Original: Strangers
Oct. 18th, 2012 10:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elvenavariPrompt: They sat next to each other on the train, still pretending to be strangers…
It had been five years since I had seen him. I never wanted to see him again after walking in on him and Josh. My heart had been broken that night. I had run out into the rain, even though they were both calling out my name. I had dropped everything then, I had to get away… from him, from the memories, I wanted nothing around me that would remind me of him.
So why the hell is he here now? 3,000 miles away from where he should be. In London, England of all places, on the same subway car as me! I grit my teeth, tucking my knees up against the seat in front of me, burying my face behind a book, hoping and praying that he won’t notice me. Fucking karma…
Oh bloody hell… of course he would sit in the seat across from me. This subway car is nearly empty and he sits across from me. I take a deep breath, trying to remain calm. I would get off at the next stop but then he would surely notice me…and I would still be miles from my flat. ‘Just keep your eyes on your book, listen to your music, pretend to be asleep,’ I repeat the rules of the London subway to myself, anything to not be noticed.
“Kris?”
I look up at the sound of my nickname out of habit before I realize that he’s the one who’s said it. Damnit! I glance over and a smile lights up his face, the same smile that still makes my knees go weak. He’s still as handsome as ever. Life just isn’t fair.
“I thought that was you! Man, who would have thought? What are you doing here? Is this where you’ve been? I tried to call…” He trails off because he must have noticed the ice in my glare. “You’re still mad huh?”
I snap my book closed and get to my feet. Fuck it, I’ll get off at the next stop just to get away from him. “I’m done being mad Luke, it took me awhile but I realized I never knew you…” The train came to a stop. “And I never will.”
I walked toward the stairs as the subway doors slid shut. I heard him call my name again but I still ignored him. After everything we had been through together, all the first’s… we were still, and would always be, strangers.
It had been five years since I had seen him. I never wanted to see him again after walking in on him and Josh. My heart had been broken that night. I had run out into the rain, even though they were both calling out my name. I had dropped everything then, I had to get away… from him, from the memories, I wanted nothing around me that would remind me of him.
So why the hell is he here now? 3,000 miles away from where he should be. In London, England of all places, on the same subway car as me! I grit my teeth, tucking my knees up against the seat in front of me, burying my face behind a book, hoping and praying that he won’t notice me. Fucking karma…
Oh bloody hell… of course he would sit in the seat across from me. This subway car is nearly empty and he sits across from me. I take a deep breath, trying to remain calm. I would get off at the next stop but then he would surely notice me…and I would still be miles from my flat. ‘Just keep your eyes on your book, listen to your music, pretend to be asleep,’ I repeat the rules of the London subway to myself, anything to not be noticed.
“Kris?”
I look up at the sound of my nickname out of habit before I realize that he’s the one who’s said it. Damnit! I glance over and a smile lights up his face, the same smile that still makes my knees go weak. He’s still as handsome as ever. Life just isn’t fair.
“I thought that was you! Man, who would have thought? What are you doing here? Is this where you’ve been? I tried to call…” He trails off because he must have noticed the ice in my glare. “You’re still mad huh?”
I snap my book closed and get to my feet. Fuck it, I’ll get off at the next stop just to get away from him. “I’m done being mad Luke, it took me awhile but I realized I never knew you…” The train came to a stop. “And I never will.”
I walked toward the stairs as the subway doors slid shut. I heard him call my name again but I still ignored him. After everything we had been through together, all the first’s… we were still, and would always be, strangers.
