nate looked at him and smiled as he listened and took another sip of his drink as he looked around and his nerves were definitely on a high as he slips his hand back into gabriel’s hand .
“ can we go dance, maybe …” he spoke im a whisper— he wanted to go out of comfort a +
gabriel rolled his eyes when he heard
the response. was he surprised by the
quick judgement, no. so when the drinks
arrived and he waited for nate to take a
sip, he laughed.
❛ see. maybe if you judged less, you'd
realize that there are
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was his words before he took a sip of it and surprised by the way it actually tasted good..
❛ it’s actually good soo. ❜
nate looked back down at the others hand, he wanted to hold it again…
he found himself pouting at the parting of their hands— that was odd behavior, he brushed it off as he watched the other ordering them drinks . . . the sight of the bright drink looked atrocious to him.
❛ this looks like repulsive. . ❜
+
gabriel finally broke from nate's hand
and he called out the bartender. once
the man arrived, he ordered two of
the fruity specials. when they came
back he handed him one.
❛ it's like a blue raspberry sour patch
kid flavor thing.
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he was still freaking out inside , but started to feel a bit calmer realizing he wasn’t be judged here , he looked down at the other’s hand still intertwined with his own — he realized how long they have been holding hands .
❛ surprise me . ❜ he smiled , nate was usually one to drink bears or whiskey and scotch alone in his room most the time — the new surroundings was definitely different to him .
❛ this is not the place i expected to be . . with another male . ❜
+
❛ everyone here is chill. all they want to
do is be in a place that is a safe space
for everyone. now, what's your drink of
choice, i got you. ❜ he smiled.
❛ they make some really good mixed drinks.
i may do more of the fruity
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back out of this — was it to late . . he took a deep breath trying to calm his nerves as he gave gabriel’s hand squeezes again .
❛ i still trust you . . ❜ he whispered still panicking on the inside .
nate definitely had trauma and it was so bad that it ate him up for years and he couldn’t talk about it to people who didn’t know how fucked out he was .
as nate saw where the other had took him the anxiety and nerves started to hit high rocket again , he wanted to freak and +
gabriel kept his eyes on nate and he
wondered what his full story was. most
guys who had this much anger and hate
had trauma of their own. or grew up in
an environment that was full of hate
themselves.
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his eyes scanned around and no one was looking nor cared about the two of them , still nate nervously bit into his lip as he continued to grip a little tightly at the other’s hand .
❛ i trust you , remember . ❜
he could sense that nate was uncomfortable
and gabriel had empathy for him. everyone
had different upbringings. gabriel was so
lucky that he had parents that were okay
with his sexuality. they cared more about his
success than who he loved.
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he looked at their hands and boy was his nerves freaking the fuck out holding another ma’s hand , nate however tried to remain calm like he promised. . as they went to a bus stop and approached a bus with people on it nate started to freak a little more . .
gabriel smiled when nate took his hand.
he started walking with him. he thought
that he'd take him to have some actual
fun. but it was a bus stop away.
when the bus arrived, he paid for both of
their tolls, and took a seat.
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he looked at the other male’s hand , he was hesitant though he took it . . he meant it , he’d be positive about whatever he wanted him nate to do with him .
❛ i trust you .❜