Eliot's already up and looking around the kitchen, and he frowns at Martin's lukewarm response. Of course he'd act like this is some great hardship, when it's not. It's just the decent thing to do.
"We can split the difference," he says, putting the kettle on. "I'll make hot toddies."
It only takes a moment to set things out on the counter, and when Eliot comes back to the couch he takes a sip of his own water and nods, looking at Martin thoughtfully.
“I mean I knew there was something between you,” he says, sitting at the end of the couch. “But I don’t know, you’re from the same world, you have history but you’re not together...it didn’t seem like any of my business, to be honest. Aside from you’re both cute, of course, but I hope you know the flirting was just all in good fun?”
Eliot winces a little at that. There’s a difference between a bit of playful needling and actually causing real tension in his friend group, and he hopes he hasn’t crossed that line. “I didn’t know it was that serious,” he adds. “Is it...just that John isn’t so inclined?”
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"We can split the difference," he says, putting the kettle on. "I'll make hot toddies."
It only takes a moment to set things out on the counter, and when Eliot comes back to the couch he takes a sip of his own water and nods, looking at Martin thoughtfully.
“I mean I knew there was something between you,” he says, sitting at the end of the couch. “But I don’t know, you’re from the same world, you have history but you’re not together...it didn’t seem like any of my business, to be honest. Aside from you’re both cute, of course, but I hope you know the flirting was just all in good fun?”
Eliot winces a little at that. There’s a difference between a bit of playful needling and actually causing real tension in his friend group, and he hopes he hasn’t crossed that line. “I didn’t know it was that serious,” he adds. “Is it...just that John isn’t so inclined?”