"Do you cook?" Marcus asks. "Well, then I'm certainly keeping you around."
It's teasing, of course, but he's surprised by the ease with which the words come. Yes, he's teasing, but he finds he means them all the same. If Dan wants to be around, then Marcus is going to want him there, and he doubts very much there's going to be anything that changes that. Even if they had never kissed, even if this date had never happened, he would have wanted Dan's friendship. Anything he was willing to give.
"This place has fantastic parties sometimes. I'd like to take you," he says, leaning in, brushing his lips against Dan's temple. On the stage the band starts up a particularly heavy song, one Marcus can feel right down in his chest, the vibrations of the bass singing in his bones, and he closes his eyes to enjoy it. This is as close to a perfect moment as he's had, he thinks, with the music in his body, Dan's hand in his, his lips still brushing Dan's skin lightly.
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It's teasing, of course, but he's surprised by the ease with which the words come. Yes, he's teasing, but he finds he means them all the same. If Dan wants to be around, then Marcus is going to want him there, and he doubts very much there's going to be anything that changes that. Even if they had never kissed, even if this date had never happened, he would have wanted Dan's friendship. Anything he was willing to give.
"This place has fantastic parties sometimes. I'd like to take you," he says, leaning in, brushing his lips against Dan's temple. On the stage the band starts up a particularly heavy song, one Marcus can feel right down in his chest, the vibrations of the bass singing in his bones, and he closes his eyes to enjoy it. This is as close to a perfect moment as he's had, he thinks, with the music in his body, Dan's hand in his, his lips still brushing Dan's skin lightly.