[His voice reverberates in the small space, rising over the chime of the front door's bell; a woman with a hamper of laundry on her hip takes one look at the scene inside and changes her mind, scurrying back outside.
Friends don't lie. It's a cardinal rule, a law of the universe - but Mike has wondered more and more if maybe friends can keep secrets. Because right now, nothing seems more horrible than saying the words out loud.
So, heart in his throat, he circumvents: ]
It's just... it's the least shitty thing that happened last month, okay? I'm fine. [Except he's not, and he desperately wants one of Dustin's smothering bear hugs, but he knows he's being too much of a combative asshole for that right now. A reunion he's longed for for months, and he ruined it by being this.]
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[His voice reverberates in the small space, rising over the chime of the front door's bell; a woman with a hamper of laundry on her hip takes one look at the scene inside and changes her mind, scurrying back outside.
Friends don't lie. It's a cardinal rule, a law of the universe - but Mike has wondered more and more if maybe friends can keep secrets. Because right now, nothing seems more horrible than saying the words out loud.
So, heart in his throat, he circumvents: ]
It's just... it's the least shitty thing that happened last month, okay? I'm fine. [Except he's not, and he desperately wants one of Dustin's smothering bear hugs, but he knows he's being too much of a combative asshole for that right now. A reunion he's longed for for months, and he ruined it by being this.]