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He canât help but frown when the man pulls away, even though he knows he has no right, but his face only falls further at the question. Because if heâd been honest to begin with, it wouldnât be a question. In fact, they wouldnât be here. âIf that were the case none of this would be a problem.â Dry tongue comes out to slide along his own, sore, even drier bottom lip before he sighs softly. âI love you so much that I told kelsey before I could even tell youâŚbecause she asked and even knowing I could lose her I couldnâtâŚ.lie. I didnât want too, I never did or at leastâŚ.never meant to but I did⌠What Iâm saying is I love you theo, but I love her too and thatâs not gonna change either. Maybe I donât deserve either of you for not knowing how. I donât want to hurt either of you, even though I know I already have.â Wriggling his nose, he sniffs at the tears cascading down it as he pauses for a moment before looking theo in the eye. Keys hands come up, gently taking theoâs face in his hands before resting his forehead against the mans again. âBut I love you, theodore. I have loved you for a long fucking time and it was awful of me not to let you know because youâre someone so worthy of being loved.â Swallowing hard, he pulls back just enough to hold the other manâs gaze, thumb grazing through the hair at theoâs temples. âBut now itâs even more complicated than before and ifâŚ.if you wanted to go too, Iâd get it. I fucked up. Bad.â Keys nods softly at himself as if to reaffirm the recognition and punishment in his head for letting things get this bad.Â
Usually. Theo would be quick to make a light hearted comment. It was his attempts at deflecting from the gravity of the situation, but this wasnât like all the other times. Keyâs had just admitted to loving him, he loved him. It had been something he had imagined, over and over again, until now, He loved him, He actually loved him, and in that very moment, Theo was lost for words, until the mention of Kelsey. âYou told her before you could even tell me?â He scoffed, because she asked? what kind of fucking excuse was that? He had known her how long? a couple months? vs the years they had spent growing into whatever this was between them, what made is so much easier for him to be honest with her? And then he said ti again, I love you. âSo worthy, It took you how long before you told her you loved her? how long had you know her before I was pushed aside. When youâre with her, I donât exist, I â fuck, Why now?â As Keyâs hands come up, hands on either side of of his face, Theoâs own hands almost came up, hands wrapped gently around his rest, as the other leaned forward, forehead pressed against his own. Seeing Keyâs right now, the tear stained cheeks, âIf i wanted to go to?âHe questioned, until It dawned on him, Kelsey had left him, Keyâs and his girlfriend had broken up for whatever reasons, and no where he was, confession in hand, âShe broke up with you? thatâs â thatâs why weâre here right now? because she dumped you, and youâre afraid of being alone.â Theo laughed softly, though there wasnât really any humour in his words, It was more sad than anything else


















