Everest
"I would never ask someone else to pay my bills." Ever replies promptly, wondering if perhaps this was some sort of test (had the app asked Mateo to see if he was a golddigger?). 'Besides, I like my job. I like helping people.' Which, given that the paramedic had a hard time maintaining eye contact or being touched seemed a bit strange, but there you have it, right from the horse's mouth.
Curling his lip thoughtfully before shaking his head—no, Mateo would be there, and new things made him feel anxious—Ever lets his entire body relax onto the mat before taking a deep breath. What Mateo thinks is a joke is interpreted with all the seriousness of a heart attack, such that all those muscles Ever had just worked on relaxing suddenly bunch up. "What...I mean..." His cheeks flush suddenly as Ever closes his eyes to blot out how the world has started to spin. 'What about our trip? That is..you can take someone else. Your date. I understand." He stammers, his mind having leapt from his playful hypothetical to Mateo moving out tomorrow.
Curling his lip thoughtfully before shaking his head—no, Mateo would be there, and new things made him feel anxious—Ever lets his entire body relax onto the mat before taking a deep breath. What Mateo thinks is a joke is interpreted with all the seriousness of a heart attack, such that all those muscles Ever had just worked on relaxing suddenly bunch up. "What...I mean..." His cheeks flush suddenly as Ever closes his eyes to blot out how the world has started to spin. 'What about our trip? That is..you can take someone else. Your date. I understand." He stammers, his mind having leapt from his playful hypothetical to Mateo moving out tomorrow.
even if i had to lose you to know you,
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
