I think---I liked the rain. I could---pick up on more.
[ Like now. The cold and wet feeling is the least of his concerns right now. Right now his focus is on Frank. On the echoes and the way the world ripples around him in the rain. He doesn't pull away when the other man reaches out for his hand. He looks down and squeezes it back, face still open and inquisitive at the moment.
Mike takes a step closer. He listens to his heartbeat and there's no hint of a lie. He reaches up, hesitation making his movements slow and a little halting, before his fingers lightly touch the other man's jaw. It's like a puzzle suddenly fitting together. ]
You said I jumped around like a squirrel. [ The laugh he'd had that night he heard it surprises him now. It's a little jarring but not awful. ] We---we had Italian. It was a little place you picked out.
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[ Like now. The cold and wet feeling is the least of his concerns right now. Right now his focus is on Frank. On the echoes and the way the world ripples around him in the rain. He doesn't pull away when the other man reaches out for his hand. He looks down and squeezes it back, face still open and inquisitive at the moment.
Mike takes a step closer. He listens to his heartbeat and there's no hint of a lie. He reaches up, hesitation making his movements slow and a little halting, before his fingers lightly touch the other man's jaw. It's like a puzzle suddenly fitting together. ]
You said I jumped around like a squirrel. [ The laugh he'd had that night he heard it surprises him now. It's a little jarring but not awful. ] We---we had Italian. It was a little place you picked out.