"I think I finally get it."

"Get what?" There was something about the look in his eyes, the confidence, the surety, that had me swallowing hard.

"You." And as he smiled, it was almost smug. "I get you, Oz. You're a little, Aren't you?"

If only I had known at the time just how much those few little words were going to change my life.

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/"The world has a lot more problems than two men wanting to hold hands, Ozzy. If they have a problem, I'll deal with it. But most people are too busy enjoying themselves to pay us any mind./"

He didn't push me to make a decision. We stood there for what seemed like an eternity, one step away from entering the street, one step away from turning back into the parking area. When I made the step forward, his arm slung over my shoulder, drawing me in close, and replacing the way his hand had held onto mine.

/"Just talk to me, Oz./" Blake's mouth dipped down to my ear as we began to walk, louder than usual to be heard over the noise. Bodies bumped into us, the sidewalk crammed with two-way traffic, but his grip on me was steely. /"Nobody but us, precious. There's nobody but us./"

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