Long time coming, I know. This one was hard for me, but I think I got there in the end.
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Quarterback Keeper, Part 10
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Nick sat in pre-calculus, staring at the back of Tom's head. He wished that he could get into that skull and understand what was going on. The momentary bliss brought on by their bathroom encounter had faded away, and Nick was thinking through what Tom had said. Apparently he wanted to go on a date, but he didn't know yet if he was interested in Nick or not. The date was like an experiment, and Nick realized that he was the one being experimented on.
Whatever path Tom was walking down, it wasn't clear to Nick that he wanted to walk with him. There was a part of him, a growing part, that felt like he should pull away from Tom. The conversation with Chris had sort of woken him up. Why should he hold himself back just so that he could be at Tom's beck and call whenever the guy wanted to fuck?
There was another part of him, a more emotional and primitive part, that really, really liked Tom. Maybe even loved him. The idea of dating him was almost too good to be true. For a few years, Tom had been everything to Nick - his go to fantasy man - and in many ways the fantasy had turned out to be true. He had actively tried to keep himself from falling for Tom, to recognize the limitations of what was happening, but now there was the possibility of more.
