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It all started on a random afternoon in the tower. It had only been a couple months since moving in with each other and they were all getting along great. Currently John was in the kitchen making peach cobbler for their desert that afternoon when Bob had joined him in the kitchen.
“Hey Walker, Whatcha making? It smells good” Bob had walked into the kitchen curiously looking at what John was making.
John could smell him from down the hall, Bob had just gotten a shower and smelled like a bouquet of flowers and although John would never admit it he loved that smell.
“Oh hey Bob I'm just making that peach cobbler for dessert tonight, you said you liked it a lot so thought I should make it.”
Bob lit up with a huge smile. “ Oh I love it when you make it. It always tastes the best although everything you make tastes amazing, I'm pretty sure we would have all died by now without your cooking.”
They broke into a small laughter because they both knew he was right, they would have died on the second week of box macaroni because of Yelena. When their short laughter died down they heard loud shouting coming from the living room.
“YOU CANT STACK A PLUS 2 ON A PLUS 4!” Ava had shouted loud enough to alert the whole tower on what she deemed was the right way to play UNO and not long after Yelena yelled back.
“YES YOU CAN YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO PLAY RIGHT!” Yelena was determined to prove Ava wrong with the rules even though every game night ended with Yelena saying Ava was right before they laughed off together.
Back in the kitchen with Bob and John being focused on listening to Ava and Yelena and their bickering of game rules they were both laughing hard now while hearing their ridiculous argument.
“Well I guess I have to go now and settle that.” Bob told John while walking out of the kitchen towards the living room “I can't wait to have some later, smells amazing though see ya Walker.”
“Yep bye” unbeknownst to John he mumbled under his breath when he thought Bob had left about how he is the one that smells amazing. That's when he heard Bob's slides squeak on the kitchen floor.
“What did you say?” Bob was in disbelief because there was no way Walker said that to him but he had to be sure.
“Huh? What?” oh no “I didn't say anything, go deal with the girls.” He was worried that Bob genuinely heard him, he wasn't paying attention when he let it slip so he was currently silently praying nothing was heard.
“Oh sorry, I thought I heard something never mind.” Bob walked swiftly out of the kitchen, he knew what he heard. Nothing was left in his mind other than questioning if John had meant something deeper by it and silently hoped he did. He wasn't going to question him in case he ran him off like past relationships and silently walked to the living room to settle the UNO fight.
Back in the kitchen John was freaking out. He looked calm on the outside but his mind was chaotic. He really hoped Bob didn't hear him and if he did that he didn't catch on to John. Not so long ago John had to restrain from looking at Bob for multiple days when realizing he liked men and more so liked Bob and John couldn't handle that. He was supposed to be the All-American straight male. Even with talking to Ava about these things and her constant reassurance, he knew it was not okay to not hold himself to all these titles but a deep part in him still resented himself for allowing himself to fall short.
On one side he was scared to have to confront feeling to Bob if the occasion arises
On the other he felt hope that maybe Bob felt the same and something real could happen between them. John thought it was a silly dream to hope for something like that and forgot the thought.
But the question was still there
Could it be real?