"Oh, well, uhm, what do you normally do for that? I never really well, get drunk, so if you have anything in mind, just let me know and I can get it for you." Bennet was still acting like a mother hen, as usual, "Just okay? You were out for a long time though, I think, what time did you get back at?"
“Eh I’ll be fine. I got home around..” he squints, thinking. “Four am..?” He wasn’t exactly sure but that seemed about right.
"That's late, you should really get some more sleep, okay?" He stood up and headed to the sink, rinsing out his bowls, then putting them into the dishwasher, "Well, uhm, I'm going to let you be for a little while, let you rest or something, I have stuff I need to do today." His boss and a few other superiors had found matches to those pictures he had sent them, but he wasn't sure to exactly what yet, so he could go over them today.
“Okay. I might go back to sleep, I don’t know.” He couldn’t help but instinctively feel more anxious around Bennet. What if he already knew what Connor really was? He hadn’t encountered an angel before, and he didn’t know what Bennet would do to him. But for now he just tried to act normal.
Bennet nodded and headed back towards his room, "Well, I guess I'll see you later then." He closed the door behind him and began to set things up for the meeting. Once it began, Bennet just sat and listened to what was being said, it really wasn't his job to say anything or do much, but then the pictures were brought up. He wasn't addressed to speak, but he listened more intently, and began to grow a little nervous as his fears were made true, Those people.. .were demons? What about Connor? Then he spoke up, "Concerning my roommate, have you found anything on him?" Suprisingly they were yet to find anything about him, but they still advised Bennet to keep his distance, just for safety reasons now.
Connor went back to his own room, laying down on his bed with a sigh. He knew he shouldn’t be this nervous. Bennet wouldn’t actually hurt him..right? He wasn’t sure anymore. He was just going to keep his distance. He knew he should tell Alec. After all, Alec was around 2,000 years old, and knew a lot more than he did. But knowing how Alec liked to deal with things, he might just kill Bennet and Connor didn’t want that to happen.
Bennet was stressed to say the least when he got off that call, he unfurled his wings again and fluttered them slowly, just to relieve some tension out of them, What in the world do I do? If that Alec guy ever sees me again, I'll probably crack, and then he'll know that I know, and I'll probably die. It's not like I can fight, or defend myself, I should be back up in Heaven playing a friggen harp or something, I'm not cut out for any of this. Bennet sat down on his bed and just stared numbly at his wall, What in God's good green earth do I do?
Connor decided he might as well close his eyes and try to sleep. He lay down but ended up just staring at the ceiling, his mind clouded with worries. He didn’t want to get sent back to Hell. He hated it there. He knew he’d be at the bottom of the food chain again.
Bennet sighed, Maybe I should just talk to him about it? He stood up and headed over to Connor's room, and knocked on the door gently, "Hey, Connor? I think we need to talk." He knew that he was breaking every single rule and protocol, but he figured that it might be safe, or that he could at least just try to talk to him, "It's pretty important, please?"
Which of course, sent Connor into immediate panic mode. ‘Shit, shit, shit!’ He cursed internally. He didn’t know what to do. The first thing that popped into his mind was to pretend to be asleep. So that’s what he did, turned on his side, closed his eyes, and pretended like he’d already fallen asleep. You know…like a coward.
"Or not, that works too." Bennet sighed softly, "Never mind." He decided to just go for a walk to clear his mind. Before he headed out, he brushed off any loose feathers off his back, grabbed a cardigan, then headed out of the house, Well, it seems as though I'm in big trouble.
((Well now that Connor has postponed the conversation lmao. Do we wanna do anything rn or just do a time skip?))
(Just time skip I guess, although it would be hilarious for Bennet to run into Alec, but I don't Bennet to be killed or anything))
((Hmmm I could have him run into Alec with his boyfriend. His boyfriend sold his soul to Alec like 600 years ago?? And he’s just a soft boi. But Bennet will probably be able to tell that he’s dead and isn’t supposed to be on earth still))
((That could definetly work, or we could timeship too, Idk))
((Whatever you wanna do dude))
((Oof, I'm too tired to even think so why not just timeskip?))
((Lol Okay cool I’ll write it up real quick))
Connor had stayed hidden until he was sure Bennet was gone. He sat up with a sigh. “Wow good job, Connor, you handled that perfectly.” He said with literally all the sarcasm in the world. He knew he couldn’t just hide from Bennet forever, but he really really wanted to right now. He wandered into the kitchen, figuring he might as well eat while Bennet wasn’t here.
Bennet had taken his time coming back to the apartment, trying to come with something smart to say, or at least something that would make sense. If Connor really was one of them, then he would need to word his words wisely, so that Connor wouldn't decide to just kill him flat out. As he walked back to the apartment he wondered if it was even safe to go back, he didn't know what would happen, but he didn't want to just wimp out and hide from the other guy, that wouldn't be wise. And there weren't any other options. He pushed open the door, praying that this was the right thing to do when he saw Connor lounging on the couch, "Hey Connor? Are you busy now?"
He felt himself tense up a little at hearing Bennet come back. But there was no escape now. “Um..no I’m not. What’s up?” He asked, turning to face Bennet. He was 100% ready to lie to Bennet’s face if needed.
He sat down next to him, trying to hide the quiver in his voice, "I, uhm don't really want to talk about this, and I know I'm about to break every single rule of protocol, but I think I know what you saw last night, and I can completely explain. I promise that I won't hurt you, at all, as long as you don't hurt me."
He was hesitant at first but after a second he nodded. “It’s a deal. You don’t hurt me, I won’t hurt you. So…let’s talk.” He was trying to act a lot braver than he felt.
"Look, I uhm, I don't know how to put this into words, or explain it to you, or even make it make sense for myself." Bennet began to nervously ramble fidgeting with the edge of his cardigan, "I uhm, have well. . .these." He said as he let his wings unfurl fully. He sighed and tried to not look Connor in the eyes, "I think you know what I am." He mumbled, "And, I think I know what you are. . .As well as your friends. I won't hurt them either." he added quickly, his cheeks reddening as he felt the other boy staring at his wings.
“I’m honestly surprised I didn’t figure it out sooner. Then again…I’ve never encountered an angel before.” He popped out one of his color contacts, revealing a blood red eye. “Well you guessed right about me and of course my friends too.”
Bennet studied Connor's face, and stared into the eye, "I feel like I should be scared or something, or be reacting completely different, but your eye is kind of, no it's pretty." He said softly, "But uhm, I, uhm well, I uhm, I don't know what to do, I like you, you're nice, and I don't want to see you getting hurt." He rubbed a hand over his face, and his halo appeared over his head, "I can't report any of you." He mumbled softly, "But now I'll be in major trouble."
Connor felt his face flush lightly when Bennet called his eye pretty. He couldn’t let him get in trouble for this. “I might be able to convince Alec and Annabelle to go back to hell…but I’m not entirely sure.”
((Also Alec’s sister’s name is Annabelle I’ve just been too lazy to name her for like forever lmao))
((That's such a pretty name))
"I-I'd appreciatte that, but uhm, so that guy doesn't decide to kill me, could you not mention that I had anything to do with this?" He chewed his lip a little bit, trying to come up with a decent idea. I don't think that you will be forced to leave though, you don't show up in our roster for humans or demons, so you should be fine. But your friends are trouble makers for us and for the human race, really them and most of their known followers would need to leave, if not, there could be a lot of trouble."
“Yeah of course I wasn’t planning on telling them you had anything to do with it anyway.” He wouldn’t tell Bennet but he knew his friends wouldn’t leave for long, only for a few months or so. Or they’d just go somewhere else on earth to cause problems. “Yeah they are most definitely troublemakers….” he looked like he had some type of war flashback as he said, “big troublemakers.”