said with a smile, touching one of his snakebites. She leaned back against the sofa. "Did you have fun?"

[devon splyce parker]

Devon looked up when Dallas opened the door, nodded faintly. He gazed at her as she touched one of the snakebites before gathering his things. Stepping out of the staff room, he paused. "Hang on..."

He looked over to where Zander was, wrapped his armsaround him in a tight hug. "Thank you."