he looked at his phone in shock even though he shouldnโt be. everyoneโs been texting them every other minute since his father got attacked by the inner circle. ย he wanted nothing more than to jump in the ambulance with him, to be with his fatherโฆ who clearly needed him right now, but executive duties means that one of them needed to stay on sight ย ( the good brothers offered to ride with nick, texting him updates as soon as they had them. ย it had him uneasy, ย he should trust the good brothers, but he didnโt. ) ย and that hurts, ย this whole situation hurts his heart.
adamโs text shouldโve made him feel better, but if anything it gave him a headache. he hadnโt heard from adam since that night at the bar, ย the night they kissed. ย if adam didnโt feel the same way, Matthew could, and would, one hundred percent understand thatโโ matthew has been nothing short of an asshole to him the past few months ย ( ย or few years ย ) ย but at least give a guy some kind of heads up instead of going ghost.
โi dont know, i havenโt heard anything yet. but no news is good news i guessโ
a little morbid but matthew was in a morbid mood.
โhowโs your arm by the way?โ
texting him felt weird, this whole situation between him and adam, was weird. ย and it wasnโt gonna get resolved until matthew brought it up ย ( ย cause the window for hangman to ask him about it, had definitely passed ย )
Adamโs butt vibratedโ paused in the hallway outside the locker room he fished his phone out of his back pocket. He stepped aside so a small flock of wrestlers could get at the door. Shoulder leaned-up against the wall he eyed the notification on his lock screen. Two texts from Matt Jackson. Pinch him, Adam must be dreaming, Matt had replied.
The earlier message, asking after Mattโs father was a bit like a smoke signal. A helpless shout into the void to express sympathy and concern. Matt and Nick were close to their parents. A trait Adam shared. If the positions were switched and Adam was in Mattโs shoes, heโd be inconsolable. Texting Matt was the right thing to do but a reply was more than Adam expected.ย
He opened the messenger app.ย
The brief exchange felt fragile as glass. Held-up by shoe string and duct tape polite pleasantness. Adamโs opinion on Matt and Kenny and Nick wavered day-to-day, hour-to-hour. Sometimes his jaw set and the blood in the chambers of his heart boiled. Sometimes he was more wistful, dreaming of by gone days. Sometimes he sat in production meeting and tried not to imagine running his hands through Mattโs hair.ย
โno news is always good newsโ His thumbs typed-out the response and sending it was like a shotgun blast next to his ear.ย โHeโll be fine. Your dad is tough like you.โ
Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.ย
โmeet me at the bar?โ