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And he also didn’t knohat to say right now

Matt spoke before he had the chance “Don’t do that Please don’t fucking do that Don’t judge me, Oliver”

“I’m not” But they both knew he kind of was

“I can see it in your face Different doesn’t ”

“Fuck” Oliver cursed quietly because Matt was right He knew that, but he wasn’t acting like it “You’re right To each their own I meant no disrespect” Hell, Matt was the only one out of the two of the Oliver didn’t

Matt sighed, but a small srabbed the front of Oliver’s shirt so that his hand was against Oliver’s sto like that” He tugged Oliver’s shirt playfully and then let go “I’ to lie down” He disappeared behind the door into Oliver’s guest roo about Matt…How different he seeo downstairs and write He needed to stop overthinking everything where Matt was concerned and wondering what happened to the boy he’d known

CHAPTER FIVE

It was too quiet for Matt to sleep He’d known Oliver lived out in the hills of Laurel Canyon, but he didn’t realize how silent it would actually be He was too used to New York City where people never slept There were always lights and sounds and an energy he kept expecting but didn’t receive

Or hell,that as an excuse, and it was really the combination of ent doith Parker added to the way Oliver had looked at him when he’d shared the details about their relationship

He wasn’t ashaether He also wasn’t surprised by Oliver’s reaction to it He and Oliver had always seen a lot of things differently Hell, it was like they lived on different planets soht way, and Matt would usually do theruff Oliver would always accoave up It was just how they were built