[ the way their eyes meet before john's dart away make thomas' stomach tighten again — with anticipation but also with uncertainty, for a moment. there are moments when he isn't sure of john's interest. it's there, yes, of that he is sure — but whether or not john is willing to act on it, that he is not so certain of.
he knows all too well that there are reasons, sometimes, why what one wants cannot happen regardless. the world is not always or even often kind in that way.
but he pushes those thoughts away. there is no need to be fatalistic before the fact. so he smiles, instead, and holds his hand out for his fork. ]
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he knows all too well that there are reasons, sometimes, why what one wants cannot happen regardless. the world is not always or even often kind in that way.
but he pushes those thoughts away. there is no need to be fatalistic before the fact. so he smiles, instead, and holds his hand out for his fork. ]
Quite. And your pie? Satisfied with it?