#liarg

"I'm Patrick, I just moved in here," he says, extending a hand, which David shakes out of instinct. Patrick's grip is firm, his fingertips rough in a way that makes goosebumps stand up on David's arms.

David wants those strong hands literally all over him.

This is the first thought David shoves into the "Patrick" box in his mind, before it was even the "Patrick" box.

-- David's next door neighbor/business consultant is hot, and single, and spending way too much time with David when he should be focusing on making a connection at Singles Week.

"Ugh," David groans. "Alexis wants volunteers for the Singles Week thing."

"Hmm. You know, we could. It could be good for us. Tell her we want sponsorship in exchange, maybe our logo on the back of the tee shirts?"

"Right, yeah, it's just…" Patrick waits for him to formulate his thoughts. "I can't really volunteer if I'm participating, right?"

Patrick grips the steering wheel, tackling the emotions that bubble up one at a time. He readjusts himself in his seat. He swallows down the bile. He refocuses on the road ahead of him. He takes a breath. "You're, um… you're participating?"

David just taps out a text as he responds, "Well, I mean… yeah. I'm single, right? So… why not?"

"Right, yeah. O-of course."

Naive idiot, he chastises himself.

Of course this isn't anything to David. Of course he isn't anything to David.

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a friends-with-benefits/singles week au. david and patrick have been "casually" hooking for a while when they decide to take part in singles week, which definitely sounds like a great idea for these two mutually pining idiots.

sorry i didn’t update last night, i was very tired and went to sleep kinda early.