Escapism (Peterick AU) [COMPLETED]

One

I'm supposed to be writing a different fic and doing one shots but I got bored so here I am

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The bell ringing is always Patrick's favourite sound. It means he can stop hovering by his locker trying to avoid bullies and go to class where he at least is protected by the teacher. It means even if the teasing and exclusion doesn't stop at least the shoving and kicking stops for a couple of hours.

Today though, people don't seem to be playing by the rules.

Just as he's heading into his first class he's grabbed from behind and shoved bodily against the lockers. Despite his frantic hitting and kicking he's shoved into a locker and shut inside, listening to the assholes laughing as they run off.

It's nothing new but it's still irritating all the same when his days disrupted so rudely just when he hoped it was about to get good.

He waits a few seconds to make sure the idiots have left before pulling a pin out of his pocket and jamming it into the lock. When you spend a lot of your high school life getting shoved into lockers learning how to pick locks is a pretty necessary skill.

After a couple of seconds of Patrick wiggling the pin the lock clicks so he huffs and shoves his way out of the locker. He's too busy fixing his clothes to notice someone's in the hallway until they lean against the locker next to him.

When he looks up he sees a boy watching him looking more curious than anything which is a change from the usual mocking. Patrick stares back for a few seconds before scowling and mimicking the boys posture leaning against the locker next to him.

The boys wearing skin tight jeans and the hoodie of some band Patrick's never heard of which gives confusing messages. On one hand he looks like someone Patrick should be scared of but in the other he's looking at him with such gentle brown eyes.

After a few long minutes of them staring at each other Patrick breaks out of his trance and unconsciously starts to chew on a finger nail as he murmurs "Who are you?" The boy raises an eyebrow before grabbing onto Patrick's hand and pulling the nail away from his mouth "I'm Pete and you just climbed out of my locker"

Quickly Patrick pulls away from the boy and looks away with quickly reddening cheeks "I should go to class, sorry about your locker".

They stand in silence while Pete watches the blond boy curiously. He looks like a typical nerd with too big glasses and grandpa sweaters but there's just something intriguing about him.

When Patrick hears the second bell ring he jumps away from Pete and turns to start running to class but a hand on his shoulder stops him. Annoyed he turns around and gives the punk a glare "I have to get to class, let me go".

A little twinge of fear goes through him when he sees the way Pete smirks but the taller boy lets go of him and shrugs "Off you go little nerd, I'll see you around, try not to end up in any more lockers"

With a scowl Patrick points his middle finger at Pete before jogging off. As much as he tries to put the whole stupid encounter out of his head he can't help thinking about it.

It's more than a week before they see each other again but the next times just as awkward as before. Again Patrick's getting shoved in a locker but this time Pete watches it happen then goes over to the locker.

Pete hears him moving around inside so he smirks and calls out "Hey nerd want some help". The movement inside stops then he hears a string of curse words so he laughs and opens the locker to let the angry blond tumble out. Patrick starts to cuss him out again but when he sees it's Pete he stops and glares silently instead.

They stare at each other until Pete steps forward and pats Patrick's cheek "You look like you've been having a good time little nerd". Immediately Patrick slaps his hand away and his glare deepens as he growls "My name is Patrick, don't call me little nerd"

If it was coming from someone who wasn't 5"4 and wearing a cardigan it might have been scary but with Patrick it was the opposite. When Pete laughs Patrick punches him hard on the shoulder then gasps as the taller boy shoves him against the locker. Usually when he ends up in this position it ends with him in a locker but this time Pete just holds him there and cups his face again.

Patrick lets Pete play with him for a second then tries to wiggle out of his grip "Let me go fucktard" "What a dirty dirty mouth you have, I'm sure I can fix that"

Patrick rattles off another stream of curses which makes Pete laugh even more and finally let the blond go. The bell for class went ages ago so Patrick sighs and grabs his backpack from the floor "I need to go, I'll be in enough trouble as it is".

He starts walking off so Pete watches him go until the tugging at his conscience gets too strong and he runs after Patrick. When he reaches him Pete wraps an arm around his waist and murmurs "Come with me, I'll forge a note to get you out of class, lets have some fun"

It's the stupidest thing Patrick's ever done but he nods and let's Pete lead him off. He's barely paying attention to where they're going so when Pete shoves him into a cupboard he returns to hitting at the punk. Pete easily takes the hits while he closes the door then pins Patrick to the wall with a disapproving noise.

Usually people just let Pete do whatever he wants because they're scared of him but Patrick's the opposite. He doesn't seem to care about Pete's reputation at all and is more than happy to be a feisty little bitch which is so intriguing.

Eventually Patrick stops trying to hit Pete so the older boy laughs and leans down to whisper to the blond "You're so fucking feisty, if I'm going to break you we'll have to fix this little hitting problem"

Pete's trying to be sexy but that sends a chill through Patrick so he returns to the hitting with even more force. It takes a second but Pete gets the blonds wrists pinned to the wall and laughs at his distress "You're so fucking cute, you'll get better in time don't worry"

Patrick keeps trying to pull away until he realises there's no point and goes limp under Pete's hands. "What do you want asshole? Why won't you just leave me alone?" "I like you, I wanna know what makes you tick" "Bite me fucker, I don't owe you shit"

It's been way too long since someone fought him like this so Pete's enjoying it immensely. It gets so boring when people just ignore you and he misses fighting with someone so much.

Patrick's still glaring at him and looks like he's trying to aim a kick to Pete's balls which Pete quickly stops. Easily he shoves a knee between Patrick's legs and rubs it against the blonds dick while he leans in. He's not expecting any more resistance so when Patrick turns his head Pete knocks his head against the blonds cheek.

He jolts back in surprise which lets Patrick pull his wrists free and shoves Pete hard. By the time Pete regains his balance Patrick's running down the hall so there's no point following him. Angrily the dark haired boy walks out of the cupboard and slams the door behind him. He's half tempted to hunt down the little asshole but instead he makes his way outside for a much needed smoke.