ask-matttheradartechnician:

Matt looked up from the thing he had been working on.
“ sure techie you can ask me anything. You know that.”

Techie froze. “Mattie?” He pulled all the way apart, cheeks rosy red. Had he gone too fast? Shit! Techie knew he had that problem; because he was easy, he often forgot others weren’t so quick to progress, relationship-wise.

”I’m s-sorry, Matt,” he says, eyes wide. “Did I… m-make you unc-comfortable?”