Jacob takes the cup, not even needing to check that the little boxes on the side are ticked in the familiar order- tea, milk, no sugar- because Chris knows him well enough. And as his fingers brush Chris' own briefly he can feel how they're both holding themselves back, that much both want to close the distance and hold onto each other. It takes half a heartbeat for Jacob to give up on the pretence and to wrap an arm around Chris, pulling him in close. He holds him there, just for a moment, before he lets him go.
He wishes he hadn't laid all that at Chris' door, in those circumstances. He wishes he'd known he'd been the one to say those words, so he could have explained it better. But they're together now, they can talk.
"Shall we walk and talk? I think we've got a fair amount to talk about."
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Date: 2022-12-12 05:07 pm (UTC)Jacob takes the cup, not even needing to check that the little boxes on the side are ticked in the familiar order- tea, milk, no sugar- because Chris knows him well enough. And as his fingers brush Chris' own briefly he can feel how they're both holding themselves back, that much both want to close the distance and hold onto each other. It takes half a heartbeat for Jacob to give up on the pretence and to wrap an arm around Chris, pulling him in close. He holds him there, just for a moment, before he lets him go.
He wishes he hadn't laid all that at Chris' door, in those circumstances. He wishes he'd known he'd been the one to say those words, so he could have explained it better. But they're together now, they can talk.
"Shall we walk and talk? I think we've got a fair amount to talk about."