Fic Rec: A Favor For A Friend

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Here’s a lil palate-cleanser:

a very pleasantly wholesome (ok my definition of wholesome is not the same as most people’s, I get that) little High School A/U story about Kiera and Lambert.

If it were up to me to name it, I’d name it Stregobor Gets Punched, but I can see how that’s maybe not the most important thing in the story.

Listen, Lambert’s soft in this one but he’s also still recognizably his chaos gremlin self.

A Favor For A Friend https://archiveofourown.org/works/25861948, by Anoke, on AO3, rated M, 3k words.

“‘M sorry, Keira,” he said, clearly uncomfortable.

Keira’s jaw dropped. “Why are you apologizing?”

Lambert looked even more uncomfortable. “I mean, I don’t like any of ‘em, but they’re your friends, aren’t they? And now they’re being assholes because,” he cut off for a second and gestured vaguely at himself.

“They’re not my friends,” Keira said miserably. “I’d say ‘not anymore’, but just, thinking about how they treat everyone, I don’t think they ever really were in the first place. I’m sorry, for dragging you along to this.”

“It wasn’t all bad,” Lambert said. “At least, until they started being nasty to you about me.”

He’d heard that? She hadn’t even seen him in the room, but then again she knew he had amazing hearing. He still looked uncomfortable, too, or maybe—

“Lambert,” Keira started. “Did you—”

He rubbed at his nose, clearly embarrassed now. “I just, I know you can defend yourself, but—”

“Am I going to have to worry about murder charges?” Keira said, with a slightly watery laugh.

“Just assault and battery, if he even decides to try,” Lambert muttered.