who: closed starter for @thewriter-noah what: “hahahah we haven’t really talked since i confessed my eighth grade love for you” where: Mac’s apartment
With everything else going on, Mackenzie had almost forgotten about his drunken confession to Noah at the Pit. Or at least, he’d tried to forget it. He didn’t think he’d feel so vulnerable about it nearly ten years later, but he’d liken the feeling to being open on an operating table for everyone to see. His face still warmed when he thought about it, his hands still clammed up, his voice still shook. It was like being twelve all over again, without the buffer of however many shots the Russells had poured him the night it all came spilling out. Knowing that Noah didn’t remember that initial night brought some comfort to him, at least things hadn’t been as catastrophic as he’d thought. But where exactly did that leave them now? It wasn’t as if they could just... go back to the way things were before, right?
So maybe Mackenzie hadn’t really thought all of that through when he invited Noah to hang out. Maybe he’d just thought about how much he missed his former best friend, and how much time they had to make up for. That is, if they even still got along. “So um- you’re still doing the whole writing thing, huh? That’s pretty cool...”













