Aidan couldn’t help but feel much more content when the other leaned up against him. He happily let his own eyes slide shut. He had finally figured out his feelings. How being around Lachy felt so natural. How just seeing him smile was enough to reassure Aidan that everything would be okay. The need to always have Lachy at his side or at least within sight. He knew what they meant now. They were all just because of the prophecy. ‘Without the prophecy..is there anything left between us?’ It was with this thought that he fell asleep.
By the time morning came, Lachy had practically curled up in Aidan's lap, head resting there and sleeping peacefully for the first time in months. Even though a part of him didn't want to be so at ease around Aidan he was, and he was slightly grateful for it.
Aidan had slept soundly. And when he woke up in the morning, he couldn’t help but feel happy that Lachy was there. He quickly pushed the thought away. “Good morning” he whispered, gently starting to run his fingers through the other’s hair.
(Just a heads up, I'm going away four the next four days and won't be on much)
Lachy stirred, blinking sleepily and letting out a happy little purr of sorts as he felt Aidan play with his hair, "Morning," He whispered back, "How'd you sleep?"
((Okay, thanks for the heads up))
He smiled softly. “I slept pretty well considering we’re in a cave.” He responded quietly, laughing softly to himself. He actually had though, still no dreams or nightmares.
Lachy huffed a laugh, rolling over slightly so he could looked up at Aidan, "That's good. I have a feeling we'll be traveling for the next few days. Best to keep your strength up."
“Yeah you’re probably right. You make sure to keep your strength up too, okay?” He smiled gently down at the other. He ruffled Lachy’s hair with a teasing grin, purposefully making it look messy.
Lachy snorted, patting Aidan's hand away with a small pout, "What strength? I have no strength look at me I look like I've been plucked off a tiny tree."
Aidan laughed, it was big and genuine, and he looked so much more happier when he did it. Lachy could probably notice the difference, all of the barriers that Aidan usually kept up were gone for that brief period. “Well I’m not gonna carry you the whole way so you’re gonna have to figure something out.”
((Yes I did spend three lines describing his laugh because Aidan is a precious boi))
((also because Aidan’s going to slowly become less aggressive so yeahhhh))
(we claps stan claps the claps future claps angst claps)
Lachy smiled, more so grinned up at Aidan. A part of him wished, no wanted to hear that laugh more often, "Don't worry, I know big guy. I'll… figure it out somehow even if it means moving some thigh muscle to my arms."
((y e s))
“That would be cool if we could just do that. Just transfer muscle like that?” He chuckled softly, it wasn’t the same as his other laugh but it was still happy and light. He liked being around Lachy, he didn’t bother Aidan like most people did. But it was totally just because of the prophecy, no other reason, nope.
"Maybe someone at this rebellion camp can, someone like us. Who knows." He reached his arms above his head, stretching out across Aidan's legs before he relaxed a moment later.
“Maybe. It wouldn’t surprise me honestly, with all the crazy stuff people like us can do.” Honestly at this point he didn’t even want to start going anywhere yet. He just wanted to stay here with Lachy and talk all day. That sounded surprisingly appealing to him.
Lachy opened his mouth to reply but then Gareth spoke up from the outside of the cave, “C’mon on you two, there’s an abandoned shopping centre not too far from here. We’re gonna make a stop there so you guys can change out of those clothes.”
“Thank god…it’s been so long since I’ve worn real clothes.” Aidan replied with a small sigh of relief. He gently moved Lachy off his lap before he stood up and stretched. He wasn’t necessarily sore, but a night in a cave wasn’t wonderful on his body either.
((I’M SORRY BUT THIS JUST CAME TO ME. Imagine if the rebels they’re with just assume Lachy and Aidan are dating based off of how they act around each other XD))
(Guess who's bacccccccckkk, meeeeee! And lmao honestly… probably will happen)
Lachy chuckled lightly, humming in agreement as he slowly stood himself. His back wasn't necessarily sore just maybe a little achy, "I just want an actual, comfy sweater if that isn't too hard to ask for. This grey one is super itchy."
((Yayyyy!! Good to have you back!))
“Yeah that sounds really fuckin’ nice.” He murmured in agreement. He rolled his head around gently, trying to get some tension out of his neck. He didn’t want his body to not cooperate with him if they ran into any trouble.
Gareth let out a whistle, indicating that it was time to move. Bella skipped off, Sasha following in step with the older man. Lachy sighed softly, wrapping his arms around his middle as he followed the three.
Aidan would stay next to Lachy as they began to move. He was still a little bit wary of everyone else in their group. Staying by Lachy’s side is what helped him feel comfortable. He wanted to take Lachy’s hand as well but he decided not to at the last minute.
They walked for another couple hours, Lachy staying closer to Aidan then he had originally planned however he didn't notice or move away. Soon, a large, concrete building came into view, a quarter of the building had been destroyed, knocked down by something big.
Even considering the bad shape the building was in, Aidan was thankful to see a building besides the Facility. Regardless, he kept his guard up, better to be safe than sorry you know? In the worst case scenario, he didn’t want his slip in attention to result in him being dragged back to the Facility.
The building seemed to have been abandoned for years. Everything had been left as it was, clothes on hangers, old food cans left on shelves in stores. Anything expensive had been taken by looters but clothes? They were in good supply. Gareth stayed at the door, keeping watch as the others headed into the building.
Aidan whistled, looking around. “Wonder what happened here to cause all of this?” He said, mostly just to himself. Even though the building was old and abandoned, being in a store still made him feel somewhat normal again.
((Bro America’s so fucked up I hate it here sometimes))
