bardish: 40s; JUSTIFIED (rg148)
Jeff Calhoun ([personal profile] bardish) wrote 2020-07-12 11:02 am (UTC)

[ Jeff smiles, clearly a little charmed by the invitation to sit-- by the notion that it might be forward, even if it's, like, a totally practical thing on account of the lack of furniture.

Still! It's gentlemanly. ]


It's not too forward. [ At least he's careful not to jostle the mattress much when he sits down. Who knows if sudden movement will turn Peter's stomach inside out. He points at the other man. ]

And I'm holding you to that. [ The dinner thing. ] It's a date.

[ Wait. Jeff's been here too long. That's something to say under normal circumstances, not... to a guy who just found himself in a crazy dream world and drank himself sick in an attempt to wake up. Is he being too presumptuous? Insensitive? Should he laugh his own comment off as a joke or just backtrack and give Peter an out from any awkwardness or what? ] I mean! Or... it's a not-a-date! [ What are those things called again? ] A hangout of peers! No pressure-- unless you want-- Uh. I'm-- I feel like I'm being weird right now. Am I being weird right now?

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