“ do they know we’re together? ”
jealous / possessive meme // @batteryacidfcknuts
britt, while a bit loud and only slightly obnoxious, meant well. she was NICE, and mike had come to consider her a FRIEND. admittedly, she was quite pretty – big dark eyes, smooth olive skin, silky, long black hair, and a little on the taller side for a girl. if mike didn’t know any better, he’d swear that she was a model rather than a zoologist-in-training. she also worked with mike at the museum of science, which is where they’d originally met, and they instantly connected. but they were friends, JUST FRIENDS, and eddie had nothing to worry about.
once they became friends at their job, it seemed that they would run into each other at every turn – school, the street, and unsurprisingly, the grocery store. mike had been in the middle of trying to convince eddie that the cheaper, off-brand dish soap would work JUST AS WELL as the more expensive, name-brand when britt had come over. with her being the touchy-feely type, mike – being used to it by now – hadn’t thought anything of her closeness or hand on his shoulder, or the playful nudge she’d given him as they joked about some inside joke.
she told a joke at mike’s expense to eddie after introducing herself to him, resulting in a faint blush creeping up the back of mike’s neck and him lightly swatting at her. she could only laugh, and would’ve carried on – would’ve lingered around even longer, if not for her pager going off. upon checking it, she let out a quiet curse under her breath and flashed the boys a smile when she looked back up at them before excusing herself.
mike’s gaze followed after her as she walked around them, momentarily fixating on the way her ponytail swished back and forth in her stride before being torn out of his thoughts by eddie. he’d VAGUELY registered the first question, only managing to fully hone in on the following one. ‘do they know we’re together?’ mike saw that question coming from a mile away and had to suppress the sigh begging to be released.
he sent out a silent prayer before responding, “ well, i mean, YEAH, ” he started, idly reaching over and tossing the off-brand dish soap into their cart, “ most everyone i work with knows i’m taken. ” he paused and sent another glance in the direction britt had gone in, “ like, i know more about HER than she knows about me, but – you heard her – she talks a LOT. ” it wasn’t like mike minded, but as a result, he basically knew her whole life story in comparison to the information he’d actually shared about himself. “ she knows i’m dating someone. ” he shrugged, like it was no big deal. “ i just…don’t talk about myself all the much with her. ”
“ we need detergent, ” he added off-handedly, not wanting to continue to have this conversation any longer. that said, he moved over and started pushing the cart down the aisle. maybe if he offered enough distractions and didn’t make direct eye-contact, they could drop this and eddie would get caught up with going over their grocery list.
