Buffy is the First to Know
Tyrus and Platonic!Tuffy fic based on this post.
T.J. can’t believe his luck with dating Cyrus. Since the party a few weeks ago, they’ve hung out almost everyday. They act as friends when they’re with other people, but in private they hold hands, cuddle, and occasionally give each other cheek and forehead kisses. As much as T.J. loves hanging out with Cyrus in general, being around his friends puts him on edge. He thinks they’re starting to come around to him being a member of their group, but deep down he fears that they’re just trying to be nice.
Today, they both have a lot of homework and studying to get through, so they’ve opted to sit on Cyrus’s bed and work next to each other. Even though they’re studying for different subjects, it calms T.J. just to have his boyfriend beside him as he works through his math study guide.
“So,” Cyrus begins, breaking the concentrated silence between them, “I know you said you weren’t ready to come out yet.”
“Correct,” T.J. says. He doesn’t know if he likes where this conversation is going.
“I really don’t want to pressure you into anything,” Cyrus says, “But it’s killing me that our friends don’t know.”
“You mean your friends?” T.J. questions.
“They’re your friends too.”
T.J. wishes. Cyrus is friends with some of the most amazing people, and T.J. only wishes he could deserve them. “They only put up with me because I’m friends with you,” T.J. says as if it’s the most obvious thing in the world.
“That’s not true,” Cyrus says grabbing T.J.’s hand to console him. T.J. doesn’t want to fight him on that, but he knows it’s true. Cyrus is someone that thinks that everyone can just be friends with everyone else. T.J. knows that “I’ve already come out to them and they were super cool about it.”
“They love you unconditionally,” T.J. says, “You could tell them that you killed a man, and they would help you cover it up.”
“I think the most unlikely thing about that scenario is me being able to kill someone,” Cyrus says, earning a laugh from T.J., “So point taken.”
T.J. brings Cyrus’s hand to his lips in a tender kiss and turns back to his homework. He doesn’t realize that Cyrus is clearly not ready to drop the subject.
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