Work Text:
it had been a couple of days since edd and tord had switched their work, and he just couldn't shake the feeling that he had seen the handwriting before, no matter how hard edd tried he just couldn't place just where he had seen it before and he couldn't help but be irritated by it
the letters still came through, and now edd had two things to figure out he so desperately wanted to find out who was sending these letters
sure he had never actually met the sender before, or he thought so at least, but he wanted to see if they actually did go together, maybe even give a relationship ago
“what's got you so deep in thought?”
edd was pulled out of his thoughts by matts voice right next to his ear.
he turned to look at matt “do you have to be so close you’re practically sitting on me dude,” he asked with an annoyed look on his face yet made no move to push the ginger away
it was sunday and that meant that they didn't have school today so he and matt were currently hanging out and watching a rerun of ‘The Cats'
normally it would be all three of them but this time it was just him and matt today since tom had band practice
matt looked over at him with a pout “im not! this a perfect distance, plus it's cold you can't blame me for wanting to warm up!” he said while crossing his arms
he did have a point, even though it was July it was pouring down with rain and it was freezing, edd could practically see his breath fog when he breathed
not that he would admit that matt was right
“oh come on its not that cold that we need to huddle up,” the brunette said as he rolled his eyes
matt chose to ignore him
“so, who do you think is sending you those letters?” his friend asked with a grin quickly replacing the pout that was there just moments ago
“do you like them? OH maybe it's someone we know!!” he said excitedly sitting up, so he could sit in a kneeling position with his hands on his knees looking at edd for his answer
“i doubt it's someone we know matt, I've never seen this writing before,” he said while moving to sit up along with matt
“plus, how am i supposed to know if i like them or not if i don't even know who they are?” edd asked before reaching over to grab an open cola can that sat on the coffee table
“Oh right, i forgot,” matt said sheepishly “but who knows maybe you might fall in love with the way their handwriting or something!!”
“can you even fall in love with handwriting?” he asked tilting his head to look at the ginger
“scratch that i'd hardly call it handwriting, its practically just scribbles dude” edd scoffed taking a quick gulp of his cola before placing it back down
“okay sure their handwriting is less than impressive but come on! the letters are sweet now imagine a super hot girl writing them just for you!” matt said
“or a super hot guy! I don't judge” he quickly added putting his hands up in defence, “i never said you were judging,” edd said laughing while lightly shoving matts shoulder
sure edd had mulled this over before, he really didn't mind who was sending the letters, whether it be a he, she, or they, as long as they were a good person edd didn't care what they identified as.
“who cares about the handwriting anyway” matt scoffs “but tomorrow's monday! a new school day a new love letter from your secret admirer,” he says with a grin poking edds cheek
“maybe you'll catch the person in the act if your early to school” matt said
“as if I'd ever be early to school, as much as i want to know who's writing those letters I'd much rather stay in bed for an extra 5 minutes,” edd says while turning back to the tv
“and i doubt they'd do it with anyone around anyway so if i don't catch them i would have gotten up early for nothing,” matt thinks that over before he lays back down on him with a shrug
“mh maybe you're right, it'd be cool if you did catch them in the act though!” he said with a smile while looking up at edd
the brunette agrees with him sure it'd be great to find out who was sending those letters but he still wasn't going to get up earlier
he hated mondays, being rudely awakened by an alarm clock blaring straight into your ear after sleeping in all weekend was not fun
but on the bright side, he had art class today! on the not-so-bright side, he was studying for his GCSEs so it was a win-lose situation, but at least he had an excuse to draw during class
as edd made his way to school he thought about what sort of love letter would be left for him today, the letter's length varied on days, going from long and detailed to short and sweet
he loved both but the short and sweet ones always managed to make his stomach do a couple of flips more than the long ones, something about how simple but sweet it was.
tom and matt were waiting for him in front of the school, they were all in the same tutor luckily so they didn't have to split up just yet and their tutor was pretty lean on the rules so as long as they weren't shouting then they could talk all they want
“edd!” matt shouted waving at him with a grin, “quick let's go to your locker, let's see what your secret admirer left this time!!” he said excitedly running up to edd and grabbing onto his arm, pulling him over to tom
“really? why are you so obsessed with this,” their black-eyed friend said while rolling his eyes, at least edd thought that was what he was doing, he was never too sure
“because it's romantic, tom! someone is head over heels in love with edd and practically confesses their undying love for him every morning whats not to be obsessed about?” the ginger said with an annoyed look on his face gripping edds arm harder
tom sighed while scratching the back of his neck, “oh come on it's not that romantic anyone can do that” he said “Now come on we have to go get our stuff from our lockers before tutor”
edd nodded but he couldn't deny the tiny bit of excitement he felt, not excited as matt sure but he was still looking forward to seeing what was written today, not that he’d ever tell tom that
he's lucky his locker is on the first floor he did not feel like running up the stairs today, edd put in his combination, and just as expected a letter laid on top of some of his sketchbooks, he could hear matts little squeal next to him
“what does it say! what does it say!” the ginger said gripping back onto edds arm and practically jumping at this point “i haven't even opened it yet matt hold on”
edd grabbed the letter, giving it a quick glance over it seemed that it was a long and detailed one today
not wanting to skip anything he folded it up and put it into his pocket to read later
“It's a long one today I'll read it properly later and I'll tell you about it okay?” he said looking at matt
“okay!! Don't leave any detail out though” he smiled running over to his locker to grab what he needed for the day
“seriously what's his obsession with these stupid love letters,” tom said watching matt unlock his locker “their just some words on a page what's so romantic about that?”
“oh come on tom, let matt have his fun” edd smiled shutting his locker after grabbing his books and pencil case
“i think it's nice that he likes romance so much,” he said while turning to tom
“okay sure but doesn't he get a bit overexcited about it? sure romance is cool and all but does he really have to be this.. excited about it?” tom asked, watching matt run back over to them trying not to drop his books
which failed because as soon as the bell went off he had jumped and dropped them all
after they both helped matt pick up his books the trio started to head to their first tutor, praying that they wouldn't be late considering the way they
after helping matt pick up his books the trio started to head to the tutor praying that they wouldn't be late
considering the lines of students pushing themselves through the hallway were practically pushing them away from their classroom
he always found that the first-period tutor was always so boring
sure he could talk but normally he just sat around doodling on a piece of paper he had found or he was staring off into space thinking about anything and everything
he was practically itching to get to his art class, he assumed they would do some revision or something along the lines of that but it was art so he didn't complain
as soon as the bell rang the brunette had practically shouted goodbye to his friends and started heading to his first class
edd knew a couple of people from his art class, laurel and her boyfriend eduardo sat at the table right behind him along with a couple of other people he knows and the class was typically quiet thanks to how few people decided to take art for their GCSE class
as soon edd got to his seat he saw that his table buddy was already sitting down drawing in his notebook, luckily edd had actually remembered the guy's name this time so he didn't have to glance at his work or ask, which was mortifying when he did it last time
tord had yet to notice edds presence yet so he must have scared him when the brunette had dropped his bag down onto the table
“morning” edd smiled looking at what the horned guy was drawing “oh sweet!! Is that the return of the insane zombie pirates from hell?” he asked while practically shoving himself into tords personal space
tord looked surprised “you know of it?” he asked with a light blush on his face looking back down to his drawing
“of course i do, everyone says it's a shit movie with an overdone trope but they just don't get it! It's a masterpiece” the brunette replied with a grin, excited to finally be able to talk about his all-time favourite movie without hearing the exaggerated groans his friends let out
“ah, well it's obvious they don't have taste then,” the horned man said smiling, a thick accent coating his words making edd blush slightly
just as he was about to reply the teacher walked in and asked everyone to take their seats so he could get on with his lesson, just as the conversation was getting good too
“hey tord?” edd whispered, it had been half an hour into the class so far and he was starting to get bored, he had already learned this stuff last week
tord looked over to edd with a questioning look on his face “you actually remembered my name, im shocked” he joked a small smile creeping onto his face
edds face burned “oh come on that was only twice it's not my fault I've never heard a name like yours before” dear god the brunette thought that tord had forgotten those incidents
“Mr. lorensten and mr. golds do you have something to share with the class?” the teacher interrupted them “no sir” he replied sheepishly
“after school detention tonight both of you, do you know how important this year is?” the teacher shook his head” you should be focused on revising, not chatting away with your friends”
“sorry mr. adams” they both replied embarrassedly, hes not looking foward for edurado to laugh about this during lunch today, how exciting
he was going to have to tell tom that they couldn't hang out tonight too just how unlucky is he
first, he was practically making friends with the one dude he wanted to be friends with, and then he was interrupted, twice might he add, and by the same teacher too!
the day went by rather quickly after art since none of the remaining classes of the day were interesting to edd he was either zoned out or messing around with his friends, much to his teacher's dismay
the bell rang, signalling the end of the school day normally edd would've jumped out of his seat as soon as he heard it ring but instead he slowly made his way back to mr. adams class
edd seemed to be the first to arrive noticing the empty classroom he normally would have loved to be in this room but right now he just wanted to go home
after he sat down at his usual table the door opened and in came his mr. adams and tord
he looked rougher than he did in the morning, his hands now had a couple of fresh plasters scattered around along with a single one on his face
“What happened to you?” edd asked with a confused look on his face as he watched tord make his way over to their table and sit down
“i had woodworking earlier and got a tad bit…” the horned mad scratched at his chin looking a bit embarrassed “distracted, so some bits went flying”
the brunette laughed watching as tords face got redder “It's not that funny it happens all the time” he said with a slight whine to his voice
“alright, enough chatting this is supposed to be a detention” their teacher interrupted with a stern look on his face “please get out your workbooks and revise”
detentions always seemed to drag on for edd, he had a problem sitting still in a classroom already but now? He had to stay still and silent, he could've been at home by now
the silence was ended by their teacher telling them that he had to go and collect some work material and would be back in a minute leaving with a smile and a quick “continue with your work”
or at least edd thinks he did, he wasn't listening excited to finally be able to do something other than sitting around and pretending to do work
once the door closed edd turned to his new friend, seeing that tord was concentrated on his history book
“tord” he spoke up after making sure the teacher was actually gone
no answer
“hey tord,” the brunette said a little louder this time, moving over to poke at his classmate's cheek
“hm?” the horned man replied once he managed to tear his attention from his book looking up at edd with a puzzled look
edd thought he kind of looked like a puppy with that facial expression
“whose your favourite character?” he said while moving back down
“what?”
“your favourite character in return of the insane zombie pirates from hell, who is it?” edd asked a look of excitement taking over his face
tord seemed to think it through before answering “I'd probably say stacy”
“mines the insane zom-” edd was saying before the door opened and the teacher returned carrying a stack of papers, he wasnt feeling like a double detention today so he decided to shut up.
The rest of detention went by rather quickly after that with edd mainly doodling on his work to pass the time
as soon as edd had heard the “right, you two can go home now” from mr. adams he practically jumped out of his seat
“finally, it felt like we had been in there for years” he complained to tord while leaving school “surely its illegal to keep us there for that long”
“really?” the horned man said looking at edd “it didn’t seem that long”
“yes it did! god i was dying in there” the brunette said while holding back a laugh, noticing they were still walking the same way despite being far from school
“do you live around here?” edd asked moving closer towards his friend
tord blushed not expecting edd to be so close “oh, yeah i live just a couple blocks up from here” he said pointing towards the right
edd couldn't help but grin, he had a new friend and on top of that, they lived close together!
“sweet dude! i do too we should totally hang out tomorrow and do a return of the insane zombie pirates marathon, if you dont have anything to do that is” he practically yelled swinging his arm around tords shoulder
His horned friend seemed to think about it for a while before nodding in agreement
“sure, i'd like that”