The Faculty - Written for Drabble Weekly

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Title: The Gift
Character: Casey Connor, Zeke Tyler
Word Count: 200
Prompt: key
Finished: 06.07.2022

Note: Dialogue only

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„What's this? I've told you not to buy me a gift. It always makes me feel so uncomfortable.“

„Oh, c'mon! It's your 18th birthday; I guess that's an excellent reason for overstepping the lines a bit.“

„You can invite me to Annie's.“

„You are such a geek. You want to celebrate at a milkbar?“

„Annie makes the most delicious blueberry muffins. So, yes!“

„I love you!“

„You... WHAT???“

„You've heard me. Don't know how this could happen, but you sneaked into my heart before I even noticed it.
And now open this fucking thing.“

„If you... if you buy me a ring, I'm gonna kill you.“

„One ring to rule them all, one ring to bind them... no, thanks. I love my freedom, too. Go ahead, open it.“

„Oh. It's a key.“

„The key to my garage. My refuge. The only place I feel at home. Where I don't need to hide who I am.
I've never thought I would want to share it with someone else one day. But you have chan... Hey, if you start crying now, I might change my mind and take it back.“