[ ah, maybe he should've given this a little bit of a lead-in instead of blindsiding jeff with it. but in his defence, david didn't really know he wanted to ask this until about two seconds before he opened his mouth. but it's happened now, and david's patient while jeff works through what he wants to say as he says it — though when jeff admits to having been attracted to david since before the mistletoe incident, that visibly surprises him, eyebrows raised and lips parted in a silent 'oh' for a long moment before he catches himself and remembers he stopped jeff to talk about something else here. that's not important right now. ]
[ he mirrors jeff, hands shoved in his front pockets as he tries to figure out how to respond to all that. he doesn't think he wants just casual, not if he has a choice, but his track record isn't great. maybe he's just not built for anything other than casual relationships.
Don't think I really know what I want.
[ he frowns a bit when he says it, puffs out a light breath with a shake of his head. he just doesn't want to be putting his feelings somewhere they're not going to be reciprocated, and sure he can't control that, but he can minimize the risk for both of them. ]
[ there's also a couple other concerns, but they're ancillary, barely even on his mind. ]
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[ he mirrors jeff, hands shoved in his front pockets as he tries to figure out how to respond to all that. he doesn't think he wants just casual, not if he has a choice, but his track record isn't great. maybe he's just not built for anything other than casual relationships.
Don't think I really know what I want.
[ he frowns a bit when he says it, puffs out a light breath with a shake of his head. he just doesn't want to be putting his feelings somewhere they're not going to be reciprocated, and sure he can't control that, but he can minimize the risk for both of them. ]
[ there's also a couple other concerns, but they're ancillary, barely even on his mind. ]