For Jack
Continued from here.
"I'm trying," he says honestly, the frustration plain in his voice. "I'm trying really hard." And maybe he's thought about ending things with Alcuin. Maybe it's come into his head when he's lying in bed alone at night and he can't help but think about Alcuin and Rupert off somewhere doing... whatever. But he can't imagine leaving Alcuin when he really does love him, as much as he can, because he knows it would only bring pain to Alcuin. That wouldn't be fair.
What is with the Prior stuff tonight? He flushes and follows Jack's gaze before he looks away again. No point in letting Prior know he's being talked about. "Prior's nice," he agrees, awkwardly, a little shyly. "You didn't put him up to kissing me earlier, did you?"
"I'm trying," he says honestly, the frustration plain in his voice. "I'm trying really hard." And maybe he's thought about ending things with Alcuin. Maybe it's come into his head when he's lying in bed alone at night and he can't help but think about Alcuin and Rupert off somewhere doing... whatever. But he can't imagine leaving Alcuin when he really does love him, as much as he can, because he knows it would only bring pain to Alcuin. That wouldn't be fair.
What is with the Prior stuff tonight? He flushes and follows Jack's gaze before he looks away again. No point in letting Prior know he's being talked about. "Prior's nice," he agrees, awkwardly, a little shyly. "You didn't put him up to kissing me earlier, did you?"