The end of finals means the end of classes, leaving Hardy with way too much free time in a very undesired situation. After he grades the exams, Hardy finds himself brooding in his house, trying to ignore the way it feels like his heart has been torn from his chest.
Everything he does, Luke comes back to his mind. When he’s trying to distract himself by watching a movie, he’s reminded of all the times they sat on the loveseat, curled around each other, watching another musical. When he tries to mend his heart by reading a romance novel—which he still hasn’t admitted to Luke he reads—everything the couple does takes him back to the moments Luke and he shared. Even when he’s trying to cook himself some dinner, the image of Luke, wearing an apron and nothing more, learning to cook and making
