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[greatamazingfeelingsboy]

Jan 28th?

Caleb sprawls on Alex's couch, exhausted and sore and slightly frustrated. He'd gone to the gym with some of the guys from the team, and it'd proved... trying. Clint kept looking at him, which in and of itself isn't a problem. The problem was that he kept getting slightly aroused, at random times, while looking at Caleb. Which meant Caleb worked out harder, which meant Clint stared more, which meant that Clint got aroused more, and by the end of the two hours, he was so fucking tired and sore from trying to work out the feelings he kept getting.

He'd already showered at his place, but he'd promised Alex he'd swing over after the gym, since his place isn't warded against Grays. He likes hanging out with her, and he likes that there aren't any butterflies between them. It's nice to just... have a friend.

Which he realizes isn't fair to Rosie, who's easily one of his closest friends here. But she's so busy with her boyfriend and school that sometimes he doesn't get to just hang out with her. Last week doesn't entirely count, because he'd been a mess.

"Kill me," he mumbles into the couch cushion his face is pressed against.

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[greatamazingfeelingsboy]

He smiles small and shrugs. "Yeah, sorta," he says. "But, I meant more like a mediator, sorta. Keep you guys on track if your feelings start to get the better of you. Either of you."

[takecourage]

"We're assuming he's going to want to speak to me again," says Alex. She tries to stay calm, but she knows he'll be able to feel it - the bone deep horror at the thought of Darlington knowing the whole truth.

[greatamazingfeelingsboy]

"It might not be that bad," he says. "But the longer you wait to tell him..." He doesn't want to tell Alex how to live her life. But if Darlington figured it out once before, he'll probably figure it out again. Then he'll want to know why Alex never told him, and then it'll be a matter of trust, and... Caleb just doesn't want her going through that.

[takecourage]

Alex isn't convinced, and she knows that Caleb will know that, but she nods, all the same. Because he's right, and she knows it. She leans in against him, squeezing his hand.

"Not sure I deserve you."

[greatamazingfeelingsboy]

He rests his temple on the crown of her head, gently squeezing back. "I'm here," he says simply, then grins. "So... I dunno, deal with it, I guess."

[takecourage]

Alex laughs at that, a little hiccup of sound, and she nods, not hard enough to dislodge his cheek from her hair.

"Guess so," she says.