#torquethrust

it’s the most intimidating interview of his life.

that being-- when his first and only life-long job’s been at the family business, and going through his order of the arrow initiation prepared him for the eagle board, he didn’t have much to compare to. thankfully, it’s still daylight out. as long as the lights stay on, he’s good. he’s fine.

that didn’t stop his tension from spawning a few thick, lazy appendages under the shadow cast by his chair, letting out some of that energy by slowly rolling over each other.

licking his lips before continuing, samson sat up in his chair, giving the visual of being ‘at attention’. as much as he could sitting down, that is.

“just under four years ago. had a friend’s wedding in england. northern-ish.”

Guillermo chuckled softly, shaking his head, he couldn’t imagine himself in a polyamorous relationship, given his track record with past relationships. 

“I think I’ve got to master the art of being in a long term relationship with one person before I try to be in one with multiple people. How you expect me to be in the big leagues when I haven’t won a little league game yet?” 

   Lexis clenched his teeth together hard enough to produce an audible grinding as he tried to properly wrap his left hand. It would be more sensible to ask for help when he’s stuck working with one hand in a building full of colleagues, but he had never been accused of knowing how to ask for help. And maybe he felt a little deserving of this pain. After all, if he had listened to his late mentor and built up a tolerance to pain then a broken or dislocated finger wouldn’t rip sound from his throat. Years later and he was still one of the biggest liabilities around when caught in the hands of the enemy.

He was quick to swallow the bitter taste in his mouth and reminded himself that he had been rescued, and hadn’t been used to cause any major or lasting damage. The mental self-reassurance felt hollow. Lexis finally pulled out of his own thoughts when a large, looming shadow was suddenly robbing him of his light.

“My first heartbreak, shit it was a long time along. Honestly I think it was when I was sixteen. I wasn’t sure of my sexuality but I knew I did like girls but I I knew I liked boys too. There was this boy in my biology, he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed but he was sweet and good looking. So one day we suppose to work together on a project. It was him, another girl and myself. She had strict parents so she wasn’t allowed out much. So it was just him and I, doing most of it. We became close friends, and it wasn’t long when I had feelings for him. Mind you when I was in high school I looked nothing like I do now. I was a skinny little nerd. But anyhow I told him how I felt and he more or less laughed in my face. He was gay but he didn’t like the way I looked. Yeah it took me awhile to confess my feels for anyone after that.”