#starter;hunter

“Well hello.” The fact that the two boys had never spoken before was doing absolutely nothing to dissuade Jack from his display of friendliness as he approached Hunter, a grin very much apparent on his features. Although that was for more nefarious purposes than anything else, as was made clear by his next statements. “Hunter, right?” Jack’s lips widened even more, as he seemed to think for a second. “Tell me about you and Sky Page.”

“Guess who’s back,” ​ the answer was probably pretty obvious in that it was Sky talking as he sat down opposite Hunter, but he still made a gesture to himself awkwardly anyway to confirm that it was in fact him. “Me,” Sky said after a second, as awkward as the gesture, “I’m back, so....” He let his voice trail off and he glanced around. “Did I miss much?”

location: outside hunter's house

"Hey," Fionn offered an awkward wave as he stood on Hunter's doorstep, stepping from one foot to the other in a display of nervous energy. "Uh, I'm Fionn," maybe starting with an introduction was for the best, "your neighbor from... over there..." He gestured vaguely in the direction of his own apartment. "Anyway, um, I just wanted to say sorry... for all the noise last night, like the fire engines and... yeah. Won't happen again. I mean, I'm never putting a steak in a toaster again- okay, point is, I'm sorry-"

“You want a ciggie?” Jack held out the pack of cigarettes as Hunter sat down on the wall next to him, using his free hand to light up his own cigarette and take a deep inhale. As he breathed out the smoke, he glanced back at the other boy, eyebrow raised: “you get abandoned again for Sky, or was that just the one time at the Halloween party?”

“For the last time,” Maisie hissed. “This is my holiday. I am here to sunbathe and be a cheesy tourist. I am not here to listen to you gossip and be a little demon. I will sit through this dinner for your brother’s sake and your brother’s sake only but I swear to god Jackson, if you try anything-” She was cut off however by Hunter passing and seemingly looking their way, and switched her expression almost instantly to a slightly friendlier one. “Oh. Hi.” She turned to glance at Jack, mouthing behave. “Want to introduce us?” 

All Jack wanted to do, in this moment, was say something about Hunter and Sav. Truly he had to hold himself back. Partly for the sake of Finn because he did genuinely feel slightly bad about the idea of getting into shit in front of him, but also partly because frankly he couldn’t be surprised if Maisie kept her word and kneed him in the balls if he so much as made a comment about whether Hunter was heartbroken. “Of course,” he said instead, through gritted teeth. “Hunter, Maisie. Maisie, Hunter. Maisie is marrying my less attractive broth- ..... my brother Finn,” he censored himself quickly. Well, this was going to be difficult.

Hunter smirked and held his head high as he stripped down to his boxers. He knew he was handsome. Besides, he'd worked hard on his figure. Crawling up on the bed, he kissed the other's cheek, his thick accent piercing through the silence. "You look amazing."