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[sub][color=slategray]Location: Fourth Floor Janitor’s Closet 
Collab: [color=6495ed][b]Brynn Payne[/b][/color] [@melissahart] and [color=a5a5a5][b]Sean Sterling[/b][/color] [@Universorum]
Time: Lunch Period[/color][/sub][/center][hr][hr][indent]Brynn hadn’t been able to focus all day. She doodled in her notebook during Math, stared blankly at the wall during Science, and even skipped History. No matter what she did, her mind kept wandering to this morning’s events, and how she let herself [i]cry[/i]. The last time she cried was in 2034, so this was a big deal. Brynn never let herself get hurt; she was the heartbreaker who crushed the dreams of her suitors, but here she was, an unstable ball of emotion on the receiving end of things. This whole situation was strange and foreign to her, and she couldn’t deal with it like a normal human. For most people, catching feelings would be a good thing, but for cold-blooded and indifferent Brynn, this showed that she actually had a heart- contrary to BHHS’s beliefs- and that meant game over.

Sitting on the ground against the wall of the janitors closet during lunch period, she sent a short text to the person she needed to talk to most at that very moment.

[quote]To: [color=a5a5a5][b]The Hotter Sterling[/b][/color]
[color=6495ed][b]I need you. Janitor’s closet, fourth floor.[/b][/color][/quote]
Though he didn’t respond to the text message she’d sent, it didn’t take long for Sean to show up at the janitor’s closet. Maybe it was that he detected a hint of urgency in her text, and he’d moved quickly, or maybe he’d just been on the same floor already. It didn’t [i]really[/i] matter. The important thing was less than a minute after she’d sent the text, the door opened and Sean let himself in.

He shut it quietly behind himself and looked down at her. Before asking what she wanted, and rather than assuming she wanted him sexually, Sean opened with. [color=a5a5a5][b]“Are you okay? You worried me.”[/b][/color] He said, folding his arms over his chest. She seemed alright… [color=a5a5a5][b]“What’s up, Brynn?”[/b][/color]

Brynn was shocked with how quick Sean appeared in front of her, it was as if she had snapped her fingers and poof! he was there. Looking up at him somberly, she didn’t bother to remove the hair that was covering her right eye, which made her look all the more pathetic. That’s what she was at this moment- pitiful. [color=6495ed][b]“Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.”[/b][/color] She mumbled in a quiet voice, a tone that she’d never really used before. [color=6495ed][b]“It’s been a rough morning.”[/b][/color]

It was then that Sean got a better look at her. She looked so… broken. Sean sat down beside her and wrapped his arms around her shoulder, pulling her toward him. [color=a5a5a5][b]“Hey, we all have rough days sometimes,”[/b][/color] he said, giving her a tiny smile before he reached out with his hand and moving the hair out of her right eye. [color=a5a5a5][b]“There. Now you can see me. Wanna talk about it? I don’t think anyone is going to bother us here…”[/b][/color]

Brynn let out a deep sigh, looking over at Sean, leaning into him and letting her head rest on his shoulder. Affection was nice; she would never outright admit that she was into this touchy-feely type of interaction, but she did indeed crave it every once in a while. [color=6495ed][b]“No one’s gonna bother us- they saw me walk in and [i]no one[/i] ever knocks on a door after I go in.”[/b][/color] Brynn didn’t even let out a laugh at her own self-deprecating joke- that’s when you [i]know[/i] something is off.

[color=6495ed][b]“You know when you’re sick, and your parents try to give you medicine, but you don’t take it cause you think you’re invincible?”[/b][/color] She asked, the random thought coming to mind out of nowhere. [color=6495ed][b]“You go on and on saying that you’re fine without it, using every opportunity to show them that you’re better, and then eventually it just hits you that you should’ve taken it when you had the chance?”[/b][/color]

[color=a5a5a5][b]“Yeah, I think I know what that's like…”[/b][/color] Sean said, using the hand tucked around Brynn to play with her hair gently as she spoke. [color=a5a5a5][b]“Brynn, what's going on? You don't seem very Brynn-y to me. I'm not sure if I like it.”[/b][/color] He explained, peering into her eyes. 

Brynn looked down at the ground. [color=6495ed][b]“Well, that’s how I’m feeling right now.”[/b][/color] She stated, still not bothering to look over at Sean. Letting her guard down was tough, and it was something that Brynn almost never did. Because when she open the floodgates, it becomes a tidal wave that you can’t stop.  [color=6495ed][b]“I think that I’m invincible most, if not all, of the time, and I push everyone away because I like to call the shots. It’s fucked up, I [i]know[/i] it’s fucked up. It’s the way I am,”[/b][/color] She shook her head, exhaling loudly to break up her thoughts. [color=6495ed][b]“But I’m the sick kid who won’t take the medicine when she needs it. I’m pushing you away when I really shouldn’t be.”[/b][/color]

[color=a5a5a5][b]“Being invincible, like really, truly invincible… That would suck, don’t you think?”[/b][/color] Sean asked, initially choosing to not address what she said about pushing him away. [color=a5a5a5][b]“I think most of what makes us human is stuff like that. Like, feelings. Or even being sick. Weakness makes you human. Being invincible would just be shitty. As for you pushing me away…”[/b][/color] Sean was preparing to address [i]the big hitter[/i], and he cupped Brynn’s chin in his hands and tilted her head so she had to look at him. [color=a5a5a5][b]“Well, I’m still here aren’t I? I told you not to worry about that. Push and shove all you want; I’m not going anywhere. Okay?”[/b][/color]

[color=6495ed][b]“Yeah, it would. But sometimes I wish I was invincible so that I could just do whatever I wanted with no consequences.”[/b][/color] Brynn continued shifting her gaze towards the floor until she felt Sean’s gentle touch moving her chin towards him. She didn’t want to make eye contact, but he thought otherwise, so she obliged and looked him straight in the eye. [color=6495ed][b]“You’re still here now…”[/b][/color] She started, continuing on after gazing away at the supplies stacked against the wall. [color=6495ed][b]“But I can’t control if in the future you leave or stay and [i]that’s[/i] what scares me most.”[/b][/color] Brynn finished her thought, begrudgingly shifting her eyes towards the blonde.

Sean leaned down and kissed Brynn gently, pulling away to smile at her. [color=a5a5a5][b]“Brynn, it’s okay. Just be good to me, and I won’t go anywhere. I’ll be good to you, and you won’t go anywhere. That’s how this works, right? It’s not [i]hard[/i]. Just chill. Be yourself, and I’ll be myself. Isn’t that good enough?”[/b][/color] He asked, resting their foreheads together. [color=a5a5a5][b]“No one is invincible, Brynn. Not me, not you. Not Selena, not Hailey. Nobody. It’s just, life. Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it doesn’t suck. I’m offering to be with you during the times that it sucks, and the times that it doesn’t suck. Like… a team, I guess? I dunno. I’m new to interacting with girls. Especially cute ones.”[/b][/color]

The brunette sighed, closing her eyes and breathing in Sean’s manly musk as they pressed foreheads. He smelled good, a woodsy aroma, and the scent helped her calm down just a tiny bit. Brynn let herself smirk at his comment, the first smile she had worn during the conversation. [color=6495ed][b]“Yeah, that’s good enough, that’s more than good enough.”[/b][/color] She replied, letting her lids flutter open to Sean’s baby blues. [color=6495ed][b]“You better hang on though, I’m known to be [i]quite[/i] the rollercoaster.”[/b][/color]

[color=a5a5a5][b]“I’ve never been on a rollercoaster before.”[/b][/color][/indent]