"I want you to see me, 'cause we're running out of time."

[artsdesire]

Who: Nick Matheson and Jeff Hinton
What: Last chance
Where: Nick's new apartment
When: Sunday night

Nick was tired when the text messaging with Jeff had started. He had been up a few nights with Harry having the stomach bug because he wasn't going to let his little brother be up alone feeling sick like that. He had been on hand with wet cloths and drinks of water, making sure he had a quick bolt to the bathroom if he needed it, or cleaning out the bucket if he was sick while he was in bed. It just part of his duty bringing Harry here to stay with him.

Harry still wasn't feeling completely well. This was obvious when he had laid down on the sofa after trying to work on his audition piece because his stomach was upset all over again. Nick put the bucket next to him just in case, but he had fallen asleep soon after. Nick dimmed the lights in the living room area of his new apartment, turned the sound down on the TV, and tucked a blanket around Harry. He would get him up later to go to bed, but at least now he wasn't trying to think about doing ten different things at once and he was resting as he should be.

When the buzzer went, Nick went to answer the door and let Jeff in. He already made tea and it was sitting in the teapot at the dining table brewing. He needed tea to make it through this conversation. "Harry fell asleep. We'll just need to go through there to talk and keep our voices down a little," he said gesturing towards the large kitchen and dining area. It was a big enough room to not disrupt his little brother sleeping. Nick was really ready to just sit down and figure this whole thing out. He ended one bad relationship when he was overseas, he didn't want to keep trying to make another one work if it was a lost cause.

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On the train and then bus on the way over, Jeff had spent most of his time thinking. In fact, he'd been thinking so hard that he'd very nearly missed the bus stop closest to Nick's new place, and the bus driver had rolled his eyes at him when he made a wild dash for the exit at the last minute. When he arrived at Nick's door, Jeff had to be impressed with the new apartment. It was gorgeous, and he knew that if he'd been behaving like a boyfriend, he probably would've already been here to see the place, probably even slept over a few nights already, getting to know Harry, and all the other things that a real boyfriend got to do... that you missed out on when you'd been a sorry excuse for a person someone had been on a date with. It had never even gotten close to being a boyfriend.

When he came inside, he gave Nick a small nod of understanding. He knew that Harry wasn't feeling well, and he certainly didn't want to wake Nick's baby brother if he was resting. He quietly followed Nick to the dining area where there was a pot of tea on, and took a seat, looking across the table in wait for Nick to sit down, too. "I'm really glad that we're sitting down together to have this talk," Jeff said, his tone low so as not to disturb Harry. "Although, I kind of hate that it got this far." He paused, giving Nick a brief smile. "The apartment's beautiful."