And here he is completely unprepared and looking like-- well he's not prepared to look like this. Not with Ed. Definitely not with Ed so effortless. Could he pretend he didn't see Ed coming over and slip away?
No... no he was too close now damnit and that was definitely going to send the wrong message to someone who really just wanted a friend.
And then he comes over to the wall all cool, and lets down his hair all cool, smelling like healthy sweat and leather and something darker and absolutely compelling and Ed's shoes don't even have buckles on them.
At least it's dark enough so that Ed can't see how red his face is.]
Hey yourself.
You didn't have to come over on my account. You looked like you were tearing up the floor out there.
[he sips his drink and watches the dancers without seeing much of anything]
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Oh no. Ed is coming over.
Shit.
And here he is completely unprepared and looking like-- well he's not prepared to look like this. Not with Ed. Definitely not with Ed so effortless. Could he pretend he didn't see Ed coming over and slip away?
No... no he was too close now damnit and that was definitely going to send the wrong message to someone who really just wanted a friend.
And then he comes over to the wall all cool, and lets down his hair all cool, smelling like healthy sweat and leather and something darker and absolutely compelling and Ed's shoes don't even have buckles on them.
At least it's dark enough so that Ed can't see how red his face is.]
Hey yourself.
You didn't have to come over on my account. You looked like you were tearing up the floor out there.
[he sips his drink and watches the dancers without seeing much of anything]