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Izzy was, much to Dex’s annoyance, right. He was in a bit of a pickle. A sticky wicket, if you will. A somewhat unpleasant state of affairs.
Dex was f****d. Because no matter how hard he insisted that if Nick’s emotional unavailability wasn’t going to solve his whole crush situation, Nick’s inevitable decampment from the country would, anytime Dex saw him, he just couldn’t stop watching him. Or being aware of him in a way so intensely physical it was weirding him out. Had it really been so long since he’d liked someone that he’d forgotten what it felt like?
They arranged the cooking night over text, because Dex simply didn’t have the balls to do it in person. He also didn’t want any witnesses to what could potentially become an excruciatingly embarrassing scene, so he suggested going
