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jamie’s words reach him and he finds himself GRINNING, not that he expects the other boy to know why. he doesn’t know why, jason remembers, and that’s the best part. ’ yeah… yeah, i think i can handle a lot more than you know. ’ he answers, short and vague, and he finishes closing up his backpack, pulling it off of the table in front of him to throw it over his shoulder instead. he looks at jamie for only a brief moment as he passes him, finds satisfaction knowing that this guy doesn’t know kaz, doesn’t know THE TRUTH about her like he does. jason briefly wonders if he’s even seen her in the same way he has, when she’s bare and exposed. he stops to pull dark hood up over his head, covering messy hair. ’ you coming? ’
Jason is new territory, a million things that Jamie can’t parse. Off-kilter, too much nervous energy (and held with such a loose grip), and sharp around the oddest edges. He grins and Jamie finds himself staring for a second too long, trying to figure out what joke he hasn’t caught onto yet. “Oh, yeah? That’s good to hear, I guess.” It’s not. It makes Jamie nervous, makes his muscles tense and draws his gaze to Jason’s back, where it finds purchase. He tries to reason that it probably means nothing. That Jason is Kaz’s friend and that he should trust him. But as much as he reasons, the creeping sense of dread never quits sneaking up on him.
Broken from his thoughts, Jamie glances up to find Jason already exiting the train car, head tilted back in Jamie’s direction. “Yeah, sorry.” After shoving the rest of his belongings into the nearby backpack and lowering himself from the train car, Jamie catches up to Jason, eyes studying what little he can make out of Jason’s expression in the dark. “So, you and Kaz have gotten pretty close. This thing really brought you two together, huh?”










