Okay. He could do this. Just. Casual. He could be casual.
It had been fourteen years since he’d lost Snow, on the worst day of his life. If it hadn’t been for Ruby and Jefferson holding him together, if it hadn’t been for the necessity of him taking care of Emma, if it hadn’t been for how much he loved that little girl, he didn’t think he would have survived. But he had to live for Emma, and his best friends had gone so far above and beyond for him. He had loved Jefferson and Ruby as family for his whole life, and they were there by his side every day since his world fell apart.
But... in the last year or two, something with Jefferson had shifted. He wasn’t sure when, he wasn’t sure why, but something in his feelings had started to change.
So, here he was, pacing in the hallway outside the living room where Ruby was watching tv, feeling like an idiot. Hell, she could probably hear him or smell, her senses as sensitive as they were. Jefferson was out with Emma and Grace, and it was the perfect opportunity. He could do this.
David walked into the living room with a false-casual smile and flopped himself down onto the couch next to her. Keep it casual and subtle. “So you’re bi, right?”