That’s um... that’s absurd, Enis. We were just playing a game. George is not of that persuasion as far as I can tell.
[And yet, George tended to say and do things that suggested that he swung both ways, and that somehow went entirely unnoticed. Was everyone in denial aside from Nina? Probably.
He waved a hand, rapidly as though to try to turn his attention away from his best friend and the implications that they were more. Llewellyn was pretty sure his life was complicated enough already without that little idea.]
I never considered that... Are you good at chess then?
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[Now he sounded like he was feeling awkward.]
That’s um... that’s absurd, Enis. We were just playing a game. George is not of that persuasion as far as I can tell.
[And yet, George tended to say and do things that suggested that he swung both ways, and that somehow went entirely unnoticed. Was everyone in denial aside from Nina? Probably.
He waved a hand, rapidly as though to try to turn his attention away from his best friend and the implications that they were more. Llewellyn was pretty sure his life was complicated enough already without that little idea.]
I never considered that... Are you good at chess then?