Chapter Text
John is laughing. He’s trying to hide it by taking a long sip of his drink, but his shoulders are shaking and he won’t meet Greg’s eyes.
“All right, mate. Wasn’t that funny,” Greg mutters. Maybe he should’ve chosen somewhere more private than their usual pub for this little talk.
John clears his throat. “I’m sorry,” he says. “Sorry. Right. It’s just… Gavin? Really?”
“Yeah, yeah, I know, it was the first name that came to mind.”
“Besides your actual name, you mean?” John tilts his head slightly, blue eyes crinkling as he smiles. “Not an expert, but I’m pretty sure that’s usually what people use.”
Greg huffs and runs a hand over his hair. “Putting all that stuff out there just made me nervous, you know?”
“But how did you think that was going to work? You’d go out with somebody and say over dessert, ‘Oh, by the way, my name isn’t —‘.” John can’t even say the name again. He’s practically giggling.
With a grunt, Greg takes a drink while for John to collect himself.
“I’m sorry,” John says again, sincerely. John is always sincere. He doesn’t mean to mock Greg, but it’s just so funny.
Greg waits a moment, because he knows his answer is just going to set John off again.
“I didn’t really think that far ahead.”