"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.

The Little Of Oz Series

He liked to think he was a big boy, but really, deep down, he was like a clumsy little baby that had insisted on feeding himself. He needed help, even though he was too stubborn to admit it.

He needed me to help look after himself, even if he didn't quite realize it yet.

/"I can't... fuck. Deek, I can't... I don't.../" Breaking off, he covered his face with his hands, falling back until he was sitting on top of the loo lid again.

The hands fell away. His confusion was obvious. It filled the small room with question marks. /"Wh- what ?/"

/"We're heading back to my place. We're leaving now. We only have to make it down the street to where I parked./" Because some idiot kept stealing my usual spot. /"So take off your jeans and switch with me. That way, there won't be anybody looking at you./"

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