also, felix & benji, 53 ☺️
Not me finally getting round to these??? This is technically not 5 sentences and a bit of a wide take on the prompt but we move. Formatting is fake I don't know how to use tumblr mobile xoxo
There was an ease to this, to the bustle of the parking lot after a game and the excited chatter of cheerleaders and athletes alike. Felix still isn't certain he actually understands basketball, or possibly just sport in general, but he allows the thrum of noise to wash over him as he winds his way onto the bus to wait.
He is still uncertain as to how this works, if he's allowed to hang around like the adoring partners of the Pinewood Creek Otters players, or if this carefully squirreled, tentative secret is exactly that - tucked away and hidden until either of them have really worked out what this new dynamic meant for them.
The raucous noise of players and fans piling onto the bus stirs Felix from his reverie, the seats around him filling with green and gold and the buzz of victory - there are more faces here that he is starting to recognise, players that he is starting to find his feet with, but there is only one face he's really looking for.
‘Congratulations, star player!’ Felix calls as Benji appears at his row of seats, Felix unsure if he is going to continue walking through the bus to his teammates. Instead, Benji offers a thousand kilowatt smile in return and drops himself into the seat beside Felix without hesitation. All-but vibrating with post-game adrenaline and an exhausted joy, Benji slumps against Felix's side, pressing shower-damp hair into the crook of the other boy’s neck, missing Felix's gentle, private smile.