A long snippet from the Alex Adoption Fic for willex wednesday:
Eventually, they’d made their way to the front door of the Patterson house and while Alex was still trying to figure out how to press the doorbell without losing his balance, Willie reached past him with a grin and rang.
Alex sighed. “One day. Soon. It’s only a matter of time before I’ll be able to use both hands again,” he said with an eye roll and a flimsy attempt at patience.
Willie chuckled next to him, slightly bouncing on his feet. Show-off. “You’re getting there. Patience, young pancake.”
“Is that supposed to be a Star Wars reference? Don’t let Reggie hear you make those unless you’re up for a two hour monologue. Minimum. Plus probably an intense interrogation into all your opinions on all plot points and even the most minor side characters you’ve never heard of.”
“Who’s never heard of what?” Luke had appeared in the suddenly open doorway and was grinning at both of them.
“We were talking about Star Wars. And Reggie,” Willie explained.
“Oh. That’s a dangerous combination.”
Alex nodded and grinned at Willie in a very smug ‘I told you so’ way.
Willie chuckled again before biting his lip and shifting his gaze back to Luke. “So … I brought him back,” he said, as if that had ever been in question.
Luke grinned. “Yeah, I can see that. You guys have a nice time?”
Alex and Willie looked at each other, smiling softly. “Yeah, yeah we did,” Alex said with confidence, his heart missing a beat at the way Willie’s smile widened at the words.
Finally, Willie blinked and frowned and waved his hand vaguely in the direction of the waiting car. “I should … I should probably go.” He teetered on the spot for another moment before flashing a smile at both of them and taking a deep breath. “Good night, guys!”
He turned abruptly around and skipped down the driveway, back to the car and Dante, slipping into the passenger side.
“Soooo … that went well, huh?”
Alex finally wrenched his eyes away from the now empty spot on the road to look at Luke, who was grinning at him, tongue poking out between his teeth.
Even though heat was creeping up into his cheeks, Alex returned the grin. “Yeah. I actually think it did.”
“Do we need to call in a band meeting to officially update your relationship status?”
Luke whistled and clapped Alex on the shoulder, ushering him inside so Alex could tell him everything.
