Platonic


When Lance first joined the band he always thought there was something seriously odd about Justin and JC. They were always touching, for one thing; always in constant contact with each other; an amalgam of skin and long, lean bodies. They often slept together, too. One day, after Lance walked in on them curled together on the sofa, he asked Chris if they were together and Chris just laughed and patted him on the head. Lance scowled.  

On the NSA tour, through a half-opened door, Lance saw them kissing. Saw JC's long fingers tangled in Justin's curls. Saw tongues licking and slipping into wet lips and hot mouths. Lance found he couldn't look either of them in the eye for weeks.

He tried to talk to Joey, too. Joey laughed and said, It's just one of those things. You'll understand one day

Lance thinks he does understand now, finally.

He watches them from the covert shadows of the passage. Justin is lying on top of JC and their long legs are entwined. JC traces patterns on his back with feathered fingers.

They're kissing; soft lips fused by slick tongues. Justin's hand trails absently up and down JC's side. They are both in constant, fluid movement. Lance looks and sees Justin break the kiss but not move; their foreheads are still pressed together. He sees the look that passes between them; the soft glow in their eyes.

Friendship,  Lance thinks; deep, untainted friendship and affection and suddenly he feels cynical and dirty for ever thinking otherwise. Justin smiles and Lance sees a slice of pink tongue before they're kissing again.

Lance turns away. He gets it, finally. It's not about sex, or lust or desire; it's pure and it's sweet and it's...completely platonic; the truest form of friendship he's ever seen.

Lance can't watch them anymore without feeling the sweetness turn saccharine in his mouth and a flush of envy stain his thoughts. He hears mellifluous laughter and walks away, hungry and craving for an intimacy that is theirs' alone.



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