``He used to be a lovely boy [Henry]

[JULIAN COOPER]

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Julian was quite possibly the only kid in the English Language class that actually liked homework. The teacher just thought he was enthusiastic, but his enthusiasm had more to do with the boy he studied with than the work itself. Julian hadn’t told anyone about his feelings for Henry. Not even his older sister, Allie, with whom he had a skype date nightly and tended to tell everything to. She was his confidante. Not about this, though. Julian had a feeling that Allie wouldn’t approve. Julian had just come out of a long term relationship, the disintegration of which broke his heart.

Jacob had really hurt Julian when he left, and being a romantic, it was taking Julian a while to get over it. He was normally okay when he was around people, or in class. It was only when he was alone that he, well, cried himself to sleep. And then there was Henry. Julian couldn’t explain it, and wouldn’t try, but when he was around Henry he just felt... Happy. Hopeful. Peaceful.

Forcing himself out of his head and back to reality, Julian knocked on Henry's dorm door. It was Vegas, after all. He needed to relax. By a lot. Julian sighed quietly and wrapped his arms around his English Language folder. What was he doing? He needed to calm down, relax, and try not to fail all his classes.

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word count :;: 232
tags :;: Henry
music :;: Round Here - Counting Crows
notes :;: fusydusidyoiuesard
credits :;: A ROCKET TO THE ELLE @ caution 2.0 steal and she will take her rocket and stuff it in your... mouth. Yes, your mouth. =D Do not remove any credit, including the image at the end. Lyrics belong to Escape the Fate.

[HENRY OWENS]

Henry had never been the avid study type. He usually just relied on his ability to memorize things like lines for a play. College had changed him, though. Well, he said it was college, what it really was was someone he'd met in college. It'd been one of the first people he'd met in Vegas, actually, who went to Winchester. He'd found the school's chat-room by chance and there he'd been.

After the two found out they had a class together, they'd made sure to get to know one another. Henry found himself loving just about every minute of getting to know Julian now. The other boy was so sweet, and fun, and had turned him into a person who "studied". Really, he was just looking for another reason to spend time with the other.

Was this even a good idea? He knew he still had some unfinished business back home, but still, he felt like maybe this was good for him. Maybe this would help him get over the other man. Either way, he wanted to keep up these study sessions. They actually did some studying, surprisingly, but Henry could feel his eyes begin to leave the book and search out Julian all the while.

This time they were have the study session at Henry's dorm, and oh god it was a mess. He'd spent the last hour and a half trying to get everything away. He didn't have much time to get things in order lately. He'd barely finished unpacking, but he at least wanted to make it look like everything was in order. Finding a stack of his hospital bracelets embarrassingly visible, he grabbed them quickly, stuffing them into a drawer before turning as he heard a knock at the door.

Smiling fondly to himself, he took a breath before stepping over a box he'd forgotten to hide out of sight and opened the door.

"Hi Julian." He grinned, opening the door wider to let the other in. His eyes watched the blonde quietly as he entered, biting his lip as he closed the door behind him. "Sorry it's kind of a mess in here... But uhm, it's good to see you." He nodded up to the boy, realizing now he didn't even know where his English Lang textbooks were. He'd find them later...

Notes: Dude, I'm so sorry this took me as long as it did. I suck.

[JULIAN COOPER]

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“Hello, Henry.” Julian returned the greeting with a smile. Walking in to Henry’s dorm, he shrugged off the boy’s apology. “It’s not that bad.”

Julian frowned as he surveyed the room. "Where are your books?” He couldn’t see Henry’s textbooks anywhere, and textbooks were detrimental to studying. Most of Julian’s books were in his satchel, swung over his shoulder and resting on his hip. His ring binder, holding all of his notes, he had to carry because it wouldn’t fit in his satchel.

Over the last few weeks, Julian had mastered hiding what he was thinking and watching Henry without looking like he was watching Henry. The dark haired boy exuded a sense of grace and intelligence that was enchanting. He was quiet and beautiful. Julian couldn’t deny the attraction, or his fascination with Henry.

The fascination only grew as Julian got to know Henry. The other boy was an actor, with a talent for memorizing, something Julian was sure would come in handy.

Wrapping both of his arms around his folder, Julian gazed at the other boy. He had to admit that these study sessions were less about keeping on top of his English Language class and more about spending time with Henry. He smiled at the other boy, a crooked smile that Allie called ‘Dorky’.

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word count :;: 217
tags :;: Henry
music :;: Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
notes :;: Written at the optometrist's. 'Cause I'm awesome.
credits :;: A ROCKET TO THE ELLE @ caution 2.0 steal and she will take her rocket and stuff it in your... mouth. Yes, your mouth. =D Do not remove any credit, including the image at the end. Lyrics belong to Escape the Fate.

[HENRY OWENS]

Smiling relieved at the fact that his dorm's appearance didn't seem to offend the other. He was really going to need to do some organizing and tidying when he got the chance. Unfortunately he didn't know when that chance would be. He had some more treatments coming around the corner and so much work to get done for classes. Scratching the back of his head at the stressful thought of how to get all of this done, he snapped back to attention, blinking blankly at Julian for a moment. "My...- Oh! Uhm." Henry remembered once again.

Turning around to face the room again, he looked over his shoulder at Julian and smiled a bit goofily, "I must've misplaced it while cleaning- or trying to clean anyway." He laughed a little, starting to move around the room and tug open drawers in his search. Finally pulling one of his shirts off the floor, he stooped to grab up his text book from under it. Holding it up victoriously for Julian to see, he brought it back over to his bed, settling down on the edge.

"So, we were going over subject index and present participles last time right?" Henry tried to remember, looking up to Julian, only remembering the conversation they'd been having throughout the last study session. Biting into his lip in thought, he flipped through a few pages, trying to find something that looked familiar from recent classes.

[JULIAN COOPER]

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Henry was still adorable. It was completely unfair. Julian smiled softly at his friend. friend, despite the fact that he was starting to want to be more. But he was a gentleman. And according all the old movies he watched, gentlemen didn’t make their friends uncomfortable, including but not limited to gazing at their friends obviously and wow, Henry had the most amazing cheekbones. And his lips… Julian blinked, hoping to dispel the inappropriate thoughts and smiled at Henry.

Julian watched as Henry nearly turned his room upside down looking for the aforementioned textbook. “Looks pretty clean to me,”

[/color] Julian said, still smiling. He laughed, actually laughed when Henry held up the recovered textbook, a warm chuckle bubbling out from beneath his lips.

“Yeah,”[/color] Julian agreed. “Subject index and present participles.”[/color] He nodded, trying to seem like he knew exactly what Henry was talking about, and that he didn’t spend their study sessions gazing longingly at the other boy. Henry was quite possibly the most beautiful human being he’s ever seen, and that could be difficult to ignore in favor of actually studying. Especially when Henry talked to him. Or smiled at him. And wow, eventually Julian was going to have to admit that he was completely smitten with his new friend.
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word count :;: 212
tags :;: Henry
music :;: Crazier - Taylor Swift
notes :;: I get emotional writing Julry ok
credits :;: A ROCKET TO THE ELLE @ caution 2.0 steal and she will take her rocket and stuff it in your... mouth. Yes, your mouth. =D Do not remove any credit, including the image at the end. Lyrics belong to Escape the Fate.

[HENRY OWENS]

Once Henry had found a page in the book that he felt as if he'd remembered seeing, he turned to Julian, helping him flip to the same page, meeting the other boy's eyes before they fell back down to his own text book. "Right, so..." He nodded, although he had no clue what they were really supposed to be reviewing. It seemed every time the two got together to study, they got further and further off the actual topic that they were supposed to be on in class. Obviously, whatever this studying technique they were using was, it wasn't working. But Henry didn't really mind, he could do all the real, fully-focused studying on his own time. When Julian was here it was more about... being together.

At first, he'd really attempt to figure out what it was they were going over- if only to make it seem like he cared about that, but then his mind would drift and Henry would start chattering away about other things. Things like how Julian had been able to actually get Henry to like those vanilla bean frappuccinos, something the boy had always refused to try before. Henry really wasn't much of a talker, at least not when Julian wasn't around. But the blonde just made him so comfortable, the way he seemed to listen fully to him, making him feel like what he was saying was really important.

"Where were we?" Henry laughed lightly after he'd been rambling a long while about how much of a lunatic his french teacher was. He flipped a few pages in his textbook to make it seem like they'd done something, although they both knew they hadn't. "Sorry for rambling... I just- you're a really good listener." Henry said, smiling up at Julian, eyes lingering moments longer than he intended and then flickering down to his hands in his lap.

[JULIAN COOPER]

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Julian tried to fight the smile that was forcing its way onto his lips at Henry’s comment. God, Henry was just adorable, and the impulse to lean over and kiss him was lingering. Julian chuckled quietly at the dark haired boy. “Only because you’re a good talker.”

[/color] he teased lightly, smirking at Henry. “I like it when you ramble”[/color] He said, this time more quiet and accompanied with a light blush.

What they were actually supposed to be doing was, of course, completely forgotten. When he was around Henry, Julian tended to forget about everything but being with him. When he’d first met Henry, Julian had been sure that his little crush would eventually fade. But that wasn’t happening. If anything, it was increasing in intensity.

The heavy feeling of his satchel forced Julian back to reality. He tore open the brown bag and pulled out his heavy English Language textbook, flipping through it until he was on the same page as Henry. Julian stared at the page, but of course nothing was sinking in. Not with Henry right there. Julian abandoned that evidently useless path and looked up at the other boy. “So…”[/color] He began lamely. “How’ve you been? Since I last saw you, I mean.”[/color]

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word count :;: 207
tags :;: Henry
music :;: Animal - Secondhand Serenade
notes :;: He thinks Henry's cute when he rambles
credits :;: A ROCKET TO THE ELLE @ caution 2.0 steal and she will take her rocket and stuff it in your... mouth. Yes, your mouth. =D Do not remove any credit, including the image at the end. Lyrics belong to Escape the Fate.

[HENRY OWENS]

A hand went up to scratch the back of his head, and Henry smiled in relief now. He didn't want to talk Julian's ears off. He always just felt like he had so much more to say when the blonde was present. And out of all the things he'd been rambling on about for the past fifteen minutes, he still hadn't said the most important things. Those things, he figured, could wait, though. It was a little early to be feeling the way he was starting to. Nothing needed to be rushed on with Julian.

"I don't usually go on for so long," He chuckled, smoothing a hand over his hair, which he remembered might not be there much longer. His hand paused in its travel for a second, and then he blinked back to the blonde, "But now that I know you like it." He smiled more widely, nudging the other lightly.

He shifted in his sitting position as the boy asked him how he'd been, resting on his hand, realizing the close proximity of their hands to each other now. Dragging his eyes away so he wouldn't give himself away. His fingers curled around the bed-cover, clutching it so he didn't feel such a strong urge to take Julian's hand in his. "I've been pretty good, sort of behind in some of my classes, but I've got that all worked out I think." He nodded, trying to make himself seem certain of this. "And have you been doing well?" He tilted his head, eyes catching the other's cautiously and staying there.

[JULIAN COOPER]

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There was no ignoring the blush on his cheeks, or the thumping of his heart in his chest, or the knots in his stomach. He’d tried. It wasn’t happening. Henry had a strange effect on him. An effect that not even Jacob had. It was strange, and Julian wasn’t completely sure if it was 100% welcome.

“Now that you know I like it you can go on for as long as you like.”

[/color] Julian said, unable to keep the dorky grin off of his face. He was 90% sure that if any of the women nicknamed Allie/Aly in his life saw him like this he would be subjected to merciless mocking, but really, Henry was like nobody he’d ever met before.

His eyes remained at Henry’s face, but he could feel the close proximity of their hands, and tried in vain to ignore it and focus on the conversation. “Are you sure?”[/color] He asked, concern coloring his expression when Henry mentioned being behind in classes. Upon hearing Henry inquire about how he was, Julian shrugged. “Yeah, alright, I guess.”[/color] He shrugged. “I made a friend. Alicia. She’s nice.”[/color]

Julian smiled softly at Henry, enjoying being with him, all thoughts of actually studying forgotten. Chances were really good that he was going to fail this class with “Sorry professor, I was infatuated with my study buddy” being his only excuse.

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word count :;: 229
tags :;: Henry
music :;: A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
notes :;: Julry playlist is go
credits :;: A ROCKET TO THE ELLE @ caution 2.0 steal and she will take her rocket and stuff it in your... mouth. Yes, your mouth. =D Do not remove any credit, including the image at the end. Lyrics belong to Escape the Fate.