Yeah, I did. Because he is. Not like I'm crushing on the dude or anything... [That was someone else entirely who happened to be sitting across the table from Alex. Anyway.] Just appreciating the facts.

[Alex opined readily, as casually as he could manage it. Because yeah, Henry sure did just almost half admit something there, didn't he? The missing time between them suddenly felt extremely loud, and Alex wasn't sure if he should press his luck here.

Fuck it.]

I've... sort of been doing a lot of thinking a lot on stuff like that lately. Er, attraction and sexuality stuff, I mean.

[Smooth as fuck, Alex. You're so not nailing this. Get it together.]