Techie bites his bottom lip, anxious. Did he screw everything up? “Yeah… We d-don’t have to tell them that we’re friends, th-though. It can be our secret! R-Right?” He clasps his hands together in his lap and stares hard at them like they hold his cue-cards for the rest of the conversation. A quick, sideways glance towards Matt has his heart beating faster.
“I’d n-never let them get in the way of our friendsh-ship, Mattie. You mean a lot to me.” Here Techie gives him that smile again, and gently pats him on the shoulder. Were he a braver man, he’d rest his head on Matt’s shoulder and tell him just how much he cares for him… romantically.
But he isn’t brave, not at all. Techie goes through life cowering and flinching. Maybe one day he’ll take the reigns and confess to Matt that he’s out-of-his-mind in love with him.
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