Lazlo - drabble
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Lazlo had noticed Luce wasn’t there. He had been watching them throughout the entire day. It was an embarrassing habit. Antonio has been giving him these looks lately every time he’s caught him looking at Luce. It makes him uncomfortable.
But Laz can't see Luce the way his surrogate father wanted him to. He’s tried. He followed Luce and Dante with his eyes until they’d gone inside. He periodically looked at his watch. Luckily, Antonio wasn’t paying attention to him right now.
Ten minutes. They were in there for ten minutes. Laz let out a relieved sigh when he saw Luce come out. Dante came back to the table and decided to spend the rest of the hour chatting up Luce’s cousin.
When people started to drift back into the house, Laz had to stay near Antonio as he and Mr. Greco started talking shop. Laz tried to pay attention, but he couldn’t take his eyes off Luce, who was talking to a few of their cousins. He particularly noticed the way their smile looked in the setting sun.
“Couldn’t hurt a fly, right?” Dante slid up to Laz and threw an arm around his shoulders.
“What are you talking about?” he asked.
Dante pointed to Luce. “I know Luce’s kind of your sibling and all, and this might be gnarly to hear, but they’re pretty naughty.”
Laz looked at Dante, who was grinning salaciously. “Why are you saying this?” he asked, a rising anger in his voice. Dante pressed Laz closer and whispered in his ear.
“They made out with me not even an hour ago,” Dante affirmed.
Laz felt his stomach drop. The denial was already on his tongue. “Luce wouldn’t do that,” he attested.
Dante tilted his head playfully, “how the hell would you know? Thought they hated you. Shit, you don’t even talk to them.” He slid his arm off of him and shrugged. “But cool, rock on with your delusion.”
Laz stonily watched as Dante trudged back to Luce’s cousin. His eyes wandered back to Luce, who was laughing as they told a story.
He looked down and noticed how tightly his hand was clenched.
