The Rumor Come Out: Do Benny and Ethan are Gay?

by gingerlegend

Summary:

There are rumors about Benny and Ethan. The biggest rumor, of course, has nothing to do with vampires or magic.

Notes:

Uh. I have not slept for like. over 24 hours. I don't think I could have written this if I had gotten a good night's sleep. This is something I would NEVER have thought of without this bout of insomnia.
This is a pretty short fic, but I wanted to separate it into chapters anyway. Bear with me. I think it's worth it.

Chapter 1: The only secret Rory can keep

There had been rumors about Benny and Ethan for a long time. Not completely unwarranted, of course. They were always around for the crazy shit that happened in Whitechapel after all.
Every lie has a kernel of truth. Rumors are no different.

The biggest rumor, however, wasn’t of the supernatural variety. People in Whitechapel didn’t tend to believe that sort of thing until they had solid evidence.
The biggest rumors were pretty tame in comparison. Or maybe they were just a different kind of scary.
There were rumors about little scandals, sure, but the biggest one managed to elude the two of them. Everyone thought they were dating.
They weren’t. They may as well have been. They weren’t. They didn’t even know it was a rumor.

“So…” a girl from the mathletes team approached Rory with the question. “Ethan and Benny are dating, right?”
Rory laughed. The mathlete didn’t laugh.
“You haven’t noticed?” she asked.
“No, I’ve noticed it, but it’s not true. Don’t tell them about it.”
Rory usually couldn’t keep a secret to save his life, but he managed to keep his friends from learning about this rumor. He knew that, if they knew what everyone thought about them, they’d try to prove it wrong. That sort of thing would ruin everything. Not just the romance they didn’t know they had, but also their friendship. And Rory would not let that happen to the best people he knew, not including himself.