I suppose I’ve my own stubbornness to account, it might be my only way of surviving you two.
[It certainly helped. The small tease feels a little better this time and when there’s no immediate response, he thinks maybe they’ve had their course here. Nothing said this had to be fixed over one conversation, even if he wished for their normalcy.
Except then those three osculating dots show up now and again and Chris nearly types ‘you really don’t need to assure me, in fact I’ll be offended if you do’ but thinks better of the tease. He’d accused Jacob of assuming his mind and coming up wrong, Chris shouldn’t do the same, at least so soon.
And perhaps it’s better he didn’t. What comes after a moment has him standing stock-still in place. As the mess in him tries to redirect and clear way for something else surging forward.
He reads it over more than once, analyzing and over analyzing to find some other meaning in a simple sentence. He types out a few things:
Since when?
This doesn’t change the fact I kind of want to punch you, but maybe I can give a kinder follow up.
Why is it every time someone’s told me they love me it’s over text?
no subject
I suppose I’ve my own stubbornness to account, it might be my only way of surviving you two.
[It certainly helped.
The small tease feels a little better this time and when there’s no immediate response, he thinks maybe they’ve had their course here. Nothing said this had to be fixed over one conversation, even if he wished for their normalcy.
Except then those three osculating dots show up now and again and Chris nearly types ‘you really don’t need to assure me, in fact I’ll be offended if you do’ but thinks better of the tease. He’d accused Jacob of assuming his mind and coming up wrong, Chris shouldn’t do the same, at least so soon.
And perhaps it’s better he didn’t. What comes after a moment has him standing stock-still in place. As the mess in him tries to redirect and clear way for something else surging forward.
He reads it over more than once, analyzing and over analyzing to find some other meaning in a simple sentence.
He types out a few things:
Since when?
This doesn’t change the fact I kind of want to punch you, but maybe I can give a kinder follow up.
Why is it every time someone’s told me they love me it’s over text?
He doesn’t send any of them.]
Are you saying you love me, Jacob Frye?