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Aiden was happy that Clayton was still so involved, even after their long training session. When they did their cool down stretches, Aiden listened and motioned to zip his lips closed. “My lips are sealed, promise.”
He wasn’t sure what he’d do if anyone directly asked him, like if the boss stared him down and asked him, he might unseal those lips like a mimosa. But he didn’t want to tell Clayton that lest he look like a coward.
Aiden did not know what to do with that waterfall of words coming out of Clayton. Jealous, cooler, hotter, killing people, fighting better, fucking Felix. It was all so quick. He made a smacking noise in the corner of his mouth as if to say ‘well, how about that’ and grinned. “I have no idea what to say to that. Except… well, soon you’ll know just as much fighting, just different styles than Milton. And… I don’t know him, so I can’t attest to the cooler and hotter thing, or the excitement of what it would be like fucking a sci-fi cyborg. Not one of my personal fantasies, I’m afraid.” He grinned. Besides, fucking Felix? Nah.
“Hey, thanks for showing up early, even though you’re not a morning person. And thanks for being so motivated. I had fun.”
Aiden’s reaction wasn’t unfamiliar to Clayton, who was long winded to most of his friends when he’d gotten comfortable with them. They all ended up just looking at him with a sort of confusion and exasperation. He just soldiered on the conversation himself.
“Well, if you ever do meet him, tell me if you think he’s cooler or hotter than me. Just ignoring the robot arm. Because that’s just unfair.” Clayton stood, visibly fatigued now. “I did too! You’re a good coach. I’m gonna go shower, I smell like gym mat and feet..” And with that he sauntered towards the communal showers, too lazy to trek back to the suite.











