𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲 / 𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫
❝ you were a big boy, benício, you could’ve taken the lead after the third time we walked by that exact same fountain, ❞ he says with a hearty laugh. this whole thing feels like a dream, the kind he often had about benny on the months following their… falling out, or whatever that was. there were occasional nightmares, scenes of benício saying awful things to him, but most often it was just this: the two of them talking in the middle of a night where nothing feels real, walking towards a place they may never reach. only this time, benny really is next to him. he doesn’t quite know what to think, so he doesn’t try. ❝ of course you’d say that. i bet you want him to come after you just so you can say you took on the polaroid killer, ❞ oliver comments, shaking his head at benny’s unflinching arrogance and throwing his head back drunkenly. a bad move, considering the next moment benny’s yanking him abruptly, causing oliver to stumble and almost fall. he laughs at that, too, now drunk enough to not even feel self-conscious as he normally does. ❝ i knew it was close! ❞ he protests, but now that they’ve actually made it to the lake he doesn’t feel like laughing as much. he remembers benny’s initial invitation being to skinny dip, and though oliver technically didn’t agree to do it, it’s still hanging in the air. ❝ so… are you going in? ❞ he says, because he doesn’t know what else he could say.
❛ aren’t you ? ❜ he asked, turning to look at oliver for a moment before setting the vodka bottle down and moving over to the edge of the wooden pier. he turned back to oliver as he pulls his shirt over his head, wild grin on plump lips. ❛ c’mon, oli ! you’re not gonna let me do this by myself, right ? ❜ he feels utterly exhilarated as he drops his black t-shirt onto the old wooden deck, kicking his shoes off before finishing undressing completely. the waters are pitch black, dangerous-looking af if they’re hiding a thousand year of secrets. benyn dives into the cold waters without a second thought, swimming underneath the surfice for as long as he can before coming up for air. ❛ don’t forget to bring the bottle ! ❜

















