for WIP guessing game: the word “follow”
This is also from Merry Go Round in which Buck makes queer friends, starts going on dates again, but somehow all roads lead back to Tommy
"Well, I'd better..." Tommy tilts his head in the direction of wherever he had been going. The way the other people dressed all business casual like him had gone.
"Right," Tommy says, smiling at them. "Well, good to see you as always."
There's an awkward beat, and then they slip by each other, a little dance of distant politeness. Buck tucks his hands in his pockets and walks on briskly, Josh following him to the end of the hall that's apparently full of rooms with meteorology lectures. Thankfully the door is where he remembered, an exit only fire door that leads right to a sidewalk between the parking lot and the path around the building to the street.
Buck gestures towards the street - the restaurant is walking distance - but the moment the door clacks shut behind them, Josh breaks the stretching silence.
"Sure you still want to go to a romantic dinner with some guy who's just your sister's coworker?" he says, his voice as arch as his eyebrow as he follows the gesture anyway and starts walking.
"Fuck," Buck blurts, swiping a hand over his face. "I'm sorry - I didn't mean-"
"Like I get the context so I'm not actually mad, but let me just say… wow," Josh says, shaking his head. "Way to make a girl feel special."
"I'm so sorry. I just-" He's opened his mouth to try and explain further, but even he can see that he'd only be digging the hole deeper no matter what he says.
He closes his mouth and scrunches up his nose for the rest of the block, and Josh lets him, just patting his shoulder with something like pity.
"This is a terrible date, isn't it?" he says finally when they get to a crosswalk and stop at the light. It's a busy street for cars but there aren't many pedestrians around, so the conversation is private enough he doesn't mind cracking open that can of worms.
"Oh, god, honey, I have had much, much worse," Josh says with a laugh.
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