[ To be fair, Steve hadn't been expected to be asked out. Getting to know TJ over these past few weeks has been interesting, to say the least, but it's not like he's looking for anything. He never is; he's content to be a bachelor.
Certainly, TJ's reputation precedes him, or at least, the tabloids about how he can't stay with anyone for very long does, but considering the kinds of things they write about Steve in those nonsense rags, he doesn't take any of it too seriously.
In any case, Steve's not even sure if he's going to be emotionally available, so maybe it won't matter, and he'll be the problem going forward. But it's also just a first date, and he's thinking too much, and he's already got them bitterly divorced in their head before they've so much as held hands. So, he brushes his thoughts aside and pushes off the column he's leaning against when TJ comes outside, face brightening. ]
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Certainly, TJ's reputation precedes him, or at least, the tabloids about how he can't stay with anyone for very long does, but considering the kinds of things they write about Steve in those nonsense rags, he doesn't take any of it too seriously.
In any case, Steve's not even sure if he's going to be emotionally available, so maybe it won't matter, and he'll be the problem going forward. But it's also just a first date, and he's thinking too much, and he's already got them bitterly divorced in their head before they've so much as held hands. So, he brushes his thoughts aside and pushes off the column he's leaning against when TJ comes outside, face brightening. ]
Hey.
I didn't know what kind of flowers you like.
[ So he got a bunch. ]