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TWILIGHT; SETH & NIC (from Destruction) - IN WHICH SETH HELPS NIC SAVE HIMSELF | HUMAN AU

I'm really not proud of it but since I was so busy I only really had one day to write it and I always get stuck when I have to write a certain thing. So this is definitely not my best (the plot is just horrid so please forgive me) but I still I hope you don't mind, glad to see an interaction between Seth and Nic.

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Nicolas Price had been beaten down time and time again. All his life, he'd never gotten a break. Instead, he was beat down with words, words that hurt more than anything physical ever would. But Nic could handle that, he was strong. He would rebuild himself, piece by piece, no matter how long it took. He just needed some help in achieving that.

Seth Clearwater had had a crush on the Price boy for as long as he could remember. Ever since Seth's soft chocolate eyes made contact with Nic's stormy ones, he was hooked. Seth had never found someone so intriguing before and he begged to know more. He could tell how troubled Nicolas looked and he silently vowed to help him in any way he could, no matter what it took.

The first time Seth had gotten to talk to Nicolas was an accident. Seth had been grounded for not doing his school work yet he snuck out anyway, desperate to get out of the house. He also felt as if something was calling him – compelling him to go into town. So he did, grabbing his bike and making the short journey from the reserve to Forks.

Seth simply wandered around aimlessly, not paying too much attention to his surroundings – which was his downfall. Seth was so lost in thought that he hadn't realized that he had begun to swerve, going into the middle of the road. Unluckily for him, a car was zooming down the same road, going way above the speed limit and therefore going too fast to stop in time.

The boy had become too frightened too move, a deer in the headlights as he stared at the oncoming car and prepared to feel an insurmountable amount of pain. Yet, that never came – well, not quite. He still felt some pain, yet it wasn't as bad as it would've been had he been hit by the oncoming vehicle who simply drove by Seth on the ground. That's when said boy realized that someone had saved him, pushed him out of the way. He looked up, ready to thank his hero and was surprised when he found out that it had been Nicolas Price.

Nic looked just as shocked as Seth felt and just when the (mostly) uninjured boy was about to apologize, his savior scrambled up and quickly left the scene, leaving Seth shocked and confused. All he knew was that he needed to talk to Nic.

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Nicolas paced around his room, berating himself for his – and Seth's – stupidity. He couldn't believe that the boy had been so careless and hadn't been paying attention to his surroundings. The boy was lucky that Nic had been walking home at that time, otherwise Seth would currently be laying in a hospital bed.

Nicolas sighed and ran his hand through his hair in frustration before dropping himself unceremoniously onto his bed. It wasn't that he regretted saving Seth – quite the opposite. It was simply the fact that Nic had liked Seth for as long as he could remember yet he vowed never to go near the other boy, not wanting to taint his innocence with Nic's past. Seth was a good kid and Nic didn't want him to deal with the boy's problems. It wasn't his responsibility and Seth deserved better than that. If only he had known how relentless Seth was.

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It wasn't long until their next meeting, yet it was definitely a short one. Seth had tried approaching Nic one day after school yet the other boy ignored him and quickly left, the exhaust from his motorcycle being the only indication that Nicolas had been there, yet even that eventually vanished. Seth sighed in defeat but he wouldn't let that deter him.

The next week Seth approached Nic once more only to be met with the same greeting. But Seth wouldn't give up. He started approaching Nicolas every day, following him until he at least said a few words to Seth and acknowledged his existence. Once that happened, Seth would willingly leave only to return the next day.

Some may have called Seth's actions stalking, but he called it curiosity. There was just so much about Nicholas that interested him and Seth badly wanted to get to know the boy he had been in love with for so long.

Finally, one day, Nic made the first move. He waited outside of Seth's school and at first the boy didn't notice him but it didn't take long for Seth to find a contrast in the sea of russet skin. He grinned happily and gripped his backpack straps, approaching Nic with a smile.

"What are you doing here?" He asked curiously, unable to contain his grin of happiness at the fact that Nicolas had willingly approached him.

"I'm here to pick you up." He replied simply, his face blank yet Seth could see a smile tugging at the edge of his lips.

"For what?"

Nicolas smirked now and ran a hand through his hair before answering, and once he did Seth's grin grew. "A date."

Seth had no objections to that and immediately hopped on Nic's motorcycle, gladly taking the helmet that was offered to him. He had already almost been in an accident, he didn't want to risk getting hurt.

Seth beamed as he wrapped his arms around Nic's torso, leaning on the taller boy as he drove. Nicolas finally let a smile take over his face, the first time in a long time that it had happened. Nic felt free with Seth and safe. He may have been broken down by his own blood but they couldn't hurt him now – he was invincible. They had said that we wouldn't make it out alive but they were wrong, here he was laughing without a care in the world. And that was all thanks to Seth Clearwater.