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I’m the last person anyone should be taking relationship advice from, so I’m bringing in the big guns.

Riley added ‘Hawks’ to the chat.

Oh my god; Hawks is one of Riley’s teammates. His first name is Evan, but everyone on the team calls him Hawks, and at least for the time I knew them, he was Riley’s closest friend. To him, I was merely Riley’s roommate, not his secret boyfriend.

Riley

See message above. And Hawks knows, so it’s all good, squirt.

He knows?

Me

You told him?

Riley

I told all of them. I’m sorry I couldn’t be proud of us while we were together, but I’m fucking proud of you now. Proud of all the shit you put up with. Proud for doing what was best for you in the end.

Don’t you dare start crying.

I laugh through the collection of tears threatening to fall.

Me

Fuck you.

Hawks

What did I just walk in on? Do I need to get Griffin?

Riley

Shut up, Cap. Look at the picture Matty sent and tell him there is no way in hell that man isn’t in love with him.

Hawks

Why do we need my opinion?

Riley

Because someone other than me needs to tell him not to fucking give up again.

My brows crease, and my heart twinges.

Me

I never gave up on us, Riley. I never gave up on you.

Riley

I know. Because you’ll hurt yourself long before you let yourself hurt someone else. You gave up on yourself. On the fact that you deserve someone who will love you out loud. The man in that picture? Looks like he’d shout it from the rooftops.

God, he probably would, wouldn’t he?

I’m in the middle of typing out a probably super sappy reply when a message from Hawks comes through.

Hawks

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