Tonight was so strange. Vaguely uncomfortable for all the things Eddy was being reminded of, things that he refused or avoided thinking about to an almost violent degree, but for some reason it was oddly alright in this moment. Perhaps it was the company that helped softened it all, the subjects skewed enough by coming out of Luke's mouth that Eddy didnt outright reject it.<br/><br/>Oh he was suppressing a hell of alot, that was for sure. Eddy had omitted and dodged like he was running through traffic but he hadnt shut down, he hadnt pushed away when that was his modus operandi. It was so unusual for him to talk, even though he really hadnt said much at all really. But he had said<i>something</i>.<br/><br/>Somehow, tonight, the shapes of his problems didnt seem so insurmountable. They were still mountains, yes, and he wasn't going to tackle them any time soon, but he could at least see them on the horizon. Even Everest could be climbed.<br/><br/>Eventually they came to Luke's apartment building. Even being polite, it was still a dump, but Eddy had lived in worse places and he wasnt about to insult a man's home.<br/><br/>Then Luke, all bashful and sweet as if this was the end of a first date rather than a drunken crawl home, asked Eddy up. And<i>wow</i>, temptation like that hadnt darkened Eddy's door in decades, but there it was, looming like a wicked lecherous demon of sin. Because he could see how easy it would be, how Eddy could slip himself into Luke's apartment, Luke's pants, Luke's bed. In ten minutes time he could be fucking right between those freckled thighs without a single word of protest.<br/><br/>And no. No. Eddy wasnt the kind of dirty old man to take advantage like that. Even with Luke looking so, so hopeful.<br/><br/>"Aw, sweetheart," Eddy said before he could stop himself, unable to hold back the flattery and longing in his voice so the words came out soft and fond. "I would. I really would. Ask me again when you can see straight."<br/><br/>That was probably a bad idea, offering an invitation for the boy to come back rather than nipping it right in the bud. But that was the theme of the night, not pushing away for once. And Luke was just so damn pretty.