[ Joel watches him take his deep breaths with a decidedly skeptical expression plastered across his face. But he doesn't say anything, to his credit. He did ask for it, after all.
Matt's total inability to meet his eyeline does earn him a noticeably arched brow, though.
He's not expecting it to be the first thing Matt says, but that tiny tremor is unmistakable, where the small, polished stone is pressed into his palm. ...He's also not expecting this to be the part of the night where Matt shares something Joel is genuinely not prepared to know about him. (Not that, y'know, that's ever all that predictable.) ]
Of all the shit you could've lied about, that's what you're gonna choose to tell me?
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Matt's total inability to meet his eyeline does earn him a noticeably arched brow, though.
He's not expecting it to be the first thing Matt says, but that tiny tremor is unmistakable, where the small, polished stone is pressed into his palm. ...He's also not expecting this to be the part of the night where Matt shares something Joel is genuinely not prepared to know about him. (Not that, y'know, that's ever all that predictable.) ]
Of all the shit you could've lied about, that's what you're gonna choose to tell me?
[ Jesus, Matt. ]