Gather round sluts, it's Story Time™.
So I've said this before and I'll insist it until the day that I die:
Pete was lusting hard for Vegas since the very beginning.
And Pete/Build's way of showing it is something that would totally be missed if you don't know that they end up together. The way that Pete's eyes linger on Vegas is such a tell, but the most subtle of hints. The way that Pete looks at Vegas is cautious, because he knows the man is a goddamned Pit Viper on two legs, but there's such an overtone of lust to it, especially in the torture scene. There's so much want in Pete's eyes.
I mean, look at this:
First off, my boy literally looks him up and down, then while Vegas is actively mutilating a human being, Pete is the only one that can't look away. Everyone else looks like they're gonna be sick; even Big looks shaken, but Pete just looks like he's ready to vibrate out of his own skin. He's so turned on by how cold and controlled Vegas is that he literally cannot take his eyes off of him. If you didn't know that he was watching someone rip a person's teeth out, you would without a doubt say that he's serving both cunt and bedroom eyes, because he absolutely is!
I just think that Build did an excellent job of translating Pete's lust for Vegas to the viewers before we even had the thought that they'd get together, and I don't think that we give him enough credit for the acting skills here.
Bonus +1: Pete looking longingly at Vegas while he's speaking to Porsche. That is 100% the look of someone watching his crush flirt with someone else, and you can't change my mind.
