Simon laughs, bright and easy in a way it hasn't been before. Like a burden he didn't realize he'd been carrying has disappeared. The sound is the best thing Johnny's ever heard, and he wants to hear it every day for the rest of his life. --
"Figured I'd skip the bullshit and tell you how I really feel," Simon replies tentatively. /Hopefully/. "That way you could tell me to piss off if you're not interested".
Johnny scoffs, rolling his eyes and looking at Simon with what are surely lovesick eyes. --
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"I've been gone on ye since I met ye".
Simon smiles impossibly wider, cheeks tinging pink as he leans closer.
"Let me take you out then?" he asks. "So I can apologize for makin' you wait for me to get my head outta my arse?". --