[ he lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding, blank eyes darting away from julian's face now that he has space.
because that's a loaded question, complicated by time and distance. but when his major reason for running away is now walking among the living again, when he's no longer a scared kid afraid of being used for the wrong reasons (now a jaded adult, staring at cruel missives from a man who once taught him biology with hope and a smile) it feels both simpler and more complicated.
but does he like julian? like that? his kneejerk reaction is no, but another part of him remembers julian's impassioned speech being the only thing he could hear. how his approval was something he'd chased even when they were no longer friends. ]
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because that's a loaded question, complicated by time and distance. but when his major reason for running away is now walking among the living again, when he's no longer a scared kid afraid of being used for the wrong reasons (now a jaded adult, staring at cruel missives from a man who once taught him biology with hope and a smile) it feels both simpler and more complicated.
but does he like julian? like that? his kneejerk reaction is no, but another part of him remembers julian's impassioned speech being the only thing he could hear. how his approval was something he'd chased even when they were no longer friends. ]
Yeah, dude... I've missed you.