The problem is that Joe can't say no to Nick. And once he says yes to something, it becomes a precedent. It was okay once, so it's always okay--agreeing to one thing with Nick becomes agreement for always, and Joe can't really stop it.
Not that he tries very hard.
The first day Nick joined him at school, he was homesick and couldn't sleep, and he's Nick, so he snuck up to Joe's room and asked if he could stay. And Joe said yes, of course, and now here he is, a year later, and his little brother still sleeps with him every night.
"What are you gonna do when I graduate?" he asks, because it feels like the only thing he can really say. He doesn't know what conversation he wants to have, let alone how to have it
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Not that he tries very hard.
The first day Nick joined him at school, he was homesick and couldn't sleep, and he's Nick, so he snuck up to Joe's room and asked if he could stay. And Joe said yes, of course, and now here he is, a year later, and his little brother still sleeps with him every night.
"What are you gonna do when I graduate?" he asks, because it feels like the only thing he can really say. He doesn't know what conversation he wants to have, let alone how to have it ( ... )
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