alternativewriting

After this.

Halfway drunk Alec leans against Henri's door trying to figure out how to even say this. Break the news? Something. It was something that everyone thought about even if they pretended they didn't. But when it came it was always a surprise.

Taking a deep breath, figuring there was nothing that would make it better Alec gave a sharp rap on the door and waited.

element_wizard

Waiting for the mail the past couple of weeks had been agonizing. It wasn't so bad while at home, but that's because he wasn't expecting anything to arrive at home. If only because he knew Andrew would open it out of curiosity at least.

Now at Henri's place, was a different matter all together.

He paced around Henri's room with a lit cigarette waiting for him to return. Henri promised it'd be just a moment.

It had been just a moment, right?

element_wizard

Earlier, Alec had mentioned that he was inviting a friend over. The indication of the way he said friend was 'someone I like so please don't scare the shit out of him before I can get to know him
better'.

As there was noise coming from his room, clearly the friend was now visiting.

The noise was mostly the aimless strumming of a guitar, followed suddenly by Alec snorting and giggling and several sour notes were hit.

"Stop that! It's tickles," he says.

In Russian.

"Only if you stop having such adorable toes, Sasha," someone else says.

Also in Russian.

His door is locked. He's learned his lesson.