[ It dawns on Rook, as he sits there nursing his beer and waiting for Nick's response, that his extension of an offer might be seen as flirting, or worse, some kind of proposition. Nick is definitely attractive, but that's just not the sort of thing you come right out with, man to man - particularly in rural fucking Montana.
His face burns all the hotter for the realization, and it helps far less that Mary May is staring at him with a faintly amused look on her face. The flush in his cheeks might not be easy to see, but his body language (and expression) are probably pretty obvious. He holds up his beer to indicate he'd like another to drown his embarrassment in, and leans to look at Nick's notepad.
— Oh.
By the time he has a new beer, Rook's gone from slightly mortified to at least a little pleased, the warmth in his cheeks now for a different reason.
No, I get it. It's definitely not an imposition or an obligation, I live alone so. Just an offer.
He allows Nick to read out what he's typed, then considers. 'Cute' is not really an adjective that straight dudes normally use for each other, to Rook's knowledge. Unless Nick is teasing him?
You're pretty cute yourself.
This is somehow infinitely worse than a risky text, having to watch the recipient's reaction in real time. ]
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His face burns all the hotter for the realization, and it helps far less that Mary May is staring at him with a faintly amused look on her face. The flush in his cheeks might not be easy to see, but his body language (and expression) are probably pretty obvious. He holds up his beer to indicate he'd like another to drown his embarrassment in, and leans to look at Nick's notepad.
— Oh.
By the time he has a new beer, Rook's gone from slightly mortified to at least a little pleased, the warmth in his cheeks now for a different reason.
No, I get it. It's definitely not an imposition or an obligation, I live alone so. Just an offer.
He allows Nick to read out what he's typed, then considers. 'Cute' is not really an adjective that straight dudes normally use for each other, to Rook's knowledge. Unless Nick is teasing him?
You're pretty cute yourself.
This is somehow infinitely worse than a risky text, having to watch the recipient's reaction in real time. ]