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andrew leung . . gallagher (and beyond) 

           it’ll be years later. his eyes slowly drift open and he hears clem’s soft breathing next to him, the ceiling of their shared space greeting down at him for another day at a job that he doesn’t hate (which is more than enough at this point). soft but hurried thumping that should’ve put him on edge only has him curious and he peers over to the door, where teddy peeks in to ask what was for breakfast and that, yeah, he doesn’t know where his homework went so he needs help stat.

“then in that case, congratulations,” luna says brightly. she probably shouldn’t have brought the gift to a party, but it’s okay. “yes, don’t get too excited. it’s just a hat i knitted, figured something practical would be nice.”

            “don’t get too excited? how can i be not excited over a gift?” and if he was being honest, he was close to tearing up. it was unexpected, especially on a night like this. “thank you, really. i might honestly need it where i’m going.” the east gets colder than the west, the last time he checked.

“Mhm well I like the sound of that” he mumbled and nodded. When Drew took his hand, he let his thumb run circles against his palm. The question caught him off-guard as this was clearly not something Clem was used to. “Yes, please” he then moved a little so there was some more space so the other could lay down.

           he laid down and went to look over at him, a worried look on his own face present. “you didn’t worry too much, right? when i was away?”

                      his joke bounces off her, and she skips over it entirely, being palatable — sociable is a muscle she doesn’t stretch often, and she isn’t really concerned with it either. ‘   where did you get them from ? they’re nice.    ’ she doesn’t indulge that often, but she assumes these donuts are from off-campus and half the temptation came from that alone. she mills by the stairs, not taking a seat, thinking it’s a good place to be alone because no one can sit without blocking the rest of the stairwell. ‘   what are you doing all alone ?   ’ she’s not judging, just curious. 

– “RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU DID YOUR BIG HERO THING AND SAVED THE DAY,” claire says, rolling her eyes at him. “ now we can all sleep better. woohoo. ” it does actually feel over, though, she’s just giving him a hard time. “ do you know what you’re doing after graduation ? ” she asks, knowing she’s probably going to hate him for his answer, but it’s fine. 

“Move in day she was going through my stuff in the closet.” Yeah, they had to share, but she’d been good about only taking a tiny bit over half the space! Thalia had no right to toss her things out. “And stole my earrings last year, so, clearly she’s a snake.”

“Oh, were you one of the students on the mission?” She didn’t recognize many of the names, but that was the only ‘exciting’ thing she supposed happened recently. Unless someone really loved finals! “Sometimes it’s nice to do things out of the ordinary.” The girl nodded, smiling slightly as she sat down next to him. 

“Very much so,” Ai said with hands on her hips. “But you don’t seem to care, huh?”

     drew’s right, rafa definitely should be in bed and not walking around campus, but he can only watch so much netflix before he starts to feel like the walls are closing in on him. “can’t stay still for too long,” he says with a small smile. “and no, i’m alright. i’m hungry and everyone’s doing something right now.” also known as, he’s too proud and stubborn to ask for help.