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Josiah leaned back into him as he stroked a hand up and down Mateo’s arm "I wanted it And as much as I e could live in thisto do"

Talk Josiah was sothan either he or Mateo were Still, he knew Josiah was right As much as Tristan wanted to barricade them in this apartment and pretend the outside world didn’t exist, he couldn’t

"Until I knohat the fuck is going on, I don’t want either of you out alone"

Tristan raised a brow at Mateo

"Yeah, you, too"

"Mateo," Tristan said at the same time Josiah muttered, "Teo"

Mateo already shook his head "Give me this I need to protect you This is my past--"

"Not if–" Tristan started, but Mateo cut hiain

"No, it’s my shit, no matter how you look at it What you did doesn’t uing, Tristan picked up the sponge and started dripping water down Josiah’s chest, rubbing his upper body

"Tris?" This fro Tristan believed in, everything he wanted to believe about hiether, had to be one, and he trusted Mateo He had to sacrifice this need for Mateo, because Mateo was sacrificing for theotta keep an ear out to see what I can find out I won’t keep it to "

"We’re looking for a new coffeehouse" That was the one thing Tristan wouldn’t give on "We’ll start as soon as possible I’ anyone take that away from us" Really, it was all he had in a lot of ways Not when it ca for hiy in Tristan needed that

"What about the shit with the fire?" Mateo asked, and Josiah gave theht," Tristan said "I knew that all along It’s ed that piece of hi Now, he felt everything For the first tie that

"You didn’t do it They have no evidence They’re fishing" If he was being honest with hi to do with Mateo as well Sure, they had to question Josiah at first, but it probably stuck because they knew about his relationship with Mateo