Thank God it's Emil and Mickey rounding out the rest of the group. Not JJ. There would be blood.

As it is, Yuri's quieter then usual. Eating whatever lands in front of him, pointedly not looking up. God, he never thought he would pray for Chris to start hitting on somebody. It would be a distraction from the attention pressing down on him like a weight.

(They don't know fuck does everybody know?!)

Otabek's hand is only a few inches away. Yuri can't stop thinking about that space. It feels like miles.