Chapter 10Of course, for all his bravado, for all of his happiness and new confidence in being himself around Aiden, Beto wakes for his next shift in a cold sweat. The pain in his chest as he scrolls through his i********: looking at the pictures of and messages for him and Aiden wrenches him in opposite directions. How can he be so happy and so unsure of himself?
Since he woke early with a thudding heart, Beto spends all the minutes he has before his alarm scrolling, and smiling, and panicking at the same time. There is nothing from any of the comments from the crew to suggest anything but positivity will greet him when he gets to the firehouse in an hour or so. Aiden’s friends are even warmer and more welcoming with him. Aiden’s last messages to him last night before sleeping make Beto
