“It was a joke,” Rob says defensively. So much for lightening the mood at all. “Pizza and a movie is fi- great. You can pick the movie.”
He catches himself on fine and swallows the follow up joke about how, if pizza and a movie counted as dates, Robbie’s been in a huge poly relationship since he was 15. He doubts it would go over big, and it might interfere with Vance holding his hand.
Robbie decides to upgrade that to really nice. Both familiar and new, it twists his stomach like a rollercoaster and is the only thing keeping him from sighing. He’s aware this is big. Huge, in terms of their continued friendship and what shape it takes. He will someday pinpoint this as the exact day he passed some point of no return.
Robbie just doesn’t know if he’ll regret it. There’s no crystal ball for experimentation with Real Relationships. Vance certainlyainly seems willing, and it’s not like Robbie is afraid of pain, as long as it’s his own.
“I don’t want you to get… I don’t know. Hurt.” Or over it, but he holds that in. What if everything Robbie thought of as them being bros was due to Vance’s feelings? If he gets over it, are they still friends? Were they ever? Don’t think about it. “I know you said no pressure, but can I get a when do I can freak out over something specific instead of whenever you ambush date me? And, uh, clarification on if kissing is something we do nowadays would be good."
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He catches himself on fine and swallows the follow up joke about how, if pizza and a movie counted as dates, Robbie’s been in a huge poly relationship since he was 15. He doubts it would go over big, and it might interfere with Vance holding his hand.
Robbie decides to upgrade that to really nice. Both familiar and new, it twists his stomach like a rollercoaster and is the only thing keeping him from sighing. He’s aware this is big. Huge, in terms of their continued friendship and what shape it takes. He will someday pinpoint this as the exact day he passed some point of no return.
Robbie just doesn’t know if he’ll regret it. There’s no crystal ball for experimentation with Real Relationships. Vance certainlyainly seems willing, and it’s not like Robbie is afraid of pain, as long as it’s his own.
“I don’t want you to get… I don’t know. Hurt.” Or over it, but he holds that in. What if everything Robbie thought of as them being bros was due to Vance’s feelings? If he gets over it, are they still friends? Were they ever? Don’t think about it. “I know you said no pressure, but can I get a when do I can freak out over something specific instead of whenever you ambush date me? And, uh, clarification on if kissing is something we do nowadays would be good."