Worship - Ethan Landry x male oc [2]

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Mr. Bailey, Sam, Gale, Dewey and Romeo approached Tara and Kirby.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I think I might have an idea about how to turn the tables on this creep." Mr. Bailey said.

"Yep, and we're in." Gale said as Mr. Bailey and Kirby exchange a look.

"Sorry, Gale. No press--"

"She's retired from that, Kirby." Romeo said, crossing his arms across his chest as Ethan and the others approached him.

"Then what are you two doing here?" Kirby questioned, looking at Gale and Dewey.

"Romeo did just woke up from a coma." Ethan defended, shrugging his shoulders as he place his hands on Romeo's shoulders. "His dads' couldn't visit him because one's a killer and one's at his uncle's house."

Romeo smiles, leaning back against Ethan's body who wrapped his arms around his neck.

"It's okay, Ad-- Romeo." Gale catch herself before she let out the name, looking at Romeo who softly smile at her. "I'll be fine."

"You?" Romeo questioned, standing up straight and looked at Gale and Dewey.

"Dewey will go stay at your dads' old home." Gale said lowly so only Romeo and Ethan could hear her.

"Okay." Romeo said, getting out of Ethan's embrace to go into Gale and Dewey's embrace who hold him together. "Be careful, both of you." He said, pulling away to look at them.

"We will." Dewey said, looking at the others who is looking at them. "I'll have someone to protect me, if the Ghostface decided to attack me." He said, sending a knowing look to Romeo who instantly understood.

Romeo smiles. "That's good to hear."

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Ethan and Romeo walk across the campus, eyeing everyone they pass, suspicious of everyone.

"You should have stayed with the others." Romeo said, looking up at Ethan who arched an eyebrow.

"Not gonna happen." Ethan said, placing his hand on the small of Romeo's back, leading him where they needed to go.

"There's no point in both of us putting ourselves at risk." Romeo said, shivering slightly when Ethan's fingers brush across where his spine is.

"I'm not. I'm your back-up." Ethan said, smiling softly at Romeo who returned the smile.

"This is kinda nice." Romeo said, taking a deep breath of fresh air.

"Yeah, it is." Ethan said, deciding to wrap his arm around Romeo's waist.

"I think my nose is broken from how much hospital air I breathe." Romeo said.

"Well," Ethan looks down at Romeo. "Take as much air as you need. It's yours to take." He said, smiling softly.

It was quiet for a while, it was not uncomfortable, just a calm and happy feelings between the two. Ethan wishes this was how he and Romeo got close, but he couldn't because his dad wanted him to finish what Richie started. Though he has had some doubt filling him from what he had seen on Romeo's body, from the way Romeo talks about him like he knows him. Romeo knows nothing of Richie, he doesn't know him like he does.

"Ethan." Romeo's voice break him out of his thought, looking at Romeo who have a concern expression on his face.

"Yes?" Ethan croaked out, noticing that he didn't respond to the brunette as he was too busy staring at the way Romeo's blue eyes seems to be dilated everytime he's looking at him.

"You okay?" Romeo asked.

"Yeah, why?" Ethan asked, looking away from Romeo.

"You were gripping my waist a little too hard, I think I have a bruise there now." Romeo joked, laughing when Ethan's cheeks turn red. He leaned up to Ethan, catching him off-guard. "Not that I mind." He said, walking forward, acting like he didn't say that. He looked behind him at Ethan, who froze, before he shakes his head and jogs towards Romeo.

"I hate you." Ethan said, taking a deep breath.

"No, you don't." Romeo said, smiling.

"Because it's hard to hate you." Ethan said.

"Hey Romeo, stay frosty out there." Kirby's voice break the moments they were having.

"We're good." Romeo said, passing an undercover Mr. Bailey on a bench. His phone buzzed, looking at the Caller ID and answers it. "Hello, Richie. I miss you, you know." He said, gaining a glare from Ethan. Is he really jealous of Ghostface? Seriously?

"Oh, Romeo. Don't act like you're not scared of me. I'm gonna hack up your parents while you're choking on your own blood." Ghostface said.

Romeo arched an eyebrow, looking up at Ethan. "How do you know I'm not into that?" He joked, letting out a laugh when Ethan's eyes widened at him. He can feel his friends shocked expression too. "Unless we find you first."

"For a mastermind, you're not bright. Waiting for me to call, desperately hoping I'm nearby so the police can grab me." Ghostface said. "But I'm not nearby. I'm about to visit an old friend of yours. Be seeing you, Romeo." He said, ending the call.

Mr. Bailey races over to Romeo, hand on his weapon.

"Did you get him?" Romeo said into the earpiece.

"Yes! Geolication coming through right now!" Kirby said, confused when she looked at the screen. "He's on the Upper West Side. He's not even outside, he's in an apartment..."

Romeo whole body tensed, breath hitching as he recognized the place. "On West 96th?"

"How did you know that?" Kirby questioned.

"Gale." Romeo simply said, looking up at Ethan with a disbelief expression on his face.