Beside Still Water

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he buys nursey a nice beanie bc he remembered him saying 234325 years ago that his ears were cold and when nursey’s like “bABE U ROMANTIC” dex just shrugs and is like “you said you were cold? dont make it weird nurse”

does this all the time to the point of nursey thinking he’s making up excuses for why things are romantic to be a little shit but no. dex’s life is just like this.

“oh hey i had some leftovers from dinner last night so i thought i’d heat them up for us also i found this random candle and it smelled nice so i put it on the table and shit yeah sorry the lights aren’t really working so it’s kinda dim in here right now also my radio broke and won’t stop playing frank sinatra i know it’s annoying but we’ll suffer through yeah?”

nursey: are u shitting me rn

sends nursey a picture whenever anything reminds him of him and most of the time it’s funny shit or memes but sometimes it’s cute stuff like dogs or a charming little bookstore or a sunset

always eats the flavor of m&ms/skittles/gummy bears/etc that nursey doesn’t like and remembers his favorite flavors to the point that for christmas once he was like “nursey really likes blue skittles. i wonder if you can get just blue skittles?” and spent a few hours looking up bulk candy sites and ordered nursey like a pound of blue skittles and nursey cried and his tongue was blue for like a solid 3 months

is always acting like him doing cute shit isn’t a big deal bc he genuinely doesn’t think it is; his family was very loving and he doesn’t think it’s a huge thing to be thoughtful to the ones you love but nursey’s attention starved ass cries daily about his romantic boyfriend

ok but he also doesn’t see himself being “romantic” bc nursey is a poet? and is always writing stuff for dex and waxing poetic about his freckles and his skin and what have you but nursey literally has a complex about how he doesn’t feel like he’s doing enough in the relationship bc dex does so much for him and is so thoughtful meanwhile dex is just “aw nursey wrote me another poem he’s so creative and thoughtful and wonderful i love him wow” as he looks up environmentally friendly pens on amazon bc nursey complained once that the pens he writes with use too much packaging and it’s wasteful

also dex doesn’t have a lot of money to buy gifts or pay for dates so he tries his best to notice and pay attention and be thoughtful and present which is great bc it’s something nursey really needs and appreciates

now im just thinking about cute things dex has definitely done for nursey but okay once nursey mentioned missing manhattan and all the cool buildings and the skyline and the next term dex literally took a woodworking class so he could make a mini wooden replica of manhattan and give it to nursey

he just pays attention when nursey speaks like that thing about relationships “turning towards” or whatever? he always stops what he’s doing when nursey needs his attention and just listens and he’s so intense about it nursey was like “whoaaa” at first but dex is just like “being ignored sucks” and nursey cries

nursey cries often bc nursey loves his bf so much how did he get this lucky???? he has no clue

"What am I supposed to do?"

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