Ever since meeting Lavi, Allen has been obsessed with his scent. The earthy smell that radiated from the boy was intoxicating. He smelled of the old unopened books that sit forgotten in the dark corners in the campus library as well as dark coffee and something else– something indiscernible but sweet.
After forgetting his scarf one particularly cold autumn day and having Lavi lend him his, he has all the time he needs to figure out what it is.
Pairing:Lavi/Allen || Word count:1,070 || [Read on AO3]
Prompt:Candy! Candy!! Candy!!!
A short piece for @lavenlovers Laven Halloween event!
The clock
under the TV struck midnight, its digits glowing eerie green in the dim room.
The candles and lanterns Allen had set up gave off more mood than light,
sharpening the shadows and making them dance across the walls. From the outside
filtered the orange shine of street lamps and the loud, obnoxious laughter of
some teenagers still roaming the streets even long after the acceptable hours
for trick-or-treating. For his part, Lavi was glad to be done with it already,
comfy in his sweatpants and warm back in their living room. As proud as he was
with his costume, it didn’t really account for the autumn chill. He could
already feel the tell-tale scratch in his throat and the throbbing pressure in
his nose. And hell, it hadn’t been even worth it.
“That’s not
fair,” he whined, rifling through the sweets scattered on the carpet before
him. “We went everywhere together, how come my haul is so much more shit than
yours?”
Allen
shrugged. The gummy worm hanging from his lips bounced limply with the motion.
“I just got
lucky,” he muttered, sucking it in and immediately going for another one.
“Yeah,
right,” Lavi snorted, his hand following Allen’s only to earn a slap on the
knuckles before he even reached into the bag. “Got lucky to have a sweet baby
face no one can resist.” He couldn’t even sound miffed about it, though – not
with that face softening in a shy smile right in front of him like that.
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