semi-pro heartbreaker

It's easy to use the word "soulmate," too easy. When it's just them, it's fine. But on camera, it leaves him with a squirmy feeling in his gut.

He almost wants to take it back, to make some excuse that it's a term he throws around loosely and often, that it doesn't mean the baring of part of his soul. He could laugh it off with a scathing little comment that would make it clear to everyone who's listening, maybe even save them the unsubtly probing questions as the press tour continues.

Hudson's eyebrows would crease, he'd blink too hard and look down, pulling his hand so their fingers are no longer brushing. And Connor would be left with satisfaction in his chest and bile in the back of his throat.

Heated Rivalry + poetry: "Come & Be My Baby" by Maya Angelou

and you're not the steadiest on your feet because you've had 4 of whatever brady's drinking, which is IPAs, which you hate. but brady always knows what the right and normal thing to order is. so you tell them you're gonna go piss, and as you're looking for the bathroom you hear matthew go, what? and brady goes, we're not telling people yet, fucker, it's too early. and you stand at the urinal reassuring yourself that you're doing SUCH a good job of hiding it and pretending that you have nooo hard feelings about what went down between you and brady. which was nothing!! nothing even really happened. nothing that mattered. obviously it didn't matter to him, and it was never going to be what you wanted it to be. and you knew it didn't matter to him so you have no one to blame but yourself for how much it mattered to you, and it's creepy and pathetic that it still matters to you even after you were in his wedding party. and [well. it's pov quinn so pretend you don't understand this reference. but your spirit knows the choreography perfectly] you have a little emma thompson both sides now love actually moment with one of those very luxurious paper towels that feels like cloth. and you come back to the table and say, very brightly, i'm gonna head up to bed, and brady goes, i'm still going first tomorrow, right, quinn? and you go, yeah. for sure.