What more was there to say? Part of him wanted to apologize, but why? They’d both been stupid, but he, Michael, should have been the more responsible one in all this.

“Okay...” was all he could think to say at the time, and took a few steps away from where they’d been standing to let Alexandre leave as he said he would. He figured they were leaving on as good of a note as they could, what with the circumstances. And thankfully Alexandre wasn’t crazy in that he’d want to stick around even after everything.

“Where’s Alex going?” Michael heard his younger brother ask, bright golden eyes, innocent with youth, staring from his oldest brother to the other young man with whom they’d gone into the carnival.

Michael simply shook his head and ushered Peter away from the funhouse. “He has to go home,” was his only explanation. He knew Peter was old enough to understand what was going on, but honestly, he didn’t really want to talk about it.

Maybe they would cross paths again one day, but for now, they were best not meeting up like they had been.


Sleet Tempest Snape
Done? <3