#nazwell

another nazwell...who’s surprised?

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Drew had been on the phone with EJ for over an hour. What started out as a simple homework question, ended up turning into Drew discussing The Insidious series and how the movies deserved more credit.

He wasn’t sure what had set him off on that particular tangent, but EJ had listened dutifully, and now it was twelve minutes after midnight. His mother would come in any second now to tell him to get off the phone.

“It’s late,” Drew announced and EJ hummed in acknowledgment, apparently unbothered. “I’m gonna hang up now, ‘kay?”

EJ groaned. “Wait... no.”

“Why not?” Drew asked. He really needed to get up and get ready for bed. But he couldn’t make himself move.

“I like listening to you talk,” EJ said, and a smile took over Drew’s face.

“Yeah?” he asked.

“Yeah,” EJ confirmed, and it sounded like he was smiling as well.

Drew’s door opened and his mother stood in the doorway, more silhouette than person.

“Get off your phone and go to sleep,” she said, and Andrew nodded.

“Sorry Mama,” he replied and she smiled tiredly. Then she used two fingers to point to her eyes then to him.

“Bed. Now.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

EJ spoke up again as she left. “I guess you have to go now?”

“Yeah. Mama’s rule.”

“Okay. Well, I’ll see you tomorrow?”

Drew nodded before remembering he couldn’t see him. “Yeah. See you tomorrow.”

nazwell movie date <3

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"I don't understand why there's so many. And why they're not released in chronological order," EJ complained. "And why-"

"Andrew," Drew's uncle said, making EJ fall silent. "Tell your friend to stop talking over the movie or I will send him home."

EJ seemed to shrink into the couch. "Sorry, sir."

Drew's uncle sent him a nod of acknowledgement but didn't say anything else.

Slowly, so he didn't spook him, Drew rested his head on EJ's shoulder. EJ tensed, but before Drew could move away, he reached out under the blanket they were using and tangled their fingers together.

Drew cleared his throat. “It’s really not that complicated,” he whispered so as to not disturb his uncle. He didn’t want to alert him and make him look over at them.

“What isn’t?” EJ asked.

“Star Wars,” Drew clarified. “They released the OG trio, then the prequels because people like the universe so much. Then the sequels. Now all the shows and stuff are exploring characters in the prequels because there’s sooo many characters who can be expanded on.”

EJ was rubbing his thumb over Drew’s knuckles. “That didn’t clarify anything.”

“Andrew, I will kick you and your friend out!”

this prompt is Ancient its been sitting in my inbox for so long but uhhhh anyways... nazwell time

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"Can I kiss you?" EJ asked. He was standing beside Drew in his bedroom. They were supposed to be sorting through Drew's DVD collection to find a movie for the groups upcoming movie night when EJ dropped that bomb.

Drew laughed nervously, stumbling back. He knocked over a stack of action movies and almost slipped on 2 Fast 2 Furious.

"What?" he asked, once he'd found his footing.

EJ's cheeks went pink, and he rubbed the back of his neck. "Sorry, uh, that was kind of random. You just... You look nice right now."

The bitter demon that lived in the deep recesses of Drew's brain conjured up the horribly nasty thought that he wasn't Achilles and he wasn't going to throw himself at EJ just because he gave him a compliment.

EJ cleared his throat, taking Drew's silence as rejection. "Right. So, um, forget I said anything."

He began to move away and Drew grabbed his wrist.

nazwell nation!

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"I can't believe you brought me out here just to make out with me, Nazari," EJ teased, just before his lips touched Drew's. They were in Drew's convertible, behind the abandoned shopping district near his house, both of them leaning over the console to be closer to each other. "If I didn't know any better I'd think you were trying to get something from me."

Drew could feel himself flush down to his chest and he punched EJ hard in the shoulder. "You're the one trying to kiss me, Caswell," he grumbled. "I just wanted to show you the constellations but you don't know how to keep your hands to yourself."

EJ laughed as he rubbed the sore spot on his arm. "I was kidding. I know you have enough class to not try to get to second base in your car."

Drew decided not to bring up his kiss with Achilles. It was already enough of a sore subject between them, he didn't need EJ getting upset over Achilles getting more action then he did.

EJ squinted in suspicion over his silence, and Drew pulled him into a kiss to distract him. Also because he just wanted to kiss him.