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perpetual_motionTitle: Unorganized Snapshots of Prep School Life: Ed and Lupo Hit a Speedbump [17/?]
Author: Perpetual Motion
Fandom: Law & Order [Manhattan Prep Universe]
Pairing: Ed/Lupo, Jack/Mike Cutter, Mike/Connie
Rating: PG
Summary: Ed and Lupo are, unfortunately, breaking some rules.
Disclaimer: Bullshit and lies. As always.
Author's Note: As per the usual, some credit for this goes to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
amazonqueenkate, who was chatting with me when I laid down the basics. Mike Cutter, in high school, was probably an awkward kid, and the only person who really got him was his mock trial coach, Mr. McCoy. If you're not connecting the dots yet, you may want to get off the trolley. In short: High School AU, because it can be done.
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“That’s not fair!”
Anita purses her lips and reminds herself that Cyrus Lupo is wrong “It is the rules, Mr. Lupo.”
”But-“
“The student handbook states that two people in a relationship are not allowed to spend the night together or visit one another’s rooms unless the door is open and they are there during normal visiting hours.”
“People break that rule all the time!”
Anita sighs. It’s a true statement, and that makes it harder to deny Cyrus his outburst. “That may be true, but the rules are still there. I can not allow you and Mr. Green to continue sharing a suite if you want to continue your relationship.”
Cyrus deflates, sagging into his chair and looking dejectedly at Ed. “But we don’t do anything.”
Anita can see a dark purple marking peeking over Cyrus’s collar. “The rules are the rules, Mr. Lupo. You can’t-“
“Pick and choose. Yeah. Yeah.”
Anyone else, Anita would have given a demerit or ten for sass. But this is Cyrus and Anita has never denied she has a soft spot. “You’re smart, Mr. Lupo. Don’t act like you don’t understand.”
“I understand.” Cyrus looks at Ed, who’s still not said a word. “I don’t like it, though.”
“No one said you had to.” Anita looks at Ed, who looks completely relaxed. “Anything to add, Mr. Green?”
He gives a half-hearted shrug. “It’s not like I can say anything that’s gonna make the rulebook change itself.”
“I appreciate your pragmatism, Mr. Green.” Anita can see very clearly that Cyrus is having the opposite reaction. “Go pack,” Anita says rather than kicking the metaphorical hornet’s nest. “Mr. Logan will help you move your things, Mr. Green.” She holds out a slip of paper. “You’ll be in room 16 in Greevy Hall. Eliot Stabler and Rey Curtis are in rooms A and B. You’ll be in room C.”
Ed takes the slip of paper. “Yes, ma’am.”
“You two get out of here.” Anita has no doubt the mutinous look on Cyrus’s face will explode into an epic collection of cursing once they’ve cleared her hearing. She’ll let him have it. It feels like the best she can do given the situation.
In the hallway, Lupo lets go. “This fucking sucks. I mean, come the fuck on! It’s not like you can get me-“ He stops talking and blushes. “You know.”
“Yeah, I know.” Ed smiles at Lupo and reaches out for his hand. “Look, it’s not like we’re not gonna see each other, man.”
Lupo looks down at their hands and squeezes his fingers against Ed’s. “I just don’t wanna-“
“We’re gonna be fine.”
“Yeah, but-“
“Lup,” Ed pulls Lupo out the front door of the academic building and pushes him against the brickwork. “We’ll be okay.”
“What if your new roommates suck?”
Ed shrugs. “Then they suck. And I spend all my time with you. Which I was gonna do anyway.”
Lupo can’t look at Ed. He looks across the front lawn at the gates. “What if the new guy in our suite sucks?”
“Then you spend all yoru time with me.”
“And what if-“
Ed puts a hand over Lupo’s mouth. “If it sucks, we work with it. But it probably won’t suck.” Lupo licks Ed’s palm, and Ed jerks his hand away. “Gross.”
Lupo grins half-heatedly. “I don’t want you to move out.”
“And I don’t wanna go, but we’ve gotta.”
“This sucks.”
“Yeah.” Ed sighs and slouches against Lupo for a few seconds. “I know.”
The front door swings open, and Mr. Logan walks out, old brown coat flapping in the breeze. “Come on, boys,” he says without looking over, “let’s make this quick.”
“Yes, sir,” Ed says and tightens his fingers around Lupo’s as they follow in Mr. Logan’s wake. “Right behind you.”
“This sucks.” Lupo reiterates.
“Yeah, so do vacuums,” Mr. Logan shoots back.
Part Eighteen
Author: Perpetual Motion
Fandom: Law & Order [Manhattan Prep Universe]
Pairing: Ed/Lupo, Jack/Mike Cutter, Mike/Connie
Rating: PG
Summary: Ed and Lupo are, unfortunately, breaking some rules.
Disclaimer: Bullshit and lies. As always.
Author's Note: As per the usual, some credit for this goes to
amazonqueenkate, who was chatting with me when I laid down the basics. Mike Cutter, in high school, was probably an awkward kid, and the only person who really got him was his mock trial coach, Mr. McCoy. If you're not connecting the dots yet, you may want to get off the trolley. In short: High School AU, because it can be done.Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Part Ten Part Eleven Part Twelve Part Thirteen Part Fourteen Part Fifteen Part Sixteen
“That’s not fair!”
Anita purses her lips and reminds herself that Cyrus Lupo is wrong “It is the rules, Mr. Lupo.”
”But-“
“The student handbook states that two people in a relationship are not allowed to spend the night together or visit one another’s rooms unless the door is open and they are there during normal visiting hours.”
“People break that rule all the time!”
Anita sighs. It’s a true statement, and that makes it harder to deny Cyrus his outburst. “That may be true, but the rules are still there. I can not allow you and Mr. Green to continue sharing a suite if you want to continue your relationship.”
Cyrus deflates, sagging into his chair and looking dejectedly at Ed. “But we don’t do anything.”
Anita can see a dark purple marking peeking over Cyrus’s collar. “The rules are the rules, Mr. Lupo. You can’t-“
“Pick and choose. Yeah. Yeah.”
Anyone else, Anita would have given a demerit or ten for sass. But this is Cyrus and Anita has never denied she has a soft spot. “You’re smart, Mr. Lupo. Don’t act like you don’t understand.”
“I understand.” Cyrus looks at Ed, who’s still not said a word. “I don’t like it, though.”
“No one said you had to.” Anita looks at Ed, who looks completely relaxed. “Anything to add, Mr. Green?”
He gives a half-hearted shrug. “It’s not like I can say anything that’s gonna make the rulebook change itself.”
“I appreciate your pragmatism, Mr. Green.” Anita can see very clearly that Cyrus is having the opposite reaction. “Go pack,” Anita says rather than kicking the metaphorical hornet’s nest. “Mr. Logan will help you move your things, Mr. Green.” She holds out a slip of paper. “You’ll be in room 16 in Greevy Hall. Eliot Stabler and Rey Curtis are in rooms A and B. You’ll be in room C.”
Ed takes the slip of paper. “Yes, ma’am.”
“You two get out of here.” Anita has no doubt the mutinous look on Cyrus’s face will explode into an epic collection of cursing once they’ve cleared her hearing. She’ll let him have it. It feels like the best she can do given the situation.
In the hallway, Lupo lets go. “This fucking sucks. I mean, come the fuck on! It’s not like you can get me-“ He stops talking and blushes. “You know.”
“Yeah, I know.” Ed smiles at Lupo and reaches out for his hand. “Look, it’s not like we’re not gonna see each other, man.”
Lupo looks down at their hands and squeezes his fingers against Ed’s. “I just don’t wanna-“
“We’re gonna be fine.”
“Yeah, but-“
“Lup,” Ed pulls Lupo out the front door of the academic building and pushes him against the brickwork. “We’ll be okay.”
“What if your new roommates suck?”
Ed shrugs. “Then they suck. And I spend all my time with you. Which I was gonna do anyway.”
Lupo can’t look at Ed. He looks across the front lawn at the gates. “What if the new guy in our suite sucks?”
“Then you spend all yoru time with me.”
“And what if-“
Ed puts a hand over Lupo’s mouth. “If it sucks, we work with it. But it probably won’t suck.” Lupo licks Ed’s palm, and Ed jerks his hand away. “Gross.”
Lupo grins half-heatedly. “I don’t want you to move out.”
“And I don’t wanna go, but we’ve gotta.”
“This sucks.”
“Yeah.” Ed sighs and slouches against Lupo for a few seconds. “I know.”
The front door swings open, and Mr. Logan walks out, old brown coat flapping in the breeze. “Come on, boys,” he says without looking over, “let’s make this quick.”
“Yes, sir,” Ed says and tightens his fingers around Lupo’s as they follow in Mr. Logan’s wake. “Right behind you.”
“This sucks.” Lupo reiterates.
“Yeah, so do vacuums,” Mr. Logan shoots back.
Part Eighteen
