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Certain times of the year were difficult for Ben -- birthdays, holidays, and death anniversaries being at the top of that list, and that morning, he felt especially despondent since it was Samuel’s birthday.
He sat at his writing desk, cheek propped on his fist and his eyes wet as he stared off into space. Would Samuel have been proud of him, Ben wondered? Was he doing all that he could? Better than he could?
Shoulders sagging, he drew a hand over his mouth and rose from his seat, unable to stand it anymore. He needed air...
That was when Heathcliff entered his tent. Not willing to show his face, Ben murmured to the boy, “Oh...good morning. I assumed you were off with Caleb.” Quick to run his sleeve across his eyes, he sighed and reached for his copy of The Odyssey. “I assume you’ve come by for more reading lessons?”
His voice hitched a moment and Ben swallowed, rotating the book between his hands. Inside, he knew he would find the name Samuel Tallmadge scribbled within the interior cover. His eyes blurred with tears, and he tried to blink them away, his heart heavy and sinking in his chest like a rock.
Ben moved to turn around, but that was when the young boy’s arms flew around him, strong and tight as his face pressed into his middle.
I love you.
Startled, Ben’s hand came to Heathcliff’s head on instinct and wove through his hair. Many, many years prior, he could envision a similar scene between himself and Samuel, his younger brother squeezing him about the middle as they recited poetry and studied Latin.
Chin quivering, Ben closed his eyes and drew Heathcliff in for a loose, one-armed embrace. “I...” He swallowed, then squeezed him in closer. “I love you too, kid.”
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DIMPLES . | PARK WOOJIN
- admin xion
genre: fluff !
member: park woojin
word count: 1, 286
requested: yup!
side notes: dedicated to my v v v lovely bby @w1talks // written for especially angela because i find her dimples to be the cutest thing ever
prompt: “there’s this girl with the most cutest dimples,”
throughout the years, woojin had the hugest crush on this one girl
he never told you who, but you did have someone in mind
you two have been friend for about a year now
and met in a very odd manner
“wHO THE FUCK ATE MY CHOCOLATE?!” you blurted loudly in the classroom, causing the attention to go on you
“oh that was yours?” woojin spoke
you both made eye contact as he suddenly smiled like a little kid
“sorrrrrryyyyy,” he spoke in a childish manner
“hmph,” you pouted
he approached you and sat beside you, just staring at you
“stop staring at me,” you mumbled quietly
but for some reason, the more he stared, the more you wanted to laugh
suddenly, you burst out laughing without even knowing why
he smiled as he suddenly poked your cheek
“you have dimples !” he spoke happily like he never saw one before
“yeah so?” you questioned
he stayed quiet for a bit, gazing off
“nothing!” he added on
“wait what-”
“hEHEHHEHEH” he giggled like a kid
“i’m woojin by the way!” he happily introduced
“nice to meet you, i’m y/n” you introduced back
“woojin, you know if you keep staring at your phone and blushing, your face is going to turn red?” you asked bluntly as you stared at him
he rolled his eyes and put his phone away
“are you looking at that girl you like again?”
“nope,”
“then what are you looking at that you’re smiling so widely?”
“becausee...”
“god you’re such a kid,” you teased
“god you’re such an adult” he replied, making you chuckle
when a group of girls came into the cafeteria, woojin’s eyes instantly moved towards them
“do you like one of those girls?” you blurt quickly
woojin rolls his eyes and chuckles
“just because i look at them and their girls doesn’t mean that i like them,” he speaks as you scoff
“i mean, what if i like a guy? are you just going to assume every human being is someone i like?” he adds on
“yes, until you tell me who it is,” you reply with confidence
woojin glances around
“dO YOU LIKE THOSE GUYS??” you loudly announce as woojin instantly covers your mouth making you laugh
“you’re so annoying,” he speaks
“but you love me,” you teased
“mmmmmhm” he hums
throughout the days, woojin and you continued talking like normal but you noticed slowly how he hasn’t been getting much sleep
he’d come to school with bed hair and bigger eye sags every single day
there were times where you’d even have to wake him up after class ended but he’d be dead asleep
“woojin, why aren’t you sleeping?” you asked softly to the sleeping woojin beside you
he mumbles a few words you weren’t able to make out
“hm?”
“somethingsbotheringme,” he mumbles quietly
“what’s bothering you?” you replied, slowly becoming worried
“nothing,don’tworryaboutit,” he adds on
“woojin, you can’t just make me worry then tell me not too,”
lazily, he sits up from his seat and looks at you, barely opening his eyes
he messes up your hair and pokes your cheek to only then go back to sleep again
“woojin, whattehfuck,” you murmured
he chuckles softly against his arms that he’s using as pillows
“icouldn’tpokeyourdimple,” he whines quietly
“no shit, i wasn’t smiling,” you replied
“sMILEEE THENNNN” he roars as he instantly goes back to being tired
you roll your eyes and chuckle
throughout the rest of the class, it mainly consisted of
“woojin, wake up,”
“no,”
“well, i tried” and repeats until the end of the day
pe begun
today, woojin seemed a bit more awake
but that could be due to the fact that he pried a good $3 out of you to buy coffee from the vending machine
you forgot your contact lenses so you had to do pe with your glasses on
which was something you extremely hated doing
now- don’t get me wrong
it wasn’t the “ugh i’m gonna die !” type of hate
it was more like you disliked it a lot and wished you brought your lenses, but you can live with doing pe with your glasses
you were just more limited into doing certain activities so they wouldn’t fly off your face and break
one of your classmates approached you as you were getting a box out of the storage room and began talking to you
as she said her goodbye [ due to the fact that one of her other friends was calling her ]
before you knew it, yOU BUMPED INTO SOMETHING DROPPING YOUR GLASSES [ you had one job ]
not knowing if it was a something or someone, you forced yourself to duck down and try finding your glasses since your vision became a complete blurry mess
suddenly, someone placed your glasses back onto your eyes as you noticed woojin sitting in front of you
he pokes your cheek and pouts
“awh, you didn’t smile,” he whines
you roll you eyes and shake your head a bit
“thank you woojin,” you spoke as a small smile appeared onto your face without even you knowing
instantly, woojin poked your dimple
“I GOT TO POKE IT AGAIN OFMGAIOSMFWIOJ” he yells out loudly
squinting, you attempted to inspect if you glasses were damaged at all
but luckily, it seemed like it was still alive and wasn’t dead
before you knew it, woojin was running off making a big deal on how he got to poke your dimple in mid drift of you smiling
you chuckled a bit
“okay, woojin, seriously, why aren’t you getting any sleep?” you asked extremely concerned
woojin came to school barely opening his eyes
he was so goddamn sleep deprieved
“noth-” he mumbles as he trails off into his sentence
“what’s been bothering you?” you asked
he doesn’t reply at all
“is it family stuff?”
he shakes his head
“school?”
yet again, he shook his head
“the girl you like?”
suddenly, he nods slowly
“it’snothingrea-” he trails off his sentence, once again as you deeply sigh
“c’mon woojin, who’s this girl and why are you loosing sleep cause of her?” you spoke to yourself
throughout the day, you only became more anxious and worried
you came up with so many scenarios in your head of who he could like and why he hasn’t been getting any sleep at all but it all just isn’t linking up one single bit
woojin was so sleep deprived, you eventually bought him a cup of coffee in hopes that his sanity comes back
he drank it down in one single go
luckily it was iced coffee or else you would’ve question his magic extremely hard
“okay woojin, fess up, who’s this girl?” you ask bluntly
“someone,” he replies
he seems to be more awake now but he still physically looks dead
he smiles warmly as his fingers play with the empty cup of coffee
“she’s just this one girl, who’s just-”
“who’s just so beautiful,” he says warmly as he takes a quick glance at the floor then back up to his cup
you didn’t want to admit it, but envy did boil inside of you for a bit
“i mean, everything about her drives me crazy,” he speaks
“how so?”
“idunno. sometimes i just find myself staying up late just thinking about her and how stupid i am that i just can’t tell her how i feel,”
“who is she?” you ask
and for a moment, he hesitates
but soon enough, his eyes lock with yours as he smiles warmly like a child
“it’s this girl with the most cutest dimples i’ve ever seen, who just so happens to be sitting in front of me,” he speaks
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