There's no reason to run again, Adam. And if Gansey and Blue are going to be shocked, Noah, for one, isn't, because he knew. He'd watched and seen and now they know too.

His expression might be vaguely, smudgily smug with a bit of longing mixed in there. Not that anyone is looking.

He does, though, wonder where he fits: Blue and Gansey, even if they can't kiss. Now Ronan and Adam. Where does that leave the newly-real boy?

He pulls the sleeves of his sweater down over the palms of his hands.