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His lips pulled into a srabbed both boxes and set thee in his favorite cereal for so long Damn it He deserved this He’d just had a breakup He could eat bad shit for at least one day

It took so, but eventually he found a bowl and spoon before grabbing the e

Not thirty seconds after Matt sat on one of the brown, high-back bar stools and took his first bite, he heard the door open and close Oliver was home this early? Dates didn’t end this early in New York

He stoppedlike a kid who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar Or like he did at that party years ago when he’d gotten shit for the dessert he ate

But then Oliver s when he solden boy next door that you iined on an old TV show

“You found my stash,” Oliver said as he walked into the kitchen

“Did you try to hide them from me, or do you keep them hidden from everyone because you’re embarrassed about your secret love of marshmallows in cereal?”

Oliver laughed—a rich, joyful laugh that always sounded genuine—before he walked to the cabinet and reached for one of the red bowls He went for a spoon next and sat beside Matt at the bar and poured hi theo looking for them”

The same way Matt kneould have them Only, Matt didn’t eat this as much as he used to “The chocolate is new”

“My tastes have become more sophisticated since ere kids,” Oliver teased, and this tihed

Oliver always had Lucky Char up It was his favorite and so his parents ht it It sounded silly, but so like that was a treat for Matt as a kid His dad was disabled and his mom uneducated His parents had done the best they could, but it hadn’t ever been easy to make ends meet He and Oliver would sit around and eat a whole box of Lucky Charms in one day at Oliver’s house, which was a luxury he didn’t have anywhere else It had taken hi, even when they were hanging out, he hadn’t wanted to eat Oliver’s food at all It had felt like a handout but of course, Oliver wouldn’t have it It was their thing—the Lucky Char video games They were some of the best times Matt could remember

“Yeah, real sophisticated,” Matt finally coht me three cases for my birthday?”