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Joe shrugs. “I dunno, there just isn’t anyone I’d want to build my life around like that.”
“Well, sure,” Web says, rolling his eyes, “because you seem to find the most vapid guys imaginable. Maybe if you tried finding guys who weren’t like that-”
“I mean, you’re one to talk!” Joe exclaims. “Brian knew all about literature but he didn’t know shit about you. What’s the point of dating someone with the same interests as you if they’re not actually interested in you?” Joe throws his hands out, emphatic. This is always the thing about Web’s boyfriends. It’s like they tick all these boxes, and Web ticks all these boxes for them, but they don’t really see him.
It seems to sink in for Web. After a minute he says, “Well, he was actually pretty good in bed.”
“Sure he was.” Joe’s skeptical. A guy can surprise you, maybe, but guys like Brian rarely do. Joe’s pretty sure no guy in a sweater vest has ever really rocked his world. “I know you get laid. I mean, I know you getting laid doesn’t actually make you any less insufferable.”
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Web and Joe have been part of the same friend group since freshman year of college 10 years ago. This year, something between them is shifting.
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In which a young prince has the unfortunate luck of falling in love with his husband.
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"We can start here, I guess. If we're talking about us," Pete says. "Nineteen-eighty-six. The first thing I thought, when I saw you in that O-club, was: Iceman is off-limits. Capital O, capital L."
Despite himself, despite the fear, Tom laughs a little. "Oh, yeah? Why's that?"
"Well, first off, we were competition. And yeah, you were attractive, but then you opened your mouth and I swear. You were just an asshole. Goose is trying to introduce you to me and here I am thinking about how much of an asshole you are. Shut up about Cougar, asshole."
"It was supposed to be a friendly competition!"
"Yeah, right. So that's what I was thinking: he's attractive, clearly doesn't know how to talk to other men, might be into the proposition if I framed it the right way. But he's an asshole, so this competition is just gonna be friendly." Pete pauses. Then he says, "Ice, you wanna get married?"
And that's how they start talking about it.
(Or: they finally get around to talking about it. Plus a couple extra stories for good luck.)
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“We’re, uh, together, by the way,” Kendall says. The statement hangs between them like a particularly difficult riddle he wants her to unscramble. He sounds clinically insane. “Dating. That’s the story. In case anyone asks.”
Jess has the grace to not look alarmed. “Got it. I’ll tell Out Magazine no when they call.”
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