just_hex | Spencer

Spencer

They'd set another date and Hex was excited. Maybe more excited than he had any right to be. Spencer was a puzzle, to be sure, but Hex felt he was worth working out. He'd done a bit of reading up on Autism and he found some things fit and some didn't so he was left unsure. He reasoned that was a good indication he should stay in nursing and to leave the diagnoses to the doctors.

Spencer was due any minute and Hex had sprang for pizza and some Cokes. He'd set out plates and such and then settled on the sofa to catch up on the sports scores while he waited for Spencer to come round. If only he could stop checking his watch.

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Spencer shrugged, but said nothing. He wasn't sure how he felt about being just one of Hex's choices. He supposed that was how dating worked though. People just picking and choosing who they wanted.

"Some day I'd like to get married," he said, then looked down at his pizza. "That's not exactly the sort of thing you throw out on a first date, but here's our third and...and you should know. I'm looking for something serious. So if you'd like to run away..."

Spencer looked startled, but he didn't run away. He wasn't sure what to say to that even.

"Oh. Okay. ...Noted," he replied, nodding his understanding. "I don't know what I'm looking for," he confessed. "I like you though. A lot, actually."

Hex blushed and smiled as he looked down.

Do you? That's good. Because...I like you quite a lot, too, Spencer," he said softly. But he did note that there had not been an enthuisatic agreement about marriage so he knew that was something he wouldn't be pressing.

"Thanks" Spencer smiled, looking pleased with how their date was going so far. "So what would you like to do tonight? Other than eat pizza, I mean."

"I thought we could stay in. There's always Netflix, or I've got some blurays we could watch. I don't know how much you like gunfights and explosions, though," he chuckled. And he had it in his head that he might try to kiss Spencer again, touch him, too. But he didn't expect sex. Hex thought that might be simply too much all at once. He was happy to go slowly.

Spencer smiled at that, then nodded.

"That would be nice. Or you could teach me how to play another one of your games," he suggested, wanting to make up for how badly he'd left things last time.

"That would be fun. Do you want to try something violent? I have Army of Two. Or I've got some great strategy games, too," he said, happily taking another slice of veg. That would be enough, he was already getting full, but it just tasted so good he knew he could indulge.

"I have no idea what that is, but okay," Spencer nodded, offering a smile as he spoke. He was willing to try something a touch more aggressive- though he doubted he'd be very good at it.

"It's just a game for two players," he explained, looking at that smile with a fondness that lit his eyes. He wanted to kiss Spencer so much in that moment. And that lead to thoughts of the last time Spencer had been over.

"Spencer,' he said hesitantly. "Can I ask you something?"

Spencer smiled and nodded, reaching to take another slice of pizza. "Anything you want," he offered.

"Did I do something wrong? Before? I didn't mean to frighten you or make you uncomfortable," he said, assuming he'd been at fault all along.

"What? No! No, it wasn't... It wasn't you at all. I just- I panicked," Spencer admitted, looking embarrassed and glancing away.

Hex ate just a little more than half the slice and then had to put it down. It was too much.

"There's no need for that," he assured him gently. Then he smiled. "It was lovely. You're really lovely. Bloody gorgeous. But I don't want you to be uncomfortable or panic so...so if you'd like to try again, ever, we'll go at your pace, yeah?"

Spencer nodded, then put his slice of pizza down so he could lean over and kiss Hex's cheek.

"Okay," he agreed.

And then that was settled and Hex smiled. He looked at Spencer fondly for a long moment, then moved to get up.

"I'm going to go set up the PS3. You finish eating," he said, then went to his television to get the game running.

Spencer nodded, finishing his slice and watching Hex work. Spencer knew so little about video games, but he was always keen to learn.

"So now that you've been here longer, how do you like it? Are you homesick for America? When I went to Afghanistan I really only got homesick for the food," he said as he slid the disc in. He pulled the controllers from their docks as well.

He was really just making conversation, choosing a topic that wasn't too terribly personal but would open up conversation to something a bit more intimate than discussing the weather.

"I miss home," Spencer admitted quietly, tucking his hair back behind his ears. "I miss my friends, and I miss my old job... I just don't think I'm ready to go back."

"There's no shame in that. Any of that," Hex said. He moved in closer so he could hand Spencer a controller. "And for my part, the longer you're in London, the happier I am."

Spencer took the controler, smiling in return. He was touched by Hex's words, and it showed.

"Thanks," he said softly. "You make being here a lot easier."

Hex kept close, right in Spencer's space, and he slowly laid his hand on the man's waist.

"I like that," he smiled. "That means there's good odds I'll get to keep seeing you, yeah?" he asked with a note of hope.

Spencer blushed, looking sheepish, then nodding a little. "I'd like that."

He stroked Spencer's side affectionately, then Hex moved away to sit down on the sofa. He nodded to the space next to him.

"Sit down. Lt's shoot some things," he said happily.

Sitting down, Spencer examined the controller and then looked at the screen. "I'm surprised you like war games," he said, glancing at Hex.

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