Chapitre Cinqunte et Un

"Are you sure she won't be mad at me?" Alex asked for what seemed like the billionth time on the drive back. John smiled a little and nodded.

"She'll forgive you Alex. In fact, she probably already has. Promise," John assured him. Alex nodded quickly, still looking, and feeling, mildly anxious about the whole situation. John tried to think of something that would cheer him up. "Speaking of family members liking you, my mom told me that she almost wished you were her biological son, so I think you were a hit with her." Alex giggled and blushed.

"Seriously, though, I liked your family," Alex said, suddenly serious. "Al- most of them were super warm and accepting and awesome. It was... a nice change, seeing such a supportive family." John flinched at the memory of how Henry Jr. behaved, but Alexander didn't seem phased, so he let it go.

"I'm glad you liked them. Like, extremely glad," John said. Alex was looking out the window, but he could hear the small smile as John spoke. "I've always been close with them, and I don't know what would have happened if one of you didn't like the other," John said. Alex raised an eyebrow. "Not including that dick," John clarified. Alex genuinely laughed at that.

"I have to say, I missed your profanities while we were there. I don't think you swore once," Alex pointed out. Now it was John's turn to blush, a pale rose shade dusting his cheeks. "Then again, your southern accent made up for it." John was red now, laughing nonetheless.

"One year in college I went home for all of summer break, and I couldn't shake the accent for a solid month and a half," John told him. Both men were laughing hysterically at this point, John close to tears.

"It's cute," Alex said. John raised his eyebrows.

"The most adorable person in the world is calling me cute?" John asked, pretending to sound dumbfounded. Alex rolled his eyes, but before he could say anything in response, John's phone started ringing. John answered it and put it on speaker.

"Hey, John!" spoke a peppy voice. Alex recognized it as being Martha, who never seemed to stop smiling.

Ever.

"Hey, Martha," John greeted, giving Alex a look. Both of them agreed that her nonstop energy could get exhausting. "What are you callin' about?" Alex smirked at the slight drawl that still stuck around. John stuck his tongue out at his boyfriend.

"I just wanted to say I really liked Alexander," Martha started. Alex smiled and kept looking out the window. She always called him by his full name.

"That's good," John replied. But Martha wasn't done. Martha was never done.

"He was just so sweet, and he was really funny, too!" Martha continued. John was worried he knew where Martha was about to go. She never really had much of a filter. "And not to mention how darn cute he was! Oh my Lord his face was adorable, and he was so chubby-" John cut her off, noticing the grimace on Alex's face after her last point.

"Okay, I have to go, Martha. Talk later, bye," John hung up immediately, not giving her a chance to talk any more than she already had. He looked over at his boyfriend, whose face had gone completely neutral, still staring out of the window. "Alex," John started softly. Alex shook his head.

"I know what you're going to say," Alex sighed, turning away from the window to face John. "Don't bother. She's not wrong, no matter what you try to tell me. I won't take it personally, I know she means well. I won't do anything bad to myself because of one comment." John blinked. He hated admitting it, but Alex did actually cover everything John was gonna say. Alex turned back to the window.

"Hey, Alex?" John asked.

"What?" Alex sounded conflicted between being hostile and tired, and it broke John's heart.

"I like you being... chubby. It suits you, and you look nice with it," John said. Normally he just invalidated other people's comments, but that wouldn't work forever. Plus, he sure as hell wasn't lying. Alex looked down, as if thinking about what John had just said, and then looked back out the window, smiling.

"Thanks."

Aww dontcha love when John is a good boyfriend oh wait John is always a good boyfriend I love John's character so much

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